RPRA Oneloft 2022

Jeremy Davies

6 d ·

Good Evening
Around 1035 birds entered on day one for the 2022 Rpra One Loft Race.
We can’t thank you enough for your continued support from all the team.
Jeremy..

looks like there still plenty of fanciers entering the rpra one loft in 2022, lets hope it goes better than 2021 .

yeah thanks for entering the rpra cash cow eh any refund for taking away a hotspot and replacing it with training tosses na dont be silly we got yer dosh and do as we like eh never again

oldstrain wrote:

yeah thanks for entering the rpra cash cow eh any refund for taking away a hotspot and replacing it with training tosses na dont be silly we got yer dosh and do as we like eh never again

you tell them etc O/S don't hold back here type of thing spit it all out as such so they know there your were not happy as such with their mis-management of a schedule fiasco .

Knackered wrote:

oldstrain wrote:

yeah thanks for entering the rpra cash cow eh any refund for taking away a hotspot and replacing it with training tosses na dont be silly we got yer dosh and do as we like eh never again

you tell them etc O/S don't hold back here type of thing spit it all out as such so they know there your were not happy as such with their mis-management of a schedule fiasco .

Now come on lads, we had a wonderful time picking all the faults,

How boring if we had won all the Hot Spots and the Final.

Just think, all that money and having to decide on a Rolls or a Merc.

Regards.

we wont have anything to moan about next year misty, with not entering the one loft ......

although im sure we`ll find something else to grumble about

David wrote:

we wont have anything to moan about next year misty, with not entering the one loft ......

although im sure we`ll find something else to grumble about  

Moan/grumble surely not etc David never seen such a thing. First sign of any thing like that here       & I will just disappear to greener type pastures as such .

weve got to have something to grumble about knackered, the one loft, the rpra, covid, the government etc etc .........life would be boring if we didnt put the world to rights .

David wrote:

weve got to have something to grumble about knackered, the one loft, the rpra, covid, the government etc etc .........life would be boring if we didnt put the world to rights .

True Just think what an absolutely boring place this would be here if all we talked
about at all times. Was, pigeons, pigeons & more pigeon matters as such.

thats true knackered, theres only so much you can say about pigeons, that hasnt been said before hundreds of times .........

David wrote:

thats true knackered, theres only so much you can say about pigeons, that hasnt been said before hundreds of times .........

Hard pressed these days etc I suspect David to find a pigeon forum out there that talks the talk, solely on pigeon matters I suggest. May not be as one would hope, maybe but just the way things are now on average unfortunately I'm if one wishes to survive by todays general standards of the day in a forum sense.

Agree there is not much that has not been kicked around in our sport over the years.

What the sport needs is a future and a means of ensuring one, however, those in positions to make changes are content with their little lot and some not even worth calling fanciers.

One thing we can safely say Knackered, although no doubt we have had our ups and downs, we have lived in the best times and seen the most amazing inventions, it is just unfortunate that some have not been for the better.

Regards.

what was the "in thing" clock when you packed in misty, was it the T3 or STB ....i presume you packed in before ETS ...?

ive never used ETS, last time i raced i used my T3

[quote="David"]what was the "in thing" clock when you packed in misty, was it the T3 or STB ....i presume you packed in before ETS ...?

I have never used ETS David, last time I raced i used my STB, still has seal on from last water race, clocked two yearlings from 350 water race from 4 sent, all having only seen race basket twice in their life, or any other basket, another turned up later in the day.

ETS was in use for the last 8 years I raced.

Had numerous arguaments regarding the manner of it's introduction.

Every Rule in the book was broken in doing so.

Lat year I raced I won several firsts in both young and old birds, including first and second Thurso and 2 and 3rd Lerwick the latter intended sending 6 but the best two escaped at basketing.

That was in my old club.

I think the ETS is a good thing for a fancier who has problems of one kind or another but is not fair against other timers.

Regards.

MISTY wrote:

David wrote:

what was the "in thing" clock when you packed in misty, was it the T3 or STB ....i presume you packed in before ETS ...?

I have never used ETS David, last time I raced i used my STB, still has seal on from last water race, clocked two yearlings from 350 water race from 4 sent, all having only seen race basket twice in their life, or any other basket, another turned up later in the day.

ETS was in use for the last 8 years I raced.

Had numerous arguaments regarding the manner of it's introduction.

Every Rule in the book was broken in doing so.

Lat year I raced I won several firsts in both young and old birds, including first and second Thurso and 2 and 3rd Lerwick the latter intended sending 6 but the best two escaped at basketing.

That was in my old club.

I think the ETS is a good thing for a fancier who has problems of one kind or another but is not fair against other timers.

Regards.  

     

Have an absolute love hate type relationship here with electronic clocks etc I'm being old school & set in my ways. All for those that travel many many miles to race at basket time to use them to their maximum benefit on race day. Just hate thou those that use the likes of Benzing live on race day & they maybe live 5 or 10 minutes around the corner from their club on race day & they never turn up at pull over time. Social aspect disappears completely come race day over time I found & the goodwill of simply shaking the winners hand goes out the door sadly for the most part on race days etc.

Was always fun and games years ago Knackered on race night.

Working velocities out long hand and variations with a swizzle stick.

Also prior to race setting several diffrent types of clock, fanciers had to attend to participate and to my mind was all part and parcel of the sports enjoyment.

Had many a laugh at some fanciers ideas regarding variations etc;

On marking night drinks and a cakes were laid on by one of the fanciers wives.

Did not have the same at reading the clocks or some bun fights would have occured .
As far as I am concerned much of the fun is now dead and burried, shame.

Regards .