York Road Flying Club

David wrote:

11 members sent 171 birds 103 miles to kettering 20/8/22

1st Mr & Mrs D Reed ........velocity 1638

2nd Mr Albert Brown ..........velocity 1619

3rd Mr & Mrs Andrew Llewellyn .......velocity 1613

4th Mr Paul Faulkner .....velocity 1609

5th Mr & Mrs Andrew Llewellyn ......1564

Mr & Mrs D Reed also cleaned up in the breeder buyer taking all 3 prizes, and also 1st leeds and district amalgamation,  (44 members sent 831 birds )

well done Mr & Mrs D Reed and all in the results

Well done also to all there concerned etc. Funny/tragic/sad thou maybe David when comparing maybe those type of numbers in birds & members to the general past as such I suggest. Numbers & flyers flying now here in many local clubs a total embarrassment now I'm unfortunately.

David wrote:

yes misty, over the last couple of years we have had quite a few new members join, who are flying very well and making the racing competitive, and not allowing the same two fanciers to win every race like they used to do .

it makes for a good club.

My thoughts here also etc David Now just did some homework here in a quick type way of what once was the biggest Fed in the country type of thing down here. Back when they sent 15,000 odd birds to a race & had 500 plus type flying members & gave out 20 Fed positions in a typical result. If you finished 21st there on race day you were simply classed as a general also ran type of little importance The following, sadly are what turned out last weekend there in flyers in the local clubs here at around 240 odd miles for them. 2/2/2/3/4/4/4/5/6/6/7/8/8/8/10/13. End of the day, if being quite honest     enough to maybe make a grown man cry type of thing I suggest. Now           how life can be cruel, if one maybe somehow has evil intent     to a small degree     Plumber mate here I have mentioned at times, fly's in another local Fed of some repute & the 2/2/2/3/4/4/4 is around the mark of what he fly's against there for his enjoyment factor now on race day there & is by what I know/understand the biggest club now of flyers come race day in the country here.

had a read through your club results david, and the racing has been quite evenly spread out amongst your members, with different members having success instead of just the same one every week.

looks like a decent club, how many members do you have ?

9 members sent 159 birds 102/3 miles to kettering 27/8/22

1st Mr & Mrs D Reed...............velocity 1521

2nd Mr & Mrs Andrew Llewellyn......velocity 1489

3rd Mr K Bryan & Son........velocity 1483

4th Mr K Bryan & Son........velocity 1482

5th McGrath Bros.......velocity 1471

Mr & Mrs Reed also took 1st & 2nd breeder buyer again .

McGrath Bros took 3rd Breeder Buyer.

well done to all in the results

David wrote:

9 members sent 159 birds 102/3 miles to kettering 27/8/22

1st Mr & Mrs D Reed...............velocity 1521

2nd Mr & Mrs Andrew Llewellyn......velocity 1489

3rd Mr K Bryan & Son........velocity 1483

4th Mr K Bryan & Son........velocity 1482

5th McGrath Bros.......velocity 1471

Mr & Mrs Reed also took 1st & 2nd breeder buyer again .

McGrath Bros took 3rd Breeder Buyer.

well done to all in the results

Well, done everyone My encouragement award here thou David     will go to Mr Brook there as such Always think in those type situations little credit is given for just presenting a clock etc at times by certain flyers, especially when it would have been far easier to just have stopped at home for them maybe & just forget the whole sorry weekend somehow in a pigeon type sense .

yes i agree knackered, thats commitment for you eh , mr brook lives just near me and his birds are out come rain or shine 365 days a year, he lets them out for exercise around 4.30 every day and they fly for hours, sometimes until dark ........is that a good thing, i dont know, but no one can say he is not enthusiastic, after a lifetime of having pigeons the passion is still there

Me thinks, as I have said many times, in the results it should include how many each member
sends, gives a more reasoned accessment.

Regards.

yes misty i always look for that, on the actual race result site it does say how many each member sent, ill include that i`ll future

David wrote:

yes misty i always look for that, on the actual race result site it does say how many each member sent, ill include that i`ll future

Feds here country wide etc on average always have the number of the birds sent beside the owner's general name as such. Makes for some talking points at times, when the numbers come up type of thing, especially if one just happens somehow to be a world-renowned expert type of thing in a supposed racing sense    .

there we are, ive added how many birds each member sent


9 members sent 159 birds 102/3 miles to kettering 27/8/22

1st Mr & Mrs D Reed...............velocity 1521 sent 22 birds

2nd Mr & Mrs Andrew Llewellyn......velocity 1489 sent 25 birds

3rd Mr K Bryan & Son........velocity 1483 sent 25 birds

4th Mr K Bryan & Son........velocity 1482 " "

5th McGrath Bros.......velocity 1471 sent 16 birds


mr brook sent 5 birds

Puts a different light on matters, thanks David.

Regards.

yes it does misty, i know some weeks the winner sent 4 - 5 birds and won the race, when someone who sent 25 - 30 birds were nowhere near the top of the sheet .

back in 50and 60s Lisburn & dis northern Ireland had 144 members now think 12-15 which was dad's club

rainbow wrote:

back in 50and 60s Lisburn & dis northern Ireland  had 144 members now think 12-15 which was dad's club

We had 3 well established clubs in our area, there were a few dual memberships but at least 100 fanciers were involved, and when the railways stopped transporting at times fanciers were limited to how many they could basket.

The one I flew in bought their own HQ with a flat above which was rented out.

Today the HQ has been sold and the club folded another club also folded and we now have one club with less than 20 members.

As I have said elsewhere, reults in the BHW show entries in some clubs as low as ONE.

Tis obvious that with all the technology now available and many different opportunities for the youngsters to participate in our sport will have far more competition for youngsters spare time.

Pity because it offers far more than ups, downs, highs, lows but also great satisfaction than looking into a I Pad 24 hoursa day.

Regards.

agree with you

luckily our club has had an influx of new members over the last couple of years , we opened the radius to one and a half miles which allowed local fanciers who normally were just outside the radius to get in ..........i think that if we hadnt done this our club would have been finished in the next year or so.

the new members are doing well racing, and making it more competitive , its actually quite a good club now ..

good news David

yes george, the club was stuck in its ways for a long time, with a one mile radius........i remember not long after i joined i asked about opening it up to allow a couple of fanciers i knew locally to join, they went mental

i wished i`d never asked ....

9 members sent 115 birds 149 miles to bovingdon .

1st Mr K Bryan & Son.........velocity 1613 sent 27 birds

2nd McGrath Bros ........velocity 1592 sent 14 birds

3rd Mr K Bryan & Son........velocity 1592 sent 27 birds

4th Mr Raymond Paris .......velocity 1592 sent 10 birds

5th Mr K Bryan & Son ........velocity 1548 sent 27 birds

well done all in the results

yes well done

did you send David

no george i havnt raced for years, i think the last time i sent birds was around 5 - 6 years ago to a couple of young bird races .......i keep thinking of having a proper go at it but because i breed young birds every year to sell on the internet i cant do both, and do both justice, i think if i was to race i`d have to devote all my time on racing and not breeding to sell .

i'm no good at selling anything

ive sold young birds on the internet every breeding season, for the last 5 -6 years, maybe more ........and in that time they have never failed to sell, this year i bred and sold 140 young birds, but i think its quite hard to sell older birds on there, never tried it but i think it would be hard .

young birds sell easy because the buyer can race them, plus it saves some of them breeding their own, plus also there are some fanciers who just cant breed a decent young bird.