York Road Flying Club

by what ive seen on facebook he did crap.....

David wrote:

by what ive seen on facebook he did crap.....

Rumour file scenario has it etc David I hear, thats what face book is apparently crap       with a capital C type thing.

certainly is knackered, i dont go on there tospeak to people or to make friends........i go on to use market place

12 members sent 124 birds 211 miles to littlehampton 20/5/23 in a strong north east wind.

1st .......Mr & Mrs Andrew Llewellyn, sent 15, velocity 1281

2nd .....Mr Raymond Paris, sent 7, velocity 1236

3rd .....Mr Raymond Paris, velocity 1171

4th .....Mr Albert Brown, sent 20, velocity 1165

5th .....D W Thompson, sent 9, velocity 1163

well done all in the results.

well done all these NE winds have been here for a while now

Bit of difference in the velocities but nice to see several in the results.

Pleased some are having reasonable races.

Old bird season be gone before we know it

Regards..

yes misty, i think its approx 8 week until our first yb race .....

it took the winner 4 hours 49 mins and 53 seconds to fly the 211 miles ......

David wrote:

it took the winner 4 hours 49 mins and 53 seconds to fly the 211 miles ......

Took me almost that to get through town, road works and traffic jams.

Regards.

you will in a pedal car misty

George & Morgan wrote:

you will in a pedal car misty

Maybe try that George, thanks for the advice, save petrol and wear on the gears etc;

Regards.

David wrote:

12 members sent 124 birds 211 miles to littlehampton 20/5/23 in a strong north east wind.

1st .......Mr & Mrs Andrew Llewellyn, sent 15, velocity 1281

2nd .....Mr Raymond Paris, sent 7, velocity 1236

3rd .....Mr Raymond Paris, velocity 1171

4th .....Mr Albert Brown, sent 20, velocity 1165

5th .....D W Thompson, sent 9, velocity 1163

well done all in the results.

Same, same returns ok on average etc David .

7 members sent 45 birds 214 miles to brighton, liberated in a ENE wind turning southerly


1st .......Mr & Mrs Andrew Llewellyn, sent 8, velocity 1504

2nd .....Mr & Mrs Andrew Llewellyn, velocity 1491

3rd .....Chudasama & Beecher, sent 5, velocity 1469

4th .....Chudasama & Beecher, velocity 1466

5th .....Mr K Bryan & Son, sent 5, velocity 1438

well done to those in the results.

David wrote:

7 members sent 45 birds 214 miles to brighton, liberated in a ENE wind turning southerly


1st .......Mr & Mrs Andrew Llewellyn, sent 8, velocity 1504

2nd .....Mr & Mrs Andrew Llewellyn, velocity 1491

3rd .....Chudasama & Beecher, sent 5, velocity 1469

4th .....Chudasama & Beecher, velocity 1466

5th .....Mr K Bryan & Son, sent 5, velocity 1438

well done to those in the results.

Yes, well done the winners.

Good to see someone is racing.

Poor turn out number wise for this time of year.

Wonder what the returns were.

Regards.

yes it was, but i think this race was some charity race misty, usually more members enter .......maybe thought it best to save their birds for other races .

well done the winner and those on the sheet i think this ne wind has taken it's told

13 members sent 131 birds 149 miles to bovingdon, liberated into a NE wind......3/6/23

1st ....... Mr & Mrs Andrew Llewellyn, sent 16 velocity 1421

2nd ......... Mr & Mrs D Reed, sent 31 velocity 1417

3rd ........Chudasama & Beecher, sent 4 velocity 1400

4th ........Mr Paul Faulkner, sent 13 velocity 1390

5th .......Mr & Mrs D Reed, velocity 1383

well done to all in the results

well done all

11/6/23 8 members sent 31 birds 300 miles to guernsey , liberated in a south west wind .

1st .......Mr & Mrs D Reed, sent 5 velocity 927

2nd ......D W Thompson Loft, sent 6 velocity 878

3rd ...... Mr R Rook, sent 3 velocity 854

4th....... Chudasama & Beecher, sent 1 velocity 801

5th ...... McGrath Bros, sent 4 velocity 784

well done to all in the results

David wrote:

11/6/23 8 members sent 31 birds 300 miles to guernsey , liberated in a south west wind .

1st .......Mr & Mrs D Reed, sent 5 velocity 927

2nd ......D W Thompson Loft, sent 6 velocity 878

3rd ...... Mr R Rook, sent 3 velocity 854

4th....... Chudasama & Beecher, sent 1 velocity 801

5th ...... McGrath Bros, sent 4 velocity 784

well done to all in the results

Yes, well done to all in particular the winners.

Good to see some fanciers having a go, hope the returns were good in these trying times

Think our feathered friends have more to cope with than we know about.

Regards.

MISTY wrote:

David wrote:

11/6/23 8 members sent 31 birds 300 miles to guernsey , liberated in a south west wind .

1st .......Mr & Mrs D Reed, sent 5 velocity 927

2nd ......D W Thompson Loft, sent 6 velocity 878

3rd ...... Mr R Rook, sent 3 velocity 854

4th....... Chudasama & Beecher, sent 1 velocity 801

5th ...... McGrath Bros, sent 4 velocity 784

well done to all in the results

Yes, well done to all in particular the winners.

Good to see some fanciers having a go, hope the returns were good in these trying times

Think our feathered friends have more to cope with than we know about.

Regards.

Never enough credit Misty given to the having a go types etc I've found. Back bone of the sport in many ways from my perspective.

12 members sent 109 birds 149 miles to bovingdon 17/6/23, released into a light east wind.

1st ..... McGrath Bros, sent 5 velocity 1684

2nd .... Mr & Mrs D Reed, sent 25 velocity 1679

3rd .... Mr & Mrs Andrew Llewellyn, sent 10 velocity 1616

4th .... Mr & Mrs Andrew Llewellyn velocity 1613

5th .... Chudasama & Beecher, sent 6 velocity 1611

well done to all in the results .

is that a new name in 1st place David

yes it is george, they have been members for a year or two and have flown consistently , wining the odd 1st now and then .

yes its good to see healthy competition and different members wining .

David wrote:

yes it is george, they have been members for a year or two and have flown consistently , wining the odd 1st now and then .

yes its good to see healthy competition and different members wining .

Seems a good competetive club, nice to see these days.

Wonder how the actual returns were.

Well gone the winner.

Regards...