How have members done racing this season ?

how have members done racing this season compared to last year/previous years.....have they done better or worse and have they learned by any mistakes they think they have made ?

Hi friends, it's been a while since i were on, but the racing season took all my attention, as the competition were very strong.
This was my first competitive year, and one, i sure will remember, for many years.
The first few races didnt go to well, but then things started to happen, when the guys started to win, there were no stopping to them, seems the more they fly , the more they wanted to fly.
Anyway, i were crowned as club champion, and also have a lot of visits , fanciers ask all kind questions, about my methods and so on.
Of coarse i dont let out some of my "secrets"
Some things i have learned from past mistakes is : Get the horses , without them you are lost.
Keep "em healthy througout the year
Use common sense
I wanna thank all of you, for your support and advice, i did took a lot of it home.
Have a nice day

hi niel, great to hear from you....glad youve done well with your birds. crowned as club champion? thats some achievement!!! really pleased for you that youve done so well. youre right about having lots of visitors, if they are like fanciers in uk they will be trying to find out your methods and what your stock are......DONT TELL THEM look forward to seeing you on site more now if you have more time on your hands.

Congratulations on being Champion Loft Niel, and welcome back on board mate
Ken

anyone else want to tell us how their season has gone and how the birds have done? anyone buying in new stock to add to the team? im hoping to buy some from an auction sale from a fancier who is packing in....

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why though mark, do you know? birds not good? management? or because you had the yb sickness?

very pleased with the birds for my second year picked up 9 club tickets and 8 fed tickets this year from 90 miles right up to 485 miles been in fed tickets so very pleased
and plus 2 section tickets and winning the first gold ring race PICKING UP FIRST PRIZE OF 150 POUNDS

Congratulations John, do you still have the old dark cheq cock? Is he still producing ? Did some of his children race this year?
Sorry for all the questions, but its been a while since we talked.
Greetings
Niel.

yes we still have the old cock hes 15 now we got one off him this year we put him on with his daughter so we can keap that line going and it was a cock we got this year again off him we dont fly any of the direct children off him they are put straight in to the stock loft we did get 12th fed at hestins this year with a yearling hen that down the same lines ritchie and white which is 485 mlies for us so did very well and 6th club not bad for my first time racing the old birds very pleased got a few birds off the old cocks children this year as i have 6 cock and two hens from him now in the stock loft so plenty off the stormqueen lines now couldent ask for better distance birds

havent done very good this season due to the fact that i had a problem with youngbirds , couldnt get them right , picked up five cards with old birds , however no wins ,unlike last year had 4 wins and 10 other place cards plus fed win and combine cards , hope i repeat this next season , happy days

welcome to the site hope you enjoy it as much as me

yes thanks mate am sure you will get it back next year get in to the firsts again

hope you right

you will ian, im sure.....your birds havnt done too badly this year tho have they, been up near the top on many occasions.

I have had a crazy season, our west section had 5 smash races in a row, full on headwinds 15/25 mph birds taking 3/4 hours from 100 miles every weekend clashing and the perigrine. loses like you wouldnt believe down here. But the birds that are left must be brilliant I gave a pair of pigeons to the fire auction sale , and a chap phil murrey bought them, has been doing well with them coming every week and winning a little, so thats good news. So the seasons been fair.

hi martyn, as you know i havnt raced till next season.....but most of the pigeonmen ive spoke to all say there has been heavy losses. but over the last couple of seasons since i restarted with pigeons ive heard the same thing,what do you and other members pu it down to? clashes, weather conditions or b.o.p. ?

Hi david, I have often wondered, but I keep going back to an age old saying. If you send 10 pigeons to a race and 1 comes home, then there is no reason why the others cant come home as well.??
Until we can track all of the birds, on GPS, We will never know where they all get to. But one thing for sure we have dozens of reasons to list which I feel will keep them from coming home. Its a good subject for a discussion listing all the factors and pitfalls for a bird returning home, and when we have found them all do our best to limit the causes as best we can, but the odds are very much against them I feel.