How many members in youir club.

Hi Lads I have just jummped clubs from an 8 members club to a 25 member club I was just wondering what is the amount of members in the forum clubs around the U.K.
Is our club quite big for todays standards or average to small...?

hi martyn we have around 24 members in our club used to have around 35 but with the decline in sport , mind still a very strong club

yes ian , but look at how many go in to partnership as well,you count them up in your club and you will get a surpise.if all these where single fanciers again how many would you have then...i,m not sure how many are in our club, maybe 14 i will have to check that

Yes Ian that is a strong club 24, mind 14 isnt too bad either, I have been flying against 4/6 members flying in the club so wanted more competition thats why I have switched. Although we all compete in the section, but the new club has a training transporter and what with all the falcon attaks My birds will be safer liberated with 600 birds training instead of single training.

think ours has about 24 or 25 members martyn, altho there is a bit of controvasy over the last year or so about members not bothering to send............

yes thats understandable martin even though they will be mixing with tom ,dick & harrys birds they will be doing that anyway in the race basket

14 members in club and i think the same in the other club 3 miles from us

i am a member of the south west england lerwick club which has 120 members but there is many basketing stations and in ours there is 11 but nothing to be won in the basketing station so we all chip in to buy prize cards for the first 3 birds per race

thats a good idea darren, good sportsmen............

Seems ours is average number then, but its quite a good number for wales, 120 in a lerwick club now thats serious amount..Very interesting to hear all this we dont get to know much about the rest of the country where in the arse end of nowhere...lol

read some results a few weeks ago in bhw martyn, im sure it mentioned your name/pembrokshire.

Can remember in the 80/90's when my own club Tipton & District HS had 100 members that was the limit the club would allow in a 3 quarter mile radius and almost every week anything from500 to 700 birds the record sent was in youngbirds just short of 900 birds

In the fed anything from 8,000 to 12,000 birds a week

I should know it was me who convoyed them

As you all know in 2009 12 members resigned from our club leaving just 5 members for 2010 season, but for 2011 season we now have 11 members so we are on our way back up, of the 6 new members we have none are from the original resignations but from flyers who have great results from their other clubs, so compitition will be stronger than ever for 2011, looking forward to it
Ken

yes and its not far away,sooner the better

we have had a thousant birds sent in youngbird racing with just 30 members

Don Webb wrote:

Can remember in the 80/90's when my own club Tipton & District HS had 100 members that was the limit the club would allow in a 3 quarter mile radius and almost every week anything from500 to 700 birds the record sent was in youngbirds just short of 900 birds

In the fed anything from 8,000 to 12,000 birds a week

I should know it was me who convoyed them

for 100 members in a club not a lot of birds sent 700 - 900 we get that many every weeks with 24 members did you have a limit

i bet its because then people only sent small teams not like now when you have the tpo flyers sending 50 to 60 every week

yes but surely people sent more than 7 - 9 birds each ray

yes but on average normal people sent maybe 12 birds, the bigs lads sent 30 or so still, its when others started to send more they just increased their numbers.. ask your self why they send so many. i think its because they are frightened of getting beat. i send so many because i have toomany as you know, plus to give a a bit of a chance...i like you would love a small team and i will when i find the birds to compete every week against these lot

if your in a parnership sending and keeping a large team you can share the cost
but being on your own if you have deep pockets its no problem .
keeping a large team is not for me i perfer to keep it small and choose my races as and when i like
and not chase averages .

DAVID wrote:

think ours has about 24 or 25 members martyn, altho there is a bit of controvasy over the last year or so about members not bothering to send............

after thinking about saying 24/25 i counted them up and about 3 have resigned, and i can count 19 members in the club, dont know what sort of birdage they are sending tho as i have yet to race with them.

Yes Thats one of the things with larger clubs you get the birdage, Last year on a few of the later races I was the biggest sender with 18 ybs, but thats in the old club birdage for the race was 30ish, In my new club they can send 300 each week, I think the later races they were under 100 mind you.

ian wrote:

Don Webb wrote:

Can remember in the 80/90's when my own club Tipton & District HS had 100 members that was the limit the club would allow in a 3 quarter mile radius and almost every week anything from500 to 700 birds the record sent was in youngbirds just short of 900 birds

In the fed anything from 8,000 to 12,000 birds a week

I should know it was me who convoyed them

for 100 members in a club not a lot of birds sent 700 - 900 we get that many every weeks with 24 members did you have a limit

Ian as i have already said to you even thou there was 100 members the max sending was between 60 to 80 members but them days they all had small teams 9 to 12 widowhood cocks 30 youngbirds

The amount of pigeons being sent now compared to then must be 3 to 4 times greater

Ian how many youngsters you having this year about 100 youngsters which is a lot but it all comes down to mob flying and getting a pigeon in the first batch the more you send the more chance you have of getting one in that first batch

yes have to move with the times