rpra olr to-day

things are not looking good for this race of 93 mls  to-day george

up at 8.10am by 5.00 only 179 birds home from 900 george

rainbow wrote:

up at 8.10am  by 5.00 only 179 birds home from 900  george

Hi Rainbow where is the info on this race? cheers Kev

there website has gone down Jeremy is a member on pigeon chat and he has posted on there

rainbow wrote:

there website has gone down Jeremy is a member on pigeon chat and he has posted on there

Thanks George, I saw that the site had gone down. Hopefully they will make it back later.

the first 63 birds are up now he said he would update it to-night

rainbow wrote:

the first 63 birds are up now he said he would update it to-night

Thanks George I have just seen it, I wonder how many are home? time will tell.

223 birds home 673 still missing they split up at the lib mine may make it in to-morrow have you any in it george

rainbow wrote:

223 birds home 673 still missing  they split up  at the lib  mine may make it in to-morrow have you any in it george

Hi George, no not in the RPRA race our birds are in the Somerset OLR 4 birds under the name MISTREL MARAUDERS and a half share in a bird LAY BY/EYESIGN 101. I hope they make it back ok tomorrow, what was the weather like?  Kev

weather was fine they split into 2 batches 1 went 30mls to stoke and circled there for some time it seems they had been splitting up like this for some time I think they took in too many birds 1300 which now means over 1000 are now missing george

rainbow wrote:

weather was fine they split into 2 batches 1 went 30mls to stoke and circled there for some time it seems they had been splitting up like this for some time  I think they took in too many birds 1300 which now means over 1000 are now missing  george

Hi George it still doesnt show or tell the amount of birds that have returned on the RPRA website. I hope your birds come today along with many more. Kev

rainbow wrote:

weather was fine they split into 2 batches 1 went 30mls to stoke and circled there for some time it seems they had been splitting up like this for some time  I think they took in too many birds 1300 which now means over 1000 are now missing  george

Boy oh Boy !!!!!    another disaster etc. I was just on the Alberta site yesterday, reading about the one loft race in Canada "2 peas in a pod" exactly the same story in many ways   . Running dairy for 6 months, a loft full of champions looking a milllion dollars so to speak    Unfortunately !!!!!!!! they then put them in the basket & all hell broke loose. It plays out something like this,1 mile, 1 mile, 2 mile, 2 mile, 3 mile, 5 mile & then the big one 25 miles    etc, started with 1200 pigeons in the loft at the start & over half of them have disappeared unfortunately. It's a mad mad world now where in. So some one like Ginger, who had a bit of misfortune recently here, shouldn't feel too down in the dumps etc.  
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I know Kev they are taking no phone call's ,text messages or e mails any information is on another site george

Knackered wrote:

rainbow wrote:

weather was fine they split into 2 batches 1 went 30mls to stoke and circled there for some time it seems they had been splitting up like this for some time  I think they took in too many birds 1300 which now means over 1000 are now missing  george

Boy oh Boy !!!!!    another disaster etc. I was just on the Alberta site yesterday, reading about the one loft race in Canada "2 peas in a pod" exactly the same story in many ways   . Running dairy for 6 months, a loft full of champions looking a milllion dollars so to speak    Unfortunately !!!!!!!! they then put them in the basket & all hell broke loose. It plays out something like this,1 mile, 1 mile, 2 mile, 2 mile, 3 mile, 5 mile & then the big one 25 miles    etc, started with 1200 pigeons in the loft at the start & over half of them have disappeared unfortunately. It's a mad mad world now where in. So some one like Ginger, who had a bit of misfortune recently here, shouldn't feel too down in the dumps etc.  
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Hi Knackered I have just been looking at the Canadian International OLR and like the RPRA race yesterday surprise surprise there is no info about the full amount of returns on the Website. I always think it is better to just tell it like it is whatever happens rather than try to hide the bad news hoping things will improve before revealing the results.
The best way with the OL races is to be like the Algarve Golden race where Everything is televised over the internet live. Loft flying, in the loft and all training and races. This way the owners are not so anxious when kept in the dark about the truth. (Its strange how the websites go down or clam up when something bad happens)  
The old saying "No News is Good News" doesnt hold water for the owners of birds in OL events.
Lets hope the birds in both these events can work their way back home.

in January Kev they ask a fancier for £150 so his bird could stay in as a yearlying when he paid the money he found out his bird was no longer there seems the rules say they can do that george

rainbow wrote:

in January Kev they ask a fancier for £150 so his bird could stay in as a yearlying when he paid the money he found out his bird was no longer there seems the rules say they can do that george

Hi George that happened to us in the Europa classic a few years ago. We had a bird that had raced exceptionally well from our 3 entries and finished high in the acebirds. You had the option to leave the bird in and pay 150GBP to race as a yearling. The top so many birds were auctioned off and our bird was in top form until the final when he lost 35 mins on the leaders in a bunch finish.
This meant he was one of the proven top performers left in the lofts after the sale. He mysteriously dissapeared before the yearlings training began.
To be fair the Europa let me pick another bird to represent us in the Yearling event but there was nothing in our missing birds class left in the race. I often wonder if the bird got auctioned or sold by mistake as I know for a fact that this has happened in the past.

spencerline wrote:

Knackered wrote:

rainbow wrote:

weather was fine they split into 2 batches 1 went 30mls to stoke and circled there for some time it seems they had been splitting up like this for some time  I think they took in too many birds 1300 which now means over 1000 are now missing  george

Boy oh Boy !!!!!    another disaster etc. I was just on the Alberta site yesterday, reading about the one loft race in Canada "2 peas in a pod" exactly the same story in many ways   . Running dairy for 6 months, a loft full of champions looking a milllion dollars so to speak    Unfortunately !!!!!!!! they then put them in the basket & all hell broke loose. It plays out something like this,1 mile, 1 mile, 2 mile, 2 mile, 3 mile, 5 mile & then the big one 25 miles    etc, started with 1200 pigeons in the loft at the start & over half of them have disappeared unfortunately. It's a mad mad world now where in. So some one like Ginger, who had a bit of misfortune recently here, shouldn't feel too down in the dumps etc.  
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Hi Knackered I have just been looking at the Canadian International OLR and like the RPRA race yesterday surprise surprise there is no info about the full amount of returns on the Website. I always think it is better to just tell it like it is whatever happens rather than try to hide the bad news hoping things will improve before revealing the results.
The best way with the OL races is to be like the Algarve Golden race where Everything is televised over the internet live. Loft flying, in the loft and all training and races. This way the owners are not so anxious when kept in the dark about the truth. (Its strange how the websites go down or clam up when something bad happens)  
The old saying "No News is Good News" doesnt hold water for the owners of birds in OL events.
Lets hope the birds in both these events can work their way back home.

Fair enough comment Kev "Unfortunately" we live in a society sadly where certain people believe you must gild the lily (Be kind) as the truth is a bit harsh at times. It all comes out in the end thou    as you say. Just think of our politicians as an example. The one thing I scratch my head in amazement with, in that Canada race. Is why would you bother to basket up hundreds of pigeons etc to just take them a mile down the road. Time & effort were just wasted in my view "Strange".  
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the reason Knackered for starting off at 1 ml then 2,3 is OL birds do not range they also don't like flying round the loft george

rainbow wrote:

the reason Knackered for starting off at 1 ml  then 2,3 is OL birds do not range  they also don't like flying round the loft george

i didnt know that george, no wonder so many get lost then....... 

David wrote:

rainbow wrote:

the reason Knackered for starting off at 1 ml  then 2,3 is OL birds do not range  they also don't like flying round the loft george

i didnt know that george,  no wonder so many get lost then....... 

There are just as many percentage wise being lost from fanciers own lofts from what I have read on various sites and heard from different people, its just the more birds you have in one place the more you lose. Many fanciers are already not sending as they are frightened of losing them, I say send them and the ones that come back are worth another chance as yearlings.
Those that dont come back I would be looking closely at their parents in the stock loft and thinking about their futures, lol.

latest from rpra is there site has been hacked lol

spencerline wrote:

David wrote:

rainbow wrote:

the reason Knackered for starting off at 1 ml  then 2,3 is OL birds do not range  they also don't like flying round the loft george

i didnt know that george,  no wonder so many get lost then....... 

There are just as many percentage wise being lost from fanciers own lofts from what I have read on various sites and heard from different people, its just the more birds you have in one place the more you lose. Many fanciers are already not sending as they are frightened of losing them, I say send them and the ones that come back are worth another chance as yearlings.
Those that dont come back I would be looking closely at their parents in the stock loft and thinking about their futures, lol.

i think theres far too much crap being bred anyway spencerline......plus inadiquate training/management adds to the problem also, but 300 pigeons left out of 1300 entered is a pretty high percentage of losses i would say.......

rpra have now changed server but people not able to report birds as yet still waiting on update from 254 birds at 8.0 am george

David wrote:

spencerline wrote:

David wrote:

rainbow wrote:

the reason Knackered for starting off at 1 ml  then 2,3 is OL birds do not range  they also don't like flying round the loft george

i didnt know that george,  no wonder so many get lost then....... 

There are just as many percentage wise being lost from fanciers own lofts from what I have read on various sites and heard from different people, its just the more birds you have in one place the more you lose. Many fanciers are already not sending as they are frightened of losing them, I say send them and the ones that come back are worth another chance as yearlings.
Those that dont come back I would be looking closely at their parents in the stock loft and thinking about their futures, lol.

i think theres far too much crap being bred anyway spencerline......plus inadiquate training/management adds to the problem also,  but 300 pigeons left out of 1300 entered is a pretty high percentage of losses i would say.......

I agree but the One loft race is not responsible for crap being bred they just have to train and race the birds they are given. From the 1300 that began there were 900 by the 2nd race so they were fit by now and only 33% are back but as they are fit and healthy many more should still make it home. I havent looked but surely there are records of what training the birds have done. After all it was only 90 miles not Pau national, lol.  If an individual fancier has  30 birds and loses 20 then this is the same it just doesnt sound as bad.
Many have faired worse than that this year, it is all over the websites about losses, many have lost the lot and packed up for the season afer a couple of short races.

there may now be another problem for the rpra and that is the courier cost if a large number of the 640 birds are reported also the owner may well not want it to return to the loft and again who pays the cost george