e.t.s. timing

for those fanciers that already have e.t.s. would you go back to a conventional clock & rubbers ?.

no mate i wouldnt go back the advantages out weighs all disadvantages

and and i dont mean clocking birds at a fast rate of knots its just the way

forward now clock can be left running for late birds or training great for disabled folk or elderly who cant get around so fast

also if something comes up and you have to go out just leave clock running

yes for yb racing,especially with all the losses. when you lose about 20 plus ybs it mounts up...plus unikon rip us off every single year with their pathetic prices

No, it doesnt spook the birds by keeping having to catch them to clock

it does steve,the birds do get wise during the racing season.you might et a bird to come 3 or 4 times but after that i think they know whats happing/jmo

EssexSteve wrote:

No, it doesnt spook the birds by keeping having to catch them to clock

what a crock of crap I only clock my y/bs when I have to I have a hen would have had 5 cards but only clocked her twice why I rest my case sean

peel bros wrote:

it does steve,the birds do get wise during the racing season.you might et a bird to come 3 or 4 times but after that i think they know whats happing/jmo

I agree Ray, they get shy of being clocked

EssexSteve wrote:

No, it doesnt spook the birds by keeping having to catch them to clock

Steve I am sorry but that's a load of balls mate the races I have lost when you a youngster have been caught a few times they do shy away but with ETS they never get shy as you don't have to catch them what more can be said

The only down side with ETS is when fanciers time over 10 birds to take all the places

Sorry don that reads wrong lol it should say

No ets doesnt spook birds.

EssexSteve wrote:

Sorry don that reads wrong lol it should say

No ets doesnt spook birds.

Sorry had a few beers. LOL

seanl wrote:

EssexSteve wrote:

No, it doesnt spook the birds by keeping having to catch them to clock

what a crock of crap  I only clock  my y/bs when I have to  I have  a hen would have had 5 cards but only clocked her twice   why   I rest my case   sean

Spot on Sean here's one for you my mate Barry Fellows raced a pigeon called Bungalow Bill he won 6x1st which included 2 classic opens 4clubs and 4x1st Feds but Barry would not time him in every race if he had timed Bungalow Bill every race he would have won 10 first and the Fed every race
Some pigeon but Barry wanted him for the classic opens which he won both of them big time

It's all about the next race another fancier who does the same A.K.Tonks of Wednesbury

peel bros wrote:

yes for yb racing,especially with all the losses. when you lose about 20 plus ybs it mounts up...plus unikon rip us off every single year with their pathetic prices

spot on ray. and I wouldent be surprized if unikon don't put there prices up again this coming year. and ybs do get shy ive had plenty sit and look at me from the roof. so it does not bother me If clock from yb races, as long as there home.atb stan

no because i hate writing out race sheets if am running late and clock checking is so much easier and what about all those plonkers who claim they would have won more but never clocked them in !! maybe that is why they dont use it cos the truth will out

our club wont hear of using ETS, they dont like it even being mentioned........but i if i had the chance i would certainly use it as the advantages over normal clocking are numerous.

also another local club in our fed use ETS, and i think this gives them a distinct advantage over our members on fed races, ok it doesnt make a bird a winner if it isnt one, but precious seconds can be the difference in topping the fed or coming second....JMO

northroadracer wrote:

no because i hate writing out race sheets if am running late and clock checking is so much easier and what about all those plonkers who claim they would have won more but never clocked them in !! maybe that is why they dont use it cos the truth will out

I will agree

Heres one comment made during racing a fancier comes in the club house all worked up when asked what was the problem his comment was today his first pigeon was on line and 3 minutes infront of the expected time
When the pigeon entered the loft the next doors cat got the pigeon and ran of with it according to the fancier in question the bird would have won the club by at least 5 minutes beat that hey:lol!:  

David wrote:

our club wont hear of using ETS, they dont like it even being mentioned........but i if i had the chance i would certainly use it as the advantages over normal clocking are numerous.

also another local club in our fed use ETS, and i think this gives them a distinct advantage over our members on fed races, ok it doesnt make a bird a winner if it isnt one, but precious seconds can be the difference in topping the fed or coming second....JMO

 

I agree with your comment but there are advantages and disadvantages in everything
But as Geoff \Kirkland says in one of the DVD films it ok having ETS but you have to get the pigeon from the race point to the pad first ever mind thinking its going to help you win   

food for thought

Don Webb wrote:

northroadracer wrote:

no because i hate writing out race sheets if am running late and clock checking is so much easier and what about all those plonkers who claim they would have won more but never clocked them in !! maybe that is why they dont use it cos the truth will out

I will agree

Heres one comment made during racing a fancier comes in the club house all worked up when asked what was the problem his comment was today his first pigeon was on line and 3 minutes infront of the expected time
When the pigeon entered the loft the next doors cat got the pigeon  and ran of with it according to the  fancier in question  the bird would have won the club by at least 5 minutes beat that hey:lol!:    

Beat that !!!!!    I wouldn't even try to etc, I would have just given him the red card so to speak  . Now !!!! as old as I'm type of thing I'm all for modern technology in our sport. The Internet, E/clocks, Mobile phones or what ever it may be we should all embrace it to it's fullist, at least in my view. When I hear flyers talk about advantage/disavantege & there is !!!!!!  have no doubt on that fact with E/clocks, but still I just   & think there is something missing in the brain department sadly (no offence to anyone here). I have only ever had one clock in my life time   1958  STB special & towards the end     I couldn't even put the rubber in the thimble to then put it in the clock etc "I new my time had come"  . Now !!!!!!!! through modern techology etc here, I can sit back & watch all the results of all the federations in my local area (5) plus other feds results intrestate, as they are all posted online at there pullovers etc sitting in my armchair at home. Now !!!! If all that is not a good thing/advancement etc for our sport compared to  how things were done in the past I don't know what is or what would please those that wish to live in the past etc.  
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Don Webb wrote:

David wrote:

our club wont hear of using ETS, they dont like it even being mentioned........but i if i had the chance i would certainly use it as the advantages over normal clocking are numerous.

also another local club in our fed use ETS, and i think this gives them a distinct advantage over our members on fed races, ok it doesnt make a bird a winner if it isnt one, but precious seconds can be the difference in topping the fed or coming second....JMO

 

I agree with your comment but there are advantages and disadvantages in everything
But as Geoff \Kirkland says in one of the DVD films it ok having ETS but you have to get the pigeon from the race point to the pad first ever mind thinking its going to help you win   

food for thought

hi don, like i say in my post, the ETS wont make a winner out of an also ran......but apart from race rubbers being cheap compared to the ETS ring, what advantages does a T3 or STB have over ETS ...?
i cant think of any.  

it is my oppinion that if fanciers dont get with the times,and e,t,s, is but one of them, then the sport will dramaticly increase its decline, this is one of the best things to come into the sport to attract young people, the expence should be secondary, and for those less fortunate fanciers that cant afford it, then lets have some help from the blackpool show, instead of giving it away to all those charrities that certanly would not help us when the time comes?.