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are there any welsh fanciers who would like to say hello.most of you on here allready know that i am coming back to the sport after a 20 year break,loft is coming along well and im getting really excited now.my father has offered to take me to louella lofts to buy a pair of stock birds to start me off,what should i go for distance,sprint or all rounders.im not sure what breed of bird is suitable for what,any advice is appreciated.paul

paul enjoy.. wellcome back,,, don't worry about strain for a while,, just get good honest birds in.. If you want a pair of youngster let me know,,

we fly as B Williams & son and race in the upper Swansea valley.. we are having a fantastic season so far and fingers crossed it will get better..

goodluck and enjoy the birds.. you wait until you see them fold up and dive for home after a race,, your hairs will stand up..

enjoyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

ant

i can remember that when i was young watching my fathers birds,he would say"that one knocked the back of the shed out"

hi paul im a welsh man flying in england risca is my home town and i return often to  visit my very large family .
i live just up the road from louella  and bought 12 flor engles last year to go with the geoff kirkland birds i have .
out of the twelve i ended up with 4 good and 1 hopfully very good pigeons i would sugest look around your area there are some top flyers in south wales i should know i got a bird from gordon jhonson from risca and it was my 1st bird home sat in our 1st young bird race if it wasnt for a bad trap then who knows  ha!
if your starting up paul you will find a lot of facyiers  will gift you birds me included

thanks.i know gordon johnson also,my father used to belong to risca homing society.the club is now sadly no more.they were a great bunch of fellas.do you know richie harris,paul philips,john davies,ron bennett,len bennett,roger ward,brian ward,john newbury,alf robbins,the club had over 40 members at one time,some of them have passed away but most are still flying.

i know roger ward [ wacker ] i lived nxt door to him and flew with my grancha joe edwards from hill st before that we flew from the prince of wales pub .
dont remeber the names you posted but i left risca in 1977 and very young paul

did you used to fly under the name of edwards & son.my father remembers joe edwards,his name is david gingell and he used to fly under the name gingell bros later p+d gingell.roger sadly passed away a few years ago.

sorry to hijack, but on the subject of S Wales fanciers, does anyone know about any old members of clubs around the central/m4 Newport area? I'm talking 1970s now!

no paul we flew under d roberts then when i mooved away my grancha took on my cousin lee jackson and flew under his name
my sister is frend with a gingell on face book she runs the risca public house

hi there was an article in the south wales argus (weds 23 july) about pill racing club.they have received a lottery grant to install the new "electronically tagged system" to make the sport easier for disabled fanciers.to lifelong members names are quoted-tom fleming and glyn picton.dont know them personally but they were there around that time.

Paul, we are also in South Wales, not far from Ant.
I wouldn't bother with Louella and look around your area for something to get started with.
Again you are welcome to a pair of youngsters next year.

Phil

Quoted from paul10121968

hi there was an article in the south wales argus (weds 23 july) about pill racing club.they have received a lottery grant to install the new "electronically tagged system" to make the sport easier for disabled fanciers.to lifelong members names are quoted-tom fleming and glyn picton.dont know them personally but they were there around that time.

what another load of bull     tell me what disabled fanciers pill has how do they get away with it

Thanks. My dad (no longer with us) knew someone called Ossie(?) Reynolds. He used to have a window cleaning round and might have lived off Corporation Road, Newport. I could be wrong as I was young at the time. My dad used to bring a whicker basket of pigeons home and it was a real treat for me to throw them in the air to go home. Must have been about 30 or more years ago. If anyone knew Ossie (might be wrong spelling) would love to hear about him.  

hi chris.the article says that it will allow its elderly members to compete on a level playing field.dont know much about the club yet.but it is on my list of clubs to approach for membership.

if i was you i would apply to a decent club were you will have a laugh with decent peaple not out to rip you off

Nownow David you kep that quiet!
Paul, you may find that joining any club that has already got ETS may put you at a dissadvantage unless you buy your own. The grant will have been applied for to supply current membership with equiptment and as grant limit is £5000 unlikely to have purchased spare equiptment.

Phil

correct phil and you would have a job borrowing one the oddfellows is an excelent club with great members

Yes Phil, I did keep it quiet. But always remembered the thrill of taking those smooth birds out of that basket and throwing them into the air. Was always amazed that they were going to fly all the way back home. I guess I've never really lost that. Strange but true

i prefer "cock and thimble"system.thats the way i know and prefer.so i will be joining a club that flys that way.but i am in the process of finding which clubs are available to me,because i know boundries are involved.

sorry should be "CLOCK and thimble"

still say oddfellows for both

A lot of odd fellows around Newport eh Chris!

my first memory of pigeons was wheeling them down to the club on a pushchair with my father.he would have sometimes three baskets all on top of each other by the time he got there.

tell you what phil its one of the few clubs i enjoyed judgeing shows and spending time with its members

A lot of that has been lost now with small clubs, the banter on a friday and sat night, club shows etc through the winter all used to be part of the enjoyment, now if you win to much you become an outcast!

Quoted from pjc

A lot of that has been lost now with small clubs, the banter on a friday and sat night, club shows etc through the winter all used to be part of the enjoyment, now if you win to much you become an outcast!

it sounds right but oddfellows never seems to change still a laugh sill made welcome with a drink from chairman  pill its a click and  not very frendly

Quoted from paul10121968

i prefer "cock and thimble"system.thats the way i know and prefer.so i will be joining a club that flys that way.but i am in the process of finding which clubs are available to me,because i know boundries are involved.

i personally wouldnt  judge a club from a single persons view, i would ask around and judge for urself.
as someone may have a grudge against a certain club , so i would get some info off local flyers,about clubs in ur area.
hope u get sorted.

well he could ask his naighbour who is in that club

Quoted from strapper

i personally wouldnt  judge a club from a single persons view, i would ask around and judge for urself.
as someone may have a grudge against a certain club , so i would get some info off local flyers,about clubs in ur area.
hope u get sorted.

sounds like a good idea to me  

oh and pjc they dont come any odder than you .....pmsl.............amanda

cheers Amanda!
Realy don't know what you mean!

Phil  

ive been in the same club nowhere in s/wales for over 10yrs,never thought of changing clubs,happy in this one where ive been chairman for 2years and sec for the last 5years,re elected by every member so i must be doing summut right lol,im glad im not in a club where i have to look over my shoulder each week!...only changed club once..for the better.

i've been in the same club since moveing here and been sec for almost the same length of time, no other mug will do it!!!

sec job is easy

it is when you've got a good team around you which i have.
The problem is your tied to it, I don't mind the job but I can't give 100% to it and can't be at the club every marking and checking night.
This year 1 current and 1 ex members have caused problems which along with my kids now being at an age they want to do things at weekends has made my mind up to let somebody else have a turn.

Phil

Quoted from ChrisMaidment08

sec job is easy

when yi plenty time on yir hands

i was only joking  i had plenty of problems as chairman with some members

the secs job is a thankless one at times..some wont take on the job but some do critisize the ones that will do it.

as they do in all clubs

Not just in pigeon clubs!

one thing is for certain,we could not do without these people who give up their time to keep our clubs running smoothly.i for one admire them.

chris maidment
im disturbed by your recent postings on here regarding the pill rpc
and would like to know where you got your info from and explain yourself

1) you have never even applied to jion the club or had intentions to do so
2)yes we were awarded the lottery funding for our elderly and disabled fanciers which stands at 80 % of them out of the 25 we have
why you should find reason comment on this i dont no has its got nothing to do with you

3 what other club in the country offers its membership

3a  social evnings through out the year for fanciers and spouces and families
3b family days trips out in the summer for its membership
3c  annual trips to holland and belgium
3d breeder/buyers
3e yb ring schemes
3f  free membership for junior members under 16

so for you to indicate that the club is clicky and unfriendly has you put it we aint doing bad are we

   if i remember the last time you came to the club some 3yrs ago you accused one of our members of having and showing one of your pigeons which caused distress to the member concerned who challenged you to accompany him to his loft and prove your aligations which you refused
for which you later sent a letter of appolige to the club about your actions and behaviour that day

the club is run in the right mannor with everything above board for the benifit of its membership and does`nt warrent your accusations for which i would like  to appoligise for the re,marks made  

yours
tom harris
secretary
pill rpc
newport

i think a balanced approach was made when one of the members on here said ' don't judge any clubs by one persons experience '    i suggest you invite this young gentleman to your club and show him how nice your club is by inviting him to a ' basketing night '      And if your lucky to get a new pair of hands to help out he may want to join your club  
Can't hurt anyone to ask ?