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Scottish Midland Fed Lockerbie Race yesterday  8 from 8 ,three good weeks of returns

Quoted from tom corrie

Scottish Midland Fed Lockerbie Race yesterday  8 from 8 ,three good weeks of returns

Tommy, are you speaking for yourself? Why is it your club had dropped birdage, the federation ha dropped birdage.  Spoke ti fanciers today, 1 has 10/23 another 1 has 16/26 another 16/30, if that is good racing I don't know what is.  P.S. I see you have only 8 away, why is this are you keeping them for the shows.

26 FROM 26 HERE

8/10 from scotch corner on the north road i've lost 4 birds in 3 races so i am now down to 12 left

5/6 kempsey

39 from 43 back worksop unc

Redwhiteblue,

Can resist no longer,would you care to enlighten us what problem or issue you have with the Midland Fed,or indeed

Sorry,or indeed Tom Corrie?

Rab Smith

I Would like to find out what issue RedWhiteblue has got with this federation

In the south west we were doing just over a 1000ypm. Very tough race with the gale force winds. At least they have had to think?

I DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS RAB BUT HE SEEMS TO BE VERY INTERESTED IN WHATS GOING ON IN THE CORRIE LOFT I WONDER IF HE SAW ME AT CARNWATH THIS MORNING TOSSING THE SHOW BIRDS

6/36 north of scotland disaster alnwick on sunday

Sorry to hear of such returns, may have been very strong west wind and liberation on east coast

yes strong winds and lots of rain on way home

13 out of 17 smf lockerbie

3 more home this morning  thats 23 from 26

6/31 from Alnwick disaster, gutted

7/34 now not 36 were did they go

I think they have gone out on to the sea and hit heavy rain, bet they will never be seen again. I f you look at a map and draw a straight line between Alnwick and Peterhead it,s almost entirely over water. The west in the wind, the heavy rain showers and the geography was a recipe for disaster. We have to get a racepoint further inland with a line that takes out the sea.

Quoted from Blue Tooner

I think they have gone out on to the sea and hit heavy rain, bet they will never be seen again. I f you look at a map and draw a straight line between Alnwick and Peterhead it,s almost entirely over water. The west in the wind, the heavy rain showers and the geography was a recipe for disaster. We have to get a racepoint further inland with a line that takes out the sea.

I think there is a great deal of substance in this theory.
Some birds will always go with the wind (for whatever reason). Particularly with youngsters we should be able to vary the race point dependant on the weather forecast. For example Alnwick may be perfectly acceptable if an easterly or southerly wind is forecast.

As we all know the purpose of young bird racing is education and a mild weeding out.