john cumming

i try to pair winner to winner if possible, and over the years have tried to aquire birds from fanciers who have been at the top winning consistently and then find a system that suits the birds and myself, easier said than done??has taken a few years to build a team the to challenge consistantly? too many fanciers in my opinion expect success soon as they have a winner or have bought in birds from proven stock, it takes time john :emoticon-0137-clapping:

have a fourteen year old arie visser hen, and she is rearing her own youngster now , has 3 1sts and raced out till she was 9 years old, this bird earned the freedom of the loft john

another 3 points, that all that counts, quality john " W A T P "

there are a few lads up there, they have a club there john

Winter racings not a thing ive heard of in the uk other than one off specialist races at christmas ect?? train them through the winter after theyve gone through the moult and if the weathers favourable and race them out next year to 250/300 miles nothing to hard, you will drop some but the majority should be fine, john

i usually take about a dozen every year and train them through the winter when the weather is favourable and race them out to 300 miles the following year, ive had a pretty good success rate that way with them, works for me, and youll not know if you dont try it?? john

just a waste of good skin the pair oh them john

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haha i sent none n got one home plus a stray john :emoticon-0140-rofl:

sound up here like pps, never had any probs as yet john

aye well done loons in what was a very testing season, spose ats it for another 7 months or so, just feels like yesterday the season started?? time tae start making ready for next year i suppose?? john :emoticon-0137-clapping:

aye walter itll be a poorer affair without ronnie r.i.p john

buckie & district rpc consett 10-09-11 4 / 53 lib: 13,00 ----name------velocity------dist----fly/time 1.james reid. 1123.819, 196.839, 05.07.42 2.james reid. 1109.278 3.james reid. 1080.509 4.james reid. 1055.177 5.james reid. 1029.470 6.stephen cowie. 413.686, 199.1021 well done jim on taking the first 5 positions.

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used tae visit ronnie when he stayed in kingston and put the world to rites, shared some interesting stories to say the least which were usually accomponied by a dram, he was one oh the best, said it as it was whether you liked it or not!! R . I . P bud john

no worries here, my entry was taken by a cat two days after the first race, so thats me out pps john :emoticon-0126-nerd:

360 miles to us, decided not to send john :emoticon-0137-clapping:

think he wouldve been taking it to far we the singing bit, bad enough bein a comedian!!! haha john

aye paul it was a great success despite the low turn out £1100 + and £100 on the raffle, result i would say john :emoticon-0137-clapping:

haha yes they are big birds, i had an experience with one earlier this year while offshore, i was in our lifeboat doing weekly emergency checks when i stuck my head out the window and yes this monster was at the bow of the boat keeping a beedie eye on me, later the same day he decided to return to the same spot perched on the bow of the lifeboat i think he was eyeing up the fish in the water below, myself and andy wilson both commented on the shear size of the thing, very impressive bird in stature john :emoticon-0157-sun:

buckie & district rpc arniston young bird result: 03-09-11 5/52 lib: 10.15am into south west wind and high broken cloud pos,---- name, --- distance,-- timed, --- velocity 1, james reid,---- 123.1203, 13.37.48, 1073.388 2, hugh broadley,126.0820, 14.02.36, 0977.944 3, james reid,----123.1203, 14.34.01, 0840.421 4, hugh broadley,126.0820, 15.21.09, 0727.029 5, stephen cowie,126.0661, 15.52.08, 0659.742 6, stephen cowie,126.0661. 15.54.37. 0654.918 7, lee barrie,-----126.0679, 15.56.33, 0651.263 well done to jim reid on winning the race which turned into a tough drawn out affair, returns being very mixed john

jim reids doo is a jan aarden, jim didnt do much old bird racing this year due to work commitments but has won every young bird race with the exception of one so far in 2011 john

youngster 1, red, su 11 ne 6658, sire bred by jackie ritchie inverallachy, dam su 10 ne 4025 bl ch hen, sire of 4025 purchased at ritchie & whyte (fraserburgh) dispersal sale, results for 4025, 1st club ripon 252 miles, 1st leicester 360 miles, 6th club consett 200 miles all 2011 ******************************************************************************************** youngster 2, dark ch,su 11 ne 6672, sire purchased at ritchie & whyte (fraserburgh) dispersal sale, dam su 09 ne 8763 grizzle hen this birds sire was bred by irwin buchan ( peterhead ) results for 8763, 5th club consett 200 miles, 3rd club rotherham 300 miles, 4th club leicester 360 miles, 1st club,7th west section,28th fed hastings 493 miles all 2011. john

good boot in the nads we a steel toe cap boot is what they need for starters then deal with them?? john :emoticon-0179-headbang:

in buckie its a mixed bag, showers but no wind to speak of 13 degrees and mild john