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eastcoaster

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  1. Well no looking good for me if weather stays the same! i`m off on holiday on sunday hopefully be back in time for Ypres.
  2. The Midland fed have been well hammered down the west route so don`t think there is any differance just pick a route and stay for 3 years then decide .
  3. ye ever been in Greengairs FooK never ever lived in such a wet place rains even when it`s sunny here lol.
  4. 41 doo`s thats almost as many as my club sent ! lol
  5. Thanks ,but as i said to snatch i am more worried about the rest as i thought they were in good nick and i would have been well behind !but got 11/11 so not much wrong but gives me some work to doo.
  6. Thanks Neil, if i`m honest i would have been nearer last if i had not timed this hen lol. she never raced as yb nor as a yearling (i dont think)so was not fancied at all but she must have shown something or she would`nt still be here. How you & Dad go today.
  7. The midland fed have had it hard like most so numbers are getting very low.
  8. 11 members sent 77 birds 1st C Grieve 1535 2nd I Gibson 1463 3rd Mr&Mrs McKee 1457 4th Mr&Mrs Nayles 1448 5th S Shanks 1375 6th Mr&Mrs McKee 1373 Mr&MrscKee win £19.95 Mr&Mrs Nayles win £13 30
  9. Well done Tom, also see mr wardhaugh creeping closer just before the big races . well done all
  10. Says in the book 10,00 and they wont change , it`s chucking it down here .
  11. Ask him if he remembers lol
  12. My first time in ,i was 15 and had waited since liberation from Rennes ,but nothing on the night but i was up at 3.30 next day and away upto the loft waited and waited Then she came over the tree`s down and in i finnished 330th open ish but i thought i had won the race, I cried with joy that my wee doo (4139) had just flown 535 mls home to me . Another time i painted the loft a dif colour when the birds were at the race,the birds just flew round and round lol ,The brother kicked me up and down the garden .
  13. Well that may be your opinion and you are partly correct ,but you can basket train the birds as much as you like but if you have a couple of boisterous cocks that hog the drinking end then they have to fight to get there ,plus with the extra heat on the day it did`nt help as i say my opinion, it`s over now so onto the next race.
  14. 8 members sent 57 birds 1st C Grieve 1204 2nd Mr&Mrs McKee 1180 3rd I Gibson 1178 4th W Duncan 1143 5th I Gibson 1074 C Grieve wins £19.95 Mr&MrsMcKee win £13.30 It was a stiff race as we all know with a few birds missing at night , i sent 3 birds and all got home but each of them injured in some way , my first one just sat at the drinker done in and made no attempt to get to her box ! i believe they are not getting a drink on the transporter which is my opinion only! or maybe i`m not good enough at preparing them ? Very well done to Jim Wilkinson on yet another Section Win and all others in the Midland fed who made the result . A Big well done to the national winner thats where we all aim to be .
  15. Well done joe ,when i flew in easthouses joe was a top notch flyer and a great guy .
  16. Not good news del, i was lucky to have a daughter from him until someone looking after my doo,s let her out! but still have daughter from her and she is a belter. i have a doo come back after going down at stafford 2years ago so there is always hope.
  17. Mate i was in a very good partnership with my brother for years but he done every thing in the loft so now over here in the west i am just like yourself learning all the time and boy have i made mistakes and still have a lot to master but will keep plugging away. all best mate.
  18. Thats me got 3/3 all been hit or have hit something what is the odds of that EH. I had a B/Q for the step daughter 21st over 70 people here when my first doo came . i had many coments of how do they find their way to newbury and how do theyknow when to turn around and come back lol and not one person knew about how bad our sport has been devistated by the bops it took my good lady to tell them about us putting 16 stiches in a wee hen who has won a race this year , and the kids loved every thing about the birds from how they get home to the cute hatchlings that turn ugly then turn into beautiful adult birds a bit like kids really . the point being is nobody knows about our plight and i don`t think they really care .
  19. 10 sent 106 birds 1st Mr&Mrs McKee 1324 2nd I Gibson 1280 3rd Mr&MrsMcKee 1270 4th I Gibson 1269 5th Mr&Mrs McKee 1268 6th I Gibson 1227 Mr&MrsMcKee Win £26.60 I Gibson win £13.30 well done the secret squirrel on their well deserved win sorry this result is late but for some reason it went to my other pc .
  20. He would be the first to admit that bobby, but must be a good un to keep scoring from under 100 to over 300 and it`s going to alencon.
  21. still have some for maidstone and ypres but leaving the channel alone until i learn a bit more about conditioning them . i don`t think we have the correct transporters for national racing we must improve so the birds can have a drink on 3 sides not just 1. omo.
  22. I timed my Maidstone hen with half her tail missing at 3,03 bit dissapointed she got caught by bop but she is home . only joke`ing she is and always will be a battler.
  23. What time at Bobby
  24. Could you post arrivals from the nat here as it`s getting confusing . thanks all the best .
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