the feeding and preparation is totally different to your club doos in many cases you are writing off your club season to be successful over the channel you dont race them every week and you feed them on heavier mixes if you watch when you get sticky club races bad weather etc invariably these pigeons will be there lots of fanciers disregard them as they are seen as too slow and are always 15 mins behind but they are always there first rule of thumb is yearlings to the coast and see how the handle it not in a blow home but a hard shift if they come in and start chasing and fighting in the loft there is still lots left in the tank stop them dont be tempted but everyone is different the biggest thing patience