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i wonder what alex SALMON(d) and nicola STURGEON have to say about it

think he`s still countin the money

how did the sale go?

read the walker & wilson article by bill wortley (the best scribe in any of the papers) in last weeks rp. they do loads of training though so dont think it would suit the time you have available. in my opinion its unlikely you would have much success at club level flying natural but after 400 miles anything is possible

Looking in from the outside it seems you spend too much time arguing about things but never actually get round to doing anything. Why not aim for one transporter for a start say 5000 birds and use the old one(s) when you have bigger birdage which would be less than half the races I would think. By the way what is your birdage charge? I seem to remember it was low compared to other feds.

stevie went to school!!! was it approved?

never seen a trap like that on petrons stand at blackpool

how many applicants have been refused membership previously

well they wouldnt get away with it in my club. i agree with gareth i think you need to expose whoever is doing this.

i think he runs to the post office

both are adequate for the needs of their members. the shu are certainly more democratic as every member has the opportunity to vote at the agm. going by what i read in the press the rpra seems a bit out dated with too many regions for the decreasing number of members. the rpra fees may be less but so they should be with so many more members but i think i am right in saying they are losing money and the subs will probably have to rise substantially over the next few years. the shu have put a lot of work into raptor research and have made progress. whether it makes any difference remains to be seen!

used them for two years when breeding and to young after weaning about 5% added to mix. no problems with young birds

if he`s never been trained before you should treat him like a young bird. two or three short tosses (3 to 5 miles) then increase the distance. watch the weather and dont train in east winds. good luck

shu sec may give you addresses

the first one...then the next one...then the next one etc etc

what do you need to know

could someone explain to a thicko like me what is a "fed open " race. surely all fed races are "open" to all fed members and are not "open" to members of other feds

how can you possibly include a race in fed averages that isnt open to all fed members. looks like a visit to the shu appeal court for someone

good and i like to think the same. as dr lynch said on saturday we should agree to disagree.

thats your right and your choice. for a non member you seem to have a great interest in the affairs of the snfc

snfc £25 shu £12. cheapest is not always best!

if they cared that much they would have been at the meeting

the door was not "slammed in their face" all fanciers in scotland are welcome to join the snfc if they are shu members in accordance with the constitution which was overwhelmingly endorsed on saturday

as i said on a previous post i think the fees and birdage etc was rushed through too quickly without much discussion during the "comfort" break. £2 on the fees and an increase of 50p a bird would have raised around £7000 i would think

of course not all of them were hopeless!! anyway it would not be a good thing to have a completely new committee you need continuity. the main discontent among members on here seemed to be with the president although he obviously had his supporters. we will just have to wait and see how the new committee gets on. they will have to come up with some way to increase the income or reduce expenses