Unfortunately Ayrshire have raced on an easterly route in recent years. I cannot understand the logic behind this whatsoever. However, without getting involved in the politics behind this yes your suggestion would benefit all of us not only with co ordinated liberations but also with the possibility of joint convoying. We went to the last race with 208 pigeons. A financial disaster. In addition to the above comment I feel that the appointment of one race control team for the west route and one for east route pigeons would be a huge benefit. Yes, these would be big jobs, but the advantages would be huge. Note- much of a race controllers pre race preparation is talking to other race controllers to reach a mutual consensus. This would be unnecessary with only 1 controller for each route.