walterboswell59

just found out old pal peter is back in hospital was wondering why i could not get him on the phone all week hope hes ok ill get up to see him this week when i find out what ward he is in jim hannah will let me know ill keep you posted on his progress

every pound helps novo m8

would just like to say well done to some of the guys in my section who have had outstanding results all year willie millen cambuslang gareth rankin larkhall john leggat greenfield gerry mc fall lowwaters davy allison burnbank billy gordon and alan nelson have a look at these guys results this year first class guys then looking at the fantastic results this year over the lanarkshire fed with the ever consistent macs how do these guys do it year after year then andrew eaddie what a year for andy jim mclean and lindsay and henderson along with some great results from guys in the centre section what a hard fed to win in with such good fanciers competing lanarkshire fed is deff a force to be recond with

youll be back tam

i bought in 3 birds from kerr stainthorpes sale in the winter to try a wee cross 1 cock was 50th open arras national the other 50th open reims national and a stock hen one cock bred 1st club 7th sect 11th open 1600 birds in the last yb race paired to my spin hen the other 2nd club charnock yb and the hen a 6th club yb and plenty off them left that have flown every race so im deff pleased with them so far and they will be tested hard again next season as yearlings and two year olds out to national level but so far so good but they will not be paired to my best hens again untill the ones i have prove they can do it on the big stage

think you have to leave her a wee present alan you cant keep that up m8

f k the wife out be cheaper still george lol she burns everything anyway burnt the water making tea yesterday lol

ps i think someone told them i grow the best weeds in hamilton lol

hey had the chopper hovering over the loft last year having a good look lol

great flying andy and well done to all the trophy winners

i love to plan out my matings for next year and how many ill take off them i like to inbreed and line breed back to my best racers my deep litter gets lifted and loft sprayed and new easy bed put down for the winter and i am trying to get some heating sorted out in the stock lofts in case we get another bad winter need a cheaper idea for heat before the wife kicks me out past few years i put heating bulbs in each section i have two stock lofts one 10 by 6 the other 16 by 4 but this one is split into 5 small sections for one pair in each so i had 5 bulbs in that loft and 2 in the other on 24 7 in the very cold weather the lecky bill went through the roof lol so have to think of something else

your right dell a once in a life time doo hope the gareth gets the gold award with her

think its a cock m8 the aardens can be a bit hen headed but its a bold one

i have been lucky enough to win my club old bird and combined average three years running with 12 or so national tickets in the past four years plus fed west sect combined ave last year so winning the club ob and com ave with 5 first club and 1 first sect with 18 national tickets and in the running again for the west sect ave in the fed againt 30000 thousand birds in the section i am over the moon highlights this year 1st club 2nd sect fed 8th sect national ypres and having such a good race in clermont national being 11th 35th 98th open but was very disapointed not to get one on the night so i guess this has been my best season so far and one of my very best years for learning your neaver to old to learn lol one thing i learned this year is when your winning out of turn watch your back you become a bassa in some peoples eyes the green eyed monster is after you sportsmen eh

deff andy they have won the sprint cup one year one got 300 pounds in yrl derby the next and this year one 1st club 1st sect 2nd open otterburn 5000 birds with a few scoring in newbury national and maidstone national as 2yr old late breds m8 treat them right and you will get a turn with them my mistake this year was keeping them going because i had to many birds was not losing them so i pushed them on to newark and leicester and they got hammerd with percy both races but they give me some thing to do in off season and keep me in the hunt in the early races and there allways off my best birds andy they do a job for me

ps forgot to say and you have to keep your birds healthy

i split my team into three different teams each team has a different goal i breed about 20 late breds they get 6 to 10 tosses the year they are born from 12 to 20 miles in octtober and november when percy has moved on they are then put in a section on there own and are out every day all winter and they range every day like yb in all weathers with no old birds to hold them back then in feb they get 15 to 20 short tosses again from 12 to 20 miles they then go into the training van for another 10 tosses with other birds learning to break and there ready this is my team for the first 4 or 5 races then stoped about 160 to 180 miles then the yearlings take over they are paired mid to late feb there goal is to race from 160 to 350 miles the old bird team is paired mid to late march a few tosses and into a 150 mile race then a 260 0r 280 and there goal is from 350 to 500 miles each team are flagged seperately and went no farther than 25 miles in training with 3 25 mile tosses between each race unless they have had a very hard race i was allways told as a young lad you cant win in club and fed and do well in the nationals its one or the other which is rubbish the late george rankin did it for years winning from 60 to 600 miles but you have to work much harder to do both and you have to get the right birds that can work to your sistem and can win from sprint to distance you can get distance birds to hold there own in the sprint races with fitness and motavation but very few sprinters can hold there own at distance races unless its an easy race with the wind at there back there are some but not many finding a family that can do both is hard or you get two or three families to do different jobs but no matter how good your birds are you the fancier has to set your goals then do the work imo

thanks andy

david su13 p 1903 in to me this morning any idea who belongs to it m8

great flying blue cock

good one ricky id go

youll breed more next year alan m8 just dont listen to vince lol

do what i do m8 plan your matings for next year and well done to you

every time ive tried to win with a bird for the 3rd time in a row i droped it wiley but good luck with it you know your birds better than anyone m8 the way i look at it now is can i afford to lose the bird if the anser is yes and the bird is right it goes

ps thats why ill neaver try darkness if the bird was not on darkness id be 100 percent sure it was form and birds that hold form for three weeks are few and far between imo