ForestForever74

Yes. Glasgow Fed is lazy with its admin. :-)

ended up with 5/10 before nightfall, lots more missing in the club. 20 mins behind the winner to boot. Very strange day at the races. If its taught me one thing its that I should be breeding my own doos and not buying in anymore.

Now 2/10

Not a feather from 10 libbed 12.30pm at Kelso. 65 Miles. Total disaster will be a lot of very upset fanciers tonight in our club. Just thankful we sent less than half our team :-( :-( :-( Change that to 1/10 timed 15.16

That's exactly what I thought when you made your original post. How does it become a reality though?

Agree 100%! excellent idea how do we get it voted through? :-)

This is the 1st time I have heard anybody mention clashing over the water. Very interesting point! Is there evidence to suggest it with birds being reported in those countries? It is also very heartening to see newer members to the sport (of which I am) and more experienced members having a good discussion about the way forward. My own stance is that things have to change big time as I know for sure that I have club members who can challenge for good prizes but choose not to, its time too move forward, the sport has always been a sport that ages with its members and that needs to stop. There is nothing more interesting to me than listening to older pigeon men talk about their hobby and seeing two of them today for the 1st time in a long time reminded me of that. Nice to see you guys today (got 21 from 24 training today and they are ready to race now, hope you done okay as there was a lot of birds in the sky today) Andy :-)

got one of my two sent to Maidstone reported dead in Berwick with a similar fate 3 days after the race.

Is Paul on here?

Well done Paul and Erin I am chuffed to bits for you guys. Nice to take 1st and 2nd as it backs it up. All the best for the rest of the season to the Kilsyth guys. Andy

Had a similar toss ourselves last night. Got a couple of singles then a batch of 10 then back to singles for the rest of the night with the last one showing up this morning so I deffo think it was a percy strike that split them. Getting them all home is a plus and especially the singles, they are well versed in life away from the loft now. Hopefully tomoz training is no as stressful for us or the young birds.

All the best to everyone taking part and good luck to fanciers in the west :-)

Will be the only time you are above the reigning champ loooooool Good luck to everyone taking part, should be a laugh. Especially to my father - try and bridge the 300 point gap this year eh auld man! :-)

As reigning champ I will be taking part again :-)

this issue has been on our mind recently so its very interesting to hear what everybody has got to say.

Has there every been any official response from SHU or any homing union on posting stray birds online? instead of the channels they set out?

Cheers mate will give him a buzz.

well done on timing mate and good luck for the rest of the season. I still have the hen that I timed in my first ever race 3 years ago. A nice white hen who bred me 7TH section in yb national 2012 :-)

is this a yb race and well done to the winners :-)

Great thanks mate, will give him a buzz tomoz through the day.

Taken up residence with us after being fed and watered with no sign of clearing. B/Ch Pied Hen SU13 AN 631 B/Ch Hen GB13 F 46396 Cheers Andy

Just a couple of local tosses so far but they are looking great and will go further over the coming days so fingers crossed.

Well done to everyone who timed. cracking performances again by members on here :-)

think he will win it this year. in years gone by he would have been number 1 winning all the grand slams but the current crop are tops. Australian Open finalist 2012, Wimbledon finalist 2012, Olympic gold medal winner 2012, US open champion 2012, Australian Open finalist 2013, Wimbledon finalist 2013 - hes really at the top of his sport. I am happy to say that the Federer years are officially over! Damien can now retire back to Switzerland! TF! :-)

Two minds are greater than one. Spread the work load and cost especially when trying to juggle a full time working life as well as full time care of racing pigeons. Depends on the partnership regarding arguments etc. I wouldn't go into partnership with anyone who I didn't get along with so its just as well its with my father. A partner with experience is great and someone new to the sport brings fresh ideas and a new way of thinking. One thing I have noticed is it is difficult to move the pigeon game forward as it seems to be stuck in a time warp but as with everything it has to move forward and younger new members and fresh thinking will do that. Having been in a partnership since I started in the sport it would be difficult for me to be on my own now but if this game is for me and I want to continue in it and do well then my whole life would have to adapt to that change and that's something that would need a lot of thought although I have a feeling this is a life game for me now whatever the future may hold. My biggest drawback would be I don't drive. Hats off to the guys who do it all on their own and are successful.