Paul Mac 31

As for the weather factor,,, in 2016 I'm sure everyone will remember we had the first 7 weeks of strong" big bad" east winds,,, Weather has also been better this year

Even better Race 4 in 2016 244 members Going by last week 232 members sent So I'd be willing to say that this week would be around 225 maybe more Also my club has gained members this year lol Read the results,,, no what people say

Cheers tommy,,, would be interesting to see,, as I say I just read what's in black and white in front of everyone

I don't know,, but I'd bet my money that there was nowhere near that. So it's not they boys that are having the biggest impact.

Did Hamilton send 2200 plus doos like???

Race 4 in 2016 . 7428 birds Race 4 in 2017 . 5200 approx Call that 30% down,,,, but no ones lost a doo lol

Birdage cant lie Andrew,,, the mighty Lanarkshire has already peaked at below 6000 birds,,,,, Fact.

Well done James,, a great feeling that not many will achieve,, good doo and very good outright winner in the club Atb for the rest of the season

Too cold Too early in the year Libbed from the worst race point possible. 16/20

5 star ,,the homework that's been done on this program *****

Thanks for invite lads, both myself and Ian had a great night, food,, drink and good banter Not to mention two bottles of vodka in the raffle lol all the best for 2017

Check out mate,,, out of the 379 members how many are National members,,,, I'd put good money on less than 50%

Exactly

None then,, the Fed are big enough to race from the channel on their own, with I'd say 70 % of the members not National minded. I do feel for guys having to split their teams in this case,, but then it comes down to personal goals mate.

A way to get rid of this mess,, or to stop similar a mess happing, is when we pay our subs we vote,,, 379 members cast their vote. After that a race meeting ,, then set it in place for 3/4 years ,,, jumping about is doing no one any good,,, We have a luxury in that we still race in a big Federation with good competition What we need to do is bring it out the dark ages,,,

I'll need to teach you how to read a result lol I'm the same have always went were the majority want to go,, but in my experience you can build a team down the East ,, down the West we have lost more good doos. That may not be the same for everyone, but you will get guys losing doos,,, year in year out where ever they go,,, I can only judge it on my own loft and birds entered in each race and the stats are there ,, print them out. Personally West I get a better distance of most,,, and I still don't want to go,,, but again I will go with the Vote. Linking up with Nationals should strictly be for channel racing,,, last time I checked it was called LRPF

Tam check results,, every year we have went West the numbers are down 30 % over the first 8/9 races It's no surprise that every time this Fed has voted West,, we have had an EGM to go East in the same season for ybs

It was that tommy As I say, we didn't even put our vote in, but from what I hear it was a near landslide for the west vote in Airdrie.. My personnal preferred route is East... the Fed will be lucky to hit anywhere near the numbers that were entered throughout last years programme..which imo with a tweek our two to a couple of race points is basically the best we have could have had. The disappoing thing is that it's nearly March and we still don't have a concrete race program Total carry on

The whole thing is nothing short of a joke.. seriously.. I try and bite my tongue and just go where ever the majority wants to race.. course I have a preference like many do... but I can honestly say I don't think iv seen a more of a f@@k up.. no homework done what's so ever.. from race points ..to dates ..to the overall way it's been handled during and since the vote was passed...by our members and the top table The sad thing is ,, with numbers we have nowadays Feds and Clubs should be coming together no dividing My opinion is... vote some one in for a term.. They make the decisions and stand or fall by them.... It's called leadership.

Very,,, alarming,, of course everyone done their homework before voting or proposing 👀👀 I could honestly care less,,, this is not the first time it's been done,,, good birds will always be there or there about, However The best interest of the birds is never the topic ,,,,, that is the main failing factor here.

Yb Open correction

Birds Entered tells you everything you need to know Lanarkshire Fed Yearling opens 2014 West 3018 birds entered 2015 East 4935 birds entered 2016 East. 4250 birds entered ( Barring in mind we are losing members every year) Lanarkshire Fed open race approx 350 miles 2014 West 702 birds entered 2015 East 841 birds entered 2016 East 1142 birds entered ( remember we are losing members each year) Lanarkshire Fed by opens 2014 West 367 birds entered 2015 East 1909 birds entered 2016 East 2368 birds entered (Remember membership has fallen each year)

If they are going down this road with creating more sections and prizes, they are as well having the five in every club on the result... it's already a fabricated result as it is just now ,,as they are not they fastest 45 birds on the day that appear on the result. We are in danger of becoming like most belgian outfits with everyone getting a prize for turning up... Top 100 or even 200 gives a true read of all races.

Please tell me all thsee misleading facts???

No doubting that for one min... but big Tommy has decided to have a number of pops at us over the last year,, so wheni do it back, your picking on the "wee guys" ... Aye nae worries lads... atb for 2017