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IHU08N28113, Came in this morning, would anyone have a contact number please.

Hes gone to a training camp to learn some new diving moves ;D ;D

Well done boys, Pearse tell your Dad hes buying the first round of drinks at the presentation night. ;D

Welcome to all new Members, hope you all enjoy the site :)

Appreciate what you are saying ticeye, but when Fanciers knew that it was going to be a Friday liberation they had two choices, 1: Do not send. 2: arrange to have time off work and send their ybs. simple option. I was the same as yourself as it was my first yb race of the year, out of 26 ybs I got 6 on the day and a further 4 yesterday which still leaves me 16 missing. What annoys me is that they done the exact same thing in 2005 with the same result, half the convoy going missing which is an absolute disgrace and as you said for Fred Russell to try and justify it by saying they had to accomodate people who are working is a f--king joke. It goes to show that they have no respect for any fanciers in the n/west. When his little pigeons are all safely home in Dromore he tends to forget that our YBS still have to contend with the hardest part of their journey stuck behind the Sperrin Mountains trying to dodge the preditors.

Thanks Pearse, can't let you and your Dad have all the glory :P only joking, its only because you and your Dad took the time to train the birds for me for the past Month when I was stuck at work on day duty. Thanks to both of you, appreciate you time. Pat

Jimmy, we could stick a few w/fs in it an claim its Jan Aarden ;D ;D ;D

Totally agree ch pied. Returns in the N/West are very poor tonight.

NIPA brought their races forward for this weekend due to the possibility of bad weather. The YBs were in Talbenny in Wales and also in Tullamore in central Ireland. Weather today in Ireland was mostly cloudy but visibilty was good,. however conditions on the channel were not so favourable and the YBs at Talbenny were held over. This is were the problem starts. Members who took the time to phone the lib-line service were informed that no decision would be made about the YBs in Tullamore :-/ WHY until they had a decision about the YBs in Talbenny, a totally different race :-/, The result being that they liberated the YBs at Tullamore at 2:00pm this afternoon when the cloud was closing in and for YBs flying into the Northwest of Ireland was an absolute disgrace. Rewind the clock to 2005, same race point, same organisation, liberation time 2:30pm, absolute nightmare half the convoy failed to return. With decisions like this its no wonder that we have fanciers leaving the sport and I use the word sport liberly. This is not sour grapes as I managed to win my club and in the top ten in the fed ( not bad for my 1st YB race ) Shame on you NIPA

would,nt buy you a carry-out at your local chippie Chris

Thats an amazing amount to pay back then Vic, Just wonder how the ordinary fancier back then managed to pay such a high sum, especially if they had a family to support.

Chat to you on Friday Pearse,all the best Mate

Cowards :P

Pearse, will you check with your Dad and see if yous are sending to Talbenny at the weekend as I need to see how many are going.

I'll leave them in the trailer Pearse, I'm starting work at 8:00

Pearse, Big difference flying into Co Down than flying into Derry.

Pearse I would stay with the birds you got from Mc Cauley Bros, they have flown well so far.

Came in with my ybs at lunchtime, still carrying race rubber.

I'm almost sure that Amtrak only cover the UK, sorry Mate. The offer is there if you can find an alternative way of getting them across.

Gladly help Craig if you can get them over from N. Ireland. I have a few pair that you can have.

Well done Susan, congratulations.

Has any members any knowledge of the history or origin of these pigeons, I know both F. Tasker & G. Kirkland fly them but that is as much as I know.

Secretary for Balbriggan in 2007 was a Mr. Tony Corcoran, maybe if you contact him he will be able to help. No. 0035301-8413518. Pat

Well done mate, sounds like you have a good one there, enjoy your success.