the cheq pd on lenwadebobs picture was a pure crowder vandie and was a super pigeon, he won 6 x 1st and 26 other cards in a 2year racing career before he caught pmv back in 1988, he was nursed through it and eventually died in 2003 at the age of 18,
dad and myself have about 10 pairs of steve stoker delbars and i think we were one of the biggest single purchasers at his sales that were held by vallence lofts
if i had to keep my birds at home for a year then for me that would be the end of it as the buzz you get when you see your bird peel out of a batch and drop on the shed is more important to me than winning. Yes i love watching them fly round thye loft but it aint the same as when they have covered severeal hundred miles, its a sense of acheivment
there are many things wrong with our sport and they are not gonna get sorted by non payment of subs and fees to the governing bodies, at the end of the day we cant get a few hundred fanciers to agree on something on this site so what chance have you got of getting a membership of 33000 to agree.
its thje same as football the days of playing for fun and for pride are gone its now all about money
i still havent received the prize money for coming 4th or the vouchers from taylors choice for the 2 wins i had yet and was wondering what was happening
its bloody terrible mate but i hope you DONT find them for your sake, cos they will get a beating and you will get a cell, cos thats what this world is coming to.
hope you manage to find one the same for the wee lad
5 from 8 three first timersw missing 3rd and 4th club and confirmed as yb average winner so overall pleased as it was my 1st season back racing,so i was only really looking at getting them through for next year and have got about 30