flew birds that were given to me at first,they flew decent but i wanted more than that,end of that year i got some busschearts and then some janssens from louella,then still only flew moderate.Then one day i was last in the club comming 31st with a blue hen and one pigeon bloke commented that i would not win a race while i had an hole in my ass,that really gutted me that night,so it kinda woke me up as i swore to kick his ass the following year,i bought the book "loft ,stock & Barrel from blackpool year 1993 and put it all into practice what i read and learnt over the winter months,that year on widowhood with yearling i won a few races in club and 2bird clubs and with the youngsters i got 52 cards that year winning 5 out of 8 races including other prizes aswell also winning the 2 bird club nearly every week,never really looked back since,anyway that same fancier never said nowt to me again and later backed up. ;D its not always the birds that are bad,but lack of knoledge from the fancier.Les