Tony C

.............. to put a cap on players wages?

Where abouts in Essex Geordie?

If it carry's on like it has been I wouldn't moan if my Fed decided to race our youngsters no further than 120 miles.

When they drop their 5th flight the body moult kicks in. Try to avoid sending them when bald around the head, when the cover feathers of the wings fall (you'll notice this when you handle them, they feel knotty) & be careful after they've body moulted making sure no's 8,9 & 10 flights aren't just pushing through.

Is there a young bird National race at the end of the programme?

Why just the six young bird races Sapper?

I believe the occasion got to the Scot, Brit, European, Earthling..........................well he is only human! He'll learn from this.

West Essex Fed. 28/7/12 Huntingdon*** 4/8/12 Huntingdon*** 11/8/12 Peterborough*** 18/8/12 Newark*** 25/8/12 Retford 1/9/12 Wetherby (AMAL) 8/9/12 Ripon (AMAL) 15/9/12 Newark 22/9/12 Witton Castle (LNRC)

Think Federer hasn't heard that ditty 'You cant hurry a Murray'................... he's giving him the right old run around.

A monsoon best describes it here:emoticon-0156-rain: :emoticon-0156-rain: :emoticon-0156-rain: :emoticon-0156-rain:

Go for it Andy

lol your not wrong there

Heavy showers here since 10am. Hope yours come through it ok.

West Essex away out of Newark 9:00, no wind at racepoint.

AMBER ALERT The sun is trying to break through!................no need to worry folks as this is a natural phenomenon.

Cloudy with just the odd chink of blue sky, variable sth wind.

Hello

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DohRa9lsx0Q&feature=related A blast from the past

Little Willy

My mate just hired an Eastern European cleaner, took her 5 hours to Hoover the house. Turns out she was a Slovak. Just got back from my mate's funeral. He died after being hit on the head with a tennis ball. It was a lovely service.

Ripon result West Essex Federationripon.pdf

Andy, our combines go to Berwick, Stonehaven, Arbroath & Thurso. These race points were chosen many years ago simply because the pigeons were transported by rail and as the above locations were major fishing ports at the time. They had sizable goods yards to accommodate large liberations and as the train timetables were round the clock enabling night time travel. Bar Thurso these liberation sites sit tight on the east coast and any east in the wind brings in the sea mist which spells trouble, if a strong west wind they're pushed out to sea. Why cant we go to liberation sites a few miles inland? I asked once at a combine meeting and was told the prestige of winning out of Berwick/Stonehaven/Arbroath was the reason why we continued with these racepoints................. seems prestige to some is more important than the welfare of our pigeons! This is just one of the many gripes I have with the way our combines are run.

There's nothing more pleasing than getting a good day bird out of Thurso. It's a shame Bernie that due to the recent track records of the Essex & London Combines and losses incurred throughout the year peeps just aren't going to chance another smash. The said two combines are going to have to have a major rethink on how they operate if they want to save combine racing in the southeast. Why do they have to stick to the coast? why not move inland? Why cant basketing be put back if the weather forecast tells us there's no chance of a lib? Lets try something different before its to late!

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