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Dont tell me your a sprinter Ben thiers enough of them in Kernow a lot have lost thier nerve and will not go over the ditch. Dont follow them look at Dick,Ross and the Angwins they are far better.

Ben i live in the Cotswolds now but used to fly north road out of Cornwall i know Dick Antony well and a few others Im in my mid 40s i fly just hard old English pigeons. The D @ C is far better than the combine it will give you proper racing and test your birds . Take it steady and good luck you will be ok in Looe.

Wrong i work 12hr shifts on break.

Good luck Ben are you going with the D and C continetal ? it will be better than the cornish combine.

Ben come its spelt MINE and BEFORE gosh my old teacher in St Just would have skinned me for spelling like that. You youngsters check your spelling it makes what you write look poor.

May i suggest that you watch the wind and the weather alot of people blow thier yearlings sending too early they meet a cold wind or are simply not ready do not be in a rush. Pick your days for training wind,weather and cloud take them 20miles give them 30 mins to settle then try 3s 15mins apart it will make them think and also make it better if struck by raptors smaller groups broken up. I do not know if your natural like ourselves but send them on 10/14 days sitting do not send yearlings chasing do not be in a rush . Its easy to ruin birds by rushing in to early look at what Frank Tasker wrote on this site . Remember paticince is a virtue and if you want to see what will loses your more birds than any hawk look in a mirror . Dont be in a rush good luck.

Beanz makes a very good and valid point i am an rpra but also NWHU member living in gloucestershire the rpra is a rip off with regional councillors more interested in power and points scoring than people and pigeons . Its time we tried and took the rpra back.

We race natural with work nothing else would suit i also am a laid back sort and i like my pigeons round me. I also own the pigeons they do not own me.

Sorry if your in Blackpool marking for the BICC will be in Manchester.

The BICC a good and fair programme on the day entries £1.75p shorter races and £8 for the internationals no closing dates no post and you can have your clock read at your own club.

Why notjust mix your own the continental mixes are frankly an overpriced indulgence its a lot cheaper and more practical you can adjust the carbohydrates and protiens and seeds as required. Just because it has a fancy continental name its no better .

Wilts fed 14/04 Kingsdown too early as Micheal Lycett.

Alan thier are a few i will try and get you details asap.

Good advice from messrs Tasker,Lycett and Mrs Wills i only paired the stock 2 days ago and the racers will have to wait a couple of weeks . Leave them alone patiences is a virtue or you will wreck your season3 to 4 weeks yet.

Ben your old enough to make your own mind up ! would you put your hand in the fire if they told you. Do yourself a favour and go to Devon and Cornwall continental club sale and get some good distance birds.

I breed them now and then but Des Coulter certainly does and they are good ones give him a ring.

I do the same as Darren i have just paired the stock birds today the racers about 10th April but my youngsters get trained south for the 1st 3 tosses then any direction i happen to be going N,S,E or W in batches of 3 to 5 .Then after about 8 or 10 tosses i train with Dave Posey they go to Geoff Byles in Hayes who puts them up in small mixed batches to make them think . We them give them a odd race and let them develop.

You gents want to have a Gos hawk that is a real killer .

Tammy 1 you have to jab its the law .

Do you work your the dogs to ground and what lines are they ie Arthur Nixon etc and are they docked and dew clawed.

The other pairs are 98J 34642 on the day from Bergerac 1040yds/min on a firm day plus other good channel performances paired to 00X61768 this hen is Baldwin x Isherwood flew well till hawked she has produced yearlings to fly Saintes on the day and Pau pigeons.NEHU 00SED4765 flown by Manson bros of Hartlepool Jan Arden 1st Nevers 500plus on the day at around 1020ypm sold to me before Keith sold up paired to a direct daughter of Bill Ahernes 3 times Barcelona cock .01X 57551 on the day from Bordeaux 1060ypm approx always around on the channel for me a son of Clive Yates 6th open Perpignan paired to 00X61767 64th open BICC Montelucon on a stiff day 2 other good club positons for me till hawked till hawked a grandson of Geoff Hunts 2nd open BICC Marsaille I am also putting a pair of youngsters for sale for a local group for children in memory of my neighbours son killed tragically last year they are 03F04851 a direct son of Mike Youngs Red Rocket 4th BICC Marsaille x a direct daughter of Mike Youngs Barcelona Boy 3 times Barcelona they have already produced channel winners for me . I normally never sell but for corn and club money i put these up. My birds are paired around the 16th March and these will be All 2nd round they are £30 each from the Red Rocket Pair £40 each . We race natural we only jab and worm nothing else I have had good positions NFC,BICC and in 1 race the only race i flew with the CSCFC Dax 3rd ,4th and 5 th NE sect . These are just hard honest old english pigeons flown naturally we live in the North Cotswolds .

I will have for sale 12 2nd round youngsters of my best racers retired. 1st pair 00x 61750 4th sect 67th open CSCFC Dax 2003 this cock was one of my best racers only beaten to my loft once in that race.He is a cousin to the Pat King bred Little Margaret 1st open NFC pau.paired to a direct daughter of Pete McCabes 2nd open WSRNFC San Sabastian x his 4th open Welsh nat Pau all Pat Kings Stuff his Grooter lines 2nd pair 3rd sect 66th open CSCFC Dax 2003 he flew well at club level always thier abouts especally when it was hard he is a grandson of Des Coulters No Surprise paired to the squab hen dam of 61750 and a number of good national pigeons for Pete McCabe . 3rd pair 97r01085 7th open BICC Bihorel 1999 also 10thsect F NFC Herstal 2001 7th club Plymouth and 1 other Bicc result this bird only had 7 races in its life not raced till a 2 yr old and hawked just after Herstal . paired to a daughter of the squab hen detailsof the other 3 pairs will be printed Sunday i must go to work . I am racing this year and i pair up on the 16th March roughly.

Not my cup of tea but my sisters like that sort of music.

Its nice to see the solent starting at a sensible date i saw some starting on the 7th that is too early.

Mrs W what do you think of the proposed yearling race from St Vincent a step to far i think for yearlings its 506mls to the coast .