welsh fanciers

[paul10121968]

are there any welsh fanciers who would like to say hello.most of you on here allready know that i am coming back to the sport after a 20 year break,loft is coming along well and im getting really excited now.my father has offered to take me to louella lofts to buy a pair of stock birds to start me off,what should i go for distance,sprint or all rounders.im not sure what breed of bird is suitable for what,any advice is appreciated.paul

[chichichi]

paul enjoy.. wellcome back,,, don't worry about strain for a while,, just get good honest birds in.. If you want a pair of youngster let me know,,

 

we fly as B Williams & son and race in the upper Swansea valley.. we are having a fantastic season so far and fingers crossed it will get better..

 

goodluck and enjoy the birds.. you wait until you see them fold up and dive for home after a race,, your hairs will stand up..

 

enjoyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

 

ant

[paul10121968]

i can remember that when i was young watching my fathers birds,he would say"that one knocked the back of the shed out"

[big don]

hi paul im a welsh man flying in england risca is my home town and i return often to  visit my very large family .

i live just up the road from louella  and bought 12 flor engles last year to go with the geoff kirkland birds i have .

out of the twelve i ended up with 4 good and 1 hopfully very good pigeons i would sugest look around your area there are some top flyers in south wales i should know i got a bird from gordon jhonson from risca and it was my 1st bird home sat in our 1st young bird race if it wasnt for a bad trap then who knows  ha!

if your starting up paul you will find a lot of facyiers  will gift you birds me included

[paul10121968]

thanks.i know gordon johnson also,my father used to belong to risca homing society.the club is now sadly no more.they were a great bunch of fellas.do you know richie harris,paul philips,john davies,ron bennett,len bennett,roger ward,brian ward,john newbury,alf robbins,the club had over 40 members at one time,some of them have passed away but most are still flying.

[big don]

i know roger ward [ wacker ] i lived nxt door to him and flew with my grancha joe edwards from hill st before that we flew from the prince of wales pub .

dont remeber the names you posted but i left risca in 1977 and very young paul

[paul10121968]

did you used to fly under the name of edwards & son.my father remembers joe edwards,his name is david gingell and he used to fly under the name gingell bros later p+d gingell.roger sadly passed away a few years ago.

[invalidusername]

sorry to hijack, but on the subject of S Wales fanciers, does anyone know about any old members of clubs around the central/m4 Newport area? I'm talking 1970s now!

[big don]

no paul we flew under d roberts then when i mooved away my grancha took on my cousin lee jackson and flew under his name

my sister is frend with a gingell on face book she runs the risca public house

[paul10121968]

hi there was an article in the south wales argus (weds 23 july) about pill racing club.they have received a lottery grant to install the new "electronically tagged system" to make the sport easier for disabled fanciers.to lifelong members names are quoted-tom fleming and glyn picton.dont know them personally but they were there around that time.

[pjc]

Paul, we are also in South Wales, not far from Ant.

I wouldn't bother with Louella and look around your area for something to get started with.

Again you are welcome to a pair of youngsters next year.

 

Phil

[ChrisMaidment08]

hi there was an article in the south wales argus (weds 23 july) about pill racing club.they have received a lottery grant to install the new "electronically tagged system" to make the sport easier for disabled fanciers.to lifelong members names are quoted-tom fleming and glyn picton.dont know them personally but they were there around that time.

 

what another load of bull     tell me what disabled fanciers pill has how do they get away with it

[invalidusername]

Thanks. My dad (no longer with us) knew someone called Ossie(?) Reynolds. He used to have a window cleaning round and might have lived off Corporation Road, Newport. I could be wrong as I was young at the time. My dad used to bring a whicker basket of pigeons home and it was a real treat for me to throw them in the air to go home. Must have been about 30 or more years ago. If anyone knew Ossie (might be wrong spelling) would love to hear about him.  

[paul10121968]

hi chris.the article says that it will allow its elderly members to compete on a level playing field.dont know much about the club yet.but it is on my list of clubs to approach for membership.

[ChrisMaidment08]

if i was you i would apply to a decent club were you will have a laugh with decent peaple not out to rip you off

[pjc]

Nownow David you kep that quiet!

Paul, you may find that joining any club that has already got ETS may put you at a dissadvantage unless you buy your own. The grant will have been applied for to supply current membership with equiptment and as grant limit is £5000 unlikely to have purchased spare equiptment.

 

Phil

[ChrisMaidment08]

correct phil and you would have a job borrowing one the oddfellows is an excelent club with great members

[invalidusername]

Yes Phil, I did keep it quiet. But always remembered the thrill of taking those smooth birds out of that basket and throwing them into the air. Was always amazed that they were going to fly all the way back home. I guess I've never really lost that. Strange but true ;-)

[paul10121968]

i prefer "cock and thimble"system.thats the way i know and prefer.so i will be joining a club that flys that way.but i am in the process of finding which clubs are available to me,because i know boundries are involved.

[paul10121968]

sorry should be "CLOCK and thimble"

[ChrisMaidment08]

still say oddfellows for both

[pjc]

A lot of odd fellows around Newport eh Chris!

[paul10121968]

my first memory of pigeons was wheeling them down to the club on a pushchair with my father.he would have sometimes three baskets all on top of each other by the time he got there.

[ChrisMaidment08]

tell you what phil its one of the few clubs i enjoyed judgeing shows and spending time with its members

[pjc]

A lot of that has been lost now with small clubs, the banter on a friday and sat night, club shows etc through the winter all used to be part of the enjoyment, now if you win to much you become an outcast!