How was your first race?

[Guest MBpigeonguy]

how was your first race, i have not raced yet but im intrested on how well you guys did on your first race?....

[Guest WINGS 04]

MY FIRST RACE I DID NOT TIME HAD 8 LATEBREEDS ONLY RACED THE FIRST 2 RACES AND DID NOT TIME IN ONLY GOT 4 OUT THE  8 BACK OVER THE 2 RACES

[gangster]

my 1st race going back time i was well behind......................

[Ronnie]

i did quite well i think i was about 12th but all other positions were of two other fanciers.Lol i went downhill after that ;)The only other race i timed better i think i was in the top 5 birds but my clock stopped.

[Guest]

:'( :'( sent 10 , 3 home 1/2 hour behind winner they were all yearlings , not raced but trained as babys ,brokenhearted . 2nd race sent what was left and 5th club with a natural hen (lost her cock week b4) no card or prize money but was over the moon , beat most widowhood flyers also , felt great , well and truly hooked !!                                    ;D ;D ;D ;D   andy

[Guest shadow]

never won a thing for the first year I raced but have slowly improved over the years :)

[tubbles]

You could say my first race was not fair as I started off in a partnership. The first race that i went in as partner we won, what back then was, one of the biggest open races around this area The Prenton Open. this was an old bird race with around 400 birds. The race was a bit dodgy to say the least 1000ypm but hey first is first. After that it was all down hill with the odd card but still mates with my ex partner even up til now. we have a laugh whether up or down.  My first race on my own was quite ordinary by comparison, think i was mid table.

[ACE LOFTS]

on my 1st race i think i was about 6th club in 2004, the best result i got that year was 4th club but no fed postions. most of these pigeons were obtained from louella "6 for £100".

 

any way the year after 2005 i started again and got rid of all the louella birds and got a whole round from my uncles race team and bred a few my self, 1st young bird race i topped the fed when only sending 8 pigeons. ever since then its been up hill for us.

 

in 2006 we won the fed championship trophy.and were 2nd highest prize winners in the fed lost it by a £1

 

well happy

[pigeonscout]

My very first race ever I took the first 7 in the open out of 7852 birds

I dont think anyone has ever done that in their very first race.

[T_T]

At the age of fifteen my dad let me have my own 8' x 6' loft at the top of the garden.  I caught a 6yr old Belgian Mealy C and a 4yr old Bl H that had come in to us flying the National.  She was from the Cotswolds and the owner let me keep her.  I paired them both together and they bred a beautiful BL WT FLT Hen.  Never forget my first race from Chichester 98mls when I saw her tramming towards the shed so fast, I could hardly keep track of her.  At the club that night, it turned out she'd won the race and later on in the week, I was also told she'd topped the Fed.  Those were the times when there was 4/500 pigeons going from the club.  The members threatened that if I did it two weeks on the trot, they would barr me.  You gussed it, I DID'NT.

[jimmy white]

my first race was in millerhill club in 1954, there were 48 members , i was 13th, never forget it , was a d cheq hen the tamest bird i had :) then i got worse ;D

[Shogun]

Just had my first race couple of weeks ago. Sent only one bird and was satisfied with the result. Air distance was 260kms. Bird managed to do 1170mpm.

 

I will always cherish and remember that first race. Good luck with yours.

 

Regards.

[pigeonpete]

my first race i was not last by a long way, some really good fanciers behind me!!! only sent 3 aswell got all 3 within 10 mins, was cheltenham 85 miles, thought this pigeon game was easy, ;D never got any where near them again!! :-/ never mind got better birds now, but still not enough hours in the day!!

 

keep perservering and sucsess will come im sure, its my second full season this year

[pigeonpete]

p.s dont really understand the voting set up?? ??)

[Guest]

My first year racing i must av been strongest mbr in club as every week i was at the bottom of sheet holding everyone else up

[Guest MBpigeonguy]

p.s dont really understand the voting set up?? ??)

 

why?

[ACE LOFTS]

p.s dont really understand the voting set up?? ??)

 

same as mate :

[Guest MBpigeonguy]

well the numbers like 10-20 mean 10 to 20 place!

[Guest jason]

I was last at my first ever race, but theres never more than 20 on the result sheet so I was 20th.

 

Jason

[Guest]

My first race I was about 10th and the following race went even lower. Then a nice old boy called wally took me under his wing and gave me tips on training feeding etc. The upshot was we battled for the youngbird averages the next 6 weeks. On the last weekend I needed to make about 10mins on him and as luck would have it, it turned out to be a stinker and I won the averages by about 15mins.

 

All credit goes to Wally who gave me the best start you could wish for in this sport.

[westy]

i was last  

[Guest]

Always one smarty pants Rose.  ;D ;D ;D

[Guest]

You probably fly better than alot of them rose, not just as good as them.

[Guest]

yeah I reckon grumpy old gits!!   ;D

[Guest]

Mind you not good for us, now you will put all your efforts into yours and johns distance team. Bugger there goes winning Pau this year!!!!!!