NEHU FUTURITY RACE

[BIGK]

The birds will be racing from Stratford-upon-avon hopefully on Monday so you guys in that area can nip along and watch the big liberation, photos would be appreciated.

Thanks

[davebuttle]

any results been sorted out for this.

 

fellow racers in our club are keen to hear of any news

[davebuttle]

Heard rumours today of some disqualifications, but i don`t know why?

 

About 20 in total?

 

Anyone have any info?

[mealybar]

Heard yesterday that there are problems with unsigned clock rolls, mistakes with ring numbers in the race register and untransfered pigeons.

[davebuttle]

Ive heard similar stories, but due to suspensions and appeals etc it could take 2 months to get the results.

 

I heard about 30 in all, all from one clocking station.

 

The next futurity race may only have one clocking/ringing station, they had 8 this year, bedlam springs to mind.

 

4000 rings sold this year, so if only 1/2 made it to the race, it would be an extremely busy day to get them all ringed and clocked? if at all possible in one location.

[mealybar]

I really hpe this is a steep learning curve for the NEHU. I know its their first time at running something like this, but I feel we have to question the organisation of the event; you can expect teething troubles, but not able to get a result out??!

[Guest CS]

URGENT NOTICE TO ALL COMPETITORS

 

NEHU 2006 Futurity Race

 

Technical reasons are preventing the publication of the result, of this race, until after a meeting of our General Council. We now expect to publish mid-October, 2006.Monies to be distributed (including pools money) amount to £38,723.We regret these circumstances and apologise to all competitors for the delay.

 

Tom Dawson

President of NEHU

September 06, 2006.

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Emergency Meeting of the General Council

 

Greenbank Club and Institute Ltd.

 

Chester-Ie-Street Saturday 7th October 2006 at 12.00 NOON

 

This letter gives notice that an Emergency General Council Meeting will be held as shown above.

 

Agenda

 

The meeting has been called for the sole purpose of discussing and deciding appeals arising from the NEHU Futurity Sub-Committee's decision that certain birds could not be included in the result of the Futurity Race, flown on 28th August 2006.

 

The Sub-Committee anticipated that there would be appeals and decided also that no provisional result could be published until the appeals were heard.

 

Appeals will be heard in the order listed below:-

Marking Station :-         "The Shack", Boldon

 

1     McSween & Sexton

 

Due to clerical error, pigeon number 1108 was wrongly recorded in the Race Register as 1104.

 

Pigeon number 1108 achieved the highest average velocity and, if included in the result wins first prize of £6,000 plus £ 504.14 pools.

 

2     Graham, Gilchrist & Brennan

 

The print-out from their Junior Quartz Computer Clock (T3) has not been signed by two members of the clock committee as required by clock rule 5c.

 

Pigeon number 797, if included, would occupy 32nd position and win £ 188.29 pools.

 

Marking station :-                                          Sappers Corner Garage

 

3     I & D Maddison

 

The print-out from their Junior Quartz Computer Clock (T3) has not been endorsed with the race point and has not been signed by two members of the clock committee as required by clock rule 5c.

 

Pigeon numbers 1221 and 1217 would occupy 36 and 38th positions winning £19.43 and £ 6.48 from the £2 pool.

 

 

 

 

 

Marking station                                             Westerhope

 

Notes

 

<!--[if !supportLists]-->a)            <!--[endif]-->15 clock envelopes were received at the NEHU office.

 

<!--[if !supportLists]-->            <!--[endif]-->1 STB print-out was completed correctly and complied with all the requirements of

clock rule 5. (Helm, Knox & Brown).

 

<!--[if !supportLists]-->c)             <!--[endif]-->Not a single print-out from any of the other 14 showed (a) the clock station or ( the race point.

 

d)   3 of the 14 had been signed by only one member of the clock committee. The other 11 had no signatures at all.

 

4        B Wallace & Son

 

As notes above, one signature only. Non-compliance with clock rule 5.

 

Pigeon number 1521 would occupy 30th position, if included, winning £300 race money and £290.06 from the pools.

 

 

 

Pigeon number 1522 would occupy 168th position winning £45.71 from the £10 pool.

 

Pigeon number 1523 would occupy 178th position winning £34.29 from the £10 pool.

 

Pigeon number 1520 would occupy 242th position winning £ 3.81 from the £10 pool.

 

(Total winnings £673.87)

 

5        Elliott & Watson

 

As notes above, no signatures. Non-compliance with clock rule 5.

 

Pigeon number 396 would occupy 44th position winning £ 196.70 from the £3, £5 and £10

  

 

 

          

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[davebuttle]

I think I would allow the 1 to stand as it appears to be a genuine mistake, that someone has misheard or mis wrote.

How can you stand and check every bird that you put in to see if it is correct.

 

The rest all appear to be Non-compliances with clock rules and for such an important race I would ensure that if I had clocked on a bird that my clock print was right. ow long have these people been racing?

 

Therefore I would say that these should be not allowed.

 

I have nothing to do with any of the members names as shown, and it is purely my own opinion.

 

It loks to me as though the problem has been with T3 clocks?

 

Does anyone agree or disagree?

[mealybar]

First bird, the rubber matches up, a pigeon to the competing loft, I think it should be given.

 

The about the clock rolls not being signed, the member is not allowed to handle his clock while its being opened and not allowed to have contact with the rubbers, etc.. I think this is completely out of the members hands, and should be given.

 

I cant believe all of these mistakes have been made, I mean you wouldnt make these mistakes at your club, never mind a big money race like this!

 

How can you stand and check every bird that you put in to see if it is correct.

There should be a checker watching over what is written in the race register and watching the movement of race rubbers, my club uses a checker, and thats just club racing!

[davebuttle]

Agree to a point ,the checker should see that the entry is correct.

 

When i check the paper clip number that is read out for the person who is writing the entry, i cannot always see if he has written the birds ring number correctly.

 

It is usually fairly hectic, and time is limited.

 

Again as the rubber matches what was put on the bird then it should be allowed.

 

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(The about the clock rolls not being signed, the member is not allowed to handle his clock while its being opened and not allowed to have contact with the rubbers, etc.. I think this is completely out of the members hands, and should be given.)

 

If the controllers at the end of the race did not ensure that everything was correct, then they should be the ones repremanded / suspended.

 

Ok so allow the results to stand and as a lesson learnt, provide better communications / checks, more space usually some small dark pub? and have the dam thing organised better to ensure it does not happen again.