Returns on Sat 3rd May2008 Lanarkshire

[budgie]

In the End we finished up with all home.Two to come on Sat night.One arrived on Sunday at 12.30pm and the other on Monday at 1.00pm .Both have been hawked and totally flown out but well see how they pick up mid-week.Other members of our club have lost between 5 and 11 pigeons each and at this distance it just should not happen. :-/ :-/ :-/ If this trend continues they will have no pigeons left by Cheltenham. :(

[ALF]

In the End we finished up with all home.Two to come on Sat night.One arrived on Sunday at 12.30pm and the other on Monday at 1.00pm .Both have been hawked and totally flown out but well see how they pick up mid-week.Other members of our club have lost between 5 and 11 pigeons each and at this distance it just should not happen. :-/ :-/ :-/ If this trend continues they will have no pigeons left by Cheltenham. :(

 

I lost 3 cocks myself on saturday  but it wasnae any surprise racing from Appleby :

[Guest]

 

You must have thought you were going to get a race when you sent 12 or else why send them ?

 

was not convinced at all,but weather forcasts are not always accurate, so decided i would take the chance and send the twelve,and i was not the only one in my club who was thinking along the same lines , and some sent just a few in case they got a race

[budgie]

For what its worth our own Club Newmains sent 999 birds the first pigeon is taking 1hr 44 mins and the 246th pigeon is taking 4hrs 45 mins with a velocity of 602 which is only 25% of them home at a 99mile toss in 3hours.As Alf has already quoted West Coast Racing is suicide or words to that effect. :( >

[frank-123]

i think its a bit better over in  the east but even thats getting worse

sent 25 cocks to the midweek club race from kelso 12 back in 35 mins then nothing for 4 hours i still had ten to come this morning ended up with 8 worn out birds two of which had been had by the hawks

one punctured the other the back ripped

 

still two to come

 

[Guest WINGS 04]

i think its a bit better over in  the east but even thats getting worse

sent 25 cocks to the midweek club race from kelso 12 back in 35 mins then nothing for 4 hours i still had ten to come this morning ended up with 8 worn out birds two of which had been had by the hawks

one punctured the other the back ripped

 

still two to come

 

R U SUER THEY WHERE AT KELSO 35 MINETS FOR 60+ MILES

[wullie semple]

sent 65 to mid week club kelso 64 home 22 to otterburn all home

[Delboy]

For what its worth our own Club Newmains sent 999 birds the first pigeon is taking 1hr 44 mins and the 246th pigeon is taking 4hrs 45 mins with a velocity of 602 which is only 25% of them home at a 99mile toss in 3hours.As Alf has already quoted West Coast Racing is suicide or words to that effect. :( >

 

wait to the ybs  :'(

[Delboy]

got one back today, thats me 37/42.I have 3 to come that had 400 miles last year

[frank-123]

sorry forgot the 1 hr    ---- then 35 mins

[Guest KING BILLY]

the problem I think pigeons that are raced as young ones down the east from kelso did not have two think two hard two get home then we take them down the west they are a bit disorientated add the hock problems u will get grapey races but the people that don’t go to the fed race program meeting should just get on with it and stop moaning I dropped 5 out 77 i think thay will be ok when whe go out abite

[budgie]

the problem I think pigeons that are raced as young ones down the east from kelso did not have two think two hard two get home then we take them down the west they are a bit disorientated add the hock problems u will get grapey races but the people that don’t go to the fed race program meeting should just get on with it and stop moaning I dropped 5 out 77 i think thay will be ok when whe go out abite [/quote

With regards to Billys comments i totally agree but even after three races (one of which we could not get into the race point) and Tam is now quoting that we will not be racing from Lancaster this week somebody has not done their homework and if my memory serves me correctly we did not have this problem going down the East Coast Route last year.Lets carry on with the racing and keep the Pigeon Politicians at bay.Good luck to the Bunkle Team this oncoming week.

Budgie   ;)

 

 

[Lennut Tar]

sorry forgot the 1 hr    ---- then 35 mins

 

 

;D ;D ;D Don't worry about it   ;) its only a pigeon race ???????? & what's an hour here or there   :) in the end, as they say.

PS, It would have been quite interesting to study some of those EC's, by some of the reports here.

Enjoy.

 

 

[Guest TAMMY_1]

the problem I think pigeons that are raced as young ones down the east from kelso did not have two think two hard two get home then we take them down the west they are a bit disorientated add the hock problems u will get grapey races but the people that don’t go to the fed race program meeting should just get on with it and stop moaning I dropped 5 out 77 i think thay will be ok when whe go out abite [/quote

With regards to Billys comments i totally agree but even after three races (one of which we could not get into the race point) and Tam is now quoting that we will not be racing from Lancaster this week somebody has not done their homework and if my memory serves me correctly we did not have this problem going down the East Coast Route last year.Lets carry on with the racing and keep the Pigeon Politicians at bay.Good luck to the Bunkle Team this oncoming week.

Budgie   ;)

 

 

Does that actually surprise you ?

[jimmy white]

looking at pigeon racing as a whole nawadays , i have noticed that, when years ago, you either had them all , or most in ,say half an hour with birds dropping regular , i see a trend of racing now, no matter what route or what organization , most races the winners do their expected time , theres a flurry of a few birds ,, then gaps then another flurry of drops then bigger gaps etc , very seldom get many birds the next day, i just wonder whats so different from years ago ??