Europa Share Syndicate

[billt]

Over 400mls. in one week, they must be as fit as a butchers dog

[boxer]

THATS WHY WE SEND TO THIS 1 LOFT RACE BECAUSE THE BIRDS GET TESTED TO THE MAX BUT ID PREFER A NOSE WIND TO A TAIL WIND THAT WOULD SORT A FEW OUT

[rasbull]

The Europa birds were trained from 80 miles today and recorded 147th, 291st, 342nd, 366th and 395th from the 812 that timed in. The last of these was just 3 and half minutes behind the winner.

So just one last big toss to go now tomorrow before they have a well earned rest over the weekend. Then 35 mile tosses up to Friday and then they will be basketed for the big one from 250 miles on the 12th September! They have so far done everything asked of them, have rarely been outside the top 300 in the result. They have peppered the top 100 on a regular basis, have been 1st from the training tosses and are now ready for a crack at the main event!

[rasbull]

The Europa Birds were trained today from 35 miles and the syndicate birds achieved 5th, 37th, 234th, 481st and 650th from the 806 that timed in. The birds arrived quite spaced out considering it was a short toss! They are going to be trained daily next week from 35 miles in the build up to basketing the birds on Friday!

[fletch]

when is final race mate?

[rasbull]

The final race is this Sunday from Hexham 250 miles!

[rasbull]

The Europa birds trained today from 35 miles and all 5 trapped within 1 minute of the winner recording 85th, 201st, 252nd, 290th and 367th out of the 814 that timed in. Just 6 days to go to the big one!

[sapper756]

The Europa birds trained today from 35 miles and all 5 trapped within 1 minute of the winner recording 85th, 201st, 252nd, 290th and 367th out of the 814 that timed in. Just 6 days to go to the big one! http://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif

 

6 days to go, will be watching the site for their result, good luck m8http://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif

[rasbull]

The Europa birds were trained today from 50 miles and they recorded 130th, 154th, 292nd, 375th and 401st out of the 811 that trapped with even the 401st bird being within 2 minutes of the winner!

[rasbull]

Well there is just 1 more training toss planned for the Europa birds before they are basketed up for the Final race taking place on Sunday. They were trained from 35 miles today and all 5 of the syndicate birds clocked within 74 seconds of the winner. They recorded the following positions:- 13th, 89th, 252nd, 466th and 545th from the 808 birds recorded. This is the 2nd time I have entered this race and barring any mishaps in the last trainer, on both occasions I will have got all 3 of my own bred youngsters to the final race!

[sapper756]

Well there is just 1 more training toss planned for the Europa birds before they are basketed up for the Final race taking place on Sunday. They were trained from 35 miles today and all 5 of the syndicate birds clocked within 74 seconds of the winner. They recorded the following positions:- 13th, 89th, 252nd, 466th and 545th from the 808 birds recorded. This is the 2nd time I have entered this race and barring any mishaps in the last trainer, on both occasions I will have got all 3 of my own bred youngsters to the final race!

 

 

well done and good luck m8http://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif

[rasbull]

The last training toss from 35 miles was today and the syndicate birds were 12th, 69th, 75th, 379th and 699th out of the 807 that timed in!

 

Well that's it! The final training toss of the 2010 series has been completed and after 33 races ranging from 35 miles up to 160 miles - all 3 of the birds I bred have made it through to the final race and 2 of the 3 birds the syndicate purchased are going to be there as well! It is a great achievement as asking people to pay for a share and then the bird could be lost within the 1st few tosses is a bit worrying to say the least! However, the people who have been involved this year have more than had a run for their money and each will have a crack at the £21,000 first prize that is up for grabs!

I will be attending the race this year again and this time will be more than optimistic of getting one in the top end of the result. I entered 3 last year and only one made the final result and finished a disappointing 422nd in the final. (the other 2 were lost in the final). The stock loft saw a big transition as a direct result of this and after starting back up in 2008 parted with the birds I had heavily invested as the results were not up to scratch. A new plan was then formulated to obtain quality proven birds and to start again. The results we have achieved this year (only our second year back) have by far eclipsed the results the old generation of stock birds produced the year before!

We will hope for a good result in the final and then we will continue our plan of introducing quality, proven birds into the loft to create that golden gene pool that we all strive for!

We will be running the syndicate again next year and will be hoping to send 12 young birds all bred by Rasbull Lofts to the race, anyone wishing to have a bit of fun throughout the summer in addition to their racing please feel free to get involved. I have a number of people already on the list for shares and anyone who might like to join us please drop me an email at rasbull@hotmail.co.uk and I will reserve a space for you!

That just leaves me to say thank you to all that have been involved this year and may we have every success in the final this Sunday. C'mon the Rockets!

[fletch]

good luck mate hope you get a good one or a few good ones

[boxer]

ITS GUNNA BE A BLOW HOME VERY DISSAPOINTED BUT IL BE PISSED ANYWAYS SO WONT GIVE A sh**

[rasbull]

Hello Shareholder!

 

The Final of the Europa Classic 2010 is finally here! 817 have been race marked and will take to the starting line with an expected liberation Sunday 12th of September 2010 around 8am. The birds took 7hrs to complete the distance last year but with a tail wind forecast they should be arriving a lot quicker this year!

 

The Share Syndicate has been a resounding success this year with all 3 of the original entries making the final race and 2 out of the 3 'additional purchased' birds also making final. The birds have performed well in the training tosses and have been as far as 160 miles. The highlight would have to be in the 4th Hotspot with the syndicate birds timing just 3 seconds behind the winner and 3 of the 5 in the top 100 of the result!Added to this the birds have obtained the following results in training/hotspots -

1st, 4th, 5th, 5th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 19th, 20th, 23rd, 27th, 28th, 33rd, 37th, 37th - A decent set of performances against up to 1,000 birds!

 

I would like to thank all the shareholders for participating and I hope you have enjoyed following the birds progress as we have gone through the various stages towards the final race.

 

I will be running the syndicate again next year and would like everyone who was involved to be so again as the way the pigeons are being bred they can only improve year on year in an attempt to find that 'Golden' pigeon who is capable of winning 1st Open Europa Classic......and who's to say that won't be this year! I also believe you have a decent run for your money and if they can pull it off in the final then that would put the icing on the cake!

 

I am going down to the race myself on Sunday and any shareholder who would like me to call them upon the result being known please email me with a phone number and I will phone as soon as the winning pigeons arrive at the finish line.

 

The below is the anticipated prize money of the final race (this is not official and based on last years payouts when a similar number of birds entered the race. It will give an idea of the prize money structure and what to expect. Obviously if one of the syndicate birds finishes in the prize money positions that amount will be split 4 ways between the shareholders within that pigeons syndicate. The prize money is a 3rd of what was planned but when there is only 1/3 of the loft full this is to be expected. I know the lower prizes are small but the aim when we entered was to win and the prize for that remains what was advertised when we set this venture up....£5,250 each shareholder if we win!

 

1st - £21,000

2nd - £4,500

3rd - £3,000

4th - £1,500

5th - £900

6th - £600

7th - £450

8th - £390

9th - £360

10th - 19th- Between £330 and £210

20th - 30th - £180

30th - 40th - £120

40th - 70th - £90

70th - 100th - £60

 

Thank you and Good Luck!

 

Richard Shepherd

www.Rasbull-lofts.co.uk

www.PigeonPixels.co.uk

[boxer]

AND GOODLUCK TO YOU RAS IVE ENJOYED BEING PART OF YOUR SYNDICATE JUST HOPE THE BIRDS ARE WELL SPREAD OUT AS DONT WANT TO SEE 30 DROP TOGETHER BUT IM SURE WE WILL HAVE A GOOD DAY WHAT EVER HAPPENS. GOODLUCK TO EVERYONE TAKING PART

[JohnQuinn]

When is the final race for the cash??

[DJWa]

When is the final race for the cash??

 

tomorow

[harky]

Wish yous all the best of luck, theres not a better feeling than winning one

[rasbull]

I don't quite know what to think regarding the final race. Part of me is happy yet the other part feels let down! Firstly I would like to congratulate the winner, Mr Ken Darlington on winning 1st Open Europa Classic and a cool £21,000.

All 5 syndicate birds arrived home safely and recorded 178th, 202nd, 403rd, 565th and 614th. They promised so much yet when it counted have delivered very little!

 

In terms of my own loft I have to be content in knowledge that I sent down 3 and all 3 timed in the final race. There were 1278 birds in the race from the start and I placed all 3 of mine in the top 44% of the initial birds entered. I have improved on my first years attempt at this race when 3 made the final race but only 1 made it into the result finishing 422nd. So in terms of improvement they have made big strides forward in that respect. My 5 year plan included finishing in the top 100 this year, and although we have come 78 places short of achieving this I have to be satisfied. However, when you dedicate your life to winning - anything less is going to be painful to swallow!

 

I will now plan for a breeding season with the birds that have not made the grade being replaced with new stock that have been proven and we will start again. The birds that have bred this years entries will be given new partners and we will see what is produced next year. They will have one more chance in the stock loft and if they come up short that will be their last.

 

My ambition of winning this race burns as bright as ever and I am even more determined to now improve on the 178th position I have obtained this year. So all in all, I am disappointed in the result of today but have to look at the series as a whole, and all things considered it has been very pleasing. Its when you don't move forward and stand still or fall backwards when you are in trouble!

 

The Rasbull Share Syndicate will be back next year and I promise it will be bigger and better than ever before! A big thank you to all the Shareholders in this years event. Anyone wanting to reserve a share please email me at Rasbull@hotmail.co.uk. Watch this space!

[sapper756]

I have really enjoyed following your team through the training and into the race m8http://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif

 

Look forward to more of the same next yearhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif

 

WELL DONE AND THANK YOUhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif

[Roland]

Never mind the result, we did pretty well (5 - out of 6 in the final) - those of us in it. Further it was good that we, and everyone else, saw the results week in and week out and knew how we fared! That was to me the main thing - outside of winning some dough of course lol - Yes we knew each week where we was and how the birds fared. Each week we were in with a shout.

Well done Richard, I for one was pleased to be apart of it.

[boxer]

ANOTHER BLOW HOME PLENTY OF BIRDS HOME AND A VERY GOOD DAY WELDONE THE WINNER