Saintes sec.M

[Guest frank dooman]

some times frank when you know you have good birds you have to put them up against the best and its a great chance for the scottish lads to show there birds have it

 

100% you have got to believe

[Guest frank dooman]

i was kind of hoping delboy/gareth would give us there comments

[Kyleakin Lofts]

Just starting and distance is my aim, but this is quite some time away for me.

 

I only hope it is still there for me when and if I'm ready.  I need the distance men to keep these races going and although the NFC will keep it going, we need to keep up the Scottish interest through sect M.

 

Travelling to marking stations in England is a major bind, even though I know some Scottish boys fancy a shot at BICC Tarbes International.

 

Good luck to all who are able to compete at the distance, especially those few who support extreme long distance.  These birds are special, flying hundreds of miles on their own into Scotland after leaving the big English drag.

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

i was kind of hoping delboy/gareth would give us there comments

 

Had typed up a post earlier but for some reason the site before going out would not let me add it to the thread.

 

Would love to have a go at Saintes or even for that matter Barcelona yes i did say Barcelona ??) but that is ok here sitting in the darkness deepest days of terrible weather and very little daylight hours, but reality really hits home when the racing campaign kicks off then you have other priority's such as 4 channel races with the SNFC added to this comes the loss/injury of some of the candidates from distances that were no more than a training toss to them which is no doubt down to the hawks doing their damage.

 

2010???????

 

Would love to see Saintes 704 miles or even Niort 668 miles on the SNFC program but this would not get carried due to members not wishing to go beyond the 600 - 611 miles that is per the norm for the longest race.

 

 

 

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

Extra little bit i forgot to mention.

 

To get any sort of decent entry from Scotland it would have to be included within the program/averages of a Scottish National club this in turn would give them encouragement in that there will be a result put out to record these great pigeons that can fly from these distances as the vast majority of Scotland would be unwilling to pay RPRA and NFC fees for one only race.

 

Regarding marking i would travel 100, 200 miles if i had to and was keen to go to a race.

 

cheers

Gareth

[hotrod]

Just starting and distance is my aim, but this is quite some time away for me.

 

I only hope it is still there for me when and if I'm ready.  I need the distance men to keep these races going and although the NFC will keep it going, we need to keep up the Scottish interest through sect M.

 

Travelling to marking stations in England is a major bind, even though I know some Scottish boys fancy a shot at BICC Tarbes International.

 

Good luck to all who are able to compete at the distance, especially those few who support extreme long distance.  These birds are special, flying hundreds of miles on their own into Scotland after leaving the big English drag.

 

if you didnt know there is/ was a marking station at muirhead glasgow (im not sure if the birds now get transported down to crewe to be race marked) the man in the know is frank dooman he ran the marking station last year , i also would love a go ,if only they f@@king hawks would leave my birds alone maybe 2011

[me]

 

Would love to see Saintes 704 miles or even Niort 668 miles on the SNFC program but this would not get carried due to members not wishing to go beyond the 600 - 611 miles that is per the norm for the longest race.

 

 

 

More chance of us getting yet another inland "national" "me" thinks Gareth!

 

 

[Guest frank dooman]

Extra little bit i forgot to mention.

 

To get any sort of decent entry from Scotland it would have to be included within the program/averages of a Scottish National club this in turn would give them encouragement in that there will be a result put out to record these great pigeons that can fly from these distances as the vast majority of Scotland would be unwilling to pay RPRA and NFC fees for one only race.

 

Regarding marking i would travel 100, 200 miles if i had to and was keen to go to a race.

 

cheers

Gareth

 

i think this is a small problem gareth your correct it would cost a fancier £20 nfc and £5.00 per bird so thats quite expencive but i think its worth it to realy test our birds, its my oppinion that you have to chose 2/3 birds from the start of the season and work them for that 1 race no difference to all our nat. contenders yes its hard to get through the build up and still have both the bird intended and its mate if your realy lucky you might have 2/3 left for the race but realy just 1 would do to give you the buzz, and then you are racing against the very best in the UK imagine beating the great Brian Denny and co. we in scotland allways boast about our great distance birds now,s our chance to prove it and the added bonus is beating the auld enemy!!!!! and you mentioned barcelona what about tarbes 900mls to central scotland ???????? come on have a go its here now pm me if realy interisted

 

[aye ready]

I would just like to hear from distance fanciers in Scotland if any would like to try this race next  year and if so what would you expect regarding marking station etc.

 

if you breed me haf a dozen this year frank and the same from john (alecguiness) i might try it in the future (hehe)(hehe)

[Chris Little]

 

i think this is a small problem gareth your correct it would cost a fancier £20 nfc and £5.00 per bird so thats quite expencive but i think its worth it to realy test our birds, its my oppinion that you have to chose 2/3 birds from the start of the season and work them for that 1 race no difference to all our nat. contenders yes its hard to get through the build up and still have both the bird intended and its mate if your realy lucky you might have 2/3 left for the race but realy just 1 would do to give you the buzz, and then you are racing against the very best in the UK imagine beating the great Brian Denny and co. we in scotland allways boast about our great distance birds now,s our chance to prove it and the added bonus is beating the auld enemy!!!!! and you mentioned barcelona what about tarbes 900mls to central scotland ???????? come on have a go its here now pm me if realy interisted

 

Frank, already plotting an assault on Tarbes

[Guest frank dooman]

 

if you breed me haf a dozen this year frank and the same from john (alecguiness) i might try it in the future (hehe)(hehe)

 

you dont know if you allready have them martin untill you try what about all they birds that just come from the nats, but dont score why not try them on this they might surprise you

[alvagate]

if the scottish lads were up  for it and our northeast greater distance club go for it we could get a marking station in the north i am putting it forward this year at our agm that we fly it as a club we have indidvals you fly with the N F C but if we join as a club we have 40 members just a thought lads

[Guest frank dooman]

 

Frank, already plotting an assault on Tarbes

 

chris i constantly read on here about fanciers wanting distance there is another thread on just now where lots of fanciers have said just that so why not take on our english counter parts and put our birds where our mouths are

[Guest frank dooman]

oh !! i forgot to mention BRAVE HEART!!!!!!!! ;D ;D

[alvagate]

it might be chris they are out of there comfort zone its a different type of bird to fly with the N F C  we have fanciers who fly well with the up north combine coridoor flying as they put it but there birds would struggle to fly 150/200mles on there own as they are used to flying along one way not pulled all over the counry

[Guest frank dooman]

it might be chris they are out of there comfort zone its a different type of bird to fly with the N F C  we have fanciers who fly well with the up north combine coridoor flying as they put it but there birds would struggle to fly 150/200mles on there own as they are used to flying along one way not pulled all over the counry

 

Thats why i think we can hold our own in this its been a very long time since we have had even 6,000/7,000 at a scotish nat race  and even then there was a fair split over the whole of scotland

[Guest frank dooman]

thanks ive had a great response ,just thought the money it will save any one taking there birds down to the basket stations down south would pay your nfc dues so have a go. please pm me if interisted

 

thanks frank

[Guest frank dooman]

is any of the scotish fanciers ready to try there birds at this distance this year? it is hoped to have a solid silver medal for the 1st scottish bird cost around £450/500 plus prize money watch for the sale of special y/birds for this, now is the time to start getting ready if your intersited you do need to join the NFC to race in this race pm me if interisted

[frank-123]

would you need to join both the snrpc and the rpra as well as the nfc?

not that i think i have a bird that could do that distance but maybe in the future

[Guest stb-]

would you need to join both the snrpc and the rpra as well as the nfc?

not that i think i have a bird that could do that distance but maybe in the future

 

FOR ALL INFO ON THIS TALK TO FRANK .CON     ;D ;D ;D

 

wouldnt mind a go at saintes myself ;)

[Guest frank dooman]

would you need to join both the snrpc and the rpra as well as the nfc?

not that i think i have a bird that could do that distance but maybe in the future

 

not the snrpc frank but you need to join the rpra its a nfc race

[Guest frank dooman]

 

FOR ALL INFO ON THIS TALK TO FRANK .CON     ;D ;D ;D

 

wouldnt mind a go at saintes myself ;)

 

why not have a go robert the marking station is on your door step and i thought the north boys would love to show you west sprinters the way to go ;) ;)

[Guest JonesyBhoy]

2013.. ill be having a go.. long distnce national racing in Scotland.... c'mmmmmmmmmon.. its what we are about..!!!!

[Guest frank dooman]

2013.. ill be having a go.. long distnce national racing in Scotland.... c'mmmmmmmmmon.. its what we are about..!!!!

 

good man will be nice to see you there but we do need some real support now all we distance men say we cant get long distance races now well here it is no excuses who,s willing to have a go this is an ideal race for all those old timmers that have the experience but just off the pace

[bibendium]

is there a marking station in Scotland? wouldnt mind a try at this