Birdage SNFCÂ Â Ypres/Andrezel

[budgie]

Just back from the Newmains marking station under 260 Ypres/21 Andrezal which is very disappointing to say the least considering 107 are away from the Newmains Club alone.After last week, returns, not really surprized as this will be the last race of the season for many. :(How many are away from your club/area.

[alec guinness]

Just back from the Newmains marking station under 260 Ypres/21 Andrezal which is very disappointing to say the least considering 107 are away from the Newmains Club alone.After last weeks returns not really surprized as this will be the last race of the season for many.

 

just back from boness not too many there either,has been tough at the nationals and hopefully these races this w/end will restore a bit of a feel good factor,chin up budgie remember it could be you. :) :) ;)

[Pego]

Just heard 87 Ypres and 21 Andrezal away from Fife marking station.

[Guest]

Just heard 87 Ypres and 21 Andrezal away from Fife marking station.

 

                                   85  and 15 from dundee

[Guest redwhiteblue]

 

just back from boness not too many there either,has been tough at the nationals and hopefully these races this w/end will restore a bit of a feel good factor,chin up budgie remember it could be you. :) :) ;)

 

62   39  at boness

[alec guinness]

 

62   39  at boness

 

not too many rwb. :(

[knoxjn]

where have all the 500 milers gone ?  

[Guest]

where have all the 500 milers gone ?  

 

Waiting on falaise

[frank-123]

well i wish some guys would go to newmains they were still marking at 18.35  at uddingston the turnout again was fantastic

many guys waiting quite a long time to get there doo's away

 

not sure what time they finished but derek hay deserves a large beer tonight the work he puts in for the snfc is fantastic

 

 

[alec guinness]

well i wish some guys would go to newmains they were still marking at 18.35  at uddingston the turnout again was fantastic

many guys waiting quite a long time to get there doo's away

 

not sure what time they finished but derek hay deserves a large beer tonight the work he puts in for the snfc is fantastic

 

 

bart any idea about numbers for both races.????? :)uddingston.

[frank-123]

 

bart any idea about numbers for both races.????? :)uddingston.

 

not sure mate

ypres birds we had to make new baskets up as they did not expect soo many doo's  

[budgie]

well i wish some guys would go to newmains they were still marking at 18.35  at uddingston the turnout again was fantastic

many guys waiting quite a long time to get there doo's away

 

not sure what time they finished but derek hay deserves a large beer tonight the work he puts in for the snfc is fantastic

 

Well done to Big Derek hope the birdage from Uddingston is up.

 

 

[budgie]

where have all the 500 milers gone ?  

There are to many National Races and not enough pigeons to go around.We should have 1 Inland,Alencon.Tours and Falaise as it is and with the Birdage we are getting they are meaningless and hold no credit.

 

 

[ALF]

I think the reason we in Lanarkshire are'nt sending many to these SNFC races is a lot of people have lost a lot of doos since we hit Wakefield :(

[Chris Little]

Rough estimate from the South is approx 90 Ypres and 50 Andrezel

 

In adding up the previous posts not a great entry..... quite shocking infact, we as a nation are supposed to be the benchmarkers for distance racing in the UK, no chance

[Guest]

There are to many National Races and not enough pigeons to go around.We should have 1 Inland,Alencon.Tours and Falaise as it is and with the Birdage we are getting they are meaningless and hold no credit.

 

 

Cannot understand this obsession with birdage,look at two of the most prestige clubs in the uk being the BICC and the BBC and you will not see mass birdage.This sort of long distance racing is about competing against specialist long distance fanciers,Personally if birdage was the most important thing to me i would concentrate on federation racing where you will find this large birdage.

[Guest stb]

 

Cannot understand this obsession with birdage,look at two of the most prestige clubs in the uk being the BICC and the BBC and you will not see mass birdage.This sort of long distance racing is about competing against specialist long distance fanciers,Personally if birdage was the most important thing to me i would concentrate on federation racing where you will find this large birdage.

not always an obsession with birdage, prob more of a dissapointment  that there are so few birds about to go to these prestige races this time round.      Sad state for pigeon racing.

 

 

[budgie]

I think the reason we in Lanarkshire are'nt sending many to these SNFC races is a lot of people have lost a lot of doos since we hit Wakefield :(

Alf there is 1200 pigeons away to Ypres and around 750-800 are Lanarkshire pigeons.Good luck and i hope the 300 at Andrezel get  a good start with the distance into here in Lanarkshire around 580 mls.

 

 

[slim45]

the weather looks  bad for the weekend whats the chance of a race

[alec guinness]

 

Cannot understand this obsession with birdage,look at two of the most prestige clubs in the uk being the BICC and the BBC and you will not see mass birdage.This sort of long distance racing is about competing against specialist long distance fanciers,Personally if birdage was the most important thing to me i would concentrate on federation racing where you will find this large birdage.

 

vincent you talk here about racing the biggest  problem is that in scotland after the first few birds are clocked our birds are no longer racing they are homing,small convoys are not the answer,you mention the bbc & bicc these are top fanciers specialising in extreme distances but check out times and velocities some of these doos are homing after 3 or 4 days,racing at 500 -600 miles in scotland due to the small convoys our birds are no longer puttingt up the performances of the past IE DOOS ON THE SHIFT.

 

[Guest stb]

 

vincent you talk here about racing the biggest  problem is that in scotland after the first few birds are clocked our birds are no longer racing they are homing,small convoys are not the answer,you mention the bbc & bicc these are top fanciers specialising in extreme distances but check out times and velocities some of these doos are homing after 3 or 4 days,racing at 500 -600 miles in scotland due to the small convoys our birds are no longer puttingt up the performances of the past IE DOOS ON THE SHIFT. :)there was always  races when you got very few birds on shift even years back with big birdages. unless you get a blow home  you dont often get a lot on shift.

 

 

[budgie]

the weather looks  bad for the weekend whats the chance of a race

Atmospherics will play Havoc this weekend ( as they did last weekend) with Heavy Showers Lighting and Thunder Storms and i dont think we will get a race before Monday. Its a controllers Nightmare and we will have to give them all the support and assistance we can.

 

 

[Guest stb]

patience comes to mind

[Guest]

 

vincent you talk here about racing the biggest  problem is that in scotland after the first few birds are clocked our birds are no longer racing they are homing,small convoys are not the answer,you mention the bbc & bicc these are top fanciers specialising in extreme distances but check out times and velocities some of these doos are homing after 3 or 4 days,racing at 500 -600 miles in scotland due to the small convoys our birds are no longer puttingt up the performances of the past IE DOOS ON THE SHIFT.

 

There are no 3 or 4 day birds on the Reims result mate,as the race would have finished by then.And the later birds are due to horrendous weather conditions not small convoys.

[budgie]

 

vincent you talk here about racing the biggest  problem is that in scotland after the first few birds are clocked our birds are no longer racing they are homing,small convoys are not the answer,you mention the bbc & bicc these are top fanciers specialising in extreme distances but check out times and velocities some of these doos are homing after 3 or 4 days,racing at 500 -600 miles in scotland due to the small convoys our birds are no longer puttingt up the performances of the past IE DOOS ON THE SHIFT.

I agree with Alec ,but what is the problem are we now keeping to many middle distance pigeons.