IVE BEEN THINKING

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

WE ALL KNOW THE SPORT IN ENGLAND IS IN DECLINE BUT I WAS THINKING INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GET YOUNGER PEOPLE IN TRY AND GET RETIRED PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE MONEY AND TIME TO TEND TO PIGEONS WERE AS KIDS DONT??? ANY IDEAS TO ADD IF I GET A GOOD RESPONSE I WILL PUT IT IN THE BHW

THANKS

[Guest TAMMY_1]

WE ALL KNOW THE SPORT IN ENGLAND IS IN DECLINE BUT I WAS THINKING INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GET YOUNGER PEOPLE IN TRY AND GET RETIRED PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE MONEY AND TIME TO TEND TO PIGEONS WERE AS KIDS DONT??? ANY IDEAS TO ADD IF I GET A GOOD RESPONSE I WILL PUT IT IN THE BHW

THANKS

 

YOU WERENAE THINKING HARD ENOUGH THEN, THATS WHY THE SPORT IS IN DECLINE BECAUSE FOLK ARE GETTING OLDER AND THERE ARE NO NEW YOUNG FOLK WANTING IN, ITS YOUNGER FOLK THAT ARE NEEDED NOT OLDER ONES WHO WILLL MAYBE SNUFF IT BEFORE THEY GET TO A RACE ;D STAND IN THE CORNER BEN WITH YOUR DUNCES CAP ON

[dooman88]

WHY EXCLUDE THE KIDS ? WHY CANT EXISTING MEMBERS OF CLUBS SET UP A SMALL LOFT . AND EACH MEMBER GIVES A PAIR OF BIRDS THUS SAVING THE KIDS MONEY . THEN MAYBE A RETIRED PERSON CAN ALSO SHARE THE LOFT TO INTRODUCE THE KIDS ON HOW TO PROPERLY LOOK AFTER THE BIRDS . THE KIDS WHO ONLY TAKE TO THE SPORT WILL STAY ANYWAY . THEN THERE WOULD BE PARTNERSHIPS FORMED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO COME . YOUR CLUB NUMBERS MIGHT SWELL WHO KNOWS!!

[Guest]

u only have to ask ur kids wot they want for xmas?...playstation 3 please ..thats usually the reply.

kids of today dont want the same as past generations have!..they dont want  to be cleaning sh!t up when they can be sat in a bedroom or out with their m8s.

we have to face it that the sport gets more expensive and theres less input into the sport then there was 20yrs a go.

wot kids of today can afford the flying? nevermind the setting up ? years a go they could easily but now theres no chance ...mainly because parent wont spend out for a 2 min thing that the kid will be into summut else soon...sport deffo on the decline.....paul

[Guest shadow]

WHY EXCLUDE THE KIDS ? WHY CANT EXISTING MEMBERS OF CLUBS SET UP A SMALL LOFT . AND EACH MEMBER GIVES A PAIR OF BIRDS THUS SAVING THE KIDS MONEY . THEN MAYBE A RETIRED PERSON CAN ALSO SHARE THE LOFT TO INTRODUCE THE KIDS ON HOW TO PROPERLY LOOK AFTER THE BIRDS . THE KIDS WHO ONLY TAKE TO THE SPORT WILL STAY ANYWAY . THEN THERE WOULD BE PARTNERSHIPS FORMED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO COME . YOUR CLUB NUMBERS MIGHT SWELL WHO KNOWS!!

 

They will stay until they discover girls and drink then drift away with very few returning they do not want the 365 days a year commitment

 

small clubs of 8 or less members should amalgamate with bigger clubs in the area and stop the big fish in the little pond syndrome

 

 

[Guest]

Think Ben is right about getting more retired people interested, they have the money to fund grandchildren, but Tammy is right too, need steady stream of younger folk coming in, and that's not happening.

 

Think one loft races are an ideal introduction, and most young people can be found at school, so fanciers donating birds to school syndicates in one loft races might be a good investment, arms-length introduction to pigeons and pigeon racing plus the learning aspects of birds, nutrition, training, velocity calculation, and of course inter-school competition and helping school funds.

[Roland]

Not bad idea really oh Red one.... many countries have seen an influx of member via doing just that!

And the Grandchildren - family may get the bug. THAT is what it is all about, sowing a seed however possible. Most of us caught the bug young, and then after marriage and a couple of kids later returned.

Two reasons why they don't return is ‘small back gardens’ and COSTS.

And a good pointer as to cost that tips the balance is the 'Unfair Playing Fields’.

Yes everyone accepts that one can't have as such ... but the clichés that have the advantage seem to be he very same ones that are on committees blocking any and every improvement that would have helped and never gave any lee - way when they could have helped.

This in turn shows only too well the selfish and yes short sightedness of too many.

Again we will see many leave through this ET. Will the pro brigade care!! Not a jot, but offer lame crutches as excuses.

If they now said 'OK whether there needs to be a 12 second handicap or not on the first bird, and 3 seconds every one after, we will allow this. After all the ET clockers won't lose oat, and many may stay. Further as the pro brigade is not only fair minded they want to be seen as be fair!

Then I'll have an ET clock with a clear conscious and the club would all be happy.

But that will never happen.

In 10 years, out side of me, I have only ever seen one other - on here too - that was willing to accept a handicap to help even it up, and put to rest any hiccups and with a view of keeping flyers!

But it seems as always it will be 'Stuff you! I want an ET at any cost, and if that means fewer flyers, then that will mean I may win a bit more, and if it also means through others leaving I pay more, so be it'. And as for demeaning the credibility of the 'Prize / Win' so what! A win is a win!

Should put - a long time ago - our own house in order and look after the flyers we have (Had) and then look towards getting new members.

After all just what can one use in regards the actual 'Races' to encourage new members joining!

Nowt! But a self lot of twisters who line their own pockets and feed their own interests. the youngster in that case are more willing to spend £70 or more throwing insults at a Referee, than waste time and money to no avail.

[Fair Play]

Tammy_1 has all us old yins dead and buried before we get started I think the post has just shown a classic case of agism which is now against the law so you are now a comdemmed criminal in front of witnesses.The old ones are living a lot longer and the young ones are popping their clogs much earlier. ;) ;)

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

WHY EXCLUDE THE KIDS ? WHY CANT EXISTING MEMBERS OF CLUBS SET UP A SMALL LOFT . AND EACH MEMBER GIVES A PAIR OF BIRDS THUS SAVING THE KIDS MONEY . THEN MAYBE A RETIRED PERSON CAN ALSO SHARE THE LOFT TO INTRODUCE THE KIDS ON HOW TO PROPERLY LOOK AFTER THE BIRDS . THE KIDS WHO ONLY TAKE TO THE SPORT WILL STAY ANYWAY . THEN THERE WOULD BE PARTNERSHIPS FORMED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO COME . YOUR CLUB NUMBERS MIGHT SWELL WHO KNOWS!!

 

I WASNT BUT GETTING 50'S AND OVER  IN IT AS WELL

[Guest TAMMY_1]

Tammy_1 has all us old yins dead and buried before we get started I think the post has just shown a classic case of agism which is now against the law so you are now a comdemmed criminal in front of witnesses.The old ones are living a lot longer and the young ones are popping their clogs much earlier. ;) ;)

 

aye because am only a young man myself   ;D and it wont be the first time i have been condemned on here and doubt if it will be the last :D

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

WE NEED BORTH BUT LETS NOT SIT AROUND GOING ODEAR AND LETS DO SOME THING LIKE HAVING FUND RAZING AUCTIONS TO FUND NEW LOFTS FOR YOUNGSTERS

[Guest]

WE ALL KNOW THE SPORT IN ENGLAND IS IN DECLINE BUT I WAS THINKING INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GET YOUNGER PEOPLE IN TRY AND GET RETIRED PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE MONEY AND TIME TO TEND TO PIGEONS WERE AS KIDS DONT??? ANY IDEAS TO ADD IF I GET A GOOD RESPONSE I WILL PUT IT IN THE BHW

THANKS

 

Think you thinking is very dangerous ;D ;D ;D ;D.You thought of SAGA magazine for the over 55's?

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

WELL I DONT THINK ITS FUNNY IF YOU LOT CANT BE BOTHERED WITH IDEAS WITH THE SPORT > :'(

[Guest TAMMY_1]

WELL I DONT THINK ITS FUNNY IF YOU LOT CANT BE BOTHERED WITH IDEAS WITH THE SPORT > :'(

 

Chill out Ben.

[Guest stevie-b]

i think youngsters jusr are not intersted because it means commitment they dont want that  we just have to accept thats the way it is i am the youngest member of our fed at 35

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

SORRY TAMMY BUT ALL THE OTHER EU COUNTRIES HAVE YOUNG FLYERS

[Guest]

WELL I DONT THINK ITS FUNNY IF YOU LOT CANT BE BOTHERED WITH IDEAS WITH THE SPORT > :'(

 

SAGA magazine was a serious suggestion Ben.It is aimed at OAP's who have money and an adventurous outlook on life,ie people who might be interested in trying something new.

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

 

SAGA magazine was a serious suggestion Ben.It is aimed at OAP's who have money and an adventurous outlook on life,ie people who might be interested in trying something new.

 

SORRY I THOUGHT YOU WERE TAKING THE MICKY SORRY WHAT DOSE IT STAND FOR

[Guest]

 

SAGA magazine was a serious suggestion Ben.It is aimed at OAP's who have money and an adventurous outlook on life,ie people who might be interested in trying something new.

 

trying something new, most oaps with money join the rspb which gives then adventure in there life watching over nests so they dont get robbed and kinda gives them a bit of authority   ;)

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

SO WHATS SAGA?

[Guest]

SO WHATS SAGA?

 

Don't think it stands for anything now, Ben. Back in another world when they got reduced rates on railway fares it used to stand for Send A Granny Away.  :B

 

It is a mag aimed at over 50's.

 

http://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

LMAO

[Guest]

SO WHATS SAGA?

 

It's just a magazine for over 55's,don't know where you get it from but it seems to be a big company,even do there own car insurance!!.It's aimed at the young at heart which is why I thought they might be more likely to try a new hobby,they must have a web site.

[Guest REDFOXKRAUTHS]

yes ive got it  

[Guest shadow]

most pensioners have less disposable income than you think when I got my pension my income dropped £70 per week that is one of the reasons my birds had to go.