Club Closure

[jimmy white]

unfortunately its not hard to see that pigeon racing is a dying sport,,but its still there, and as long as its there , theres room for improvement,if each fancier went out their way to get one person , be them old ,young, male, or female, interested in the pigeons and involved with them , there would soon be more fanciers, i say this because many of us are too interested ourselves and our results to be bothered with this, a young person is only too keen if you let them see and handle ybs in the nest etc , then let them" own" a couple of birds, ive had this in the past, and went to the parents house and explained[for safety reasons] then had the father comming round to see "his sons" birds, then the father became interested,,and with the son pestering his mum and dad, managed to get a loft and a few birds and began racing them [the father is a very good fancier now]the young lad then became interested in the other birds,and for a while the pigeons took a back seat,, now that lad is married with a family and since started on his own [but not as good a flier as his father ;D ;D g.b ;D] so it can be done,,,,,,,then theres keith ;D took an interest in my birds at 11 years old and helped me a lot , now 18 going to get married just so he can get a house and garden to race pigeons ooh [its agood job i know his girl freind well ;D ;D ;D] ,,then theres gv top flier in club now ,better not say his age as hes getting older now ;D started him off at about 12year old and will joke ,ive never forgiven you for starting me up ;D ;D so it really is possible if we make the effort,and make it fun

[Guest Paulo]

sorry to hear that keepsmilingqueen it happened with our club as well a few years ago so now have to fly in the next village.

[Guest Paulo]

"then bugger me he discovered birds the non feathered variety.''

 

thats the problem it what kept me away from the sport when my dad had them now I'm just getting better at juggling my time lol

[blackjack]

My local club is 17mls away the club radius is 40miles round membership 17 in rural areas we are really struggling . its sometimes easy to mock some clubs for membership but for rural clubs its a real struggle.