governing bodies

toofawest · May 7, 2006

are governing bodies realy governing bodies when they have no say over federations,or are they only figure heads that are costing the fancy money?

or should things be changed so that the governing body has the final yes or no over the federation.

becouse if they do not have this final say how can they be governing bodies and what is there role?

ribble · May 7, 2006

see the topic (When is a National a National?????) for my views..

jimmy white · May 7, 2006

as far as im aware the union is the governing body, and should have the final say in any any decision,[which is in the rule book],,,,,,,,,,but some how it doesnt work like that, which i think is wrong.

toofawest · May 8, 2006

yeh your right jimmy,

i live 1400 yards outside the boundry line of a certain federation and cannot get in so therefore i have to travel about 16 miles to my nearest club in the federation that accepted me,where if the first mentioned federation accepted me i would have the task of only travelling 2 miles to my nearest club,how stupid is this.

i already contacted our so called governing body and asked if there was anything they could do to help as if i am working away with the car it would mean no racing for my partner as he would have to get 2 buses and a train to go to our club and that would take the best part of 2 hours either way,and the head of the governing body told me that there was nothing they could do as the federation had the final say.

all of this happened 2 years ago and i am very happy in my club,all be it i am a bit sick of all the travelling and if i have to work away for a while my partner may have to give up the pigeons as all this travel is maybe to much for an older man with some health problems,

our numbers are dwindling and our governing body is letting things like this happen,

they are not governing bodys as they dont govern.

May 8, 2006

to right toofawest i think it is time all club with in anarea and flying in the same transporter should be one club as what is there to fly for in a club with only 12 members my club split last year in to 2 club one is less than 500yrds from my loft and will not let us in in the old club there was 3 lofts at the top they only let one of them in to the new club as he had a hartattack last year and the thought he would not be racing he has one the first 2 races and for clubs spliting up there should be a panel to see if they are just in doing so as this is what happens if you are to good (or they are not good a nuff) they go and split a hard club win in to 2 not so hard clubs to win in just to say i was 1st

PIGEON_MAN · May 8, 2006

ONLY BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THE BOUNDARY LINE OF ONE OF THE NATIONAL CLUBS USED TO CUT THROUGH OUR SMALL TOWN THIS MEANT THAT SOME OF OUR CLUB MEMBERS COULD JOIN AND OTHERS COULDN,T,TO ME THIS WASN,T REALLY A PROBLEM AS CLUBS,FEDS OR NATIONALS HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF RADIUS SO I JUST LOOKED AT IT AS BEING UNFORTUNATE ON MY PART THAT I WAS A FEW YARDS OUT OUTSIDE.I MUST SAY THAT NOW THE RADIUS HAS BEEN CHANGED AND I AM NOW A MEMBER BUT IT ALSO MEANS THAT SOMEONE ELSE NOT TO MANY MILES FROM ME AS GOT THE SAME PROBLEM THAT I ONCE HAD.