Saturdays Race Returns

[Guest Blaydon Racer]

Sorry to hear of your poor returns from Saturdays races -- at about 11_25am on Saturday there were some very large batches of ybs heading north going over Blaydon and Greenside ( about 5 miles N East of Consett ) -must have been Scottish birds as the UNC didn't race until Sunday ) --at the same time our ybs were arriving home from Thoresby hall --I had 2 ybs peel out of one these batches going over --the weather here at the time was fine but it did start pouring of rain about an hour later .

Don't know what the returns were like from this liberation but there was nothing wrong with the weather here at the time.

[frank-123]

this is a very intresting post our birds (lanarkshire) were liberated from consett at 10.15

we all ready have a report froma local the birds were flying up and down a valley for 30 mins

 

are you the last drop in the durham amal ?

were there any scottish fed further south than consett

 

why would they not clear the lib site did they see peregrine,s attack the leading batch and turn

i have heard of a bird in elgin and one in stranraer from the same race point

or was the atomsphere so bad the birds could not get there bearings

 

did fife and aberdeen and pentland have the same trouble

i know fife were at kelso where were the other feds?

[Guest Blaydon Racer]

this is a very intresting post our birds (lanarkshire) were liberated from consett at 10.15

we all ready have a report froma local the birds were flying up and down a valley for 30 mins

 

are you the last drop in the durham amal ?

were there any scottish fed further south than consett

 

why would they not clear the lib site did they see peregrine,s attack the leading batch and turn

i have heard of a bird in elgin and one in stranraer from the same race point

or was the atomsphere so bad the birds could not get there bearings

 

did fife and aberdeen and pentland have the same trouble

i know fife were at kelso where were the other feds?

 

 

 

The only WDA birds further north than us are Newcastle Fed which is just the other side of the Tyne (1-2 miles )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TREBLE D]

I posted on saterday that i had seen the scottys going through greenside, the same batches blaydon racer has seen then at around 12.20 a batch went west to east if these were the same pigeons what ever turned them was after newcastle

[frank-123]

I posted on saterday that i had seen the scottys going through greenside, the same batches blaydon racer has seen then at around 12.20 a batch went west to east if these were the same pigeons what ever turned them was after newcastle

 

thanks for the replys

[Henrik]

Pentland & East of Scotland were at Witton Castle lib at 11am and have lost a lot of the convoy.

[Taylorsloft]

this is a very intresting post our birds (lanarkshire) were liberated from consett at 10.15

we all ready have a report froma local the birds were flying up and down a valley for 30 mins

 

are you the last drop in the durham amal ?

were there any scottish fed further south than consett

 

why would they not clear the lib site did they see peregrine,s attack the leading batch and turn

i have heard of a bird in elgin and one in stranraer from the same race point

or was the atomsphere so bad the birds could not get there bearings

 

did fife and aberdeen and pentland have the same trouble

i know fife were at kelso where were the other feds?

 

aberdeen were at st.boswells 113 miles

[tyson]

midlothian lib hexam at 13.15 perfect weather at race point and we got exactly the same kind of race as every body else with a lot of losses seems to have happened to all the scottish feds that liberated on saturday

[bibendium]

midlothian lib hexam at 13.15 perfect weather at race point and we got exactly the same kind of race as every body else with a lot of losses seems to have happened to all the scottish feds that liberated on saturday

 

Some Scottish feds had a good race on Saturday, Ayrshire, Ballochmyle ,and Glasgow I believe had very good returns, sorry for all you lads who got a bad one hope they turn up.

 

 

 

[DJWa]

i think the feds that libbed on sat morning hit heavy rain across scotland

below the forth and fife in the afternoon

any that crossed that area seem to have had a bad race

[robbiedoo.]

i think the feds that libbed on sat morning hit heavy rain across scotland

below the forth and fife in the afternoon

any that crossed that area seem to have had a bad race

 

davie our fed libbed at thornton at 11.30 and have good returns with the odd doo missing . its strange the angus fed heldover till sunday i think they were at arninston we are maybe fortunate we were the right side of the forth

[sapper756]

davie our fed libbed at thornton at 11.30 and have good returns with the odd doo missing . its strange the angus fed heldover till sunday i think they were at arninston we are maybe fortunate we were the right side of the forth

 

I saw batches of doos heading North about 11.45 and reckoned they were Thornton birds, so they would have cleared Fife before the rain set in, after 12.00

Edited August 9, 2010 by sapper756

[DJWa]

davie our fed libbed at thornton at 11.30 and have good returns with the odd doo missing . its strange the angus fed heldover till sunday i think they were at arninston we are maybe fortunate we were the right side of the forth

 

yes robbie the rain didnt hit fife till the afternoon

according to some of the fife lads

im still sitting with 6 from my 30

[big blue bar]

i fly in angus fed and our birds were liberated on sunday by the sounds of all the posts on here . maybe just as well cause we only droped one out of 17 best returnes we have had this season , maybe there is alot of clashing going on ? don t know if there were alot of birds heldover but we certainly had a good race

[Ian McKay]

Been posting all week the best decision made on Saturday

 

Congratulate your controller on a brilliant decision

[big blue bar]

ian did u guys go on sunday then

[Guest Davy Fleming]

There was Very low and thick cloud covering the hills down the East Coast around the Galashields / Coldstream area plus some heavy rain at times and the birds never got a chance until the middle of the afternoon on Saturday where Sunday was a perfect day and a lot of blue sky along with as near 100% . FACT

[JohnQuinn]

Perhaps the criteria for having a hold over needs to be looked at. Its all very well waiting for a break in the weather to have a race on a Saturday but if the Sunday is CLEARLY IDENTIFIED as being a better day for racing then the birds should be held. I'm as bad as the next man when it comes to total boredom because of no Saturday racing, but i would get used to it quicker if i knew i was getting better racing on the Sunday.

[Ian McKay]

I agree with that idea we spend a fortune on our birds waiting for a break is NOT good enough

[walterbmasson]

I agree with that idea we spend a fortune on our birds waiting for a break is NOT good enough

race controller next year IAN MCKAY

[Ian McKay]

Do you not think I do enough Walter by the way answer your PMs :D

[Bluedoo]

Another one back from St Boswell. Very thin but sure he's learned a lot this week.

[square_peg]

fife libbed at 11am at kelso we got hammered.

 

i tossed 8 latebreads at 6pm on sat 30ml toss and got a great toss,late afternoon and sunday was far better for the doo's.......but NOBODY will be fighting to take on the controllers jobs!

[Bluedoo]

Yes agree nobody wants the job. North of Scotland waited till later and had very good returns by the sound of things. Sometimes think everyone is in too big a hurry to get birds up as early as poss. especially in these short races.

[clockman]

fife libbed at 11am at kelso we got hammered.

 

i tossed 8 latebreads at 6pm on sat 30ml toss and got a great toss,late afternoon and sunday was far better for the doo's.......but NOBODY will be fighting to take on the controllers jobs!

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