End Of The Road For Long Distance Races

[Guest bigda]

think within the next 3 years there will be no more long distance races, all inland, fanciers cant be bothered with the camping out late anymore, and the north lads cant manage to get a early liberation

at 4-30 am but in all fairness they should be accommodated, as been the furthest fliers , unless they can get the hours of darkness changed from 4-30 am 5-30 am there chances are getting slimmer every year, as to win the gold cup

why have a 4-30 am hours of darkness when they are never let up at that time , most i have spoken too have come out and said for the few years that are left the inland races will do them , shame really

other than the gold cup he says it would have been finished a few years ago

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

yer cheery the night bigda

[Guest bigda]

to many fancier chucking it now mate Stewart bros

MC Cormack, possibly Blair, and the deaths this year alone of pigeon men

[yeboah]

Bigda you are correct about early lib the birds should be up as soon as conditions allow to give birds flying furthest at least a chance of winning although i don't see this happening because of impossible distance they have to cover on the shift ,earliest lib i can remember since the early seventies was five thirty but with changing weather patterns think this could be a thing of the past .think i am correct in saying with those early liberation's controllers had to be out of there beds by 2-30 NOW THATS DEVOTION

[tommy2]

think within the next 3 years there will be no more long distance races, all inland, fanciers cant be bothered with the camping out late anymore, and the north lads cant manage to get a early liberation

at 4-30 am but in all fairness they should be accommodated, as been the furthest fliers , unless they can get the hours of darkness changed from 4-30 am 5-30 am there chances are getting slimmer every year, as to win the gold cup

why have a 4-30 am hours of darkness when they are never let up at that time , most i have spoken too have come out and said for the few years that are left the inland races will do them , shame really

other than the gold cup he says it would have been finished a few years ago

Your having a laugh mate,anyone with a bit of brain on them can see the end of club fed racing in the not to distant future,its been declining ,and has now gained pace,national/international racing/races will be the only future,there was a slight glimmer at the end of the tunnel with the beginning of the american type furturity races of the 50`s,which in turn produced the now euro-british 1 loft type races,but as is always the case,same old money grapping faces skimming off the fanciers money are ruining even this light in the window

[walterbmasson]

to many fancier chucking it now mate Stewart bros

MC Cormack, possibly Blair, and the deaths this year alone of pigeon men

dina get ma started the night danny bit iam sorry ta say yer absolutely right what a shambles i think after this year that will da me heen a nough 42years in the sport and they want the doos ta flee in the dark till 11pm and open the race at 4-30am bit wina even let them up at 5am or 5-30am in june or july ???????? bit they can let the YB/NATIONAL BIRDS UP AT 7AM IN SEPT ITS CRAZY WALTERBMASSON as it should be told

[yeboah]

Your having a laugh mate,anyone with a bit of brain on them can see the end of club fed racing in the not to distant future,its been declining ,and has now gained pace,national/international racing/races will be the only future,there was a slight glimmer at the end of the tunnel with the beginning of the american type furturity races of the 50`s,which in turn produced the now euro-british 1 loft type races,but as is always the case,same old money grapping faces skimming off the fanciers money are ruining even this light in the window

Spot on Tommy2 only need to look over the past few years results of some of these races -must think we are stitched up the back

[Guest bigda]

Your having a laugh mate,anyone with a bit of brain on them can see the end of club fed racing in the not to distant future,its been declining ,and has now gained pace,national/international racing/races will be the only future,there was a slight glimmer at the end of the tunnel with the beginning of the american type furturity races of the 50`s,which in turn produced the now euro-british 1 loft type races,but as is always the case,same old money grapping faces skimming off the fanciers money are ruining even this light in the window

 

 

tommy, you miss on one point. one loft races are for the sprint man, no the distance man bigda as is

[JohnQuinn]

tommy, you miss on one point. one loft races are for the sprint man, no the distance man bigda as is

 

Canny agree with you on that score Danny, we all know the BIG money in one loft races is in the Longest race, usually over 300mls for Yb's, you canny say that is sprinting.

[yeboah]

tommy, you miss on one point. one loft races are for the sprint man, no the distance man bigda as is

Bigda think you are missing the point sprint or long distance has nowt to do with it ,think £30,000 you may then be getting closer to the truth .

[tommy2]

Bigda,you need never worry about distance racing ending it will go on many many more years,as long as you distance boys stick together,and as basketing centers get further away,helping each other will always give working class fanciers the chance to compete at the highest level,but we got to stick together.

Just a little point of intrest,did any of you boys know a certain distance race was always liberated 12 0`clock midnight giving the birds chance to be clocked on the day and some were ,even 18 hour day birds,what do you think of that?

[Guest Freebird]

Must have been from Shetland mid summer?

[Guest bigda]

Bigda,you need never worry about distance racing ending it will go on many many more years,as long as you distance boys stick together,and as basketing centers get further away,helping each other will always give working class fanciers the chance to compete at the highest level,but we got to stick together.

Just a little point of intrest,did any of you boys know a certain distance race was always liberated 12 0`clock midnight giving the birds chance to be clocked on the day and some were ,even 18 hour day birds,what do you think of that?

 

 

tommy are you talking about dutch birds, night flyers

out earliest lib time is usually 7-30 - 10-30 at the distance

[Guest bigda]

Think you must be talking solely about the North of the border there bigda as seems to be going OK down here.

 

The NRCC has brought back Saxa Vord to its program for 2011 - Hopefully the members will ensure it stays there now and if so both members and committee are to be commended for it. (543 miles to us)

 

 

yes up here vallance, they cant" agree about the distance, or there union, or the early libs, and the cost of going to the distance, down to 400 birds from once it was 10,000 and think the longest race was 250 birds

[geordie1234]

for me the national races is the races were i want to be in a few years no point been in a sport if you dont want to compete at the top and thats just my opinion

[Guest bigda]

for me the national races is the races were i want to be in a few years no point been in a sport if you dont want to compete at the top and thats just my opinion

 

 

hope you manage it George, times ruining out

[geordie1234]

There is not a doubt in my mind that the long distance races will be still going, to me thats what pigeon racing is all about

[walterbmasson]

There is not a doubt in my mind that the long distance races will be still going, to me thats what pigeon racing is all about

geo1234 theres a few fanciers ive spoken to that s told me there struggling to put now as the old staggers are pettering off ther is not the birds to take there place and that is with them breeding 3 times more than they used to its not rocket science to see it wont be long before it will be £20 to send a bird to the long ones jmo

[Chris Little]

As long as I have doos there will still be long distance racing

[geordie1234]

no matter how much it is to send your doos it will still be there and this is were the true champions are and always will be

[alec guinness]

to many fancier chucking it now mate Stewart bros

MC Cormack, possibly Blair, and the deaths this year alone of pigeon men

 

robert cormack has not flown a doo for years,the stewarts will be back i am sure and tommy blair is most definately back,no more doom and gloom danny. :) :)

[JohnJ]

think within the next 3 years there will be no more long distance races, all inland, fanciers cant be bothered with the camping out late anymore, and the north lads cant manage to get a early liberation

at 4-30 am but in all fairness they should be accommodated, as been the furthest fliers , unless they can get the hours of darkness changed from 4-30 am 5-30 am there chances are getting slimmer every year, as to win the gold cup

why have a 4-30 am hours of darkness when they are never let up at that time , most i have spoken too have come out and said for the few years that are left the inland races will do them , shame really

other than the gold cup he says it would have been finished a few years ago

ur mad

[Henrik]

ur mad

He,s no even that clever John lol

[DJWa]

Canny agree with you on that score Danny, we all know the BIG money in one loft races is in the Longest race, usually over 300mls for Yb's, you canny say that is sprinting.

to me 300 miles is about asfar as most would send thier sprinters

just entering the mid distance bracket

 

but certainly not long distance which is around 500 and over

jmo

[Delboy]

Euro Diamond 170,000 Euros. Yes the distance racing is finished Far from it, these are the real doomen