Racing Season Coming To Soon Budgie

[andyyy]

our race has move from 13th until 27th of april

[Delboy]

Basically local blood, he mother was 71st sect Rennes the year before and she was 50% Fraser of Eaglesham. Her father was a 1971 cock that flew the channel 5 times for me when I was a teenager and was bred by my school pal, in those days you did not keep many pigeons but the ones you had earned there perch every year they were raced to the bitter end.lol

 

Good hardy doos in those days but it was much easier to get them home Jim, you will agree. We had a doo 11 times 500+ miles and many 4,5 and 6 times across.I remember we had 32 obs in loft and 27 had flown channel, ohh memories lol.The doo game is not a patch nowadays on what it used to be, because of bop etc, imo.

[Guest lambrechts31]

If the weather does not improve i will probably miss the first 4 races but the powers that be should realise 2 yrars on the trot if this weather is to be the norm put racing back 3-4 weeks. If the weather remains as bad my first race will be Yeovil 168 miles and 4th race Carentan some enjoyment that is. It needs some young blood in the fed to make some changes for the better. I for one wont be one of the sheep but the cost of fuel and corn wont bring new blood into the sport thats without missing out on racing.

Thank god someone who thinks like me, they say the average age of the pigeon fancier is 60 so try telling some of these auld guys that, the way things have been for years is changing, just look at the out cry there was when ets was introduced jmo

[lanarkshire lad]

Good hardy doos in those days but it was much easier to get them home Jim, you will agree. We had a doo 11 times 500+ miles and many 4,5 and 6 times across.I remember we had 32 obs in loft and 27 had flown channel, ohh memories lol.The doo game is not a patch nowadays on what it used to be, because of bop etc, imo.

I agree 100% with you regarding the bop Derek I think they are the root cause of the majority of erratic races and heavy losses.I started with about 10 ybs in 1971 and two from that batch flew the channel five times each always the next day but that was down to my inexperience in preparing them properly. Derek I sent 12 pigeons to the 1982 Rennes race which was a very fast race I had three on the shift and had 11 home out of twelve by the next day. That would never happen these days and there is a reason for that.

[walterboswell59]

when you are a racecontroller your dammed if you do and dammed if you dont I know where peter is coming from

true m8 its the most thankless job in pigeon racing

[ALF]

true m8 its the most thankless job in pigeon racing

It always has been and always will be Wattie

 

Good luck to Davy Young this year as our race controller

[hotrod]

Aye there's nothing worse when you do this job , do your homework , chek line of flight do your best not to clash with others , get them up then get criticised they should have been up earlier etc etc .