What Were Your Returns Like?

[Guest chad3646]

I Just joined a club for the very first time and quite franky im getting disillusioned by all the bickering, jealousy, in this great sport, we all love racing pigeons, and should be concentrating, on more inportant matters, such as bop, losses ect do your own thing, we all learn by mistakes, if you need help ask, as for pigeon men and women every single 1 of us have our own secrets that we think work better,i.e training, feeding, STOP living in the past, help promote the sport, get young people interested, there,s to many grumpy old men set in thier ways in pigeon racing, no wonder its dying, GET a grip, rant over.

 

 

those grumpy old men as you say paved the way so use can all sit on your erses and watch your E T S

[walterboswell59]

gareth you said i was being disrespectfull to the great flyers that dont train m8 i dont know any great flyers that dont train and any time there seen they have a basket in there car they must just be taking the baskets for a run eh i said 5 tosses are not enough for latebreds or youngbirds so i can only take it you think it is and inferd that they need to take a look at there stock and who said anything about hammering them down the road you did not i and if you are saying your dad did not believe in hard training he was at coldstream and kelso with the midweek club as i remember and anyone ive spoken to said he trained hard to but i stand corrected if you say he did not as for most members not being able to train there latebreds or youngbirds 20 to 30 12 to 20 mile tosses that may be be true of a few but many fanciers i know would rather spend 20 pound in the pub talking about what there going to do than putting 20 pounds of petrol in there car and trying to get there birds right imo if your trying to bring a young team of birds through you have to educate them so when they make a mistake they can work out how to correct it yes in the nice easy races you will get most home home but soon as they get a sticky one its a different ball game i try to be honest and tell the guys what works so they will not lose as many birds no ones trying to score points here just trying to tell the guys that are losing there latebreds why and how to fix it have good year gareth m8

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

if you are saying your dad did not believe in hard training he was at coldstream and kelso with the midweek club as i remember and anyone ive spoken to said he trained hard to but i stand corrected gareth m8

 

 

Thanks for correcting yourself Walter, i.e. telling porkies.

 

Doos we sent to Coldstream and Kelso were Widowhood cocks (5 in total) for a race in the midweek Five bird club as that was the limit. A great club until the training enthusiast took over and stopped the racing side of which the club was set up for and now used only for training.

[geordie1234]

Thanks for correcting yourself Walter, i.e. telling porkies.

 

Doos we sent to Coldstream and Kelso were Widowhood cocks (5 in total) for a race in the midweek Five bird club as that was the limit. A great club until the training enthusiast took over and stopped the racing side of which the club was set up for and now used only for training.

Would love the 5bird club to race again

[Guest GAV]

those grumpy old men as you say paved the way so use can all sit on your erses and watch your E T S

Thats called moving with the times m8 everything moves on no sense in living with the past, how many grumpy old men use laptops mobile phones ect you never had all these things years ago, and i think ets is a great thing especially for older people that love pigeons but are not fit to chase pigeons around the loft,it not nice after a hard race getting man handled then dropped to the floor so you can get the ring in your clock, get with the times and stop moanin.....

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

Would love the 5bird club to race again

Was a great club flying for good money, remember at one point there was a regular 40-50 members competing.

[geordie1234]

Was a great club flying for good money, remember at one point there was a regular 40-50 members competing.

 

Why did it stop?

[Guest chad3646]

 

Why did it stop?

 

 

burnbank won it to many times lol

[Guest chad3646]

Thats called moving with the times m8 everything moves on no sense in living with the past, how many grumpy old men use laptops mobile phones ect you never had all these things years ago, and i think ets is a great thing especially for older people that love pigeons but are not fit to chase pigeons around the loft,it not nice after a hard race getting man handled then dropped to the floor so you can get the ring in your clock, get with the times and stop moanin.....

 

 

you are missing the point

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

 

Why did it stop?

 

Basically George there were some fanciers more competitive than others. Also the training enthusiast liberated training pigeons half way to the race-point out of the same trailer which the race pigeons were in (different tier off course).

 

Unsure of how much of a demand there is to get it back up and running.

[William Reid]

Basically George there were some fanciers more competitive than others. Also the training enthusiast liberated training pigeons half way to the race-point out of the same trailer which the race pigeons were in (different tier off course).

 

Unsure of how much of a demand there is to get it back up and running.

Think there was a couple of cracking blue cocks that helped finish the midweek racing :lol: :lol:

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

Think there was a couple of cracking blue cocks that helped finish the midweek racing :lol: :lol:

[walterboswell59]

Thanks for correcting yourself Walter, i.e. telling porkies.

ok gareth if your telling me you and your dads doos were not well trained i believe you m8

Doos we sent to Coldstream and Kelso were Widowhood cocks (5 in total) for a race in the midweek Five bird club as that was the limit. A great club until the training enthusiast took over and stopped the racing side of which the club was set up for and now used only for training.

[walterboswell59]

the porkies was not for you gareth i was reffering to the people that told me different who had not said it out of any kind of badness your old man was one of the greats in my eyes as a fancier and a person and il leave it at that

[Guest TAMMY_1]

gareth you said i was being disrespectfull to the great flyers that dont train m8 i dont know any great flyers that dont train and any time there seen they have a basket in there car they must just be taking the baskets for a run eh i said 5 tosses are not enough for latebreds or youngbirds so i can only take it you think it is and inferd that they need to take a look at there stock and who said anything about hammering them down the road you did not i and if you are saying your dad did not believe in hard training he was at coldstream and kelso with the midweek club as i remember and anyone ive spoken to said he trained hard to but i stand corrected if you say he did not as for most members not being able to train there latebreds or youngbirds 20 to 30 12 to 20 mile tosses that may be be true of a few but many fanciers i know would rather spend 20 pound in the pub talking about what there going to do than putting 20 pounds of petrol in there car and trying to get there birds right imo if your trying to bring a young team of birds through you have to educate them so when they make a mistake they can work out how to correct it yes in the nice easy races you will get most home home but soon as they get a sticky one its a different ball game i try to be honest and tell the guys what works so they will not lose as many birds no ones trying to score points here just trying to tell the guys that are losing there latebreds why and how to fix it have good year gareth m8

 

the year I was moving from Lanarkshire down to here I had 40 young birds which I was intending to race,they had been in the basket loads of times and let go on the grass in front of my house but had never been on a single training toss and I took a big risk when I decided to send them to the Kelso race on the Saturday as I was moving the following Wednesday between the weekend I had 38 back,one was in Carlisle and the other went to Coatbridge and I got them both,Sammy brought me the one from Coatbridge and I picked the Carlisle one up at the train station on the way down but it was a lovely day with a light south wind so I considered myself very very lucky,would I ever do something like that again no not on your nelly as it could have been disastrous and after it I could not believe I had done something like that and got away with it

[peter pandy]

FOR EVERY ""ACTION"" THERE IS A ""REACTION"".... My ""ACTION"" was stating I dropped 7 L/B which is now 5.. The ""REACTION"" was in the replies that I had not trained sufficiently which has started a little debate rearding fitness and health etc, etc, so I will sumarise my experience gained over the years. My birds are never confined over the winter and are out flying 2-3 hours daily requiring usually 2 tosses prior to racing from 25 and 38 miles. I expect to drop 2 thirds of young birds and late breds racing in their first couple of races not due to fitness but their lack of homing ability.. As any readers of my posts will recall my mentor was Eddy Newcombe who never trained young birds and were all entered into his first young bird race [ many losses incurred ] likewise with old birds. Training was only when he was preparing for Nationals where they were tossed from 100 miles 1 week prior to basketing. His philosophy was to find them out as quickly as possible and remove from his colony those who could not make it home and think for themselves without being shown every lamp post to the race point. I don't wish you guys to fall out with each other rather the opposite.

[walterboswell59]

the year I was moving from Lanarkshire down to here I had 40 young birds which I was intending to race,they had been in the basket loads of times and let go on the grass in front of my house but had never been on a single training toss and I took a big risk when I decided to send them to the Kelso race on the Saturday as I was moving the following Wednesday between the weekend I had 38 back,one was in Carlisle and the other went to Coatbridge and I got them both,Sammy brought me the one from Coatbridge and I picked the Carlisle one up at the train station on the way down but it was a lovely day with a light south wind so I considered myself very very lucky,would I ever do something like that again no not on your nelly as it could have been disastrous and after it I could not believe I had done something like that and got away with it

thanks tam at least your honest about it m8 as most times it ends in disaster when you risk birds with little training or are unfit i would not advise anyone to risk there birds this way as they will pay the price and its no way to build a team imo

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

the porkies was not for you gareth i was reffering to the people that told me different who had not said it out of any kind of badness your old man was one of the greats in my eyes as a fancier and a person and il leave it at that

The porkies due to the way it was written could quite clearly have been Reffered to myself or my Father, which is totally out of order. Best be careful in the future Walter.

 

And yes my father was a pure gentleman.

 

ATB

[walterboswell59]

The porkies due to the way it was written could quite clearly have been Reffered to myself or my Father, which is totally out of order. Best be careful in the future Walter.

 

And yes my father was a pure gentleman.

 

ATB

you read it as you wanted to read it gareth as for being carefull thats something i dont need to worry about m8 i can handle anything that comes my way have good year

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

you read it as you wanted to read it gareth as for being carefull thats something i dont need to worry about m8 i can handle anything that comes my way have good year

Lmao, unbelievable

[Guest chad3646]

 

Why did it stop?

 

 

george the bbc club was a far better club than the five bird club I M O

[geordie1234]

george the bbc club was a far better club than the five bird club I M O

Why did that stop?

[Guest chad3646]

Why did that stop?

 

 

george to be honest i dont know why

[geordie1234]

george to be honest i dont know why

naebother mate

 

Would like to see a midweek club back up and running

[Delboy]

naebother mate

 

Would like to see a midweek club back up and running

 

Pity ye couldn't get yer fed to run the transporter to Otterburn every mid-week, it would probably save them money by not going twice a week to Elvanfoot.