Lanarkshire FED

[WulDon]

Lets get it done... now, get a meeting arranged with the view to creating a website, get the Union involved who can then approach the RPRA with our intentions.

 

If we get a few strong heads together on this one anything can be accomplished, cant guarantee perfect racing every weekend i know but at least something is being done about it, i am quite prepared to get involved on this one... like at lot of fanciers i am totally hacked off with young birds losses these days.

[Novice]

Seems to me the problem occurs once the pigeons get beyond the 120mile mark with english organisations above us .Lanarkshire fed should take the bull by the horns and go for a midweek race from this distance to avoid any clashing. I know there are fanciers working etc but the most important thing here is the pigeons must come first.

 

 

Years ago on the old west route there was always potential for clashing beyond Lancaster.

The Welsh North Roaders were thought to be the culprits then.

Now on the east side there is more congestion than there ever was on the West.

No I am not proposing any route. That's a decision for the individual organisations but we all need to think the matter through before the AGMs.

[Guest TAMMY_1]

Hope a lot of members eventually get some birds more back

[JADE]

dont want to appear negative but at the moment most feds are in the bhw along with contact numbers. how many controllers contact feds going in opposite direction before liberating. also there appears now to be a mad rush (by some) to get the birds up as early as possible. if there are birds going in opposite directions there should be adequate time given for other feds to pass over before liberating. this 15 mins between libs is a joke as well and they always clear the racepoint within 2 minutes. utter crap! no reason why aberdeen, dundee, angus, fife and kingdom could not have gone up together from witton castle. and dont give me crap about birds going past they are homing pigeons. bring back the amalgamation  

[WulDon]

dont want to appear negative but at the moment most feds are in the bhw along with contact numbers. how many controllers contact feds going in opposite direction before liberating. also there appears now to be a mad rush (by some) to get the birds up as early as possible. if there are birds going in opposite directions there should be adequate time given for other feds to pass over before liberating. this 15 mins between libs is a joke as well and they always clear the racepoint within 2 minutes. utter crap! no reason why aberdeen, dundee, angus, fife and kingdom could not have gone up together from witton castle. and dont give me crap about birds going past they are homing pigeons. bring back the amalgamation  

 

 

 

there are a lot of feds/organistaions that dont appear in BHW/RP each week... besides this is a system that been around for the 28 years i have kept racing pigeons, an old out of date system that should be filed under 'B' !!... in this day and age surely an up to date method via the net could be adopted and supported by our unions.

 

how many phone calls would it take before we get a lib when all the info required could be at the touch of a button! food for thought fellow fanciers and something i feel should be actioned now when yesterday events still have bitter thoughts in our minds??

[REDROCKET]

Seems to me the problem occurs once the pigeons get beyond the 120mile mark with english organisations above us .Lanarkshire fed should take the bull by the horns and go for a midweek race from this distance to avoid any clashing. I know there are fanciers working etc but the most important thing here is the pigeons must come first.

 

 

so the fanciers that are working dont compete then, where doo we stand financially

[blackdog]

all convoyers and race controllers should have laptops in this day and age,as wuldon says, touch of a button

[REDROCKET]

lets get a grip of the situation here can someone please tell me exactly what went wrong in saturdays race or forever hold there weashed lets here it. no guesses please.

[greenlands]

For some reason some Lanarkshire birds have travelled due West from liberation point ,reading through various posts there are birds reported in Morcambe and up the West coast, Workington and Maryport area.As I said in one of those posts race bords were coming out of the lake district over the village where I live heading down to the Solway Firth.Why ? I don't know but our birds do not fly that route.

Lindsay.

[square_peg]

dont want to appear negative but at the moment most feds are in the bhw along with contact numbers. how many controllers contact feds going in opposite direction before liberating. also there appears now to be a mad rush (by some) to get the birds up as early as possible. if there are birds going in opposite directions there should be adequate time given for other feds to pass over before liberating. this 15 mins between libs is a joke as well and they always clear the racepoint within 2 minutes. utter crap! no reason why aberdeen, dundee, angus, fife and kingdom could not have gone up together from witton castle. and dont give me crap about birds going past they are homing pigeons. bring back the amalgamation  

 

oh so bloody correct jade........its time we thought of the doos       not bloody politics    we fly in the fife fed, dont know what you fly in ,dont care, bloody cray that doos going to the same place are up at a different time         problems at the top table with both feds i think

[alec guinness]

 

have read all posts regarding the weekends debacle from wetherby,with the amount of fanciers on pb it seems strange we have not established who the lanarkshire birds clashed with???looks like some birds have headed west as reports in workington and maryport would suggest,70 mile jump and the first time over the hump?? food for thought.some light south winds and a dry day and we might see some turning up. :-/ :-/ :-/heres hopeing.

[alec guinness]

 

Why should a 70ml jump be a problem for birds obviously could be lot different racing up there to down here but would expect mine to go 150mls across the water for their first race

 

have had 4 straight forward races rose all under 90mls to central lanarkshire then 70ml jump and the first time the other side of the pennines,not too sure rose just looking for answers. :-/ :-/certainly racing into the west of scotland is not for the fainthearted.

[aye ready]

 

Why should a 70ml jump be a problem for birds obviously could be lot different racing up there to down here but would expect mine to go 150mls across the water for their first race

 

rose racing up here is a LOT different from down there not COULD be

[robbiedoo.]

dont think the 70 mile jump has anything to do with it look how much of a jump jackie ritchie,s doo had in the youngbird national last year the jump was from 132 mile in to 353 mile and he was first section 20th open so in my opinion they must of clashed JMO.

[Guest bigda]

if the birds where in about the lake district area they would have met the  peregrines young and old, as there are  meant to be  thousands of them there,   :o rip there my wee bundles of feathers :'(

[Guest bigda]

dont think the 70 mile jump has anything to do with it look how much of a jump jackie ritchie,s doo had in the youngbird national last year the jump was from 132 mile in to 353 mile and he was first section 20th open so in my opinion they must of clashed JMO.

 

its allright if you had your bird out of a 130 mile race  going for a nother jump  but 90 to 170 s the jump in between at what stages did the bird go before the 130 mile

[alec guinness]

dont think the 70 mile jump has anything to do with it look how much of a jump jackie ritchie,s doo had in the youngbird national last year the jump was from 132 mile in to 353 mile and he was first section 20th open so in my opinion they must of clashed JMO.

 

wee bit different location wise.

[kirky cowboy]

can anyone tell me why scottish feds dont fly any races up north

[Guest]

in 2002 the rpra  set up a meeting at blackpool for all controllers 2 turned up that shows the interest and when i controled, there  were a good few i could never get on a regular basis and 1 of them was L/F some never ans. the phone but i think we might be missing a very important point for the scottish feds the constant south in the wind for the last few years when we were allways used to the N-N/W winds

[Fair Play]

A week ago we (Glasgow) were at Otterburn The wind South/West at the home end it was a  gale force  West wind with the trees bent double and the surprising thing was 3 members including myself had birds reported in the West not so much clashing as scattered

[chrissyboy]

Would it be possible to leave the liberations till the afternoon for the races over 100miles as the races we had with the lanarkshire late afternoon have been good returns , so is it possible when we get to the stage when there is possibility of clashing we  should hold as long as possible .It appears individuals wish the birds up early for all the wrong reasons.  

[andy]

Would it be possible to leave the liberations till the afternoon for the races over 100miles as the races we had with the lanarkshire late afternoon have been good returns , so is it possible when we get to the stage when there is possibility of clashing we  should hold as long as possible .It appears individuals wish the birds up early for all the wrong reasons.  

 

First up best dressed. Early as Possible for me anytime

[just ask me]

haven't read all the thread but i have noticed lately feds that liberate later after 10 30 in the morn seem to do better on average  i know there was more to this than that  but have being keeping an eye on times of libs and returns and velocities all seem better with later liberation's jmo

[Guest]

jim hannah gave us good racing with later libs

[andy]

I fae Kelso every week  ;D ;D