Gold Cup

[slim45]

Clocked my Alencon north sect winner from last year at 04.46 this morning.

Only 3 birds in clock station this morning.

So provisional 3rd sect and silver award. Total elation

Fantastic big well done

[dal2]

The SNRPC got a great race, again.

They were off an hour earlier

[Jumbo]

The SNRPC got a great race, again.

 

What your thoughts on why Derek ???

 

OMO. The transport they use and a day less in the basket ,must help the birds ????

[naedoos]

for one stop changing the race points every year have some stability maybe that why the snrpc seemed to get a better race from reims as they have stuck with that race point

 

 

Correct!! 2 new race points 2 Stinkers!! Wonder what the final channel race be like??

[blue pied]

What your thoughts on why Derek ???

 

OMO. The transport they use and a day less in the basket ,must help the birds ????

easier access to the water also.

[Delboy]

What your thoughts on why Derek ???

 

OMO. The transport they use and a day less in the basket ,must help the birds ????

 

100%

[naedoos]

The SNRPC got a great race, again.

 

 

 

29/252??

[Novice]

think the problem was the weather guys not the race point and i wanted them up on friday to so no point in me complaining

There is a wealth of information available on the met office site to help people understand weather. There is a section explaining thunderstorms and how the water droplets rising within a thunder cloud form ice which can fall as hail. It also explains how the base of the cloud becomes negatively charged.

 

This is accompanied by a chart showing the incidence if thunderstorms by location. The highest frequency is in the SE of England especially during the summer months. Yet, we take our birds as Far East as possible. There is very little logic in that as far as I can see.

 

Unless I am mistaken the birds arrived at Reims on Thursday when the ambient temperature was around 30 degrees. Goodness knows what it was inside the baskets.

[ALF]

29/252??

 

There is only 29 on the libline but i know Davy Burns had 10/17 last night and only 3 of them are on the libline

 

Left the loft the back of 4 and still 0/3

[Delboy]

29/252??

 

That's more than 10% eejit heed

[hotrod]

One thing that,s stuck out since the lib was what was said birds were liberated and cleared in a north easterly direction , have a look at a map that takes them right through Belgium Holland and up into Denmark , I spoke with a very prominent snfc fancier this morning about this and he agreed that prob most birds never came across the channel , one of the main reasons the snrpc go a day later is the transport used fits into the Chunnel on the trains and after speaking to the convoyer he was at race point early the very next day . And a big question to me was why the hour between the libs from 7-45 to 8-45 , ????? Ps I'm not blaming anyone or having a dig just pointing out facts .

[naedoos]

Sorry to hear that Alan, I feel for everyone that had heavy losses.

 

Still I don't feel that even 36/252 makes for a "great" race.

[naedoos]

That's more than 10% eejit heed

 

If you're happy wi 10% then am no the eejit

[hotrod]

If you're happy wi 10% then am no the eejit

Got to agree a bit dougie nether were good races ,but think the snrpc % wise was a better race .

[naedoos]

Got to agree a bit dougie nether were good races ,but think the snrpc % wise was a better race .

 

 

Cannae argue wi that Stuart but think none of them should have been put up wi the weather that was forecast

[hotrod]

Cannae argue wi that Stuart but think none of them should have been put up wi the weather that was forecast

I had none away dougie so can speak without any anger , personally the club/s should follow the Irish by altering there dates because of inclement weather conditions , yes some will say but we have to book halls etc , but IMHO birds welfare should come first . Ps everyone seen what the weather was to be before they sent .

[frank-123]

I had none away dougie so can speak without any anger , personally the club/s should follow the Irish by altering there dates because of inclement weather conditions , yes some will say but we have to book halls etc , but IMHO birds welfare should come first . Ps everyone seen what the weather was to be before they sent .

Like every bad race people put there opinions on here but nobody knows what happened and never will.

[tommy bhoys]

Like every bad race people put there opinions on here but nobody knows what happened and never will.

 

Taxie for frank

[naedoos]

I had none away dougie so can speak without any anger , personally the club/s should follow the Irish by altering there dates because of inclement weather conditions , yes some will say but we have to book halls etc , but IMHO birds welfare should come first . Ps everyone seen what the weather was to be before they sent .

 

 

Birds welfare should always come first but I'm sure the majority that sent would have been hoping the weather would get a bit better for the race and if not then at least the birds be held until conditions were more suitable. I've heard it said that you should be your own controller but in races like this then I feel you should be able to have some confidence in the controllers given the predicted forecast. I also realise it's a thankless job that's why I never comment on controllers but they got it wrong this time, big time.

 

We also never sent so like you have no axe to grind but still feel for all the guys that have lost good pigeons that should have made it.

[frank-123]

Taxie for frank

 

Taxi for the doos as there in none left

[Delboy]

Like every bad race people put there opinions on here but nobody knows what happened and never will.

 

That's true but if we do things correctly at management level then we are half way there to successful racing. Like every thread on here , no two folk could agree on the colour of shyte and there you have the 1ST major problem in pigeon racing. Opinions are like azzholes, everyones got one. Surely, sometimes we have got to all sing off the same hymn sheet to get things sorted AND BENEFIT THE BIRDS AND THE SPORTS LONGEVITY.

[tommy bhoys]

Taxi for the doos as there in none left

weather forcast was there for everyone tae see frank

[frank-123]

weather forcast was there for everyone tae see frank

 

Again Tommy nobody knows if it was the weather.

[naedoos]

Again Tommy nobody knows if it was the weather.

 

 

Torrential rain, Thunder & Lightning, Hailstones etc all over the country, I'd say it was a fair chance.

 

Only my opinion of course

Edited June 26, 2016 by naedoos

[tommy bhoys]

Again Tommy nobody knows if it was the weather.

yes it was frank its that simple