One Loft Race!

[Roland]

Seems now that the ails of the one loft races are starting world wide.

Read this on the Canadian Classic.

Copied and now pasted.

 

Had the only day bird at the Silvercreek Quad 300 mile first leg on Monday , subsequently 4 other birds made it home the next day in race time , nearly 7 to 12 hours behind. Big win right ,? i guess not.

Received some very disturbing news this morning , was informed that Management of the Silvercreek Quad race made a decision to cancel the race and return the activation fee to all participants after consulting with the rest of the flyer , real smart bunch aren't they??. Being 6 to 12 hours behind me if I was in their shoes I would join them as well. Its a lose , lose situation for me , the rules even states that 10% of the total prize money would be paid to the top 10 birds on the individual 300 mile races . This will not happen if everyone gets their activation fee back . There are 5 birds still in the race , they should complete the race as per the rules or if they chose to cancel the race , pay the money to the 5 winners. All i am asking for them to follow their own rules , nothing more nothing less !!! when i mentioned that to the race Management I was told that the rest of the birds will need 2 to 3 weeks to recuperate and there is not time left to do that , as the rule states that the 4 races will be held with in 30 days. I guess they follow rules when convenient.

I feel this is not my problem , also gave them fair warning re; posting on FB , i asked them to post a ruling before 6pm or i would go ahead with this, nothing was posted on their behalf , 7.40 pm now , I kept my word.. Perfect example of ; , did not like the way the game was going , took their ball and went home. Very Sad and very poor business acumen. I am sure none of this would of happened if one of the Big name US flyer friends was in my situation, obvious as the first update after the race was just excuses , no congratulations or mention of the winner . If the race goes ahead now , can i trust them that my bird will be fed or even released as a matter of fact??Need less to say , I will not be part of this race in the future if it survives.