Looks a bit tricky Saturday

[king]

Worcester Fed Blandford

Lib 2:30

3,128 birds went

1st Fed 1700 40th Fed 1641 (A gap of 4 min 5 secs for 40 birds)

That's good racing. But you can't just compare different locations like for like. A fancier could have a pack drop together which would reduce the vel between 1st & 30 or 40. The number of birds sent makes a difference, like wise the number of members sending.
My local Fed is less than a 3rd of the Worcester Fed. The gap between the first 30 the week before was over a 100 yds less. I stand by what I said, for MY area the race yesterday was a decent race. I've seen Fed results in the past of large Feds that have had a bad race but you wouldn't have said it from the Fed result.

[MIL]

2 things make a good race

Timely returns (not like drops of blood)

90% + returns

[MIL]

I have a lot of time for some of the Vitality stuff Neil

[MIL]

That's good racing. But you can't just compare different locations like for like. A fancier could have a pack drop together which would reduce the vel between 1st & 30 or 40. The number of birds sent makes a difference, like wise the number of members sending.
My local Fed is less than a 3rd of the Worcester Fed. The gap between the first 30 the week before was over a 100 yds less. I stand by what I said, for MY area the race yesterday was a decent race. I've seen Fed results in the past of large Feds that have had a bad race but you wouldn't have said it from the Fed result.

The Worcester Fed lads would not call that good racing

It's how the "team" perform that determines if its a good race

45/50 in quickish time or is a "good race"

[MIL]

What did they have on return to evening Mike

I need the look at the vitality stuff more

It's good value for money Neil - goes a long way

One big problem fanciers have each YB season is with YB Sickness

I've helped Phil since March 2022

No sickness in 2022, no sickness in 2023, no sickness yet in 2024 (and he won't have it either)

Is he just lucky? Or is something else going on?

You tell me

[Steve Howells]

Where were you racing from Neil? We had one race from Newark and one from Laceby, I think everyone pretty much got 100% returns.

[MIL]

I "think" he was Retford Steve

[NeilA]

Where were you racing from Neil? We had one race from Newark and one from Laceby, I think everyone pretty much got 100% returns.

[NeilA]

Retford Steve
I would say 20-26 per cent still missing in the fed
A fed results with lots of names that you never really see
Massive gaps and pigeon coming out the south for our most including southerly fed members in a SW so head wind pretty much
Velocity of 150 from 1st to 20th fed
I had nothing off the road I could have been racing from Kent
Terrible race , well not really a race

[Steve Howells]

Not so far from us then. Most strange mind it was like that last week here, 1 lot at Sleaford and by and large it was a good race, but a few top flyers really struggled, the other club were at Lacbey and although the early ones came together a good few were missing. There seems no reason for it.