Old bird racing

CHARLTON34 · Fri Jul 10, 2026 5:19 pm

Very well done to Neil Andrews in this old bird season.
8 club 1sts from 11 races.
The last race 280 mls 1,2,3 Fed, I think trying celibacy for the first time this season & going for the longer races North just goes to show how an individual with the drive & lot of hard work can pay off.

Devo1956 · Fri Jul 10, 2026 5:27 pm

Very well done, great results for club and Fed.

Spieker-Loft · Fri Jul 10, 2026 5:33 pm

Nice results there
How many birds are raced in a club on average in the uk

Diamond Dave · Fri Jul 10, 2026 5:57 pm

Pass on my best regards to him please Dave.
We had a little 'spat' while he was on but it was over nothing.
I have a lot of respect for him. Everything is meticulously calculated and measured to the "nth" degree and no stone is left unturned. He deserves all the credit he gets.
Love to see him back on here, he was sooooo helpful.

Spieker-Loft · Fri Jul 10, 2026 6:03 pm

Diamond Dave wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2026 5:57 pm Pass on my best regards to him please Dave.
We had a little 'spat' while he was on but it was over nothing.
I have a lot of respect for him. Everything is meticulously calculated and measured to the "nth" degree and no stone is left unturned. He deserves all the credit he gets.
Love to see him back on here, he was sooooo helpful.

Thats the only way to stay consistent at the top

CHARLTON34 · Fri Jul 10, 2026 6:10 pm

Diamond Dave wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2026 5:57 pm Pass on my best regards to him please Dave.
We had a little 'spat' while he was on but it was over nothing.
I have a lot of respect for him. Everything is meticulously calculated and measured to the "nth" degree and no stone is left unturned. He deserves all the credit he gets.
Love to see him back on here, he was sooooo helpful.

He would be the 1st to say that he's not a natural stockman Dave, but as you said everything is calculated feed, weather sometimes I've said to him you got all basis covered, but I think he's looking for that little edge every day every week. Just consistency with ob & yb I can't fault that from Neil just someone to aspire to in my book, & whats even better the info he gives to you is absolutely free.

goose1 · Fri Jul 10, 2026 6:22 pm

CHARLTON34 wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2026 5:19 pm Very well done to Neil Andrews in this old bird season.
8 club 1sts from 11 races.
The last race 280 mls 1,2,3 Fed, I think trying celibacy for the first time this season & going for the longer races North just goes to show how an individual with the drive & lot of hard work can pay off.

Well done Neil. A top man all round. If your talking to him CHARLTON34 pass on my congratulations

CHARLTON34 · Fri Jul 10, 2026 6:35 pm

Spieker-Loft wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2026 5:33 pm Nice results there
How many birds are raced in a club on average in the uk

Depending on how many member actually race in any club Leon.
Could be 50 up to I've nown 600 in 1 of the club's I used to fly in.

Spieker-Loft · Fri Jul 10, 2026 7:23 pm

Sounds like a decent size. Our whole combine barely reaches those numbers at this point when the season starts. first race of the season and we only had 570 ob+yl in the combine with our club beeing the biggest with 178 of those 570 birds.

CHARLTON34 · Fri Jul 10, 2026 7:35 pm

I just think with the falling membership year on year of the RPRA & being blunt the younger generation aren't interest it will gradually decline further. How you change that scenario I haven't got the answer to that unfortunately I wish I did. Does anyone know like in a Country like China & Romania it's totally different, I know the population is massive in China, I did think that there is a club in the UK that I think buck's the downward trend maybe up near London someone will correct me if I've got that wrong with a high % of Romanian fancier's.