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Trev wrote: Thu Jun 06, 2024 10:39 pm Our birds were basketed for Hexham this evening, we are being conveyed by the Solent Federation along with the Dorset Federation.
Our Club had 11 members sending 121 birds, in the Federation we had 42 members sending 486 birds.
I've sent 18.
Should be a good and steady race

Trev wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2024 9:24 pm Our birds arrived in Hexham at 1pm, it was raining with a South West wind. Tomorrow looks good enough for a steady race, as long as the West wind isn't too strong
There are 1950 birds in the Combine, good luck all, especially the birds.

Trev wrote: Sat Jun 08, 2024 8:46 am Our birds were liberated at 8.15 in Moderate West, North West wind, I recon between 3 and 4pm for our early ones.
Good luck all

NeilA wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2024 10:22 am

Trev wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2024 9:03 am

NeilA wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2024 8:47 am

Solent fed were 1500 I believe and big 1400
I believe the lnrc was 1580
East Yorkshire 65mph
All from Berwick

Makes me think that the nrcc might be an issue to here for me .The further they go seems the slower they got
Wont know to next year now moved my best 3 cocks to the stock I can’t do the peregrines anymore I only hope my ybs get a chance
Big cull in a hour that’s them done for the year

The Solent Fed are who went with to Hexham, along with the Dorset Fed so looks like they will beat us then !!
Do you mean you'd consider joining the NRCC then Neil ?? I used to enjoy racing with them back in the 90s !!
Have your club finished Old birds for this year or have you just had enough ??
I do feel for you with these hawk attacks, I have awful trouble round home with the Sparrow hawk but at least that is seasonal and not all year !!

Hi Trev
We have 4 races left 2 short ones from where I lost my best birds so I dont fancy Grantham then Perth and Thurso
I had plans to go to Perth with the club for a change but wednesday evening training strike knocked me so couldn’t go to Berwick with my cocks as we marked the next day
I like my sprints to 250 miles but the fed is losing members each year and the radius is small so it’s only going one way
I always avoided Scotland due to fear of more bop from there to Northumberland etc but this year I have been destroyed from 100 miles and 25 miles so it makes me think it’s no different apart from time on the wing and coming across more potential bop
So to answer you I have 3 combine races here from 285-490 and the possibility of four nrcc 4 races 310-490
Now the nrcc is a long shot as we will be flying 100 plus miles more but the plus side the section had 23 members send which not massive but its much better than when I looked before nearly double
Thrn in top of that with mum in hospital twice a week I have started to consider things and started to think I could have a race every other week in the combine or nrcc from late May so rather than having my birds flying a hour in March ready for April I don’t need to
To give you example I have 6 alarms in my phone so my cocks are fed and flown out to the exact same time I weigh every gram they are fed according to weather etc it’s not easy with work and two days at the hospital so I’m thinking maybe a change would be better and give me a little more time
Only thing troubles me is a I kill everything without 2/3 fed cards each year so have i killed any lines I had that could fly over 5 hours