UkPigeonRacing

Murray wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 10:21 pm I find reading about the racing in the UK and Germany very interesting.
It's quite different here.
There's two sorts of racing. There's city racing, like in Sydney or Melbourne. In Melbourne there are 5 Federations and many many thousands of pigeons are sent every week. There are many people from European countries and Malta in the big cities and there is a strong tie to pigeon racing. It is in fact a big thing. This is why there are so many imported Euro speed pigeons. You need fast ones to compete.
Out in the country, or'the bush' as it's called, it's a whole different game. Many clubs exist in the bush, but a lot are small. Where I used to live in Bendigo there are two clubs and about a couple of dozen flyers. They are well spread out and the pigeons often have to fly a long way on their own line to their lofts.
The numbers may not look impressive, but with the terrain and the hawks and doing it alone, you need good pigeons just to get them home. You need bloody good pigeons to win. You need top pigeons to win them in a row.

MIL wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 5:35 am

Spieker-Loft wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 7:17 pm All good mate you just didnt know the dynamics of how stuff works here which is different to over in the UK
Overall im pleased with my performance so far. Given the competition in my combine where people win 7th ace hen in all of germany etc im very proud of my 3x1st and i think if im proud of it thats all that matters to be honest

We're different characters you and I Leon

Not saying better or worse, just different

You see, there's no performance that ever made me "happy"

I work so well with Gary and Niall Gordon 'cos they're the same too - they are never happy

When they had the first 25 in the NIPA (Never done before and I doubt will ever be done again) you'd think Gary had lost a tenner and found a penny. When I won I was never "happy". If I won I analysed where was the backup? If the backup was there then why didn't I win by more? Was all the trapping perfection? I was the master at finding a negative of any positive.

All I'm saying is if you aim for perfection you'll rarely find it, but if you can come as close as you can to it then you're a handful for those you compete against. That was always my mentality. When I went to bed on Saturday night I hit the "reset" button and it was game-on for next week then. Feed off the good performances and use sub-standard ones as the fuel to drive you on

MIL wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 7:47 pm

Spieker-Loft wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 7:17 pm All good mate you just didnt know the dynamics of how stuff works here which is different to over in the UK
Overall im pleased with my performance so far. Given the competition in my combine where people win 7th ace hen in all of germany etc im very proud of my 3x1st and i think if im proud of it thats all that matters to be honest

What I can say to you Leon is to be careful when judging Club wins in the UK

There are some ultra competitive Club wins

An example

In the West Mids we have "The Super Club" that are affiliated to the Worcester Fed. They send arond 120 birds a week BUT it's a 5 bird limit, comprising of the finest birds from a lot of the very finest fanciers racing for good money. So in black and white it might look like a 1st versus 100 birds. In actual fact, a 1st in that Club is a super super achievement - cos you take on "the best" from "the best"

PeteDerby wrote: Thu Nov 06, 2025 9:24 pm Didn’t know where to ask this so the title seems apt. Question: the guy who helps me says he was always told never pair a red to a mealy. I’ve never heard that before so I assumed it was one of those old bits of conventional wisdom based on BS, but can anyone else shed light on it?

I’ve got red ch and mealy nest mates and, out of a totally different line, two barless mealy nest mates that I was going to put together. Thoughts?