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Re: Looks a bit tricky Saturday
Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2024 2:57 pm
by king
MIL wrote: Sun Aug 11, 2024 2:32 pm
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.
Re: Looks a bit tricky Saturday
Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2024 3:01 pm
by MIL
2 things make a good race
Timely returns (not like drops of blood)
90% + returns
Re: Looks a bit tricky Saturday
Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2024 3:02 pm
by MIL
I have a lot of time for some of the Vitality stuff Neil
Re: Looks a bit tricky Saturday
Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2024 4:23 pm
by MIL
king wrote: Sun Aug 11, 2024 2:57 pm
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"
Re: Looks a bit tricky Saturday
Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2024 4:26 pm
by MIL
NeilA wrote: Sun Aug 11, 2024 2:49 pm
NeilA wrote: Sun Aug 11, 2024 10:33 am
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
Re: Looks a bit tricky Saturday
Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2024 5:11 pm
by 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.
Re: Looks a bit tricky Saturday
Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2024 5:26 pm
by MIL
I "think" he was Retford Steve
Re: Looks a bit tricky Saturday
Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2024 5:44 pm
by NeilA
Steve Howells wrote: Sun Aug 11, 2024 5:11 pm
Where were you racing from Neil? We had one race from Newark and one from Laceby, I think everyone pretty much got 100% returns.
Re: Looks a bit tricky Saturday
Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2024 5:45 pm
by 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
Re: Looks a bit tricky Saturday
Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2024 6:09 pm
by 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.