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Re: The thing is about the sport.
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:26 pm
by king
MIL wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:17 pm
king wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:08 pm
How would you know this Mike?
I practice what I preach King
I'm a 2 x West Midlands Region Sprint Champion in the 0-250 miles category and in 2005 I was 2nd National Ace Sprint Champion of the UK
People can liker or loathe me (it doesn't keep me awake at night) but I know sprinting
Mike I'm not doubting your racing ability, and certainly don't loathe you, (if I did I wouldn't bother replying on the thread) I asked how you would know if your birds circled the race point or not? And does it matter if they are still winning the race?
Re: The thing is about the sport.
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:35 pm
by MIL
My birds don't circle in training so why should they on a Saturday?
Whenever my birds went in the basket to them its a race. They don't know they're only "training"
Re: The thing is about the sport.
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:39 pm
by NeilA
You do get crap races like that Andy we had one this year a lad who hadn’t won a club card all year won the fed
We don’t really know why it happened we suspected peregrines at the site scaring the ybs but we don’t really know
Re: The thing is about the sport.
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:42 pm
by king
MIL wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:35 pm
My birds don't circle in training so why should they on a Saturday?
Whenever my birds went in the basket to them its a race. They don't know they're only "training"
Ha Mike so you assuming they do the same as training? and you really don't actually know what they do when racing.
Re: The thing is about the sport.
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:44 pm
by MIL
When they are in the air they're anybody's we know this
But give me the choice I'd rather have one out on its own than with a pack
If its with others why do I deserve to win?
Re: The thing is about the sport.
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:45 pm
by MIL
king wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:42 pm
MIL wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:35 pm
My birds don't circle in training so why should they on a Saturday?
Whenever my birds went in the basket to them its a race. They don't know they're only "training"
Ha Mike so you assuming they do the same as training? and you really don't actually know what they do when racing.
The result sheet tells me what I need to know
In my day there wasn't tracking but Gary and Niall Gordon track their birds with great effect
Re: The thing is about the sport.
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:51 pm
by king
NeilA wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:39 pm
You do get crap races like that Andy we had one this year a lad who hadn’t won a club card all year won the fed
We don’t really know why it happened we suspected peregrines at the site scaring the ybs but we don’t really know
I've watch countless libs around York. York/Wetherby/Selby(Bubwith) on both good and bad days and I've never seen the birds leave the transport and head straight for home. So the good & bad birds have left the site together. Now everybody will agree that between the lib point and home end the good birds get to the front.
Re: The thing is about the sport.
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:55 pm
by king
MIL wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:45 pm
king wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:42 pm
MIL wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:35 pm
My birds don't circle in training so why should they on a Saturday?
Whenever my birds went in the basket to them its a race. They don't know they're only "training"
Ha Mike so you assuming they do the same as training? and you really don't actually know what they do when racing.
The result sheet tells me what I need to know
In my day there wasn't tracking but Gary and Niall Gordon track their birds with great effect
How do you explain when you are beaten Mike? (It must have happened) If you are correct and your birds don't circle at the race point and head straight for home, how do they get overtaken?
Re: The thing is about the sport.
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:56 pm
by MIL
That's easy enough King because on the day they (and I) weren't good enough
Re: The thing is about the sport.
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:56 pm
by NeilA
king wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:51 pm
NeilA wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:39 pm
You do get crap races like that Andy we had one this year a lad who hadn’t won a club card all year won the fed
We don’t really know why it happened we suspected peregrines at the site scaring the ybs but we don’t really know
I've watch countless libs around York. York/Wetherby/Selby(Bubwith) on both good and bad days and I've never seen the birds leave the transport and head straight for home. So the good & bad birds have left the site together. Now everybody will agree that between the lib point and home end the good birds get to the front.
I use to go to North Weald ( Epping) amd then Wansted flats as a teenager seen 35,000 go to unc they do break in groups king but I’m happy to have different views to each other on this king