Perth 23.6.23

[killer]

Send the fittest & healthier ones ,don’t let age get in the way,,best of luck

[killer]

Well said ,if they have the breeding are healthy & fit YB will fly any where ,old birds go down with the falcons ,look at your last Barcelona Race nearly 15000l lost the best of the old birds in Europe ,wake up , cheers

[DarkPiedCock]

Good luck Trev. I be sending to Huntingdon and Elgin.

[Buster121]

I've kept my yearlings at home along with the couple that have had minor scrapes.
I've sent 6 in all, 4 cocks and 2 hens. The cocks are 3 two year olds and a 5 year old that all flew Hexham (292 miles) a couple of weeks ago, the hens are 2 three year olds, one foew Hexham the other has flown just over 200miles previously and was my first bird last week. We had 10 members sending 45 birds.
Looking at the conditions I'm reckoning on a 12 hr fly with the majority of birds not being home until the second day.

Good luck Trev

[DarkPiedCock]

Good luck Trev.

[DarkPiedCock]

Sunday morning is okay. Good luck.

[DarkPiedCock]

Birds are on the way back to Darlington as bad weather is forecast tomorrow at Perth, if they can't get there then it will be weatherby ,they will be going to Perth on next race.

[DarkPiedCock]

I've sent a email to your secretary's can you let them now asap, replacing Elgin with a Perth in 2 weeks, as the solent will not have the support to go Elgin so hopefully we can still get the Perth, tell your secretary's asap please then I can pass on to lee

[Buster121]

Its very frustrating that we've had to come back to another short one, all that preparation wasted !! I know I harp on about the past but way back then they'd have just held the birds until they could get them up !!!
Sadly the decision to swap Elgin for Perth in two weeks to me just shows that the support for distance racing just isn't there any more.

Yes remember some long waits back in the day

[DarkPiedCock]

I really thought we would get the distance this year, but its a big fat NO! I've NOW made the move to sprint/middle pigeons. Bought in ten ybs this week and have another ten to come. Everything will now go from 60 to 400 every week. Onwards and upwards.