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   sammy small

   Posted January 9, 2012 at 10:52 AM

   it is a great project you embarked on Chris, and thank you. unfortunately even those who are in the sport find things overwhelming as to the effort needed to achieve good results. many are not lazy and are willing to learn and work hard. more accomplished flyers have to step forward and assist and more than just on one item, hence a new comer can gain much needed useful insight, and of course being a good friend to a new comer is a special gift. of course i had many disappointments; to say the least; relating to helping a new fancier … but i never stopped helping those who need help, and which are not lazy and trully love the birds and what the sport should represent

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   Chris

   Posted January 8, 2012 at 3:16 PM

   Hi Chris

   It is agreat idea to promote Pigeon Racing with a view to saving what is perceived to be a declining sport. Well done!
   In the strap line should it read ……the greatest pass time in the world! (not past time).

   All the best for 2012
   Chris

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     Mauritz Visagé

     Posted January 9, 2012 at 2:37 AM

     Hi all,

     yes ‘pass time ‘ is the correct term. But,,,,if you race pigeons as a pass time, you will never be so successful as when you regard it as a sport in which competition is paramount. Please lets refer to it as a sport (almost professional!) and focus on the areas where growth is experienced eg. one loft racing. This will pull younger people into the sport as is currently happening in South Africa. Here in SA we dearly need young people joining the sport because within the next 10 – 15 years the larger part of fanciers will be gone. I’m talking about people that come from an era before television, computers and internet (30 to 40 years ago) and who are presently still the corner stones of the sport in SA.
     All the best for 2012!
     Mauritz

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   Jeff Barnfield

   Posted January 7, 2012 at 2:30 PM

   While it is true pigeon racing is a dying sport in some western countries, it is flourishing in the asian countries, it seems the main reason for this is gambling.Although not a real gambler myself ( only purchase the weekly lotto ticket) I can see that this is perhaps ( gambling) could be one way to save our sport as long as the gambling is controlled.
   In our country New Zealand gambling is controlled by the government.However we can bet on many things,such as rugby games, boxing,horse racing,greyhounds, lotto, etc etc, so why not pigeon racing???

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     admin

     Posted January 7, 2012 at 11:32 PM

     Hey Jeff,

     I totally agree with you on that and is something that I thought of myself. I actually have a story about that. I told everyone at work that I ran a website on pigeon racing I got the all to common response of “what the hell is pigeon racing!” so over the next week or so while working I explained what and how pigeon racing worked then I invited everyone over and held my own private little race. I told each person I worked with to pick a bird and they placed wagers on them (it was 7 people) I then had my cousin take the birds out about 30 miles and release them while we all hung out at my uncles house and had a few brews and waited for them to return. The first person’s bird who returned won the purse and they absoluetly loved it and we actually did it 4 more times after that and will probably make it an annual thing. So yes I do agree that it would help the sport and build interest, I saw it work first hand.

     Thanks for the comment
     Yours in the sport,
     -Chris

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   Lucky pigeons

   Posted January 7, 2012 at 2:26 PM

   Hello Sir
   Thank you very much for reply Wishing you and your family merry christmas and happy new year 2012

   Lucky Pigeons

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   Jack Higgins

   Posted January 7, 2012 at 2:04 PM

   Unfortunately I have to say most of the comments on the video are correct. The youngest flyer in our club is fifty. Most are in the sixty to seventy bracket. There are quite a few young people in our area that are not interested at all even with the offers of birds and even as far as an offer to build a small loft. No takers. I don’t think the pigeon fncy or the racing end will be a thing of the past but I do believe it has and will shrink.

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     admin

     Posted January 7, 2012 at 11:20 PM

     Hey Jack,

     I agree with you about the young people and honestly in todays day and age I dont really think that the sport of pigeon racing is for the young. I do however think its a perfect sport for retirees which is why we are going to start our marketing efforts targeted towards that demographic. Again I will give you the full details once they are completed.

     Thanks for posting
     Yours in the sport,
     -Chris

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   brad dilworth

   Posted January 7, 2012 at 2:02 PM

   it is a great start. But if you are going to get interest in the sport you really need to show them why our sport is so great .And how the birds love for home and for thier keeper. Not the reason why we are dying. And that families can do this together.

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     admin

     Posted January 7, 2012 at 11:11 PM

     Hey Brad,

     Thanks for the comment, no actually the video posted here is meant for us to show fanciers why it is important to promote the sport. I am creating other videos that will be targeted towards the “outsiders” of the sport which will show things like you suggested. I will be sharing the details of this campaign as soon as it’s finished.

     Thanks again for posting
     Yours in the sport,
     -Chris