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Thoughtsonbreakingpoints 02-07-19

 

LES J. PARKINSON'S

Thoughts on breaking points by Les J Parkinson

 

There has and always will be a lot to be said about the location where pigeon lofts are situated. One thing is for sure they are located at the fancier’s home address or on an allotment but never far away. Position does win the day but is there an alternative to make racing pigeons have an even balance.

 

No matter what angle you look at pigeon racing from it is never always going to be fair. However, we do like a challenge and getting pigeons to win against the odds is always going to see a competitive streak in any person who participates in competition of any sort.

 

We can train all we like but pigeons are partly directed by the weather conditions on the day of liberation. As the saying goes, “The wise ‘person’ lives in the east” As we know that old saying does not always come out on top because we have all seen top class fanciers winning against the odds, that’s why they are top fanciers in the first place.

 

I don’t know if it has changed but when we were last in Malta it was first on the clock who was the winner. The difference in Malta is it is only a small island and if the pigeons are 1 degree offline, they can overshoot and end up coming back into Malta or missing the Island altogether. This may seem a strange system to some, but all areas will have their good and bad days.

 

The point I was starting to make was, should there be breaking points to areas to even things up. This is something that has been talked about on and off for many years. Could there be such a thing as a breaking point at the start of your fed, you would need two such points considering where the wind is, east or west.

 

No matter what we do in pigeon racing there is always going to be a challenge.

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