MIDLANDS NATIONAL FLYING CLUB

MIKE LAKIN

MNFC One Loft Race Latest News

The Loft Managers tell me that a few days ago a list of all of the birds that have been entered into the Club’s 2017 One Loft race series. In total as can be seen if you either go onto the Club’s Website or have joined the MNFC Facebook site that there are just over 450 entries in the loft. The Club is very satisfied with this number in view of the fact that the race was only sanctioned after the AGM which meant that we were always going to be playing ‘catch up’ and so many people who would have no doubt supported the venture had already sent their bookings into other similar One Loft races. These facts will be great news for those that have supported us because pigeon for pigeon the prize money that we are offering will probably over shadow the competition.

Also the number will obviously help Snooker & Alan the loft managers ease into the job as though they are vastly experienced fanciers, One Loft races are a completely different ‘kettle of fish’. That said visitors to the lofts are all very complimentary about how well the inmates are looking and the design of the lofts.

The latest news is that all of the inmates have now been allowed out. The early arrivals which are all in one wing of the loft with some as can be seen from the attached photograph are now flying quite strongly. The second string of later arrivals are in the other wing and have now been out a couple of times but are currently kept separate from the older birds. As soon as they are also flying confidently all will be exercised together and a new list of birds that are in the loft will be updated because though the lads aren’t aware of any losses they as all experienced fanciers will know that a small percentage will no doubt go AWOL with one already having been reported and repatriated back into the loft.

One thing that many raised concerns about especially on the media lines that the wires would be a grave danger have proved to be no great problem as the birds are negotiating them without any problems without a single casualty as I write this update. This is no surprise to us and those who have cared to come over because the electricity company have done a super job of fitting discs on the wires that are situated near to the lofts.

So entrants can be both confident and content in the knowledge that their birds are in excellent hands.