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MAY 3rd. 2008

Hello again from the beautiful Blenkinsop Valley in Victoria, BC.  The derby loft has been cleaned and painted out for the arrival of our new charges.  Just the best for our derby birds.  As of today, May 3rd. we now have 47 birds calling our place home.  They are being kept confined to the loft but have access to a California trap where they are able to see their new seroundings and take advantage of bathing in our rain showers.  A reminder that you should get your birds to us as soon as possible with most coming to us this weekend.     That's it for now. 

       JUNE 4th. 2008

The birds have now been out for three weeks and doing well.  They are starting to kit up.  At best count we have 57 birds at the loft.  They move around a lot making an exact count difficult.  They all look very healthy.  As you can see all the perches were reserved but 2 of them will not be filled.  As our prize payout is based on 65 paid entries we will need to adjust the payout accordingly.

JUNE 17th.

The birds are getting a lot of flying due to the odd preditor that comes by and he has taken a few as you  can see on the patipants page.   We are now down to 57birds all looking in great shape.  We have finished with the 4 in 1 treatment and probiotics.

JULY 7th.

We've now done 3 training tosses of 10 km each.  After the first toss we lost CU 20506, & REG 353.  After the second toss we lost NR 3383 & MP 18 & after the third toss we lost NR 1203.  The preditors are still hunting but with minimal sucess as the birds are getting wiser to their tactics.  The weather is great so we will get in a toss tomorrow and are aiming to get to Mill Bay by the week-end. 

JULY 14th.

We did our 8th. training toss today getting up to the tank farm at Mill Bay.  That is 52 km. in the van so must be about 30-32km for the birds.  The weather was great with partly cloudy skies and little or no wind.  As far as we can see we seem to be missing 4 birds tonight (8:22 pm) but the night is still young. On the 6th. toss we have lost MIR 900 and S.Land 245.  Between Bob's and Tony Correia's oppinion the birds are in great shape with the extra training last week and the molts are coming along as they should.  Good health in the loft and looking great.  Lots of loft flying as well.

JULY 20th.

Today the weather was ideal for a longer toss.  Bob and I drove up island with the intentions of releasing in Duncan but with such great conditions decided on Chemainus.  We found a perfect spot right at the park with a boat ramp.  After a rest and water break we let them out and they did only one round and off they headed for home.  When we got home they continued to fly the loft until about 7 pm.  These birds are indeed in great condition and form.  From last Thursdays toss we lost MP 794 .  Next toss Wednesday weather permitting.

JULY  29th.

Wed. we tossed from Chemanius, Saturday from Ladysmith, and Monday Chemanius.  As you can see we have 9 brids missing in action.  One we know was taken by a hawk yesterday..  The weather from the Ladysmith toss was showers and overcast otherwise we would have tried to get further up to toss.  The balance of the birds are in fantastic shape and we will allow loft flying for the rest of this week.  First race this week-end.  Check the Extra and if you wish to enter.  Good luck.

August 3rd.

Birds were released from Campbell River (223km) at 8:20 am.  Weather clear and sunny all the way home and a slight wind at release point.    The first bird clocked from a drop of 23 birds MP 2909.  CONGRATULATIONS TO TOM SPRING.  Time 11.10.26. Posted @ 11:29 am.The first 16 birds was clocked from 11.10.26 to11.10.59 next 6 came in before 11.11.23.the listing is on the partisipant page. The where 32 birds on the day last bird was in the clock at 18.03.36 .

August 10th.

33 birds were released from Woss at 9:50 am.  Weather slight overcase but mild with good visability.  The first bird in the clock from a drop of 7 was VIC 6.  CONGRATULATIONS DAVE HILL.  Time 15:38:40..  Will do an update tomorrow.   Doreen

August 11th.

You can see on the results page we had 24 birds home in the say and two this morning.  They are all in fine shape.  For the Calcutta board and Dutch Pools we will start no later than !:30 p.m. on Sat.  Please bring a couple of folding chairs for yourselves and beverage of choice.   Packing of birds will take place about 6 pm Friday night and the owner is allowed to handle his/her entry. The auction of birds will start immediately following the race.  Please bring a box or two to take home your birds..

August 17th DERBY DAY

26 birds shipped and released at 10 a.m. from Nimplish approx. 330 km.  After an amazing 8 hours on the wing we had a drop of 16 birds.  What a team and they all hit the loft with in 19 seconds.  It was a beautiful sight and a fine finish for these pollished athletes.  CONGRATULATIONS TO  MIR 35 AND OWNER PAUL CEYSSENS -- 18:06:19 AND BIRD MP 2909 (TOM SPSRING)  FOR CHAMPION BIRD OVER ALL ON THE EXTRA.  Will further update this later in the day as we have a Derby to attend up island.  Thanks everyone.  Doreen & Bob

August 18th.

Sorry for the delays in updates.  We had a family health scare that took presidence over the results.  All is under control now and we will update the results. Prize payouts will be made as soon as possible.   There are now 21 birds home from the race and  we're more than pleased with that.  These birds were in fine form and it would have been interesting to race them as old birds next year just to realize their potential as a team.  They were an amazing flock to work with and we thank all of you for entrusting them to us.  It was indeed a great pleasure on our behalf to have the best of the best.  All our best in the sport from

Doreen and Bob Paulsen in the beautiful Blenikinsop Valley, Victoria, BC