TOURS CLASSIC

TOURS CLASSIC RACE 2016. SPONSORSHIP.
1ST WDA DAVY CLARK WEST DURHAM FED WILL RECIEVE 5 BAGS OF CORN SPONSORED BY SOUTH FEEDS OF YORKSHIRE.
2ND WDA B GREEN ANNFIELD PLAIN FED WILL RECIEVE 3 BAGS OF COUNTRY WIDE CORN.
3RD WDA S & M JORDAN WEST DURHAM FED WILL RECIEVE 2 BAGS OF VANROBAEY CORN.
BIG THANK YOU FOR THE KIND SPONSORSHIP.
HAVING READ TOM RIDDLES ARTICLE IN THE BRITISH HOMING WORLD REGUARDING TYNE & DERWENTS WRITE UP FROM THE ABOVE RACE I FIND IT STRANGE THAT HE NEVER ONCE MENTIONED HOW SUCCESSFUL THIS RACE HAD BEEN TO THE WEST DURHAM AMALGAMATION MEMBERS WITH 56 BIRDS BEEN RECORDED IN RACE TIME FROM AN ENTRY OF 320 BIRDS AND THAT HE WAS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE BALANCE SHEET. WELL 320 BIRDS AT £5 A BIRD COMES TO £1,600 WHICH I THINK WOULD COVER ALL COSTS INCURED FOR THIS RACE.STATING THAT THE RACE IS SELF SUPPORTIG.WELL ALL NATIONALS ARE SELF SUPPORTIG AND AS LONG AS THE COSTS ARE COVERED THEN PRIZE MONEY IS A BONUS.
OBVIOUSLY YOU STILL HAVE A BEE IN YOUR BONNET AS THE MAJORITY OF THE WDA VOTED TO RACE FROM TOURS AND NOT BOURGES.ONCE AGAIN BOURGES PROVING TO BE A DISASTER WITH THE OTHER NEHU ORGANISATIONS BEING WIPED OUT A TOTAL OF 69 BIRDS FROM 1,500 BDS(IS THAT GOOD RACING ) I THINK NOT AND MANY FANCIERS I HAVE SPOKEN TO FROM THOSE ORGANISATIONS HAVE SAID THEY WONT BE SENDING ANY MORE UNLESS RACE POINT IS CHANGED.EVERY WEEK AFTER PUTTING YOU FED RESULT ON WDA WEB SITE ALLWAYS SOME SORT OF COMMENT AGAINST WDA OFFICALS ,NEVER ONCE SAW ANY COMMENTS AGAINST PREVIOUS CONVOYER WHETHER WE HAD A GOOD OR BAD RACE.OR ANY COMMENTS REGUARDS TO THE NATIONAL FLYING CLUB AFTER VIRTUALLY BEING WIPED OUT YEAR IN YEAR OUT.
WELL MY CLUB MEMBERS WILL CERTAINLY BE VOTING FOR TOURS AND HOPE MANY MORE WILL DO THE SAME FOR 2017
2016 TOURS MOST BIRDS BACK IN RACE TIME FOR 7 YEAR PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING.