The Macclesfield Flying Club has 21 flying members. We have a 20 bird limit in operation for both old and young bird racing. On average we send 250 birds per week.
Previous seasons we have flown in the East Cheshire Federation and our club are members of the Cheshire Combine and the Three Counties Combine.
This season we have joined the Staffordshire and Moorlands District Federation and look forward to a new challenge for our club and members.
Macclesfield is situated in the east of Cheshire approximately 10 miles south of Stockport and 30 mile east of Chester.
Our club has a seven mile radius for membership; this encompasses Congleton in the south, Chelford in the west, Whaley Bridge in the east and Poynton in the north.
We fly south road our first race point being Cheltenham 90 plus miles down to Poole on the south coast 180 plus mile.
Our channel races start at Picauville 270 plus mile through to Saintes 525 plus mile.
This year we are members of the West Midland Amal.
Just A Thought.....
People and pigeons are curiously much alike. That is to say the lovely birds have those qualities of fidelity, affection, and love, courage, determination and pride which are qualities humans may boast of when they are at their best. If they display jealousy and pettishness, quarrelsome moments they should be forgiven, for their sins are small. Indeed, we humans should be forgiven as well.
In some things they shame us, by and large. Once mated, they are wed for life unless forcibly separated. When set to the task, such as a long race, they will persevere and endure measures of hell that only the best of men will willingly undertake.
It might be argued that they are simply, dumbly, following the programming of instinct; that they can do nothing differently. Perhaps that can be said of us as well.
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