$53.49
Author: Frank Tasker
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“ESSENTIAL FOR EVERY FANCIER’S LIBRARY! CLASSICS!”
December 19, 2008
Reviewer: Gareth Watkins
It’s that time of year again yes, Christmas, which fortunately usually coincides with the release of the next installment of the Jim Jenner classic series of pigeon DVDs Secrets of Champions. In the fourth disc, Jim and his all star cast of pigeon greats go into great detail on loft design, loft capacity and ventilation. Each aspect is dissected at great length and you have the views of such legends as Frank Tasker, Geoff Kirkland, Ron Williamson,Willy Thas and Paul Haelterman plus numerous other top class fanciers, who discuss their views on each aspect. This is explained in plain English with many loft illustrations.
One of the most pleasing aspects of this series is the fact that Jim Jenner and his cast are not trying to sell you anything in the way of products, but all are concerned about educating the fancier in good animal husbandry and the nuts and bolts associated with the professional management of a team of racing pigeons. Time and again the dvd gives examples of ordinary back garden lofts in which top class performances have been gained. There is no finer illustration of this than the 2008 winner of the Barcelona International, raced by Danny Vangenende. This little chequer hen was racing to a run of the mill back garden loft to beat a field of 23,000+ birds entered by the best fanciers in Europe. Another excellent example is that of possibly the UK s finest exponent of National racing, Geoff Kirkland. Geoff s new lofts at Stoke on Trent are certainly not palatial and yet they are typical examples of well designed lofts based on the principles of no overcrowding, no drafts, no dampness and access to the early morning sun. The lofts featured cover England, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium and the USA and each fancier interviewed emphasised the same points – NO overcrowding, dampness or drafts .These emphatic statements were backed up by the usual impressive cinematography associated with Jenner films which clearly illustrated how each fancier featured, had developed his winning loft design. I was particularly impressed with the American lofts and their well thought out designs to counteract the fluctuations in day and night time temperatures whilst maintaining excellent internal loft environments. Once again Jim Jenner has come up with a winner a DVD that, along with the previous three films in the series, should be an essential part of every fancier s library. They truly are classics. Congratulations Jim on a fine body of work. –British Homing World
Where to start with Jim Jenner’s latest episode in the Secrets of Champions series of films??
Think you know it all and can’t learn anything??
I suggest you think again, after six weeks of filming in Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, Belgium and America followed by countless hours of editing/cutting and production of 3D Computer animation, Jim has produced A MASTERPIECE that will allow us all to re-evaluate if the loft at the bottom of the garden or on your allotment is as perfect as it looks.
Fanciers as accomplished as Frank Tasker, Ronnie Williamson, Gregg Bros & McCandless, Geoff Kirkland, Walker & Wilson, Kinnear & Son, Chris & Denise Sutton, Willy Thas, Alain and Dirk Van den Driessche and the International Barcelona 2008 winner Danny Vagenende and Alex Bieche allow you to have a view of how their loft is constructed and how the ventilation works and also what changes they needed to make to perfect their winning lofts.
Without the perfect loft, your pigeons will not achieve optimum health and therefore are unable to perform to their full potential.
At 3 hours and 21 minutes in length you certainly get your money’s worth and I am already considering what needs tweaking/fine tuning within our loft environment to let our team of pigeons step up a gear to achieve their full potential.
In this time of recession Jim also has a couple of interesting uses for droppings at t
UPC: 708991051420
Release Date: 01-11-2008
Package Dimensions: 15x180x83
