JEANETTE TAYLOR LANCASHIRE NEWS
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welcome to Lancashire Life. Eric’s making steadyprogress in his rehabilitation and is now managing to walk down thecorridor with his frame. He’s been showing the British HomingWorld to anyone who will listen and I think stirring up a bit ofinterest. It’s like a hotel in that place with a choice ofmenu and some really nice meals, I’m thinking of going for arest myself and get waited on although they don’t have Skytelevision unless you watch the big telly in the lounge.
During the week I went to the Park FC to show them how the Unikonsystem worked after getting slightly lost en-route. I think it wentok and it was nice to meet Bill Ferguson and his Grandson who Ihave spoken to on the phone. Bill is retired and takes his basketof pigeons on the bus for training as he doesn’t have anytransport, taking him two hours to get there and two hours back,that’s dedication for you. By the sound of it he reallyenjoys his birds and that’s what the sport is all about,it’s just a pity he couldn’t get someone locally totrain for him, so if you live near Bill (I think he lives inDidsbury) and are willing to take his birds for him let me know.He’s a nice chap and could do with a hand, I don’t knowhow he does it as he walks with a stick and is not in the best ofhealth.
Thursday was marking night for the Lancashire Combine with a tripto Messac on the programme. There was a reasonable turnout witheveryone having to shelter in the marking room because of thetorrential rain. There was supposed to be a bowling match on at theclub and there were bowlers actually stood outside ready to play,unbelievable. I thought us pigeon fanciers were daft sometimes butthey’re even dafter, the green was waterlogged. Anyway afterseeing the birds off with Phil Brown our Convoyer I managed to havea disagreement with one of the bowlers who hates the pigeons and isalways looking for an argument especially when he’s had afew, the words flying rats were mentioned in the bar and he’snot someone worth trying to have a reasonable discussion with.
Well the birds faced another holdover with the weather on thechannel unfit to liberate last Saturday. It was a really horribleday and was dull and murky all day so the decision was taken tohold over. Sunday dawned and it was a much more respectable day,although mid afternoon it did pour down in Manchester and I thoughtthe birds were going to have to face that on their 400 mile triphome. I decided to send six entries, three of which had been toFougeres two weeks before plus three others who I thought werecapable of doing the distance having flown the full programme.
In the morning I had gone to meet Wayne Jones from Shropshire whohad won a Unikon system in a charity raffle I held for the Make AWish Foundation on the Pigeon Chat forum. Wayne had travelled toManchester to have a look at the One Loft youngsters and wasthrilled to receive his prize after paying £10 for histickets, what a bargain and an excellent chance for him to enjoyusing the system for next to nothing. Good luck with it Wayne! Bythe time I got home the taste of bacon butties was calling so outcame the frying pan and in went the rashers with brown sauce on, mmm I can taste it now. Of course I had toshare with Pip as with everything I eat, no wonder her designerharness only just fits. I made a visit to Pets at Home to have alook what was on offer and spied a black leather harness with studsin, just her size or so I thought until I got it home and put itround her fat tummy. She does look nice in it though but I thinkshe just needs to lose a couple of inches. All the other birds werefed and watered and I waited for my first arrival.
After 8hrs 45mins a 2yo Red Janssen cock landed on top of the loftand went straight through the trap to his box. He didn’t messabout and when I opened his box to let him in with his hen he justcouldn’t be bothered he was too tired. After all he had justflown nearly 400 miles and wanted a rest, she could wait! I got areal buzz from seeing him return from France and although hedidn’t win I was very proud of his achievement, finishing insixth place but managing to get a prize card for his efforts.Although I don’t like the waiting around for hours on end Idid enjoy watching him come back to the loft, but Niort’sanother matter that’s another 100 miles plus on top! When Ipeeped in the loft later on to check if anymore had returned he wasall cosied up with his hen in the nest bowl so he had obviously hadenough food, water and rest. At the time of writing on Sunday nightmy other five entries have not returned but there’s time yet,they might be on top of the loft on Monday morning.
With the recent small spell of warm weather I’ve noticed thatsome of the birds have got lice or mites on their chest despite theuse of malt vinegar in the bath, maybe I’m not using itfrequently enough but they always seem to come at the same time. Inthe past I’ve tried those spot on the neck things and theystill come back. Strangely enough the widow cocks never seem to getthem and they have less baths than any of the other birds, I wonderif it has anything to do with the large number of trees at thebottom of the garden and if not why don’t all the racers getthem?
My apologies to a couple of clubs this week as I found some resultsmixed up with my own post, so sorry but I’ve included themthis week. There are a few clubs missing again this week due toanother holdover but we will catch up in the end.
Accrington & DHS/David Stuttard – 6 members sent 71 birdsto Cheltenham liberated in a strong South West wind. Topping thelist this week is Joe “The Jolly Geordie” aka Mr &Mrs JW Slattery on1805 with a Cheq yearling Flor Engels bred downfrom J Hulse & Son stock. When the result came out the LollipopMan was jumping up and down and shouting like a demented parrot“tell em I bred it, tell em I bred it”, thereI’ve told em! Dad gave the Lollipops a first class licking,nice one Joe. Billy Bentley & Son take second and fourth placewith two of their Haslingden Specials, their first bird a 3yo Bluehen doing 1797 followed by a 3yo Grizzle hen on 1750. Splittingthese two good birds is the Lollipop Man with a yearling BlueBusschaert cock doing 1769, nice one TA Slattery & Son.
Ashton-under-Lyne Flying Club/Harry Kenyon – 8 members sent38 birds to Messac liberated on Sunday 29th June, 2008 at 0700 in aWest South West wind. 1st K Wroe with a Van Loon on 1421. 2nd, 3rd& 4th J & S Ward on 1378, 1359 and 1346 all Peter Van DerMerwe’s. R Clarke took all pools and nom again.
Atherton & District Fed/Chris Ainscough – On the 21stJune, 2008 flying from Cheltenham, 15 members sent 163 birdsliberated at 750am into a strong South West wind again 1st KeithNuttall/Darwen with a Blue cock flying 124 miles on 1942. 2nd ChrisAinscough/Darwen with a Blue cock flying 124 miles on 1941. 3rdChris Mather/Darwen with a Cheq cock flying 120 miles on 1931. 4thKeith Nuttall/Darwen Cheq cock on 1928. Well Darreners taking thefirst four positions.
Atherton HS/Brian Vout – The Club was racing from Fougeres onthe 14th June, 2008 with the Three Counties Combine. The birds wereliberated at 7am in a North West wind and Mr & Mrs Dickens werefirst on 1331 with a 2yo Blue Pied Van Reet cock. B Vout was secondon 1262 with a yearling Blue Janssen x Van Bruane cock. Craighead& Jones were 3rd on 1238 with a yearling Cheq Pied Van Reetcock and K & E Shaw were 4th on 1234 with a yearling Cheq VanReet hen. On the 22nd June, 2008 the Club were racing fromCheltenham and the birds were liberated at 0750 in a strong SouthWest wind. Mr & Mrs Dickens were first on 1904 with a Blue VanReet cock. K & E Shaw were second, third and fourth on 1738,1480 and 1306 with a Red Soontjen cock followed by a Blue PiedBusschaert cock and a Cheq Pied Busschaert cock.
Atherton & Tyldesley 2 Bird Club/Joe Barton – On the 29thJune, 2008 the Club was at Messac with a Saturday holdover thebirds were liberated on Sunday at 0720 in a West South West wind.Taking the Red card was G Mackay with a cock on 1390. Second R& D Gaskell with a hen on 1387. Third E Burke with a cock on1374. Fourth A Mather with a hen on 1373.
Barnoldswick PFC/Paul Taylor - Hi and welcome to another sunny weekfrom Barnoldswick. Well I can’t believe that there is only 5weeks of racing left for the old birds we seem to wait withanticipation all winter then bang once racing has started withit’s over with a blink of eye, and on to the young birdracing which I love. Let’s get down to the business and thisweekend the Barnoldswick birds enjoyed a trip across the pond toFougeres which is a distance of around 388 miles, the birds werereleased at 07.00 am on the 14th June, 2008. Taking another Redcard from across the pond is the flying Pennington’s welldone! 1st Mr & Mrs Pennington on 1249 with a widow cock. 2nd Mr& Mrs Pennington on 1168 also another widow cock. 3rd Mr GordonThompson 0n 895 with a hen and 4th Mr Gordon Thompson on 895.2867with a cock. Well done to the race winners the flyingPennington’s who also took 13th North East Lancs Fed and somemighty impressive clocking in by quick fingers Gordon. Well done.
On to the next race and I’m sure with all the nice weather wehave been having that there will be fanciers up and down thecountry getting the young birds trained ready in time for racing, Iwas only driving home from work the other day and saw a fancierreleasing his birds as soon as I saw the car I knew the fancier butI wont be releasing any names. After last weeks first two fromFrance the flying Pennington’s will be on a high also leadingthe channel averages with two wins out of two races from across thebrook. We would be having a come back race from Cheltenham and withthe wind being a gusty South West it will certainly be a mad dashand a time to put landing nets up. After being held over on theSaturday the birds were given their liberty on the Sunday at 0845and straight back to business was the terminator. Taking 1st, 2nd,3rd and 4th is Steve “The Terminator” Gilbert on 1972,1968, 1956 and 1940 all widow cocks. 5th M & J Barnes on 1771and 6th P & B Taylor on 1747. Well done to the terminator againbut only taking 6th, 7th and 9th NE Lancs Fed this time. I’dlike to say a big get well soon to Ken Harwood and his wife Doreentaking a fall so all the best for you both from all theBarnoldswick Prem fanciers, that’s all for this week.
Blackburn & District Fed/Diane Slattery - Well here go thecongratulations as always, well done Harry Lofthouse 1st in Clubfor Clitheroe and 1st in Fed, back on top again Harry.Congratulations go to Jimmy Jackson at Chatburn, John Taylor atOssy putting up a good fight against the Dawson family. Well donePete Robinson at Padiham, Mr Gornall at Great Harwood, Mr & MrsGrayston at Bentham and a special well done to our Dad, Mr &Mrs Joe Slattery for Accy, that should cheer Dad up after Mum beingseriously ill but now getting a little better.
No news from Lollipop Lofts this week apart from his Dad winningAccy with a pigeon bred by him. Lollipop man could only managethird club this week. Now on to the result – 45 members sent502 birds to Cheltenham OB2 on the 22nd June, 2008 liberated at09015 in a Strong south West wind. 1st & 5th HLofthouse/Clitheroe HS 1894 Blue W/F H and 1871.58 Cheq Pied H. 2ndB Scott/Clitheroe HS 1883 Blue H. 3rd J Jackson/Chatburn HS 1875Blue C. 4th J Taylor/Oswaldtwistle HS 1873 Blue W/F C. 6th LDawson/Oswaldtwistle HS 1871.57 Blue C. 7th & 9th Dawson Bros& Dtr/Oswaldtwistle HS 1870 Dark Grizzle C and 1865 Cheq C. 8thF Howarth/Clitheroe HS 1868 Cheq C. 10th R Vallance/Chatburn HS1863 Blue C. Club winners – Accrington DHS 6/71 Mr & MrsJW Slattery. Bentham HS 5/42 R & M Grayston. Chatburn HS 4/64 JJackson. Clitheroe HS 5/108 H Lofthouse. Great Harwood HS 9/81 GJGornall. Oswaldtwistle HS 9/81 J Taylor. Padiham HS 8/71 P Robinson& Son.
Cadishead FC/Joe Barton – Racing from Cheltenham on the 22ndJune, 2008, 4 members sent 35 birds liberated on Sunday at 0750 ina South West wind. Taking the Red card was G Corbett also takingfourth place. His first a Cheq hen on 1894 followed by another Cheqhen on 1885. Second & third M Haslam & Son, their first aCheq cock on 1885 followed by a Blue cock on 1823. A Pool M Haslam& Son £4, B Pool G Corbett £8.
Castleton FC/Michael Fleming – 35 birds were sent by 5members, it was a holdover to Sunday morning due to the weather. Ina strong South West wind the winners were doing over 60mph and Imust congratulate Phil the Convoyer for looking after the pigeons.Taking the first three was Joe Whelan, I’ve written about Joebefore, he’s had seconds and thirds and a first had to come.The three pigeons were doing over 2000ypm really bombing home. Thefirst and second were Staf Van Reets and the third a Busschaert.All the clubs had a low amount of pigeons due to Defra holding thepigeons back.
Cheshire Combine/K Burke – 155 members sent 858 birds toFougeres on the 14th June, 2008 liberated at 0700 in a light NorthWest wind. 1st W Beech/Cheshire 2 Bird on 1366. 2nd RSutton/Cheshire 2B 1358. 3rd M & H Smith Cheshire 2B 1351. 4thR Kent/Lostock HS 1347. 5th S Herbert & Son/Lostock HS 1334.6th, 7th, 12th, 15th & 16th Mr & Mrs C Turner/Crew Prem1333, 1332, 1323, 1314 & 1313. 8th N Hinds/Crewe West End 1331.9th O’Hare & Woodward/Cheshire 2B 1327. 10th & 17th KBurke/Cheshire 2B 1325 & 1312. 11th P Berry/Sandbach 1324. 13thD Lawton/Crewe Prem 1319. 14th W Turnock & Son/Holmes Chapel1317. 18th Jones Bros/Winsford 1311. 19th J Heath/Cheshire 2B 1310.20th S Moseley/Weaverham 1309. Club Birdage – Earlstown11/47. Cheshire 2B 38/75. Moulton 8/47. Runcorn Dist 7/31.Middlewich FC 5/22. Runcorn N Town 7/94. Winsford 4/19. HolmesChapel 8/48. Sandbach 7/32. Lostock HS 9/84. Weaverham 7/45. CreweWest End 11/62. Crewe Prem 10/71. Middlewich 5B 4/20. Royal Wires6/34. Wettenhall 7/77. Acton Bridge 3/18. Hankelow 2/19. Knutsford1/13.
Malc Campbell, Bobby Brandon, John Winder & Terry Mallinson.
Darwen HS/Chris Ainscough – On Sunday the 29th June, 2008 andflying from Messac, 7 members sent 56 birds liberated at 7am into alight South West wind. 1st Chris Mather with a Blue cock flying 403miles on 1443. 2nd Chris Mather Cheq cock on 1430. 3rd KeithNuttall with a Mealy cock flying 407 miles on 1427. 4th FrancoPonti Pied cock flying 407 miles on 1423. Chris won the CentenaryShield and picked up 1st PM. Well done Chris. Keith collected 1stnom, 2nd PM.
Deane & DFC/Chris Ainscough reports – Sunday 29th June,2008 flying from Messac after a holdover 5 members sent 30 birdsliberated at 7am into a Light South West wind 1st TerryPike’s Blue hen flying 402 miles on 1409. 2nd, 3rd & 4thMr & Mrs Lomax with a Blue, Blue cock and Blue cock flying 400miles on 1394, 1394 & 1384. Well done.
Droylsden Flying Club/John Bancroft – Members sent 31 birdsto Messac with the Lancashire Combine liberated on Sunday at 7am.Taking the first three is Mr & Mrs Bancroft who won last weekwith a mealy yearling cock, and won this week with the only otherMealy, a 4yo cock a good pigeon over the water and winner of manyprizes. This cock is a Van Den Bosch x Van Hee on 1417. The 2ndpigeon was a 3yo Blue Cheq which was 2nd from Fougeres in 07 and3rd Messac 07, also a Van Den Bosch x Van Hee n 1338. The thirdpigeon is another 3yo Blue Cheq cock on 1311; this bird has gotpositions from three different channel races and is bred from a VanDen Bosch x Paul Gunning and Phil Murray Hartog on the dam’s side. 4th Club is Chris Delahunt & Son with his good Grondelaer3yo cock, he won two weeks previous from Fougeres and is a winnerof 5x1st.
Eccles & Winton HS/Jerry Thomas – 7 members sent 59 birdsto Fougeres on the 14th June, 2008 liberated at 7am in a North Westwind. 1st & 2nd A Nixon 1320 Cheq Camphuis hen and 1308 BlueDelbar hen. 3rd & 4th A Langslow on 1298 Cheq Pied Janssen henand 1293 Cheq Janssen hen.
Failsworth Flying Club/Jeanette Taylor – 8 members sent 65birds to Messac liberated on Sunday 29th June, 2008 after aholdover and facing a light West South West wind. In our thirdchannel race for old birds this season and winning another one isPhil Murray with a 3yo Dark Cheq Busschaert widow cock on 1371.2nd, 3rd and 4th is Cliff Herring on 1353, 1335 and 1322 no birddetails to hand. Well done to Phil and Cliff. The last inland raceis upon us already with the Club at Cheltenham, followed by thelast old bird race, a tough trip to Niort of around 500 miles tomost members.
Farnworth DHS/Ken & Mary Green – The Club raced fromCheltenham where 13 members sent a total of 170 birds that wereliberated into a strong South West wind at 9am on Sunday morningafter a holdover due to very bad weather. This turned out to be avery fast race with the fastest bird being a chequer hen, belongingto one of our furthest flying member C Mather, on a velocity of1913. Second was Wicker & Hardman with a pencil hen on 1884,third was Paul Riley with a Blue cock on 1861 and following infourth was Mr & Mrs Ken Green with a Busschaert Blue hen on avelocity of 1848.
Garstang HS/Isobel Billington – The 22nd June saw 8 memberssending 75 birds to Cheltenham, after a holdover the birds were upat 0830 in a South West wind. The returns were first class and allcame well. Taking 1st and 3rd position is Ken Galt his birds areflying first class on 1922 and 1897. 2nd place went to Peter &Isobel Billington on 1903. 4th Place to Stan Woods on 1872, the nombird was won by the partnership of Ian & John Noblet.
Heath Charnock/Jimmy Caldwell – Racing from Fougeres 9members sent 62 birds. 1st E Little & Son 1319. 2nd E Whittle& Son 1300. 3rd S Phillips 1267. 4th D Hubbard 1244. On toCheltenham when 10 members sent 106 birds. 1st T Wills on 1912(with one of his super Van Loons). 2nd Mr & Mrs I Wills on1912. 3rd Mr & Mrs Jennings & Son 1903. 4th Mr & MrsWills on 1893.
Hindley Green Homing Society/Barrie Rhoden – The birds wereliberated from Cheltenham on the 22nd June, 2008 at 0750 in a freshSouth West wind with 8 members sending 92 birds. 1st & 2nd FChadwick on 1918 Blue C and 1914 Dark Cheq C. 3rd Chadwick Bros on1892 Blue H and 4th K Smith on 1891 Dark C. Pools payout wasChadwick Bros £28, C Crompton £6 and F Chadwick£4. 7 members sent 50 birds to Messac liberated on Sunday29th June, 2008 at 7am in a South West wind. 1st, 2nd and 3rdChadwick Bros on 1433, 1419 and 1408. 4th K Smith 1398. Chadwick Bros took all pools £18. 1st Sale NomK Smith £10. 2nd Sale Nom Barton Bros £6. 3rd Sale NomChadwick Bros £4.
Lostock FC/Ken Burke – 5 members sent 68 birds to Wincantonon the 22nd June, 2008. 1st S Herbert & Son on 1829 with a 2yoBlue C. 2nd J Smith on 1824 with a 2yo Mealy H. 3rd K Burke on 1821with a yearling Cheq C and 4th J Smith on 1817 with a yearling BlueH.
Lymm FC/Derek Woodward – Racing from Cheltenham on the 23rdJune, 2008 the birds were liberated at 0750 in a South West wind.1st & 4th Derek Woodward with a 3yo Cheq Pied widowhood cock on1847 off Peter Fox’s Golden Gaby, winner of 1st NationalOrleans from 12,875 birds. Derek’s second bird was a Blue 2yocock on 1787 again off Peter Fox stock. In 2nd place is JessBradbury with a Blue cock off his Soontjen family on 1806. 3rd WAGough & Son on 1792 with a Blue cock off their own family.
Davey Burns & friends at Blackpool.
Marton HS/Frank Fleming – 12 Members sent 117 birds toFougeres 2 on the 22nd June, 2008. Les Barrow winning his secondchannel race out of four must be delighted with his loft form atthe moment. The first bird a Chequer yearling natural cock, one ofLes`s Busschaert family and a previous prize winner, this cock alsowon the pools. He also took 4th prize with a Blue yearlingroundabout cock, this was one of his M & D. Evans Vandenabeelelines, and this bird also is a previous prize winner. This win haspushed Les further in front with the channel averages it should bea brilliant run in with the last two races still to come. DavidMorrison must wonder what he has to do to win the coveted 1stprize. Dave was 2nd at Lessay1, 2nd at Fougeres.1 and he is 2nd intoday’s Fougeres.2 race all tough races, in between he won atSt. Anne’s in last week’s Fougeres race. This really isserious channel flying of the highest order; this has pushed himinto 2nd place in the channel averages leapfrogging over Roy &Mark Acton by two yards a minute. The bird is a good looking 2yoRed hen flying 7 hours 48 minutes also taking the major portion ofpools. If you carry on like this Dave we might have to let you go?5th & 6th place go to Roy and Mark Acton the first bird a Bluecock, the second bird a Blue hen on Roundabout, both of these are“Acton Specials”. We are left with Messac and Niort tocomplete the old bird program and it has not been as close for manyyears, I am looking forward to these two races. Still leading afterfour races is Les Barrow 1275. A new second place is David Morrison1263. Roy & Mark Acton third 1261. Fourth David Farrell 1234.Fifth Anne & Steve Nicholls 1215. Sixth Howarth & Booth1169.
Middleton DHS/Budgie Crathorne – Fougeres on the 14th June,2008 and the birds were liberated at 700am in a light North Westwind with 18 members sending 111 birds. 1st J Hindley, 363m 1239yon 1301. 2nd J Wood & Son, 364m 1700y on 1298. 3rd Moran &Goodall, 363m 288y on 1281. 4th A Jamieson, 362m 1444y on 1271. Onto Cheltenham on the 22nd June, 2008. The birds were held over andliberated at 9.45am on Sunday in a strong South West wind with 16members sending 203 birds. 1st J Wood & son, 114m 1406y on1983. 2nd F Cregan, 111m 1024y on 1969. 3rd B Edwards, 112m 1583yon 1965. 4th D Roberts, 110m 1598y on 1959.146.
New Lancashire Fed/Alan Buckley – 52 members sent 588 birdsto Mangotsfield OB2 flown on the 7th June, 2008 and liberated at1030 in a Light North West wind. 1st & 6th D Woodward 1346 BlueC and 1287.32 Blue C. 2nd & 4th Mr & Mrs Dickens 1311 CheqC and 1305 Blue H. 3rd & 8th M Joy 1308 Blue C and 1283.58 CheqC. 5th Farnworth & Grant 1287.41 Cheq C. 7th & 9th R &D Gaskell 1286 Cheq C and 1283.23 Blue C. 10th F Chadwick 1279 BlueC.
John Brandon, Kipper Taylor & guests at Blackpool.
Oldham Flying Club/Sam Whitworth – Racing from Cheltenham onthe 22nd June, 2008 the Club had 7 members sending 41 birdsliberated at 0845 in a strong South West wind. 1st S Whitworth on1961. 2nd J Blackman Son & Marshall 1935. 3rd K Donnellan 1921and 4th J Blackman Son & Marshall on 1880.
Radcliffe DHS/Steve Green – 10 members sent 186 birds toCheltenham (3) liberated at 0945 in a strong South West wind. 1st SHamer with a Blue Deschact Denduyver widow cock on 1967.9. 2nd SHamer with another Blue Deschact Denduyver on the same velocity.3rd T & K Ramsden with a Blue Staf Van Reet widow cock on1963.4 4th He’s there again S Hamer with another DeschactDenduyver widow cock on 1963.2. T & K Ramsden took first poolsand the nom with A & C Fielding taking 1st League Cup. Thewinning bird was verified by Steve Green and Mick Speakman.
Rudheath WMFC/Derek Woodward – Racing from Yeovil on the 23rdJune, 2008 the birds were liberated at 0810 in a South West wind.1st & 2nd C & IL Cooper with two yearling widowhood cockson 1855 and 1835 from Ian’s Busschaert family. 3rd & 4thB & G Mainwaring with a Blue yearling hen on 1819 and a Blueyearling cock on 1792 from their own family.
Shaw DHS/John Hughes & Lisa – Racing from Cheltenham onthe 22nd June 2008. After a one day holdover, the birds wereliberated at 8.45am in a strong South West wind. 10 members sent119 birds. Taking 1st place is B Hughes & Son with a Berendonkroundabout cock, bred from stock obtained from David Farrall on1974. 2nd & 3rd place goes to Slicker, Croston & Slickerwith two Van Loon widowhood cocks on 1895 and 1853. In 4th place isHolt Bros with a Cheq Van Loon widowhood cock which also takes thepools again on 1824.
St Annes HS/Frank Fleming – At Fougeres.2 on the 22nd June,2008, 5 Members sent 31 birds and after a one day holdover thebirds were released at 6.25am in a West, South West Wind. BrianBarnes & Bill Burrow take all the premier prizes taking 1st.2nd& 3rd with three widowhood cocks, a four year old and two 2year olds. All three are previous winners and are from thepartnership’s Vandenabeele x Cassaert family. 4th place isthe ever present David Morrison (last week’s winner) with ayearling Blue hen flying natural. Barnes & Burrow win theRennes Trophy and the WJ Picken Trophy. The £2 Nom was won byBrian Ingham. Pontoon £32 not won and c/f. David Morrisonwins the loft prize No.2. Next week Messac. Nantes Cup & R.Whiteside Trophies to race winner. Bill Burrow £20 special torace winner.
Tony & Simon Hughes of Rochdale.
South Lancashire Combine/Alan Buckley – 69 members sent 734birds to Mangotsfield on the 7th June, 2008 liberated at 1030 in aNorth West wind. 1st & 8th D Woodward/New Lancashire Fed on1346 Blue C and 1287.32 Blue C. 2nd & 4th Mr & MrsDickens/NLF on 1311 Cheq C and 1305 Blue H. 3rd, 10th & 15th MJoy/NLF 1308 Blue C, 1283.58 Cheq C and 1279.28 Blue C. 5th KNuttall/Atherton Fed 1295 Cheq C. 6th, 12th & 13th W Haslam& Son/Ath 1293 Blue C, 1283.02 Blue C and 1281 Blue C. 7thFarnworth & Grant/NLF 1287 Cheq C. 9th & 11th R & DGaskell/NLF 1286 Cheq C and 1283.23 Blue C. 14th F Chadwick/NLF1279.29 Blue C. 16th K Smith/NLF 1278 Blue C. 17th Harrison &Hull/NLF 1276.69 Pencil C. 18th W Pearson & G.Son/NLF 1276.67Cheq C. 19th Huddleston & Cuthbertson/NLF 1275 Cheq C. 20th NMulraney/NLF 1274 Cheq C. Federation winners – Atherton15/201 K Nuttall. New Lancs 52/588 D Woodward. Warrington 2/25 FLloyd.
Tyldesley Invitation Club/Joe Barton – The Club was atCheltenham on the 22nd June, 2008 when 7 members sent 55 birdsliberated in a South West wind on Sunday. Taking the Red card wasNorman Mulraney with a Blue cock and a velocity of 1897. 2nd GCorbett with a Cheq hen on 1894 and 3rd & 4th going to R &D Gaskell, their first on 1873 a Cheq cock followed by a Cheq cockon 1867.
Wigan Oak Leaf Club/Eddie Touhey – Wigan Oak Leaf report onour race from Messac with the Three Counties Combine when 3 memberssent 27 birds which were liberated at 7.00am Sunday 29th June intoa light South West wind. In 1st doing 1443 were Derek & HazelSumner with a 4yo Schallie cock whose breeding is Verbruggen xKoopman from stock obtained from Peter Fox. This bird was 2ndCombine from Fougeres 2 weeks ago and also has a 4th Combine fromthis same race point. The sire of this good pigeon won 5 x 1stprizes, 4 of which were from France. John Hankey took the next 3places. 2nd placed was a 4yo Dark White flighted cock on 1427 thatis a multi 1st prize winner and whose breeding is Van Reet xNachtegael. In 3rd & 4th on 1407 & 1380 were 2 Blue Whiteflighted Van Reet cocks who are full brothers.
Denton Homing Society will be holding a Gold Ring race on the 10thSeptember, 2008 from Portland. Open to anybody flying 190 miles andover, the rings are £5 each with a maximum of 15 rings perloft. The race is on a Wednesday and the birds to arrive in theDenton area at approximately 5pm. Last years race was won by A& S Hughes who picked up £1,700, not bad racing againstjust 230 birds. To obtain an entry form please ring Alan Partridgeon 0161-336-7755 or contact any member of Denton HS.
As usual, news, views and anything else to me, Jeanette Taylor, 20Warwick Road, Failsworth, Manchester M35 0QQ. Thanks to everyonefor the photographs you have been sending in, keep them coming, ifyou are sending photos in can you include them as an attachment andnot part of the report. Unfortunately I cannot guarantee they willall be included due to space restrictions but I will submit themwhen possible. Don’t forget to let me have your club results/write ups the deadline is Sunday night for the followingweek’s column; I can include the first four for a Club, tenfor a Fed and 20 for an Amal or Combine. Thank you for yourcontinued support. My email address isjeanette@oasislofts.freeserve.co.uk or phone/fax to 0161-684-8889.
welcome to Lancashire Life. Eric’s making steadyprogress in his rehabilitation and is now managing to walk down thecorridor with his frame. He’s been showing the British HomingWorld to anyone who will listen and I think stirring up a bit ofinterest. It’s like a hotel in that place with a choice ofmenu and some really nice meals, I’m thinking of going for arest myself and get waited on although they don’t have Skytelevision unless you watch the big telly in the lounge.
During the week I went to the Park FC to show them how the Unikonsystem worked after getting slightly lost en-route. I think it wentok and it was nice to meet Bill Ferguson and his Grandson who Ihave spoken to on the phone. Bill is retired and takes his basketof pigeons on the bus for training as he doesn’t have anytransport, taking him two hours to get there and two hours back,that’s dedication for you. By the sound of it he reallyenjoys his birds and that’s what the sport is all about,it’s just a pity he couldn’t get someone locally totrain for him, so if you live near Bill (I think he lives inDidsbury) and are willing to take his birds for him let me know.He’s a nice chap and could do with a hand, I don’t knowhow he does it as he walks with a stick and is not in the best ofhealth.
Thursday was marking night for the Lancashire Combine with a tripto Messac on the programme. There was a reasonable turnout witheveryone having to shelter in the marking room because of thetorrential rain. There was supposed to be a bowling match on at theclub and there were bowlers actually stood outside ready to play,unbelievable. I thought us pigeon fanciers were daft sometimes butthey’re even dafter, the green was waterlogged. Anyway afterseeing the birds off with Phil Brown our Convoyer I managed to havea disagreement with one of the bowlers who hates the pigeons and isalways looking for an argument especially when he’s had afew, the words flying rats were mentioned in the bar and he’snot someone worth trying to have a reasonable discussion with.
Well the birds faced another holdover with the weather on thechannel unfit to liberate last Saturday. It was a really horribleday and was dull and murky all day so the decision was taken tohold over. Sunday dawned and it was a much more respectable day,although mid afternoon it did pour down in Manchester and I thoughtthe birds were going to have to face that on their 400 mile triphome. I decided to send six entries, three of which had been toFougeres two weeks before plus three others who I thought werecapable of doing the distance having flown the full programme.
In the morning I had gone to meet Wayne Jones from Shropshire whohad won a Unikon system in a charity raffle I held for the Make AWish Foundation on the Pigeon Chat forum. Wayne had travelled toManchester to have a look at the One Loft youngsters and wasthrilled to receive his prize after paying £10 for histickets, what a bargain and an excellent chance for him to enjoyusing the system for next to nothing. Good luck with it Wayne! Bythe time I got home the taste of bacon butties was calling so outcame the frying pan and in went the rashers with brown sauce on, mmm I can taste it now. Of course I had toshare with Pip as with everything I eat, no wonder her designerharness only just fits. I made a visit to Pets at Home to have alook what was on offer and spied a black leather harness with studsin, just her size or so I thought until I got it home and put itround her fat tummy. She does look nice in it though but I thinkshe just needs to lose a couple of inches. All the other birds werefed and watered and I waited for my first arrival.
After 8hrs 45mins a 2yo Red Janssen cock landed on top of the loftand went straight through the trap to his box. He didn’t messabout and when I opened his box to let him in with his hen he justcouldn’t be bothered he was too tired. After all he had justflown nearly 400 miles and wanted a rest, she could wait! I got areal buzz from seeing him return from France and although hedidn’t win I was very proud of his achievement, finishing insixth place but managing to get a prize card for his efforts.Although I don’t like the waiting around for hours on end Idid enjoy watching him come back to the loft, but Niort’sanother matter that’s another 100 miles plus on top! When Ipeeped in the loft later on to check if anymore had returned he wasall cosied up with his hen in the nest bowl so he had obviously hadenough food, water and rest. At the time of writing on Sunday nightmy other five entries have not returned but there’s time yet,they might be on top of the loft on Monday morning.
With the recent small spell of warm weather I’ve noticed thatsome of the birds have got lice or mites on their chest despite theuse of malt vinegar in the bath, maybe I’m not using itfrequently enough but they always seem to come at the same time. Inthe past I’ve tried those spot on the neck things and theystill come back. Strangely enough the widow cocks never seem to getthem and they have less baths than any of the other birds, I wonderif it has anything to do with the large number of trees at thebottom of the garden and if not why don’t all the racers getthem?
My apologies to a couple of clubs this week as I found some resultsmixed up with my own post, so sorry but I’ve included themthis week. There are a few clubs missing again this week due toanother holdover but we will catch up in the end.
Accrington & DHS/David Stuttard – 6 members sent 71 birdsto Cheltenham liberated in a strong South West wind. Topping thelist this week is Joe “The Jolly Geordie” aka Mr &Mrs JW Slattery on1805 with a Cheq yearling Flor Engels bred downfrom J Hulse & Son stock. When the result came out the LollipopMan was jumping up and down and shouting like a demented parrot“tell em I bred it, tell em I bred it”, thereI’ve told em! Dad gave the Lollipops a first class licking,nice one Joe. Billy Bentley & Son take second and fourth placewith two of their Haslingden Specials, their first bird a 3yo Bluehen doing 1797 followed by a 3yo Grizzle hen on 1750. Splittingthese two good birds is the Lollipop Man with a yearling BlueBusschaert cock doing 1769, nice one TA Slattery & Son.
Ashton-under-Lyne Flying Club/Harry Kenyon – 8 members sent38 birds to Messac liberated on Sunday 29th June, 2008 at 0700 in aWest South West wind. 1st K Wroe with a Van Loon on 1421. 2nd, 3rd& 4th J & S Ward on 1378, 1359 and 1346 all Peter Van DerMerwe’s. R Clarke took all pools and nom again.
Atherton & District Fed/Chris Ainscough – On the 21stJune, 2008 flying from Cheltenham, 15 members sent 163 birdsliberated at 750am into a strong South West wind again 1st KeithNuttall/Darwen with a Blue cock flying 124 miles on 1942. 2nd ChrisAinscough/Darwen with a Blue cock flying 124 miles on 1941. 3rdChris Mather/Darwen with a Cheq cock flying 120 miles on 1931. 4thKeith Nuttall/Darwen Cheq cock on 1928. Well Darreners taking thefirst four positions.
Atherton HS/Brian Vout – The Club was racing from Fougeres onthe 14th June, 2008 with the Three Counties Combine. The birds wereliberated at 7am in a North West wind and Mr & Mrs Dickens werefirst on 1331 with a 2yo Blue Pied Van Reet cock. B Vout was secondon 1262 with a yearling Blue Janssen x Van Bruane cock. Craighead& Jones were 3rd on 1238 with a yearling Cheq Pied Van Reetcock and K & E Shaw were 4th on 1234 with a yearling Cheq VanReet hen. On the 22nd June, 2008 the Club were racing fromCheltenham and the birds were liberated at 0750 in a strong SouthWest wind. Mr & Mrs Dickens were first on 1904 with a Blue VanReet cock. K & E Shaw were second, third and fourth on 1738,1480 and 1306 with a Red Soontjen cock followed by a Blue PiedBusschaert cock and a Cheq Pied Busschaert cock.
Atherton & Tyldesley 2 Bird Club/Joe Barton – On the 29thJune, 2008 the Club was at Messac with a Saturday holdover thebirds were liberated on Sunday at 0720 in a West South West wind.Taking the Red card was G Mackay with a cock on 1390. Second R& D Gaskell with a hen on 1387. Third E Burke with a cock on1374. Fourth A Mather with a hen on 1373.
Barnoldswick PFC/Paul Taylor - Hi and welcome to another sunny weekfrom Barnoldswick. Well I can’t believe that there is only 5weeks of racing left for the old birds we seem to wait withanticipation all winter then bang once racing has started withit’s over with a blink of eye, and on to the young birdracing which I love. Let’s get down to the business and thisweekend the Barnoldswick birds enjoyed a trip across the pond toFougeres which is a distance of around 388 miles, the birds werereleased at 07.00 am on the 14th June, 2008. Taking another Redcard from across the pond is the flying Pennington’s welldone! 1st Mr & Mrs Pennington on 1249 with a widow cock. 2nd Mr& Mrs Pennington on 1168 also another widow cock. 3rd Mr GordonThompson 0n 895 with a hen and 4th Mr Gordon Thompson on 895.2867with a cock. Well done to the race winners the flyingPennington’s who also took 13th North East Lancs Fed and somemighty impressive clocking in by quick fingers Gordon. Well done.
On to the next race and I’m sure with all the nice weather wehave been having that there will be fanciers up and down thecountry getting the young birds trained ready in time for racing, Iwas only driving home from work the other day and saw a fancierreleasing his birds as soon as I saw the car I knew the fancier butI wont be releasing any names. After last weeks first two fromFrance the flying Pennington’s will be on a high also leadingthe channel averages with two wins out of two races from across thebrook. We would be having a come back race from Cheltenham and withthe wind being a gusty South West it will certainly be a mad dashand a time to put landing nets up. After being held over on theSaturday the birds were given their liberty on the Sunday at 0845and straight back to business was the terminator. Taking 1st, 2nd,3rd and 4th is Steve “The Terminator” Gilbert on 1972,1968, 1956 and 1940 all widow cocks. 5th M & J Barnes on 1771and 6th P & B Taylor on 1747. Well done to the terminator againbut only taking 6th, 7th and 9th NE Lancs Fed this time. I’dlike to say a big get well soon to Ken Harwood and his wife Doreentaking a fall so all the best for you both from all theBarnoldswick Prem fanciers, that’s all for this week.
Blackburn & District Fed/Diane Slattery - Well here go thecongratulations as always, well done Harry Lofthouse 1st in Clubfor Clitheroe and 1st in Fed, back on top again Harry.Congratulations go to Jimmy Jackson at Chatburn, John Taylor atOssy putting up a good fight against the Dawson family. Well donePete Robinson at Padiham, Mr Gornall at Great Harwood, Mr & MrsGrayston at Bentham and a special well done to our Dad, Mr &Mrs Joe Slattery for Accy, that should cheer Dad up after Mum beingseriously ill but now getting a little better.
No news from Lollipop Lofts this week apart from his Dad winningAccy with a pigeon bred by him. Lollipop man could only managethird club this week. Now on to the result – 45 members sent502 birds to Cheltenham OB2 on the 22nd June, 2008 liberated at09015 in a Strong south West wind. 1st & 5th HLofthouse/Clitheroe HS 1894 Blue W/F H and 1871.58 Cheq Pied H. 2ndB Scott/Clitheroe HS 1883 Blue H. 3rd J Jackson/Chatburn HS 1875Blue C. 4th J Taylor/Oswaldtwistle HS 1873 Blue W/F C. 6th LDawson/Oswaldtwistle HS 1871.57 Blue C. 7th & 9th Dawson Bros& Dtr/Oswaldtwistle HS 1870 Dark Grizzle C and 1865 Cheq C. 8thF Howarth/Clitheroe HS 1868 Cheq C. 10th R Vallance/Chatburn HS1863 Blue C. Club winners – Accrington DHS 6/71 Mr & MrsJW Slattery. Bentham HS 5/42 R & M Grayston. Chatburn HS 4/64 JJackson. Clitheroe HS 5/108 H Lofthouse. Great Harwood HS 9/81 GJGornall. Oswaldtwistle HS 9/81 J Taylor. Padiham HS 8/71 P Robinson& Son.
Cadishead FC/Joe Barton – Racing from Cheltenham on the 22ndJune, 2008, 4 members sent 35 birds liberated on Sunday at 0750 ina South West wind. Taking the Red card was G Corbett also takingfourth place. His first a Cheq hen on 1894 followed by another Cheqhen on 1885. Second & third M Haslam & Son, their first aCheq cock on 1885 followed by a Blue cock on 1823. A Pool M Haslam& Son £4, B Pool G Corbett £8.
Castleton FC/Michael Fleming – 35 birds were sent by 5members, it was a holdover to Sunday morning due to the weather. Ina strong South West wind the winners were doing over 60mph and Imust congratulate Phil the Convoyer for looking after the pigeons.Taking the first three was Joe Whelan, I’ve written about Joebefore, he’s had seconds and thirds and a first had to come.The three pigeons were doing over 2000ypm really bombing home. Thefirst and second were Staf Van Reets and the third a Busschaert.All the clubs had a low amount of pigeons due to Defra holding thepigeons back.
Cheshire Combine/K Burke – 155 members sent 858 birds toFougeres on the 14th June, 2008 liberated at 0700 in a light NorthWest wind. 1st W Beech/Cheshire 2 Bird on 1366. 2nd RSutton/Cheshire 2B 1358. 3rd M & H Smith Cheshire 2B 1351. 4thR Kent/Lostock HS 1347. 5th S Herbert & Son/Lostock HS 1334.6th, 7th, 12th, 15th & 16th Mr & Mrs C Turner/Crew Prem1333, 1332, 1323, 1314 & 1313. 8th N Hinds/Crewe West End 1331.9th O’Hare & Woodward/Cheshire 2B 1327. 10th & 17th KBurke/Cheshire 2B 1325 & 1312. 11th P Berry/Sandbach 1324. 13thD Lawton/Crewe Prem 1319. 14th W Turnock & Son/Holmes Chapel1317. 18th Jones Bros/Winsford 1311. 19th J Heath/Cheshire 2B 1310.20th S Moseley/Weaverham 1309. Club Birdage – Earlstown11/47. Cheshire 2B 38/75. Moulton 8/47. Runcorn Dist 7/31.Middlewich FC 5/22. Runcorn N Town 7/94. Winsford 4/19. HolmesChapel 8/48. Sandbach 7/32. Lostock HS 9/84. Weaverham 7/45. CreweWest End 11/62. Crewe Prem 10/71. Middlewich 5B 4/20. Royal Wires6/34. Wettenhall 7/77. Acton Bridge 3/18. Hankelow 2/19. Knutsford1/13.
Malc Campbell, Bobby Brandon, John Winder & Terry Mallinson.
Darwen HS/Chris Ainscough – On Sunday the 29th June, 2008 andflying from Messac, 7 members sent 56 birds liberated at 7am into alight South West wind. 1st Chris Mather with a Blue cock flying 403miles on 1443. 2nd Chris Mather Cheq cock on 1430. 3rd KeithNuttall with a Mealy cock flying 407 miles on 1427. 4th FrancoPonti Pied cock flying 407 miles on 1423. Chris won the CentenaryShield and picked up 1st PM. Well done Chris. Keith collected 1stnom, 2nd PM.
Deane & DFC/Chris Ainscough reports – Sunday 29th June,2008 flying from Messac after a holdover 5 members sent 30 birdsliberated at 7am into a Light South West wind 1st TerryPike’s Blue hen flying 402 miles on 1409. 2nd, 3rd & 4thMr & Mrs Lomax with a Blue, Blue cock and Blue cock flying 400miles on 1394, 1394 & 1384. Well done.
Droylsden Flying Club/John Bancroft – Members sent 31 birdsto Messac with the Lancashire Combine liberated on Sunday at 7am.Taking the first three is Mr & Mrs Bancroft who won last weekwith a mealy yearling cock, and won this week with the only otherMealy, a 4yo cock a good pigeon over the water and winner of manyprizes. This cock is a Van Den Bosch x Van Hee on 1417. The 2ndpigeon was a 3yo Blue Cheq which was 2nd from Fougeres in 07 and3rd Messac 07, also a Van Den Bosch x Van Hee n 1338. The thirdpigeon is another 3yo Blue Cheq cock on 1311; this bird has gotpositions from three different channel races and is bred from a VanDen Bosch x Paul Gunning and Phil Murray Hartog on the dam’s side. 4th Club is Chris Delahunt & Son with his good Grondelaer3yo cock, he won two weeks previous from Fougeres and is a winnerof 5x1st.
Eccles & Winton HS/Jerry Thomas – 7 members sent 59 birdsto Fougeres on the 14th June, 2008 liberated at 7am in a North Westwind. 1st & 2nd A Nixon 1320 Cheq Camphuis hen and 1308 BlueDelbar hen. 3rd & 4th A Langslow on 1298 Cheq Pied Janssen henand 1293 Cheq Janssen hen.
Failsworth Flying Club/Jeanette Taylor – 8 members sent 65birds to Messac liberated on Sunday 29th June, 2008 after aholdover and facing a light West South West wind. In our thirdchannel race for old birds this season and winning another one isPhil Murray with a 3yo Dark Cheq Busschaert widow cock on 1371.2nd, 3rd and 4th is Cliff Herring on 1353, 1335 and 1322 no birddetails to hand. Well done to Phil and Cliff. The last inland raceis upon us already with the Club at Cheltenham, followed by thelast old bird race, a tough trip to Niort of around 500 miles tomost members.
Farnworth DHS/Ken & Mary Green – The Club raced fromCheltenham where 13 members sent a total of 170 birds that wereliberated into a strong South West wind at 9am on Sunday morningafter a holdover due to very bad weather. This turned out to be avery fast race with the fastest bird being a chequer hen, belongingto one of our furthest flying member C Mather, on a velocity of1913. Second was Wicker & Hardman with a pencil hen on 1884,third was Paul Riley with a Blue cock on 1861 and following infourth was Mr & Mrs Ken Green with a Busschaert Blue hen on avelocity of 1848.
Garstang HS/Isobel Billington – The 22nd June saw 8 memberssending 75 birds to Cheltenham, after a holdover the birds were upat 0830 in a South West wind. The returns were first class and allcame well. Taking 1st and 3rd position is Ken Galt his birds areflying first class on 1922 and 1897. 2nd place went to Peter &Isobel Billington on 1903. 4th Place to Stan Woods on 1872, the nombird was won by the partnership of Ian & John Noblet.
Heath Charnock/Jimmy Caldwell – Racing from Fougeres 9members sent 62 birds. 1st E Little & Son 1319. 2nd E Whittle& Son 1300. 3rd S Phillips 1267. 4th D Hubbard 1244. On toCheltenham when 10 members sent 106 birds. 1st T Wills on 1912(with one of his super Van Loons). 2nd Mr & Mrs I Wills on1912. 3rd Mr & Mrs Jennings & Son 1903. 4th Mr & MrsWills on 1893.
Hindley Green Homing Society/Barrie Rhoden – The birds wereliberated from Cheltenham on the 22nd June, 2008 at 0750 in a freshSouth West wind with 8 members sending 92 birds. 1st & 2nd FChadwick on 1918 Blue C and 1914 Dark Cheq C. 3rd Chadwick Bros on1892 Blue H and 4th K Smith on 1891 Dark C. Pools payout wasChadwick Bros £28, C Crompton £6 and F Chadwick£4. 7 members sent 50 birds to Messac liberated on Sunday29th June, 2008 at 7am in a South West wind. 1st, 2nd and 3rdChadwick Bros on 1433, 1419 and 1408. 4th K Smith 1398. Chadwick Bros took all pools £18. 1st Sale NomK Smith £10. 2nd Sale Nom Barton Bros £6. 3rd Sale NomChadwick Bros £4.
Lostock FC/Ken Burke – 5 members sent 68 birds to Wincantonon the 22nd June, 2008. 1st S Herbert & Son on 1829 with a 2yoBlue C. 2nd J Smith on 1824 with a 2yo Mealy H. 3rd K Burke on 1821with a yearling Cheq C and 4th J Smith on 1817 with a yearling BlueH.
Lymm FC/Derek Woodward – Racing from Cheltenham on the 23rdJune, 2008 the birds were liberated at 0750 in a South West wind.1st & 4th Derek Woodward with a 3yo Cheq Pied widowhood cock on1847 off Peter Fox’s Golden Gaby, winner of 1st NationalOrleans from 12,875 birds. Derek’s second bird was a Blue 2yocock on 1787 again off Peter Fox stock. In 2nd place is JessBradbury with a Blue cock off his Soontjen family on 1806. 3rd WAGough & Son on 1792 with a Blue cock off their own family.
Davey Burns & friends at Blackpool.
Marton HS/Frank Fleming – 12 Members sent 117 birds toFougeres 2 on the 22nd June, 2008. Les Barrow winning his secondchannel race out of four must be delighted with his loft form atthe moment. The first bird a Chequer yearling natural cock, one ofLes`s Busschaert family and a previous prize winner, this cock alsowon the pools. He also took 4th prize with a Blue yearlingroundabout cock, this was one of his M & D. Evans Vandenabeelelines, and this bird also is a previous prize winner. This win haspushed Les further in front with the channel averages it should bea brilliant run in with the last two races still to come. DavidMorrison must wonder what he has to do to win the coveted 1stprize. Dave was 2nd at Lessay1, 2nd at Fougeres.1 and he is 2nd intoday’s Fougeres.2 race all tough races, in between he won atSt. Anne’s in last week’s Fougeres race. This really isserious channel flying of the highest order; this has pushed himinto 2nd place in the channel averages leapfrogging over Roy &Mark Acton by two yards a minute. The bird is a good looking 2yoRed hen flying 7 hours 48 minutes also taking the major portion ofpools. If you carry on like this Dave we might have to let you go?5th & 6th place go to Roy and Mark Acton the first bird a Bluecock, the second bird a Blue hen on Roundabout, both of these are“Acton Specials”. We are left with Messac and Niort tocomplete the old bird program and it has not been as close for manyyears, I am looking forward to these two races. Still leading afterfour races is Les Barrow 1275. A new second place is David Morrison1263. Roy & Mark Acton third 1261. Fourth David Farrell 1234.Fifth Anne & Steve Nicholls 1215. Sixth Howarth & Booth1169.
Middleton DHS/Budgie Crathorne – Fougeres on the 14th June,2008 and the birds were liberated at 700am in a light North Westwind with 18 members sending 111 birds. 1st J Hindley, 363m 1239yon 1301. 2nd J Wood & Son, 364m 1700y on 1298. 3rd Moran &Goodall, 363m 288y on 1281. 4th A Jamieson, 362m 1444y on 1271. Onto Cheltenham on the 22nd June, 2008. The birds were held over andliberated at 9.45am on Sunday in a strong South West wind with 16members sending 203 birds. 1st J Wood & son, 114m 1406y on1983. 2nd F Cregan, 111m 1024y on 1969. 3rd B Edwards, 112m 1583yon 1965. 4th D Roberts, 110m 1598y on 1959.146.
New Lancashire Fed/Alan Buckley – 52 members sent 588 birdsto Mangotsfield OB2 flown on the 7th June, 2008 and liberated at1030 in a Light North West wind. 1st & 6th D Woodward 1346 BlueC and 1287.32 Blue C. 2nd & 4th Mr & Mrs Dickens 1311 CheqC and 1305 Blue H. 3rd & 8th M Joy 1308 Blue C and 1283.58 CheqC. 5th Farnworth & Grant 1287.41 Cheq C. 7th & 9th R &D Gaskell 1286 Cheq C and 1283.23 Blue C. 10th F Chadwick 1279 BlueC.
John Brandon, Kipper Taylor & guests at Blackpool.
Oldham Flying Club/Sam Whitworth – Racing from Cheltenham onthe 22nd June, 2008 the Club had 7 members sending 41 birdsliberated at 0845 in a strong South West wind. 1st S Whitworth on1961. 2nd J Blackman Son & Marshall 1935. 3rd K Donnellan 1921and 4th J Blackman Son & Marshall on 1880.
Radcliffe DHS/Steve Green – 10 members sent 186 birds toCheltenham (3) liberated at 0945 in a strong South West wind. 1st SHamer with a Blue Deschact Denduyver widow cock on 1967.9. 2nd SHamer with another Blue Deschact Denduyver on the same velocity.3rd T & K Ramsden with a Blue Staf Van Reet widow cock on1963.4 4th He’s there again S Hamer with another DeschactDenduyver widow cock on 1963.2. T & K Ramsden took first poolsand the nom with A & C Fielding taking 1st League Cup. Thewinning bird was verified by Steve Green and Mick Speakman.
Rudheath WMFC/Derek Woodward – Racing from Yeovil on the 23rdJune, 2008 the birds were liberated at 0810 in a South West wind.1st & 2nd C & IL Cooper with two yearling widowhood cockson 1855 and 1835 from Ian’s Busschaert family. 3rd & 4thB & G Mainwaring with a Blue yearling hen on 1819 and a Blueyearling cock on 1792 from their own family.
Shaw DHS/John Hughes & Lisa – Racing from Cheltenham onthe 22nd June 2008. After a one day holdover, the birds wereliberated at 8.45am in a strong South West wind. 10 members sent119 birds. Taking 1st place is B Hughes & Son with a Berendonkroundabout cock, bred from stock obtained from David Farrall on1974. 2nd & 3rd place goes to Slicker, Croston & Slickerwith two Van Loon widowhood cocks on 1895 and 1853. In 4th place isHolt Bros with a Cheq Van Loon widowhood cock which also takes thepools again on 1824.
St Annes HS/Frank Fleming – At Fougeres.2 on the 22nd June,2008, 5 Members sent 31 birds and after a one day holdover thebirds were released at 6.25am in a West, South West Wind. BrianBarnes & Bill Burrow take all the premier prizes taking 1st.2nd& 3rd with three widowhood cocks, a four year old and two 2year olds. All three are previous winners and are from thepartnership’s Vandenabeele x Cassaert family. 4th place isthe ever present David Morrison (last week’s winner) with ayearling Blue hen flying natural. Barnes & Burrow win theRennes Trophy and the WJ Picken Trophy. The £2 Nom was won byBrian Ingham. Pontoon £32 not won and c/f. David Morrisonwins the loft prize No.2. Next week Messac. Nantes Cup & R.Whiteside Trophies to race winner. Bill Burrow £20 special torace winner.
Tony & Simon Hughes of Rochdale.
South Lancashire Combine/Alan Buckley – 69 members sent 734birds to Mangotsfield on the 7th June, 2008 liberated at 1030 in aNorth West wind. 1st & 8th D Woodward/New Lancashire Fed on1346 Blue C and 1287.32 Blue C. 2nd & 4th Mr & MrsDickens/NLF on 1311 Cheq C and 1305 Blue H. 3rd, 10th & 15th MJoy/NLF 1308 Blue C, 1283.58 Cheq C and 1279.28 Blue C. 5th KNuttall/Atherton Fed 1295 Cheq C. 6th, 12th & 13th W Haslam& Son/Ath 1293 Blue C, 1283.02 Blue C and 1281 Blue C. 7thFarnworth & Grant/NLF 1287 Cheq C. 9th & 11th R & DGaskell/NLF 1286 Cheq C and 1283.23 Blue C. 14th F Chadwick/NLF1279.29 Blue C. 16th K Smith/NLF 1278 Blue C. 17th Harrison &Hull/NLF 1276.69 Pencil C. 18th W Pearson & G.Son/NLF 1276.67Cheq C. 19th Huddleston & Cuthbertson/NLF 1275 Cheq C. 20th NMulraney/NLF 1274 Cheq C. Federation winners – Atherton15/201 K Nuttall. New Lancs 52/588 D Woodward. Warrington 2/25 FLloyd.
Tyldesley Invitation Club/Joe Barton – The Club was atCheltenham on the 22nd June, 2008 when 7 members sent 55 birdsliberated in a South West wind on Sunday. Taking the Red card wasNorman Mulraney with a Blue cock and a velocity of 1897. 2nd GCorbett with a Cheq hen on 1894 and 3rd & 4th going to R &D Gaskell, their first on 1873 a Cheq cock followed by a Cheq cockon 1867.
Wigan Oak Leaf Club/Eddie Touhey – Wigan Oak Leaf report onour race from Messac with the Three Counties Combine when 3 memberssent 27 birds which were liberated at 7.00am Sunday 29th June intoa light South West wind. In 1st doing 1443 were Derek & HazelSumner with a 4yo Schallie cock whose breeding is Verbruggen xKoopman from stock obtained from Peter Fox. This bird was 2ndCombine from Fougeres 2 weeks ago and also has a 4th Combine fromthis same race point. The sire of this good pigeon won 5 x 1stprizes, 4 of which were from France. John Hankey took the next 3places. 2nd placed was a 4yo Dark White flighted cock on 1427 thatis a multi 1st prize winner and whose breeding is Van Reet xNachtegael. In 3rd & 4th on 1407 & 1380 were 2 Blue Whiteflighted Van Reet cocks who are full brothers.
Denton Homing Society will be holding a Gold Ring race on the 10thSeptember, 2008 from Portland. Open to anybody flying 190 miles andover, the rings are £5 each with a maximum of 15 rings perloft. The race is on a Wednesday and the birds to arrive in theDenton area at approximately 5pm. Last years race was won by A& S Hughes who picked up £1,700, not bad racing againstjust 230 birds. To obtain an entry form please ring Alan Partridgeon 0161-336-7755 or contact any member of Denton HS.
As usual, news, views and anything else to me, Jeanette Taylor, 20Warwick Road, Failsworth, Manchester M35 0QQ. Thanks to everyonefor the photographs you have been sending in, keep them coming, ifyou are sending photos in can you include them as an attachment andnot part of the report. Unfortunately I cannot guarantee they willall be included due to space restrictions but I will submit themwhen possible. Don’t forget to let me have your club results/write ups the deadline is Sunday night for the followingweek’s column; I can include the first four for a Club, tenfor a Fed and 20 for an Amal or Combine. Thank you for yourcontinued support. My email address isjeanette@oasislofts.freeserve.co.uk or phone/fax to 0161-684-8889.
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