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JEANETTE TAYLOR LANCASHIRE NEWS Hi everyone, welcome to Lancashire Life. I think I spoke too soon last week about the progress of my young birds. I decided to put them into their first race at Wollaston, a distance of around 71 miles to me and now I wish I hadn’t bothered. I felt reasonably confident they would cope with the distance ok having had some good returns from training, but I wasn’t expecting such a disastrous race. 26 entries were basketed on Friday night with high hopes of a good race. The day started off with fairly heavy rain and dark skies in Manchester but as the morning went on the clouds and rain cleared away to a bright sunny day. We only had four members in my club sending with nobody sending to the Border Amal race at Cheltenham. I didn’t feel my youngsters were ready for Cheltenham, a distance of 109 miles to me so I opted for the shorter race with the North Cheshire Fed.
The Lancashire Combine Committee in 1912 at Blackpool. By tea time on Saturday night I only had 6 out of my 26 entries back with no sign of the others. I went to the hospital to pick Eric up for his weekend leave and hoped on my return there would be quite a lot more back but to no avail. Sunday morning saw the return of three more, one of them really tired and then I received two phone calls, one from a chap in Leicestershire and the other in Leeds to say they both had one of my youngsters in their lofts. So they’ve gone in opposite directions possible caught up in other liberations. The man from Leeds has kindly offered to bring the bird down to Manchester when he’s driving through this week but the other one will have to be collected from Leicester. The one I sent for last week with Amtrak from Stoke on Trent belonged to someone else I discovered when it arrived home. The guy on the phone said he had got one of my pigeons in so I assumed it was mine, but being the Club Secretary for Failsworth as well he must have meant it was one of my members. Anyway the member in question has paid up and had his bird returned, funnily enough it was one I bred, spooky or what? So with an original 50 youngsters in the loft I’m now down to 11 when the other two are returned and they’ve only had one race. What’s the solution, do I keep these 11 back, or just keep the cocks back (I don’t think there are many in there anyway) and just race the hens. If I don’t do something now at this rate I will have no new stock to put in the widowhood loft next year. From what I’ve heard this is the trend in a lot of lofts up and down the country and not just mine. The birds are fit and healthy but something goes wrong on race day, is it the weather, clashing; I don’t suppose we will ever know. I would like to take this opportunity welcome David Mills on board as the new General Manager of the RPRA. David is from Cheltenham apparently so there’s no need to move house luckily and I understand he’s ex RAF with a very good admin/finance background. Thanks must also go to our outgoing GM Peter Bryant who has done some sterling work on behalf of the organisation, especially in dealing with Defra and the like, good luck for the future Peter from everyone in the North West Region. If you look under the Garstang notes of Isobel Billington you will see an interesting item about an Any Age Race held in 1933 with some rather unusual prizes. How about taking home a Cockerel, a fat Duck or a 1cwt of potatoes on your club presentation night, those were some of the prizes on offer for the race. Looking back at some of my old books I found a 1962 handbook for the Lancashire Nantes Club and under the clock rules it says that you could send your clock for setting by passenger train due to arrive in Manchester about noon and to insure them. You could also send them by rail for checking but a post card had to be sent by first class post stating the time bird or birds were clocked in. Should your clock stop or be rendered useless you could have it reset by a member of the Committee or time in to the nearest competitors clock, however the time allowance for reaching such a clock was at the rate of five minutes to the mile on foot and three minutes to the mile on cycle with no allowance made for motor driven vehicles. The use of telegrams was also not allowed however you could have a telegram announcing the toss on the payment of 3/- or 15p. Birds were marked at Victoria Station in Manchester on Platform 5 and competitors had to pay carriage and prepay for the return of the empty basket. Under Rule 4 of Racing Conditions it states that all birds raced to be shown alive to the Secretary or whoever he may appoint as his deputy for verification who reserves to himself the right of tossing them within 100 yards of the competitor’s loft. You would think these rules etc are ancient and yet it was only 1962, my how times of changed. I wonder what the fanciers of the thirties and forties would make of ETS and the way pigeon racing has progressed. If anyone else has got any interesting snippets let me know and I will include them here. Accrington & DHS/Dave Stuttard – In the Club’s race from Niort the first two places go to Billy Bentley & Son with two of their Haslingden Specials. The first bird is a 2yo Cheq W/f hen doing 753ypm followed by a 3yo Blue hen on 694. TA Slattery & Son “The Lollipop Man” takes third with a yearling Schallie Janssen cock with a velocity of 673ypm. On to the first young bird race from Stafford when 5 members sent 57 birds. Dower Bros & Mowle had a stormer being 270ypm in front of the second placed bird. This going young Red cock they say is a Tatt Special bred by Brian Tattersall with a velocity of 1373. Second to time in was Lawrence “The Quiet Man” Eddisford with a Blue Vandenabeele x Janssen hen on 1104. Billy Bentley & Son take the next two places with their Haslingden Specials. First bird was a Red cock doing 1067 ypm followed by a Cheq hen on 1064. Best wishes to new member Craig Charlesworth who timed three birds. The only way is up mate well done. Ashton-under-Lyne Flying Club/Harry Kenyon – 5 members sent 130 birds to Cheltenham on the 2nd August, 2008 liberated at 1215 in a South West wind. 1st J & S Ward on 1589 with a Peter Van Der Merwe. 2nd & 3rd H Kenyon on 1581 with a Gaby Vandenabeele, the sire off S Knowles and the dam off W Riding, Fleetwood followed on 1572 by a Linderlauf x Gabby, the sire of which was donated by H Kenyon to Jeanette’s Make A Wish Charity Auction. 4th Connard, Conroy & Wright on 1522 with a Gaby Vandenabeele. Atherton & District Fed/Chris Ainscough – Saturday 26th July, 2008 flying from Wollaston (1) saw 11 members send 160 birds liberated at 9am into a variable wind. Terry Pike’s Blue hen takes 1st position flying 81 miles on 1369 (Deane & Dist). 2nd Bernard Clarke with a Cheq hen flying 86 miles on 1369 (Darwen). 3rd Keith Nuttall with a Cheq hen flying 86 miles on 1339 (Darwen). 4th Thornley & Kennedy with a Pied cock flying 86 miles on 1300 (Darwen). Well done y’all Barnoldswick Prem RPC/Paul Taylor – Hi welcome to another report from Barnoldswick Prem from sunny Barlick. We were onto our 3rd young bird race this week from Wollaston. Well with the birds basketed up on the Friday night and some good banter was had, and all we had to do was wait for our birds on Saturday, easy. Well on the 2nd August, 2008 the birds were released at 1115 into a West South West wind. 1st P & B Taylor on 1513 with a hen flying to the perch from A Walker bloodlines. 2nd P & B Taylor on 1512 with a Jansen cross again flying to the perch. 3rd Steve the terminator Gilbert on 1510 with a wee hen. 4th Mr & Mrs Pennington on 1508 with a cock but no details, come on Nancy reveal your secrets? Well I’ve finally won one this year, it still has not sunk in but it looks good and feels good, well done to all and to M & J Barnes for taking the nom money yet again, on what was a good day all round. The pigeons were back in good time and good returns were had by most members. Castleton FC/Michael Fleming – Racing from Kempsey 126 birds were sent. Taking the first three was yours truly Mick Fleming. The cock on 1419 was bred off John Dearden from his Belgium classics where John goes every year and T Chorlton from Gerry Tom’s stock. This cock was third last week so better this week. In second place on 1415.26 was a bird bred by Ned Cordwell of Ireland and Gerry Clements of Manchester off “Hatton” a superb pigeon. In third place on 1415.24 was a hen bred off a Combine winner Pete Gater and a Van Loon bred by my Brother Frank. In fourth place on 1379 was Joe Whelan with a Staf Van Reet bred by George Newton. Joe’s young ones are flying well and consistently. It was a bad race for returns I have 13 missing, Malc Campbell 15 missing, Chris Cullen 19 missing and Joe Whelan 8 missing. I had no answers, I’ve heard warm weather, gagging for water, clashing with other races, you can go on and on, but it happens every year I just hope they will return.
Pete Gater & John Turner. Darwen HS/Chris Ainscough –Saturday 2nd August, 2008 flying from Wollaston (2), 9 members sent 212 birds liberated at 11am into a light South West wind. This week I'm sure every report is gonna mention once again the losses of young birds in their clubs. I for one am fed up of writing the same old thing, and everyone jaded in having to read it week in week out. Well this morning (Sunday) I for one, have been having a good think about it, and maybe it’s not down to all the mobile phone masts, the wind turbines and what ever else is knocking about up there. Could it be a little bit of ignorance on our part, and not knowing everything that’s going inside our little feathered friends? My young uns are flying round at home like troopers; they have come good from training, and look good. Apart from the odd feather missing here and there, I’m pleased with them. We each have 5 fingers and 5 toes, each and every one there for a purpose, but yet we send the birds to races missing these odd feathers, could this play a part in the losses? Something to think about. Anyway this morning, having sent the young birds all fit and well (I think) and after losing another 12 in yesterdays race, quite a few of my perches were full of seed that the young uns had brought up. My first thought was the dreaded young bird sickness but there were no loose droppings. I will be making a phone call for advice, because I'll admit it, I don’t know what’s wrong. We can give them this, that and t'other but if the first one doesn’t work we try something else, and it goes on for weeks, no change, and before we know it we’re half way through the season. Is it worth guessing? Now for Darwen’s result. The farmer’s on top again with a Cheq cock flying 83 miles on 1477. 2nd & 3rd Franco Ponti’s Blue Cheq cocks flying 87 miles on 1446 & 1438. 4th Thornley & Kennedy’s Pied cock flying 86 miles on 1416. Franco wins the weekly Lotto. Well done. Deane & Dist FC/Chris Ainscough – Saturday 2nd August, 2008 flying from Wollaston (2) 5 members sent 126 birds liberated at 11am into a light South West wind. 1st Mr & Mrs Lomax with a Pied hen flying 80 miles on 1555. 2nd, 3rd & 4th A Wicker/K Hardman with a Grizzle C, and two Blue cocks flying 79 miles on 1530, 1530 & 1523. After a terrible chuck for the Cotton Wool boys last week, a good rest for the young uns could see them in action next week. Hoping so and good luck. Well done Droylsden Flying Club/John Bancroft –8 members sent 106 birds to Cheltenham liberated in a South West wind at 1215. 1st with a Cheq hen is Norman Johnson on 1522, his winning pigeon is a Joop Groenen bought at a T Horton sale bred by Mr Haslam, this was its first race. 2nd Chris Delahunt & Son on 1519 with a hen bred by Patrick Dempsey of Dover. 3rd Brian Jackson with one of his Van Reets on 1515. 4th Mick Kelly with a Blue hen on 1493. The Young Bird Average for the first three races sponsored for £50 by Club Secretary and Club HQ Landlord George Fairclough was won by Mr & Mrs Bancroft. The nom winner this week is C Delahunt & Son. Eccles & Winton Homing Society/Jerry Thomas – 6 members sent 60 birds to Lessay on the 20th July, 2008 liberated at 0730 in a North East wind. 1st A Nixon on 1135 with a Cheq pied Jan Aarden hen. 2nd A Vickers on 1107 with a Red Janssen hen. 3rd A Langslow on 1076 with a Cheq Huybrechts cock and 4th Boon & Vickers on 1074 with a Dark Cheq Janssen cock. Failsworth Flying Club/Jeanette Taylor – With no members sending to the Border Amal race from Cheltenham, four members sent 130 birds to Wollaston with the North Cheshire Fed on the 2nd August, 2008 liberated at 1230 in a South West wind. Taking the top four places is JP & S Maylett on 1526, 1525.76, 1525.45 & 1525.14 no bird details to hand. Falinge Mid Week Club/Mick Fleming – Racing from Penkridge, 410 birds were liberated in a light South wind. Taking first place was Brian & Sandra Fisher with a Delbar cock in what was a fast race and a winning velocity of 1938, and Brian told me he had a good team of youngsters so watch out for him. In second place on 1937 was Glyn & Glyn Bennett with a Rietvink. This partnership has a big team of Rietvink’s off Jack Cornes and they are delighted with their flying. In third place on 1930 was Pete Hardman who won last Saturday at Rochdale. The pigeon is a Gaby Vandenabeele which comes off a winning strain for Peter. In fourth place on 1927 was Gavin Buckley with a Wim Van Leeuwen, Gavin had a fantastic season with old birds and has carried on with young birds. It was a bad race for flyers devastating lofts with losses, it was the same on Saturday and there is no answer what went wrong. I was with the Race Controller and he phoned sixty miles down the road, it was beautiful. He phoned all the points at Congleton, Manchester, lovely weather and then it was a shocking race. He’s done his job but what went wrong there is no answer. Garstang HS/Isobel Billington – The 26th July saw 12 members sending 286 birds to Stafford for the first young bird race, when the birds were up at 12 noon. Claiming 1st & 2nd position is the partnership of Peter & Isobel Billington with the birds recording 1338 & 1333. 3rd place went to Terry Swarbrick on 1297 and 4th to Ian Peddar on 1293. The nom bird was won by Ian & John Noblet. Peter & Isobel were 3rd & 4th North West Lancs Fed from 1,070 birds and Terry was 20th position, and finally Ian in 23rd place. Here’s a bit of nostalgia for you with details of the Garstang HS any age race. “On the proposition of Mr J Fairclough and supported by Mr J Winstanley, it was unanimously resolved to hold a race from Bath on September 2nd, 1933 upon the following conditions – Four bird limit at 2/6d each. Three prizes – 50%, 30% and 20%. Pools 1d, 3d, 6d and 1s (one prize only). Liberator Mr J Stock, birds not to arrive Garstang not before 2pm and in the event of a hold over, liberation to take place as soon as possible on the Sunday. Special Prizes – The following specials were given in connection with the race, 4th prize a Cockerel given by Mr J Fairclough. 5th prize a Fat Duck given by Mr R Taylor. 6th prize a Duck given by Mr H Thomas. 7th prize 1 cwt of potatoes given by Mr Archer and 8th prize a bottle of Port for last position on the sheet given by Mr AJ Bateman. Mr J Winstanley offered a couple of chickens to the member who has not won a prize during 1933.” Heath Charnock FC/Jimmy Caldwell – 7 members sent 49 birds to Lessay on the 20th July, 2008. 1st & 2nd P Moss & Son on 1139 & 1104. 3rd D Hubbard on 1101 and 4th F Whittle & Son on 1073. P Moss & Son top the Two Counties Combine in this race. On to Wollaston on the 26th July, 2008 when 7 members sent 169 birds. 1st D Downs on 1388. 2nd F Whittle & Son on 1381. 3rd T Wills on 1343. 4th E Little & Son on 1317. I would like to congratulate N Bramhall on winning the first young bird race at Hindley Green. The bird was a White Tornado bred by my mate John Van Banks from his direct Dutch imports. Heywood FC/David Buckley – On the 2nd August, 2008 racing from Cheltenham, 11 members sent 255 birds liberated in a South West wind at 1215hrs. Taking the top spot once again Jack & Pat Walker with a cock doing 1560. 2nd Tommy Gill with a hen on 1549. 3rd Ian Walker also with a hen on 1514. 4th Bill Vickers with a cock on 1495. Hindley Green Homing Society/Barrie Rhoden – Racing from Wollaston on the 2nd August, 2008 the birds were liberated at 11am in a light South West wind, with 7 members sending 75 birds. 1st, 2nd & 3rd D Skinner on 1437 Blue H, 1418 Blue H and 1400 Cheq C. 4th F Chadwick on 1349 Blue H. Well done Dave you broke your duck in style taking 1st, 2nd & 3rd. Pools payout D Skinner £4, F Chadwick £6, Barton Bros £22. Hindley Homing Society/Powder Blue – 7 members sent 94 birds to Wollaston flown on the 26th July, 2008. 1st & 2nd Shaun Wills on 1540 Cheq H followed on 1535 by a Cheq C. 3rd Kevin Flatley on 1446 with a Blue hen and 4th Colin Crompton on 1410.66 with a Blue H. Well done Shaun taking 1st & 2nd and taking all the pools, well nearly, also 1st S/N. Also my friend The Ace Kev Flatley in 3rd, Siddy Robbie taking the rest of the pools and S/N. Well done to all. Lymm FC/Derek Woodward – In the Club race from Niort on the 12th July, 2008 the birds were liberated at 0620 in a West wind. 1st & 2nd was John Booth with two widowhood Cheq Busschaert cocks doing 832 & 663 respectively. In 3rd place were Mr & Mrs A Buckley with a Busschaert cock off the late J Wrigley doing 315. 4th D Woodward with a 2yo Blue Gabby cock doing 312 off Peter Fox stock. Derek Woodward’s pigeon a Blue cock No.GB07B39115 came 1st New Lancs Fed, 1st South Lancs Combine Cheltenham on the 6th July, 2008 and also on the 7th June, 2008 Mangotsfield 1st New Lancs Fed, South Lancs Combine, bred by Peter Fox of Bangor. The birds were liberated from Lessay on the 20th July, 2008 at 0730 in a North West wind. 1st & 3rd Martin Joy on 1056 & 959 with two Blue Lucin Greets widowhood cocks. 2nd & 4th Derek Woodward with a 2yo Blue widow cock of the Wittenbuik Picanol lines on 1014 and a Blue 4yo widow cock, a Gaby Vandenabeele off Blue Diamond Picanol lines off Peter Fox. On to Wollaston on the 26th July, 2008 for the first young bird race when the birds were liberated at 9am. 1st & 3rd Derek Woodward with a Blue cock on 1398 which is a Grandson of the Wittenbuik when paired to a Blue yearling hen bred by the late Jimmy Dickens, out of a son off Champion Terror, winner of 27x1st prizes. Derek’s second bird is a Blue cock on 1188. 2nd Colin Sheffield with a Van De Brande Grizzle hen, distance applied for. 4th Alan Richardson on 1166 with a Blue Van Loon cock. Marton Village HS/Frank Fleming – On the 26th July, 2008 racing from Penkridge (1) 13 Members sent 331 Birds. David Farrell making a welcome comeback to his winning ways, he loves those Red cards. His winner a Blue Cock from his now established Leen Boer x Soontjens family, his 6th prize also from the same family. The bird taking the 5th prize for David is a Breeder/Buyer purchased at our sale from Eves & Fleming it is a Linderlauf bred from their number one stock pair. Jim Mather retaining form with a very good second prize with his Linderlauf stock, not bad flying a first and a second from three races. Third and Fourth prizes plus pools on the same yardage go to Don & Kevin Spencer with their Belgian Rung Red Cocks. The partnership purchased these direct from Marcel Van Ostayen they did not cost a fortune but have proved to be a very shrewd buy, the youngsters have not been out of the prizes yet, and it will be interesting to see how they fly as old birds in the future. It was strange race day overcast and very heavy the birds were dropping from all directions with big gaps between them and a lot of empty perches at nightfall. I was speaking to my brother Michael who lives in Rochdale he was 1st. 2nd & 3rd in his race from Kempsey some 100 miles or so and they had the same problems lots of empty perches. Middleton & DHS/Budgie Crathorne - Young Bird race on the 26th July, 2008 from Wollaston when 19 members sent 393 birds, liberated at 10.45am in a light variable wind. The winner J Wood & Son was bred from a pair of Leo Van Rijn’s. 1st J Wood & Son, 77m 506y on 1524. 2nd J Wood & Son, 77m 506y on 1521. 3rd G Ward, 75m 1432y on 1519. 4th S Gibbins, 73m 1180y on 1512. On to the Old Hens race when 6 members sent 43 birds. 1st K Mills, 73m 788y on 1500. 2nd K Mills, 73m 788y, on 1455. 3rd D Roberts, 73m 562y on 1454. Norden Village RPC/Chris Corfield - In the last channel race from Lessay 5 members sent 45 birds liberated in a light North West wind. Taking the first two is Brandon, Culshaw & Brandon with 2 Soontjen widow cocks. Third Krasowski & Rose and taking the first cash nom with a Janssen natural hen. Fourth R Handley taking second cash nom with a Delbar Van Loon widow cock. Third cash nom went to Brandon, Culshaw & Brandon and fourth cash nom C & L Corfield. The first young bird race from Wollaston saw 6 members send 103 birds liberated in a light variable wind. D Farrall takes first three with Berendonk bred birds. Next R & R Norton fourth with a bird off their F Tasker stock. Cash noms 1st D Farrall, 2nd R & R Norton, 3rd D Smith & Grandson, and 4th R Handley.
Threlfall & Harris of Oldham. Phoenix Flying Club/Ivan Byrne – In the first race of the season at the mid week club Andy Harrison clocks the winner, a Rene Neuwelaert taking the Red card. Shaun Horrocks takes 2nd spot with a Hartog cock (bad trap). 3rd Ray Handley from Norden with a Van Loon, Ray topped the Fed from the last channel race at Niort, two on the day. The final race of the season for the old birds was Niort and in first place is the partnership of Mick Byrne & Adam Van Daalen putting a Jack Walker Gaby Vandenabeele in the clock. 2nd & 3rd was Ivan Byrne with two Des Coulter hens. The first Saturday for young birds saw Andy Harrison fill the first five positions with a mixture of Roland Janssen and Rene Neuwelaert youngsters. Prestwich DHS/Chris Carter - Wollaston 1, the birds were liberated at 1045 and taking 1st, 2nd, and 3rd is S Gibbins on 1513, 1509 & 1505. 4th D Roberts on 1503. On to Wollaston 2 when the birds were liberated at 123 in a West South West wind. 1st, 2nd & 4th is S Gibbins on 1482, 1480 & 1458. 3rd is Nick Doogan on 1473. Rochdale DHS/Simon Hughes – The Club had 9 members sending 250 birds to Cheltenham, the birds were away at 1215 into a fresh West South Westerly wind. Taking home the Red card is new starter Paul Douglas with a Foxwood Van Meldert hen flying to the perch. Paul also won the nom and the doubles to round off a truly fantastic day for him and his small team of just 20 birds. Well done Paul from all the members, the winning velocity was 1578.9. In second and beaten with a few decimals yet again is Gavin & Glyn Buckley with a Braspenning hen on 1578.2. In third and fourth is A & S Hughes with a Koopman/Vandenabeele hen and a self bred M & D Evans Vandenabeele cock on 1575.5 and 1572.9.
Lee Whitworth of Rochdale. Rudheath WMFC/Derek Woodward – The birds were liberated from Kempsey at 9am on the 26th July, 2008. 1st C & IL Cooper with a Busschaert Cheq hen sitting, doing 1476. 2nd D Woodward on 1458 with a Blue hen off Peter Fox stock. 3rd & 4th B & G Mainwaring with a Cheq hen on 1448 and a Cheq cock on 1445 their own breed. Skelmersdale HS/Les Seddon – Here is the result from Hereford (2) on the 2nd August, 2008. 1st Dave Holmes on 1550 with a Hartog x Van Loon bred by Graham Rodericks of South Wales out of Mr & Mrs Greenhalgh stock of Garstang. They’re doing the business for you Davey, a big thank you to Mr & Mrs Greenhalgh and Graham Rodericks, cheers. 2nd Will Davies on 1537 with a De Klak Blue hen out of Jim Donnelly of Stockport. Will would like to say a big thank you to Jim for the stock birds that was gifted to him that bred this young bird cheers mate. 3rd Mr & Mrs L Seddon on 1514 with a Van Loon Silver Shadow out of Danny Carey of Leyland x Hartog out of Mr & Mrs Greenhalgh of Garstang, Les would like to say thank you to Phil & Margaret for the Hartog and Danny for the Van Loon cheers. 4th that lad again Will Davies on 1507 with a Kellens x Camphuis Janssen. The Camphuis is from Ace Lofts and the Kellens is from George Litherland’s entire clearance sale. From every one at Skelmersdale HS well done Dave and unlucky Will, there is always next week. South East Lancs Fed/Janet Campbell – 20 members sent 144 birds to Niort on the 12th July, 2008 liberated at 0620 in a North West wind. 1st, 5th, 6th & 9th Brandon, Culshaw & Brandon (Castleton) 1224, 1134, 1121, 1076. 2nd J Turner (Rochdale) 1158. 3rd V Barker (Whitworth) 1157. 4th B & S Fisher (Rochdale) 1135. 7th G Buckley (Rochdale) 1113. 8th J Whelan (Castleton) 1097. 10th I Walker (Heywood) 1071. Club winners – Heywood 10/64 I Walker. Littleborough 2/19 N Shears. Whitworth 1/5 V Barker. Rochdale 7/56 J Turner. On to Stafford on the 20th July, 2008 when 30 members sent 628 birds liberated at 1015 in a North West wind. 1st, 2nd & 4th Gavin Buckley (Rochdale) on 1367, 1357 & 1350. 3rd & 5th P Hardman (Rochdale) 1353, 1349. 6th & 8th J & P Walker (Heywood) 1315.70, 1313.24. 7th G & G Bennett (Rochdale) 1315.26. 9th & 10th P Williams (Todmorden) 1309 & 1307. Club winners – Todmorden 3/86 P Williams. Spotland 3/39 J Warburton. Heywood 9/146 J & P Walker. Littleborough 3/42 JB Bourke. Whitworth 2/54 J Martindale. Rochdale 4/137 Gavin Buckley. Newhey/Milnrow 1/26 D Farrall. Castleton 5/98 M Fleming. St Annes HS/Frank Fleming – On the 26th July, 2008 the Club raced from Penkridge when 7 Members sent 187 Birds. It is the “Lytham Ace” winning his second race from three outings. Terry Smith must be over the moon with his Blue hen, a home bred of the Willy Thas strain, they have certainly done him proud. The members will have to move nearer the sea to beat Terry at the moment he is hot. Barnes & Burrow were second with a Cassaert hen bred by Frank Bristow (Sleaford) this is a breeders exchange in the Lancashire Social Circle. Les Barrow ever consistent takes the third prize another home bred Janssen Blue W/F hen. Fisherman Dave Morrison is in the prizes with the fourth position bred from his good friend Jack Isles of Lytham Stock. David Bretherton wins the Mr & Mrs Allen £25 Special. Dean & Karen Allen win the single bird nomination £16 also the Loft Prize £18.70. The Pontoon was not won and is carried over. Whitworth HS/John Martindale – Racing from Cheltenham the birds were up in a light South West wind. In top spot is Terry Whitworth & Son with a Van Loon cock doing 1485ypm. He also took second & third with a Busschaert and a Van Loon respectively. Taking fourth with a Janssen/Van Hee cock is John Martindale. Returns were fairly good. Wythenshawe HS/Mike Brennan – In the Club race from Wollaston on Saturday 2nd August, 2008 the birds were liberated at 1030 into a light South West wind. The top four goes to Royal Oak Lofts, their first was a self bred Koopman on 1546, 2nd a Black Pied out of our Peter Van Der Merwe. 3rd a daughter of the presentation cock from John Crehan. 4th a Red Pied Van Thielen from John Wolfenden stock. 5th goes to Brian Doleman a new member in his second race. Well done Brian. Wythenshawe Town FC 5 Bird Club/Mike Brennan – The club had its first race from Denton Homing Society will be holding a Gold Ring race on the 10th September, 2008 from Portland. Open to anybody flying 190 miles and over, the rings are £5 each with a maximum of 15 rings per loft. The race is on a Wednesday and the birds to arrive in the Denton area at approximately 5pm. Last years race was won by A & S Hughes who picked up £1,700, not bad racing against just 230 birds. To obtain an entry form please ring Alan Partridge on 0161-336-7755 or contact any member of Denton HS. As usual, news, views and anything else to me, Jeanette Taylor, 20 Warwick Road, Failsworth, Manchester M35 0QQ. Thanks to everyone for the photographs you have been sending in, keep them coming, if you are sending photos in can you include them as an attachment and not part of the report. Unfortunately I cannot guarantee they will all be included due to space restrictions but I will submit them when possible. Don’t forget to let me have your club results/write ups the deadline is Sunday night for the following week’s column; I can include the first four for a Club, ten for a Fed and 20 for an Amal or Combine. Thank you for your continued support. My email address is jeanette@oasislofts.freeserve.co.uk or phone/fax to 0161-684-8889.
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