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The Joe Murphy Column 18-09-16

 

 

The Joe Murphy Column


My birds are going through the moult at an alarming rate and I feel that I could fill a bag with the amount of feathers that are collect each day in the loft. This is a good sign and the birds are all vigorous and although looking a bit bedraggled they are in good health. I like to increase the oil content during this time of the year and add plenty of small oily grains to my feeding. Plus I like to give them a bath at least twice a week if I can, however if we have heavy rain like we have today I let them enjoy a natural shower in the aviary. It is funny how they will sit with their wings up and let the rain fall onto themselves. Once the moult is over then I will have to start thinking about my pairings for next year and unfortunately I will have to cut down on numbers therefore some birds will have to go. However I have received some good feedback from fanciers who have done well with youngsters purchased from me this year also Kevin has a good team left to winter. He has also been training a few late breds and now that the racing season is over he will stop them and close up the loft for the winter. As he has found that you lose the odd bird at this time of the year to the hawks as the birds go through the moult.

Press Officers

I would like to THANK all the fanciers who took on the job of being press officers for their club or federation. I know this is a thankless assignment as at times you cannot get any information from some people and all you are trying to do is highlight THEIR winning birds. The sad thing is so many of these good people give up this task as they get fed up begging people to tell them about their birds and all these press officers are trying to do is give fanciers some praise for their achievements. I do appreciate these good people efforts especially as they supply me with the information on time so that I can send my article away on a weekly basis. This has been my 40th year in highlighting Scottish fanciers and their pigeons and I have now come to the realisation that I cannot please everyone and have given up trying. To me the BHW & RP are all about the ?PIGEON? this is all that matters, not the personalities or politics of our sport. Hence the reason why I try to give as many good pigeons a worthy piece of publicity as they are the ones who gave their all to get home. When I started out I covered the local area but it soon became The Joe Murphy Column as I started to get information from all over the UK. Accordingly I have built up a good following throughout the pigeon sport as I communicate with fanciers from all over the world. I have digressed a little but do appreciate all the work and efforts of all the people who send in weekly reports.


Results
Angus Federation


Have not received the above federation results due to Kenny Droog having problems with his computer and losing all his email addresses so my thanks to David Little for sending in the last 2 results plus the federation points winner for fancier of the year. The members sent 325 birds to Ripon liberated at 07-30 with no wind at the race point. The first 6 places were won by Bob Baldie with club mate Mike Leggett in 7th place Ian Scott takes the nest 3 places with Macaulay Ferguson & Curran winning 11th place then we have David Liddle winning 12th to 15th plus 20th spots. Kenny Droog & son take 17th to 19th places.
East section winners are as follows: B Craig of Gourdon is 1st with B Main of Inchcape in 2nd 5th 6th 7th & 9th with K Gourley of the same club in 3rd spot followed by Chic & Ann Carrie of the same club one place behind. G Campbell of Montrose makes up the top ten.
Club Winners are as follows: Forfar 237 birds R Baldie; Gourdon 18 birds B Craig; Montrose 38 birds G Campbell; Inchcape 32 birds B Main.
From the Wakefield race with the members sending 261 birds liberated at 07-50 with no wind at the race point. First & 7th places go to Kenny Droog & son of Forfar with Bob Baldie in 2nd 3rd 6th 17th 18th & 19th place Willie MacKnight of the same club is 4th 5th & 14th with Macaulay Ferguson & Curran in 8th & 13th spots. Ian Scott is 9th 10th 15th & 16th with David Liddle making up the top 20th.
East section winners are as follows: G Campbell of Montrose is 1st 5th & 8th with D & D Hay of Gourdon in 2nd & 9th places B Craig of the same club is 3rd & 4th with C & A Carrie of Inchcape in 6th place B Main of the same club is 7th & 10th.
Club Winners are as follows: Forfar 191 birds K Droog & son; Gourdon 17 birds D & D Hay; Montrose 19 birds G Campbell; Inchcape 34 birds C & A Carrie.
Angus Federation Fancier of the Year 2016 is Ian Scott with 258 points followed by Macaulay Ferguson & Curran on 234 points with Bob Baldie in 3rd place on 228 and Davie Glen on 187 with David Liddle 2 points behind on 185.

Ian Scott Angus Fancier of the Year 2016


Ayrshire North Road Federation
Received an email from Andy Kyle who writes ?Hi Joe, sorry for the delay in forwarding my reports. I have been busy with an online auction to raise funds and then we have been holding several committee meetings and the young bird reports suffered as a result. I have attached the report from all our YB races, use it as you wish. The only good thing is that you may have less reports coming in because the season is winding down cheers once again yours Andy?.
Ayrshire North Road Federation had their first young bird race from Stirling on 31st July with 32 members sending 679 pigeons these were liberated at 08-00 into a light west wind.
Valley North Club winner and 1st federation is owned and raced by W Frew his pigeon is a blue cock, a Vermotte Janssen via Liam Byrne and Rod Wilson winning velocity was 1020ypm.
Carrick Club winner and 2nd federation is owned by Jamieson and Cameron and their pigeon is a blue hen. Her sire is an Ian Cannon (club secretary) and her dam is from Jeff Greenway their winning velocity was 1008ypm.
Cumnock Club winner and 8th federation is raced by J Speirs with a blue cock whose sire is via Kevin Speirs from Nottingham. In fact the sire was 1st ANRF 2015 and 2nd Ayrshire Federation 2016. Dam of the blue cock is from J Dalgleish of Ecclefechan and his winning velocity was 942ypm.
Mauchline Club winner and 22nd federation is Drew Lymburn with his pigeon is a chequer pied hen, home bred and won the club with a velocity of 894ypm.
Ayrshire North Road Federation was racing from THORNTON on 6th August with 24 members sending 338 pigeons these were liberated at 07-00 into a light West wind.
Valley North Club winner and 1st federation is owned by W Frew with the winning pigeon a chequer hen she was bred by Liam Byrne and her winning velocity was 1218ypm.
Carrick Club winner and 10th federation is Jamieson & Cameron their pigeon is a chequer pied hen. Her sire is a blue pied cock having won prizes from Tarbes and Saintes. Her dam is a direct daughter of Champion De Cas and her winning velocity was 1074ypm.
Mauchline Club winner and 14th federation is owned by Andrew Lymburn and his pigeon is a blue cock, home bred, same lines as last week?s winner winning Dam Grizzle Hen from Kerr Stainthorpe Kilpatrick with a velocity of 1033ypm.
1124 is a full sister of 04405 who as an YB also won Montrose in 2014 but was pipped to the post by 1 yard for 1st fed by J McWhirter. She won Mauchline club with a velocity of 1385.258
Cumnock Club winner and 18th federation is raced by J Moan with his pigeon is a blue cock bred from own stock and his winning velocity was 1011ypm.
Ayrshire North Road Federation raced from Perth on 13th August with 22 members sending 306 pigeons these were liberated at 07-45 into a light west south west wind.
Valley North Club winner and 1st federation is bred and raced by T & T Wright their pigeon is a blue hen bred by Terry Williamson from Van de Merwe / Vandenabeele lines doing a winning velocity was 1049ypm.
1124 is a full sister of 04405 who as an YB also won Montrose in 2014 but was pipped to the post by 1 yard for 1st fed by J McWhirter. She won Mauchline club with a velocity of 1385.258
Cumnock Club winner and 3rd federation is raced by J Speirs with his pigeon is a blue hen. She was bred by R McCarroll from German stock and is one of Jimmy?s steadiest youngsters. Her winning velocity was 1020ypm.
Carrick Club winner and 15th federation is owned and raced by Jamieson & Cameron their winning pigeon is a chequer pied hen. Her sire is a blue pied cock having won prizes from Tarbes and Saintes while her dam is a direct daughter of Champion De Cas. The same winner as last week with a winning velocity was 852ypm.
Mauchline Club winner and 22nd federation is owned and raced by Kory Galloway with his pigeon is a mealy cock a son of 4th open Lerwick 2015 winner while the dam is half-sister to 2nd federation Arbroath in 2016 his winning velocity was 825ypm.


Ayrshire North Road Federation raced from Arbroath on 21st August with 14 members sending 111 pigeons liberated at 07-00 into no wind changing to west to south west on route home.
Valley North Club winner and 1st federation is J L Dumigan with his pigeon is a blue pied hen of Gabby Vandenabeele breeding via Norman Watson his winning velocity was 1141ypm. 1124 is a full sister of 04405 who as a YB also won Montrose in 2014 but was pipped to the post by 1 yard for 1st fed by J McWhirter.
She won Mauchline club with a velocity of 1385.258
Carrick Club winner and 10th federation is owned by Jamieson and Cameron with a grizzle cock. He is bred from a stock pair bought at Carrick & District young bird sale being from Fred Simpson from Northern Ireland, stock his winning velocity was 1004ypm.
Mauchline Club winner and 13th federation is owned and raced by Kory Galloway and was a grizzle cock. He is bred from R Dykes of Cumnock was doing a velocity of 969ypm.
Ayrshire North Road Federation raced from Montrose on 27th August with 17 members sending 174 pigeons liberated at 07-30 with No wind at the race point.
Valley North Club winner and 1st federation is owned and raced by W Frew with his pigeon is a chequer pied cock, bred by Jeremy Davies from Malvern and his winning velocity was 1278ypm. 1124 is a full sister of 04405 who as a YB also won Montrose in 2014 but was pipped to the post by 1 yard for 1st fed by J McWhirter. She won Mauchline club with a velocity of 1385.258
Carrick Club winner and 16th federation is owned by Jamieson and Cameron their pigeon is a chequer pied hen. Her sire is a Louella Pigeon World cock from Nico Volkens bloodlines while her dam is a House of Aarden Bonte Beere hen and her winning velocity was 1178ypm.
Mauchline Club winner and 17th federation is raced by Drew Lymburn and his pigeon is a chequer pied hen, home bred, sister to the Stirling winner, same lines as all this year?s winners. He won the club with a velocity of 1100ypm.

East of Scotland Federation
News from John Baillie of Tranent who writes; ?Hi Joe, for our young bird open race from Newark convoyed with the Pentland Federation race controller Bobby Graham had the convoy away at 06-45 into a south wind. Taking pole position this week is John Bird of Prestonpans who also won 4th, 5th & 6th open positions. Yours truly John Baillie of Tranent is 2nd & 3rd open then back down the hill to Prestonpans and we have Mr & Mrs March in 7th, 8th & 10th positions. 9th open is taken with Jim McNeil of Tranent. Returns were good from Newark approximately 216 miles but a wee bit further down the hill to the Pans.
Prestonpans HC is won by John Bird with a chequer hen now named ?Young Peg? as she is a daughter of his very good hen ?Peg?. This hen has the same route as its mother as it came right over me, just as its mother does, direct from the south. The sire of the winner is bred from a son of John's famous ?Bits and Pieces? and a gift of a hen from W Gray & Son of Coldstream when Willie won the Eastbourne SNFC National. That's both the dam and its daughter have now both won the young bird Newark open race for John. In 2nd & 3rd places is yours truly John Baillie with both my hens grandchildren from a pair of birds I purchased from ?House Of Aarden? from their Padfield Invincible lines when paired to different hens from my SNFC Silver Award winner ?Ambition?, thanks once again Joe yours
John B?.

John Bird hard at work


Fife Federation
Dunfermline LRPC news from David Kennedy who writes ?Hi Joe, please find our last club result for 2016, we had 6 members sending 76 birds to Wakefield and we have another clean sweep by Frank Mitchell, who has had a great old and young bird season. His winner doing a velocity of 1208.8 ypm is a darkness young cock bred by ex-club mate Wattie Sharp from his Peter Van De Merve stock. His 2nd bird is also a darkness young hen with a velocity of 1208.6 ypm; this bird was bred by Andrew Langley from Elson from his Mark & Dickie Evans stock. The 3rd bird is a darkness young cock with a velocity of 1191.3 ypm; this bird was also bred by Andrew Langley from Elson from his M & D Evans stock. This week?s nomination is won by John Skelton and the 2 bird is won by Frank Mitchell. Well Joe that is it for another year and thank you once again for highlighting our club in your column. It is good to give the winners the credit and I don?t know why more clubs don?t take up this opportunity as it does not cost anything but a little time. Wishing you all the best yours in sport David?.
Glenrothes & Leslie PC news from Rosie Armit who writes ?Hi Joe, the penultimate young bird race from Ripon has Brian Kinnear taking the first 3 places with his winner doing a velocity of 1415 with a blue chequer cock on darkness, looking at a hen. His sire is a grandson of Gilmour Bros, ?Davey?s Boy winner of 4th open SNFC Clermont. His dam is from Stitchy lines. Brain 2nd bird is a blue chequer hen on darkness she has previously won 3rd club Sedgefield. Her sire is a Vandenabeele from J Anderson of Anstruther and her dam a granddaughter of Tom & Scott McEwen?s ?Petite Rose? winner of 1st open Tours. Brian?s 3rd bird is a blue pied hen on darkness she won 1st club last week. Her sire is a son of the ?Dark Hen? winner of 4th open Ancenis her dam was bred by J Watkins of Wales and was bought at Kennoway Breeder Buyer sale and was 2nd in the B/B race in 2015. From the young bird open race from Wakefield the winners of the first 3 place are Turpie &McCord with a velocity of 1335 they timed a grizzle cock flown natural. His sire is a grandson of Charlie Cameron's Belgian stray winner of 21 x 1st with a hen from Ian Chalmers of Falkland, the dam is a gift bird from Alan Wright of Lincolnshire her breeding is Mick Gann?s. This young cock has been 1st bird to the loft 3 weeks running being 3rd club 3rd section Sedgefield and 6th club 6th section Ripon. Their 2nd bird on 1319 is a blue hen flown natural; her sire is a J Ellis crossed A Muir & David Black & Son of Drumore. Her dam is an 11 year old stock hen, Venner crossed Morgan & Cook. The 3rd bird on 1310 is a blue cock flown natural. His sire is a double grandson of Charlie Cameron's Belgian stray and his dam is Venner crossed Morgan crossed Busschaert she won 90th open SNFC 2015 Clermont.

Peter March see text


North of Scotland Federation news from George Duthie who informs us 41 members entered 532 birds to Consett they were liberated into a light south west wind. Taking 1st & 2nd east section and federation is C McRae of Fraserburgh & District with A Milne of Devern Valley winning 3rd 4th 5th & 9th open 1st 2nd 3rd & 6th west section. His club mate N Raymond is 4th section 6th open with George Duthie of Fraserburgh & District 3rd east section 7th open. A Wilson of Devern Valley IS 5th west section 8th open and club mate John Mair is 7th west section 10th open.
East Section 20 members sent 287 birds
1st & 2nd open 1st & 2nd section C McRae of Fraserburgh & District, 7th open 3rd section is G Duthie of Fraserburgh & District with A & A Milne of Inverurie winning 11th 30th & 31st open 4th 6th & 9th section W Masson of Fraserburgh & District 15th open & 5th section. Dave & Callum McDougall of Peterhead & District is in 6th & 7th section places as well as 20th & 21st open with A Higgins of Fraserburgh & District in 10th section 34th open.
West Section 21 members sent 245 birds
A Milne of Devern Valley is 1st 2nd 3rd & 6th section 3rd 4th 5th & 9th open with N Raymond of the same club in 4th section 6th open A Wilson of Devern Valley is 5 & 8th section also winning 8th & 12th federation G R Duncan of Keith is 9th & 10th section 13th & 14th open.
Clubs Winners are as follows:
Fraserburgh & District winner: C McRae: Devern Valley winner: A Milne: Inverurie winner: A & A Milne: Keith winner: G R Duncan; Peterhead. & District winner: D & C McDougall; Buckie & District winner: N Christie; Elgin & District winner: J Thomson; Fraserburgh West End winner: A Stuart; Forres, Nairn & Inverurie winner: R Murray.


Pentland Hill?s Federation
The Pentland Fed had their seventh young bird race of the season from Newark a distance of 210-222 miles for the members. The New Lothian RPCs race was in conjunction with their annual Gold Ring Competition. Winning 1st federation and 1st New Lothian is the form loft of Willie Kinnear & son from Danderhall who timed one of their Franz Zwols darkness youngsters flown on the sliding door system. Sire was a direct import with the dam being purchased by Willie Donachie from Dundee. Returns were excellent with most fanciers having all their bird?s home within the hour. 1st & 4th open are Willie Kinnear & son of Danderhall with the Castlebrae partnership of McCormack & Fraser in 2nd place. Helen Aitken & Sons of Danderhall are 3rd & 5th with T Nolan & Son of Danderhall winning 6th 7th 8th 9th & 10th.
The NEW LOTHIAN RPC held a race from Newark with young bird race flown on Saturday 3rd September 2016 38 lofts sent 585 birds liberated at 06-45 into a south wind. The Gold Ring prizes amounted to £1120: Paid out in units of £500 - £300 - £200 - £80 - £40 plus pools with a total pay-out of £1679.00. 1st & 4th open are Willie Kinnear & son of Danderhall. With McCormack & Fraser of Castlebrae in 2nd place and Helen Aitken & Sons of Danderhall are 3rd & 5th winning 1st Gold Ring prize of £680.50. T Nolan & Son of Danderhall are 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th & 14th they are also 4th Gold Ring winning £82-50. A Young of Danderhall in 7th open place with W Kinnear & Son of Danderhall are 2nd & 7th Gold Ring winning £344.50. Brown & Black of Woodburn are 3rd & 5th Gold Ring winning £667-50 with Andy Miller in 6th Gold Ring winning £52.


Joe?s Joke
Subject: Two Catholic Parrots
A lady goes to her priest one day and tells him, 'Father, I have a problem. I have two female parrots, but they only know to say one thing.' 'What do they say?' the priest asked. They say, 'Hi, we're hookers! Do you want to have some fun?'
'That's obscene!' the priest exclaimed, and then he thought for a moment...... 'You know,' he said, 'I may have a solution to your problem. I have two male talking
parrots, which I have taught to pray and read the Bible... Bring your two parrots
over to my house, and we'll put them in the cage with Francis and Peter. My parrots can teach your parrots to pray and worship, and your parrots are
sure to stop saying that phrase in no time.' 'Thank you,' the woman responded, 'this may very well be the solution.' The next day, she brought her female parrots to the priest's house.... As he ushered her in, she saw that his two
male parrots were inside their cage holding rosary beads and praying...
impressed, she walked over and placed her parrots in with them... After a few
minutes, the female parrots cried out in unison: Hi, we're hookers! Do you want to have some fun?' There was stunned silence... Shocked, one male parrot looked over at the other male parrot and says...'Put the beads away, Frank, Our prayers have been answered!!!


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