<pre><pre>B.I.C.C. C.S.C.F.C B.B.C. British International Championship Club 1 st OPEN BICC, NEIL JONES OF SANDWICH British Barcelona Club 1 st OPEN BBC, L &amp; K BUDDLE OF DOVER Central Southern Classic Flying Club 1 st CSCFC, Buddy Shipp of Bedhampton St Philbert Provisional Race Report Sunday 8 th June 2025 These three great clubs came together for this race, for the second year running. It produced a birdage of some 3,734. Many fanciers and officials have talked about clubs coming together for the good of the sport and last year the BICC, BBC and CSCFC came together to race. This season they are doing the same. This was the first of 2025 and the next old bird joint races are Pau and Bordeaux. This race produced three overall winners, Neil Jones of Sandwich, L &amp; K Buddle of Dover and Buddy Shipp of Bedhampton. This race report covers the Open and Section winners in all three clubs and is a combined report by Clare Norman and Mike Jackson. Thanks go to Mircea Cioc for his sponsored photograph of the winning BICC pigeon. This is much appreciated by the club and the National winners. The weather/race report Steve Appleby, the BICC race and weather advisor, provided the following report: After a one-day holdover, weather conditions for this combined race of the BICC, BBC &amp; CSCFC from St Philbert had vastly improved. The convoy was liberated at 07:20 under broken cloud and blue skies cleared the site immediately. The convoyers reported the winds were light from the north west at the race point. Looking at the data received from the Met Buoys and wind flow charts that were recorded, winds over the Channel reached speeds of over 20 mph from the west north west. The flight path through northern France, across the Channel and beyond was excellent, fair-weather clouds and good visibility, a good racing day. Over the history of the sport N/W winds always seem to produce good races provided the flight path is clear. This race proved to be no exception. Wind Flow Map This report is based on members’ first bird verifications and the final result may differ. 1 st OPEN BICC, NEIL JONES OF SANDWICH 1 st South East Section, 1 st OPEN BICC, NEIL JONES OF SANDWICH. FIRSTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE who contacted me, and there were loads, to congratulate me on winning the St. Philbert race. Many thanks to you all. My first bird, GB21F13832, was a dark hen bred from the old John Puddephatt pigeons that I’ve had for quite a few years now. Always thereabouts and a consistent old family of pigeons. She was previously 10 th BBC Bordeaux in 2023. In 2024 she came home from a club trainer minus half her tail and most of one wing, so 2024 became a proper gap year for her. This year, flown on the natural system and sitting 10-day eggs, she didn’t get caught again! My second bird, that looks to be third open, GB20F06902, is a blue cock, that’s never off the pace. He finished 3 rd OPEN BBC NORTH-SUR-ERDRE 2024. HIS SIRE IS LES GREEN/ HARDY KRUGER AND HIS DAM, A daughter of Mark Gilbert’s Golden Barcelona. I had 16 out of 17 home on the day, so that can’t be bad and the convoying team got it right. Many thanks to them and thanks also to the Gravesend marking team. The BICC winner 1 st OPEN BBC, L &amp; K BUDDLE OF DOVER 1 st OPEN 1 st SECTION G BBC, 2 nd South East Section, 2 nd OPEN BICC, L &amp; K BUDDLE OF DOVER. OUR WINNER FROM ST PHILBERT WITH THE BBC AND 2 nd OPEN BICC IS A YEARLING COCK WE NOW CALL BERT, AND HE IS flown on our Chaos Widowhood System. He is one of the yearling cocks in the section that doesn’t have a nest box, he has a V-perch on the doors of the cock’s section, and he races back each weekend to have a run about in the hen’s section for an hour or two. As Bert never took a nesting box, he spent the whole of the race team breeding period, ‘having fun’ in the hen’s section with any other hens or cocks that didn’t pair. This was Bert’s first cross channel race of the season, having been every week previously inland down as far as Blandford 149 miles. His breeding is a cross between our own long distance international pigeons and Gino Clicque bloodlines. His sire was bred by Gino Clicque, being a son of Golden Prince 618, a winner of 12 th Nat Libourne 4624b, 35 th Nat Limoges 7236b etc. He in turn is a son of Golden Prince, purchased from Steve Bennet. His dam is a daughter of our Triple Two, 1 st OPEN BBC BARCELONA, 2 nd ES 3 rd National BICC Barcelona 2019, when he was paired to a hen call Orion Iron, bred by Mark Sparey. She is a granddaughter of Southfield Ironman and Southfield Dark Star, with an inbred Jelle Jellema Orion hen, also in her pedigree. Birds are fed twice a day as much as they want for 20 mins and for a second year, we are using the product range from Cest Pharma. Well done to Neil Jones on winning the race within the BICC. Lee &amp; Kevin Buddle Pedigree of winning bird 1 st CSCFC, Buddy Ship of Bedhampton 1 st &amp; 9 th OPEN AND 1 st &amp; 3 rd SE Section CCSFC, Buddy Shipp of Bedhampton. A stellar performance from this pigeon, as with the wind being so strong he knew when to put the brakes on and not fly on over, doing a velocity of 1368ypm, 36 yards ahead of the next pigeon in the result. This cock bird is a 2-year-old Vandenabeele from Chris Bennett. This was his second race of the year, being raced on the roundabout system. Buddy Shipp CSCFC – 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th , 5 th , 6 th , 7 th OPEN 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th , 5 th , 6 th NE Section/ BBC – 7 th , 8 th , 9 th , 10 th OPEN, Roger Lowe of Reading. Sending 20 birds and having 15 on the day and one with broken ankles the next day, wasn’t too bad a result, especially the way the first 6 arrived. It turned out to be a slower race than expected as the wind was against me, but a better performance than I was expecting. My first bird, a cock bird raced on the round-about system is bred from a direct Pieter Veenstra cock, when paired to Northern Light, the winner of 1 st Classic Ilkeston from my old family. Having a close follow up of birds arrive, which should all be well up in the results, it turned out to be a very good race for me. I would like to thank Clare Norman for the hard work she does running the three races at once. BBC – 2 nd OPEN 2 nd SECTION G, BICC - 1 st South Centre Section, 4 th OPEN FRED HALL OF WORTHING. MY pigeon was a 2-year-old late bred widowhood cock. His dam being a daughter of Starlight from Mark Gilbert and his sire is Foxgrove Diamond, the winner of 11 th BICC Agen, 220 th NFC Pau, 11 th BICC St Vincent, 40 th BICC Pau, 27 th , 117 th , 171 st , BBC St Philbert &amp; 187 th BICC St Philbert. He was raced on the normal widowhood system, being fed on Beyers Vandenabeele and Koopman all in one mixture, with preparation races in the Premier 100 Club. BBC – 3 rd OPEN 3 rd SECTION G, JOHN CHIPPERFIELD OF HERNE BAY. JOHN WAS NOT ABLE TO PUT PEN TO PAPER himself but would just like to congratulate all the winners from the BICC and BBC. The pigeon John timed was a yearling dark chequer cock with Belgian bloodlines. Roger Lowe Fred Hall John Chipperfield The Provisional South Centre Section Winners 2 nd South Centre Section, 8 th OPEN, JAMES CROSS OF CARSHALTON. JAMES TIMED GB22B07138 AT 13:16: 34 to take the provisional second section spot. 3 rd South Centre Section, 9 th OPEN BICC, 1 st SECTION D 4 th OPEN BBC, JOHN ADAMS OF WATFORD. Congratulations to the winners in a very tight finish. It was a good race for me, with all my 17 entries home in the afternoon. My first bird was a three-year old blue chequer cock, which is one of my Bordeaux nom birds, having flown Bordeaux last year arriving just after 8:00 pm on the day. The cocks have been celibate all season, but I played about with them the last week or so. The sire and dam came from a kit of 10 youngsters I purchased from Mark Gilbert in 2014 from his race birds. They were both very consistent racers. The sire, 777, won 1 st CLUB, 1 st Inter Counties Fed, 1 st UPI Combine from Exeter over 153 miles, along with many other good positions. BBC – 2 nd SECTION D, 6 th OPEN MARK GILBERT OF WINDSOR. WE ENTERED 40 MIDDLE DISTANCE HENS TO compete in the race and topped up with 159 distance pigeons which needed to go to complete their training for the long races which are nearly upon us. We were so confident that the distance pigeons would not get near the middle-distance hens that we just cross nominated 10 hens back into the BBC. Our first bird was the first of our two pool pigeons, 119. She is from a grandchild of Jan Hooymans Harry and Gino Clicque’s Golden Prince, on the father’s side and a grandchild of Joel Verschoots Armando (sold for 1.25million euros) and Gino Clicque’s Prince Rudy on the mother’s side. Less than a minute later we clocked 069 a chequer hen, who was our first bird back from the last BICC Nort-Sur-Erdre race two weeks ago, scoring 2 nd SECTION, 6 th National 3,784b. We were very pleased to get 069, because she was the second of our two pool pigeons. Or so we thought! It turns out Mark got muddled up when he did the forms and pooled another hen by mistake – and he only had this job to do! We had 159 from 199 back on the day and 11 back the following morning. Congratulations to Neil Jones for winning the race. Following Neil Jones and L &amp; K Buddle, in the BICC South East Section, Damian Szpak of Deptford took 3 rd South East Section, 5 th OPEN BICC. DAMIAN TIMED A 2-YEAR-OLD HEN, THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY WON 49 th OPEN BICC GUERNSEY AND 40 th OPEN BICC ST PHILBERT IN 2024. THIS WAS HER FIRST CHANNEL RACE OF THE year. She is a daughter of Armora 71, the winner of 4 th OPEN BICC FALAISE 2019. THE SIRE IS SON OF QUEEN 85, who is the base of my strain. She has been responsible for many top results in the last few years. I would like to say thank you to all my friends and family for their support. John Adams Mark Gilbert’s first bird Damian Spzak BICC Provisional South West Section Winners 1 st South West Section, 75 th OPEN G TREHARNE &amp; SON OF NANTYGLO. OUR BIRD IS A TWO-YEAR-OLD BLUE HEN was flown on the roundabout system and had two Channel races prior to St Philbert. She is quite a consistent pigeon and has a few inland fed cards too her name, both as a yearling and this year. Her sire is a son of Alan’s lad who won Saints Welsh National and the Gold Cup for us, when he was paired to a direct daughter of Rutz Rocco. Her dam is a daughter of our Son of Kain of Eijerkamp, when he was paired to our BICC Poitiers winner. Prior to basketing she was allowed into her box and pan for a few minutes. The birds arrived in excellent condition, and we had 16 from 17 entries. Congratulations to the winners. 2 nd South West Section, 109 th OPEN, ROB BROOKS OF HIGH LITTLETON. ROBERT BROOKS TIMED A 4-YEAR-OLD widowhood hen bred by Stuart Wilcox. This hen has been very consistent and is a sister and ½ sister to many top racers including 29 th OPEN NFC SIGOGNE, PLUS 46 th , 46 th , 46 th, 59 th and 64 th OPEN NATIONAL BICC plus 3 rd , 6 th , 8 th , 9 th ,9 th ,15 th , 15 th , 15 th West Of England South Road Combine up to 2,132 birds. Her breeding is Cor De Heidje x Verwej De Haan. Her sire the Syndicate Cock, bred by Peter Fox, is inbred to the famous Favourite and De Jonge Don Micheal of Cor De Heidje. The dam is a very interesting hen. She was bred by Verwej-De Haan from Holland. In 2019 she flew the Dax International and ended up being reported in Somerset very early on the second day. Stuart and Peter De Haan have been friends for many years and Peter asked Stuart to collect it but afterwards decided to gift him the hen. She has been a very good breeder. She is a granddaughter of Bartoli, winner of 1 st International Bordeaux. Hopefully her and her nestmate will be set up for an International race in a couple of weeks. Thank you to Treetops for all our food and assisting with taking the birds to the marking stations. 3 rd South West Section, 117 th OPEN ALSO 1 st SW Section CSCFC and 1 st SECTION B, BBC GEORGE &amp; PETE Owers of Bere Regis. We have now called our pigeon Purbeck 77. We would like to congratulate all other winners and would like to thank D &amp; J Staddon for breeding the mother and for supplying us with their corn, the Staddon’s Chaos Mix. A big thanks to Clive Harrison for all his help and lastly, I would like to thank my brother, George, for all his hard work. G Treharne &amp; Son’s blue hen Rob Brooks checking the RESULTS George &amp; Pete Owers CSCFC – 2 nd SE Section 8 th OPEN/ BBC – 1 st SECTION A TONY BARRETT OF PORTSMOUTH. TONY TIMED A 2023 hen bred by Steve and Paul Kulpa from Reading. She was purchased as a baby and was raced on the natural system, fed on Super Widowhood Gem corn. CSCFC – 10 th OPEN LEE DYER (L &amp; M DYER) OF SHANKLIN, ISLE OF WIGHT. LEE ENJOYED A GOOD DAY’S RACING from St Philbert, as he timed once again, this year, the first bird on the IoW and gained a provisional 4 th OPEN, 3 rd SE Section with a team performance of five out of six entries timed. His first pigeon, a blue chequer cock, GB23N63348, was raced hard as young bird and competed almost every week. Followed by a strenuous yearling programme in the National and Classic, culminating in a last race from Tarbes NFC as a yearling. Bred from two New Laureaat based birds, which were purchased online. Lee and Guy Reed bought the birds from the same source, but on their arrival, Guy promptly offered Lee the cock bird to pair with one of the two hens that Lee had purchased. They are the sire and dam of 63348. One may hope that this may be the next, Super 48. The L &amp; M Dyer partnership included Lee’s mother Maureen who has now passed over. She would be so proud of this, the youngest racing man we have on the Island, and his recent performances have been excellent. BBC – 1 st &amp; 2 nd SECTION J MARK BULLED HARLOW. WELL DONE TO ALL WINNERS. FUNNY RACE FOR ME. WITH LOTS of birds in the first hour or so and they then dried up. Yearlings home but successful old birds are missing? Two yearling hens dropped together on my form of roundabout chaos. The first was a daughter of Black Magic, a winner of 10 x 1 st for me by the time she was 2 years old. GWP Macaloney Shadow x Hardy Kruger. The second was from my 2 nd BBC Bordeaux old Red Bull family x Lady B from Roger Phillips Guernsey (original Mark Williamson) she was 2 nd SECTION ALENCON. Tony Barrett’s hen Lee Dyer Mark Bulled CSCFC – Next up in the NE Section Mr &amp; Mrs John Mauger of Aylesbury. They timed a 2-year-old blue cock, bred by John from stock purchased from Stu Davenport of Chirk. The bird is just coming into form this year, being timed in 1 st from the recent CSCFC Vire race and timed in 2 nd from the recent BBC Fougeres race. BBC – 3 rd SECTION J, JOHN AND THERESA GLADWIN &amp; JARVIS OF LEIGH ON SEA. I WOULD LIKE TO START BY SAYING well done to all the winners, some cracking performances put up on the day. My first pigeon is a 3- year-old Frans Zwols hen. She is the last pigeon we raced from the Dream Pair, being direct from the Prince of Rekkem and Dreamy. They are responsible for 10 x 1 st National winners and much more. This hen herself has been a very good racer, last year she was my first pigeon from Fourgeres, second pigeon from both Messac and Sigogne and this year she was second pigeon from Nort sur Erdre. She has also been first inland at least twice! BBC – 2 nd SECTION A, 5 th OPEN, BRIAN &amp; VIV WALL OF BEDHAMPTON. BBC – 1 st SECTION C, MARTIN WILLIAMS OF HEREFORD. FIRSTLY, CONGRATULATIONS TO L &amp; K BUDDLE AND ALL OF the other section winners. It was a trying day in the West with such a strong west wind. My first bird was a 2-year-old hen, a pure Jellema off a very good stock pair obtained from Dean Pallett six years ago. Their offspring have been so reliable, especially in hard races. The only way I seem to lose them is to hawks. They generally breed cocks, so this hen was an exception. She came 57 th OPEN FROM Fougeres with the BBC this year. A minute later came my second bird, another Jellema who is an uncle to the hen, taking 2 nd SECTION. HE IS A SON OF MY TARBES WINNER, HAVING HIS FIRST CHANNEL RACE AS A 2- year-old. I had good returns, having 10 out of 12 on the day, all in very good condition, well done convoyers! John &amp; Sally Mauger John and Theresa Gladwin and Jarvis Martin Williams The Provisional North Centre Section Winners 1 st North Centre Section, 65 th OPEN, WILLIAM BLUNT OF BIGGLESWADE. WILLIAM’S BIRD, 49, IS BRED FROM the stock loft of Gladwin Frans Zwols, he was sent driving his hen, I would like to thank John Black who was 2 nd NC section who takes my BICC pigeons to the marking station every time I send. Without his help, I wouldn&#039;t be able to compete. 2 nd North Centre Section, 68 th OPEN, JOHN BLACK OF HITCHIN. THE BIRD I TIMED IN WAS A TWO-YEAR- OLD round-about cock having his second Channel race of the season. He was my second bird from Alencon, he had two Channel races as a baby, both from Guernsey, finishing 12 th and 7 th SECTION. AS A YEARLING he was 11 th SECTION MESSAC AND 1 st SECTION, 9 th OPEN NORT-SUR-ERDRE. AND NOW A 2 nd SECTION ST PHILBERT. The sire and dam are both breed by Jamie Clark from Snelling in Kent, thanks Jamie. Well done to all the section winners 3 rd North Centre Section, 96 th OPEN, BBC – 1 st SECTION E RICHARD CHAMBERS OF RUGELEY THE BLUE HEN I timed is a later bred pigeon, who is still holding her end nest flights. She was sent last season to the last three young bird races form 94 miles and this year flew the whole program up to and including the MNFC Vire race, a few weeks back. I sent 3 yearlings to this race after the Vire race as they were the top 3 pigeons back. So, I decided to jump them to St Philbert instead of sending them to Fougeres with the MNFC. This hen was sent sitting a few days old eggs that she was very attached to. She is bred out of our Chambers Family stock loft. Her sire is a son of Dutch Thunder, who was 1 st J Section, 7 th NFC Tarbes when paired to an Ouwkerk-Dekker pigeon called The Special Hen. She was a top PIPA ranked bird before we purchased her. Her dam is a pigeon called Devilsome and, she herself, was in the top 20 open BICC Guernsey. She is also a nest mate to Heart Breaker, the winner of 3 x 1 st SECTION in the BICC, NFC &amp; BBC. She is a daughter of The Chambers Family’s 1 st OPEN BBC COUNTENANCE QUEEN. I’m really happy that this young blue hen, against the wind and the distance, was able to place so high. As a result, I will set her up next to go to BBC Messac in a few weeks’ time. I would like to thank the clubs and conveyors for looking after the pigeons so well, I had 6 from 6. Can I also congratulate our friends Lee and Kevin Buddle, the winners of the BBC race and the other Open and Section winners. William Blunt John Black Richard Chambers CSCFC – 2 nd SW Section/ BBC – 2 nd SECTION B, CHRIS BARTLETT OF SALISBURY. MY PIGEON IS AN ANDY PARSONS X Imbrecht pigeon. The sire is a dark cock of Dancer lines, being a grandson, which was also a grandson of his good Denny/ Rutz hen from Mark Gilbert. The dam is the same hen who bred his Merit Hen of 2024, who is of Cannon Burgess lines from a long line of good birds. The dam is Imbrecht bred from a red hen from fellow club members, Mr And Mrs Nick Smith. She has scored positions in National and Classic races including the Sigogne National on two occasions. Thank you to everyone who takes my birds to the marking for me. CSCFC – 1 st NW Section/ BBC – 3 rd SECTION C, CLIVE &amp; JILL ROGERS &amp; NEIL SALES OF RADSTOCK. THE LITTLE chequer hen, ring number GB24N52252, that Treetops Loft timed to be provisional first NW Section for the CSCFC, third Section C for the BBC and 5 th West Section for the BICC was bred from two home bred stock pigeons purchased from Mark Gilbert and Hugo Battenburg. The sire was from a son of Southfield Hugo and a granddaughter of Jef, Rena, son of New Laureaat and Queen of the Night. The dam was from a son of Southfield Darran, when paired to a double granddaughter of New Laureaat. This pigeon was sent twice to Holmsley and twice to Fontwell before being entered into CSCFC Vire and then had another flight from Holmsley before going to BICC Fougeres and then CSCFC Fougeres. In preparation for this race she was fed on Versele Laga Champion Plus, mixed with a little Bamfords Super Fly. She was not paired up prior to the race. It was a tough race with the wind not favouring the west country, but we were very pleased with our returns, clocking 8 out of 11 on the day of the race and 2 the following day. Thanks to everyone involved at the marking stations and racing administration for a really good race. CSCFC – 2 nd NW Section, Chris &amp; Jane Howse of Devizes. Our first arrival was a three-year-old cock raced on the chaos system. Last week he was our fifth pigeon taking 5 th SECTION NFC FOUGUERES. HE will now go back to the NFC next week. He has been a good bird for us, taking good positions. Including 18 th OPEN NFC SIGOGNE AS A YEARLING. HE IS ALSO ONE OF OUR NOMINATED BIRDS FOR THE BBC BORDEAUX. HIS sire is our old family, being a brother to our good bird Merit Man, and his dam is a double granddaughter of Brimstone and Brian Shepherd’s open Dax international winner. Congratulations to the winner and all other winners. Chris Bartlett Clive and Jill Rogers and Neil Sales Jane &amp; Chris Howse BBC – 1 st SECTION H, WILLIE HEALY OF JERSEY. IT’S GREAT TO BE BACK. YOU MAY NOT KNOW, THE CHANNEL ISLAND pigeon fanciers have had a hard time with next to no racing for four years. My six-year-old blue bar cock is from a Polish cock and Geoff Kirkland blood lines on the dam’s side. He was sitting ten-day-old eggs. Congratulations to the winning pigeon and owner. A big thank you to Clare Norman for going her utmost for our fanciers. BBC – 2 nd SECTION E, PAUL WHITFIELD OF NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME. I TIMED A HOMEBRED PIED, 2-YEAR-OLD hen, racing on a widowhood system, from the lines of Tuff Nut x Kuyper x Veraye. This hen flew the NFC, 329 miles last Saturday with not a feather out of place. So, in one month she has clocked up just over 1000 miles in 3 water races - Vire, Fourgers and St Philbert. All day birds to the Apedale Lofts. I would like to thank Pat and Steve for their constant commitment to the club’s convoying. BBC – 2 nd SECTION H, NIGEL LEGG OF GUERNSEY. FIRSTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DANNY LANAHAN AND JOHN Gerard for picking up and transporting the Guernsey and Jersey birds to the marking station to enable us to compete. Thank you very much! On top of this, John gave the prize money to the winner in each Island, a fantastic gesture. My first pigeon back was a 3-year-old cock with an old ring. A Kirkpatrick of Michael de Carteret bloodlines. William Healy Paul Whitfield’s hen with her cock bird Nigel Legg’s cock bird The Provisional North East Section Winners 1 st North East Section, 54 th OPEN WAS JOANNE &amp; ALAN HACON OF GREAT YARMOUTH. JOANNE AND ALAN timed their very consistent chequer w/f cock bird over 366 miles. GB20H16371, took 3 rd SECTION Guernsey in 2203 and 2 nd SECTION ST PHILBERT IN 2024. HE WENT ONE BETTER THIS YEAR TO TOP THE SECTION. The sire, a dark chequer, Herman Van Da Weyer hen won 8 th OPEN, 5 th NE Section BICC St Philbert 2020. The dam is a Busschaert, who’s sire was 1 st Fed Nevers. They send congratulations to the open and section winners and would like to thank Clayton Oxborough for making the 150 miles round trip to take the birds and Gavin at their club for reading the clock. 2 nd North East Section, 83 rd OPEN MR &amp; MRS R AUKER OF LAKENHEATH. OUR PIGEON IS A BRICOUX RED CHECK cock. He is a 2021 pigeon and has been a very consistent bird having flown the Channel six times, with this being his best performance to date. He has had four inland races this season, all of these being around 100 miles. He was sent on his second round of 12- day- old eggs. He is flown on the natural system, as are all our racers. All old birds have an open loft, and they are fed Versa Laga with some Bamfords conditioning seeds. 3 rd North East Section, 91 st OPEN JONATHAN PALMER OF IPSWICH. THIS WAS HIS FIRST CHANNEL RACE OF THE year, but he had three hard races with the Thames and Eastern Counties as far as Yeovil, prior to flying the Channel. This is most probably his best performance to date but has also flown Tarbes twice with the NFC. His sire was bred by Paul Hacker of South Ockendon and the dam was bred by David Fisher of Ipswich from his Mark Bulled legacy lines. Alan Hacon Angie &amp; Ron Auker Jonathan Palmer’s cock bird The Provisional North West Section Winners 1 st North West Section, 139 th OPEN, BOOTH &amp; ROPER OF TEWKESBURY. TREVOR AND JOHN TIMED A BLUE chequer widowhood cock to provisionally take 1 st SECTION, 140 th OPEN. THIS COCK IS IMPROVING ALL THE time, he has been so consistent this year for them taking provisionally 2 nd SECTION FROM NORTE SUR Erdre, again on a very testing day. He is from the lines of their home bred Sportsview Amy, who took 1 st SECTION, 5 th OPEN NFC TARBES AND WON OVER £2000 PRIZE MONEY IN HER CAREER. THE COCK WILL NOW BE aimed at the Tarbes National. They would like to congratulate the Open winner Neil Jones and give a special mention to Phil Hodson, who in 2 nd SECTION, JUST 1 YARD BEHIND THEM BUT FLYING 430 MILES. WHAT a top performance! They would also like to give a big thank you to all of the Steventon marking team. 2 nd North West Section, 141 st OPEN, P HODSON OF IRLAM. PHIL HODSON OF STATION LOFTS IN IRLAM, Manchester, secured an outstanding result from St Philbert. His blue hen, Macey - GB23D28528 claimed 2 nd North West Section, flying an impressive 430 miles across the Channel and returning on the day. Macey, a 2-year-old long-distance hen, is bred from Etienne Meirlaen&#039;s renowned extreme long-distance bloodlines, specifically based on the famed Monty lines. She clocked in with a total flying time of 10 hours, 46 minutes and 7 seconds achieving a velocity of 1172 yards per minute, which equates to an average speed of 39.9 miles per hour. An exceptional performance under testing conditions! Kept on a widowhood system year-round, Macey is clearly thriving under Phil&#039;s dedicated care and training regime. Being the first bird back to the loft, she has proven her class and determination. The hallmarks of true long-distance champions. Phil commented, ‘I&#039;m very pleased with her result and look forward to racing her again in the future.’ A fantastic achievement and one to watch in the races to come. Congratulations to Phil and Macey on a top-tier performance. 3 rd North West Section, 166 th OPEN, JOHN RODWAY OF RUSHWICK. THIS WAS ANOTHER VERY TESTING RACE FOR the NW section due to the strong WNW wind on the day. My first bird was the same blue chequer two-year-old cock who was my first bird a fortnight earlier in the BICC Nort -Sur- Erdre. The bird is flown on the natural system. My returns on the day were four out of eight and they were well spaced out and well flown. Thanks to the marking team at Steventon. Booth &amp; Roper Phil Hodson holding Macey John Rodway And that concludes another successful combined race, with more to come very soon. Three great clubs working together for the benefit of the fancier and the sport. Mike Jackson BICC Press Officer Email:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel:07964448291</pre></pre>
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