<pre><pre>Fougeres National 1 st OPEN 1 st SECTION D Roger Lowe from Reading This race in the BBC’s calendar always has a plentiful amount of birds entered with 1,856 birds being sent by 206 members. With only a handful of members not bothering to verify their first bird it shows what type of race it was. It made a pleasant change to have a weather forecast predicted which didn’t mean having a holdover. Nigel telephoned me at 6am on Saturday to say everything looked good to go and due to the west in the wind forecast to be increasing in the channel he was going to liberate at 6.15am which he did. Thank you as always to all the marking stations and all the helpers for your hard work especially on this race with so many birds to mark in such a short time. Please could all members make sure their clock is cleared from all old races before coming to the marking station as it holds the marking up for other members. Thank you. Many congratulations to one man who still cannot be beaten even when he is not 100% fit himself is our Fougeres OB race winner 1 st OPEN 1 st SECTION D ROGER LOWE FROM READING. I did not expect to do so well as I have not been too well myself lately. The 1 st bird a yearling blue hen all ready a WINNER OF 1 st CLUB 6 th Fed 2,236 birds and 59 th SECTION 850 BIRDS, 123 rd OPEN 1,904 BIRDS BICC GUERNSEY IS BRED from “Rocky” who is sire of many good birds a De Raw Sablon bred by F &amp; J Vandenheede and the dam “Lady Jane” a direct Daniel Aerens who&#039;s dam is the 5 th ace pigeon over five seasons from International Barcelona PIPA rankings. Sending 23 birds, 16 widowhood cocks and 7 widowhood hens and having 22 home on the day it turned out to be a very good day. I would just like to thank Mark Gilbert for not sending and thanks for a good race. Another name who is always at the top is Pete Wells from Dunstable 2 nd OPEN 2 nd SECTION D. Pigeon is a yearling blue chequer pied hen. The sire is a son of Dave Albon’s Midlands National Winner from Tours and the Dam is a daughter of Les Jones NFC Bordeaux winner &quot;Joe&quot;. Pete Wells and Grandaughter Cydney 3 rd Open is Don Green from Monks Risborough. It came as a great surprise to get a phone call from Clare this afternoon informing me that I was probably 3 rd OPEN AND ASKED IF I COULD WRITE A SMALL PIECE. Well I first joined the BBC in 1997 and in my very first race finished 4 th OPEN FROM THE RENNES Y/B RACE. I WENT TO THE prize giving night at Bournemouth to pick up Bucks cup, me and my wife were seated at a table with the late great Kenny Hines and his family, Colin Kinnersley and Geoff and a very young Mark Gilbert, (may I say that really is the nearest I have ever got to Mark)!!!!! Will always remember Kenny saying “Enjoy the walk as its not easy to get a walk to the prize table”. How true that is with so many top class fanciers competing, none more so than our race winner Roger Lowe a great win and my congratulations go to you Roger &quot;Enjoy the walk Mate&quot;, also to my fellow Fed members Pete Wells who is 2 nd OPEN AND MICK CARRICK WITH A HANDFUL JUST BEHIND MYSELF TO TAKE 4 th , 5 th , 6 th &amp; 7 th OPEN. Well I was lucky enough to win the San Sebastian race with the BBC in 2005 and have always focused on the distance races. I left the sport for some years due to moving back to London and restarted again about 3 years ago. I decided to try and get some birds that could fly a bit faster than my own from the shorter races, this led me to a trip up to the Midlands to purchase birds from Ken Lycett, which in turn led to me meeting their son Mike who now is a great friend. He has helped me acquire birds from Gordon Bros and McGimpsey Bros in Ireland, leading to me winning more Fed cards in the last 18 months than I had got in the last 38 years. He also advises me on the best ways to manage and race these birds, so a big thank you Mike. The Blue Widowhood cock &quot;all pooler&quot; that came in this race is a Vandenabeele bred from a Gordon Bros cock x Saffron 222 bred by myrtle lofts. He has been very consistent for me over the past few weeks without actually winning, he was my first bird from the Messac race with NFC a few weeks back which was a really tough affair where he homed with mud up to his wing butts looking very sorry for himself. May I also say a big thanks to all the people at Walkern Sports, having given a hand at marking on Thursday it made me realise how much these people do, I myself got there at 9.30 and got home at 4.30 and they were still there clearing up, so to Mike &amp; Edna Shepherd, Dick Burgin and the other guys there!!! You really are appreciated, (oh and nice coffee Edna) Thanks!!! Don Green 4 th , 5 th , 6 th &amp; 7 th OPEN IS MR &amp; MRS MICK CARRICK &amp; SON FROM CHESHAM. OUR 1 st pigeon is bred off 2 Bordeaux National Winners, the 2 nd is a Kees Bosua and the 3 rd is a grandaughter of “Drum”. Mick Carrick Jaimie Clarke &amp; Dtr from Selling is 1 st SECTION G. THE YEARLING HEN IS RACED ON THE ROUNDABOUT SYSTEM, THIS IS HER second French trip of the year where she took Club, Fed and Combine positions. She is a granddaughter of Millennium Super Star and Heartbreaker from Ronnie Williamson of Northern Ireland which are fantastic pigeons. I would like to Say a big thanks to Ronny for providing me with some outstanding stock birds. Jaimie Clarke &amp; his gang Mark &amp; Clare Brown from Woodland St Mary are 1 st SECTION C. FIRSTLY CONGRATULATIONS TO ROGER LOWE AND PETER wells two top fanciers who are always at the top of the results and whose birds I put through at Hungerford marking station so I knew what condition they were in, also Mick Carrick on a great team performance. Our section winner came well on the day and was racing hard, he is a chequer pied yearling cock racing to a 7 day yb in the nest, he is a Gaby Vandenabeele x Koopman/Van dyke who we call &quot;nobby&quot; due to his character. He has scored minor prizes and 1 st 3b Portland earlier in the season. We were confident of a good season this year with our team of mainly yearlings which flew superbly as youngsters but in truth our season has been terrible really, after it started off brilliantly with 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th CLUB 3 rd , 4 th , 6 th , 8 th Federation Portland and then 33 rd /35 th OPEN BBC NATIONAL COUTANCES AND 32 nd OPEN BICC NATIONAL FALAISE AT THE end of April, but then went down hill fast. Each week after getting good returns but we were a constant 15/30mins behind the winners of Club and Nationals thereafter.... Well I tried altering things as I knew deep down something was not right they were not that bad, but to no avail, even the week before this race I sent 6 to Messac (251miles) which returned in some of the worst weather, rain, hail and thunder/lightning storms I have ever witnessed, result 6 home from 6 sent but again 30mins behind the winners.... Well I racked my brains but couldn&#039;t find the solution, I was speaking to our friend Aaron Haines from Cheltenham and thrashed things out, canker, cocci, respiratory, fungal but to no avail. He rang me back later and asked did I use a hose pipe when filling the drinkers to which I said yes, could be bacteria, Well ding that triggered something that I hadn&#039;t done before, and something I hadn&#039;t spotted as I&#039;d been to busy looking at the corns etc (also makes sense looking back due to the fact another mate Keith Palmer, always has a crack with me each week we send to the Watchfield club as our birds simply rush to the drinkers on the baskets, he says &quot;hey Browny have they had the water switched off again at your place&quot;, lol) poor birds must have known that water was clean, ours must have been swimming with bugs of which you couldn&#039;t see!!! Well that Sunday morning I scrubbed/cleaned the drinkers and set about cleansing the birds Sunday pm Monday and Tuesday am and then built them back up again ready for this weeks races, well it must have worked because our chequer pied cock &quot;nobby&quot; came like a train from Fougeres to record provisional 1 st SECTION 10 th OPEN NATIONAL AND our other two timings being potentially 7 th and 12 th SECTION SO THAT WAS PLEASING, WE ALSO HAD A CLUB RACE FROM Kingsdown on the same day which resulted in one of our yearling hens winning 1 st CLUB AND WITH DECENT QUICK and full returns, we did also send 5 hens to Saintes NFC but looking back I don&#039;t think we had enough time to rebuild these before their 400mile trip but we did however get a yearling red hen home (paired to the section winner) when I got home from the Club on Saturday evening at 8pm, she was on her baby and another at 6.30am next morning so can&#039;t really complain. So here&#039;s looking forward now to the any age and old hen races with the BICC, BBC and NFC. Mark &amp; Ben Brown &amp; Aaron Haines 1 st Section A is Buddy Shipp from Portsmouth. This yearling blue hen is the grand daughter of “Champion Ray” which is a Kees Bosua pigeon and it is her 3 rd RACE ON THE ROUND ABOUT SYSTEM. SHE SCORED FROM BBC COUTANCES IN May taking 2 nd SECTION 23 rd OPEN ON THE FIRST RACE OF HER LIFE AND NOW TOPS THE SECTION. I would like to say a well done to Roger on a great performance today. Lily Shipp 2 nd Section G is Fred Hall &amp; Dtrs from Worthing. I timed a yearling blue cock on his first time over the channel. The Sire is a grandson of CHIPO Benny Stevenink x Syndicate Lofts and the dam was bred by Steve Radcliffe from our shared stock birds, being a daughter of the Good Pair responsible for lots of winners at all levels, lines of Hannibal, Marita, Figo and Golden Nugget. Fred Hall 1 st &amp; 2 nd SECTION E IS MR &amp; MRS NIGEL SHAW FROM BASFORD. THE FIRST PIGEON IS A BLUE YEARLING CELIBATE VAN Loon hen bred by Chris Platt. She was prepared by being trained from north and south then singled up for two weeks in all weather from Chester 25 miles to the west where we were working. The next pigeon was a four year old widowhood cock that is very consistent and is Janssen based. Returns from this RACE WERE VERY GOOD SENT TEN GOT TEN. Nigel Shaw Congratulations to my fellow Club mate Colin Edwards from Romsey 2 nd SECTION A. THE PIGEON I timed is a blue two year old dark Vandenabeele hen from the best of Bob Short and fellow club member Barrie Smith. She was sent sitting 10 days. She has previously had three inland races and arrived home in great condition. Thanks to all concerned and Clare. Colin Edwards 1 st &amp; 2 nd SECTION B IS STUART JACK FROM TISBURY, NEAR SALISBURY. THESE TWO COCKS ARE FATHER (GB12N50663) and son (GB13N48061) and arrived together. They are Heremans Ceusters x Jules Severi. The Heremans Ceusters bloodlines coming from a Cock bird bought at the CSCFC Late bred sale donated by Gordon Emm from Salisbury. They have raced brilliantly for me all season and I could have just raced these two and nothing else as they fly really well. These are the best I have had for years. I don’t race hens only widowhood cocks. I start the season racing probably the first three Club races and then just the Nationals and Classics. Their previous performances are: GB12N50663 34 th OPEN 22 nd SECTION BBC MESSAC 2016, provisionally 119 th OPEN 6 th SECTION NFC ANCENIS 2016, 13 th OPEN 5 th SECTION BBC MESSAC 2015 and 85 th OPEN 3 rd SECTION CSCFC GUERNSEY 2014. GB13N48061 21 st OPEN 4 th SECTION BBC COUTANCES 2016, 118 th OPEN 33 rd SECTION CSCFC Countaces 2016, 88 th OPEN 22 nd SECTION NFC MESSAC 2016. Stuart Jack 1 st SECTION J IS D WILTON &amp; SON (ROB AND ANDREW) FROM CHADWELL ST MARY. 1 st SECTION 23 rd OPEN PROVISIONAL. She is a yearling hen sitting six days on the first eggs of her life she was sent to fourgeres in preparation for Tarbes with the NFC later on this month. She is a Brockamp pigeon, her sire is a direct son of top breeding hen Valhallah sister of Euro Diamond and her dam is a grand daughter of Armstrong 1 st International Perpignan. Rob, Andrew, Roxie &amp; Louie Wilton &amp; Loft Manage Keith Platt 2 nd Section C is Graham Clift from Tirley. My young birds in 2015 were not raced, just trained. The sire of my yearling hen from Fougeres is from a son of Southfield Supreme that has bred numerous top prize winners for Mark Sparey, including 1 st Welsh National when paired to a daughter of Geoff and Catherine Cooper&#039;s Farmer George, 1 st International Bordeaux. The dam is a direct daughter of &quot;George&quot;, 1 st National and top breeder for Geoff and Catherine. Well done to all the section and open winners. Graham Clift Runner up in Section B to Stuart Jack taking 3 rd SECTION IS JOHN HALSTEAD FROM GILLINGHAM WITH A BLUE YEARLING widowhood cock of 100% Hardy Kruger bloodlines. This cock has a great constitution and has been to 8 races this season because he always appears fit and well. He has been prominent in his last 3 races. On May 28 th he was 2 nd CLUB AND 2 nd Dorset Fed Coutances 1,024 birds when beaten by a loft mate. Last week he was 3 rd Club from Fougeres and was an obvious choice to compete in the BBC. He had been missing from Guernsey for almost 3 weeks as a young bird and had a few broken flights so would benefit from a good moult but he is one for the future. John Halstead Next up in Section E is G Rigby from Telford. I&#039;ve grown up as a young lad with my late father Michael Rigby and my late uncle Tony Rigby with flying pigeons. I took my own pigeons on 11 years ago with the guidance from Keith Rhodes and Glynn Machin. I was introduced to Jim Gibbons by Keith Rhodes for which the winning pigeon had came from. The pigeon is a Busschaert x Wildemeersch hen, she has flown in the Worcester Fed and Shropshire Fed where she came 2 nd in both young races. Gene Rigby 2 nd SECTION J IS TREVOR &amp; ADRIAN WILSON FROM MANUDEN. WELL A POSSIBLE 2 nd SECTION J AGAIN THIS SEASON. ONCE again our 2 year old cock is a Leo Van Rjin, a gift from our Cambridge Grantna club mate Billy Maples. I think Adrian calls him BLANKER (or something like that lol) as he&#039;s very consistent at being last home. This week has seen him flying really well at home and a couple of days with his hen before we put him in the basket, has put him in the right frame of mind for this race. He had obviously been through heavy rain as his wattle and eyes were very red. This being the first year with the B.B.C we are pleased with our results so far, but we are not established enough yet to race Bordeaux this year. Well done to Roger Lowe on 1 st OPEN AND D WILTON AND SON ON 1 st SECTION J AND ALL SECTION WINNERS AND THANKS AGAIN to Walkern Marking Station. Trevor &amp; Adrian Wilson Telephone and website verifications which may be subject to change. OPEN MEM NO FLYING NAME TOWN RING NUMBER A-A-T DAY VELOCITY 1 D720 R J Lowe Reading GB15N16075 10 42 6 1 1430.966 2 D435 P J Wells Dunstable GB15N00723 11 19 17 1 1426.782 3 D236 D Green Monks GB15N03875 11 5 45 1 1425.947 4 D442 Mr &amp; Mrs Carrick &amp; Son Chesham GB15N03704 11 5 37 1 1422.685 5 D442 Mr &amp; Mrs Carrick &amp; Son Chesham GB15N03719 11 5 39 1 1422.522 6 D442 Mr &amp; Mrs Carrick &amp; Son Chesham GB14V08454 11 6 48 1 1416.916 7 D442 Mr &amp; Mrs Carrick &amp; Son Chesham GB15V04788 11 6 53 1 1416.511 8 D442 Mr &amp; Mrs Carrick &amp; Son Chesham GB14N03727 11 7 32 1 1413.364 9 G8 J Clarke &amp; Daughter Selling GB15S46574 10 52 47 1 1411.787 10 C77 Mr &amp; Mrs M &amp; C Brown Hungerford NWHU15B0615 10 46 9 1 1406.550 11 A395 M Shipp Portsmouth GB15N48831 9 49 5 1 1405.252 12 D634 R &amp; Y Thompson Stotfold GB14N90158 11 38 39 1 1400.541 13 D492 Baron &amp; Fowler Redbourn GB15C09646 11 21 21 1 1390.824 14 G816 F Hall &amp; Dtrs Worthing GB15N93757 9 58 43 1 1387.791 15 E781 Mr &amp; Mrs N Shaw Basford GB15A14766 13 18 50 1 1377.015 16 E781 Mr &amp; Mrs N Shaw Basford GB12Z88611 13 18 53 1 1376.853 17 A1189 C Edwards Romsey GB14R13313 10 11 24 1 1374.230 18 D229 J Poole King Langley GB15N19251 11 16 9 1 1372.748 19 B44 S Jack Nr Salisbury GB12N50663 10 22 56 1 1369.788 20 B44 S Jack Nr Salisbury GB13N48061 10 22 59 1 1369.511 21 D678 Mr &amp; Mrs D J Newman Aylesbury GB15N83073 11 21 24 1 1363.058 22 A232 Darling &amp; Ede Southampton GB15A20418 10 2 15 1 1361.725 23 J401 D Wilton &amp; Son Chadwell St GB15N80631 11 10 41 1 1355.136 24 C454 G Clift (loft1) Tirley GB15S84601 11 46 7 1 1353.837 25 D704 D Albon Letchworth GB15L01185 11 48 26 1 1353.740 26 B355 J P Halstead Gillingham GB15N68642 10 23 49 1 1353.422 27 E41 G Rigby Telford GB15N73684 12 51 29 1 1352.445 28 A1189 C Edwards Romsey GB14N58598 10 15 17 1 1352.021 29 D245 A D Crook Newbury GB15B02704 10 51 2 1 1351.953 30 D817 Mr &amp; Mrs P Pattenden Luton GB14L17849 11 37 21 1 1350.154 31 E60 Mr &amp; Mrs A Horton Telford GB14Z04239 12 56 42 1 1349.965 32 G372 M/M M Smith &amp; Son Guildford GB14S68535 10 40 5 1 1349.636 33 D379 M/M M Dickinson &amp; Sons Hemel GB14N33411 11 25 4 1 1348.123 34 B132 R Dibben Poole GB15R07943 9 55 2 1 1348.091 35 A1156 J Attrill Salisbury GB14J09998 10 25 47 1 1347.271 36 E433 K Rhodes Telford GB15N81431 12 54 14 1 1346.701 37 B85 Mr &amp; Mrs M Gower Fordingbridge NEHU14CON215 10 14 31 1 1344.946 38 G918 K J Abbott Brighton GB12N16538 10 11 57 1 1343.296 39 A218 T Leggatt Havant GB14V12569 10 4 17 1 1339.386 40 D136 Chitty Brothers Kings Langley GB15N36809 11 25 36 1 1339.321 41 J175 Trevor &amp; Adrian Wilson Nr Bishops GB14N17373 11 50 49 1 1333.347 42 C163 S Slade Nr Calne GB15N28543 11 5 56 1 1331.460 43 B282 R &amp; V McConnell Ferndown GB15E14171 10 2 52 1 1331.050 44 C233 R Perrett Swindon GB14V16590 11 10 5 1 1330.983 45 A149 M Collins Southampton GB13 54640 10 12 16 1 1330.781 46 A393 C Garrod Whitchurch GB13J09339 10 40 8 1 1330.614 47 E131 E Jones Telford GB14N38962 12 59 55 1 1330.429 48 C610 M Williams Hereford GB14J09429 12 4 34 1 1327.369 49 B181 A Stephens Poole GB15N60819 10 1 19 1 1327.286 50 B729 Cottrell Richmond &amp; Son Wimborne GB14N71036 10 7 7 1 1326.238 51 E367 G &amp; C Machin Telford GB14Z40026 13 2 27 1 1320.842 52 A294 C Lakeman New Milton GB13B41187 10 0 17 1 1319.112 53 J624 J &amp; J Brady Benfleet GB13N83855 11 28 59 1 1317.710 54 D480 R Hull Luton GB15V26647 11 46 39 1 1316.683 55 D878 R &amp; P Montila Everton GB14N95848 12 11 22 1 1315.440 56 A78 Freddy Smith Havant GB14P39715 10 9 11 1 1314.615 57 C660 R J Rome Cheltenham GB14A41343 11 48 17 1 1314.023 58 J58 M Bulled Harlow GB14N57800 11 40 28 1 1312.979 59 G623 Mr &amp; Mrs V J Durrant &amp; Godalming GB14J07170 10 39 58 1 1312.935 60 D499 T Robinson Goffs Oak GB13J16371 11 35 52 1 1308.699 61 A1072 J Fulford Salisbury GB14N05686 10 35 3 1 1308.371 62 A26 G Reed Shanklin GB15N36537 9 49 10 1 1307.855 63 B27 Carpenter &amp; Bastable Poole GB15E14310 10 3 19 1 1307.636 64 E35 S Brown &amp; Dtr Telford GB15F15666 13 9 51 1 1306.800 65 G37 Mr &amp; Mrs T Welch Chichester GB15N03673 10 9 24 1 1305.934 66 C360 A P &amp; S M Lucas Royal GB15S20615 11 17 6 1 1305.733 67 C425 S Hughes Swindon GB14N42320 11 19 52 1 1305.397 68 J439 Mahoney Brothers Basildon GB14B19319 11 33 13 1 1302.518 69 C76 F J Quinn Devizes GB15N25638 11 0 57 1 1299.224 70 E607 B &amp; S Stone Belper GB15Z71896 13 34 43 1 1298.736 71 A102 G D Deacon Newport GB10N38986 9 57 48 1 1297.455 72 C879 N Greatwich Cleobury GB15Z17108 12 43 21 1 1293.784 73 G120 M/M Chaplin Woking GB13N65402 10 59 30 1 1293.044 74 E606 Mr &amp; Mrs Beckett &amp; Sons Dunston GB14P39081 13 16 24 1 1288.823 75 B685 Mr &amp; Mrs N Smith Salisbury GB15V00164 10 36 59 1 1288.361 76 E184 M/M K Hart Stoke on Trent GB13F34854 13 38 1 1 1288.028 77 E349 D Harris Newport GB14Z45753 13 20 14 1 1287.618 78 A893 B D Basham Southampton GB15N32328 10 25 28 1 1286.439 79 A155 G Smith Gosport GB12N89841 10 10 15 1 1284.816 80 B758 Newman &amp; Sevier Salisbury GB15S47178 10 38 12 1 1281.543 81 C1140 C &amp; J Howse &amp; D Parsons Devizes GB15N68476 11 2 52 1 1281.166 82 C385 Mr &amp; Mrs S Robinson Marlborough GB10R7522 11 10 18 1 1277.518 83 C414 A R Jenkins Cheltenham GB11V00243 12 2 53 1 1276.382 84 A86 C Broom Ventnor GB14C25624 9 52 35 1 1276.348 85 A595 Mr &amp; Mrs G Emm Salisbury GB13S70027 10 30 33 1 1274.936 86 C354 A J &amp; S A Collins Pewsey GB N36535 11 3 38 1 1274.783 87 D470 P T Oliver Lutterworth GB14N99509 12 54 3 1 1274.770 88 D271 S Farmer Leicester GB12Z30038 12 59 46 1 1273.467 89 C247 Mr &amp; Mrs C Merrills Swindon GB15E38139 11 29 44 1 1267.813 90 D671 W N Smullen Dunstable GB12N60027 11 59 3 1 1267.415 91 G177 Mr &amp; Mrs M Worsfold Bisley GB15N30598 11 4 42 1 1265.268 92 A545 Mr &amp; Mrs C Lever Romsey GB14J10447 10 31 39 1 1263.838 93 G104 D &amp; D Mc Fadden Cranleigh GB12N60522 10 50 43 1 1259.013 94 E147 J W Peever Crewe GB11N14589 14 3 1 1 1258.840 95 J767 Gosling &amp; Jarvis Mountnessing GB13N52632 11 50 4 1 1256.902 96 B100 Mr &amp; Mrs J Cooper Bournemouth GB14E16803 10 13 50 1 1253.707 97 C309 Wyatt &amp; Gray Nailsea GB15N23598 11 32 21 1 1253.575 98 D485 Rusted &amp; Hayward Baldock GB14N64826 12 14 19 1 1252.809 99 G900 D Reid Weybridge GB14N37396 11 13 5 1 1252.106 100 C896 M Bird Andover GB15N30638 10 56 26 1 1251.987 Convoyers Report For the very first time this year we boarded the ferry with the information that a good race day was forecast for Saturday. The journey down to Fougeres saw low cloud, mist and the occasional shower, we arrived at Fougeres at 10:45 am and the birds were watered then fed by 3:00 pm. The customary call was made to Steve Appleby telling me that all looked good for the next day. At 4:45 am the day dawned to clear blue skies so the lorry was prepared for an early lib, a call was made to Steve telling me that all was good to go but the wind was due to get stronger from the West as the day progressed, so the stings were cut at 06:05 ready to go at 06:15. With sun on the baskets and a moderate South Westerly wind the birds were away to the North in no time at all. Nigel Rigiani. Weather Report. The Met Office forecast for Saturday presented a good flying day for the BBC convoy at Fougeres. On examining the flight path to the English main land the weather conditions were very good. At dawn over northern France the skies were of broken cloud and sunshine with an isolated shower. The various satellite images showed the channel was under clear blue skies. At the race point Nigel reported the weather conditions were ideal which signaled the green light for an early liberation. Winds were light westerly over France but over the open sea they were fresh averaging speeds of 25 mph directly from the west and visibility endless. Steve Appleby. Coutances Trophy Winners 2016 P Quainton (C214) – The Norman Fysh Memorial Trophy, The Hyatts Trophy and £150 Ponderosa UK Stud Voucher. C Gadsden (D72) – The Ernie Rivett Memorial Trophy. SECTION WINNERS ARE: EACH SECTION WINNER WILL RECEIVE A MEDAL. A – M/M S Harris &amp; Dtr (A760), B – R Dibben (B132), C – P Quainton (C214), D – C Gadsden (D72), E – K Rhodes (E433), G – M/M T &amp; C Welch (G37), J – S Coxell (J759) Messac Trophy Winners 2016 M/M G Emm (A595) – The British Barcelona Club Trophy, The Everson Sports Champagne Trophy, The Peter Bennett Special Presentation Plate and £150 Ponderosa UK Stud Voucher. J Fulford (A1072) – The Cyril Lowe Memorial Trophy. M/M J Cooper (B100) – The Diana “English Rose” Trophy and The Dorset Cup. B &amp; D Young (B259) - The Trevor Perrett Memorial Trophy for first bird in charity nomination. S White (B931) – The C B Philpott Shield. A R Johnson (B412) - The Ann Wright nee Nancy Harris Memorial Trophy and The Lisa Rigiani Memorial Trophy. Mr &amp; Mrs B Frost (B89) – The Pat &amp; Alec Griggs Trophy for best velocity in to Somerset. SECTION WINNERS ARE: EACH SECTION WINNER WILL RECEIVE A MEDAL. A – M/M G Emm (A595), B – M/M J Cooper (B100), C – P Quainton (C214), D – J Deville (D886) E – D Harris (E349), G – J M Armitage (G676), H – G Moon (H228) J – A B Coker (J587) Please note all trophies won in 2015 must be returned to me CLEANED before September 10 th 2016. If you would like to take them to the marking station, the I/C will make sure I receive them. Thank you. For members wishing to attend the dinner on Saturday 19 th November, ticket prices are £35 per person. Those wishing to stop over can book their accommodation direct with The Marsham Court Hotel, Bournemouth on 01202 552111. Please mention the Club when booking to ensure special rates. For more details on the dinner please see your Club Handbook. We had a full house last year, so please book your tickets early. Clare Norman. Tel: 023 8057 3919 Email:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. </pre></pre>
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