<pre><pre>Bordeaux National 1 st OPEN 1 st SECTION B Tony Stephens from Parkstone With “Annie” The journey to Bordeaux saw a collaboration with the Central Southern Classic Flying Club for the first time with 177 members sending 1,030 birds of which 351 were duplicated from the Classic in to the BBC. Between the two organisations the total amount of actual pigeons sent was 1,434 birds. Working together from both sides the Race Advisors Roger Hurst and Clive Merrills held off on the LIBERATION BY ONE DAY DUE TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY WITH THE BIRDS BEING RELEASED ON Sunday at 6.15am. Roger Hurst/ Clive Merrills: The birds were liberated at 6.15am into a broken sky with a very light Westerly breeze and very good visibility. Birds cleared immediately and last seen heading north in one bunch. The forecast is as follows. The weather through France is mainly sunny with some cloudy parts and a variable West to SW wind which increases as the birds come up though France. The Channel is clear with a West to South Westerly wind of 15 to 20 mph. Into the UK this continues with more cloud later in the afternoon with some isolated showers. Visibility is given as good to very good over the whole route. Temperatures are of no concern at a maximum of low to mid 20 degrees centigrade. As always our thanks and appreciation go to our marking stations for all their hard work in assuring everyone is kept safe whilst the birds are being marked. Considering the strong West/ South West in the wind it is very unusual to have 6 sections out of the 8 sending to be in the top eight of the provisional, well done to you all. Well done to all who timed on the Monday during the rainstorms and to all the further flying members whose pigeons worked hard to get home. Warmest congratulations to our Bordeaux National Winner Tony Stephens of Parkstone 1 st OPEN 1 st SECTION B. I WAS PLEASED AND SURPRISED TO SEE MY NAME AT THE TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD. THE PIGEON (Annie) I timed is a blue yearling hen paired to another hen, sent on a one day old baby. She has been raced mainly from the West Country and had one channel race from Messac with the Classic. She is a Vandenabeele, her father has one the Fed 4 times for me, twice from Fougeres and twice from Carentan. The mother was my best young bird in 2018 winning the Dorset Fed Breeder Buyer and scoring 6 times in the first 10 in our club. They originate from Brian Shipley and C.B and C. Harris. Well done to everybody who timed in on a hard day. Tony Stephens 1 st SECTION G 2 nd OPEN PHIL WEEDON &amp; SONS FROM UCKFIELD. MAY WE FIRST THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM for all the organisation that has been required to get this season up and running since lockdown was eased. We can’t believe how hard you work keeping up with the updates coming as birds arrive. Thank you. Also we&#039;d like to congratulate all who have timed in on this difficult race and especially Tony Stephen&#039;s on his 2 nd SECTION WIN IN SUCCESSION AND HIS OPEN WIN THIS WEEKEND. Here is a little bit of information about the Blue Hen. Her Sire is from a Grandson of Raoul Verstraete&#039;s Topstar and a Grandaughter of Hooyman&#039;s Harry. He was bought at Blackpool a few years ago. The Dam was a gift from James Parker from JPS Lofts and was bred down from Pros Roosen&#039;s Blauw Prins. This was only her 2 nd time across the channel. Last year she flew BBC Cholet but homed 2 days late. This year she has had 5 inland races up to 266 miles and has been consistently one of our first birds home. She was our 1 st bird from last weekend&#039;s Okehampton 180 mile dash and really fresh and keen on her cock on return so we felt that we should basket her for Bordeaux. Phil Weedon’s Hen 1 st SECTION D 3 rd OPEN DAN CRICK &amp; SON FROM LUTON. BLUE HEN GB19L09003. FLYING ALMOST 500 miles on the day is an achievement in itself, but winning the Section and taking 3 rd OPEN BBC WITH A yearling makes people sit up and take notice. Dan Crick’s “WhatsApp” lit up on race night when word went round the Leagrave club members and the congratulations just kept coming. There was no fluke about this performance. The Sire of this medium size blue hen is a Mealy cock which won 25 th OPEN BBC FOUGERES FOR DAN. THE DAM WAS PURCHASED AT A BICC AUCTION FROM THE DOVER LOFTS of H &amp; P Archibald. The breeding is from “The Proof” which won 2 nd and 3 rd OPEN TARBES IN consecutive years. Since moving to Luton two years ago and joining the Leagrave Club, Dan Crick’s main priority has been National racing. He comes from a family steeped in pigeon racing and wishes to thank them for the support they gave him when setting up on his own in Luton. He would particularly like to thank Colin Crick of Stotfold and his son Adam. He also sends thanks to his former racing partner Andy Baron of Offley. Andy and Dan won 6 th OPEN MIDLANDS NATIONAL Bordeaux in a very hard race with no day birds. Finally, and not to be forgotten Dan thanks his Loft Manager, his son Harry, aged 5. Harry is what you would call an active club member on race nights. Dan Crick 2 nd SECTION D 4 th OPEN DENNIS BAKER OF MAIDENHEAD. THIS TWO YEAR OLD BLUE BAR COCK IS OF RAUW Sablon blood, being a grandson of 1 st International Bordeaux for Eric Limbourg and “Going or Gold” 1 st CSCFC Carentan for Roger Lowe. Dennis Baker 1 st SECTION A 5 th OPEN JIMMY WEARN &amp; ERIK NEILSON OF RAMSDEAN. OUR BLUE HEN PROVISIONAL 1 st SECTION 5 th OPEN from the Bordeaux race now called Ramsdean Clare. Her breeding on the sire’s side is Herman Ceusters and on the dam side is John Gerrard. She has been raced every other week with her last race being Messac. All our race birds have been raced celibate this season and results have steadily been improving in recent weeks. Just like to congratulate everyone else who clocked especially our good friend Roger Lowe who was immediately on the phone to congratulate us as we were also entered in the Classic Bordeaux race in which we won. Erik Neilson 6 th &amp; 10 th OPEN ROGER LOWE FROM READING. MY FIRST TWO ARRIVALS ARE NEST SISTERS BRED FROM THE “Main Man” winner of 1 st Fed and 2 nd &amp; 3 rd OPEN NATIONAL FLYING CLUB SAINTES. HE IS SIRE TO MANY winners including “The One” winner of 1 st Central Southern Classic Guernsey and “Main Son” WINNER OF 1 st Sigogne National FC. Main Man is a son of “My Little Diamond” winner of 1 st NFC in her only ever race being of the de Klak blood lines, sire is a direct Marcel Aelbrecht Magic Man de Raw Sablon blood lines. Dam of the sisters is “Lucky Supreme” given to me as a egg by Mark Gilbert from his Southfield Supreme winner of the Dax International for Mark. Lucky Supreme as always paired to the Main Man so is the dam of many winners. The first hen “Main 615” was not earmarked to go as I lost one of the eight I’d entered training so she took its place, as it had been my first old bird back from the previous weeks race from Messac with the National. Sending eight double widowhood hens having 3 home on the night and 3 the next morning it turned out to be a reasonable race so hopefully all had good returns (Where are you Gilbert). Roger Lowe 7 th OPEN PAUL DAVIES FROM JERSEY. THE HEN I TIMED “LYNNE” IS A 2 YEAR OLD SITTING 14 DAYS. THIS was my first race this year having only been able to train off of a boat at Granville 30 miles, then jumped in to Bordeaux 304 miles. This hen was given to me from Keith Duffin which I am very grateful for. Thank you to Clare for all her hard work and Bill Edwards for collecting the Jersey birds from Portsmouth docks and taking them to the marking station. Paul Davies 1 st SECTION J 8 th OPEN ROB &amp; ANDREW WILTON (D WILTON &amp; SON) OF CHADWELL ST MARY. THE pigeon we clocked is a two year old cock flown on the widowhood system. He’s a Brockamp pigeon his dam is a grand daughter of Euro Diamond and Perpignan 06 she has been a very good breeder for us breeding many top National performers. His sire is also a grandson of Euro Diamond on one side and has also been a very good breeder for us both of them were bred by the Jutla Brothers from East London in 2011. Ee had Bordeaux in mind for this cock from the start sending him up to Poitiers with the BICC in preparation and he flew well being there and never made any mistakes every Channel race he had this year. We are very happy to win Section J and had a very good days racing on the day winning both our clubs and the strong Thames North and Eastern Counties aswell as our top performance in the BBC. Well done to all those that timed birds in on the day in what turned out to be a tough race all over. 2 nd SECTION A 9 th OPEN KEN &amp; SUE FRANCIS OF SOUTHAMPTON. OUR PIGEON IS A 3 YEAR OLD BLUE chequer cock, flown on the traditional Widowhood system. He had only two races with the Southampton &amp; District Fed prior to going to Messac with the CSCFC, and then on to Bordeaux. He is a Billy Lynch Casaert; the Casaerts being the only family now housed at our lofts. Rob, Andrew and Louie Wilton Ken Francis 2 nd SECTION G 11 th OPEN DON HARVEY OF DOVER. FIRST OF ALL I&#039;D LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO TONY Stephens on a fine win, also thanks to Clare and Martin Norman for all the work they put in. My first bird is a 2 year old widowhood cock who has shown some promise in the few races he has flown this year. He had a month out last season from his first channel race. He is bred from a direct Menne &amp; Daughter cock who is a son of Christine - she was 1 st National, 3 rd International from Pau. The dam is one of the first five that I bought from my mate Bert Shepherd being from his family of Ko Nipius/Jan Aarden. Don and Elaine Harvey 2 nd SECTION B 12 th OPEN MARK &amp; JULIE GOWER OF FORDINGBRIDGE. CONGRATULATIONS TO TONY Stephens on a great result topping off a great season for him. My bird is a yearling cock flown on a roundabout system. He is a result of some co breeding with Andy Parsons as it’s four grand parents are 4 th , 2 nd &amp; 5 th OPEN TARBES NFC AND THE FOURTH BEING A top stock cock originating from Keith Bush. This cock has flown 3 inland races and then the BBC Messac where he homed with so much energy left that I knew he would go to Bordeaux next. I like to use this race to send some yearlings to test out some stock pairs. My next bird at 06.23 is a full sister to the first bird which is pleasing. Let’s hope they go on to Tarbes next year and the job they were bred for as more often than not BOP stop them achieving this. Last years section winner and 4 th OPEN WAS TAKEN BY BOP !! Mark Gower 1 st &amp; 2 nd SECTION C MRS JANET WILCOX (JANET &amp; KEN) FROM MIDSOMER NORTON, RADSTOCK. Congratulations to winners to Tony Stephens in the BBC and Wearn Bros &amp; Neilson in the Central Southern Classic in what turned out another difficult race for many due to the lack of sun on route total cloud cover which results in only the very fittest bird coming through. Our first bird was a widowhood cock very consistent for several seasons in Classic races. It is bred from winning lines being 3 parts Geoff Kirkland old lines Desmet/ Bowen line from his days at Coalport. We have preserved these lines now for 25 years and at no time have they let us down with introductions from Tom Sherwood’s (Champion Jack) twice 2 nd OPEN NFC SAINTES. THE COCK WE timed is g.grandson of Jack. Good pigeons have also been exchanged with our friend Dave Vowles of Street. Our second timer was a gift bird from Fil &amp; Karen Travetti when they decided like many other to leave the fancy, they bred him and it won the Paulton breeder /buyer race in 2017. It was gifted to us on conditions we race him on. Lightly raced till this year he had come well from Messac and Poitiers this season. Finally on behalf of all fanciers here in this area we must thank Clive &amp; Jill Rogers for the way they have organised their premises for marking, without them we are sure it would have been almost impossible to compete during the pandemic. Janet &amp; Ken Wilcox 2 nd SECTION H WILLIE HEALY FROM JERSEY. WELL DONE TO THE WINNER AND ALSO MY PIGEON FRIEND PAUL Davies for winning the section and his open position. My pigeon is a three year old chequer pied cock sent sitting on four day egg, he was my timer from Bordeaux last year. His sire is a Kirkland cross Janssen pigeon, his damn is a Van Wan Roy cross Scottish blood, personally speaking after the time in the basket, my birds were in good condition on their return. To all those involved in the BBC thank you on behalf of the Channel Island pigeon fanciers, and thank you to Clare. Willie Healy 1 st SECTION E TEAM AUREL (AUREL VOICULESCU) OF TELFORD. THERE SHE IS, NELA MY BEAUTIFUL HEN, 1 st SECTION E (OVER 500MILES) FROM BORDEAUX NATIONAL, 540MILES WITH BRITISH BARCELONA CLUB BBC. What a gallant hen in such a difficult race! She flew her heart out through a wall of rain on Monday morning with a velocity of 878ypm. The next bird clocked in Section E was timed nearly 4 hours later. What is more amazing is that Nela was never raced as an young bird, yearling or 2 year old, she was only basket trained to the South Coast. This year, as a 3 year old, she completed 4 inland races and one Channel race from Carentan. She is flown on a roundabout system to Bordeaux. I dedicate this win to my childhood mentor Nelu Vasile, who passed away last year. Rest in peace Nea Nelu, your marathon bloodlines are the foundations of my loft! Special thanks to my loft manager Cristi, with whom I share the same philosophy on racing and being patient with pigeons. Also to Bob Besant for his calming influence for this race. Very impressed with John Garvey at Penkridge marking with the organisation of basketing and thank you Clare Norman the BBC secretary for putting up with my pestering emails. The most beautiful thing I experienced is the camaraderie in the sport. Thank you Jeremy Davies, Anthony Besant, Wayne Jones, Chris Balson, Mark Bulled, Kevin and Lee Buddle, Geoff and Catherine Cooper, Cosmin Darda, Stewart Reed, Gica Stanca, Barry Winter. Without your guidance and support I would be lost by now. Team Aurel (Aurel Voiculescu) 2 nd SECTION J MARK BULLED OF HARLOW. THIS IS A YEARLING WIDOWHOOD HEN WHO BREEDING IS HALF OF my Legacy family. The dam is from Lee &amp; Kevin Buddle through Tom and Elsa. Our furthest flyers competing from Bordeaux is Noel &amp; Adam Gaunt from Leeds 2 nd SECTION E flying 613 miles. We are a father and son partnership flying as Noel &amp; Adam Gaunt from Leeds. Our bird has previously been 8 th Heavy Woollen fed from Poitiers 513 miles on the day in 2017, 7 th Leeds Amal Poitiers on the day 2018, 7 th Leeds Amal Poitiers 2019. She was going to be our sole NFC Pau candidate but as the Combines 500 mile race was cancelled we decided to join the BBC and send our 500 &amp; 700 birds (7 in total) to Bordeaux 613 miles to us. The hen is bred from a full brother to our first clocking from the only other time we sent to Bordeaux that time with the MNFC when we got 5 of our 7 on the day finishing 5 th &amp; 6 th SECTION, 31 st &amp; 32 nd OPEN. THE DAM WAS purchased from a charity auction as a youngster from Brian Holland from Keighley and is a granddaughter of Pennine Heights of Shackleton &amp; Son. Mark, Abbie &amp; Charlotte Bulled Neil and Adam Gaunt Next in line to Janet Wilcox in Section C is Clive &amp; Wendy Merrills of Swindon. Congratulations to the winners and all those that timed in on the day. As one of Race advisors I was somewhat disappointed at the number of birds that made it on the day. I had hoped the weather was more in their favour than it appears to have been. I am however pleased at the number of arrivals on the next day given the rain and wind that covered the country in the morning. The pigeon is a Deweerdt/Jan Aarden having her third race, two inland and Messac two weeks ago. As with all my birds she was celebate but had paired to another hen, no eggs, having them taken away after laying. The sire is a gift from Guy Reed (IOW) and the dam a 4 year old which as this is written is on her way to Barcelona with the BBC. Clive &amp; Wendy Merrills Telephone &amp; Website verifications which may be subject to change OPEN MEM NO FLYING NAME TOWN RING NUMBER A-A-T VELOCITY 1 B181 A Stephens Poole GB19N11884 16 1 4 1 1229.882 2 G441 P R Weedon &amp; Sons Uckfield GB18V78689 16 21 27 1 1225.285 3 D410 D Crick &amp; Son Luton GB19L09003 17 55 36 1 1216.083 4 D438 Dennis Baker Maidenhead GB18H08654 17 27 12 1 1199.747 5 A122 Wearn Brothers 1 &amp; Ramsdean GB18N04020 16 44 17 1 1178.935 6 D720 R J Lowe Reading GB18N07615 17 34 47 1 1177.094 7 H483 P Davies Jersey GB18A14954 13 51 19 1 1176.372 8 J401 D Wilton &amp; Son Chadwell St GB18V87431 17 55 0 1 1147.451 9 A263 K &amp; S Francis Southampton GB17V04207 16 56 47 1 1137.418 10 D720 R J Lowe Reading GB18N07614 18 6 13 1 1125.071 11 G753 D Harvey Dover GB18N87509 17 47 19 1 1120.611 12 B85 Mr &amp; Mrs M Gower Fordingbridge GB19N26379 17 23 6 1 1112.085 13 A417 R &amp; H Barrs Stubbington GB17S36676 17 5 53 1 1110.901 14 G900 D Reid Weybridge GB15N29218 18 9 6 1 1101.769 15 D1211 J &amp; P Parker Reading GB17N26920 18 17 49 1 1097.989 16 D198 A McIlquham Enfield GB18X47588 19 12 25 1 1061.767 17 D383 Shefqet Breznica Hatfield GB18B00502 19 25 36 1 1054.631 18 C109 Janet Wilcox Radstock GB15N28242 18 47 45 1 1051.350 19 G37 Mr &amp; Mrs T Welch Chichester GB18N09787 17 46 23 1 1044.643 20 B96 Mr &amp; Mrs L Cowley Dorchester GB18N43769 17 57 27 1 1037.057 21 B328 A Parsons Salisbury GB19N26657 18 29 45 1 1034.059 22 C109 Janet Wilcox Radstock GB17E07141 19 2 51 1 1030.675 23 G501 Fagg &amp; Nicholas Sittingbourne GB19N65069 19 0 57 1 1029.301 24 B132 R Dibben Poole GB18F24859 17 53 9 1 1026.602 25 H361 W Healy Jersey GB17A04201 14 59 30 1 1025.373 26 B323 C Bartlett Salisbury GB18S41150 18 40 43 1 1018.306 27 B1072 J Fulford Salisbury GB19N50189 18 43 59 1 1016.183 28 G400 M/M May &amp; Son West Ashling GB19N59899 18 34 9 1 980.241 29 G251 N Jones Sandwich GB16P33990 19 48 47 1 972.129 30 G221 A Richardson Seaford GB18S09518 18 34 0 1 971.030 31 B471 Mr &amp; Mrs T Anderson Poole GB17F16021 18 35 30 1 970.587 32 A26 G Reed Shanklin GB19N21793 18 20 43 1 965.721 33 A218 Mr &amp; Mrs T Leggatt Havant GB18N78924 18 53 1 1 956.644 34 B685 Mr &amp; Mrs N Smith Salisbury GB17N28439 19 44 19 1 937.060 35 B16 D Lanaham Poole GB19E21347 19 32 15 1 909.480 36 B355 J P Halstead Gillingham GB19N68872 20 17 46 1 896.508 37 E295 Team Aurel (Aurel Telford GB17V37543 8 4 43 2 878.085 38 B729 Cottrell Richmond &amp; Son Wimborne GB18N87653 20 17 21 1 864.493 39 G31 P Baker Seaford GB18X18272 20 24 33 1 855.927 40 J58 M Bulled Harlow GB19B06957 6 21 38 2 848.723 41 J302 Sontag &amp; Son Harlow GB18V64000 6 48 18 2 827.176 42 E290 N A Gaunt Leeds GB15L23694 12 7 13 2 812.426 43 C247 Mr &amp; Mrs C Merrills Swindon GB18V03023 6 54 8 2 806.858 44 G481 I K &amp; S M Butler Crowborough GB19N81663 5 55 25 2 779.867 45 B1071 S Bunn Amesbury GB18R03820 6 41 23 2 766.118 46 B85 Mr &amp; Mrs M Gower Fordingbridge GB19N26310 6 23 24 2 753.994 47 E809 D &amp; P Whitfield Newcastle GB17N50374 12 8 8 2 750.300 48 B729 Cottrell Richmond &amp; Son Wimborne GB18H46394 6 26 21 2 736.791 49 D438 Dennis Baker Maidenhead GB17R27652 8 17 14 2 733.667 50 A271 A Barrett Portsmouth GB19N20169 6 26 15 2 732.262 51 J292 Gladwin &amp; Jarvis Leigh on Sea GB18N76523 8 41 47 2 727.887 52 A620 A E Shepherd Woodmancote GB19N41411 6 35 34 2 727.356 53 D438 Dennis Baker Maidenhead GB17N60138 8 33 58 2 722.666 54 D438 Dennis Baker Maidenhead GB17N60136 8 36 32 2 721.008 55 B282 R &amp; V McConnell Ferndown GB18E21821 6 45 6 2 718.757 56 B228 Mr &amp; Mrs Crutcher Poole GB14B17628 6 50 36 2 709.945 57 G623 Mr &amp; Mrs V J Durrant &amp; Godalming GB18D21103 7 59 37 2 705.483 58 B85 Mr &amp; Mrs M Gower Fordingbridge GB19N26409 7 32 22 2 704.675 59 A1189 C Edwards Romsey GB17R12732 7 36 44 2 704.123 60 E771 P Whitfield Newcastle GB18N26748 13 43 36 2 701.528 61 G753 D Harvey Dover GB18N87555 8 33 3 2 695.771 62 B85 Mr &amp; Mrs M Gower Fordingbridge GB19N26365 7 46 26 2 695.397 63 D438 Dennis Baker Maidenhead GB17R27640 9 18 39 2 694.845 64 B16 D Lanaham Poole GB19E21371 7 22 8 2 694.437 65 B132 R Dibben Poole GB18F24837 7 17 36 2 689.422 66 A26 G Reed Shanklin GB19N21785 6 54 39 2 689.363 67 G842 F Knowles &amp; Son Canterbury GB17F13822 9 4 22 2 688.681 68 D541 R Nye Stevenage GB14S23071 10 36 30 2 688.645 69 C309 Wyatt &amp; Gray Nailsea GB18P28733 9 44 44 2 687.046 70 A1070 C Ret &amp; Dtr Southampton GB18S24546 7 47 6 2 686.798 71 C309 Wyatt &amp; Gray Nailsea GB18V69280 9 47 44 2 685.314 72 C76 F J Quinn Devizes GB18N48007 9 15 40 2 684.304 73 D690 P &amp; L Worley Staines GB14N01655 9 24 21 2 683.167 74 G391 P Price Canterbury GB16N52773 9 9 34 2 682.573 75 C586 J Garvey Walsall GB18R24992 13 5 35 2 682.317 76 G753 D Harvey Dover GB18N87540 8 56 33 2 681.410 77 C340 B J Millard Bristol GB17N83498 9 28 25 2 681.188 78 A192 C Hallett Portsmouth GB17S08333 7 44 9 2 674.340 79 E101 Mr &amp; Mrs A Shore Crewe GB17N042367 14 37 14 2 674.327 80 C324 E Davis Marlborough GB17N26718 9 24 11 2 673.832 81 E270 C Whittingham Stafford GB18B26019 13 47 5 2 671.266 82 E651 P A Prinold Derrington GB18N58715 14 4 48 2 670.250 83 C879 N Greatwich Cleobury GB15N05390 12 58 14 2 668.526 84 A140 Poole &amp; May Bros East Dean GB17N88302 8 43 1 2 668.188 85 C309 Wyatt &amp; Gray Nailsea GB18V69257 10 18 45 2 667.901 86 D438 Dennis Baker Maidenhead GB17R27610 10 6 6 2 667.553 87 G827 Lyden Brothers Sandwich GB17N007310 9 41 39 2 667.214 88 C109 Janet Wilcox Radstock GB16N29003 9 47 52 2 665.121 89 D438 Dennis Baker Maidenhead GB18H08666 10 15 21 2 662.481 90 G400 M/M May &amp; Son West Ashling GB19A38438 8 12 47 2 661.817 91 C879 N Greatwich Cleobury GB17 065404 13 12 56 2 661.481 92 C403 S Bennett Bristol GB18N15046 10 40 4 2 661.432 93 A26 G Reed Shanklin GB18N22469 7 37 35 2 661.431 94 G753 D Harvey Dover GB17L49858 9 32 36 2 660.497 95 E24 Mark Lester Burton on GB19V97535 14 24 38 2 657.956 96 A496 B Smith Winchester GB15N63670 9 5 17 2 657.649 97 G772 A J Turner Dover GB16N97769 9 54 18 2 652.816 98 G384 D Bridger Littlehampton GB18N34666 8 20 8 2 652.309 99 C76 F J Quinn Devizes GB18N48030 10 19 59 2 648.287 100 C109 Janet Wilcox Radstock GB16N29042 10 23 22 2 645.852 Convoyers Report Wednesday 22 July - finished loading Southampton 15.30hrs, put water on birds and drove to Portsmouth Docks at 17.00hrs. Fed birds 17.30hrs, topped up water. Overnight sailing to Caen. Thursday 23 July - left Caen at 06.30hrs. Drove for 5 miles, stopped and topped up water. Stopped again at 10.00hrs in a service station, filled up water tanks on transporter, Topped up water and rested birds until 11.30hrs. Parked up for the night at 16.15hrs, fed birds 17.00hrs and topped up water. Friday 24 July - drove the 1hr into Bordeaux at 09.00hrs. Filled up water tanks and cleaned out drinkers. Fed the birds 11.00hrs, put water back on birds, back doors left open all day and water topped up regularly. Phoned Clive (Race Advisor) 19.30hrs. He said things not looking good for a Saturday liberation, but to phone him 07.00hrs. Saturday 25 July - spoke to Clive at 07.00hrs. He said weather in the UK not good and the Channel was very bad. We decided to holdover and try for Sunday. Fed birds at 10.00hrs and put clean water in all drinkers. Phoned Clive 19.30hrs and he said looking good for Sunday lib and to phone him at 06.00hrs. Sunday 26 July - up at 05.00hrs and put transporter into position and pulled back sides and cut strings. Weather on site was good, phoned Clive 06.00hrs and agreed to lib at 06.15hrs. The birds left the site in one batch heading North in a light west wind. All birds were out of sight in less than a minute. Messac National Award Winners 2020 N Jones (G251) – The Peter Bennett Special Presentation Plate, Glass Rosebowl and Section G Medal. Mr &amp; Mrs S Harris &amp; Dtr (A760) – Section A Medal. A Stephens (B181) – Section B Medal. S Hughes (C425) – Section C Medal. D Baker (D438) - Section D Medal. D &amp; P Whitfield (E809) - Section E Medal. Gladwin &amp; Jarvis (J292) – Section J Medal. Return of 2019 Trophies. Please could all 2019 trophy winners make sure any trophies are returned to me by September 10 th at the latest. If you wish to take them to the young bird marking, the I/C will make sure I receive them. Thank you. 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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