<pre><pre>Wadebridge National 1 st OPEN 1 st SECTION B John Halstead of Gillingham With “Nyland Wade” At the end of last season no one could have foreseen what was to come in the first few months of the New Year. We were all planning our breeding pairs and dreaming of winning the big one in 2020. In March we were locked down and couldn’t anticipate when racing would start. Wind on 3 months and thank goodness we have finally reached our first race. Due to the Government guidelines on travel Wadebridge was on the agenda in order to at least get the pigeons up and running. The first marking was always going to be a headache for the marking stations as everything was new to us making sure we had the correct procedures in place for social distancing etc and also there were existing venues we couldn’t use but luckily we had great members stepping up to the mark and offering their help, premises and club headquarters for us to use. Thank you to everyone involved at the Radstock, Southampton, Watchfield, Penkridge, Brighton and Bovingdon and also to the members for your patience. The 1,280 birds sent by 121 members were liberated at 7am in to an East North East wind. All positions are provisional until the paperwork is checked Even racing Inland you still see previous National and Classic Winners still at the forefront of the result. The winner of our first race of the season 1 st OPEN 1 st SECTION B. A BLUE yearling widowhood cock bred and raced by John Halstead of Gillingham and now named “Nyland Wade” held his line to make a speed of just over 43½ mph to take the first National win of 2020. His sire was Ruby’s Lad, himself a winner of 1 st SECTION 42 nd OPEN NFC Saintes 3,187 birds as a yearling in 2014, also into a NE wind. His dam was purchased in 2017 from Hawkins and Evans and is a granddaughter of ‘Pre Olympic’. The Ruby line has been very successful in National and Classic competition with at least six top three National and Classic performances and this bloodline goes all the way back to M &amp; D Evans’ original Vandenabeeles with Rolls Royce, Jester, Carrie, Pearce and Jade Leanne all in the pedigree. Hatched mid April last year ‘Wade’ only had 2 young bird races whilst his sister won as a Young Bird; 1 st CLUB 18 th Dorset Fed, also from Wadebridge. Given 6 training tosses up to 35 miles and a first race last Saturday flying the 63 miles in 66 minutes this was only his 4 th ever race. Exercise of 40 minutes each session morning and evening and a diet containing Golden Boost, Harkers Hormoform and Versele Laga feeds of Depurative, Gerry Plus and Champion Plus served to put him in tip top condition for the fly into a head wind. Taking 3 rd OPEN WAS JOHN’S POOLED PIGEON AND ONE OF THE LOFTS SPRINT STARS ALREADY NAMED “Nyland Linford”. In 2019 he won the Dorset Fed yearling of the year trophy with several good performances including 1 st CLUB AND 1 st Federation Carentan 584 birds. Last Saturday he was again first Club from Newton Abbot and is of Vandenabeele cross Hardy Kruger bloodlines. John would like to thank the secretary for all her efforts in getting the race on and all at Treetops for their sterling work in marking and getting the birds off to the race. John Halstead and “Nyland Wade” 2 nd &amp; 8 th OPEN, 2 nd &amp; 6 th SECTION B CHRIS BARTLETT FROM SALISBURY. CONGRATULATIONS TO John Halstead and all the winners. I have one 18 foot 3 section loft and keep around 30 old birds, which are Janssen based and have 30-40 young birds each year. The old birds are raced widowhood and then paired up for the longer races. My first bird is a hen now called “Primrose Jean” she is paired to another hen sent sitting eggs she has an X gold ring which was purchased for the Watchfield triple chance race where she was 7 th . Her sire as a young bird won the first 3 club races topping the Wiltshire and District Federation once and second club beaten by a loft mate as a yearling. Her dam has won 4 th South West Section 26 th OPEN CENTRAL SOUTHERN CLASSIC FLYING CLUB MESSAC. My second bird is one I purchased in a young bird kit from Simeon Turner he has won 14 th SECTION 118 th OPEN NATIONAL FLYING CLUB CHOLET, THREE 1 st clubs and other positions. Thanks to Nick Smith and Andy Parsons for taking my birds to the marking stations, that&#039;s another breakfast I owe you! Chris Bartlett 2 nd OPEN 2 nd SECTION B 8 th OPEN Lawrence and Marg Cowley from Dorchester timed in one of Marg’s roundabout hens for 4 th OPEN, 4 th SECTION B. SHE IS FLOWN TO THE HENS OWN SECTION ONLY, TRAPPING IN THE cock’s section on race day. She is a Denis Sapin pigeon, bred from birds bought at Blackpool. She has 5 x 1 st CLUB AND FED CARDS AND HER 2 BROTHERS HAVE TOPPED THE DORSET Fed. The feed is Country Wide corn with Quill boost tonic in the water. We would once again like to thank Clare for all her hard work, particularly at this moment in time. Marg Cowley 1 st &amp; 2 nd SECTION G, 5 th &amp; 7 th OPEN MR &amp; MRS DARREN MAY &amp; SON JOSH FROM WEST Ashling. 1 st SECTION: HE IS A 2 YEAR OLD COCK, RACED ON ROUNDABOUT WIDOWHOOD. HE HAS raced in National races previously being consistent. He is now winner of 1 st SECTION G Wadebridge BBC 2020, 5 th OPEN WADEBRIDGE BBC 2020, 1 st Premier 100 specialist club 2019, 48 th OPEN MESSAC CSCFC 2019, 57 th OPEN LE MANS BICC 2019. HE IS BRED FROM one our of number 1 breeding pairs “Blue Rossi” (Son of our superbreeder “Spiderman”, son of “Rossi” and “Spinneke”, Heremans-Ceusters) x “Combine queen” (Granddaughter of “De Jan” and “De Power”, Heremans-Ceusters). This pair are parents of 10 x 1 st Federation, 1 st SECTION G BBC AND GRANDPARENTS OF 1 st SECTION A NFC, 5 X 1 st Federation. 2 nd SECTION: HE IS A YEARLING COCK, ALSO RACED ON ROUNDABOUT WIDOWHOOD. HE WAS A consistent young bird and is now winner of 2 nd SECTION G WADEBRIDGE BBC 2020, 7 th OPEN WADEBRIDGE BBC 2020, 6 th South Coast Federation and Surrey Federation Amal (Beaten by loft mates on trap) 2019, 6 th South coast Federation (Beaten by loft mates on trap) 2019, 6 th Solent Federation 2019. He is a grandson of our supersire “Spiderman” and brother to one of J May &amp; Son’s best racers “700” winner of 4 x 1 st . 1 st SECTION G 5 th OPEN 2 nd SECTION G 7 th OPEN 6 th OPEN VINCENT MCCONNELL (R &amp; V MCCONNELL) OF FERNDOWN. MY PIGEON IS A BLUE cock down from my mate Mark Gilbert and a grandson off his NFC winner Champ! (At least one of us wins Mark). He has topped the Dorset Fed as a yearling. He was well fancied after being 2 nd CLUB 5 th Fed last week in his warm up race. He’s pictured here when I dropped off a speical young bird to my mates daughter who’s pigeon mad. Now named “Parley”!! Can I thank A Harp and N Pearse who took my pigeons to the marking station and informed me the marking went like a dream .!! Thank you BBC and congratulations to all who took part. Vincent McConnell and Friends 1 st SECTION C 9 th OPEN DAVE WYATT &amp; MERV GRAY FROM NAILSEA. THIS YEARLING HEN THAT topped the Section is from a family of pigeons similar to the one that bred 2 nd SECTION BBC Fougeres 2019. The grandsire has Gary Summers’ NFC winning bloodlines in. Wyatt &amp; Gray’s Hen 2 nd SECTION C 10 th OPEN ALAN &amp; SUE THOMPSON FROM RADSTOCK. 2 YEAR OLD BLUE HEN, “Sweet Harvest”. She is the most consistent hen we have had for a long time. Last year as a yearling she had 2 races each week for four weeks and was first bird to the loft each time. She then got badly hawked and we thought she wouldn’t race again. She recovered and is always in good condition. Last week she was 2 nd CLUB FROM EXETER, NOW SHE HAS PUT IN A GOOD PERFORMANCE WITH THE BBC. She is of the Gaston Van de Wouwer family. We would like to congratulate John Halstead for winning the race and Dave Wyatt for winning the section. We also like to thank Clive &amp; Jill Rogers and their team at Treetops for all their hard work at the marking station. Alan &amp; Sue Thompson 1 st SECTION A 12 th OPEN ROD BERRY OF BERRY &amp; MATTHEWS FROM NEW MILTON. THE 1 st SECTION WINNER IS A HEN CALLED “LUCY” SHE IS A GRANDDAUGHTER OF “SCAR” THE BASE OF MY Janseen Van den bosche family which I have had since 1986. She is raced on the roundabout system. She is four generations down from the originals. Pictured is four generations of the Berry family. Rod and Ang with daughter Julie, granddaughter Chantel and great granddaughters Mia and Lucy. The Four generations of the Berry Family 1 st SECTION D 14 th OPEN STEVE WELLS (SHERMAN &amp; WELLS) OF OXFORD. THE PIGEON THAT topped the section for us we brought at a Belgium show I went to with club mate Keith Shipperley. Keith had purchased some young birds from Franz Lange of Germany and he had a stand there at the show where Keith was picking them up from. While we were at the stand I purchased two young birds, the hen that won being one of them. She is Van den Bulck x Janssen Delbar she was flown on roundabout, her cock was my second pigeon. Steve Wells 2 nd &amp; 3 rd SECTION A 15 th &amp; 16 th OPEN MR &amp; MRS GARRY MOODY FROM PORTSMOUTH. We had two pigeons arrive together, The 1 st bird is from a kit of baby’s we brought in last year from my friend Paul Rimmington (Rimmington &amp; Wright). Second bird is van de Bulck and is a sister to one we gave to Bill Edwards which won the SECTION LAST YEAR IN THE NFC WHICH IS KITTLE LINES. Garry Moody &amp; Lee 3 rd SECTION G 17 th OPEN JOHN MAY &amp; SON FROM CHICHESTER. SHE IS A 2 YEAR OLD HEN RACED on Widowhood. She had been given some inland federation races leading up to this race. She has been a consistent hen in Federation and Nationals races. She is a direct Belgian rung Pitbull pigeon. John, Darren &amp; Josh May 2 nd SECTION D 20 th OPEN MR &amp; MRS PAUL KENNY &amp; FAMILY. WE WOULD LIKE TO congratulate the winners of the race and to say well done to the marking team at Watchfield. Our bird is a yearling blue bar cock, flown on widowhood. He is a Vandenabeele, bred from our stock team off Mark Evan&#039;s at Myrtle lofts. His sire is off a son of Queen of Diamonds when paired to Levi Young and his dam is off Maverick when paired to Lady Cruise. All birds are fed Vanrobeyes corn which we get from our friend Steve Hughes of Swindon. The Kenny Family Paul Whitfield from Newcastle Under Lyme 1 st SECTION E. ONE OF THE FURTHEST FLYING lofts in band E on the day, times a 2 year old chequer widow cock to top band E flying over 208 Miles. It was bred from a cross of pigeons which Paul and his farther swap every year, the mother of it was bred by Paul and is Kuyper x Verhaye and the sire is raced and owned by his father. Both parents have won many times. The lofts sent 12 birds and had 9 on the day, Paul would like to thank the convoyer Patrick for the excellent condition of the returning pigeons. Paul Whitfield’s Lockdown Lad 2 nd SECTION E DANIEL HUGHES FROM MARKET DRAYTON. THE PIGEON I TIMED “WESTLAND Dream” was 2 nd SECTION BORDEAUX IN 2019 AND OTHER MULTIPLE NATIONAL PERFORMANCES. HE was not raced as a young bird. He was bred by my Dad Mick Hughes. Daniel Hughes Convoyers Report Thursday 11 th June: Finished loading at Southampton (4.30pm). Arrived at Radstock for final pickup 6.00pm and left Radstock 7.00pm. Arrived at Wadebridge 10.45pm. Friday 12 th June: Up at 6.00am watered birds, 8.30am-9.00am fed birds in anticipation of early lib on Saturday. Saturday 13 th June: Up at 5.30am – not looking great at site but could see bright weather coming from the East. 6.15am totally different picture at site – sunshine and 20 miles visibility. 6.30am called Roger and agreed to liberate at 7.00am. Birds circled once and left heading East in one batch. Telephone and Website verifications which may be subject to change OPEN Mem No Flying Name Town Ring Number A-A-T Day Velocity 1 B355 J P Halstead Gillingham GB19N68892 9 38 37 1 1279.746 2 B323 C Bartlett Salisbury GB19X31943 10 14 39 1 1261.808 3 B355 J P Halstead Gillingham GB18N54985 9 41 25 1 1257.547 4 B96 Mr &amp; Mrs L Cowley Dorchester GB17N54572 9 30 36 1 1228.811 5 G400 M/M May &amp; Son West Ashling GB18N30924 11 15 18 1 1224.505 6 B282 R &amp; V McConnell Ferndown GB18E21813 10 10 22 1 1224.427 7 G400 M/M May &amp; Son West Ashling GB19N59664 11 17 0 1 1216.405 8 B323 C Bartlett Salisbury GB17S44732 10 23 10 1 1208.914 9 C309 Wyatt &amp; Gray Nailsea GB19P16614 9 45 34 1 1204.723 10 C469 A &amp; S Thompson Radstock GB18E16769 9 55 21 1 1200.508 11 B437 J M Fisher Wimborne GB17N071571 10 10 46 1 1199.853 12 A82 Berry &amp; Matthews New Milton GB19N10743 10 29 40 1 1199.533 13 C826 S Thorpe Swindon GB19N29768 10 49 51 1 1197.546 14 D168 Sherman &amp; Wells Oxford DV 17 0674607 11 24 48 1 1197.387 15 A125 M/M Moody Portsmouth GB19P01857 11 7 41 1 1194.162 16 A125 M/M Moody Portsmouth GB19N20520 11 7 42 1 1194.082 17 G411 J May &amp; Son Chichester BELG18 6070992 11 21 7 1 1193.018 18 B132 R Dibben Poole GB19E21260 10 7 26 1 1190.429 19 A496 B Smith Winchester GB19R02506 10 53 50 1 1188.406 20 D375 M/M P Kenny &amp; Family Wantage GB19N77341 11 14 37 1 1187.318 21 C425 S Hughes Swindon GB18N14099 10 50 22 1 1179.237 22 C425 S Hughes Swindon GB15N35898 10 50 51 1 1176.768 23 C157 Brown &amp; Elliott Loft 1 Devizes GB12N17727 10 24 26 1 1174.725 24 D566 N Finch Wantage GB19N32713 11 12 23 1 1173.754 25 B47 M White &amp; Son Bournemouth GB18N06729 10 16 15 1 1169.350 26 G163 D &amp; J Novis Brighton GB18N36166 12 17 48 1 1169.235 27 B685 Mr &amp; Mrs N Smith Salisbury GB18N06752 10 33 13 1 1166.480 28 B1072 J Fulford Salisbury GB19A18831 10 36 8 1 1163.634 29 C223 P Barlow Coombe Hill GB19N10743 10 53 30 1 1163.623 30 A595 Mr &amp; Mrs G Emm Salisbury GB19V45948 10 33 54 1 1162.571 31 D379 M/M M Dickinson &amp; Sons Hemel GB17N04926 12 18 31 1 1161.996 32 A209 M Skidmore Havant GB18N73972 11 20 59 1 1161.726 33 B323 C Bartlett Salisbury GB19N25782 10 31 51 1 1159.363 34 A894 Mr &amp; Mrs B Wall Bedhampton NEHU19Z6344 11 21 42 1 1156.114 35 C66 S Dickinson &amp; P Newton Weston Super GB19N02084 9 37 58 1 1155.529 36 A140 Poole &amp; May Bros East Dean GB18R10442 10 44 39 1 1154.164 37 C143 C &amp; B Slocombe Paulton GB19P09981 9 59 8 1 1152.873 38 A1189 C Edwards Romsey GB19N23480 10 54 18 1 1146.859 39 B806 C Lake Poole GB18F33830 10 13 39 1 1141.090 40 D379 M/M M Dickinson &amp; Sons Hemel GB17N04946 12 24 38 1 1140.102 41 B806 C Lake Poole GB18F24749 10 13 50 1 1140.010 42 A1085 G C Kingswood-Cox Southampton GB18F34001 11 2 16 1 1139.071 43 C197 D &amp; K Bullingham Stroud GB16R17143 10 43 8 1 1138.875 44 D136 Chitty Brothers Kings Langley GB18N18377 12 24 24 1 1137.793 45 C454 G Clift Tirley GB19N10401 10 55 50 1 1137.549 46 B458 Mrs J Mills West Moors GB18S28302 10 27 7 1 1131.792 47 A1108 Mannor Lofts (M C &amp; J Southampton GB18N07534 10 59 29 1 1128.400 48 B18 S Travers Poole GB19B26877 10 23 42 1 1124.890 49 D387 M/M F Elliston Haddenham GB16N87765 12 2 7 1 1124.542 50 C556 P Newton Weston-Super- GB19B02648 9 42 1 1 1122.243 51 E771 P Whitfield Newcastle GB18N26756 12 27 57 1 1119.399 52 D410 D Crick &amp; Son Luton GB19L09205 12 44 49 1 1110.062 53 A486 J J Schoeman Andover SU191752 11 7 45 1 1109.695 54 E213 D Hughes Market GB18N58026 12 10 35 1 1105.581 55 C426 S Wilcox Bristol GB19F08776 10 6 47 1 1104.927 56 C111 R E Taylor &amp; Sons Bristol GB19N24006 10 9 1 1 1100.226 57 B345 J Clapcott Poole GB19E21229 10 22 43 1 1091.528 58 C94 Mr &amp; Mrs Fairfax &amp; L Langport GB19N66302 9 40 38 1 1087.402 59 G447 T &amp; J Gunn Brighton GB16C46182 12 41 8 1 1086.971 60 D224 T Haley Nr Watford BELG16 6003259 12 42 4 1 1083.543 61 E606 Mr &amp; Mrs Beckett &amp; Sons Dunston GB19Z08893 12 19 38 1 1082.425 62 B722 T Vincent Dorchester GB18X44735 9 47 50 1 1082.401 63 C619 D E Fox Stroud GB17R13600 10 52 1 1 1082.000 64 A182 M/M D Waterhouse Bedhampton GB19N01248 11 39 6 1 1080.498 65 E116 J Hughes Market GB17Z077277 12 18 12 1 1079.117 66 D45 D Hawthorne Tadley GB16P44839 11 46 39 1 1065.707 67 B576 Corey &amp; Roger Owers Crewkerne GB19C23780 9 37 20 1 1062.553 68 A218 Mr &amp; Mrs T Leggatt Havant GB18B06264 11 48 1 1 1059.501 69 E781 Mr &amp; Mrs N Shaw Crewe GB19H07741 12 42 39 1 1059.174 70 G120 M/M Chaplin Woking GB17N43005 12 23 58 1 1053.179 71 C247 Mr &amp; Mrs C Merrills Swindon GB16X61243 11 19 6 1 1052.146 72 D335 J &amp; P Treanor Luton GB16L15187 13 0 11 1 1051.612 73 G46 P Gretton Peacehaven GB18V96817 13 0 14 1 1049.048 74 E519 J Richard &amp; Son Whitchurch GB18N04565 12 23 18 1 1046.783 75 E216 A McKinnell Telford GB18D08608 12 11 50 1 1046.373 76 E809 D &amp; P Whitfield Newcastle GB17N50391 12 48 1 1 1045.292 77 D335 J &amp; P Treanor Luton GB15N69881 13 4 22 1 1039.538 78 A1097 Mr &amp; Mrs D Stickland Southampton GB19D24911 11 16 39 1 1036.458 79 A303 E Booth Gosport GB18N03069 11 39 34 1 1033.825 80 C725 A Smith &amp; Son Wotton-Under- GB19N31914 10 51 0 1 1029.688 81 C586 J Garvey Walsall GB17A40438 12 34 3 1 1024.113 82 C423 M/M P Goldfinch Swindon GB15S20520 11 26 7 1 1018.677 83 G249 D Rushman Hove GB18N96817 13 7 39 1 1008.511 84 B445 B Freeman Abbotsbury GB17S24695 9 55 45 1 1007.175 85 B1002 M Blake Christchurch WHU17R09696 11 0 30 1 998.349 86 A398 F Drain Waterlooville GB19B07548 12 2 58 1 995.222 87 A893 B D Basham Southampton GB19N56628 11 33 19 1 989.460 88 E147 J W Peever Crewe GB18N46167 13 11 19 1 987.742 89 E366 J &amp; B Oakley Whitchurch GB17X26142 12 53 13 1 978.835 90 D678 Mr &amp; Mrs D J Newman Aylesbury GB16N79819 12 45 4 1 966.042 91 B436 T J Godlonton Milborne St GB19C31203 10 31 21 1 961.150 92 A173 D Wells Liphook WHU19A40370 12 35 37 1 960.295 93 C39 Mr &amp; Mrs N Nutt Street GB19N44913 10 8 17 1 959.187 94 B20 D Whitefield Dorchester GB19C31488 10 21 39 1 937.511 95 E57 G J Hallam Dukinfield GB18B31047 14 28 10 1 936.223 96 C478 M Edwards Weston-Super- GB18V45885 10 11 30 1 934.439 97 B451 F Jordan Weymouth GB18F41063 10 22 51 1 918.378 98 C855 G Hancock Devizes GB19N37050 11 27 23 1 910.019 99 D494 H Hine &amp; Son Dunstable GB19L08943 13 59 25 1 894.175 100 C592 P &amp; D Clarke Taunton GB19N70172 9 46 35 1 882.969 101 C227 B Holley Frome GB19N75805 11 2 41 1 880.402 102 E450 M Lovelock Shrewsbury GB19B27402 13 7 26 1 862.009 103 C77 Mr &amp; Mrs M &amp; C Brown Hungerford NEHU16B0502 12 36 43 1 841.883 104 A673 B Smith &amp; Father Southampton GB18N31923 12 19 0 1 832.624 105 E36 Talent &amp; Westbury Corwen GB18B39222 13 51 57 1 795.757 106 G245 S Simmons Brighton GB18R30599 14 47 12 1 774.608 107 A99 R D Hurst Romsey GB17E29279 13 1 4 1 742.129 108 G443 D Winter Littlehampton GB19L20217 16 51 30 1 572.374 Next race is from Messac June 27 th . Marking is on Thursday 25 th June. Closing date for postal entries is the weekend of 20 th / 21 st June and online entries Monday 22 nd June. 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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