<pre><pre>Messac National 1 st OPEN 1 st SECTION C Graham Clift &amp; George Harding Of Tirley Unbelievable to think that it has been three years since the BBC lorry made the journey across the English CHANNEL TO FRANCE. CONSIDERING HOW HARD OLD BIRD RACING HAS BEEN THIS YEAR, WE WERE PLEASED WITH THE birdage of just over 1200 pigeons sent by 133 members. Higham marking station proved to be a big success with the help from Kevin Foster and his team who agreed to run the marking station so we could try and encourage our members on the East side to send. Fingers crossed this can continue for the future. Thank you to all our other marking stations as well, Alan and Jill Webber for running Steventon and Sue &amp; Alan Thompson &amp; everyone at Frome, some of whom have not encountered the new Channel racing procedures before. Special mention to Clive Merrills &amp; Shane and Clive &amp; Jill Rogers who helped with transporting the Steventon and Frome birds to Southampton. (Race &amp; Weather Advisors – Steve and Mark) - The birds were liberated at 6.00am under clear blue skies clearing the race point immediately in one batch. Winds at the site are very light with an easterly influence, but will change to southerly over the channel and then to south westerly over the English mainland. The channel is clear with good visibility. Congratulations to our race winners Graham Clift and George Harding of Tirley 1 st OPEN 1 st SECTION C. Clift &amp; Harding partnership was formed in 2021 after George&#039;s house move to a bungalow with a small garden not suitable to race birds from. Previously George raced and had our stock birds at his previous address which extended to 3 acres but became too much to maintain hence the move. We have been life long friends and also raced in partnership many years ago. The loft at Tirley consists of mainly long distance pigeons but we have introduced some sprint/middle distance birds recently to be more competitive in the shorter races. The provisional Messac winner is inbred to Champion Izzy who won 4 th CSCFC Pau, 1 st CSCFC Pau, 2 nd CSCFC Tarbes, 16 th NFC Tarbes, RPRA Award winner - all at distances 593 - 604 miles for Rob Kerr, she was sold at his entire clearance sale. She is very well bred her g/parents on the sire&#039;s side is a brother of Mark Gilbert&#039;s Southfield Junior when paired to the dam of Izzy. Her g/parents on the dam&#039;s side a son of Fabia Rob Rome&#039;s great racer who won the car in the NFC Tarbes RACE 2015 PLUS MANY OTHER POSITIONS WHEN PAIRED TO A DAUGHTER OF IZZY. Both the dam &amp; daughter of Izzy was kindly loaned to us by Alen Gibb of Gloucester. Like many others we have lost some really good channel pigeons in the easterly winds this year including two of our three good pigeons that scored from Tarbes in the NFC race last year, so winning the BBC has given us a real boost. We race the birds on the chaos system never pair them up until the end of the season [as a reward] they are fed of Verselle Laga Superstar plus young and old birds all season. Our thanks to all the workers at the marking station, the race controller and Clare Norman who has been an excellent secretary for many years. Finally well done to Charlton Kings members who featured well in the result and all who clocked good pigeons including our mate Pete Barlow who is provisionally 3 rd OPEN HE HAS HAD A GREAT SEASON IN THE National races this year. George Harding &amp; Graham Clift 1 st SECTION A 2 nd OPEN JJ SCHOEMAN OF ANDOVER. FIRSTLY I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE GRAHAM CLIFT ON winning the race and all the other Section winners. This 4 year old hen I timed to win the Section and take 2nd Open has once again done us proud. She is a pigeon I gifted to my Mother in Law Shirley May and is the same hen who three weeks ago was 1st SECTION 9TH OPEN IN THE BBC FROM GUERNSEY, BEING SAMSON/ BETTER THAN BOLT BLOODLINES. 2 nd SECTION C 3 rd OPEN PETE BARLOW OF COOMBE HILL. MY PROVISIONAL 3 rd OPEN PIGEON IS A 2 YEAR OLD roundabout hen sent on a big youngster. Three weeks ago her mother was 10 th OPEN BBC GUERNSEY. HER sire is a Martin Williams pigeon bred from stock purchased years ago. Congratulations to club mates and good friends George &amp; Graham on winning the race and all section winners. 4 th OPEN 3 rd SECTION C DARRYL COUSINS OF MELKSHAM. I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE CLIFT &amp; HARDING FOR winning the open and all the section winners. My first bird is a 5 year old hen who was sent sitting 10 days, she is bred from pigeons that were given to me by Paul Weems of Chippenham, consisting of his lines and also lines from the late Ernie Smith. I had 7 of my 8 entries back which I was happy with on what seemed to be a tough race. JJ Schoeman Pete Barlow Darryl Cousins 1 st SECTION G 5 th OPEN MICK &amp; LYN CHAPLIN OF WOKING. I CONGRATULATE THE WINNER OF THIS HARD RACE AND am pleased that I have 5 of my 7 entries back. The section winner is a 5 year old widowhood cock. This was his 18 th time across the channel and his 45 th RACE OVERALL. HE HAS BEEN VERY CONSISTENT IN THE BBC/BICC/NFC previously having 8 positions in the top 200 including a 2 nd , 4 th and 5 th SECTION. AS A YB he won 2 x 1 st , and is bred from our No1 stock pair of Burgher Wildermeersch who are responsible for most of our winners. 1 st SECTION J MARK BULLED OF HARLOW. WELL DONE TO GRAHAM CLIFT ON HIS FINE WIN, AND THANK YOU TO KEVIN Foster on running a very well organised and friendly station at Higham. I’ll be back for Bordeaux. It’s been a very difficult year for channel racing. My team that has raced successfully north the past 2 seasons were completely turned south with good performances inland, but the NE winds on the channel soon took their toll resulting in losses of some very good pigeons. Negotiating the team has been like a game of chess, so it was a pleasant surprise in timing an early bird from Messac, and what I think will be the first 5 in the Section. My Section Winner and 6 th OPEN IS A YEARLING HEN FROM MY OLD RED BULL FAMILY, VERY CONSISTENT BUT THIS her first position of note. She was trying for her life and is out on her own this side of the country. She is raced on my version of the jealousy/chaos/natural system that has been successful for me with hens from France. Thank you to Clare for her continuous hard work and those that helped get channel racing back. There really isn’t anything like it. Mick &amp; Lyn Chaplin Mark Bulled 7 th OPEN 2 nd SECTION G JOHN MAY OF CHICHESTER. FIRSTLY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER AND SECTION winners. The pigeon clocked is a yearling hen raced on roundabout widowhood, she has been a very consistent hen winning 1 st SECTION A, 16 th OPEN NFC 1489 BIRDS YB, ALSO 71 st OPEN NATIONAL 4,639 BIRDS this season, with some top club and federation positions as well. She is a granddaughter of May Pigeons Racing and Breeding Centre’s “Spiderman” who is a responsible for over 500 x 1 st winners, and is a son of the famous couple “Rossi” x “Spinneke”, making him a full brother to the world famous “Nieuwe Rossi”. 8 th OPEN 2 nd SECTION A JIMMY WEARN &amp; ERIK NEILSON OF RAMSDEAN. OUR FIRST BIRD TIMED IS A YEARLING was bred down from Wall, Lunt &amp; Green. The May Family Erik Neil son &amp; Friends 9 th OPEN STEVE THORPE OF SWINDON. I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE WINNERS &amp; EVERYONE ON RESULT IN what proved to be another hard race from the channel. My 9 th OPEN 4 th SECTION WINNER WAS A DARK CH HEN A CUELMAN X VERVOORT BRED FOR ME BY FRANK &amp; GEORGE Bristow of Hobling. 1 st SECTION D 10 th OPEN RICKY TURNER OF AYLESBURY. I LIKE TO THANK THE BBC FOR PUTTING THIS RACE ON. MY first bird has been an excellent pigeon for me so far this year, topping the Fed for me from Wadebridge. The sire is my good racer number 71, 5 x first Feds, 13 times in the top 10 of Fed, bred by Darren May. The dam is from my good mate Mick Carrick which carries Peter Fox lines. I would like to thank the members in my club who help me train and take me to the club, Frank Elliston Trevor Griffiths and Graham Jones, thanks lads. So far I&#039;ve had a fantastic season topping the Fed 6 times 5 weeks on the bounce. I don&#039;t keep a big team 20 cocks to start with and 27 young birds. I would also like to thank Darren May especially as since I&#039;ve brought his pigeons in I can&#039;t go wrong with them, thanks mate. 2 nd SECTION D STEVE &amp; PAUL KULPA OF READING. FIRSTLY WELL DONE TO THE WINNERS AND RICKY FOR WINNING the section. We clocked a 2 year old Hereman ceuster x Lambrecht cock to be 2 nd SECTION D. THE SIRE WAS BRED BY ourselves for stock out of our original pair of Eijerkamp bred Hereman ceuster stock pair, Bruno &amp; Casandra. The dam is Red Lady, one of our top Cyril Lambrecht breeding hens, she is responsible for club and fed winners for us. A tougher than expected race for us, the early birds made good time but they stopped early afternoon with returns only being 9/20 by Sunday lunchtime which we were quite disappointed with. All our birds are fed on versele laga corn and aviform products in the water. Steve Thorpe Ricky Turner &amp; 1 st SECTION D Steve &amp; Paul Kulpa 1 st SECTION B TONY COTTRELL (COTTRELL, RICHMOND &amp; ROGERS) OF WIMBORNE. 2021 BRED BLUE PIED HEN now known as MERRIFIELD DONNA was bred by Justin Rogers at BOSLIVEN LOFTS. She’s flown consistently north and south on the roundabout chaos system but like some of the other hens she’s started laying. She couldn’t go to NFC last week as laid so went here instead. My dog Scrumpy followed me in the loft as always and devoured her eggs on the Tues and not noticed until Wednesday morning. I quickly put a nest and handful of pot eggs on the grills where the eggs had been. They showed no interest but finally that evening Donna sat them again. On the day of the race I sat with a friend who had not seen a race etc since her Dad John Bonwick passed in the 1990’s. She was delighted to see the hen come high to the north east but flying with purpose. I felt I needed one by 10.30 to be a good one so felt she’d put on a good shift. I told my friend if she wins anything I’ll name her after you as you bought me luck so hence the name Donna. I only sent 4 and it was a tough day again and not a team performance but got 3 of the 4 home including the 2nd one some 3 hours behind with a peregrine up her backside. Merrifield Donnas breeding is as follows. Sire: Inbred double grandson of ROSSI. Dam: Inbred double granddaughter of the EURO. She’s a full sister to Gary Jacobs NFC winner. Congratulations to the winners and section winners, the marking teams and Clare for putting up with me as I’m always getting something wrong !! At least the birds did something right. Till the next time, remember Motivation and Observation, keep them flying Tony Cottrell 2 nd &amp; 3 rd SECTION B ROBBIE HOOPER OF POOLE. I HAVE FLOWN MY BIRDS ON THE NORTH ROAD FOR THE LAST TWO seasons, so I didn’t know what to expect from this race, this hen has been flying on the chaos system this season. Also my second bird was also a chaos hen which will be well up in the section. This is my third second section this year. Congratulations to my club mate Tony Cottrell on winning the SECTION. 2 nd SECTION J JOHN &amp; THERESA GLADWIN &amp; JARVIS OF LEIGH ON SEA. MY FIRST PIGEON IS A YEARLING COCK. He is Frans Zwols x long distance lines. Sire is 65 who was a top racing cock for John Cowlin from our best Frans Zwols bloodlines. With the other side being down from a pigeon called Joe Jones which was raced and owned by H&amp;P Archibald and was the sister of the Proof. Both of these hens were super hens at the distance for Heath. He was 9 th SECTION FROM GUERNSEY IN THE BBC 3 WEEKS AGO. I would like to say a big well done to all the section and open winners, on another tough day. Robbie Hooper John &amp; Theresa Gladwin &amp; Jarvis Cock bird 1 st &amp; 2 nd SECTION E DEAN JONES OF BOSTON. MY SECTION WINNER IS A 3 YEAR OLD COCK, BRED WITH PADFIELD’S blood lines on both sides. Being a grandson of Padfield’s St Vincent and Padfield’s Vince. He previously had several inland races with the Peterborough Central Fed and went to BICC Alencon and will now be entered for BBC Bordeaux. My 2 nd SECTION BIRD IS A 5 YEAR OLD HEN, GRAND DAUGHTER OF CHAMPION DE-CAS, CHAMPION CEESSIE AND champion Black Shadow. All champions from Barcelona. She previously went to several inland races and then went to BICC St Maixent-Ecole. She returned home hawked. All birds return home in top condition in very testing conditions. At present I have 8 out of the 15 I sent. Dean Jones Telephone and Website verifications which may be subject to change OPEN Mem No Flying Name Town Ring Number A-A-T Day Velocity 1 C454 Clift &amp; Harding Tirley GB21N01458 286 459 11 58 31 1 1405.288 2 A486 J J Schoeman Andover GB19V35476 234 152 10 57 19 1 1385.701 3 C223 P Barlow Coombe Hill GB21N09846 285 377 12 2 35 1 1384.446 4 C90 D Cousins Melksham GB18N43188 246 349 11 18 15 1 1361.537 5 G120 M/M Chaplin Woking GB18N49661 248 1307 11 23 7 1 1354.888 6 J58 M Bulled Harlow GB22A78092 284 1360 12 13 40 1 1341.302 7 G411 J May &amp; Son Chichester GB22N23703 213 961 10 40 40 1 1339.101 8 A122 Wearn Bros 1 &amp; Ramsdean GB22N23312 222 571 10 52 31 1 1337.671 9 C826 S Thorpe Swindon GB21Z52336 259 1409 11 41 52 1 1337.507 10 D118 R Turner Aylesbury GB22N60771 279 137 12 8 24 1 1333.271 11 D201 S &amp; P Kulpa Reading GB21N24055 252 1656 11 35 22 1 1327.431 12 D410 D Crick &amp; Son Luton GB21B05948 289 260 12 23 52 1 1325.721 13 D720 R J Lowe Reading GB22N05546 255 560 11 38 59 1 1325.611 14 C369 Booth &amp; Roper Tewkesbury GB21N36066 289 1298 12 24 57 1 1324.686 15 B729 Cottrell Richmond &amp; Wimborne GB21N79056 206 1251 10 35 56 1 1318.474 16 A172 M Bradley Fareham GB21N38139 210 467 10 41 12 1 1316.028 17 A887 Williams &amp; White Southampton GB21V56413 212 101 10 44 0 1 1314.158 18 A182 M/M D Waterhouse Bedhampton GB22N17221 212 1308 10 46 9 1 1308.503 19 D55 M/M D Beasley &amp; L Reading GB22D83765 254 84 11 41 59 1 1307.444 20 D435 P J Wells Dunstable GB21H41978 286 343 12 26 17 1 1303.973 21 C211 Clive &amp; Jill Rogers &amp; Writhlington GB22X26889 241 278 11 26 45 1 1298.969 22 B689 R Hooper Poole GB22A62147 200 1355 10 33 57 1 1289.852 23 G83 T S Sparks &amp; P Dallas Gravesend WHU22D28019 267 476 12 7 38 1 1279.525 24 A300 R S Harbour (Loft 2) Brading GB22N51665 199 985 10 36 40 1 1269.488 25 C610 M Williams Hereford GB22N70357 293 1237 12 50 4 1 1260.568 26 C38 D &amp; J Staddon Shepton GB21B01121 230 676 11 24 33 1 1249.348 27 D438 Dennis Baker Maidenhead GB19N45511 260 1531 12 8 50 1 1244.820 28 D1043 J F Haynes Maidenhead GB21N88060 257 1685 12 6 26 1 1238.984 29 J292 Gladwin &amp; Jarvis Leigh on Sea GB22N46745 281 1656 12 41 57 1 1234.522 30 D677 Mr &amp; Mrs A Webber &amp; Abingdon GB20D10834 266 333 12 20 12 1 1232.228 31 G400 M/M May &amp; Son West Ashling B21-6048516 213 1449 11 6 4 1 1229.565 32 B689 R Hooper Poole GB21R16541 200 1355 10 48 22 1 1225.367 33 J644 D Heywood &amp; Son Basildon GB20E09773 278 1162 12 40 23 1 1224.931 34 B685 Mr &amp; Mrs N Smith Salisbury GB19N43964 225 382 11 25 7 1 1219.199 35 J545 Topp &amp; Mann Rayleigh GB22D24231 282 315 12 50 52 1 1208.750 36 C116 P Duckett Highbridge GB19N45049 238 1674 11 48 22 1 1207.217 37 D81 Catalin Anghelache Farnborough GB21D32289 245 178 11 57 35 1 1206.371 38 C405 A Sinclair Swindon GB19N15529 261 1340 12 23 58 1 1199.844 39 B16 Lanahan &amp; Gerard Poole GB22C46519 204 1243 11 0 30 1 1198.945 40 B323 C Bartlett Salisbury GB20H36964 225 890 11 32 26 1 1193.894 41 G258 B &amp; J Gumbrill Barnes Green GB22B13767 230 497 11 39 46 1 1192.869 42 B85 M/M M Gower Fordingbridge GB19N26458 216 961 11 19 44 1 1191.996 43 A525 W Edwards &amp; P Harris Gosport GB21N01101 208 1655 11 9 43 1 1187.327 44 C144 P Weems Chippenham GB22N64977 251 44 12 13 53 1 1181.663 45 C425 S Hughes Swindon GB18N14078 259 1576 12 27 12 1 1181.343 46 D123 G &amp; M Bicknell Reading GB22N31986 255 218 12 20 22 1 1180.487 47 C186 Mr &amp; Mrs Hodges Templecombe GB20N21307 222 1139 11 35 47 1 1167.000 48 A82 Berry &amp; Matthews New Milton GB21N14574 203 823 11 6 56 1 1166.713 49 B11 Harp &amp; Pearse Poole GB21N01480 201 1460 11 4 31 1 1166.504 50 B345 J Clapcott Poole GB17F15876 200 1202 11 3 15 1 1164.722 51 C1140 C &amp; J Howse Devizes GB18N77337 241 1005 12 6 2 1 1161.547 52 A202 P Fyfield Borden GB21N23185 232 1002 11 52 57 1 1159.717 53 G598 Malik &amp; Khan Tolworth GB22N10014 254 1424 12 26 52 1 1159.221 54 C94 Mr &amp; Mrs Fairfax &amp; L Langport GB17N12887 229 1651 11 50 26 1 1154.830 55 A395 M Shipp Bedhampton GB18N13921 212 1432 11 26 15 1 1148.052 56 B196 N &amp; D Spracklen Dorchester GB17N56307 201 1339 11 12 50 1 1135.106 57 G816 F Hall &amp; Dtrs Worthing GB22N69427 217 1718 11 39 9 1 1131.175 58 B355 J P Halstead Gillingham GB18N54914 220 883 11 43 39 1 1129.297 59 G251 N Jones Sandwich GB15F14071 276 1033 13 14 48 1 1119.579 60 B1220 G Glaze Shaftesbury GB17X47043 220 1312 11 52 16 1 1102.892 61 J154 D Hunt Great GB20B06410 292 448 13 47 20 1 1100.645 62 C340 B J Millard Bristol GB17N83498 243 1514 12 30 18 1 1099.652 63 G900 D Reid Weybridge GB21N15061 252 939 12 45 35 1 1095.851 64 B96 Mr &amp; Mrs L Cowley Dorchester WHU22D21642 204 559 11 29 36 1 1091.016 65 G184 Brunger &amp; Warner Billingshurst GB22N32040 229 769 12 10 18 1 1090.491 66 D498 The Rostrons Thatcham GB20N67993 254 1540 12 51 46 1 1089.403 67 A207 D &amp; K Jones Havant GB20N62589 213 882 11 57 16 1 1051.769 68 C329 S Slade Calne GB22N16422 250 317 13 1 0 1 1045.884 69 E250 D Jones Boston GB20B60285 367 1759 16 24 41 1 1036.812 70 G67 M/M S Rhodes Aylesham GB21B01546 271 841 13 41 4 1 1036.295 71 J189 M &amp; D Allen Hockley GB22D24277 284 806 14 5 49 1 1030.525 72 G106 L &amp; K Buddle Dover GB22V14303 267 1671 13 40 10 1 1024.827 73 C77 Mr &amp; Mrs M &amp; C Hungerford GB22D04349 251 1621 13 13 45 1 1022.204 74 B158 Owers Brothers Bere Regis GB19N78194 202 1413 11 53 0 1 1011.142 75 D142 C Harrison Brothers Richmond GB21N62011 261 33 13 36 18 1 1006.778 76 J4 Mr &amp; Mrs S Wakerley Basildon GB22N70816 277 1078 14 16 43 1 983.655 77 A240 T Willis Niton GB22N31618 192 1210 11 46 56 1 977.508 78 C70 P A Sarahs Swindon GB21N59412 257 1641 13 45 29 1 975.247 79 B328 A Parsons Salisbury GB22N12556 226 253 13 5 10 1 936.134 80 G128 Sallis, Rushman, Hove FR22-339215 222 303 13 1 6 1 928.575 81 C706 Mr &amp; Mrs S &amp; V Peasedown GB18C37574 243 18 13 44 55 1 919.946 82 G516 M/M S Howard Guildford GB17E04306 243 113 13 46 28 1 917.092 83 G178 Mr &amp; Mrs J Cheverst Gravesend GB22N77246 267 1065 14 33 57 1 916.402 84 A140 G R Pinhorne &amp; Son Portsmouth GB22C17194 211 1305 12 56 49 1 894.074 85 G220 SR &amp; WH Knox Canterbury GB19F16610 273 720 15 21 46 1 856.583 86 C227 B Holley Frome GB15E10513 234 1497 14 11 45 1 840.543 87 A193 J R Etherington Waterlooville GB22N25028 215 907 13 49 34 1 807.781 88 C1013 Dickson Brothers Sharpness GB19V57009 270 971 15 51 6 1 805.568 89 A22 P Stowell Basingstoke GB18N23853 238 619 14 44 50 1 799.299 90 C686 K J Palmer South GB16A23053 259 1653 15 32 27 1 799.184 91 B502 D Vincent Axminster GB20N21366 211 857 14 15 10 1 751.700 92 A173 D Wells Liphook GB22N50053 229 953 15 30 26 1 708.221 93 J744 J Cowlin Hockley GB20P28989 284 1612 17 51 41 1 704.600 94 B153 P Murrell Poole GB21R16904 202 352 14 33 16 1 693.347 95 A792 B Bate Lovedean GB22N44499 216 859 18 52 36 1 493.165 Clare Norman. 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