LANARKSHIRE FEDERATION
Tom Corrie jnr
Well the ever changing weather patterns of the British Isles can cause havoc for race controllers. But Tommy McDonagh had the foresight to go ahead with race marking as normal on Friday night. He managed to get an excellent race for the federation on Saturday morning.
The day began with broken cloud and light winds and the word came through that birds had been liberated at 0700hrs from Kelso. Members had to move quickly and get everything in place for their arrivals.
The birds made light work of the sixty-three miles with the fed winner being timed on 1hr 17 minutes for its 63-mile race.
Again, an excellent race was reported with minimal losses reported.
Again, this week’s federation Open winners are GWP Macaloney.
They are just brilliant at their sport beating the 4,600 convoy and winning 1st,2nd,3rd federation Open again and 1st,2nd,3rd,4th,5th Section. No better! Congratulations to Wullie and Paul.
Details of this week’s winners
This weeks 1st Federation Open winner Ceasar for GWP Macaloney
1st Federation 4433 birds " Caesar" Bred by GWP Macaloney Mix of our Leo Heremans lines via Peter Fox & Tam Blair. "Tiger Vision" was also 3rd Federation 4433 this week Beating on trap by loft mate after topping fed last week. 4641 birds
"Lancelot" has also been
2nd Federation 4641 birds
2nd Federation 4433 birds
Two weeks in a row beaten on trap by loft mate...
Centre section 84 sent 1862 birds
1st GWP Macaloney
2nd GWP Macaloney
3rd GWP Macaloney
4th GWP Macaloney
5th GWP Macaloney
This weeks federation Open winners with back to back wins the brilliant GWP Macaloney
East Section 42 sent 1050 birds
1st D K Burnside
2nd D K Burnside
3rd Wilson & Cairns
4th J Whiteford & Family
5th D K Burnside
Dave Burnside is back! ,winning 1st ,2nd ,3rd in Lanark & Dist
West section 68 sent 1521 birds
1st A Nelson
2nd G Baird
3rd G Baird
4th G Lightbody
5th M Krivokapic
Alan Nelson wins Burnbank
Special mention for Dave Burnside of Lanark who has been racing a small team of old racers, (As when he finished two seasons ago he gave them away and the ones he couldn't home are his racers) has won the East section on his second race back. Well done Dave.
Around the clubs
Airdrie & Dist
1st,2nd 3rd,4th,5th GWP Macaloney
Dalziel
1st,3rd J Cassidy
2nd J Boyle
4th C Murphy
5th D Hamilton
All smiles from Jim "Butch" Cassidy wins Dalziel
One of Jim Cassidy's class pigeons,Jim wins two in a row in Dalziel
New Stevenson
1st JJK Gillon
2nd P Kerr
3rd,4th,5th M Gillon
Kelly Gillon wins New Stevenson with Peter Anderson of Airdrie Dist, who competed in his first race in the Lanarkhire federation this week.
Greenfield
1st ,2nd ,5th G Baird
3rd,4th M Krivokapic
Two of a kind ,George Baird (L) wins Greenfield & Jim Cullen wins Uddingston & Dist
Coatbridge SC
1st Sharp Cummings Durning
2nd J Donnely
3rd,4th R Valentini
5th Pollock & Cairney
Sharp Cummings & Durning winners of Coatbridge SC
Cambuslang
1st,4th ,5th T Houston
2nd W Gordon
3rd E Robin jnr
Clarkston
1st,3rd ,4th ,5th T Corrie Son G/son
2nd H Currie
Tom Corrie (L) wins Clarkston & Dist
Carluke
1st A Wilkie
2nd,3rd,4th C & E McMillan
5th M Findlay
Alex Wilkie (R) wins Carluke
Cambusnethan/Morningside
1st Wilson& Cairns
2nd,4th J Whiteford & Family
3rd A & J Cook
5th T McGinn
Robert Wilson wins Cambusnethan& Morningside
Larkhall & Dist
1st 2nd ,3rd ,4th N Orr
5th R Smith
Norman Orr (L)has a clean sweep in Larkhallk & Dist
Chryston
1st,5th C Gray
2nd,3rd W Holland
4th A McConnachie
Colin Gray is a good winner in Chryston
East Kilbride
1st ,2nd G Orr
3rd R Jukes snr
4th J Meikle
5th M Watt
Gordon Orr has a fine 1st & 2nd in Est Kilbride
Blantyre
1st,2nd ,3rd 4th 5th Tallis & McDonagh
Tommy McDonagh wins back to back in Blantyre club
Newmains
1st&4th J Whiteford & Family
2nd J Menzies
3rd A & J Cook
5th T McGinn
Steve Whiteford(R) of (J Whiteford & Family)wins Newmains
Lanark & Dist
1st,2nd ,3rd D K Burnside
4th Mr & Mrs Megahy
5th T Greenfield
Burnbank
1st,3rd ,4th A Nelson
2nd,5th J McGuire
Coalburn
1st T & G Steele
2nd W Mitchell & Son
3rd,4th ,5th A Meikle
T & G Steele win back to back races in Coalburn
Uddingston & Dist
1st J Cullen
2nd ,5th J Wood
3rd R Carswell
4th R Hotchkiss
Low Waters
1st,2nd G Lightbody
G Lightbody(L) wins 1st ,2nd in Low Waters
Lanarkshire Social Circle
1st,2nd,3rd GWP Macaloney
4th ,5th G Baird
Tom Corrie Jnr
Lanarkshire Federation Press Officer