The New North Road Amalgamation 2 Bird
The NNRA 2Bird part of the organisation was at Perth Race course in Kinross Scotland members have the opportunity to select two or one bird only to compete with the stand alone result with the separate liberation of all two birds or one selected together birds only liberated together the first event of the calendar took place on the 8/6/24 at 08.30 am into west wind the two bird event was liberated with £619.85 prize money on the table winning the event plus within seconds clocking his second of two out of two was Mr & Mrs Lyndon Moakes who claim 1st and 3rd open and 1st and 3rd North section flying 247 miles and winning £176.90 their winner a 2y Grizzle cock being bred out a pair of birds of Dave Peeters birds from Joesbury & Darby of the West Midlands and their second arrival a 2y blue hen being bred from a granddaughter of the Kittel paired to a fellow club members cock and friend of Darren Hadfield of Selston both were flown on the roundabout system with velocities 1698, and 1697.533.
Lyndon Moakes
2nd open and 2nd north section was Glynn Tryner flying 246 miles winning £74 with a 2y dark cock being a Gabby Vandenbeale crossed a Dean Skuse Syndicate lofts bird flown on the roundabout system with a velocity of 1697.971.
4th open and 4th North section was D Nutthall & Son flying 248 miles winning £25.50. Their bird being a 3y blue hen of a inbred grandson of Mike Ganus's Rocket crossed with a Daughter out of the butcher boy of central lofts flown on the roundabout system with a velocity of 1695.
5th open and 5th north section was Mr & Mrs Haslam & Son flying 250 miles winning £42.90 with a 1y chequer cock on the widowhood system with a of 1691.
6th open and 6th north section was D & A Smith flying 252 miles winning £6.25 the bird being a 2y blue hen of Herman Cuesters from Ron Hillcoat stock she was locked up in her box all week and just loft flown once a day and just being shown to her cock on race marking night her scoring velocity was 1679.
Over to the central section claiming 1st and 2nd central section plus 12th and 14th open was G Chaplin & Son flying 271 miles winning £90 their first a 2y Grizzle cock being a Pit Bull and their second a 2y chequer white flight cock being a Lambrechts both being flown on the roundabout system with velocities of 1556 and 1495.
G Chaplin & Son
3rd centre section and 15th open was Kevin Bowley flying 272 miles with a 4y chequer cock winning £43.15 with a velocity of 1488.
4th and 5th centre section and 19th and 20th open was John Havens flying 268 miles winning £5 with two blue cocks both being cocks that have been switched from south road to the north road the first being of Johns own created Jansen based family this cock has won on the south road and also achievements of 3 x 1st cards and a 4th open north midlands continental club Guernsey his second bird being bred by club friend Terry Rouse and this cock has carded and won previously for John both were flown on the widowhood system with velocities of 1273 and 1169.
6th centre section and 21st open was TP Wainwright flying 266 miles and winning £26.90 with a 4y blue cock flown on the natural system trained south road west road east road and north road as their pigeons go anywhere for training flights off the families owned haulage company Lorries in the week the bird being of their own created family with a velocity of 1159.
Other prize winners were Darren Hadfield £18.75, Keith Orton & Son £5, Mr & Mrs Rose £62 Derek Ford £40 and David Woods £3.50.
The Rat Man .