The New North Road Amalgamation

The TNNRA was at Perth in Kinross Scotland for its first event of its calendar for Elgin and the Perth events just the north and centre sections were in operation the west section and Welsh section will be joining up with us for Thornton park and Thurso the top ten from the two competing sections are as follows with £523.15 on the table after the birds were liberated at 08.00am by Clarance Haymes and myself into a west wind on the 8/6/24. The north section winner and open winner is no stranger to north Road success when you do a brief break down of his portfolio of success over the years a grand well established weekly racing winning loft of being a Kings cup winner from Lerwick regular top Lerwick scoring positions and 7 x section wins NRCC from Lerwick year on year  plus a RPRA region award winner and he has topped the federations he has competed in over the years of the central Peterborough federation the old Grantham & District federation and the Nottingham & District federation plus winning the new north Road amalgamations grand final saint Boswells Futurity event bagging over £5000 plus regular top positions in the New North Road Amalgamation and also other people are winning with his birds on the north Road and south Road routes flying 267 miles for the event was John Norris of Grantham and his winner being a 3y chequer cock flown on the widowhood system this cock was sent to Perth with the amalgamation in preparation for his voyage to Lerwick in 2024 and he came up trumps for John being a winner he was flown on the traditional widowhood system and flew Lerwick in 2023 and was johns first bird and has Carded in the Grantham & District North Road Flying club his breeding being a Paul & Jane Newbold of Boston Delbar crossed a Naylor & Sons & Richardson of the north east Van Loon johns winning velocity was 1722.

John Norris Perth winner

2nd 3rd and 70th open plus 1st 2nd and 10th centre section flying 305 miles was another top profile loft who has achieved a 1st open Midlands National flying club when on the south road from Ancennis plus winning the who Dares wins one loft race in a syndicate of five friends and many north road and south road federation and club wins is Ian Jarratt of Northamptonshire Ian's first a 2y blue cock being own self-bred bred down from Billy Calvert of Stockton on Tees were Billy had a clearance sale after unfortunately age catching up with him and having many years of success with racing his birds including winning the RPRA one loft race and high positions in the who Dares Wins one loft event Ian's second arrival within just seconds was a 3y blue cock being home bred off a pair of birds obtained by Ian at the Blackpool show from Ian Stafford from his very famous Machine bird and Muckin Fagic in the pairs breeding this cock has flown and travelled to Scotland quite a few times now for Ian travelling back to Northamptonshire from the Highlands all cocks we're raced on the widowhood system with velocities of 1719.993 and 1719.351. And 1587.

Ian Jarratt

4th and 5th open plus 2nd and 3rd north section was Mr & Mrs Hasslam & Son of Langley Mill Nottinghamshire flying 250 miles this loft is certainly in form for 2024 with topping both the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire north Road federations and regular top ten positions achieved and winning both strong competition Pinxton flying clubs in both federations with their Herman Cuester based bred widowhood cock and hen team flown with two cocks arriving together with velocities of 1718.806 and 1718.360.

6th open 4th north section was another top dog over the years of P & J Elliott of Sutton in Ashfield Mansfield flying 244 miles  who's achieved a 1st Midlands National from Tours Northern classic club wins and has always over the years done well in the south Road federations inland and over the channel and winning a gold medal from the once mighty Notts & Derby Border federation and many many top 10 positions in the north midlands continental club Phil is a fancier all clubs should relish no matter what the weather or day or decision made by officials he sends his pigeons every week without fail currently Phil still flies south Road and north Road and switches the same birds both routes regularly and is what I call a traditional old school fancier more what the sport requires that weekly support events and to top all his success off he still uses a T3 manual clock and won't switch to ETS Phil's bird a 2y blue cock of his own created family with a velocity of 1713.

Phil Elliott

7th open 5th north section was Wayne Knobbs of Blidworth Mansfield flying 248 miles with a 3y blue white flight round about system flown cock of Wayne's own created strain based of Ray Lander Busharts with a velocity of 1711.

8th open 6th north section was Glynn Tryner of Pinxton flying 246 miles with a 2y blue cock of Syndicate lofts origin blood of direct purchases the late Dean Skuse obtained regularly from syndicate lofts this was flown on the widowhood system with a velocity of 1709.

9th open 7th north section was Keith Orton & Son of Newstead village flying 247 miles with a 3y blue hen being a Herman Cuesters flown on the natural system doing 1708.710.

10th, 11th and 12th open plus 8th, 9th and 10th north section was Ralph Jepson of underwood flying 248 miles with the three birds coming together to finish doing 1708.710, 1707.909 and 1707.687.

36th and 67th  open and 3rd and 9th centre section was J & T Gateley of Market Harborough flying 293 miles their first a 3y chequer cock being a Karl Herman and the second a 2y chequer pied cock being a Van De Driessche crossed Van De Heede and both being widowhood flown cocks with velocities of 1688 and 1592.

41st open and 4th central section was the father and son partnership from Desbourgh flying 283 miles of Les Berry & son this duo are a excel loft from Scotland and is a name always in the mix over the years plus also achieved great BICC success on the south road route before returning back to the grand old north road route their scoring bird a 2y blue hen her sire being a Jan Theelen Crossed Pier Dordin crossed Gabby Vandenbeale and her Dam a Brian Shepherd crossed Jim Biss Jan Arden Dordin so all the true old school legends in her make up she was flown on the widowhood system with a velocity of 1661.

Les Berry & Son

5th and 6th centre section and 50th and 51st open with two birds finishing together was John Havens flying 268 miles with 2 x blue cocks his first being a Gabby Vandenbeale that's already achieved 6 x 1st club and a 1st federation for John and the second being a Jos Soojen both were flown on the widowhood system and flew south road in 2023 Johns velocities were 2 x 1633.006.

7th centre section and 55th open was Paul Maiden of Oakham flying 282 miles with a 2y chequer cock the week previously to this race topped the Peterborough & District federation from Darlington 1700 birds a great achievement for Paul and his club who are the most westerly positioned in the federation away from the east coast express route the bird was bred and gifted to Paul by John Norris of Grantham and was flown on the roundabout system with a velocity of 1624.

8th centre section and 62nd open was Litherland Bailey & Harrison of Swadlincote flying 265 miles with a 2y chequer white flight hen being a Gabby Vandenbeale flown on the natural system just paired up the partnership inform us they sent her to Nort-Sur-Erdre with the Midlands national 366 miles only last week a few weeks after flying Perth and she was their 2nd bird home and clocked these are a partnership that switch routes regularly with the same birds their velocity was 1606.

Well that the top ten in each section at Perth the next report will be of Elgin.

The Rat Man.