The Millbridge North Road Federation

The Millbridge north road federations second old bird classic race to report on was being flown from Elgin City in Murray north Scotland were the birds were jointly liberated with the new north road amalgamations birds and international championship club birds on the 22/6/24 at 8am into a west south west wind.

birds drinking on arrival at Elgin

The top twelve in the federation are as follows with yet another Harty win with their superb on form cock was S Speight & Son flying 277 miles this was another hot pot performance from the family of Butchers claiming 1st and 6th federation their winner a 1y chequer pied cock being a Sticker Donker crossed Gus Jansen he's 2x 1st federations and a string of club cards this season for the partnership he was bred by Ross Thackeray for the partnership their second to clock a 1y blue cock being a son off the partnerships RPRA award winner when paired to a Eddie Bateman hen both were widowhood flown with velocities of 1359 and 1310.

S Speight & Son

2nd, 3rd and 9th federation was Paul & Gary Cooper flying 279 miles all three birds for the brothers are of Herman Cuesters bred from out their stock loft the first a 2y blue cock that's carded on the south road for the brothers before switching north road now he's carding on the north the next a 1y blue hen followed by a 2y blue cock all were flown on the widowhood system with velocities of 1333, 1324 and 1304.

4th, 5th and 8th federation was the forever present Ronnie Kitching flying 279 miles his first a 2y red chequer cock followed by a 1y red chequer pied cock then a 1y blue cock all three being Stefan Lambrechts flown on the widowhood system with the two red cocks arriving together with velocities of 2 x 1316 and the third on 1302.

7th, 8th and 11th federation was the Castello family & Leach flying 280 miles with their round about system flown own Castello family strain of birds crossed Leach Brothers Van Den Bulks their first with also two arriving together a 1y chequer pied hen followed by 2y blue cock and then a 1y blue hen with velocities of 2x 1309 and 1296.

12th federation was Peter Smith flying 289 miles with a 1y chequer hen being a Richard Van Hoots of Belgium crossed a Harry Crowder bird on the natural system with a velocity of 1289. 

The Rat Man.