Enfield Continental Flying Club

Update

Down at the Cabbage patch with the Old Bird season in full swing, the 9th race of the season came, which was from Le-Mans with the UBI Combine, for this race 10 members sent 92 birds which were Liberated at 7.15 in a Light South West Wind.

Taking the top spot this week is Steve Holloway who also loses his Novice status with a Blue Janssen x Braspenning Cock now named “Samuel” after one of Steve’s workmates who is always late every day. The parents of this pigeon were given to Steve by Club mate Billy Watkins when he started up in 2015. In the runners up spot is Steve Sheffield with a Blue Soontjen Hen with the sire being bred by Dave Ramsay of Hazlemere. In third place we have Paul Stone with a Chequer Braspenning Cock who contains the old Louella De Felle & Van Moorsal bloodlines. In 4th spot is Geoff Barker with a Blue Pied Lambrecht x Soontjen Cock, who is a previous winner of 2nd Club Carentan, 2nd Club, 17th Fed Honiton, 3rd Club, 11th UBI Combine Carentan, 3rd Club Poitiers, and 1st Club Blandford. In 5th and 6th spot we have Jaio Figuiera firstly with a Chequer Pied Janssen Hen and a Chequer Busschaert Cock.

Race 10 at the Cabbage Patch was a comeback race from Blandford which to our members is between 97 to 106 miles. For this race 10 members sent 136 birds which were liberated at 7am with no wind given at the lib site. Peter Twyford was first past the post with a Mealy Busschaert Cock who is a consistent performer for Peter. 2nd Club is Steve Holloway with a Red Chequer Janssen Cock given to Steve as a egg by club mate Billy Watkins due to a Hen becoming barren and not laying. 3rd, 4th and 5th Club was Geoff Barker with a Grizzle Lambrecht Cock, a Dark Chequer Busschaert Cock and Blue Pied Lambrecht Cock, a winner of several prizes including 39th UBI Combine Carentan. Finally in 6th Club is Steve Holloway with a Mealy Van Reet Cock bred by Louella.

  Steve Holloway and George the dog

Race 11 at the Cabbage Patch was another UBI combine Race which was from Poitiers which is about 360 miles to our members, for this race 4 members sent 29 birds. The winner for this race was Algis Tiatauris with a Blue De Klak Hen, who also took 2nd Inter Counties Fed, as well as 3rd UBI Combine. 2nd Club once again was Algis with a Chequer w/f De Klak Cock who also took 17th Fed and 25th UBI Combine. Algis seems to have some of his best performances in the UBI Combine having previously taken 1st Club, 1st Inter Counties Fed, 2nd UBI Combine Le-Mans and 2nd Club, 7th UBI Combine Carentan. Third Club also taking 19th Fed, 27th UBI Combine is Jaio Figueira with a Chequer Pied Busschaert Hen. Finally in 4th we have Algis Tiatauris once again with a Blue Cock De Klak.

  Algis Tiatauris 

Our final old bird race was another comeback race from Blandford and 6 Members sent 117 birds which were liberated at 8am in a North North West Wind. Taking the 1st three places is Paul Stone, who also took 9th, 12th and 15th Fed, with a Blue Cock a previous winner of 2nd Club, 10th UBI Combine From Carentan who is bred from a Grandson of The President of Joop Koch and a Tist Eyssen Hen, a Chequer Braspenning Cock and a Chequer Cock bred by Kevin Goodman of Dalbeattie Scotland who has scored several times in his racing career. In 4th, 5th and 6th spot, also taking 19th, 20th and 22nd Fed is Steve Holloway with a Red Chequer Cock, a Mealy Cock and a Chequer Cock all Van Reets with the first two being out of Louella pigeons and the third one purchased from Louella as a baby. That is now the end of our old bird season in the Club, except for a UBI Combine race from Bordeux, which is flown when the Young Bird season has started.

National Performances

Steve Sheffield 

In the last write up I said that one member had scored highly in a National Race and I would like to congratulate club Secretary Steve Sheffield for his 2nd Section, 17th Open in the BBC National from Messac with a Blue Lindelauf Cock, who’s other performances include 2x1st Club, 24th Fed and 42nd UBI Combine as well taking some lower positions. Also while I am talking about Nationals I would like to congratulate a couple of flyers who I know, Firstly Mark Bulled of Harlow for a superb performance from Tarbes with 8 returning on the 2nd day, with all of them scoring highly in the result, With most of them being Grandchildren of, or contain the bloodlines of Ch Legacy, 1st NFC Tarbes for Mark, Also Johnny Black of Stotfold who is having a exceptional season in the Nationals and Internationals, having won 3x1st Sections this year as well as taking other positions in either the NFC or BICC, including in a 10 day space taking 6th and 9th Section, 80th & 115th NFC National Tarbes, 1st Section 93rd BICC International Pau and 1st Section, 38th Open BICC Agen International. For those of you who don’t know John, he started the season with a race team of 27 birds, which included 11 Yearling Cocks, 9 Old Cocks and 7 old Hens, and they race right thru to Barcelona which is 742 miles to John and as I write these notes they should be on their way home now with over 17,000 in the International, and I am expecting John to be near the top of the BICC’s Open result, as well as seeing Mark. If you have sent, good luck and hope that you get them all.

Until next time, enjoy your racing and take care.

Jamie T.

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