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The South West of England Lerwick Club - 19-06-24

The South West of England Lerwick Club

The SWELC was at Harrogate in West Yorkshire on the 1/6/24 and at 08.00am into a north wind the birds were liberated by Peter and Jordan the top twenty positions in the club are as follows; claiming 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th open SWELC was Gavin Duggan flying 133 miles his winner a 2y chequer cock bred from out a good hen of Gavin's now in stock were she achieved 10th open MNFC Nort Sur Edre as a yearling and also flew Bordeaux the same year as a yearling his next a 6y dark cock being out of Geoff and Catherine cooper birds crossed without a direct son of George and the last son of George to be sold. The next a 3y blue cock being a Mukin Fagic crossed Gavin's own created family that he's created to regular fly south road and north road and win on both routes switched regularly at the distance and his final arrival a 2y dark cock being a Frieldelhoften strain and all being flown on the roundabout system with velocities of 1955, 1954, 1953 and 1952.

Gavin Duggan 1st open Harrogate

Gavin Duggan 1st open Harrogate

5th open was Gary Carter flying 134 miles with a 2y chequer hen that is a daughter out of Gary's 2nd section 21st open NFC Pau hen and has flown and scored from Pau many times even after being badly hawked and injured so a quality tough hen Gary's scoring hen was also flown on the roundabout system with a velocity of 1948.

6th,7th and 8th open plus 1st 2nd and 3rd Longford club was Fred Caruna flying 149 miles with his Herman Cuester based chaos system flown birds doing 1941, 1940 and 1939.

9th open and 1st Sodbury Vale club was Dave Ford flying 165 miles with a 2y blue cock being a Herman Cuesters flown on the widowhood system with a velocity of 1929.789.

10th open and 4th Longford club flying 148 miles was Trevor Cooke with a 1y blue cock being a Best Kittle that scored the week previously from Wakefield he was flown on the roundabout system doing 1928.539.

11th open and 2nd Sodbury Vale club was Steve Bennett flying 174 miles with a 2y blue cock being a full brother to Steve's 3rd open BBC Gurnsey race scoring bird being a Kees Boshua from John Wheatcroft of Pinxton birds he was flown on the Mark Sparey chaos system with a velocity of 1927.

12th open was the Walker Brothers flying 161 miles with a 2y blue hen flown on the natural system being a Franz Zwols crossed Van DeWouwer crossed Herman Cuesters that scored in the top twenty open from Wakefield the week previous for the brothers her velocity was 1926.879.

13th open was Chris & John Adams flying 175 miles with a 3y blue cock on the widowhood being a Wall Lunt & Green bird doing 1926.491.

14th open plus 1st South Bristol club was Steve Moseley flying 183 miles with a 2y van Dyke blue cock on the widowhood doing 1923.

15th open was Ray Bevan flying 149 miles with a 2y blue cock being a Franz Zwols crossed Bonoff flown on the natural system doing 1921.931.

16th, 18th and 20th open flying 174 miles was Percy Hatherell doing 1921.304, 1920.505 and 1919.108.

17th open was Orchard & Vincent flying 153 miles with a 1y Grizzle cock being a Matthew Munslow Rudy Van Reeth flown on the natural system feeding a day old nest chick with a velocity of 1920.777.

19th open was Dave Smith flying 172 miles with a 1y chequer pied cock being a Soojen flown on the roundabout system with a velocity of 1919.246. 

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