John Clements looks at significant team performances from

NATIONAL FLYING CLUB CARENTAN (OB) 2013

This is a list of fanciers who achieved good section results in the NFC Carentan race of 2013. Only six of them have won their section but all of them have put up a significant team performance. This is the kind of race that the Curtis Wall and Lunt team, who I focused on in my last article on Elimar, are likely to target. I have assumed that if a loft times two or more pigeons in the top 10 in their section they have made a special effort for that race. This is the type of event ‘The Boys’ will be having a go at.

It is possible from this list to see which sections were in a favourable position on the day by noting the 10th section position in the Open result. In this particular race Sections ‘G’ and ‘E’ and ‘B’ did the best and were the most competitive judging by the open place of the 10th section position but the small section ‘C’ also did well considering the numbers they sent. Only four people managed to time four pigeons in the first ten in their section. I expect this to improve as fanciers begin to specialize more and more in the coming years. Those who fail to target races will no longer be competitive.

A  (10th sect position in open result = 1013th)          

M/M Brian Wall, Havant, sent 10 - 1st, 2nd and 4th Section, 45th, 46th, 506th Open

D and D McFadden, Cranleigh, sent 20 - 5th, 6th and 7th Section, 728th, 732nd, 751st Open

R K Goble, Southborne, sent 20 -  8th and 9th Section, 807th, 837th Open  

B (10th sect position in open result = 23rd)          

Bartlett & Jones, Southampton, sent 30 -  2nd and 10th Section, 9th and 23rd Open

M/M Gower, Fordingbridge, sent 30 - 2nd and 9th Section, 14th and 15th Open  

C (10th sect position in open result = 119th)           

S Laws, Poole, sent 28 - 1st, 2nd and 10th Section, 1st, 7th and 119th Open

Spracklen & Thomas, Dorchester, sent 24 - 7th and 9th Section, 85th and 113rd Open 

D (10th sect position in open result = 574th)         

BP Reene & Son, Honiton, sent 10 - 1st and 10th Section, 29th and 574th Open

E (10th sect position in open result = 108th)

R.J. Lowe, Reading, sent 50 - 1st and 6th Section, 28th and 70th Open

M/M Wells, Dunstable, sent 24 - 2nd 4th 7th and 10th Section, 47th, 67th, 97th and 108th Open

F (10th sect position in open result = 166th)

A Docherty, Swindon, sent 10 - 2nd and 4th Section, 44th and 77th Open

S Slade, Calne, sent 20 - 1st, 5th and 10th Section, 17th, 78th and 166th Open

G (10th sect position in open result = 33rd)           

N Templar, Bristol, sent 24 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Section, 2nd,3rd, 4th and 6th Open

H (10th sect position in open result = 1081st)         

Crick & Son, Stotfold, sent 5 -  4th and 6th Section, 827th and 961st Open

A Smith, Wellingborough, sent 28 - 8th and 9th Section, 1025th and 1035th Open           

I (10th sect position in open result = 265th)

Robert J Rome, Cheltenham, sent 15 - 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th and 10th Section, 20th, 50th, 202nd, 218th and 265th Open                    

Kevin Godfrey, Chipping Norton, sent 8 - 5th, 6th, 7th and 9th Section, 114th, 117th, 146th and 218th Open

J (10th sect position in open result = 140th)         

M Williams, Hereford, sent 12 - 2nd, 4th and 6th Section, 31st, 64th and 79th Open

K (10th sect position in open result = 694th)           

R & N Dennett, Neden Vale, sent 20 - 4th and 8th Section, 426th and 623rd Open

Pearson & Dransfield, Barnsley, sent 11 - 3rd and 10th Section, 312th and 694th Open 

L (10th sect position in open result = 222nd)         

G & G Buckley, Rochdale, sent 34 - 4th and 9th Section, 158th and 221st Open

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Elimar November 2013