Lanarkshire Federation - Alnwick race 30/4/22

Alnwick town is on the south bank of the River Aln, 32 miles (51 km) south of Berwick-upon-Tweed and the Scottish border, 5 miles (8 km) inland from the North Sea at Alnmouth and 34 miles (55 km) north of Newcastle upon Tyne.

The 5,391 Lanarkshire convoy and 20 other crates from others were away at 07 30am in a light S/W wind. The winners recorded around 1490s velocity for the 95 miles back into lower central Scotland.

The race again was a great flight for the birds with reports of excellent returns with most birds homing in the first hour.

GPS tracker pigeon Alnwick

This weeks Open federation winner is the GWP Macaloney partnership with a brilliant team performance of 1st,4th,5th,11th,20th,21st,37th,38th,40th,66th,67th,70th against 5,391 birds.

Paul & Wullie Macaloney                            1st Open federation for GWP Macaloney

Their winner a Blue Cock called "I Am Kittel "bred by Bosliven Lofts, Cornwall. Winner already of 1st,4th,77th,88th Open federation.

Well done Paul & Wullie ,top class!

Alex Stewart wins 1st&2nd Clarkston with stock bred out of Ted Balmer of Cumbria of his Lambrecht’s.

Tommy Battersby wins Chapelhall with a pigeon bred by PJ Lofts ,out of their sprint lines.

Andrew McBurnie wins Chryston with a Woodroofe Blue cock that in the last three weeks has won 2nd club Wooler 1 (BBLM) 96 birds,4th club Wooler 2,197 birds1st club Alnwick  317 birds.

GPS tracker pigeons                                                                       SHU tracker for our pigeons at Alnwick .Red Line E&K pigeon Blue Line J. Lawrie's

Clubs

Airdrie -1st J Hendrie & Sons,2nd J Barr,3rd,4th J Murphy,5th Gault & Quinn

Jim Hendrie & Sons win Airdrie club

Blantyre -1st T Houston,2nd,5th W Gordon,3rd B Ward,4th Pollockus7 Feelie

Burnbank-1st,2nd,3rd,4th J Green & Son,5th W Boswell

James Green & Son had a great race winning Burnbank club 

Chapelhall -1st Battersby & Quinn,2nd,3rd  ,4th ,5thH Kidd

Tommy Battersby wins Chapelhall club 

Clarkston 1st,2nd A Stewart,3rd L McCalley,4th D Love,5th T Corrie Son G/son

Alex Stewart wins another in Clarkston club

Chryston -1st,2nd,4th,5th A McBurnie,3rd W Holland

Andrew McBurnie continues his fine start to season winning Chryston club & Andrew McBurnies winner

Lanark-1st,2nd,3rd D Burnside,4th D Foster & Son

Davie Burnside wins Lanark club

New Stevenson-1st,2nd,3rd,4th,5th JJ K Gillon

Kelly Gillon wins New Stevenson club

Larkhall -1st Robertson & Scott,2nd,5th N Orr,3rd W Ramage,4th J Finnan

Carluke-1st,2nd,5th  A Blyth ,3rd M Findlay,4th Graham Bros

Alex Blyth (R) wins Carluke 

Dalziel-1st R Girwood,2nd S Selfridge,3rd A Selfridge & Son,4th,5th J King

Coatbridge 1st,3rd,4th,5th Sharp,Cummings,Durning2nd Pollock & Cairney

Sharp Cummings Durning wins Coatbridge SC & Sharp Cummings Durning winning loft 

Greenfield- 1st,3rd,4th M Krivokapic,2nd,5th D Allison

Mio Krivokapic has had a brilliant start to season and wins Greenfield club

Newmains-1st,2nd C& E McMillan,3rd T McGinn,4th J Lawrie & Son,5th J Whiteford & Son

Callum McMillan has a nice 1st & 2nd in Newmains club

Cambusnethan/Morningside-1st,4th Wilson & Cairns,2nd T McCGinn,3rd J Lawrie & Son ,5th J Whiteford & Family

Lanarkshire Social Circle-1st3rd ,4th GWP Macaloney,2nd W Millen,5th J Green & Son

Section winners

North section

1st,3rd,4th,5th GWP Macaloney- Unaffiliated club

2nd Sharp, Cummings, Durning - Coatbridge SC

West section

1st W Millen -Uddingston club

Wullie Millen(L) wins the west section

2nd,3rd,4th,5th J Green & Son-Burnbank club

Centre section

1st ,4th,5th Cameron & Fan-Uddingston club

Jim Cameron 1st Centre section and Uddingston club

2nd McCormick & Hughes-Uddingston club

3rd Wilson & Cairns-Cambusnethan/Morningside club

Sad note from John Hood that, Jamie Carberry send me a message to say his dad had passed away peacefully last night surrounded by his family, the term gentlemen is used a bit too often but john definitely fitted this category, top bloke and excellent fancier who will be missed by the Scottish fancy, John would have been 90 this year. RIP John.

Well another excellent race for returns produced by the Lanarkshire committee, well done to all involved.

The winners photos are there because I have them on file, those winners that aren't included is because I haven't got one. So please forward your club winners for inclusion in the articles.

Call out to Lanarkshire members

Tom Corrie jnr

Lanarkshire Press Officer

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.