Lanarkshire Federation - Alnwick 1

This week again the weather wasn't playing ball for good racing. The 2,400 birds and 13 other crates were held till 12md before being released from Alnwick in good broken cloud with a clear line of flight for the 88 mile journey back into this weeks winning loft. The winner covered the flight in 2 hrs 14 minutes recording a velocity of 1162.

Again it was the brilliant partnership of Barclay McCrindle & Son who take 1st,2nd,3rd Open federation on 1162,1162,1160 velocity. That's seventeen yards per minute faster than the next loft. These guys are very special at this game and have been winning at the top level of young bird racing wherever they fly. They obviously have a top system and the best of bloodlines to dominate the Lanarkshire federation young bird racing. 

Barclay McCrindle & Son being presented by Ian Stafford(C)

The race itself wasn't great, with big gaps between birds and plenty of empty perches. What went wrong ,who knows. The birds were coming all day and into the next with a number of birds missing. 

Think the birds were turned and watching them home the first of them were homing from the North west, as if they are coming out the back end.

That's us at this stage and the birds are getting hit! 

Again the number of birds competing was significantly lower than past years

Section winners

Centre section

1st,2nd,3rd Barclay McCrindle

4th Eadie & Kelly

5th J & K Miller

West section

1st W Boswell

Walter Boswell wins the west section with another John Short bred pigeon 

2nd A McInnes

3rd A Nelson

4th Pollockus & Feelie

5th W Boswell

North section

1st A McBurnie

Andrew McBurnie is having a super season

2nd J Craven

3rd J Forsyth 

4th P Anderson

5th GWP Macaloney

Top 5 in Federation

1st,2nd,3rd B McCrindle

4th Eadie & Kelly

5th J & K Miller

Young Bird Average Leader Board

1st B McCrindle & Son

2nd W Boswell

3rd A McInnes

4th T Richardson

5th Eadie & Kelly

Combine Average Leader Board

1st D Allison

2nd T Richardson

3rd J Green & Son

4th A McBurnie

5th T McGinn

Club information

1st,2nd,3rd Open Lanarkshire Federation winners update.-Barclay reported that first over the pad was a John Short (Performance Pigeons UK Stud) base in Cumbernauld Scotland, it was a Rondags pigeon 

Newt two were Frans Zwols breeding. Well done Barclay snr & Jnr top of your game!

Andy Eadie of Eadie & Kelly had a fantastic race winning Cambusnethan/Morningside club, Newmains club, Lanarkshire Social Circle club . Alnwick our latest winner is !The Bunnet ! Blue Pd Cock again nest condition 14 day eggs and he is absolute Belter! bred down from Leo Heremans x Heremans - Van Dyck lines from De-Power- half-brother to “Ambassadeur” Co- winner National ,super breeding brother to “Jackpot “ “Olympiade Sperwie” sold for 108000 Euros ,Desert Euro top daughter “Euro 1st National” who’s dam is top breeder “Kadootje” x “Nieuwe Olymdpiade” sold for 210,000 Euros .

    

Eadie & Kelly winning pigeon & Andy Eadie(L) had a great day

On the other side we have we have the Herman-Van Dyck “Olympic Neil’s”2nd National  from “Di Caprio”, Jackpot, Witpen down from the famous “De Kannibal “ 1st National ace pigeon x Lynn 1st Prov 5392 b and on the day  fastest from 14,630 birds which is down from “Roos” daughter of the famous “Rossi “ and hopefully one day will complement or successful !Vandebellies!.

In the LSCircle we had a fantastic team Performance 1st,4,5,6,7,8 and 11th and in the Lanarkshire Federation Top 100 when 94 members sent 2412 birds we finished up :-

4th,8,9,13,14,16,46&47 Sect and 4th ,8,9,17,18,26,73 and 75th Open. Returns across the board around 90% on what turned out to be a very testing day.

Congratulations to B.McCrindle & Son on another Out of this World Super performance taking the First 3 Open positions .

Yours In Sport

Eadie & Kelly

Andrew McBurnie wins Chryston club and 1st North section. His winner is bred out of a cock that has won twice this year which is out of a John Hadfield of Blackburn breeding cock ,the dam is from a Dutch hen who won 1st Glasgow federation Billericay .This was the winners first race. 

Andrew McBurnie, 1st section North winner

Davie Love wins Clarkston and 12th section  with a inbred G/son of GWP Macaloney Dream Pair

Davie Love wins Clarkston club

Jim Forsyth wins Coatbridge SC with a check cock that was 2nd club 11th section the first race and wins 3rd section this week. It’s from a WLG cock and a Marianne Fink hen.

Jim Forsyth wins another in Coatbridge SC

Bill Traynor wins Uddingston club with a pigeon bred by Wullie & Paul Collins, his second club was a Gerald Delaney pigeon.

Bill Traynor wins Uddingston club

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John Sharp with Wullie Clellands grandson helping out on race night.