Lanarkshire News - Shap Race 27/4/23

This week takes us to Shap in Northern England around 104 miles back into lower Central Scotland. Although chilly in the morning the 4,000 plus 15 baskets from other organisations birds were away at 09 30am in a light east wind with the sun on their backs.

The winners again made excellent velocities into the mid-1600s with birds homing well for the first hour.

Unfortunately a good number of birds didn't home possible overshooting their lofts.

The ultra consistent Walter Boswell who started the season being 2nd Open, going one better this week winning 1st sect,1st Open, thats 2 x 1st section. 

Walters winner was bred from a pair of Rondag pigeons purchased from Performance Pigeons UK.

Frans & Gert Rondags winners of National Ace Speed, KBDB Awards, Golden. Duif award, Olympic Ace birds awards.

Walter has been winning out of turn with this breeding studs pigeons over the last few seasons.

That's 2 x 1st section with Performance Pigeons UK lines in two races for Walter. 

Walter was the winner of the Inland Averages in the Lanarkshire federation and finished 3rd overall Combine Averages 2023.

Section winners

West section

1st sect 1st Open Walter Boswell

2nd & 3rd Davie Allison

Centre sect,

1st John Carswell

2nd Graham Brothers

3rd Jim Cassidy

North sect, 

1st Dennis & Franny Sloan(D Sloan & Son)

2nd & 3rd Ian Rankin

Performance Pigeon

Very special mention to a top performance pigeon. Blue late bred cock raced by John Carswell of  Uddingston club that from its first ever race season has won 1st Open federation,2 x 1st Centre section beating 7,993 birds over the two weeks convoy. What a pigeon!, 

Hopefully he continues his winning! 

Next week we roll up to Carnforth in the North west  of England.

Tom Corrie jnr

Lanarkshire Press Officer

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