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Lanarkshire Federation - Woolaston Race - 10-06-24

Lanarkshire Federation - Woolaston Race

This week we arrived in Woolaston around 245 miles back into lower central Scotland. The 1,150 federation birds and 11 other crates were away at 07 15 in a light North wind.

At the home end the weather was very pleasant ,bright and sunny.

The winners started hitting the boards around 13 01 into the Hamilton area recording 1234 ypm but again this wasn’t the true reflection of what turned out to be possible the worst race of Lanarkshire federation for many a year.

The birds just didn’t home in any significant numbers or regularity with only four birds making 1200ypm and eleven recording 1100 ypm.

These are birds that are into their sixth race and have already took many a hammering on the present route of flight.

The membership voted including myself to retry this route but to be honest to continue would be financial suicide ,never mind the impact it is having on our pigeons.

This week’s winner of 1st sect,1st Open is the ultra-consistent Walter Boswell of Burnbank club in Hamilton.

Walter again is having a brilliant season winning his second 1st Open and numerous section prize winners with his John Short Performance UK pigeons

His winner is a B/C of the Rondag breeding was sent with his hen just laying her first egg.

Walter didn't even see the pigeon coming as he only realised he had timed when he seen the hen off the nest and the winner was sitting on the egg. 

Walter races on the traditional natural system, with the birds being road trained well throughout the week .

Walter like everyone else reported significant losses over the season and feels it’s time to leave this race route behind.

Congratulations Walter on another fine winner.

The top lofts in the federation have been reporting terrible racing and returns throughout the racing. The federation started with 4,000 at the first race and we are down to just over 1,000. Not good reading and a financial disaster for the federation..

That's it we had to give it a go and a very rude awakening for those who support their federation.

Well that's the nail in the coffin for this route for evermore!

This is only my opinion and not that of committee!

Section winners

West section

1st W Boswell

2nd J Green & Son

3rd D Allison 

Centre section

1st Cameron & Fann

2nd J Sirrell

3rd J Whiteford & Family

North Section

1st J Murphy   

2nd J Barr

3rd E Porter

Average Leader Board

1st Cameron & Fan

2nd W Boswell

3rd J Barr

4th J Green & Son

5th J Murphy 

Tom Corrie jnr

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John Sirrel 10 06 24z

John Sirrell winner in Carluke

Andrew and partner 10 06 24z

Andrew McBurnie winner of LSC in SNFC Kettering
race and section E

Andrew McBurnies winner of Chryston club 10 06 24z

Red hen timed by Andrew Mc Burnie
in SNFC Kettering race 

Davie Allison R 10 06 24z

Davie Allison(R) winner in
Greenfield club

Walter Boswell wins 1st section West Burnbank club 10 06 24z

Walter Boswell winner of 1st Open federation this week

IMG 0815 10 06 24z

Lewis McCalley is having a cracking
season winning four in a row in Clarkston club

Arthur Morrison 10 06 24z

Arthur Morrison winner of Blantyre club

Ian Lindsay with his Billericay winner 10 06 24z

Ian Lindsay had a fine weekend winning 2nd sect E
in SNFC Kettering race. This Franz Wolz cock
bred by Ian’s good friend Franky Murray in Climpy,Forth.
He is also a winner of Otterburn race in
Newmains club last season.

Jim Hannah with Joe Boyle 10 06 24z

Joe Boyle was a good winner in Dalziel club 

Walters racing loft 10 06 24z

Federation winning loft of Walter Boswell

Sharp Cummings Durning 10 06 24z

Sharp, Cummings, Durning winners of Coatbridge SC 

Performance Pigeons Uk John Short 10 06 24z

Performance Pigeons UK ,breeders of this
week’s 1st Open federation

John Murphy 10 06 24z

John Murphy

James Whiteford 3 10 06 24z

James Whiteford of J Whiteford & Family
winners of Newmains club

Davie Forster Son of Lanark club 10 06 24z

Davie Foster & Son winners of Lanark club

Jim Cameron 10 06 24z

Jim Cameron is having a fantastic season
winner in Uddingston club
and topping the section and
Average leader board.

Pigeon service badge world war 10 06 24z

Racing Pigeon Core medal(No 5939)
found by Metal detector in Lanark,
research appears to be given to those who
helped supply racing pigeons for the War.