LANARKSHIRE FEDERATION
Tom Corrie jnr
This week we arrive at Kettering a town in Northamptonshire, England, about 70 miles north of London. The distance is around 274 miles to this week?s winning loft. The convoy of 1275 plus 6 Fauldhoue club baskets were away at 08 30 am in lovely sunny weather for the trip back up to central Scotland.
The winner took around 5hrs 20 minutes with a velocity high in the 1400s.
George Baird (R) wins this weeks 1st Open Lanarkshire Federation Kettering race
George Bairds Kettering Open winner Olivia
This week?s winner is George Baird of Greenfield club. The winning pigeon now named Olivia after his daughter was bred by Alistair MacLean from Oban. Ally has bred George many good pigeons over the last few years. He has great bloodlines.
Olivia has now 2 x 1st clubs to her name with her first win coming from Catterick yb race 2018.
She was raced total widowhood at the start of the season then paired a few nights before Buckingham with the SNFC. as you know it turned but a difficult race for many with Olivia returning a day late.... She was well down on body and must have flown many miles. George allowed her to go down on eggs and left well alone no forced exercise at all, with feed in front 24/7, she came back about herself and got the Kelso training race the week before being sent to Kettering.
Kettering has been a good race point for George after winning the section before. He is just glad to have finally topped the fed to tick that box after topping the section 8 times and hitting the cross bar being 2nd Open it's great to have finally done it.
George races his pigeons to the compound in Blantyre, a real hub of activity, as there is a number of lofts attached in very close proximity. George can dig out some great wins and has had a lot of success in a very short time in the sport. I have already covered a loft report on George a few years ago as he was winning out of turn in the west section of the federation. He has recently won SHU bird of the year, so you get the picture he is an excellent fancier. Well done George on a top performance.
Around the clubs
Larkhall & Dist. 1st,2nd ,4th J Newbiggin. 3rd W Ramage
Low Waters. 1st ,2nd ,4th G Lightbody. 3rd A Allan
Blantyre. 1st,3rd,4th Tallis & McDonagh. 2nd,5th A McInnes
Tommy McDonagh had a great racing day winning Blantyre
Uddingston. 1st W Graham. 2nd J Cameron. 3rd ,4th J Carswell loft 2. 5th J Cullen
Coalburn. 1st Donghue Bros. 2nd ,5th A Meikle. 3rd F Hillan. 4th A Suckle
Newmains. 1st Boslem& Gilfillan. 2nd T Richardson. 3rd,5th J Menzies. 4th T McGinn
Lanarkshire Social Circle. 31 sent 409. 1st W Millen 1501. 2nd G Baird 1499. 3rd JJK Gillon. 4th I Rankin. 5th GWP Macaloney
Wullie Millen(R) times a cracker to win Lanarkshire Social Circle
Lanark & Dist. 1st,2nd,3rd,5th D K Burnside. 4th T Greenfield
Dave Burnside continues his fine season winning Lanark & Dist with his top blue 3yr old hen
Clarkston & Dist. 1st E McKerley. 2nd,4th J Murphy. 3rd Muir Bros. 5th T Corrie Son G/son
Eddie McKerley wins Clarkston with a 2yr old Blue Cattrysse hen
Chryston. 1st J J Hood. 2nd ,5th C Gray. 3rd G Shaw. 4th A McConnachie
John Hood wins Chryston,not with this one.
Airdrie. 1st J Barr. 2nd I Rankin. 3rd,4th,5th GWP Macaloney
John Barr (R) wins Airdrie
Coatbridge SC. 1st Mr & Mrs Duncan. 2nd Christie Bros. 3rd Sharp, Cummings, Durning. 4th A Wood. 5th A Wood
Carluke. 1st C & E McMillan. 2nd Mrs M Blyth. 3rd C & E McMillan
Cambuslang. 1st,2nd W Gordon. 3rd,5th E Robin jnr. 4th W Shields
Billy Gordon (R) wins Cambuslang
Cambusnethan/Morningside. 1st,3rd ,5th J J K Gillon. 2nd T McGinn. 4th I Fairley
JJ K Gillon win Cambusnethan/Morningside
Greenfield. 1st G Baird. 2nd,4th D Allison. 3rd ,5th K Buchanan
Dalziel. 1st S Steven. 2nd,3rd J Boyle. 4th A Selfridge & Son. 5th A Selfridge & Son
East Kilbride. 1st,5th G Orr. 2nd D Gillespie. 3rd,4th J Meikle
Gordon Orr wins East Kilbride
Fauldhouse. 13 sent 148 birds 1st Lumsden, Colligan & Hope 1375.9. 2nd & 3rd J Hadfield 1357.6. 1336.2. 4th T Gavin 1327.8
Lumsden, Colligan & Hope win Fauldhouse
Kettering Top Ten Pool Race
1st G Baird
2nd Tallis & McDonagh
3rd J J K Gillon
4th A McInnes
5th J Barr
6th I Rankin
7th,8th.9th GWP Macaloney
10th Boslem & Gilfillan
Average Leader Board
1st GWP Macaloney 1348
2nd T Richardson 1347
3rd D Allison
4th I Rankin
5th Eadie & Kelly
6th T Corrie Son G/son
7th J Cullen
8thM Krivokapic
9th G Mann
10th J Wood
Kevin Dochertys 1st & 2nd Open Lanarkshire federation Catterick earlier this season
Sam Callaghan(L) wins Burnbank
Tom Corrie jnr
Lanarkshire Federation Press Officer