Lanarkshire Federation - Otterburn race on 6th August

Otterburn, in the North East of England was this week?s venue, around eighty odd miles back to central Scotland.
For some reason there are fanciers who call it slaughter burn, making reference to a bad race a number of years ago, but to be honest it?s a decent as it gets for a liberation site. I think with the introduction of the Kelso race points has allowed the birds to home well from the shorter distance so by the time they come to Otterburn the birds have already been schooled.
For those that leave their youngsters for their first race into Otterburn, they take their own chances in relation to what race they get.
Onto the liberation of 5,400 birds which is a reality check on the problems with pigeon?s health around the country. The Lanarkshire should be up in the 7,000 for this race.
It was a bright morning and with the rain moving in for the afternoon the birds were away at 7 30 am in a light WSW wind.
Well done Dave Young our race controller as the wining birds made excellent velocities high into the 1300s.
I personally thought around the two hour mark but they were timing on the 1 hr 48 minute to top the federation.
This week?s winner is Ian Rankin of Airdrie Dist who has been having a cracking season, winning three in a row in the very strong Airdrie Dist club,this takes some winning .Ian is a hard working Secretary of the club and I am sure everyone is delighted for his results. Well done Ian.

Ian Rankin (R) wins three in a row in Airdrie Dist, two in a row in Lanarkshire Social Circle and tops the federation,what a weekend!

Around the clubs

Airdrie Dist
1st I Rankin 1350 2nd G Mann 1346 3rd C Baird 1324 4th J Spiers 1312 5th J Spiers 1310
Ian?s winning bird is breed off of 2 birds I got in November from Brian Dearn
from Lancashire. The parents are both Lambrechts, the nest mate was given to George Mann for the Lanarkshire social Circle ex-change bird. I picked the
Grizzle for George but the nest mate actually looked better so I gave
George that one. So much for my picking.
Great flying Ian

Cambuslang
1st G Baird 1304 2nd G Baird 1303 3rd G Baird 1210 4th G Baird 1208 5th
G Baird 1204
Some flying young George, two first sections in two weeks
The wee hen that won this race was 7th section last week and the 3rd doo was 3rd section last week. Section. That is 6 times since his first in a Young Bird race 2 years ago.

Low Waters
10 lofts sent 410 birds
1st A Nelson 1265 2nd Torrance & Mann 1246 3rd S McVey 1195 4th Torrance & Mann 1183 5th P Thomson 1182
Well done Alan

Uddingston & Dist
17 members sent 571 birds

1.J.Cameron-1300 2.J.Cameron-1283 3.H.Murphy-1279 4.J.Cameron-1271 5.J.Cameron-1271
Well done Cammy

Carluke HC
1st A Blyth 1149 2nd A Blyth 1148 3rd W Gardner 1135 4th A Blyth 1128 5th J Armstrong 1116
Well done Alex

Cambusnethan/Morningside

22 Members sent 711

1st I Fairley 1318 2nd T McGinn 1306 3rd Eadie & Kelly 1305 4th Eadie & Kelly 1304 5th K McDonald 1279

Well done Izek

Coalburn HC

1. 1 A Suckle 1036 2. A Meikle 1034 3. D Frame 1026 4. D Morrison & son 1025 5. D Morrison& son 1021

Well done Andrew and all the timers in what turned out a hard race for the club

   

Wullie Cummings(L) and John Sharp (R) standing in front of their loft win Coatbridge SC -  Tommy McDonagh wins Blantyre and Greenfield,proving his consistency all season - George Geddes is a good winner in Clarkston & Dist this week

 

Andrew Suckle (R) wins Coalburn HC -  Joe Boyle(L) wins two from three in Dalzel

 

Jim Cameron (R) wins Uddingston & Dist  -  Tony McGinn (L) wins a strong Newmains club

Newmains HC

21 members sent 624 birds..

1st T McGinn 1306 2nd Eadie&Kelly 1305 3rd Eadie&Kelly 1304 4th K MacDonald 1279 5th W Smart 1258

Well done Tony

Burnbank HC

1st W Reid 1264 2nd J McGuire 1190 3rd W McFall 1175 4th R Cushley 1171 5th S Callaghan 1168

Well done to William a good winner and good picking taking all pools and accumulator
and winning the golden feathers cup and well done to Wullie McFall winning the ko young bird cup and 2nd share of the pools been flying steady Wullie has returns seem to be good in the club
so well done again to Davie Young our race controller.

Clarkston & Dist

10 lofts sent 220 birds
Lib at 07 30 in a WSW wind

1st G Geddes 1311 2nd T Corrie Son G/son 1276 3rd T Corrie Son G/son 1272 4th J Short 1259 5th T Corrie Son G/son 1225

Well done George with a good winner bred out of Dave Aitken stock
Returns were mixed bag at clocking
Danny Mitchell wins bag of feed Nom

      

George Baird of Cambuslang HC -  1st & 2nd section winner what a pigeon -  Alex Blyth wins Carluke

Alan Nelson(R) wins Low Waters

Greenfield HC
1st Tallis & McDonagh vel 1240 2nd J Hannah vel 1234 3rd J Hannah vel 1233 4th K Buchanan vel 1202 5th J Hannah vel 1187

Returns seemed good with most guys well done Mio in winning the pools

Blantyre HC
1st Tallis & mcdonagh 1278 2nd W.Semple 1255 3rd Tallis & McDonagh 1187 4th Tallis & McDonagh 1161 5th Tallis & McDonagh 1141

Wullie. Semple wins nom
Ko finalists Tallis & mcdonagh v J&T Polockus

East Kilbride
1st D McDougall 1066 2nd G Orr 1036 3rd G Orr 1028 4th W Morrison 939 5th
D McDougall 939
Well done Duncan
Mike Watt wins £4 nom

Coatbridge Social Circle
7 Lofts sent 214

1st Sharp Cummings Durning 1339 2nd Sharp Cummings Durning 1338 3rd J Forsyth 1333 4th Sharp Cummings Durning 1260
Well done John,Wullie & Jim top flying
Winner is out of Mister Magic Dam bred by P Halliwell from Sheffield.
Also well done Jim Forsyth timing the same bird that topped the fed last week to be 5th section.? I think it?s a good yin Jim?

Sharp, Cummings, Durning.

Lanarkshire Social Circle
28 Lofts sent 1036
1st I Rankin 1350 2nd G Mann 1346 3rd J Spiers 1312 4th J Spiers 1310 5th Eadie & Kelly 1305
Two in a row for Ian, top flying in this birdage

This week?s Section winners
1st Centre section 1st Open I Rankin 1350 1st East Section I Fairley 1318 1st West section G Baird 1304

Federation YB average board
1st Sharp Cummings Durning Coatbridge SC 1263 2nd I Rankin Airdrie Dist 1256 3rd Tallis & McDonagh 1240 4th T McGinn 1236 5th Eadie & Kelly 1222

Combine Average Update
1st GWP Macaloney 1192 2nd J Cullen 1174 3rd Tallis & McDonagh 1166
4th Torrance & Mann 1133 5th G Lightbody 1133

Tom Corrie jnr
Lanarkshire Press Officer