LANARKSHIRE FEDERATION

Tom Corrie

Ingleton 2 - August 2014

 

We return to Ingleton for the second week. The weather looked good and with a north-west wind predicted it was always going to be a steady race with the birds away at 9am. The winners took just over 3 hrs for the 130 miles into Central Scotland. A small amount made it in good time but again the rest appear to have struggled back to their lofts. The birds that didn't make it in the first hour were mostly missing by nightfall. Is there such a thing as a good racing day? On a day that was bright and sunny the birds didn't home with consistency.  The convoyer reported a falcon attack at the liberation and it looks as if this scattered the birds to the four winds, so don't blame your management when the birds are funnelled into the valleys never to be seen again. These birds appear to be attacked every mile of the journey and appear spooked on their return. They know what is out there and are terrified. Our feathered friends suffer mentally. Just watch your birds when your routine for basketing comes around - they hide away. Many fanciers reported birds homing injured. We will struggle to get 1,000 for next week - the biggest fed in the country has taken some hammering this year. If we don't change the formula this game is finished in under 5 years. Some serious thinking is needed in the close season. Fanciers are sick to the teeth, spending time and money and stressing over the present formula for racing pigeons. It has to change. It must change. Even training birds at this time of the year is very risky with constant reports of attacks and big losses.

We will move onto this week’s winner. Well done to George Geddes, a member of my own club Clarkston & Dist on topping the Federation. George’s winner is from a Busschaert cock and hen from Tommy McLaughlin of Coatbridge off his John Halstead stock.  

Around the clubs

Clarkston & Dst

1st G Geddes vel 1260, Federation winner.
2nd T Corrie Son G/son
3rd E Kirkham
4th D Mitchell Son
5th T Corrie Son G/son
Well done George, a real cracker in the Fed. 

Airdrie & Dist

1st GWP Macaloney 1224

2nd G Mannt 1218

3rd W Gault

4th I Rankin

5th G Mann 

Carluke

1st Mr &Mrs Elliot 1213.801
2nd A Wilkie 1151.743
3rd Mrs M Blyth 1049.081
4th D Smith 1042.467
5th C Walker 1035.793  

Low Waters 8/123

1st P Green 1094

2nd P Green 1051

3rd P Thompson 1046

4th J Crrigan 1040

5th J Lightbody 1034

The Greens are flying well this year

Newmains

1 T Richardson 1220.885
2 T Richardson 1214.963
3 W Smart 1211.920
4 W Smart 1192.994
5 Eadie & Kelly 1192.811

Uddingston & Dist

1.McCormick&Hughes-1214
2.J.Cameron-1206
3.McCormick&Hughes-1157
4.McCormick&Hughes-1109
5.J.Carswell-1099

Well done Mick and Martin, they take some beating.  

Burnbank

1st Baird McMillan 1066
2nd R Cushley 1059
3rd W Boswell 1048
4th Baird McMillan 1029
5th R Cushley 1016
Well done again to Jimmy and Robert the form men
Baird McMillan wins the 10 pound Nom with his 2nd bird
Good flying guys  

Dalzel

13 members sent 165 birds

1st Robert Clark 1070.413
2nd Stevie Selfridge 1066.922
3rd Joe Boyle 1054.214
4th Quinn bros 1053.710
5th W McDonald 1051.679
Well done Robert - lost count of how many firsts this year, top flying.  

Larkhall

8/134
1st G Rankin 1148.39
2nd G Rankin 1148.29
3rd G Rankin 1148.29
4th G Rankin 1147.79
5th R Smith 1133.89 Cracking result Gareth, clean sweep two weeks in a row.  

Cambuslang

1st Wullie Millen vel 1192.5
2nd Wullie Millen vel 1189.2
3rd Eddie Robin jnr vel 1171.0
4th Eddie Robin jnr vel 1117.4
5th Gerry McFall vel 1111.4

Well done Wullie

Lanarkshire Racing Pigeon Federation

CENTRE SECTION INGLETON 23RD AUGUST 2014 52 SENT 689

1 G GEDDES CLARKSTON SU14L10446 CHW/F COCK 1260.92

2 G W P MACALONEY AIRDRIE SU14M3473 CHEQ COCK 1224.63

3 G MANN AIRDRIE NEHU14Z5421 CHEQ HEN 1218.89

4 P FERRIE COATBRIDGE SU14L12894 BLUE HEN 1218.49

5 P FERRIE COATBRIDGE SU14L12485 CHEQ HEN 1217.95

6 McCORMICK & HUGHES UDDINGSTON SU14L6139 BLUE COCK 1214.69

7 P FERRIE COATBRIDGE SU14L12476 DKCH HEN 1209.02

8 W GAULT AIRDRIE SU14M2815 BLPD COCK 1207.89

9 J CAMERON UDDINGSTON SU14L5050 BLUE COCK 1206.83

10 I RANKIN AIRDRIE SU14M3157 CHW/F HEN 1195.85

11 G MANN AIRDRIE SU14M2768 BLUE COCK 1195.68

12 J FORSYTH COATBRIDGE SU14L12057 CHEQ HEN 1193.55

13 G MANN AIRDRIE NEHU14B2033 CHEQ HEN 1192.72

14 G MANN AIRDRIE SU14M2765 BLW/F COCK 1192.62

15 G W P MACALONEY AIRDRIE SU14M3485 BLPD HEN 1192.53

EAST SECTION 43 SENT 705

1 T RICHARDSON NEWMAINS SU14NW1294 CHEQ HEN 1220.88

2 T RICHARDSON NEWMAINS GB14P32044 BLW/F HEN 1214.96

3 MR & MRS ELLIOT CARLUKE SU14 2073 BLUE COCK 1214.80

4 W SMART NEWMAINS SU14L3379 BLUE HEN 1211.92

5 WILSON & CAIRNS CAM/MORN SU14L13198 BLUE COCK 1202.39

6 W SMART NEWMAINS SU14L3347 CHPD HEN 1192.99

7 EADIE & KELLY NEWMAINS GB14P31784 DKCH HEN 1192.81

8 EADIE & KELLY NEWMAINS SU14 73 BLUE COCK 1192.70

9 T RICHARDSON NEWMAINS GB14P32047 BLPD HEN 1189.17

10 J & I ALSTON LANARK SU14L7233 RED COCK 1160.38

11 A WILKIE CARLUKE SU14L2020 BLUE COCK 1151.74

12 I FAIRLEY CAM/MORN SU14L13085 BLW/F HEN 1149.54

13 THOMSON & DOUGAL NEWMAINS SU14L3317 BLUE HEN 1137.86

14 I FAIRLEY CAM/MORN SU14L13087 BLUE HEN 1134.50

15 I FAIRLEY CAM/MORN SU14L13104 BLUE COCK 1134.01

WEST SECTION 35 SENT 514

1 W MILLEN CAMBUSLANG SU14A1537 BLUE HEN 1192.51

2 W MILLEN CAMBUSLANG SU14L15052 BLUE COCK 1189.21

3 E ROBIN JNR CAMBUSLANG SU14L14845 CHEQ COCK 1171.99

4 G RANKIN LARKHALL SU14L10822 BLPD HEN 1148.39

5 G RANKIN LARKHALL SU14L10825 BLPD HEN 1148.29

6 G RANKIN LARKHALL SU14L10855 BLUE HEN 1148.29

7 G RANKIN LARKHALL SU14L10841 BLUE HEN 1147.79

8 R SMITH LARKHALL SU14L11456 CHPD HEN 1133.89

9 E ROBIN JNR CAMBUSLANG SU14L14863 BLUE HEN 1117.44

10 G McFALL CAMBUSLANG SU14L2170 RED COCK 1111.45

11 W MILLEN CAMBUSLANG SU14L15075 BLPD COCK 1107.01

12 W MILLEN CAMBUSLANG SU14L15072 BLUE HEN 1102.37

13 P GREEN LOW WATERS SU14L2670 BLUE HEN 1094.44

14 M KRIVOKAPIC GREENFIELD SU14L8286 BLUE COCK 1080.27

15 BAIRD & McMILLAN BURNBANK SU14L16182 BLPD COCK 1066.62

 

Lanarkshire Social Circle Flying Club

INGLETON flown on 23/08/2014

Liberation 9 : 0 : 0 AM 24 Members sent 418 Birds light north west

1 G,W & P MACALONEY 134 4 3 12 35 SU14M 3473 CH C L £15.00 £10 1224.633

2 G MANN 132 997 3 11 25 NEHU14Z542 CH H L £9.00 £6 1218.896

3 McCORMICK&HUGHES 132 111 3 11 21 SU14L 6139 B C L N £17.00 £5 1214.690

4 MRS&MRS D ELLIOT 114 164 2 46 39 SU14 2073 B C £4 1213.801

5 J CAMERON 131 143 3 12 14 SU14L 5050 B C N £6.60 £3 1206.830

6 WILSON&CAIRNS 125 140 3 4 8 SU14L 13198 B C N £4.40 £2 1202.395

7 G MANN 132 997 3 15 8 SU14M 2768 B C 1195.680

8 G MANN 132 997 3 15 37 NEHU14BOR DC H 1192.726

9 G MANN 132 997 3 15 38 SU14M 2765 B C 1192.624

10 G,W & P MACALONEY 134 4 3 17 46 SU14M 3485 BP H 1192.537

11 W MILLEN 134 656 3 18 19 SU14A 1537 B H 1192.517

12 G,W & P MACALONEY 134 4 3 17 49 SU14M 3478 CH C 1192.235

   

Jimmy McMillan (L) makes it two in a row in Burnbank

George Geddes (R) wins Clarkston & Dist and tops the Federation

Robert Clark continues his cracking season winning Dalzel club again

Dave Elliot (R) wins Carluke Club again

The super partnership of GWP Macaloney win Airdrie & Dist and 2nd Federation and also the Social Circle.

Gareth Rankin (L) has a clean sweep again this week in Larhall & Dist - top flyer.

Tam Richardson wins 1st & 2nd in Newmains club - top young bird specialist (Ha Ha).

Tom Corrie jnr

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