LANARKSHIRE FEDERATION

Tom Corrie

Well, can anyone tell me a season where the east wind has lasted the first six races? This makes it difficult to gauge your racing team as it plays havoc with the birds' homing ability. We have had the east wind being very cold and very hot. We sometimes don't appreciate what our feathered friends go through to battle back for us, so those who return under these conditions possibly deserve their perch.

We are just over 200 miles and club members have stopped racing. This isn't a good sign for the club or sport, but is a reflection of today's racing. With the National racing just round the corner, the difficult racing will have an impact on the birdage and also on the Federation Open races. Let's hope the wind changes.

Around the clubs

Clarkston & Dist

Result for Charnock Richards race, 20/5/12, 12 members sent 86 birds. Lib in a South east wind.
1st D Mitchell & Son vel 1386
2nd D Mitchell & Son
3rd, 4th, 5th G Geddes
6th E Kirkham.
Well done Danny. Good flying with his distance based birds.

Uttoxeter result 26/5/12, 11 members sent 84 birds, lib at 0700 in a light east wind

1st T Corrie Son G/son vel 1330
2nd D Mitchell Son
3, 4, 5, 6th T Corrie Son G/son
Well done Tom snr with his good GWP Macaloney Check W/F cock (Bred by Martin Hilley) that has won three first club prizes

Longtown 3/6/12, 5 lofts sent 55 birds Lib in East wind.

1st D Mitchell Son Vel 1264
2nd T Corrie Son G/Son 1240
3rd D Mitchell Son 1201
4, 5th G Geddes 1188
Well done Danny, good form going into the National races.

Uddingston & Dist

J & S Carswell 1494
M McCormick 1493
M Mullen 1492
R Reid 1463
R Hotchkiss 1438
A Wales 1426
Well done to J&S Carswell on their 4th win from 5 races - super flying. The winner once again a Geavart van Schoorise from A. Pollard's stock.

Uttoxeter race

J Wood 1360

J Cameron 1327
Mullen & Campbell 1298
W Graham 1295
J Wood 1283
Mullen & Campbell 1271
Well done Jim

Longtown race 3rd June

M McCormick 1328
M Mullen 1327
J Wood 1320
Mullen & Campbell 1310
R Cairns 1289
J&S Carswell 1287
Well done to wee Mick on winning this Longtown race.

Larkhall & Dist

Longtown 2, 28th April, 17 lofts sent 460 pigeons.

This week’s race was won by Jim Finnan, our very hard working secretary. Jim timed his two year old widowhood Verheye cock with a vel of 1361. 2nd club was J Simpson vel 1344, 3rd club W Ramage vel 1335, 4th club G Rankin vel 1328.

Appleby 5th May, 17 lofts sent 461 birds.

1st goes to J Newbiggin. His winning pigeon contains the Vandenabeele bloodlines and she is being raced celibate at the moment and her winning vel was 1286.83. This was her first race of the season and as a young bird she had 3 races to Hexham 90 miles. 2nd club N Orr vel 1286.68. Avery close race between the leading two pigeons with only a second or two between them. 3rd and 4th was J Simpson who is a loft that is in top form at the moment, vels 1280 and 1261.

Larkhall & District

Ingleton, 17 lofts sent 411 pigeons.

This week’s winner was Adam J Hamilton, his winning pigeon a 2 year old blue hen that had 3 races as a young bird, and as a yearling she raced out to the 260 stage from Peterbourgh. This year she has been raced on the roundabout system, this after feeding 2 young birds in the first nest. Her bloodlines consist of Hagen Bros that came from his brother Andrew, whilst the dam was bought in and comes from the Bruggeman Bros family of pigeons. Worth noting that Adam's winning Blue hen won 1st west section in the fed from 2400+ entered pigeons, vel 1257. Well done Adam. 2nd club A K Lockhart vel 1219, 3rd club G Rankin vel 1208, 4th Club J Finnan vel 1205.

Lanarkshire Social circle, Appleby 5/5/12, 33 members sent 909 birds.

1st G McFall vel 1304, 2nd M Hughes, 3rd A Nelson & Son, 4th A Wilkie, 5th M Slater, 6th E Robin jnr, 7th N Orr, 8th E Robin jnr, 9th W McDonald, 10th GWP Macaloney.

Ingleton 12th May, 31 members sent 870 birds

1, 2, 3rd GWP Macaloney vel 1282, 4th J Cameron, 5th W Gordon, 6th W Traynor, 7th D McCaig, 8th W McDonald, 9th J Cameron, 10th GWP Macaloney.

Charnock Richards, 20th May , 30 members sent, 778 birds.

1st J Whiteford & Family vel 1489, 2nd N Orr, 3rd R Reid, 4th W Gordon, 5th & 6th GWP Macaloney, 7th W McDonald, 8th J Whiteford & Family, 9th & 10th J Cameron.

Uttoxeter, 26th May, 31 members sent 778 birds.

1st, 2, 4 , 5th GWP Macaloney, 3rd J J & M Gillon, 6th M Hughes, 7th J Cameron, 8th E Robin jnr, 9th W Graham, 10th W Gordon.

Thanks to David McCaig for the results.

Tom Corrie Jnr Lanarkshire Fed Press Officer

Tom Corrie's good cheq w/f cock, winner of three 1st club prizes.

Aldo Thomson of Newmains who is having a cracking season again this year with his John Dougal base pigeons.

Dave Watson.

Blantyre compound lads.

Alec Blyth of Carluke.

Danny Mitchell, Clarkston & Dist, who has been showing good form this season.

Danny Mitchell's good pied cock that won best in show at club show and also showing excellent form in the racing.