Worksop in the district of Nottingham into Lanarkshire
This weeks race winners are the brilliant partnership of GWP Macaloney of Airdrie club.
Paul & Wullie Macaloney winners of 1st Open.What more can be said about these guys!
Dave Love Three races in Clarkston three wins
George Lightbody (L) wins Low Waters
Dave Gillespie (L) wins East Kilbride
Wullie McDonald wins Dalziel
Kevin & Jackie Miller win Newmains & Cambusnethan/Morningside clubs
Dave Burnside wins Lanark
Eddie Robin his having a cracking season winning another race in Cambuslang
J Cosegrove & Son win Larkhall
GWP Macaloney loft set up
This week a convoy of 4,250 birds and 12 Fauldhouse baskets in convoy were liberated at 06 00hrs in no wind for the 213 miles journey.
Demolition man this weeks 1st sect,1st Open 1st yearling derby as well as Airdrie & Lanarkshire Social circle clubs
Eye of Demolition man
The winning pigeon named Demolition man was timed after 4hrs 16 minutes along with two other loft mates on the same minute.
Demolition man is turning out to be a new superstar of the loft,thats 1st Yearling Derby 2020 ,1st Federation 4,225 birds & 2nd Federation 5,697.He was pooled to the max, winning "all pools" at club and Open level.
The partnerships record at the Yearling derby event is simple outstanding wining this competition in years 2013,2016,2019,2020.
The winner is a yearling blue cock from the Stefaan Lambrecht lines.
Well done to the partnership of Wullie and Paul,two of Scotland and Europe's finest fanciers!
The race itself was a very tough affair with big gaps on the birds returns and many,many birds not homing.The usual thoughts are moving towards the raptors attacking the birds on route.Good pigeons are missing and this is always hard to swallow.Its hardly 500 miles and most experience birds should be home,but they haven't arrived.
It wasn't the fact the pigeons weren't fit as they had a tester the week before that put them in good race order.The proof of the pudding will be the significant drop in birdage for next weeks race entry.
Well I have to report on the good the bad and the ugly!Can only hope we get better this week.
Around the clubs
Airdrie
1st,2nd,3rd,5th GWP Macaloney
4th J Hendrie & Son
Lanarkshire Social circle
27 members sent 703 birds
1st,2nd,3rd,4th GWP Macaloney
5th J & K Miller
Clarkston
1st,D Love
2nd T Corrie Son G/son
3rd,4th Muir Bros
5th J Murphy
Three races three wins for Dave!
Low Waters
1st,2nd G Lightbody
3rd A Alan
4TH J Boswell
New Stevenson
Kelly Gillon of JJK Gillon win New Stevenson
1st,4th JJK Gillon
2nd,3rd,5th J L Kerr
Chryston
John Hood (R) wins Chryston with John McCallum
1st,3rd J & J Hood
2nd,4th C Gray
5th P & E Conroy
Blantyre
Tommy McDonagh wins Blantyre
1st,2nd,3rd,5th Tallis & McDonagh
4th B Ward
Greenfield
1st,5th J Shaw
2nd J Leggate
3rd,4th M Krivokapic
No photo of winner
East Kilbride
1st,2nd D Gillespie
3rd R Jukes snr
4th G Orr
5th J Meikle
Coalburn
Dougie Morrison wins Coalburn
1st,3rd D Morrison & Son
2nd,5th T & G Steele
4th A Suckle
Dalziel
1st,2nd W McDonald
3rd R Girwood
4th A Selfridge & Son
5th J King
Fauldhouse
John McLaughlin (R) wins Fauldhouse club
1st J McLaughlan
2nd J Hadfield
3rd Lumsden & Colligan
4th,5th C & C Smillie
Newmains
1st J & K Miller
2nd,3rd,4th J Whiteford & Family
5th Eadie & Kelly
Cambusnethan/Morningside
1st J & K Miller
2nd,3rd,4th J Whiteford & Family
5th Eadie & Kelly
Carluke
1st A Blyth
2nd,3rd,4th,5th C & E McMillan
Lanark
1st,2nd,3rd,5th D K Burnside
4th A Neil
Cambuslang
1st,2nd ,3rd,4th E Robin jnr
5th W Gordon
Burnbank
1st W McFall
2nd,5th J Green & Son
3rd A McInnes
4th W Boswell
No photo of winner
Larkhall
1st,5th J Cosgrove & Son
2nd,3rd,4th,R Smith
Uddingston
Jim Cullen wins another in Uddingston,confirming his level of consistency at any distance.
1st,4th J Cullen
2nd J Carsewell
3rd J Wood
5th J Cameron
Coatbridge SC
1st J Donnely
2nd D McElroy
3rd,4th J Forsyth
5th R & M Neil
No photo of winner
Section winners
Centre section
1st,2nd,3rd,5th GWP Macaloney of Airdrie
4th J Hendrie & Sons
East section
1st J & K Miller
2nd,3rd,4th J Whiteford & Family
5th A Blyth
West section
1st D Morrison & Son
2nd ,3rd E Robin jnr
4th D Gillespie
5th W McFall
Yearling derby
1st,2nd,3rd GWP Macaloney
4th J Hendrie & Sons
5th J& K Miller
Average Leader Board
1st GWP Macaloney 1344
2nd J Whiteford & Family 1324
3rd J Cullen
4th J Hendrie & Son
5th J Wood
6th J King
7th J Cameron
8th J Barr
9th E Robin Jnr
10th Eadie & Kelly
Federation transporter Young bird training to start on 16th July through to the Thursday before first race.Leaves Uddingston 0900hrs,Blantyre 0930hrs,Larkhall 1010,Newmains 10 40,Prices as 2019
Tom Corrie JNR
Lanarkshire Press Officer
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