THE PORT NEWS
Ken Sharratt
The Jewel in the Crown, racing pigeons at distances of over 500 miles, holds a special joy. The challenge of long distance pigeon racing has always held a special place n the hearts of pigeon fanciers. Win or lose, it is still an achievement. I believe that even more so when it is accomplished by a yearling. Morris Thornhill has won three out of the six channel races in the Victoria H S and when he glimpsed his little hen closing her wings, his heart fluttered. She ignored the next door neighbour's barbecue celebrations and the assembled 12 or more people and hit the board and bounced in, winning him 1st club and 4th Federation. She is bred down from Roy & Robbie Sandland stock. Unfortunately he no longer has the sire so it was a relief for our Moe whern the hen's brother was reported in Stoke from the same race. He didn't realise until he got him home, how he was bred.
Morris enjoying the sunshine and showing me the wing of his Niort hen winner
Victoria Homing Society result of the Niort race held on 09/07/2011 when 6 members sent 42 birds liberated at 0600hrs in a west south west wind. M. H. Thornhill takes first place with a yearling cheq hen on a velocity of 1245ypm. In second place Davies & McDonald with another yearling hen on a velocity of 1139 ypm. Third is S. Arathoon with a pied hen 08 rung on a vel of 1116ypm and fourth is Davis & McDonald with a yearling on 1103ypm.
Yearling cheq hen - 1st Club 4th Fed Niort for Moe Thornhill
Time for a smile with Ken
A police officer pulls over a pigeon flyer for speeding. The officer says, 'I clocked you at 80 miles per hour, sir.'
The driver says, 'Officer, I had it on cruise control at 60;
perhaps your radar gun needs calibrating.'
Not looking up from her knitting, the wife says: 'Now don't be silly
dear, you know that this car doesn't have cruise control.'
As the officer writes out the ticket, the driver looks over at his wife
and growls, 'Can't you please keep your mouth shut for once!!?'
The wife smiles demurely and says, 'Well dear, you should be thankful your radar detector on your sat nav went off when it did or your speed would have been higher.'
The officer frowns and says, 'And I notice that you're not wearing your seat belt, sir. That's an automatic £25 fine.'
The driver says, 'Yeah, well, you see, officer, I had it on, but I took
it off when you pulled me over so that I could get my license out of my back pocket.'
The wife says, 'Now, dear, you know very well that you didn't have your seat belt on. You never wear your seat belt when you're driving.'
And as the police officer is writing out the second ticket, the driver
turns to his wife and barks, 'WILL YOU PLEASE SHUT UP?'
The officer looks over at the woman and asks, 'Does your husband always talk to you this way, Madam?'
'Only when he's been drinking.'
Regards and take care. Ken Sharratt email:
