LANARKSHIRE FEDERATION NEWS

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1 LANARKSHIRE FEDERATION NEWS Peterborough Report June 2015 By Tom Corrie This week we move on to Peterborough in the district of Cambridgeshire which is only 75 miles from London. The forecast was good for the 272 miles flight back into Central Scotland. The 3,500 birds were liberated at 6am in a light WNW wind with the South Lanarkshire and Glasgow Federations. Just after 7 hours and six minutes the winner alighted onto the trap of fellow club mate Martin Halley from the village of Plains which is situated on the east side of Airdrie. This was this week s federation winner, a 2yr old check cock, flown on the celibate system, which has worked well for Martin all season, as he has been at the top of the club results every week. Martin has recently stopped racing youngsters, breeding them late on the season and then training them like late breds throughout the off-season from distance. This cock was prepared on this system. He is very interested in distance flying and hopes this system will produce a National winner in the future. His winner was bred from friend Keith Cochrane of Crossgate in Fife from his distance family. Well done Martin, a good winner. Close behind was fellow village fancier Bobby Peden of Airdrie District club, one yard behind - possibly these two came together, we will never know. The race itself was a very difficult affair with heavy losses reported throughout the clubs. The usual theories have been spoken about: clashing, raptors, but myself I feel when you see the moon and the sun in the sky it s always a recipe for poor homing ability. I have seen this over my career in pigeons and these are my thoughts on the matter. Section winners Martin Hilley-Centre section J Cosgrove & Son -West W Smart -East Federation Average Leader Board 1st GWP Macaloney nd McCormick & Hughes rd Sharp/Cummings/Durning 1233

2 4th D McCaig th W Millen 1231 This week was the start of the SNFC programme from Bilericay and it was great news to hear that Lindsay & Henderson of Newmains club had won the West section of the National.I phoned Ian Lindsay to congratulate him on this great win and ask him about his winner. The Blue pied 2yr old had trapped the same time as the Peterborough pigeons with Ian thinking he was a Peterborough pigeon. He quickly realised it was a National pigeon and his hopes quickly raised. The story behind this pigeon was that as a youngster he was badly injured by a hawk attack, resulting in Ian stitching him up. He recovered and later won the last young bird race. This year he was raced on the Natural system. He is bred from Ian's old distance family. (Please see the recent article about this partnership in the fancy press).well done lads - the cream of Lanarkshire. Remember to log onto the Federation website for all the latest news. Clarkston & Dist. 8 Lofts sent 141 birds 1st M Hilley nd T Corrie Son G/son rd T Corrie Son G/Son th J Murphy th M Hilley 1068 Newmains FC 1WSmart JMacLean TRichardson JLawrie&Son JMacLean Uddingston & Dist. 22 sent 341 1st D Young & Dtr nd W Graham rd McCormick & Hughes th McCormick & Hughes th J Cullen 1078 Well done Dave on a good winner. Coatbridge FC 10 lofts sent 146 1st Sharp Cummings Durning (SCD) vel nd Christie Bros rd R Valenti th J Pollock 987 well done SCD another good winner in a terrific season. Winner is a 4yr old Campus Hen SCD win Peterborough cup Christie Bros win 1st Yearling. Another good win for Martin,this week s federation winner which was bred by Keith Cochrane of Crossgate in Fife from his distance pigeons. Well done to John winning most of the pools

3 Glenmavis 6 lofts sent 51 birds 1st C Baird nd R Hughes rd S Stewart th S Stewart 994 Well done Chamers Carluke FC 1st Mr & Mrs Elliot 2nd Mr & Mrs Elliot 3rd Mr & Mrs Elliot 4th C Walker 5th C Walker East Kilbride HC 1st R Jukes nd G Orr rd G Orr 995 4th J Meikle thG Orr. 953 G Orr wins first share of pools D Gillespie wins second share and nom Airdrie & Dist. 1st R Peden nd G Mann rd GWP Macaloney th GWP Macaloney 1088 Chamer Baird (R) wins Glenmavis Cambusnethan & Morningside 21 Members sent 380 birds 5th GWP Macaloney Well done Bobby real good win 1st W Smart nd JJ Gillon rd T Richardson th J Lawrie & Son th B Minnaugh Low Waters 1st T McGurk nd G Lightbody rd A Nelson th A Nelson th A Nelson 993

4 Burnbank HC 1st Walter Boswell nd William Reid rd Baird Mc Millan 968 4th Baird Mc Millan 967 5th Sam Callaghan 929 Walter Boswell wins all pools and accumulator William Reid wins 2nd share 50 p 2nd share of the pound well done guys in what turned out to be a real hard race with returns horrendous with some members not timing Greenfield FC 1st J Hannah vel nd David Allison vel rd David Allison vel th Ken Buchanan vel th J Shaw vel th Ken Buchanan vel 1035 Well done Jim on your second club win also well done Kenny and Jim Shaw in winning the pools Larkhall & Dist. 16 sent 253 birds. 1st J Cosgrove & Son vel nd J Newbiggin vel rd W Ramage vel th J Cosgrove & Son vel 1013 well done Jock and John, 2 wins on the trot. A very tough race for all today with returns not great at clocks. Lanark & Dist. 7 sent 109 birds 1- V Smith: V Smith: Mr & Mrs Megahy: T Greenfield: R Clark: 949 Well done Vincent Blantyre HC 1st A Morrison nd J&A Wylie rd W Semple th A Mcinnes th J&T Polockus A Morrison wins all pools & wins the loft v loft KO. Well done Arthur Jim Hannah (L) wins Greenfield & Vincent Smith wins Lanark & Dist

5 Lanarkshire Social Circle 38 SENT 897 1st G Mann nd GWP Macaloney rd D Young & Son th W Graham th J J & M Gillon 1090 Lanarkshire Social Circle Billericay SNFC 57 Sent 355 1st Lindsay & Henderson nd C Walker rd C Walker th J Wilkinson th Mr & Mrs Elliot 1035 Tom Corrie jnr Lanarkshire Press Officer June 2015 George Mann (R) wins Lanarkshire Social Circle

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