Ponderosa UK Stud Blue Riband Tarbes Race 1 st Open 1 st SE Section Lou Severe of Chichester with Chris Delight How in no time at all our Blue Riband race was upon us. (it s a shame the weather hasn t caught up with the fact that it s now almost the end of June). For the Classic s most prestigious race 141 members sent 572 birds. As you know for Tarbes the London and South East Classic Club convoy our birds and the favour is returned for Bergerac. After waiting for conditions to improve on site the birds were liberated at 6.55am in to no wind but becoming a strong south westerly on their line of flight. We would like to thank Rube and Ian for all their help and for looking after the birds. 36 birds were verified on the winning day and congratulations must go to everyone who clocked. A fantastic achievement by Lou Severe timing 2 pigeons within 22 seconds and another one at 19.13.35 to also take 11 th Open. Tony Leggatt put in another top performance making Tarbes seem like a training race. Lee Patterson clocking 2 within 69 seconds taking 10 th and 12 th Open. Tony Barrett sending 2 pigeons and timing both 7.32pm and 7.59pm. Anner Smith, Phil Newton and Bill Morris must be commended on their great performances with a very Strong South Westerly wind timing in the North West Section. Anner flying 591 miles, Phil flying 578 miles and Bill flying 604 miles. In the South West Section we have 6 Salisbury Flying Club pigeons timed in the top 7 of the Section. The Tarbes Blue Riband goes to Lou Severe of Chichester winning 1 st & 2 nd Open 1 st & 2 nd South East Section. Lou is a retired lorry mechanic who for most of his working life worked for Parkers of Chichester. He has been married to Chris (hence the name of the winning pigeon) for 47 years and they have one daughter Jackie. Lou has kept pigeons for just over 50 years with a break early on of about 3-4 years. It began when Lou was roughly 14 years old and his next door neighbour was Dave Cave from Emsworth. Lou would pop round to Dave s to help with the birds and wait on race day. Dave became like a mentor for Lou. Lou has lived for 32 years in Chichester and races in the Bognor and Chichester Club. He started the season with 39 old birds which were raced to perches. The birds were then paired up for the Classic Tarbes and the NFC Tarbes races. This was their first round of eggs which they had been sat for a total of 14 days and they will now stay on eggs for the rest of the season. The corn fed is just a normal mixture.
He has about 20 young birds but doesn t breed them himself. Fanciers gift Lou youngsters for him to try and last season he bought in 10 young birds. The two winning hens both dropped together. First in the clock was a 3 year old chequer white flight which on the Sire s side is down from Bert Shepherds 2 nd Open Tarbes NFC and the Dam s side is through Lloyd & Kelly s Little Margaret 1 st Open Pau NFC. The second hen is a 5 year old chequer from Lou s own Janssen lines. Lou Severe. Runner up to Lou is Kevin King from Havant in 3 rd Open 3 rd South East Section. I would just like to start with congratulations to Lou Severe of Chichester on a fantastic performance 1 st & 2 nd Open. I ve been very lucky to have won Club and Fed races, a car & two Classics but timing a bird on the day from over 500 miles really is a great feeling. The bird was entered into Opportunity Lofts One Loft Race in 2010 by John and Kevin Zerafa of Portsmouth proving fanciers really do enter their best birds. I rang John to tell him and I have to say, he was as happy as I was, many thanks John. Thanks to Unikon for without my ETS clock I would not be able to race. Last but not least thanks to the CSCFC for giving us the opportunity to race 500 plus on the day of liberation. Kevin King.
4 th Open 1 st South West Section is Mark and Julie Gower of Fordingbridge. My 2 year old chequer is a widowhood hen and is bred from my CSCFC Dax winner LJB (who is half de-weerdt via Guy Reed) when paired to a direct De-weerdt hen (Gdt of Magnus & Joan). As a yearling she flew Messac & Saintes twice being my first bird from Saintes NFC however her ETS ring would not register. This year she has flown Carentan (club) & Messac with the CSCFC where she recorded 12 th Open, she was then worked around the loft with one 50 mile training toss. She came home in great condition and clapped around the loft before trapping. Congratulations to Lou Severe on his great double and to all the Salisbury lads who always put up fantastic results from this race. Mark Gower. Our 2010 Tarbes Blue Riband winners Nick and Christine Smith from Salisbury are 2 nd South West Section 5 th Open. We clocked our 2 year old pencil blue hen at 19.15 sitting 12 day old eggs. Her preparation was 2 x Seaton with the Wiltshire Fed, Carentan with the BBC and Fougeres with the NFC where she was 88 th Open. Her Sire is from my Fred Bloor family and her Dam is Deweerdt x Jan Aarden of Mark Gilbert origin. Nick and Christine Smith. Never far away from the top of a long distance race is Tony Leggatt from Havant 6 th Open 4 th South East Section. Congratulations to Lou and Chris Severe for 1 st and 2 nd from Tarbes. This year has been an unusual one for me so far, as I recently retired in April.
My pigeons took a back seat for a while as I lost use of my works van so training became difficult until I was able to get some new wheels!! Racing this year so far has been slow as I have only competed in the Classic races and a few club races, so for me to send such a large team of 15 birds to the race "Tarbes" was a calculated risk of which had paid off. I had 5 birds on the day and 5 the next morning and timed my first bird, that was 4 th Open CSCFC Bergerac last year and a classic double, whilst going about my garden chores. I would like to thank the complete Classic team for all of their hard work too. Good luck to you all for the remainder of the season. Tony Leggatt with Rebekah and Mitchell Leggatt. In 7 th Open 3 rd South West Section we have Stuart Jack from Tisbury, nr Salisbury. Stuart was our South West Section winner from Messac. All four pigeons sent to Tarbes were timed in. His first one is a 3 year old blue cock which so far this season has been 18 th Section 159 th Open NFC Fougeres and 44 th Section NFC Cholet. He only races cocks, all on widowhood and all four timed are the same way bred from Andy Parsons, Ken Hine and Alan Parker s Blue Gem Busschaert s families. The second pigeon has also been up there for him, taking 31 st Section NFC Cholet 2012, 10 th Section NFC Fougeres 2011 and 21 st Section NFC Nantes 2011. Stuart Jack.
8 th Open 6 th SE Section goes to Hamid Laakvand from Portsmouth with a 3 year old Blue Bar hen. I am a member of Parade IFC in Portsmouth and Solent South Rd Federation. I have not raced in the Classic for a few years so this is a good come back for me. This bird has only been sent across the channel to France a few times and she has never taken any major cards before. She was sitting for seven days at the time of basketing and was in very good condition. Her breeding is a Jan Aarden from Ponderosa UK blood line. She has now been named Jubliee to mark this occasion. I am very delighted with this result as I have never taken a good position like this before. Hamid Laakvand. 1 st North West Section 9 th Open flying 591 miles is Club Chairman Anner Smith from Wotton Under Edge. This 2 year old red hen is a Jan Aarden x Busschaert now known as Phoebe after our latest Grand daughter. She was sent to the race sitting 8 day eggs at basketing after being re-paired on 2 nd June to a stock cock due to loses early on. She has been a steady performer up until now. The Grand parents on the Sire s side being a red cock with 6 x 1 st s plus many other cards crossed with the Dam of my 2005 Pau Classic winner Margaret. On the Dam s side the Grand Sire is a gift bird from Stewart Luff of the Luff and Walker partnership being of Invincible Spirit lines x. Dam is a Steve Wright House of Aarden hen, a daughter of Jan Polders Bonte Beer. I would like to finish by congratulating the winner. Anner Smith.
Lee Patterson of Portsmouth 10 th & 12 th Open. My provisional 10 th open pigeon, GB10N39166, was having his fourth race of the year. He had previously flown 3 consecutive races taking 5 th club Carentan then flying Messac in the Club and Cholet in the NFC. He was my single nom for the Tarbes NFC race, run by Paul O Leary, but looked so well I decided he would have to go with the Classic instead. He also was 33 rd open CSCFC Bergerac Classic last year. In 2010 I gifted a nest pair of cocks bred the same way to my good friend Michael Moon. One cock won 1 st club Saintes and the other was 31 st open CSCFC Bergerac in 2011. In fact the Saintes winner was also timed in this Tarbes Classic at 19:50 and is provisionally 23 rd open. His Sire and Dam are both stock pigeons. The sire is a Jan Aarden and was bred by Robert O Jones of Resolven in Wales, being a direct son of his Thurso Cock twice 1 st club Thurso and 2 nd and 6 th section National on the day when paired to an inbred daughter of Patrick Bros Somerset Lad. The Dam is a direct daughter of 1 st and 2 nd Pau CSCFC 2007 for my good friends Tony Hounsell and Joey Hopkins and is a Cattrysse cross Busschaert. Unfortunately Joey is no longer with us. He was fancied to do well, being one of my two Classic Double birds, the second of which is provisional 12 th Open. I d like to take the opportunity of congratulating Lou Severe on taking 1 st and 2 nd open, all the section winners, especially Anner Smith for the outstanding performance of his bird in winning the NW section and all other members who timed on the day and to thank the CSCFC officials and marking team for all their hard work during the year. Lee Patterson s cock bird. Phil Newton from Weston Super Mare is having another cracking season. He wins the 2 nd North West Section position, timing in one of only 3 pigeons on the day in that Section with a very strong wind against them. This bird is a 2 year old blue cock flown on the natural system. He was a late bred in 2010 and hatched in July. He was not raced as a young bird but was trained to the coast after the racing season. He is well bred, being a Grandson of my Bergerac Classic winner on one side and a Great Grandson of my NFC Certificate of Merit winner on the other. He was sent to this race on a one day old youngster. Thanks to Tess for all her hard work on the birds.
Phil Newton. It is two seasons on the trot for Jack and Sally Baden of Swindon, who once again top the North East Section from Tarbes also taking the runners up spot as well. We started in pigeons in 1988 trying all of the methods. We now fly total widowhood with the exception of a few old hens which will be trained with the young birds for the OH Classic. Our birds are from families that have been with us for some years, then crossed into some good distance stock. My first pigeon is a blue chequer cock flown on widowhood and bred down from some superb Busschaert s from Colin Croucher (to whom we are forever grateful), of Young Vinnie lines and a Haelterman hen of Filmstar lines from Dave Kimber. Second bird is a blue cock, son of a Louella V.D.Wegan and a great granddaughter of Young Vinnie once again. Most of our good birds have this blood in them, they say good blood always comes through. Our third pigeon is a blue chequer, won 1 st Sect 16th Open in this section last year from Tarbes and is a Hartog/V Loon x Shy Lass Busschaert from D Vardy. Jack and Sally Baden.
Below are the telephone and website verifications only which may be subject to change. Open Mem NoFlying Name Town Time Velocity 1 SE78 L Severe Chichester 18 31 50 1330.106 2 SE78 L Severe Chichester 18 32 12 1329.406 3 SE999 Opportunity Lofts Havant 18 45 46 1311.823 4 SW1071 Mr & Mrs M Gower Fordingbridge 19 0 49 1310.820 5 SW1011 Mr & Mrs N Smith Salisbury 19 15 2 1306.417 6 SE432 T Leggatt Havant 18 47 57 1306.003 7 SW206 S Jack Tisbury 19 20 36 1299.545 8 SE1045 H Laakvand Portsmouth 18 55 32 1289.070 9 NW294 A Smith & Son Wotton Under 20 29 59 1276.756 10 SE1734 L Patterson Portsmouth 19 15 19 1255.199 11 SE78 L Severe Chichester 19 13 35 1254.919 12 SE1734 L Patterson Portsmouth 19 16 28 1253.253 13 SE432 T Leggatt Havant 19 21 33 1247.224 14 SE784 Wearn Brothers 1 Ramsdean 19 38 26 1241.567 15 SE53 Mr & Mrs B Wall Havant 19 27 52 1236.823 16 NW1482 P Newton Weston-Super- 20 41 25 1232.573 17 SW1011 Mr & Mrs N Smith Salisbury 19 59 53 1231.765 18 SE423 M/M T Welch Chichester 19 29 57 1228.369 19 SE414 T Barrett Portsmouth 19 32 33 1227.557 20 SE432 T Leggatt Havant 19 35 1 1225.124 21 SE743 Mannor Lofts Southampton 19 57 48 1206.957 22 SE432 T Leggatt Havant 19 47 43 1204.989 23 SE188 M Moon Portsmouth 19 50 9 1198.510 24 NW582 W Morris Elmore 21 43 11 1197.414 25 SE432 T Leggatt Havant 26 SE1012 B Hayles & Son Calbourne, 19 55 26 1193.074 19 40 56 1192.792 27 SW1076 Mr & Mrs L Cowley Grimstone 20 6 59 1184.818 28 SE414 T Barrett Portsmouth 19 59 55 1184.758 29 SE202 B McIntosh Southampton 20 27 38 1157.515 30 SW938 A Parsons Salisbury 21 3 43 1140.702 31 NW110 S Dangerfield & S Gearon Stonehouse 5 15 27 1125.207 32 SW938 A Parsons Salisbury 21 18 47 1120.805 33 SE431 B Johns & Son Portsmouth 20 43 22 1119.421 34 SW100 M R Staddon Crewkerne 21 13 38 1117.998 35 SE1276 G C Kingswood Cox Southampton 21 26 14 1075.665 36 NW242 Brooks Brothers High Littleton 5 18 30 1073.629 37 NW141 S D Luff & P Walker Dursley 6 17 14 1054.700 38 SE345 G Frewin New Milton 21 33 50 1054.109 39 NW1089 M Herbert Cheltenham 6 34 26 1052.454 40 SW1071 Mr & Mrs M Gower Fordingbridge 4 45 0 1052.450 41 SW59 Mr & Mrs M King Blandford 21 56 49 1044.932 42 SW938 A Parsons Salisbury 5 23 0 1027.742 43 SE57 G W Lawrence Portsmouth 4 45 58 1025.274 44 NW141 S D Luff & P Walker Dursley 6 46 42 1024.400 45 SE615 J Ross Portsmouth 4 48 57 1022.021 46 SW938 A Parsons Salisbury 5 45 0 1004.287 47 NW196 C Howell & Son Newport 7 8 20 1003.203 48 NW1482 P Newton Weston-Super- 6 36 26 1003.137 49 SE1267 D Wells Bordon 5 46 10 996.068 50 SW1731 M & G & M Ayles Weymouth 5 20 5 983.775 51 NE248 J Baden Swindon 7 9 29 978.281
52 SE999 Opportunity Lofts Havant 5 35 22 976.983 53 NW1482 P Newton Weston-Super- 7 10 55 970.190 54 SW509 B & D Young Bournemouth 6 22 4 927.936 55 NW275 G Bridges Radstock 7 48 2 920.756 56 SE1384 A Cowan Southampton 6 57 20 902.820 57 NW1482 P Newton Weston-Super- 8 31 15 901.233 58 SE405 J Attrill Salisbury 7 34 29 900.717 59 NW311 Mr & Mrs T Gardner Portskewett 8 59 51 899.100 60 SE1467 D C Lever Medstead 7 39 12 892.921 61 SW1380 I Mills Winterborne 7 22 27 889.540 62 SE159 G Wood Ventnor 6 35 44 889.233 63 SE1267 D Wells Bordon 8 0 59 873.988 64 NW208 Picton Bros & Son Newport 65 SW1659 J R Wyles Christchurch 9 47 5 866.733 7 35 56 863.671 66 SW1011 Mr & Mrs N Smith Salisbury 8 25 50 859.498 67 NW945 B Holley Frome 8 55 27 857.248 68 SW1339 D & N & B Joyce Blandford 8 1 26 856.794 69 SE282 M Fuller Portsmouth 7 44 10 855.216 70 NE248 J Baden Swindon 9 41 49 854.178 71 NW1486 Padfield Family Abertillery 10 31 56 854.073 72 NW294 A Smith & Son Wotton Under 10 4 9 850.701 73 NW141 S D Luff & P Walker Dursley 10 23 26 845.701 74 NE422 G Barrett Shipston on 11 2 26 845.103 75 SE1254 C Edwards Romsey 8 33 33 841.585 76 SE345 G Frewin New Milton 8 1 47 841.570 77 NE762 J A May Swindon 10 0 3 840.934 78 SW206 S Jack Tisbury 9 0 57 835.330 79 SW206 S Jack Tisbury 9 4 17 832.936 80 NW289 D E Fox Stroud 10 50 54 828.777 81 NE497 D Hawthorne Tadley 9 37 28 827.436 82 SW62 J P Halstead Gillingham 9 9 27 825.985 83 SE22 D Brain Portsmouth 8 28 51 824.873 84 SW113 M/M M and L Rumbold Salisbury 9 16 49 824.793 85 SE789 C Hallett Portsmouth 8 23 20 824.436 86 SE552 M Duggan & Son Southampton 8 46 22 823.963 87 SE22 D Brain Portsmouth 8 30 22 823.765 88 NE764 J Robinson Marlborough 10 4 47 822.703 89 SW102 B & D Strange Over Stowey 10 2 14 818.152 90 NE286 T Burns Marlborough 10 16 58 815.073 91 NW808 P R Allen Stonehouse 11 14 18 814.900 92 SW166 Newman & Sevier Salisbury 9 29 25 813.313 93 NE248 J Baden Swindon 10 42 34 813.045 94 SW653 B Woods Shaftesbury 9 27 29 811.965 95 NE497 D Hawthorne Tadley 10 10 26 805.248 96 SW206 S Jack Tisbury 9 45 5 804.713 97 SE50 A J Hounsell Portsmouth 8 56 32 803.986 98 SW1731 M & G & M Ayles Weymouth 8 57 27 798.865 99 SW1457 Spracklen & Thomas Dorchester 9 11 31 797.534 100 NW160 D J Young Midsomer 10 38 46 796.321 101 SW1236 S F Shear Poole 9 10 22 793.587 102 SE322 M/M Suski Southampton 9 32 43 793.316 103 SE999 Opportunity Lofts Havant 104 SE312 C Lakeman New Milton 9 19 59 790.851 9 17 44 787.217 105 SE360 R Pegler and Son Salisbury 9 58 37 784.097 106 NW489 Janet Wilcox Bath 10 57 47 783.998 107 SW782 C J A Riley Blandford 9 40 9 782.376
108 SW1071 Mr & Mrs M Gower Fordingbridge 9 58 25 781.503 109 SW1076 Mr & Mrs L Cowley Grimstone 9 44 2 779.992 110 SW503 R G Cobb & Son Swanage 9 13 28 778.977 111 SW428 Mr & Mrs Ford Weymouth 9 26 39 778.037 112 SE929 Barrie Smith Winchester 10 19 11 776.812 113 SW90 Cottrell Richmond & Son Wimborne 9 50 43 774.729 114 NW183 D Ford Blaenavon 12 45 39 773.472 115 SE1276 G C Kingswood Cox Southampton 9 52 59 773.241 116 SW6 D Whitefield Dorchester 9 49 19 772.739 117 SE937 R Thomas Portsmouth 9 49 9 770.765 118 NW1113 Mr & Mrs Bennett Wotton Under 12 20 41 765.895 119 SE108 E Wilson & Son & W Gee Portsmouth 9 56 28 764.374 120 SE18 P A Priddle Southampton 10 17 57 759.867 121 SE321 C Ret & Dtr Southampton 10 23 0 758.068 122 NE764 J Robinson Marlborough 11 51 40 756.621 123 NW340 Mr & Mrs G Lloyd Hereford 14 0 4 756.170 124 SW1088 Mrs R G Hopkins Poole 10 15 6 752.041 125 SE564 Mrs Christine Broom Ventnor 9 52 12 747.204 126 SW464 S and T Bastable Bournemouth 10 29 8 745.119 127 NW138 N Orchard Stroud 13 14 28 744.840 128 SE1012 B Hayles & Son Calbourne, 10 9 47 743.499 129 SE518 Ben Smith & Father Southampton 10 59 27 737.596 130 SW59 Mr & Mrs M King Blandford 11 3 3 735.024 131 SW59 Mr & Mrs M King Blandford 11 23 22 723.557 132 SW923 D Davies Weymouth 11 2 11 722.825 133 SW505 P J Hollard Lytchett 11 22 18 716.855 134 SE1012 B Hayles & Son Calbourne, 10 58 51 714.950 135 SE743 Mannor Lofts Southampton 11 46 9 712.980 136 NE1138 M K Fulcher Swindon 13 48 59 707.257 137 SE1274 C Vincent Southampton 12 13 32 702.231 138 SE239 K & S Francis Southampton 11 58 47 700.498 139 SE564 Mrs Christine Broom Ventnor 11 30 29 691.123 140 SE1255 M/M B Norman Southampton 12 41 23 684.457 141 SE569 A Wiseman Southampton 12 36 22 684.109 142 NW155 F J Quinn Devizes 143 SE564 Mrs Christine Broom Ventnor 14 20 47 676.401 12 15 57 667.932 144 SE447 J Tyerman Bracklesham 12 36 47 667.682 145 SW543 Tony Swain Dorchester 12 55 41 667.280 146 SE31 Mr & Mrs M Whiddett New Milton 13 35 51 645.742 147 NW1658 Mr & Mrs D R Chambers Bromham 15 49 47 641.851 148 SE591 K Davison Southampton 14 9 3 634.884 149 SE591 K Davison Southampton 15 1 40 612.916 150 NE497 D Hawthorne Tadley 16 59 33 604.192 151 SE1267 D Wells Bordon 16 24 4 599.708 152 SW371 A & J Baker Tiverton 6 58 24 472.695 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Messac old bird race flown Sunday 27 th May 2012. List of prize and nomination winners from this race are: A & S Thompson (NW117) The Nantes Cup, Reg & Rene Heynes Memorial Trophy, NW Section Trophy, 150 Ponderosa UK Stud Voucher, a replica and a framed photograph of the winning pigeon. Mrs J Wilcox (NW489) The Runners Up Trophy and replica. S Jack (SW206) SW Section Trophy and replica. Mr & Mrs M Whiddett (SE31) SE Section Trophy and replica. E Smith & D Baker (Loft 2) (NE317) NE Section Trophy and replica.
Messac Yearling Derby winner B E Milkins (NW165) Wins the Yearling Rose Bowl. Charity Cup Winners. 1. Mrs J Wilcox (NW489) Charity Cup. 2. Mrs J Wilcox (NW489) Charity Cup. 3. R E Taylor & Sons (NW1206) Charity Cup. M R Staddon (SW100) - 50 for highest velocity by a New Member. Lifetime Ring Nominations. R E Taylor & Sons (NW1206) 100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bergerac is just around the corner on Friday 13 th July with marking on Tuesday 10 th July. Your last posting date is Saturday 7 th July. There is an Olympic Nomination on this race at 2 per bird (unlimited entries). Prize money will be paid out per Section on a pro rata basis. The overall winner of the nomination will receive a carved Portland stone plaque kindly donated by Neville Walbridge from Portland. Clare Norman.