THE RACING PIGEON 29 SEPTEMBER 2023 parents of last week’s 1st Open National Flying Club Carentan winner.’ The Provisional South Centre Section Winners 2nd South Centre Section, 2nd Open was Ken Wise of Isleworth on 1342 over 166 miles. Ken Wise timed his good pigeon to take 2nd Section at 11:08:21. 3rd South Centre Section, 7th Open were Mr & Mrs Beasley & Luke Oglesby of Reading on 1281 over 151 miles. The part- nership said, ‘Firstly we would like to congrat- ulate Mark Gilbert and team on a fantastic season, setting the bar high as always. And we would also like to thank the BICC team for all their hard work this season. We had two yearling hens drop together. Both flown on the Roundabout system and they had also been put on Darkness for these last National
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1st North East Section YB, Edgaros Bartkus.
congratulate the winners and also the convoyers. The pigeon I timed is a Lambrechts cross Bulck from Mick Lennon of Nuneaton.’ 3rd North West Section, 48th Open were J & B Oakley of Whitchurch on 1146 over 241 miles. Ben said, ‘Hi Mike our hen in 3rd Section is also a Gold Ring and she’s bred from a Hooymans x Gaby cock we bought at the speed sale in 2017. He has bred many top pigeons for us including our ‘626’ who in turn is the mother to ‘Guernsey Girl’ and ‘Super 90’. The mother is from Macaloney 2nd North East Section YB, David Fisher.
on 1296.309, 10th Lee Bastone of Burnham on Couch on 1290.569. 3rd North East Section YB, Jon Gannon. BICC Guernsey (2) Any Age Report Along with the 1,713 young birds, 84 members sent 461 old birds that were liber- ated with the same time. In the AA, each Section sent the following: South Centre 27 members sent 150 birds, South East 25 sent 136 birds, South West 9 sent 49, North Centre 5 sent 19, North East 8 sent 33 and in the North West, 10 members sent 74 birds. This report is based on member’s first bird verifications and the final result may differ. The Provisional Open winner, taking 1st South Centre Section was Mark Gilbert of Winkfield on 1364 over 157 miles. Mark and the team reported, ‘We were so pleased to finish our National campaign by winning 1st Open British International Championship Club Guernsey. We thought with east winds in the Channel we would be beaten on the west side but thought we had a decent chance of a good performance as the birds have been coming so well. To say it’s been a
races. The first hen over the pad was 100% Roger Lowe blood, being a granddaughter of ‘Shirley Warren’ 1st Open BBC and ‘Little Delight’ 1st Open CSCFC and 2nd Open NFC. Our second hen is the nest sister to our old hens classic winner last weekend and is bred from Vincent McConnell’s classic winner from Messac, when paired to a daughter of Roger Lowe’s ‘Diamond Gezzer’, a nest brother to Roger’s super breeding hen ‘My Little Diamond’ of 1st Open NFC fame.’ The Provisional South East Section Winners 1st South East Section, 5th Open was Mr D Coward-Talbot of Chelmsford on 1296 over 201 miles. David timed GB21N85744, Mr & Mrs D Beasley & Luke Oglesby, 3rd South Centre Section AA.
1st North West Section YB, Lionel Brewer with his wife Joan.
3rd North West Section YB, J &B Oakley.
pigeons being a daughter of ‘Supermac 73’ and ‘One and Only’. She is also the mother of our ‘Ace Hen’, who won two RPRA awards and the MNFC ace pigeon in the West Section. This young hen was sent just racing to the perch as she didn’t seem to have any real interest in the cocks. She was provision- ally 2nd Section, 7th Open NFC last week. Thanks to the convoying team, as always the birds returned in immaculate condition.’ The Provisional Top Ten Open Positions: 1st Mr & Mrs M Gower of Woodgreen on 1416.826, 2nd M Gilbert of Winkfield on 1361.761, 3rd Kenny Family & Armstrong of Wantage on 1343.602, 4th Mr & Mrs Hodges of Templecombe on 1340.544, 5th Paul Weems of Chippenham on 1324.501, 6th John P. Halstead of Kington Magna 1315.112, 7th K Wise of Isleworth on 1313.752, 8th C & J Howse of Devizes on 1310.317, 9th Damian Szpak of Deptford
2nd North West Section YB, Graham Jones.
1st National AA, Mark Gilbert,
dream season is an understatement. What was especially pleasing with this perform- ance was the fact that this hen has finally won a 1st position. She has dropped so many times with the winner but, has never managed to trap first. This good grizzle hen is out of ‘Grizzly Wonder’ x ‘Bulck 113’ which are responsible for 9x1st BBO & Berkshire Fed winners, and incidentally, are the grand-
his well established National family who have served him well over the years. He had 100% home on the day. He would like to thank Trevor and John, Booth and Roper, for taking his birds to Steventon and to congratulate the open winner and all Section winners. 2nd North West Section,44th Open, was Graham Jones of Cannock on 1158 over 222 miles. Graham said, ‘I would like to
1st South East Section AA, David Coward- Talbot.
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