THE RACING PIGEON 29 SEPTEMBER 2023
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Lerwick Club flying 560 miles crossed with Gavin’s loyal line of pigeons that won many races and prizes for Gavin in the Heart of England South Road Federation and now winning on the North Road in the South West of England Lerwick Club, International Championship Club and carding in the New North Road Amalgamation and Warwickshire Federation. He was sent to Fraserburgh on the Natural system sitting nest eggs on 610. Tenth Section, 33rd Open was David Graham flying 362 miles with a 2yo blue cock being a van Loon cross one of the finest flyers in Nuneaton the late Barry Evans Lambrecht bird that originated from his close loyal friend Kevin Lawson of Ollerton lines where Barry regularly obtain. Over to the North Section and claiming top spot of 1st Open TNNRA, 1st North Section and 1st Sutton Colliery Club flying 316 miles was Steve Hallam who has numerous South Road wins to his credit, of
The TNNRA’s third race of the season, Fraserburgh, on the far northern east coast of Scotland with organisations of the South West of England Lerwick Club the Derbyshire North Road Federation the Mid Northamptonshire Federation the Warwickshire & District Federation the Welsh North Road Federation the International Championship Club and the Eclipse 650 Championship Club. Individual clubs Of Grantham & District NR FC Sutton Colliery NRFC, Nunckergate FC and Brixworth Town NRFC were liberated together at the fanciers’ choice with a prize fund of £773.55 available after the joint liberation flown on 24th June and liberated at 0600hrs into west-south-west wind on a glorious sunny morning unfortunately no helping north winds were about on this day only battling winds on a hot day with humidity, sunshine, blue skies and white fluffy clouds and even with a early start it was a hard testing race and the birds earned their corn. The top ten of the Sections Central Section: 1st Centre Section, 3rd Open and 1st Mid Northamptonshire Federation, 1st Harrowden Club was Slaw Chabrowski flying 376 miles. His bird a 4yo blue cock on 860 has achieved a 4th Club, Berwick 245 miles and a 3rd Club, Wakefield for Slaw this season. He was flown on the Widowhood system with his hen in his box waiting for him on his return
Steve Hallam’s Fraserburgh winner.
North Road with the Nottingham North Road Federation and has been consistent until returning from a Blaydon race hawked with feathers missing, so on this note Steve rested her for a few weeks allowing the feathers to re-grow and then sent her to the TNNRA Hexham race and the TNNRA Perth race and then onto this Fraserburgh race. Quite some little hen, creating a good CV, so well done to Steve, her winning velocity was 928. Second, 6th & 8th Section, 2nd, 10th & 18th Open, 1st Derbyshire North Road Federation and 1st Pinxton NRHS flying 323 miles was Richard Oldham who always excels from Scotland on hard workout days standing strong with his Louella Jan Aarden- based team. The first home a 2yo blue cock
Slaw Chabrowski.
was T P Wainwright who took 18th Open flying 342 miles with a 2yo chequer cock from Tom’s own created distance family from over the years of only breeding off birds that returned from Tarbes and Thurso in long distance events. He was flown natu- rally to his nest and hen on 685. Fifth Section, 21st Open, 1st Brixworth Club was Mr & Mrs Neal flying 378 miles with a 4yo blue chequer hen on 672. Sixth & 7th Section and 26th & 28th Open was Lyndon Rowland & Partner flying 352 miles. His first a 3yo dark pied hen being a Padfield Jan Aarden. She was 9th Warwickshire Federation from Perth this season and is a full sister to Lyndon’s 2nd Section Perth in the British Barcelona Club when North Road events were held that year by the organisation. His second is a 2yo dark Wildemeersch x Jan Arden hen, both were flown naturally feeding four day old nest babies, vels 632 and 630. Nineth Section, 31st Open was Gavin Duggan flying 389 miles with a 2yo blue chequer cock bred from off Gavin’s 2023 Lerwick Open winner in the South West of England
Trevor Cooke.
seven Northern Classics wins, YND Combine wins, Federations and Specialist Clubs of North Midlands Continental Club wins and even a Midlands National win back in 1992. He has had years of winning, espe- cially from over the Channel and no stranger to the winning scene, he’s doing it on the North Road where he’s now fully switched North Road where he’s guaranteed the distance races and a challenge. He only concentrates on the distance, his winner is a 2yo blue chequer hen flown on the Widowhood system her breeding being of Geoff Kirkland’s famous ‘Snake’ in her lines and of Geoff’s winning birds at the 500 mile mark being crossed with Geoff & Catherine Cooper’s strain of their NFC Tarbes Open winner, named ‘Georgina’, ‘Magnus’ and ‘Mito’. This hen was raced on the South Road in 2022 and took a 1st Club from Marlbourgh apart from being sent straight into one North Road race in the same season just being sent straight in from the South Road to North Road as in 2022 Steve was toying with the idea of turning North or staying South. He decided to test the water and just scramble the hens together and send them to Dunbar NRCC straight from South Road the week prior and this hen was his first back as good pigeons and good pigeon men can surely perform from anywhere, right! This season she has flown
every time. His breeding is a G & S Verkerk crossed a fellow Harrowden clubmate bird from Peter Chamberlain. Great perform- ance Slaw, well done. Second & 8th Section plus 7th & 29th Open was J & T Gateley flying 364 miles with two yearling Widowhood cocks, brothers from Jerry Wright birds on 767 & 626. Third Section, 14th Open was Ion Pirvu, flying 351 miles, and winning 1st Warwickshire & District Federation, 1st Appley Magna FC with a yearling blue cock on 720, raced on the Natural system sent sitting nest eggs tightly. His breeding is of Rotarescu V & M with Herbots/Faber, and dam’s side Huub Hermans, sire won 1st One Loft race and Ace Pigeon Royal City One Loft race Romania. Ion has obtained some good performance birds from Romania and The Netherlands which have done the job so the breeding quality is there. Fourth Section Slaw’s cock with his hen just after clocking from Fraserburgh.
Steve Walker of Walker Bros.
pure Louella Jan Aarden, the second a 4yo blue cock, a Louella Antoon Schultz x Louella Jan Arden and the third a pure Louella Jan Aarden, this one a 4yo chequer pied hen that also won Thurso 2022 TNNRA for Richard. All were flown on Richard’s version of Roundabout system with veloci- ties of 915, 791 & 783. Third Section, 4th Open was Ian Halbert flying 306 miles with a 2yo grizzle Jan Aarden hen bred by lan’s brother Craig Halbert of Dumfriesshire. She was not paired up just flying back to her perch in lan’s loft on 834. Fourth & 10th Section, 5th & 12th Open was Keith Orton & Son flying 320 miles with two Widowhood
Richard Oldham.
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