THE RACING PIGEON 19 APRIL 2024
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closely followed by a yearling blue hen. R & W Morris 2nd & 4th Club on 1704 & 1703 with two hens a four year old and a yearling. The second race for the Surrey Federation on 13th April was flown from Wincanton with the birds liberated at 10.30 in a SSW wind. Surrey Valley FC 13 members sent 251 birds. First Club flying 104 miles with a velocity of 2051ypm (and probable Federation winner) is the winner of the first race Alan Lucas with a four year old blue chequer w/f hen. This hen is bred from Ayton Marshall stock that
a Belgian rung yearling hen that scored several times last season as a young bird. Third Club on 1796 is last week’s club winner, Paul Kelly with a two year old blue cock on Widowhood, this cock has been very consistent winning several minor positions, this cock is a Busschaert and was bred by Paul’s friend Craig Booth of County Durham. Thornton Heath 17 members sent 316 birds. First Club flying 103 miles vel 1896 is club stalwart Tony Morris & Son with a two year old chequer cock. Second & 4th Club on 1788 & 1781 Mr & Mrs Hewlett & T Ali with a two year old blue hen followed on the clock by a yearling chequer pied hen. Third Club on 1782 R & W Morris with a yearling blue hen. Last Friday I had a very unscheduled few hours in the company of Lee Fribbins. Lee with his two young sons were staying at the Forest Park Hotel in Brockenhurst in the New Forest. I arranged to meet up with Lee to have a drink and chat for an hour or so. The hotel is only a
Alan and Mike Potts purchased between themselves, this hen was bred down from ‘Teresa’s Boy’ lines. Second Club vel 1824, is Fred Hawks with a yearling blue Widowhood cock. A & G Young record 3rd & 4th Club on 1791 & 1788 with two blue Widowhood cocks. First arrival is a two year old blue that is a previous winner bred from a sire that has won 4x1sts, Gary’s second arrival was his multi winning blue cock ‘River’. Bromley Common 8 members sent 109 birds. Flying 111 miles, 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 14th, vels 1765, 1756, 1755 & 1753 is Graham Muskett, first on the clock a yearling dark pied Widowhood cock, this Vandenabeele as a young bird arrived several times with loft mates when Graham won the first three young bird races. Second arrival is a full brother to the race winner, this two year old dark pied cock has some good previous perform- ances that include 2nd, 4th & 5th Surrey Federation also 11th South East Combine from 2,061 birds. Graham’s third arrival another yearling was a young bird race winner plus 13th Federation. All these arrivals are grand- children of the ‘Emberson Hen’. Finally, the fourth pigeon a two year old blue cock is a son of ‘Cracker’ a double Fed winner. Woodside FC 5 members sent 85 pigeons. First, 2nd & 4th Club, vels 1851, 1801 & 1782, flying 105 miles, D Bullen & Son, 1st Club is a yearling blue pied hen ‘Skylar’ bred by Ricky Warner, raced by Kirk she has won many positions that include 3x1sts. Second Club is
thirty minute drive from home so I left early to arrive just after five o’clock as it was a very nice warm evening so a drive through the New Forest, is something that I do on a regular basis. I had a very nice time with the predicted one hour tuning into nearly five hours as Lee had booked me in to have dinner with him and his two sons, this led me to drive home in the much later than I expected. Myself and Lee were doing a bit of remi- niscing about The Racing Pigeon and years gone by. The final addition will be something of a special publica- tion with several of the older scribes and directors writing about their many years associated with The Racing Pigeon. There will be some nice stories published from the likes of Michael Shepherd, Dave Allen, Rick Osman, Billy Wortley, myself and many more. Terry Peart Lee Fribbins, Terry Peart and Lee’s sons Alfie and Louis.
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