THE WELSH NATIONAL FLYING CLUB
2013 PRESENTATION EVENING
sat 14th dec in newport was the place to be for welsh fanciers for the prestige presentation night of the the welsh national flying club and welsh north road federation
the doors opened at 5.30 as a steady flow of fanciers families and friends started to arrive in preparation for a 6.30 kick off ,with everyone seated awaiting there traditional three course christmas meal, the serving was delayed slightly due to some of the waitressing staff having difficulties finding the venue ,so we thank gaynor and tracey russel for stepping in and assisting the catering staff who were present in getting the first course underway,anyhow after this small hitch and the arrival of the missing staff we soon got back on track and the evening was once again flowing as planned ,with a few seeking a double helping of the food on offer ,the tables were swiftly cleared , and the night was formally opened by our chairman terry tremeer who glady welcomed everyone for their attendance and thanked the committee of the seamans mission for once again staging the event
,a minutes silence was then upheld as we remembered those who had passed on since our last gathering, after which the presentatives from the welsh north road federation where requested to come forward and present thier organisations awards to their section and open winners for 2013,these were dually awarded in the form of framed diplomas and glassware to each section and open federation winners , the final presentation the final presentation in this part of proceedings was to the club pionts champions for 2013 which was awarded to pill racing pigeon club newport,
following on from this it was the turn of the welsh national flying club to reward their members with the silverware that they worked so hard to win over the past months
,mr edward watts chairman of the mission to seamans mission organisation in newport was once again requested to come forward to present each section and open winner with their engraved silver salvers along with our sponsored trophy for the open winners along with a framed photo`s supplied by mr chris sutton who was unfortunatley unable to attend due to a family committment
first up to the table in race order were morris and lucus with 1st centre section maidstone old birds ,followed by kidd and cooke whom was accompanied by the kidd family prepresenting the kidd and cooke partnership , you will notice that they go on to make several appearences to the trophy table as the presentation unfolds ,after collecting their awards for 1st south section 1st open maidstone old birds winnning the malcolm gibbons sponsored winners trophy
the next event was from Ramsgate an average distance of 200 miles when 1st Centre section was won by b price of Blackwood followed by 1st south section 1st open by the succesful Cardiff partnership of Fishlock bros & son who recieved the r.g Davies corn supplies sponsored trophy
it was then we made our way across the channel for the first time since switching onto a more southerly route and headed out to Fourgeres a distance of approx 250 miles ,this proved to be our hardest race of the year for some reason, and it was the loft and partnership of Davies & Coombes of Pengam nr blackwood who came forward to be rewarded with first centre section on this occation ,for 1st south section 1st open national fourgeres it was once again the newport loft of kidd and cooke who came forward for the second time to recieve the west country products sponsored trophy
it was then we made our way across the channel for the first time since switching onto a more southerly route and headed out to Fourgeres a distance of approx 250 miles ,this proved to be our hardest race of the year for some reason, and it was the loft and partnership of Davies & Coombes of Pengam nr blackwood who came forward to be rewarded with first centre section on this occation ,for 1st south section 1st open national fourgeres it was once again the newport loft of kidd and cooke who came forward for the second time to recieve the west country products sponsored trophy
tours and with the birds being convoyed by the west of england combine we were looking for a race to carm our nerves after the previous event as the distance opened up to 350 miles ,it was the risca loft of john newbury who took the honours in the south section followed by the father and son partnership of mathew and joseph hughes from treharris who recieved the proff sport of holland crystalware for 1st centre section first open national
we then moved onto the longest race in the programme for the welsh north raod federation sponsored trophy from tarbes with distances of over 600 miles to most lofts ,with the birds under the control of the central southern classic it was two of our newest members who stole the show and prestige for this event ,with an outstanding performance by the well known padfield family of abertillery coming forward to recieve their applause for 1st & 2nd centre section 1st & 2nd open ,followed by the hadden &son partnership of newport who timed in the only pigeon in the south section in race time ,i beleive im justified in mentioning the other fanicer s who were also graced with timing in from this greater distance,mr mrs humphrys &son ,davies & haines ,m& j hughes and m burridge & sons
we then moved onto the longest race in the programme for the welsh north raod federation sponsored trophy from tarbes with distances of over 600 miles to most lofts ,with the birds under the control of the central southern classic it was two of our newest members who stole the show and prestige for this event ,with an outstanding performance by the well known padfield family of abertillery coming forward to recieve their applause for 1st & 2nd centre section 1st & 2nd open ,followed by the hadden &son partnership of newport who timed in the only pigeon in the south section in race time ,i beleive im justified in mentioning the other fanicer s who were also graced with timing in from this greater distance,mr mrs humphrys &son ,davies & haines ,m& j hughes and m burridge & sons
1ST OPEN TARBES 602 MILES
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VINCE AND DAVE PADFIELD
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2ND OPEN TARBES 602 MILES
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it was then we dropped back to bergerac an average distance of 500 miles for the final event of the old bird programme for the versele laga sponsorship trophies ,with the cscfc once again taking control of the liberation ,the award for 1st south section 1st open with the only arrival on the day, was the newport partnership of glyn picton bros & son who also went on to win the versele laga two bird averages trophy ,for 1st centre section it was no other than federation chairman and bargoed fancier mel mayo who took the honours timing in early the following morning ,there was one more award for this race the versele laga best oppersite sex to the winner this was dually awarded to b hackland & son from pontlainfraith nr blackwood
picton bros & son 1st open bergerac
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picton bros & son versele laga two bird average winners bergerac
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A KIDD & familty reprosenting the kidd & cooke partnership
it was then time to rewrd the young bird winners we started off with the A. kidd GARDENING SERVICES sposnsored maidstone race an approx 160 miles, where our previous metz 1st open winner back in 2009 ,d thomas of blackwood took 1st centre section 1st open ,
for 1st south section 1st open it was once again the partnership of kidd and cooke who stole the show with yet another outstanding performance to make it their third time to the table in pole position to be rewarded with 1st south section and 1st open in 2013 ,
for 1st south section 1st open it was once again the partnership of kidd and cooke who stole the show with yet another outstanding performance to make it their third time to the table in pole position to be rewarded with 1st south section and 1st open in 2013 ,
mr & mrs k beresford & son 1st open ramsgate
next to the table was our ramsgate young bird winners a distance of approx 200 miles to most lofts 1st centre section was awarded to the successful loft of iddy davies of bargoed ,followed by the family partnership of mr & mrs kieth beresford and sons jack and sam from newport ,who where keen to recieve the jack jenkins memorial trophy for 1st south secton 1st open
the final event of the year was from lilliers and after a two day holdover the convoy were eventually brought back to maidstone ,where 1st south section was awarded to the newport husband and wife partnership of mr & mrs k upham ,who where then folowed to the table by the hengoed partnership of morris and lucus who recieved the mr & mrs t tremeer sponsored trophy for 1st centre section 1st open ,its regretable to find that shortly after this race this partnership announced that they were retiring from pigeons had since undergone an entire cleareance sale prior to this presentation
the final event of the year was from lilliers and after a two day holdover the convoy were eventually brought back to maidstone ,where 1st south section was awarded to the newport husband and wife partnership of mr & mrs k upham ,who where then folowed to the table by the hengoed partnership of morris and lucus who recieved the mr & mrs t tremeer sponsored trophy for 1st centre section 1st open ,its regretable to find that shortly after this race this partnership announced that they were retiring from pigeons had since undergone an entire cleareance sale prior to this presentation
morris & lucus 1st open maidstone 2
with all the race winners dually congratualted by the congregation present there were just a few presentations remaing the first being the mr & mrs t harris sponsored young bird average trophy ,which was won by mr and mrs kevin and sandra upham ,and the partnership of
b hackland & son who were also announced as winners of the south west one loft race sponsored voucher,news from the swol is that the race will not be opperating in 2014.so richie elliott has kindly honoured his comittment to us by entering the winners pigeons in the forthcoming 2014 french open
b hackland & son who were also announced as winners of the south west one loft race sponsored voucher,news from the swol is that the race will not be opperating in 2014.so richie elliott has kindly honoured his comittment to us by entering the winners pigeons in the forthcoming 2014 french open
 mr & mrs k upham young bird average winners 2013
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b hackland & son
winners of the versele laga best oppersite sex to the winner trophy and the south west one loft race sponsorship 2013
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then the women behind the scenes that were presentated with flowers mrs rosemary humphrys who has the daunting task on each race of sorting through the entry sheets as race sheet auditor,mrs christine tremeer as our chairmans wife ,and finally mrs gaynor harris as jiont secretary which finished off proceedings
mrs rosemary humphrys race sheet auditor
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mrs c tremeer chairmans wife
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mrs g harris jiont secretary
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