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g picton bros & son 1st section 1st open bergerac
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1st open bergerac only bird on the day vel 1022

              THE FINAL OLD BIRD EVENT OF 2013
                                        BERGERAC
                                    SPONSORED BY
                         VERSELE LAGA BELGIUM
                    
                       
1ST SOUTH SECTION 1ST OPEN
                                         BERGERAC 
 
                    G.PICTON BROS & SON
    TIMING IN THE ONLY BIRD ON THE WINNING  DAY
                                 19.45.49 VEL 1022.126
 
after the recent success of our  600 mile race from tarbes just  two weeks  ago  ,we under went another long distance event to finish off the old bird  national programme from bergerac a distance of approx 500 miles  to most lofts  positioned within the welsh borders    once again basketing took place on the  monday evening a day earlier than advertised , due to transport arrangements ,  reulting in  everything going  as planned with  the 200 or so pigeons were  safely handed over by the wnr federation to the central southern classic at mid  day tuesday  ,prior to departure to the south of france .
  also on board we hear were numerous english orgaisations such as the  lsecc,the smt combine,  south coast federation, solvent fed, wiltshire fed  ,dorset fed, b,b,and o federation and the guernsey rpc in addition  to this were  of course the  central southern classic entries
      with high temperature dominating throughout europe leading upto the day of liberation ,the weather here in the uk was surprisingly matching weather  patterns only experienced by  spain and southern french areas, and whilst this   resulted in near  perfect visibilty  forecasted  for fridays  liberation , this  also brought with it other Problems the biggest obsticle which was no doubt  going to be the high temperatures which were forcasted to reach a high of 34
degrees  on site and on  route over the forthcoming race weekend 
 
friday morning
  and with all the early checks made regarding visability and line of flight ,  the convoy of approx 2,400 uk  pigeons entered by the organisations listed  above    under the control of the central scfc race advisory committee and race  controllers were  away nice and early at 05.40 into a light east north easterly  wind , these warm humid conditions were  forecasted to  continue northwards up through to the french coast and across the channel into the uk ,with most  fanciers consulting various weather forecasts to monitor current conditions it was obvious that this was going to be a hard event to overcome ,mainly due to  sweltering heat which of course would bring on  dehydration ,however most were  optermistic that we would see arrivals by night fall and  the usual expectations  of fourteen hours were once again doing the rounds in regards to our first welsh  arrival,it appears  this has been the bench mark from this race piont into wales on numerous occations ,however i doubt if these were achieved in such extreme  conditions we were currently experiencing ,so we were keen to see if we were  to  fulful our expectations,
 early friday evening  and with the heat and humidity still dominating,it was pleasing to see that  the first arrivals on the south coast of england were  starting to appear  from 5pm and with the advantage of regular updates on  various websites we were able to monitor  the progress of such arrivals as these  verifications were  moving  slowlly north ,this indicated that we were well on  course to see our entries homing in on welsh soil  before nightfall  you couldnt imagine once the fourteen hours were upon us the phone  started to ring off the hook with members seeing if or what was about  ,it was  between these calls that we were drastically trying to recover any possible news  to relay to our membership from  the bhw lib line service to our internet website ,it was during  one of these calls that we discovered that we were to  have our first confirmed pigeon within the principality 
leading the field with an outstanding performance of timing in what was to be  the only pigeon on the day at 19.45 with a velocity of 1022 , winning the  versele laga sponsored  winners trophy ,was  the newport lofts of  glyn and  martyn picton flying as picton bros & son  ,the winning pigeon is a 2yr old  blue  hen of van lint bloodlines and  is bred down through on the sires side   from a son of champion adam whilst paired to his daughter athena with  highlighted achievements of grandparents adam and amarilla winnig 1st national  chateroux,the dams lines also of van lint origin comes down through a daughter  of champion amos which was 1st national argenton when paired to emillia a direct  daughter of bianca ace pigeon lcb & bds, 
with the night drawing in and the hours of darkness coming into effect,   arrangements were made for myself and  fellow club mates to attend the club  headquarters and to do a race in progress report to secure the validity of this  couragous hen, following on for this the pigeon was dually verifed within the  loft on the night of arrival ,which kick started the party  within this newport  household 
   this game hen in the build up to basketing for bergerac had  previouslly sent  to tours some 350 miles and when asking the partnership how was she sent  regarding nest conditions to add insight into the preparation for this  outstanding performance ,i was informed she was actually tame and paired to glyn  ,this was obvious when trying to do the winning  photos, do you think she would  stand still  in her box not a chance!!! , as most will know glyn picton in   past years represented us all as   president of the whpu  and was an ambasador to the welsh pigeon fancy for many  years ,  and is well know in all parts of the uk for his work  ethics for the pigeon fancy,
 the partnership have  asked  me to relay their thanks to the many fanciers  ,officals and friends from numerous organisations around the country which they  have been associated with over the years  ,who contacted them  in the  days that  followed  , to congratulate them and to pass on their best wishes on an  outstanding performance ,some  of which they hadnt spoken to for quite a while  but took the time to get in touch to congratulate them on their achievement of  recording the only bird on the day resulting in the following 1st pill rpc, 1st  south section wnr federation 1st open wnrf, 1st south section 1st open welsh  national flying club bergerac 2013,

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mel mayo 2nd open 1st centre section bergerac
day two 
it was an early start then for the remainder of our competitors ,as the race
reopened at 04.30 and to see how far the next pigeon to be timed in was from
home at night fall ,and we were soon to discover that shortly before 7am,the
honour of  1st centre section 2nd open was claimed at at 06.49 with a vel of 768
at the bargoed loft of mel mayo  502 miles ,mels arrivals a 4yr old smokey blue
hen bred down through "bobby`s boy" mels 2005 bonn national winner which has now
  gone on to be the foundation of mels present family of pigeons ,although this
is the first major award for this hen ,she hasnt been that far off the pace and
has appeared lower down in  past national results on many occations ,before
basketing for this event she was repaired and allowed to hatch out her first
youngster the year  for that bit of added encouragement


                                                                                                                                             B hackland &son 2nd section 3rd open

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winners of the oppersite sex to winners trophy
for 2nd centre section 3rd open we drop down the valley to blackwod area to
the lofts of b hackland and son who tmed in their 2yr old staf van reet cross
leon boers blue cock at 07.52 with a velocity of 724 the parents of this pigeon
comes down from local fancier dennis bates of blackwood crosssed with another
succesful local partnership of  davies and coombes ,added to  thiscouragous
performance and being a cock this pigeon also goes onto to win the versele laga
sponsored  oppersite sex to the winners trophy, on speaking to nigel he added
although this pigeon hasnt scored this season he has flown cosistantly and was
the partnerships lilliers club winner from 260 miles as a young bird in 2011


for 3rd and 4th centre section 4th and 5th open where else would we go other
than to one of the most highlighted partnerships within the wnfc during the 2013
old bird season, the father and son set up  of mathew and joseph hughes from
treharris ,before we delve ino this weeks pigeons, what  remarkable old bird
programme they have had winning high level positions such as 2nd centre section
3rd open maidstone ,15th open 7th section ramsgate ,4th open 3rd section
fourgeres,tours 1st centre section 1st open ,and 6th section 8th open tarbes 604                                               
miles  , the first of this weeks  pigeons is a 2yr old cheq hen of jan arden bloodlines originating from the partnerships good friend lance boswell of the
rhondda crossed with the roy harding of tarpoly and patrick brothers pigeons the loft is set up for the roundabout system of which they have achieved  outstanding rewards so far during the year at club federation and national level and is a method that they  maintained for this event ,the partnsership also went  on to time in their second arrival another 2yr shortly after to recrod a vel of 637 ,for 5th open 4th section

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m& j hughes4th & 5th open
to finalise the remaining trophy which was  donated by our race sponsors, 
with the  position of 6th open 2nd south section ,winning the verselle laga
sponsored  2 bird average trophy was claimed by the winning loft of  picton bros
& son timing in thier second arrival at 10.30 am recording with  a vel
632


   so with yet another outstanding performance  rounding off a highlly
succesful old bird programme, not  just the winners but by all who were rewarded
with timing in from such extreme distances and conditions be it  tarbes 600miles
  or berergac 500 miles ,  but for  the winners in the shorter events,  against
some very unfavourable weather conditions remember this our first year south and
with being convoyed by some of the largest orgaisations in the uk going in this  direction our organisation have performed well amounst the leading pigeons in  the country ,which can only encourage our progress for 2014


so thats it for the time being,when this programme first came to light it  looked a daunting task for any fancier and  team of pigeons to overcome, but now  looking back we are pleased with the outcome and under the orgainisation of the  wnrf committee and race controllers and officials and convoyers of the west of england combine and central southern classic,  we can proudlly  say that yes!!,  we did go that extra mile in 2013 to provide 500 and 600 mile racing for our  members something that fanciers have been crying out for in the past  and  succeeded!!!


well for us now we can sit back for a while until we gather again when our  young bird campaign gets under way from maidstone ,followed by a change in the programme as we revert back to dover  and  lillers in the coming weeks


  a reminder of our 2013 annual presentation evening on dec 14th at the  seamans mission in newportwith tickets  going  on sale in preparation for this  gala evening shortly after the final race ,be advised  we have been sold out  well in advance over the past two years and we are hopefull to achieve this once  again in 2013,so please  get your reservations in early .


tom harris


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