WELSH NATIONAL F.C.
THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE OF 2012
BONN
NATIONAL
SPONSORED BY
THE WELSH NORTH ROAD FEDERATION
BLUE COCK PROBABLE 1ST OPEN NATIONAL BONN 450 MILES
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STEVE JUDE REFLECTING ON THE MOMENT HE WON THE 2012 BONN NATIONAL
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WELSH NATIONAL F.C. BONN
THE ABOVE ORGANISATION HELD ITS FINAL OLD BIRD RACE OF 2012 WITH A 450 MILE
RACE FROM BONN GERMANY ON SAT 21ST JULY
BASKETING TOOK PLACE ON THURSDAY 19TH AND WITH A PROMISE OF BETTER WEATHER
COMING IN FROM THE SOUTH OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS A RESULT OF THE CURRENT JET
STREAM WHICH HAS GIVEN US SO MUCH UNSETTLED WEATHER IN THE PAST MONTHS MOVING NORTH, EXPECTATIONS WERE TO SAY PROMISING THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THE BIRDS AWAY AS SCHEDULED ON SATURDAY MORNING
SATURDAY MORNING AND AS THE DAY BROKE HERE IN WALES WITH FINE WEATHER AND
BROKEN BLUE SKIES , NEWS CAME THROUGH FROM OUR RACE ADVISORS , THAT THE BIRDS
WERE AWAY AT 0700 INTO A LIGHT NORTH EASTERLY WIND ON THE CONTINENT OVER THE
BELGIUM BORDERS AND ONTO THE FRENCH COAST ,A FEW SHOWERS WERE HIGHLIGHTED ON
ROUTE ,BUT THESE WERENT DUE TO BE OF ANY THREAT TO THE BIRDS AS THEY MADE THERE
WAY WESTWARDS TO KENT AND THE EAST COAST OF THE UK ,ON CROSSING THE CHANNEL
THE WIND WAS SET TO TURN TO A MORE EASTERLY DIRECTION ,ASSISTING THE BIRDS OVER
THE LAST THIRD OF THE DISTANCE HOME
LEADING THE FIELD WITH THE HONOUR OF 1ST CENTRE SECTION 1ST OPEN IS THE
CWMBRAN LOFT OF STEVE JUDE FLYING APPROX 451 MILES IN 9HRS 31 MIN TO RECORD A
VELOCITY OF 1387,1 ,ON CALCULATING THE PROVITIONAL WINNER SUBJECT TO A FINAL
CHECK, I HAD THE PRIVELIGE OF VARIFYING THE pigeon AS STEVE IS LOCATED JUST A
MILE FROM ME , THE WINNING PIGEON IS A 2YR OLD BLUE COCK WHICH WAS SENT SITTING APPROX 12 DAY OLD EGGS bred down FROM PIGEONS OBTAINED FROM DON JONES OF USK ON THE SIRES
SIDE CROSSED WITH A PIGEON GIFTED FROM TONY COWEN ,GOING BACK THROUGH PIGEONS OF
BRIAN LONG ,IN THE LEAD UP TO THIS RACE THE WINNING PIGEON WAS RACED THROUGH THE
INLAND PROGRAMME THEN INTO BRUSSELS 340 MILES IN PREPARATION FOR BONN , STEVE
INFORMS ME THAT WHILST ANSEWERING A CALL OF NATURE HE RETURNED TO THE LOFT TO
SEE A PIGEON ENTER THE SPUTNIK HOWEVER IS WASNT UNTIL HE WENT IN TO READ HIS
ELECTRONIC TIMING SYSTEM THAT HE NOTICED THAT HIS FIRST ARRIVAL HAD ALREADY BEEN
THERE FOR THE PAST TWENTY MINUTES WITHOUT ANY KNOWLEDGE,it goes to show once
again the contribution that electronic timing has brought into the sport over
the past years ,as this could have easilly have been an oppertunity missed by
this fancier to credit his pigeon with the honour it deserved on the day
, STEVE WOULD LIKE TO PASS ON HIS THANKS TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE PILL RPC
FOR THEIR SPORTSMANSHIP IN HELPING HIM AND HIS FAMILY ,WITH THE birds DUE TO
HIM BEING IN AND OUT OF HOSPITAL OVER THE PAST WEEKS AND ,WITHOUT THEIR
CONTRIBUTION THEN THIS HONOUR MAY HAVE NOT BEEN POSSIBLE
FOR 2ND OPEN 1ST SOUTH SECTION WE HEAD DOWN TO THE FISHLOCK PARTNERSHIP
LOFTS IN LLANRUMNEY CARDIFF, FLYING AS FISHLOCK BROTHERS AND SON ,THEY TIMED IN
A 2yr old cheq cock AT 16 38 TO RECORD A VEL OF 1380.8 ,THE PARTNERSHIP AS
MOST WILL REFLECT ON IN THE PAST PAST FLEW CONSISTANT AT CLUB,FEDERATION AND NATIONAL LEVEL AS FISHLOCK AND HARDING FOR MANY YEARS WITH SOME OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES,
HOWEVER IN MORE RECENT TIMES THE BROTHERS PAUL AND MIKE AND CO ARE MAKING THEIR
OWN STAMP ON PIGEON RACING HERE IN WALES AND ARE AWAITING FOR THIER MOMENT FOR
THEIR FIRST WELSH NATIONAL F C WINNER TO GO WITH THEIR NUMEROUS SECTION WINS
the bloodlines of their arrival from bonn originate from two newport fanciers namelly the late ivor marshall crossed with a van der wegan hen purchased at the bereavment sale of the late glyn cousins both sire and dam are direct children of the partnerships queens cup winner in 2010 and olympiad entry "channel king"which is also in the pedigree of their 2012 lilliers section winner earlier in the year ,since retiring channel king to the stock loft he is now producing many high performance pigeons at both club federation and national level ,
to say the partnership had a good race would be well underestimated as they recorded 17 from their entry of 19 on the night ,followed by the two remaing pigeons early sunday morning ,the partnership not only pass on their
congratulations to steve jude on his win ,but also wished to highlight the conditions that the birds returned in a credit to all concerend in the management of the pigeons in their charge
ITS BACK UP THE VALLEY NOW FOR 3RD OPEN 2ND CENTRE SECTION TO THE LOFT OF THIS YEARS BRUSSELS NATIONAL WINNER MEL MAYO OF BARGOED WHO TIMED IN AT 16 .44.56 V 1379.8
,MELS ARRIVAL IS A 2YR OLD widowhood blue cock which as most of mel`S consistant winning pigeons are bred down from his 2004 bonn national WINNING PIGEON" BOBBY`S BOY" WHICH WAS BRED BY BOBBY LEE OF BARGOED ,THIS COCK IS OF LEFEBRE DHEANEAN BLOODLINES HAS MANY MINOR CLUB WINNING PERFORMANCES TO DATE INCLUDING 1ST CLUB FOLKESTONE AND WAS ALSO PRESENT ON THIS YEARS FOLKESTONE NATIONAL RESULT WITH 42ND OPEN
STAYING IN THE BARGOED AREA WE HEAD OVER TO THE FAMILIAR NAME OF IDDY DAVIES
,WHO AS DESCRIBED IN OTHER WRITE UPS RECENTLY IN THE FANCY PRESS , AS HAVING AS
QUIET YEAR AT NATIONAL LEVEL HOWEVER ,HES NOT THAT FAR OFF THE TOP THIS WEEK
WITH 3RD SECTION 4TH OPEN, IDDY`S ARRIVAL RECORDED A TIME OF 16.46.48 WITH A V
1376.8 IS A 2YR OLD BLUE COCK BRED DOWN THROUGH HIS TRADITIONAL WINNING FAMILY
OF GALAXY LOFTS ASSASINS,AND COMES DOWN THROUGH THE JUPITOR LINES THIS COCK
HASNT BEEN BRED FROM, AS IDDY TRIES NOT TO BREED FROM HIS RACING TEAM ,PREVIOUS
PERFORMANCES FOR THIS COCK INCLUDE 1ST CLUB 6TH OPEN NATIONAL BONN 2011 77TH
SECTION LILLIERS 82ND SECTION HUY 40TH SECTION 59TH OPEN LILLIERS 22SECTION
BRUSSELS 37TH OPEN 12TH SECTION 18TH OPEN FOLKESTONE AND NOW 2ND CLUB 4TH
NATIONAL BONN ALSO A FEW MINOR CLUB AND FEDERATION PERFORMANCES TO HIS CREDIT
TO COMPLETE THE TOP FIVE WE HEAD DOWN TO NEWPORT TO THE LOFT OF
KIDD AND COOKE FOR 2ND SOUTH SECTION 5 TH OPEN ANDY TIMED IN A 3YR OLD .CHEQUER PIED COCK OF FRANK SHEADER SOOTJEN LINES AT 16 33 18 V 1374.72 THIS COCK WAS SENT WITH
TWO YOUNGSTERS HATCHING ON THE DAY OF MARKING ,AS MOST WILL BE AWARE THIS LOFT WAS CONFINED TO QUARTERS FOR THE PAST FOUR MONTHS UNDER QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS imposed by DEFRA AS A RESULT OF ALEDGED VIRUS THAT WAS CIRCULATING THE COUNTRY AND ON RETURNING TO RACING ONLY TWO WEEKS AGO, THEY COME BACK IN AT THE TOP OF THE RESULTS WITH PERFORMANCES SUCH AS 1ST CLUB 1ST SECTION 2ND WNR F NEWBURY 75 MILES AND NOW 2ND SOUTH SECTION 5TH OPEN NATIONAL BONN 450 MILES ,CONSIDERING THESE PIGEONS WERE JUMPED A DISTANCE OF 375 MILES ,ANDY MUST BE MORE THAN HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS PUT UP BY HIS TEAM OF PIGEONS TO DATE
IN THE NORTH SECTION ITS MR & MRS RUSSEL FROM EBBW VALE , FOR THE SECOND TIME
THIS YEAR THAT TAKE THE TOP IN THEIR RELEVANT SECTION ,WITH A 2YR OLD CHEQUER HEN OF
JANSSEN BLOODLINES CROSSED WITH A HEN GIFTED TO THE PARTNERSHIP BY THEIR CLUB
SECRETARY PETER HAYDEN THIS HEN HAS BEEN FLOW ALL YEAR ON ROUNDABOUT AND WAS
SENT AS A TEAM OF SIX OF WHICH FOUR WERE SAFELY HOME ON THE NIGHT ,AS MOST
WILL KNOW MYSELF AND GAYNOR ARE GOOD FRIENDS WITH DYLAN AND TRACEY SINCE THEY
JIONED OUR ANNUAL BELGIUM TRIP MANY YEARS AGO ,I JUST HOPE THERE SOME OF THAT
PRIZEMONEY IS LEFT FOR THE DrINKS AT THE PRESENTATION NIGHT IN DECEMBER
WELL THAT SUMS UP YET ANOTHER OLD BIRD PROGRAMME AND WITH ALL THE UPSET OF
CANCELLING RACES AND AMMENDING THE ENTIRE RACE PROGRAMME. HOWEVER WE SEEM TO HAVE
FINISHED ON A HIGH NOTE ,OUR THANKS GOT TO OUR CONVOYING TEAM AND RACE ADVISORS AND THEIR MANY PIONTS OF CONTACT BOTH HERE IN THE UK AND ABROAD FOR THERE CONTRIBUTION IN GETTING THE BIRDS AWAY UNDER SOME AWKWARD CONDITIONS WHICH HAS RESULTED IN SOME OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES BY OUR MEMBERSHIP ,
MAY WE HOPE OUR GOOD FORTUNE CONTINUES THROUGH OUT THE YOUNG BIRD PROGRAMME .
TOM HARRIS
THE ABOVE ORGANISATION HELD ITS FINAL OLD BIRD RACE OF 2012 WITH A 450 MILE
RACE FROM BONN GERMANY ON SAT 21ST JULY
BASKETING TOOK PLACE ON THURSDAY 19TH AND WITH A PROMISE OF BETTER WEATHER
COMING IN FROM THE SOUTH OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS A RESULT OF THE CURRENT JET
STREAM WHICH HAS GIVEN US SO MUCH UNSETTLED WEATHER IN THE PAST MONTHS MOVING NORTH, EXPECTATIONS WERE TO SAY PROMISING THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THE BIRDS AWAY AS SCHEDULED ON SATURDAY MORNING
SATURDAY MORNING AND AS THE DAY BROKE HERE IN WALES WITH FINE WEATHER AND
BROKEN BLUE SKIES , NEWS CAME THROUGH FROM OUR RACE ADVISORS , THAT THE BIRDS
WERE AWAY AT 0700 INTO A LIGHT NORTH EASTERLY WIND ON THE CONTINENT OVER THE
BELGIUM BORDERS AND ONTO THE FRENCH COAST ,A FEW SHOWERS WERE HIGHLIGHTED ON
ROUTE ,BUT THESE WERENT DUE TO BE OF ANY THREAT TO THE BIRDS AS THEY MADE THERE
WAY WESTWARDS TO KENT AND THE EAST COAST OF THE UK ,ON CROSSING THE CHANNEL
THE WIND WAS SET TO TURN TO A MORE EASTERLY DIRECTION ,ASSISTING THE BIRDS OVER
THE LAST THIRD OF THE DISTANCE HOME
LEADING THE FIELD WITH THE HONOUR OF 1ST CENTRE SECTION 1ST OPEN IS THE
CWMBRAN LOFT OF STEVE JUDE FLYING APPROX 451 MILES IN 9HRS 31 MIN TO RECORD A
VELOCITY OF 1387,1 ,ON CALCULATING THE PROVITIONAL WINNER SUBJECT TO A FINAL
CHECK, I HAD THE PRIVELIGE OF VARIFYING THE pigeon AS STEVE IS LOCATED JUST A
MILE FROM ME , THE WINNING PIGEON IS A 2YR OLD BLUE COCK WHICH WAS SENT SITTING APPROX 12 DAY OLD EGGS bred down FROM PIGEONS OBTAINED FROM DON JONES OF USK ON THE SIRES
SIDE CROSSED WITH A PIGEON GIFTED FROM TONY COWEN ,GOING BACK THROUGH PIGEONS OF
BRIAN LONG ,IN THE LEAD UP TO THIS RACE THE WINNING PIGEON WAS RACED THROUGH THE
INLAND PROGRAMME THEN INTO BRUSSELS 340 MILES IN PREPARATION FOR BONN , STEVE
INFORMS ME THAT WHILST ANSEWERING A CALL OF NATURE HE RETURNED TO THE LOFT TO
SEE A PIGEON ENTER THE SPUTNIK HOWEVER IS WASNT UNTIL HE WENT IN TO READ HIS
ELECTRONIC TIMING SYSTEM THAT HE NOTICED THAT HIS FIRST ARRIVAL HAD ALREADY BEEN
THERE FOR THE PAST TWENTY MINUTES WITHOUT ANY KNOWLEDGE,it goes to show once
again the contribution that electronic timing has brought into the sport over
the past years ,as this could have easilly have been an oppertunity missed by
this fancier to credit his pigeon with the honour it deserved on the day
, STEVE WOULD LIKE TO PASS ON HIS THANKS TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE PILL RPC
FOR THEIR SPORTSMANSHIP IN HELPING HIM AND HIS FAMILY ,WITH THE birds DUE TO
HIM BEING IN AND OUT OF HOSPITAL OVER THE PAST WEEKS AND ,WITHOUT THEIR
CONTRIBUTION THEN THIS HONOUR MAY HAVE NOT BEEN POSSIBLE
FOR 2ND OPEN 1ST SOUTH SECTION WE HEAD DOWN TO THE FISHLOCK PARTNERSHIP
LOFTS IN LLANRUMNEY CARDIFF, FLYING AS FISHLOCK BROTHERS AND SON ,THEY TIMED IN
A 2yr old cheq cock AT 16 38 TO RECORD A VEL OF 1380.8 ,THE PARTNERSHIP AS
MOST WILL REFLECT ON IN THE PAST PAST FLEW CONSISTANT AT CLUB,FEDERATION AND NATIONAL LEVEL AS FISHLOCK AND HARDING FOR MANY YEARS WITH SOME OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES,
HOWEVER IN MORE RECENT TIMES THE BROTHERS PAUL AND MIKE AND CO ARE MAKING THEIR
OWN STAMP ON PIGEON RACING HERE IN WALES AND ARE AWAITING FOR THIER MOMENT FOR
THEIR FIRST WELSH NATIONAL F C WINNER TO GO WITH THEIR NUMEROUS SECTION WINS
the bloodlines of their arrival from bonn originate from two newport fanciers namelly the late ivor marshall crossed with a van der wegan hen purchased at the bereavment sale of the late glyn cousins both sire and dam are direct children of the partnerships queens cup winner in 2010 and olympiad entry "channel king"which is also in the pedigree of their 2012 lilliers section winner earlier in the year ,since retiring channel king to the stock loft he is now producing many high performance pigeons at both club federation and national level ,
to say the partnership had a good race would be well underestimated as they recorded 17 from their entry of 19 on the night ,followed by the two remaing pigeons early sunday morning ,the partnership not only pass on their
congratulations to steve jude on his win ,but also wished to highlight the conditions that the birds returned in a credit to all concerend in the management of the pigeons in their charge
ITS BACK UP THE VALLEY NOW FOR 3RD OPEN 2ND CENTRE SECTION TO THE LOFT OF THIS YEARS BRUSSELS NATIONAL WINNER MEL MAYO OF BARGOED WHO TIMED IN AT 16 .44.56 V 1379.8
,MELS ARRIVAL IS A 2YR OLD widowhood blue cock which as most of mel`S consistant winning pigeons are bred down from his 2004 bonn national WINNING PIGEON" BOBBY`S BOY" WHICH WAS BRED BY BOBBY LEE OF BARGOED ,THIS COCK IS OF LEFEBRE DHEANEAN BLOODLINES HAS MANY MINOR CLUB WINNING PERFORMANCES TO DATE INCLUDING 1ST CLUB FOLKESTONE AND WAS ALSO PRESENT ON THIS YEARS FOLKESTONE NATIONAL RESULT WITH 42ND OPEN
STAYING IN THE BARGOED AREA WE HEAD OVER TO THE FAMILIAR NAME OF IDDY DAVIES
,WHO AS DESCRIBED IN OTHER WRITE UPS RECENTLY IN THE FANCY PRESS , AS HAVING AS
QUIET YEAR AT NATIONAL LEVEL HOWEVER ,HES NOT THAT FAR OFF THE TOP THIS WEEK
WITH 3RD SECTION 4TH OPEN, IDDY`S ARRIVAL RECORDED A TIME OF 16.46.48 WITH A V
1376.8 IS A 2YR OLD BLUE COCK BRED DOWN THROUGH HIS TRADITIONAL WINNING FAMILY
OF GALAXY LOFTS ASSASINS,AND COMES DOWN THROUGH THE JUPITOR LINES THIS COCK
HASNT BEEN BRED FROM, AS IDDY TRIES NOT TO BREED FROM HIS RACING TEAM ,PREVIOUS
PERFORMANCES FOR THIS COCK INCLUDE 1ST CLUB 6TH OPEN NATIONAL BONN 2011 77TH
SECTION LILLIERS 82ND SECTION HUY 40TH SECTION 59TH OPEN LILLIERS 22SECTION
BRUSSELS 37TH OPEN 12TH SECTION 18TH OPEN FOLKESTONE AND NOW 2ND CLUB 4TH
NATIONAL BONN ALSO A FEW MINOR CLUB AND FEDERATION PERFORMANCES TO HIS CREDIT
TO COMPLETE THE TOP FIVE WE HEAD DOWN TO NEWPORT TO THE LOFT OF
KIDD AND COOKE FOR 2ND SOUTH SECTION 5 TH OPEN ANDY TIMED IN A 3YR OLD .CHEQUER PIED COCK OF FRANK SHEADER SOOTJEN LINES AT 16 33 18 V 1374.72 THIS COCK WAS SENT WITH
TWO YOUNGSTERS HATCHING ON THE DAY OF MARKING ,AS MOST WILL BE AWARE THIS LOFT WAS CONFINED TO QUARTERS FOR THE PAST FOUR MONTHS UNDER QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS imposed by DEFRA AS A RESULT OF ALEDGED VIRUS THAT WAS CIRCULATING THE COUNTRY AND ON RETURNING TO RACING ONLY TWO WEEKS AGO, THEY COME BACK IN AT THE TOP OF THE RESULTS WITH PERFORMANCES SUCH AS 1ST CLUB 1ST SECTION 2ND WNR F NEWBURY 75 MILES AND NOW 2ND SOUTH SECTION 5TH OPEN NATIONAL BONN 450 MILES ,CONSIDERING THESE PIGEONS WERE JUMPED A DISTANCE OF 375 MILES ,ANDY MUST BE MORE THAN HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS PUT UP BY HIS TEAM OF PIGEONS TO DATE
IN THE NORTH SECTION ITS MR & MRS RUSSEL FROM EBBW VALE , FOR THE SECOND TIME
THIS YEAR THAT TAKE THE TOP IN THEIR RELEVANT SECTION ,WITH A 2YR OLD CHEQUER HEN OF
JANSSEN BLOODLINES CROSSED WITH A HEN GIFTED TO THE PARTNERSHIP BY THEIR CLUB
SECRETARY PETER HAYDEN THIS HEN HAS BEEN FLOW ALL YEAR ON ROUNDABOUT AND WAS
SENT AS A TEAM OF SIX OF WHICH FOUR WERE SAFELY HOME ON THE NIGHT ,AS MOST
WILL KNOW MYSELF AND GAYNOR ARE GOOD FRIENDS WITH DYLAN AND TRACEY SINCE THEY
JIONED OUR ANNUAL BELGIUM TRIP MANY YEARS AGO ,I JUST HOPE THERE SOME OF THAT
PRIZEMONEY IS LEFT FOR THE DrINKS AT THE PRESENTATION NIGHT IN DECEMBER
WELL THAT SUMS UP YET ANOTHER OLD BIRD PROGRAMME AND WITH ALL THE UPSET OF
CANCELLING RACES AND AMMENDING THE ENTIRE RACE PROGRAMME. HOWEVER WE SEEM TO HAVE
FINISHED ON A HIGH NOTE ,OUR THANKS GOT TO OUR CONVOYING TEAM AND RACE ADVISORS AND THEIR MANY PIONTS OF CONTACT BOTH HERE IN THE UK AND ABROAD FOR THERE CONTRIBUTION IN GETTING THE BIRDS AWAY UNDER SOME AWKWARD CONDITIONS WHICH HAS RESULTED IN SOME OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES BY OUR MEMBERSHIP ,
MAY WE HOPE OUR GOOD FORTUNE CONTINUES THROUGH OUT THE YOUNG BIRD PROGRAMME .
TOM HARRIS
1ST SOUTH SECTION 2ND OPEN NATIONAL BONN
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PAUL AND MIKE FISHLOCK 1ST SECTION LILLIERS 1ST SECTION BONN 2012
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MEL MAYO 3RD OPEN 2ND CENTRE SECTION BONN
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IDDY DAVIES
3RD CENTRE SECTION 4TH OPEN BONN
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DYLAN & TRACEY RUSSEL 1ST NORTH SECTION BONN 2012
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