brussels 11/6/11 -

lovel bros 1st centre section 1st open
                           brussels

first of all apoligies on the late running of this article as we were in tenerife visiting our eldest who is currently working long term over there ,so here we go

the welsh national flying club held its second channel race of the old bird programme from the european capitol city of brussels in belgium on sat 11th june

after the few early morning showers that were reported on site by our convoyers had moved over the birds were finally away at 08 45 into a light south westerly wind with broken cloud

on the english side of the channel the weather and wind remained the same and continued along the line of flight , however additional to this there was also the threat of the occational heavy showers brewing up from the west moving along the 350 miles route to the welsh boarders which the birds may need to encounter

with the unfortunate affair at lilliers only two weeks still in fanciers minds when a lot of birds went down the membership turned out once again yes granted maybe with smaller numbers but we thank them for thier continued support additionally this it doesnt detract from the facts that once again their is still a strong element of pride and achievement out there to be gained within the wnfc in 2011

so in regards to an early liberation our fingers were crossed that this would be a more rewarding accounter for both pigeons and fanciers alike and looking at the outcome in view to returns and the time sheets this week it appears that the wnr fed race controlling team got this one spot on

leading the field winning 1st centre section 1st open national and the pieter kos and proff sport challenge trophy are the partnership of lovell bros of crumlin timing in a two year old cheq pied cock on 8hrs 13 mins to record a velocity of 1206.66,flying over 338 miles

this is yet another outstanding performance for this consistant loft ,and will go along side their previous section , national wins performances and respect that they have gained since this organisation was formed in 2009, they then went on to time in a second arriaval this time a yearling dark cheq pied hen a few minutes later recording a velocity of 1189.07 for 2nd centre section 3rd open

2nd open and winning 1st south section once again is last weeks winning loft from lilliers kidd and cooke of newport timing in thier two year old cheq pied cock on 8hr 8min with a velocity of 1191.2 ,

for 1st north section 4th open its d flowers topping that section again timing in on 8hr 19 min with a yearling blue hen

as previous reports will show these three lofts mentioned above have dominated their respected section in 2011 which shows the calibre of both pigeons and mangement housed and maintained to be a successful fancier and compete at the highest level we are proud to have within our organisation

for 5th open 3rd centre section we head up to the rhymney valley loft of yet another previous national winning loft that of mel mayo of bargoed timing in a 3yr old blue cock on 8hr .32 min velocity 1173 im sure mel will be happy with this performance as we move towards bonn a race piont he has previouslly won at national level

so thats it for this week in regards to the top five positions from brussel yes as stated the numbers were expected to be down dramaticlly after lillers with fanciers respectivlly giving their pigeons time to recover .

in the next few weeks the grass gets even longer when he old bird programme comes to an end with the verselle laga and paget pets sponsored huy race on some 38o miles on sat 25th june and the welsh north road federationm sponsored winners trophy from bonn 440 miles finishing us off on july 9th

CENTRE SECTION
LOVELL BROS 16.58.28,M MAYO 17.17,K VOKES &SON 17.23,REED 1820,HACKLAND &SON 17.25,THOMAS 17.17,TOVEY STEVENS 17.20,O&S DAVIES 17.26,B PRICE,17.44,MORRIS LUCUS 17.35,higgins 18.03,minett 17.35,davies coombes 18.05 i davies 17.31,hall mcullam 18.10 morris 17.30,morris & son 18.00

SOUTH SECTION
KIDD COOKE 16.53,PROCTOR 17,37,currie 17.46 clarke 18.04,occonnel 17.49,fishlock br &s 17.40,picton br &s 18.34,roger duggan 18,11

NORTH
FLOWERS 17.04 LHOLLOWAY &S 17.32,MR MRS TREMMER &DTR 1742 MR MRS HUMPHRIES &S 18.09

tom harris

WELSH NATIONAL FLYING CLUB

PIETER KOS (PROFF SPORT HOLLAND )
                        SPONSORED
   BRUSSELS NATIONAL
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BIRDS LIBERATED @ 08.45
WIND light south westerly this side a few showers expected on french side of the coast
CURRENT EARLY TIMES IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER FROM AROUND THE SECTIONS WHICH WILL BE UPDATED HOURLLY

CENTRE SECTION
LOVELL BROS 16.58.28,M MAYO 17.17,K VOKES &SON 17.23,REED 1820,HACKLAND &SON 17.25,THOMAS 17.17,TOVEY STEVENS 17.20,O&S DAVIES 17.26,B PRICE,17.44,MORRIS LUCUS 17.35,higgins 18.03,minett 17.35,davies coombes 18.05 i davies 17.31,hall mcullam 18.10 morris 17.30,morris & son 18.00

SOUTH SECTION
KIDD COOKE 16.53,PROCTOR 17,37,currie 17.46 clarke 18.04,occonnel 17.49,fishlock br &s 17.40,picton br &s 18.34,roger duggan 18,11

NORTH
FLOWERS 17.04 LHOLLOWAY &S 17.32,MR MRS TREMMER &DTR 1742 MR MRS HUMPHRIES &S 18.09

The Welsh National Flying Club
Secretary: Mr & Mrs T Harris
Brussels on 11/06/2011 at 08:45 hrs
PosOpen PosSect Name Velocity AFT Distance Ring PrizeOpen PrizeSect PoolsOpen PoolsSect PoolMoneyOpen PoolMoneySect Total
1 1/C LovellBros,C 1206.665 8:13:28 338,588 W09K04317
2 1/S Kidd&cooke,S 1191.294 8:8:2 330,610 W09N09820
3 2/C LovellBros,C 1189.075 8:20:46 338,588 W10K02338 ABCD abcd
4 1/N DFlowers,N 1174.884 8:19:41 333,990 W10B03627
5 3/C MMayo,C 1173.253 8:32:17 341,878 W08K04669
6 4/C LovellBros,C 1173.183 8:27:33 338,588 W10N07396
7 5/C LovellBros,C 1172.991 8:27:38 338,588 W10T12569
8 2/N DFlowers,N 1171.134 8:21:17 333,990 W06N08434 ABCDEF abcdef
9 6/C DThomas,C 1170.524 8:32:43 340,1747 W10K04543
10 7/C BHackland&Son,C 1167.085 8:32:6 339,1024 W09N10443
11 8/C LovellBros,C 1163.063 8:31:58 338,588 W10N07338
12 9/C MMayo,C 1158.702 8:38:43 341,878 W10K02222
13 3/N DFlowers,N 1157.054 8:27:23 333,990 W10N01465
14 10/C KVokes&Son,C 1156.892 8:38:11 340,1082 W09N10716
15 4/N CLong&son,N 1145.973 8:45:15 342,21 W07N05659 abc
16 11/C HMinett,C 1143.873 8:50:21 344,1213 W10K02188
17 12/C HMinett,C 1143.693 8:50:26 344,1213 W08K06399
18 13/C IDavies,C 1143.549 8:46:19 341,1709 W10K02544
19 14/C KVokes&Son,C 1141.725 8:45:4 340,1082 W10T02497
20 15/C IDavies,C 1140.371 8:47:47 341,1709 W10K02557
21 16/C LovellBros,C 1140.235 8:42:13 338,588 W09N04239
22 17/C HMinett,C 1140.218 8:52:3 344,1213 W10K02165
23 18/C HMinett,C 1140.147 8:52:5 344,1213 W09K04129
24 19/C LovellBros,C 1137.512 8:43:28 338,588 W09N04107
25 5/N CLong&son,N 1137.312 8:49:15 342,21 W10N04024 abc
26 20/C Tovey&Stevens,C 1137.256 8:35:37 333,308 W08N12901 a
27 21/C LovellBros,C 1136.824 8:43:47 338,588 W10N07315
28 22/C Morris&Lucus,C 1136.146 8:50:12 342,483 W10K03939
29 23/C O&sDavies,C 1135.958 8:41:52 336,1477 W10N06729
30 24/C LovellBros,C 1135.704 8:44:18 338,588 W08N00840
31 6/N LHolloway&son,N 1133.371 8:47:42 339,1440 W10N08065 abc
32 25/C LovellBros,C 1133.111 8:45:30 338,588 W10N07340
33 26/C LovellBros,C 1133.111 8:45:30 338,588 W10N07418
34 27/C Tovey&Stevens,C 1132.971 8:37:34 333,308 W09N10286 a
35 28/C HMinett,C 1129.427 8:57:8 344,1213 W10K02193
36 29/C HMinett,C 1129.357 8:57:10 344,1213 W09K06106
37 2/S Kidd&cooke,S 1129.355 8:34:48 330,610 W08N09009 ABCD abcd
38 30/C JMorris,C 1126.639 8:53:30 341,902 W09K04063
39 31/C AHerbert&son,C 1125.161 8:40:52 332,1757 W08N12612 abc
40 7/N PHares,N 1124.792 8:54:51 341,1435 GB07R03590
41 32/C KVokes&Son,C 1118.680 8:55:53 340,1082 W08N02779
42 3/S Kidd&cooke,S 1118.026 8:40:1 330,610 W08N09051 abcd
43 8/N PHares,N 1116.581 8:58:47 341,1435 W10K03350
44 33/C JMorris,C 1114.075 8:59:31 341,902 W07K05089
45 34/C AHerbert&son,C 1112.559 8:46:46 332,1757 W10N00169 a
46 9/N DFlowers,N 1112.296 8:47:48 333,990 W10N01424
47 10/N DFlowers,N 1112.015 8:47:56 333,990 W08N00073 ABCDE abcde
48 35/C BPrice,C 1109.762 8:59:57 340,816 W10N08804
49 36/C MMayo,C 1108.108 9:2:24 341,878 W09K02342
50 4/S SCurrie,S 1107.918 9:1:27 340,1482 W10C06341