WELSH NATIONAL FLYING CLUB BRUSSELS RACE sponsored by proff sport and the dutch spring exchange
1st centre section 1st open MR M MAYO Bargoed 15.25.14 v 1122.0 WELSH NATIONAL FLYING CLUB M MAYO 1ST &2ND OPEN 1ST& 2ND CENTRE SECTION
BRUSSELS
the welsh national f.c held their recent event from the belgium city of brussels on sat 23rd july , with many organisations once again switching and changing both liberation days and alternative pionts to overcome the continuous rain and high winds which we have unfortunatley been experiencing over recents weeks ,our race advisory committee once again held their nerve and on the advise of our newlly appointed weather consultant the decition was made , to go ahead with basketing on the advertised day thursday 21st july for a scheduled saturday liberation
whilst the weather was set to improve by saturday in time for a liberation the rain and winds were still dominant through out friday ,however there was a lot of optimisum that this was to clear and preparations were made for a early liberation
sat morning and at first light and sun on the baskets, all expectations became a reallity as our convoying team were able to cut the strings and release the birds at 06.30 uk time , into clear blue skies and a south westerly wind the weather along the first stage of the race from the liberation site to ostend on the french coast and across the eighteen miles of the the channel to the east coast was discribed as high broken clouds with broken sunshine and a south westerly wind,, this was to continue along the whole line of flight to the home lands, and with no signs of any rain interfereing enroute there was however a risk of the occational shower beleieved to be heavy at times approaching from the west as the day went on, by which time it was predicted that the majority of the birds would be home or not to far away
,at this stage considering the conditions we were all aware that this was to be one of those races where good experienced pigeons prepared for the job would get their heads down and go for home whilst others would find this head wind more of a challenge and battle on throughout the day
with all expectations of pigeons not being far from home on eight and a half hours it was closer to nine when the first pigeons were timed in to the probable winner ,at the loft of mel mayo of bargoed ,mel timed in two arrivals at 15.25.14 recording a vel of 1122 to record 1st & 2nd centre section ,1st and 2nd open ,the winning pigeon is a yearling cheq roundabout cock of lefebre dheanean cross van loons on the pedigree this game pigeon comes through mel`s 2004 bonn national winner and a pigeon named by mel as bobby dazzler which scored 2x4th national and 7th national,todays winner has also flown consistantly over previous weeks at club and federation level with performances such as 6th sec 15th open wnrf swindon 3,100b 26th sec 48th open wnfc folkestone 44th sec 60th open national lilliers ,19th section 31st open wnrf reading and now 1st north section 1st open national brussels, closely behind is his second arrival this is the only son that remains to be raced from from this bargoed fancier that is a direct decendent of the bonn national winner ,as the rest are now at stock and breeding winners for numerous fanciers around these welsh valley`s ,mel has also mention that these outstanding pigeons and performances are based around pigeons via bobby lee of bargoed over years of friendship
for probable 3rd open 3rd centre section its the crumlin partnership of lovell bros who maintain there form from previous weeks ,timing in yearling mealy cock at 15.21 vel 1119.7, with the partnership being such good friends with this weeks winner mel mayo there is no suprise which lines are included in this pigeon ,once again mel mayo`s bonn national winner in prominant in the pedigree crossed with the partnerships 2009 wnfc folkestone national winner which is van loon and comes down orginally from the partnership of fellow club members g& m glayton bros also of crumlin who incidently were ist wsr national only a few weeks ago, jason also informs me that to date there is now 5x1st national winners in the pedigree of this pigeon up to now
for probable 4th centre setion 4th open soley based on verification times ,its the loft and pigeon of haydn minett of cascade who timed in recording a velocity of 1109 ,over previous weeks this loft and fancier has appeared highly in all of our 2012 races to date including 1st national maidstone only a few weeks ago ,sadlly at the time of going to print to meet a deadline for publication, details on this pigeon are unavailable ,after numerous attempts via the phone
with the centre section taking the first couple of places in the open result, in the north section this week its the husband and wife partnership of mr & mrs d russell who claim the top spot flying into ebbw vale thier arrival a 4yr old timed in at 15.38.10 recording a vel of 1097.7 ,on speaking to dylan he informs me that he was pleased with the fact that he had nine from his ten entries home by night fall
down in the south section this week its the newport partnership of picton brothers and son who take the spiols timng in 2yr old at 15.31. with a velocity of 1073
on clock opening it was also pleasing to see and hear so many fanciers reporting a high percentage of their entries home and praising the conditions the birds were in on their return once again however some lofts recorded numerous arrivals whilst others unfortunatley were struggling to get fifty percent , yes there was always going to be pigeons away come night fall ,however in respect to the distance of over 350 miles into a continuous head wind there was always going to be some that would find this stage of the season difficult and go down for a while to rest take breather and fight another day.
so with yet another succesful event under our belts mainly down to the preparations of our organisers and convoyers we now go on to huy which is aprox 380 miles , hopefully we can continue to provide ,our members with yet another successful race ,and look forward to the two longest races on the programme which are bonn and marberg in future weeks as always a sample of the early times through out the sections based on phone in times of first arrivals
