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kidd & cooke 1st south section 1st open fougeres


thursday 23rd may and the above organisation were marking for their first overseas
challenge of the 2013 season from fourgeres in central france an average  distance of 235 miles  
 
with a more direct southerly route being adopted this year once we got to the english  channel it was only  expected that  the numbers would be down ,  we  believe that this is in light of most fanciers eithier sending fewer numbers as a precaution  or just sitting back to see the out come of the switch from the east to the south  route

the journey  as we gather throughout to the race piont was uneventful and the birds arrived  safely at their destintion on friday afternoon 
saturday morning and  with the weather on  this side of the english channel recording  some high temeratures, clear skies and  a light north easterly wind, we were hopeful for an early morning liberation to  give the birds every oppertunity of getting through by early afternoon
    unfortunatley  with quite a few british organisations advertised as liberating in various locations both fifty miles further in messac  and caraten seventy miles shorter ,our convoying team and race controller john watkins sat it out for  most of the  morning to allow others the oppertunity of going ahead of us  
   finally with most organisations liberated by mid morning  it indicated that the line of flight was clear to get our entries  into the french skies in the most favourable conditions at 10.45 into a light north by north easterly wind 

leading the field for the second time this year ,with 1st  south section 1st open winning the west country products sponsored trophy is the newport loft and partnership of kidd and cooke timing in at 11.28 18 with a velocity of 1220.8 the winning pigeon a yearling cheq w/flight roundabout  hen originates from the  jack corns galaxy lofts pigeons crossed frank sheader sootjen lines ,the dam a past national winner herself  from liege "national velvet "was previouslly sold to europa lofts a few years  back where she went on to  produce a 1st europa one loft race final winner, before being purchased back by the partnership at a  blackpool auction unknowing at the time that  she would now be one of the  partnerships foundationpairings that have gone on to  breed winners for these  fanciers   at  club federation and national level here in wales 
,the sire is "cookie boy" which has also previouslly  achieved the highest  award within the pigeon fraturnity with  1st  open national and 1st combine  maidstone 
added to this both the sire and  dam of this weeks winning pigeon are also sire and dam of the partnership well  known "Rainman" which has gone on to win  2x 1st open national winning performances  plus numerous club and federation positions

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1st south section 1st open winner
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kidd and cooke`s old bird loft
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kidd & cooke`s young bird set up

for 1st and 2nd centre  section 2nd and 3rd  open we head to the pengam lofts  of davies and coombes who timed in two arrivals at 16.40.00 and 16.40.10  recording velocities of 1219. the leading pigeon out of the two on the clock  is
a yearling blue widowhood hen   of the partnerships original leon boers family which have been well documented over past years at all levels  crossed with their  latest introduction  of frans zowls pigeons  the sire is bred down from
frans stock through the "prince" lines whilst the dam is leon boers   " sprinter" lines which  is responsable for at least 4 x 1st club 4th and 7th national winning pigeons over previous years for this partnership


the partnerships 2nd arrival also a yearling blue hen is 100% leon boers , the grand mother of this hen   has previouslly bred other major winning pigeons including 1st club 1st federation ,1st national and 1st combine against 9.000 plus pigeons ,for the dam herself she too has also some major awards to her pedigree , including breeding pigeons to win 2nd 3rd 11th and 12 th national over the past couple of seasons ,for this hen herself she was raced through out the young bird programme in 2012 had accumilated a few minor club  and federation winning performances


for 3rd centre section 4th open we head over the valley to treharris to the loft and partnership of mathew and joseph hughes who timed in a yearling cheq white flighted roundabout hen at 16.46 to record a vel of 1207 ,the partnership inform me that the bloodlines of this pigeon originate from marc and lilly verheyde and whilst she hasnt really scored in previous races she has however been a consist arrival on the clock  the sire has also timed in on numerous occations with various club and federation positions to his credit whilst the dam unfortunately was hawked in training and has therefore been retained for stock and  breeding purposes to maintain the winning lines that are developing  
     for 4th centre section 5th open its the bargoed loft of iddy davies who rounds off this weeks winning top four lofts timing in on a velocity of 1203 ,iddy timed in a yearling widowhood koopman cock which originates from jack
corns at galaxy lofts ,this pigeon whilst hasnt shown any noticeable performances this year up until this race, had taken a few club and federation positions as  young bird  and is a half brother to iddy`s 2011 lilliers young bird national winner


    so there we have it the first outing over the channel ,obviouslly it wasnt the out come we could have wished for on our first outing overseas as the returns and velocities show and we admit we were slighly disapionted with the
outcome at night fall  ,resulting with many lofts indicating quite a few of their entries still a drift on clock checking 
,however this had no reflction on the convoying team  or the liberation as we are re-assured that the pigeons were released and looked after in the best possible conditions ,its just one of those unexplaind moments in pigeon racing
that we have to overcome and move forward
  it was pleasing however to hear at the time of going to press a few gallant pigeons got up and home throughout the following day (sunday) with some arriving just after 6am and   in the   days that followed indicating a few wernt far away at night fall


so we now head off further south to  Tours for our next outing an average distance of 350 miles to most welsh lofts,yes we once again believe that fanciers will be more cautious in the number of entries they submit to this race
, however there is still a race to be one for one lucky fancier and the prestige that goes with it be it what ever numbers that are sent , so good luck to everyone that gives it a go


we also look forward to  the added attraction of tarbes and bergerac which are  now on the horizon in the next few weeks when we will be transported and liberated with the central southern classic , i also hear that we are now
basketing a day earlier than advertised (monday) for these two races to liase with marking times of the cscfc, with a high pressure on the weather front moving in   we are hopeful that this will still be upon us and we experience   a
better outcome than  last weekend


,once again it appears that the critics are once again out and about ,and we seem to be  the blunt of some comments  on various internet chat sites in regards to criticing our organisation ,
  surelly all this un-sportingly conduct is doing is   taking away all the pleasures and honour from our winners that have worked hard in preparation for  these races and their pigeons  which  have performed in such hard conditions on  the day ,,our reply to these people who insist on running us down is our doors  are open for membership so come along and give it a go!!!!, it aint as easy as  some are making out  , its not easy to win in this organisation against members  with such a high competative spirit  to achieve the glory of 1st section and   1st open 


this weeks top ten


1 1/s Kidd&cooke,S 1220.810 
2 1/C Davies&coombs,C 1219.838 
  3 2/C Davies&coombs,C 1219.265
  4 3/C M&jHughes,C 1207.556
 5 4/C IDavies,C 1203.196 
6 5/C IDavies,C 1158.949 
7 6/C Davies&coombs,C 1155.450
 8 7/C Morris&Lucus,C 1150.982 
9 8/C MMayo,C 1138.611 
10 9/C MMayo,C 1136.876

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