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WELSH NATIONAL F.C.
1ST SOUTH SECTION 1ST OPEN HUY
KIDD & COOKE
THE ABOVE ORGANISATIONS RECENT EVENT TOOK PLACE ON MONDAY 27TH JUNE FROM HUY A RACEPIONT ON THE BELGIUM GERMAN BORDER A DISTNACE OF APPROX 380 MILES
BASKETING WAS ONCE AGAIN DELAYED BY 24 HRS AS A RESULT OF THE WEATHER FORCAST INDICATED FOR THE ADVERTISED DAY ,THE CONVOY ARRIVED ON SITE ON SAT 25TH WITH ALL EXPECTATIONS OF GETTING THE BIRDS AWAY EARLY ON THE SUNDAY MORNING HOWEVER WITH THE POOR WEATHER STILL LINGERING OVER FRANCE IT WAS AN EARLY DECITION TO REGREATTABLY HOLD THE BIRDS OVER UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DAY (MONDAY)
MONDAY MORNING OPENED UP AND WITH A GOOD LINE OF FLIGHT THROUGHOUT FRANCE AND ACROSS THE CHANNEL THE BIRDS WERE AWAY AT 06.05 INTO A LIGHT SOUTH EASTERLY WIND ,ON THE ENGLISH SIDE OF THE CHANNEL HOWEVER THERE WAS ONCE AGAIN THE THREAT OF SHOWERS THAT THE PIGEONS WOULD RUN INTO AS THE DAY PROGRESSED,REGARDLESS OF THIS ALL INDICATIONS WERE THAT THE PIGEONS WOULD MAKE GOOD SPEED FOR HOME AND ARRIVE INTO WALES ON OR AROUND THE 8HR MARKER
LEADING THE FIELD FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR WITH 1ST SOUTH SECTION 1ST OPEN NATIONAL WINNING THE VERSELE LAGA SPONSORED WINNERS TROPHY AND THE VERSELE LAGA TWO BIRD AVERAGE ARE THE PARTNERSHIP OF KIDD & COOKE OF NEWPORT,THE WINNING PIGEON BEING A 3YR OLD CHEQ COCK, WHICH THE PARTNERSHIP HAVE NOW NAMED RAINMAN AFTER HIS COURAGOUS PERFROMANCE FROM METZ IN 2010 WHEN HE CAME THROUGH THE RAIN TO SCORE 1ST SECTION 1STOPEN NATIONAL THIS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICE BURG AS THIS GAME PIGEON HAS ALSO SCORED MANY TIMES AT CLUB AND FEDERATION LEVEL AS WELL AS TWO NATIONAL WINNING PERFORMANCES PLUS 35TH OPEN 9TH SECTION IN A HARD RACE FROM LIILIERS JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO
2ND OPEN 1ST CENTRE SECTION IS THE BARGOED LOFT OF IDDY DAVIES TIMING IN HIS YEARLING MEALY PIED COCK ON 8HRS 53 MIN OVER A DISTANCE OF 378 MILES ,WITH A VEL OF 1250.1 AS MOST WILL KNOW THIS LOFT AND TEAM OF PIGEONS ARE HAVE BEEN NO STRANGERS AT THE TOP OF THE RESULTS SHEETS OVER THE YEARS WITH MANY NATINAL WINNING PERFORMANCES TO HIS CREDIT COMPETING AGAINST THE BEST THAT WALES HAS TO OFFER AS HIS NUMEROUS NATIONAL WINS WILL SHOW
3RD OPEN 2ND CENTRE SECTION GOES TO ANOTHER RHYMNEY VALLEY LOFT AND YET ANOTHER WELL KNOWN NAME OF HAYDEN MINETT OF CASCADE ,HAYDENS ARRIVAL BEING A YEARLING CHEQ HEN WINNING THE VERSELE LAGA BEST OPPERSITE SEX TO WINNER TROPHY. TIMING IN ON 8HR 31 MINS WITH A VELOCITY 1244 HAYDEN IS ONCE AGAIN NO STRANGER TO TOP FLIGHT RACING HAVING ONE MANY FEDERATION AND 1ST OPEN NATIONAL POSITIONS ON BOTH THE SOUTH EAST ROUTE AND ALTERNATIVE SOUTH ROAD ORGANISATION
FOR 4TH OPEN 3RD CENTRE SECTION WE STAY IN THE RYMNEY VALLEY AT THE LOFT OF MORRIS AND LUCUS ONCE AGAIN ANOTHER HIGHLLY PROFILED LOFT WITHIN THE PRINCIPALLITY KNOWN FOR NOT JUST BREDING AND RACING TO THE HIGHEST CALIBRE OF PIGEONS FOR HIMSELF BUT FOR ALSO GIFTING PIGEONS FOR OTHERS TO OBTAIN BOTH IST NATIONAL AND COMBINE WINNING PERFORMANCES THIS PARTNERSHIP TIMED IN A THREE YEAR OLD BLUE COCK RECORDING A VELOCITY OF 1240.9
5TH OPEN 4TH CENTRE SECTION WE DROP DOWN THE VALLEY TO THE LOFT OF BLACKWOOD FANCIER MARK TANTRUM TIMING IN A YEARLING CHEQ HEN . WITH A VELOCITY OF 1240 ,ONCE AGAIN ANOTHER LOFT WHICH BOASTS PREVIOUS NATIONAL PERFOMANCES THAT MOST WOULD BE PROUD TO HAVE COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS
6TH OPEN 5TH CENTRE SECTION WE HEAD OVER TO THE CWM VALLEY TO THE L;OFT OF DAI THOMAS TIMING IN A 3 YR OLD CHEQ HEN.ON A VELOCITY OF 1238 ONCE AGAIN PREVIOUS PERFORMANCE DAI IS REMEMBERED FOR WINNING THE METZ NATIONAL BACK IN 2009 WHEN THIS ORGANISATION WAS FIRST FORMED
ON COMPLETING THE SECTIONS THE NORTH SECTION THIS WEEK WAS ONE BY THE HUSBAND AND WIFE PARTNERSHIP OF MR & MRS IAN BROMLEY OF PONTYPOOL TIMING IN A 2YR OLD BLUE COCK ON 1219 AND YES ANOTHER NATIONAL WINNING LOFT WHICH GAINED THE HONOUR OF 1ST NATIONAL LILLIERS OLD BIRDS IN 2010
SO ,AS YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL BY THE NAMES ABOVE AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS GENERATED WHILST WE MAY BE A SMALL ORGANISATION WE HAVE PLEASURE OF ACCOMADATING SOME OF WALES FINEST FANCIERS, RESULTING THAT IF YOU NEED TO BE AT THE TOP OF YOUR GAME TO COMPETE AGAINST THE MEMBERSHIP WE HOLD WITHIN
FINALLY ITS NO SECRET THAT THE RACE CONTROLLING COMMITTEE LIKE MANY OTHER ORGANISATIONS THIS YEAR HAVE TAKEN SOME CRITISIUM FROM VARIOUS AVENUES REGARDING LIBERATIONS
BUT IT MUST BE NOTED THATON THIS OCCATION THE PIGEONS RETURNED IN EXCELLENT CONDITION CONSIDERING THE HOLDOVER AND THE WEATHER THEY HAD TO OVERCOME ON ROUTE AND PRAISE GOES OUT TO THEM IN THE WAY THAT THE BIRDS WERE LOOKED AFTER AND THE DECITION TO HOLD OVER FOR THE BETTER DAY .,WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RELAY OUR THANKS TO PAGET PETS OF CARDIFF FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT IN DONATING CORN VOUCHERS FOR EACH OF OUR SECTION WINNERS IN THIS RACE
IT’S THE TIME OF YEAR NOW AND RATHER THAN LOOKING BACK OVER THE PREVIOUS RACES OUR FOCUS IS ON THE FORTHCOMING BONN NATIONAL THE LONGEST RACE ON THE PROGRAMME SPONSORED BY THE WELSH NORTH ROAD FEDERATION , THE AVERAGE DISTANCE FOR THIS IS 450 MILES HOPEFULLY WE CAN A ACHIEVE A PERFROMACE THAN WILL OVERCOME THE PAST DISAPIONTMENTS AND FINISH THE OLD BIRD RACING OFF ON A HIGH NOTE
TOM HARRIS
1ST SOUTH SECTION 1ST OPEN HUY
KIDD & COOKE
THE ABOVE ORGANISATIONS RECENT EVENT TOOK PLACE ON MONDAY 27TH JUNE FROM HUY A RACEPIONT ON THE BELGIUM GERMAN BORDER A DISTNACE OF APPROX 380 MILES
BASKETING WAS ONCE AGAIN DELAYED BY 24 HRS AS A RESULT OF THE WEATHER FORCAST INDICATED FOR THE ADVERTISED DAY ,THE CONVOY ARRIVED ON SITE ON SAT 25TH WITH ALL EXPECTATIONS OF GETTING THE BIRDS AWAY EARLY ON THE SUNDAY MORNING HOWEVER WITH THE POOR WEATHER STILL LINGERING OVER FRANCE IT WAS AN EARLY DECITION TO REGREATTABLY HOLD THE BIRDS OVER UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DAY (MONDAY)
MONDAY MORNING OPENED UP AND WITH A GOOD LINE OF FLIGHT THROUGHOUT FRANCE AND ACROSS THE CHANNEL THE BIRDS WERE AWAY AT 06.05 INTO A LIGHT SOUTH EASTERLY WIND ,ON THE ENGLISH SIDE OF THE CHANNEL HOWEVER THERE WAS ONCE AGAIN THE THREAT OF SHOWERS THAT THE PIGEONS WOULD RUN INTO AS THE DAY PROGRESSED,REGARDLESS OF THIS ALL INDICATIONS WERE THAT THE PIGEONS WOULD MAKE GOOD SPEED FOR HOME AND ARRIVE INTO WALES ON OR AROUND THE 8HR MARKER
LEADING THE FIELD FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR WITH 1ST SOUTH SECTION 1ST OPEN NATIONAL WINNING THE VERSELE LAGA SPONSORED WINNERS TROPHY AND THE VERSELE LAGA TWO BIRD AVERAGE ARE THE PARTNERSHIP OF KIDD & COOKE OF NEWPORT,THE WINNING PIGEON BEING A 3YR OLD CHEQ COCK, WHICH THE PARTNERSHIP HAVE NOW NAMED RAINMAN AFTER HIS COURAGOUS PERFROMANCE FROM METZ IN 2010 WHEN HE CAME THROUGH THE RAIN TO SCORE 1ST SECTION 1STOPEN NATIONAL THIS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICE BURG AS THIS GAME PIGEON HAS ALSO SCORED MANY TIMES AT CLUB AND FEDERATION LEVEL AS WELL AS TWO NATIONAL WINNING PERFORMANCES PLUS 35TH OPEN 9TH SECTION IN A HARD RACE FROM LIILIERS JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO
2ND OPEN 1ST CENTRE SECTION IS THE BARGOED LOFT OF IDDY DAVIES TIMING IN HIS YEARLING MEALY PIED COCK ON 8HRS 53 MIN OVER A DISTANCE OF 378 MILES ,WITH A VEL OF 1250.1 AS MOST WILL KNOW THIS LOFT AND TEAM OF PIGEONS ARE HAVE BEEN NO STRANGERS AT THE TOP OF THE RESULTS SHEETS OVER THE YEARS WITH MANY NATINAL WINNING PERFORMANCES TO HIS CREDIT COMPETING AGAINST THE BEST THAT WALES HAS TO OFFER AS HIS NUMEROUS NATIONAL WINS WILL SHOW
3RD OPEN 2ND CENTRE SECTION GOES TO ANOTHER RHYMNEY VALLEY LOFT AND YET ANOTHER WELL KNOWN NAME OF HAYDEN MINETT OF CASCADE ,HAYDENS ARRIVAL BEING A YEARLING CHEQ HEN WINNING THE VERSELE LAGA BEST OPPERSITE SEX TO WINNER TROPHY. TIMING IN ON 8HR 31 MINS WITH A VELOCITY 1244 HAYDEN IS ONCE AGAIN NO STRANGER TO TOP FLIGHT RACING HAVING ONE MANY FEDERATION AND 1ST OPEN NATIONAL POSITIONS ON BOTH THE SOUTH EAST ROUTE AND ALTERNATIVE SOUTH ROAD ORGANISATION
FOR 4TH OPEN 3RD CENTRE SECTION WE STAY IN THE RYMNEY VALLEY AT THE LOFT OF MORRIS AND LUCUS ONCE AGAIN ANOTHER HIGHLLY PROFILED LOFT WITHIN THE PRINCIPALLITY KNOWN FOR NOT JUST BREDING AND RACING TO THE HIGHEST CALIBRE OF PIGEONS FOR HIMSELF BUT FOR ALSO GIFTING PIGEONS FOR OTHERS TO OBTAIN BOTH IST NATIONAL AND COMBINE WINNING PERFORMANCES THIS PARTNERSHIP TIMED IN A THREE YEAR OLD BLUE COCK RECORDING A VELOCITY OF 1240.9
5TH OPEN 4TH CENTRE SECTION WE DROP DOWN THE VALLEY TO THE LOFT OF BLACKWOOD FANCIER MARK TANTRUM TIMING IN A YEARLING CHEQ HEN . WITH A VELOCITY OF 1240 ,ONCE AGAIN ANOTHER LOFT WHICH BOASTS PREVIOUS NATIONAL PERFOMANCES THAT MOST WOULD BE PROUD TO HAVE COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS
6TH OPEN 5TH CENTRE SECTION WE HEAD OVER TO THE CWM VALLEY TO THE L;OFT OF DAI THOMAS TIMING IN A 3 YR OLD CHEQ HEN.ON A VELOCITY OF 1238 ONCE AGAIN PREVIOUS PERFORMANCE DAI IS REMEMBERED FOR WINNING THE METZ NATIONAL BACK IN 2009 WHEN THIS ORGANISATION WAS FIRST FORMED
ON COMPLETING THE SECTIONS THE NORTH SECTION THIS WEEK WAS ONE BY THE HUSBAND AND WIFE PARTNERSHIP OF MR & MRS IAN BROMLEY OF PONTYPOOL TIMING IN A 2YR OLD BLUE COCK ON 1219 AND YES ANOTHER NATIONAL WINNING LOFT WHICH GAINED THE HONOUR OF 1ST NATIONAL LILLIERS OLD BIRDS IN 2010
SO ,AS YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL BY THE NAMES ABOVE AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS GENERATED WHILST WE MAY BE A SMALL ORGANISATION WE HAVE PLEASURE OF ACCOMADATING SOME OF WALES FINEST FANCIERS, RESULTING THAT IF YOU NEED TO BE AT THE TOP OF YOUR GAME TO COMPETE AGAINST THE MEMBERSHIP WE HOLD WITHIN
FINALLY ITS NO SECRET THAT THE RACE CONTROLLING COMMITTEE LIKE MANY OTHER ORGANISATIONS THIS YEAR HAVE TAKEN SOME CRITISIUM FROM VARIOUS AVENUES REGARDING LIBERATIONS
BUT IT MUST BE NOTED THATON THIS OCCATION THE PIGEONS RETURNED IN EXCELLENT CONDITION CONSIDERING THE HOLDOVER AND THE WEATHER THEY HAD TO OVERCOME ON ROUTE AND PRAISE GOES OUT TO THEM IN THE WAY THAT THE BIRDS WERE LOOKED AFTER AND THE DECITION TO HOLD OVER FOR THE BETTER DAY .,WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RELAY OUR THANKS TO PAGET PETS OF CARDIFF FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT IN DONATING CORN VOUCHERS FOR EACH OF OUR SECTION WINNERS IN THIS RACE
IT’S THE TIME OF YEAR NOW AND RATHER THAN LOOKING BACK OVER THE PREVIOUS RACES OUR FOCUS IS ON THE FORTHCOMING BONN NATIONAL THE LONGEST RACE ON THE PROGRAMME SPONSORED BY THE WELSH NORTH ROAD FEDERATION , THE AVERAGE DISTANCE FOR THIS IS 450 MILES HOPEFULLY WE CAN A ACHIEVE A PERFROMACE THAN WILL OVERCOME THE PAST DISAPIONTMENTS AND FINISH THE OLD BIRD RACING OFF ON A HIGH NOTE
TOM HARRIS
