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LILLIERS NATIONAL
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LYNDON WILLIAMS OF WILLIAMS BROS & SON |
welsh national f.c.lilliers probable winner
PROBABLE 1ST NORTH SECTION 1ST OPEN
WILLIAMS BROS & SON (TREDEGAR) 19.02.26 VEL 1118.110
2nd & 3rd open 1st & 2nd centre section H MINETT 19.05.44 VEL 1113.64
4th OPEN 3rd centre section lovell bros 18.58.15 v 1108.34
5th open 4th centre section w higgins 18.50.49 v 1107.21
PROBABLE 1ST SOUTH SECTION FISHLOCK BR & SON 18.59 16 V 1088.36
welsh national flying club
the first overseas challenge for the welsh national flying club took place on sat 9th june
from lilliers in western france
, after weeks of uncertainty with the weather ,the week leading up to the event seen some of
the worst conditions for quite some time in the south wales area ,with winds reaching a staggering twenty eight mph combined with the rain we were prepared to aknowledge the fact that some members whilst not boycotting
the event totally would reduce their entries as a safe guard for future weeks races ,this was reflected in the final numbers being drastically reduced on previous weeks
basketing night, and whilst there was still no let up in the weather conditions along the
southern regions there was an improvement forcasted for the day of the race ,and we were optermistic that a
liberation was on the cards sometime during the morning
with the convoy safely on their way to the port of dover ,and after an uneventful drive they were only to
be confronted ,on their arrival at 3.30 am with a build up of approx five miles of tailback traffic on the approach road
awaiting the ferry as a result of the restricted services ,due to the wind conditions on the channel
, after roughly five hours of standing on port side the birds finaly boarded the first available ferry shortly after 8am
and were on there way across to the french borders ,on arrival at the lilliers liberation site the birds were
settled down once again and the water attached, whilst the line of flight was vigourouslly checked once again in preparation for a mid day liberation ,whilst visability wasnt a factor regarding liberating the wind was always going to be
an obsicle to confront, finally at 12.10 and a decrease in wind speed the news came through that the convoy were away from lilliers across the channel to the eastern part of london the wind direction was approaching from the south turning more westerly along the m4 corridor to home with clear blue broken skies ,
we were well aware this was going to be a hard task for many of the birds who to date this season have only really experienced helping easterly winds ,and estimated pigeons to be showing around the six half hours from this 250 mile
adventure
leading the field this week timing in at 19.02 after 6 hrs 52 min is the tredegar partnership of lyndon and byron flying as williams bros &son,they timed in a yearling cheq cock which has been flown on roundabout on a velocitiy
of 1118,this game pigeon is bred down through pigeons obtained from john burghams number one pair on
the sires side crossed with the figo line pigeons of john wheatcroft of nottingham, already todate this cock has achieved various other club and federation positions such as 2nd section 6th fed and now 1st north section 1st
open national lilliers ,this just highlights past performances for the partnership as this is their fourth succesful national win from three different routes which include 1st national thurso in 1977, 1st national eastbourne 2006
plus 1st wnfc folkestone yb`s in 2010
for 2nd and 3rd open 1st & 2nd centre section we head across the valley to our 2012 maidstone national winner h
minett who timed in two arrivals within seconds at 19.05 both recording 1113v, hayden first pigeon was a yearling cheq pied hen a full sister to this years 3rd maidstone national pigeon and is bred down through the frank and ann tasker
pigeons which is as we know from previous write ups related to haydens very own” haydens supreme” the second arrival was a 2yr old cheq sootjen cock which originally from frank sheader from scarbourgh however this was bred by local fanciers mr& mrs mike murphy of phillipstown through an exchange of a of youngsters, to high light all of the
achievements by this fancier and family of pigeon would be some what time consuming and fulfil many a pigeon fanciers ambitions,however this lofts success has remained consistant for many years and will sure continue
for 4th open 3rd centre section we go to crumlin to another successful partnership lovell bros ,each year this partnership
achieve outstanding performance within the wnfc and are once again present in the final results, the brothers timed in a yearling widowhood blue cock whic is bred through pigeons from scammel and peploe of pontypool down from a pigeon popular around these parts named the nearly cock and a lefrebe dhanean hen from the partnerships good friend mel mayo of bargoed ,at 18 .58 to record v 1108
to finalise the provitional top five we come to the east to the pontnwenydd loft of wilf higgins who flys in one of the highly profiled and successful clubs in the wnr federation ,torfean hs where most members are past national and combine winners ,wilfs pigeon timed in at 18.50.49 to record 1107
whilst all the leading activity was held in the north and centre sections this week , down south it was the cardiff partnership of fishlock bros and son who took the 1st section honours this week timing in at 18.58 with a vel of
1088
as most would gather considering the time of liberation which comes soley down to the holdup at dover and the conditions endured, there was always the possibility of pigeons being a drift come night fall ,however it was
pleasing to see that early sun morning pigeons were returning in there droves as most lofts who did experience losses on the night were welcomed with multiple arrivals eggerlly awaiting their owners at the lofts shortly after first light,
the earliest i`ve heard is at 04.50 indicating that these gallant birds wern`t far away on the night ,
so we move on now in a fortnight to brussels with and average distance of 340 miles set out
in front of us ,hopefully the membership will continue to support the race advisors in their future decitions as to date they have provided three excellent races for us and ensured the safety and patience to release the birds in the
best possible conditions
HAYDN MINETTS WELSH N F C MAIDSTONE WINNER 2012
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HAYDN MINETTS 1ST OPEN MAIDSTONE NATIONAL WINNER 2012
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as always
early times from around the sections based on phone in times NORTH SECTION probale 1st north section 1st open williams bros & son 19.02 v 1118 D FLOWERS 18.55.26,MRMRS BROMLY 18.53.45,C LONG &SON 19.22.37 PROB 1ST CENTRE SECTION H MINETT 19.05.44 v 1113 W HIGGINS 18.49.50, LOVELL BROS 18.58.15 V 1108.345 GOOCH 19.05.14,K VOKES &SON 19.12.45,MAYO 19.11.07,MORRIS &LUCUS 19.10.18,MORGAN&CUSHING 19.09,14, HALL & MCCULLAM 19.12.07,DAVIES 19.07.57,B PRICE 19.30.35, DAVIES & COOMBES 19.29.43,MORRIS 19.45.53, TOVEY STEPHENS 19.24.23, M&J HUGHES 19.24.23, L A PHILLIPS 20.29.03,TANTRUM 19.18.21 PROBABLE 1ST SOUTH SECTION FISHLOCK BROS & SON 18.59.16 v1088 GOODRIGHT 18.59.45, DUNN 18.55,?,PICTON BR &S 19.15.?,NEWBURY 19.09.50,BRYANT 19.22.30,HAWKINS FAM 19.10.54,PROCTOR 19.34.08, WILLIAMS & watkins 19.29.52,DONELLY 19.52.09,G CLARKE 19.52.09,FARNHAM 20.07.01, ROBERTS 20.19.55,MR MRS LAMSDALE 20.48.04,G EMMS 19.35.32 my other photos added this week is that of haydn minett and his 2012 maidstone national winner which was excluded from the write up regarding that race, this now gives each winner the publicity they dually deserve members are once again reminded that the 2012 national presentation will be held on sat 15thdec at the seamans mission club Newport tom harrisThe Welsh National Flying Club
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