Welsh National flying club
maidstone
winners trophy sponsored by Mr M Gibbons
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G&m clayton & lovell bros
1 2 & 3 MAIDSTONE
The welsh national flying club ,kicked off its 2017 campaign with the first race of the year from maidstone in kent a distance of approx 160+ miles ,with basketing delayed by 24 hours due to a poor weather forecast on the planned saturday with winds estimated to be gusting up to 30mph at times , the advice of the appointed weather man was that he could see no window of opportunity for a liberation and the sunday seemed a better day all round ,
saturday night and with a steady flow of entries at each of the marking stations ,the convoy made its journey eastwards along the m4 corridor arriving safely on site within the early hours
sunday morning and as we all wished for an early release we were met at dawn by low lying cloud and fog patches throughout the line of flight and with the forecast predicting to clear as the morning and day went on ,we reluctantly had the daunting task of sitting tight and wait for that all important break to get the birds away
it wasn't till around noon that on checking on current conditions with various contacts on the line of flight and again consulting with the weather advisor ,all indications were that conditions would improve by late morning and get slowly better around mid afternoon
noon came and went and although the line had vastly improved however on site the conveyors had informed us that light rain was present and we were contemplating the prospect of having to hold ,once again before that call was made we once again consulted the weatherman who again advised us to hold tight as the weather was to improve in the next hour or so from the north and there was to be an opportunity around 2pm to get the birds airborne ,at such time as indicated this came to reality as the conveyors reported brighter skies to the north east and above and with continued improvement the birds were away at 2.05pm into a light north wind
on checking the m4 corridor the line of flight was as we were experiencing back home with temperatures rising and broken blue skies and an estimated three hours thirty was circulating for the first arrivals on welsh soil
at 5.39 the winning pigeon touched down at the lofts of the multiple partnership of g& m clayton & lovelll bros from crumlin who timed in one of three pigeons that landed together all of which are yearling widowhood hens which is the system adopted by the partnership ,first across the line to take the top honours was a blue hen was a dark cheq pied hen which was bred down from the race loft and comes down from the original euro diamond lines recording a vel of 1311,the partnership second arrival and taking 2nd open was a blue which was bred down from pigeons from retired local fancier mel mayo from bargoed and contains the van loon bloodlines on a vel of 1308, for third open on a vel of 1302,we stay at the winning loft as the partnership took a clear 1,2,3, with another blue hen which is bred from the clayton bros orignal lines when crossed with pigeons from the late dia evans from cascade and as a yb recorded 4th battle and 1st club maidstone the sire of this hen is responsible for no fewer than 40x1st positions and is half sister to the 1st bergerac winner
for 4th and 5th we go slightly further up the valley to the ebbw vale loft of carl powell who over the past years has returned to the sport after successfully obtaining many club federation national and combine winning performances before leaving the sport ,now on his return on this day carl timed in two arrivals within a few seconds and both originating from the same lines being the lambrechts from alan maul from rhigos from the kris cleirbaut pigeons the first being a 3yr old cheq pied cock which has flown well for carl and has already scored 1st club swindon earlier in this years campaign recording a vel of 1301.8 ,just ahead of his second arrival a 4 yr old mealy hen which hasn't really scored but is one that can be relied upon once the conditions and a difficult race is on the cards this hen recorded a vel of 1301.5
taking the 6th position we go further north into the rhymney valley to the partnership of irland and hyman who timed in a yearling blue cock .with a vel of 1294 which is bred from pigeons obtained via pigeons from local fancier derek morgan from tredegar whilst crossed with the sire obtained from the blackpool show
as the day went on and the pigeons were returning it seems to be one of those awkward races when the leading pigeons were timed in on the estimate times, however the later birds seemed to struggle to get through ,however many lofts reported a considerable number of losses when the clocks were checked later in the evening , thankfully thou early the following morning a large number of pigeons came through ,some what dehydrated but thankfully home to fight another day
next week we head to the east coast and the town of ramsgate an average distance of 200 miles before we take a weeks break and head out across the channel to falaise for the start of the french liberations,so fingers crossed everything goes to plan over the next few weeks ,there's an added bonus up for grabs for the winners of the ramsgate ,falaise and lemans races as the derby arona one loft race in tenerife has sponsored each winner with the offer of entering one free pigeon into this years event leaving the uk in june or sept
as for the national theres been no vast alterations since our last report ,with the agm passing as it should and only losing a small number of members as we continue to maintain our membership into 2017 ,the one big thing to report is that in 2018
we as an organisation celebrate the welsh nationals flying club 10th anniversary and to celebrate such a milestone the committee has proposed with being being financially stable to reward the current membership as of 2017 with half price membership fees of £10 for 2018 as thank you for their continued loyal support to the orgasnisation
1G&mClayton&lovellBr 1311.392
2G&mClayton&lovellBr 1308.075
3G&mClayton&lovellBr 1302.782
4 CPowell 1301.843
5 CPowell 1301.552
6 Ireland&Hyman 1294.153
7 Mr&MrsUpham 1291.187
8 Mr&MrsUpham 1285.248
9 WilliamsBrosSon&Burgham 1277.589
10 CPowell 1277.456
tom harris .
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EARLY TIMES WILL BE POSTED AROUND 4PM
liberation news and early times
06.50 due to early morning cloud there will be an update at 0800
07.55 there will a further update @09.30
09.30 ..unfortunately there's no improvement in the weather on site and on the line of flight therefore there's an update at 11.30
due to light rain on site which is clearing gradually there will be a further update at 12,30.
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conditions at maidstone at 09.30
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BIRDS AT MAIDSTONE LIBERATED AT 14.05
Maidstone Early Phone In Times
scamell&peploe 17.44.06...A Owen 17.43.14 ....G&M clayton & lovell bros 17.4153...J Gardner 17.43.03..Frampton& price 17.47.09..Mr&Mrs K beresford 17.39.30...J Newbury 17.44.56 ...G Nash 17.55.24 ...A Buttigieg & Sons 17.44.14 ..Bainton&Evans 17.45.20 ...Howells & johnson 17.51.09 ..T Hawkins Fam 17.56.26 ...Mr&Mrs T Harris&Dtr 17.55.59.. Mr&Mrs Roach 18.01.15..S Evans 18.57.19..Durham&George 17.56.22..Rawlings&Son 18.09.41..C Powell 17.48.30...K Williams 18.01.52..Mr&Mrs Matthews 17.57 ...P Goodright 17.45.44...Mr&Mrs J David 18.14.54..Williams & Owen 18.10.09 ..Mr&Mrs K Upham 17.30.36 ..A&J Durham 17.53.29..R Evans 18.12.40...O Elliott 18.19.37..D Thomas 18.08.42...D Harding 18.17.10..Hall &Maccullam 18.10.32..Jj Williams 18.25.36...Irland&Hyman 17.50.36 ...S Proctor 18.33.48 ...Mj Burridge 18.15.58...Mr&Mrs Davies 18.36.49..Williams bros Son&Burgham 17.54.01..W Holpin 18.36.20 ...A Dunn 18.01.45...Davies & Coombes 18.34.09..T Gregory 18.38.04..Jones & Son 18.11.45
scamell&peploe 17.44.06...A Owen 17.43.14 ....G&M clayton & lovell bros 17.4153...J Gardner 17.43.03..Frampton& price 17.47.09..Mr&Mrs K beresford 17.39.30...J Newbury 17.44.56 ...G Nash 17.55.24 ...A Buttigieg & Sons 17.44.14 ..Bainton&Evans 17.45.20 ...Howells & johnson 17.51.09 ..T Hawkins Fam 17.56.26 ...Mr&Mrs T Harris&Dtr 17.55.59.. Mr&Mrs Roach 18.01.15..S Evans 18.57.19..Durham&George 17.56.22..Rawlings&Son 18.09.41..C Powell 17.48.30...K Williams 18.01.52..Mr&Mrs Matthews 17.57 ...P Goodright 17.45.44...Mr&Mrs J David 18.14.54..Williams & Owen 18.10.09 ..Mr&Mrs K Upham 17.30.36 ..A&J Durham 17.53.29..R Evans 18.12.40...O Elliott 18.19.37..D Thomas 18.08.42...D Harding 18.17.10..Hall &Maccullam 18.10.32..Jj Williams 18.25.36...Irland&Hyman 17.50.36 ...S Proctor 18.33.48 ...Mj Burridge 18.15.58...Mr&Mrs Davies 18.36.49..Williams bros Son&Burgham 17.54.01..W Holpin 18.36.20 ...A Dunn 18.01.45...Davies & Coombes 18.34.09..T Gregory 18.38.04..Jones & Son 18.11.45