MAIDSTONE YOUNG BIRD NATIONAL 2016
WINNERS TROPHY SPONSORED BY A.KIDD GARDENING SERVICE
A BUTTIGIEG & SONS
1ST OPEN WELSH NATIONAL MAIDSTONE
the first of three young bird nationals finally got underway from Maidstone in Kent , after having to make the reluctant decision of delaying the basketing by a week due to bad weather forecasted on the advertised date, and with no improvement leading up to the rearranged date the race controlling committee had to once again postpone basketing by a further 24 hours due to weather resulting in a Saturday basketing for Sunday liberation
with nearly all federations around the country experiencing drastic young bird losses for some unexplained reason over the past weeks we were pleased to see 844 pigeons were entered for competition and competing for the honour of 1st welsh national Maidstone.
sun morning .
and with the convoying team informing us that the conditions in the kent area weren't suitable to release early ,so as of previous weeks we once again had to sit patiently for an improvement as hourly updates were relayed to our membership through the lib line services and social media sites throughout the morning
as midday approached there was a glimmer of hope as the break we had waited for finally materialised ,and whilst we were still experiencing cloud cover over the 155 mile line of flight and a healthy westerly wind ,the visabity was there so the decision was made to cut the strings at 1pm
taking the honours of 1st and 2nd open welsh national were the newport partnership of Anthony buttigieg and sons timing in two arrivals at 17.00 08 covering the 146 miles with a vel 1132.8 , both arrivals originate down from the premier stud set up in hull and acquired as part of their 2017 racing team ,and are based around the geerinckx family of pigeons ,first in the clock and taking the winning honours claiming the a kidd sponsored winners trophy was a blue white flighted hen ,whilst its hard to report on young birds as the history is basic this game hen , has previously scored at club level from newbury approx 75 miles and 4th wnrf ,just a few weeks earlier ,the second arrival just decimals behind the winner on 1132.06 was also a premier geerinckx pigeon another blue hen both were flying to the perch unpaired ,after many years of reported success on the north route into wales from all distances ,the partnership switched in 2015 to the east to west route for young birds and its pleasing to see that their success has continued at club federation and national level .
for 3rd and fourth open we head north to Bleanavon with the loft of Steve Dancey and son also timing in two arrivals both being a nest pair bred down from pigeons purchased from the well known winning partnership of Mr and Mrs Ian Bromley from Pontypool ,the first a blue hen timed in on a velocity of 1125.39,had previously scored from newbury 2 claiming 16th wnrf and was sent to this race sitting pot eggs ,the 2nd arrival on the same yardage was a cheq sent flying to an empty nest box
rounding up the leading in five pigeons we have the partnership of jeff ireland and chris hyman from tredegar with a cheq hen bred down through pigeons originating from the ceulemans family of pigeons flying 166 miles with a vel of 1118
so there's two races to go these being from battle near Hastings and the final event from ramsgate approx 190 miles ,which will bring the curtain down on the racing season for 2016
dates for your diary ... the presentation night , the welsh national will once again be hosting the evening at the seamans mission club in newport along with the welsh north road federation on sat 10th december ..tickets orders will be taken shortly after the final race and will be limited so our advise would be to get your requirements in early to avoid disappointment ,as preparations get underway for the evening
as always this weeks top 10 pigeons
PosOpen Name Velocity AFT Distance Ring PrizeOpen PoolsOpen PoolMoneyOpen Total
1 AButtigieg&sons,. 1132.804 4:0:24 154,1286 GB16P26445 £100.00 £100.00
2 AButtigieg&sons,. 1132.647 4:0:26 154,1286 GB16P26521 £75.00 £75.00
3 122SDancey&son,. 1125.392 4:10:8 159,1658 NW16C7277 £50.00 £50.00
4 122SDancey&son,. 1125.317 4:10:9 159,1658 NW16C7276 £30.00 £30.00
5 135Ireland&Hyman,. 1118.196 4:21:6 165,1561 W16T01697 £25.00 £25.00
6 86Scammell&Peploe,. 1116.905 4:9:45 158,867 W16N01061 £20.00 £20.00
7 13G&mClayton&lovellBr,. 1116.877 4:14:44 161,1163 GB16X21650 £15.00 £15.00
8 13G&mClayton&lovellBr,. 1116.731 4:14:46 161,1163 GB16X21677 £15.00 £15.00
9 23A&jDurham,. 1116.259 4:14:7 161,300 GB16A84226 £10.00 £10.00
10 79H&mPullen&llewelyn,. 1114.680 4:25:37 168,399 NW16X9093 £10.00 £10.00
tom harris
with nearly all federations around the country experiencing drastic young bird losses for some unexplained reason over the past weeks we were pleased to see 844 pigeons were entered for competition and competing for the honour of 1st welsh national Maidstone.
sun morning .
and with the convoying team informing us that the conditions in the kent area weren't suitable to release early ,so as of previous weeks we once again had to sit patiently for an improvement as hourly updates were relayed to our membership through the lib line services and social media sites throughout the morning
as midday approached there was a glimmer of hope as the break we had waited for finally materialised ,and whilst we were still experiencing cloud cover over the 155 mile line of flight and a healthy westerly wind ,the visabity was there so the decision was made to cut the strings at 1pm
taking the honours of 1st and 2nd open welsh national were the newport partnership of Anthony buttigieg and sons timing in two arrivals at 17.00 08 covering the 146 miles with a vel 1132.8 , both arrivals originate down from the premier stud set up in hull and acquired as part of their 2017 racing team ,and are based around the geerinckx family of pigeons ,first in the clock and taking the winning honours claiming the a kidd sponsored winners trophy was a blue white flighted hen ,whilst its hard to report on young birds as the history is basic this game hen , has previously scored at club level from newbury approx 75 miles and 4th wnrf ,just a few weeks earlier ,the second arrival just decimals behind the winner on 1132.06 was also a premier geerinckx pigeon another blue hen both were flying to the perch unpaired ,after many years of reported success on the north route into wales from all distances ,the partnership switched in 2015 to the east to west route for young birds and its pleasing to see that their success has continued at club federation and national level .
for 3rd and fourth open we head north to Bleanavon with the loft of Steve Dancey and son also timing in two arrivals both being a nest pair bred down from pigeons purchased from the well known winning partnership of Mr and Mrs Ian Bromley from Pontypool ,the first a blue hen timed in on a velocity of 1125.39,had previously scored from newbury 2 claiming 16th wnrf and was sent to this race sitting pot eggs ,the 2nd arrival on the same yardage was a cheq sent flying to an empty nest box
rounding up the leading in five pigeons we have the partnership of jeff ireland and chris hyman from tredegar with a cheq hen bred down through pigeons originating from the ceulemans family of pigeons flying 166 miles with a vel of 1118
so there's two races to go these being from battle near Hastings and the final event from ramsgate approx 190 miles ,which will bring the curtain down on the racing season for 2016
dates for your diary ... the presentation night , the welsh national will once again be hosting the evening at the seamans mission club in newport along with the welsh north road federation on sat 10th december ..tickets orders will be taken shortly after the final race and will be limited so our advise would be to get your requirements in early to avoid disappointment ,as preparations get underway for the evening
as always this weeks top 10 pigeons
PosOpen Name Velocity AFT Distance Ring PrizeOpen PoolsOpen PoolMoneyOpen Total
1 AButtigieg&sons,. 1132.804 4:0:24 154,1286 GB16P26445 £100.00 £100.00
2 AButtigieg&sons,. 1132.647 4:0:26 154,1286 GB16P26521 £75.00 £75.00
3 122SDancey&son,. 1125.392 4:10:8 159,1658 NW16C7277 £50.00 £50.00
4 122SDancey&son,. 1125.317 4:10:9 159,1658 NW16C7276 £30.00 £30.00
5 135Ireland&Hyman,. 1118.196 4:21:6 165,1561 W16T01697 £25.00 £25.00
6 86Scammell&Peploe,. 1116.905 4:9:45 158,867 W16N01061 £20.00 £20.00
7 13G&mClayton&lovellBr,. 1116.877 4:14:44 161,1163 GB16X21650 £15.00 £15.00
8 13G&mClayton&lovellBr,. 1116.731 4:14:46 161,1163 GB16X21677 £15.00 £15.00
9 23A&jDurham,. 1116.259 4:14:7 161,300 GB16A84226 £10.00 £10.00
10 79H&mPullen&llewelyn,. 1114.680 4:25:37 168,399 NW16X9093 £10.00 £10.00
tom harris
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...LIBERATION AND EARLY TIMES
PROBABLE WINNER MR A BUTTIGIEG & SONS VEL 1132.804 BIRD HAVE BEEN VERIFIED
A Buttigieg & Sons 17.00.24 ... A Hadden & Son 17.03.06 ... Clayton & Lovell 17.14.44... Mr & Mrs Shane Lewis 17.18.07 .... JJ Willams 17.15.49 ....D Flowers 17.13.26 .... A & J Durham 17.14.07 .... Mr & Mrs K Upham 17.02.10 .... Williams & Owens 17.23.28 .... Mr & Mrs K Beresford & Son 17.27.34... H & M Pulling & Llewelyn 17.25.38 .... Irland & Hyman 17.21.06 ....Davies & Coombes 17.25.13 .....Mr T Hawkins Family 17.16.59 .... S Evens 17.32.35 ... J Newbury 17.18.59 ....W Holpin 17.29.03 .... Bainton & Evens 17.08.58 .... Dancey & Son 17.10.08 ....S Proctor 17.22.15 ....A Owens 17.43.36 .... D thomas 17.20.29 .... S Bullock 17.26.57 .... Picton Bros & Son 17.30.00 ....A Dunn 17.15.06 .... S Arthur 17.43.27 ....M & J Burridge 17.39.52 ....Scammel & Peploe 17.09.46 ....D tippings 17.32.21 .... G Thomas 17.43.04 ....Mr A Davies 17.57.14 ... A & I Evens 17.46.45 ...Theophulis & Son 17.46.25 ...Mr & Mrs Roach 18.08.02 ... Mr & Mrs Matthews 17.43.41 ...Williams Son & Burgham 17.26.18 ....Hall & Mccullam 17.52.19 ...R Lambert 17.20.23 .... Healy & Son 17.43.41 .... K Ashman 17.16
PROBABLE WINNER MR A BUTTIGIEG & SONS VEL 1132.804 BIRD HAVE BEEN VERIFIED
A Buttigieg & Sons 17.00.24 ... A Hadden & Son 17.03.06 ... Clayton & Lovell 17.14.44... Mr & Mrs Shane Lewis 17.18.07 .... JJ Willams 17.15.49 ....D Flowers 17.13.26 .... A & J Durham 17.14.07 .... Mr & Mrs K Upham 17.02.10 .... Williams & Owens 17.23.28 .... Mr & Mrs K Beresford & Son 17.27.34... H & M Pulling & Llewelyn 17.25.38 .... Irland & Hyman 17.21.06 ....Davies & Coombes 17.25.13 .....Mr T Hawkins Family 17.16.59 .... S Evens 17.32.35 ... J Newbury 17.18.59 ....W Holpin 17.29.03 .... Bainton & Evens 17.08.58 .... Dancey & Son 17.10.08 ....S Proctor 17.22.15 ....A Owens 17.43.36 .... D thomas 17.20.29 .... S Bullock 17.26.57 .... Picton Bros & Son 17.30.00 ....A Dunn 17.15.06 .... S Arthur 17.43.27 ....M & J Burridge 17.39.52 ....Scammel & Peploe 17.09.46 ....D tippings 17.32.21 .... G Thomas 17.43.04 ....Mr A Davies 17.57.14 ... A & I Evens 17.46.45 ...Theophulis & Son 17.46.25 ...Mr & Mrs Roach 18.08.02 ... Mr & Mrs Matthews 17.43.41 ...Williams Son & Burgham 17.26.18 ....Hall & Mccullam 17.52.19 ...R Lambert 17.20.23 .... Healy & Son 17.43.41 .... K Ashman 17.16
