WELSH NATIONAL FLYING CLUB PAU 2015
WINNERS TROPHY SPONSORED BY THE WELSH NORTH ROAD FEDERATION
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DAVE AND VINCE PADFIELD 1ST OPEN WNFC PAU 2015
Padfield family 1st open welsh national f.c pau 2015
with only two pigeons recorded in race time
mon 23rd june and the welsh national flying club under the transportation of the central southern classic were once again heading south across the channel for the longest race on the programme from pau
as always for such a distance of approx 600 miles only a certain number of pigeons are prepared and entered for this ultimate challenge and with the birds safely marked they once again made the short journey across the river severn to liaise with the cscfc transporter for onward travel to the race point
with reports of scorching temperatures in the region of 29 degree on route the convoying team ensured that the pigeons had water readily available throughout the journey ,and all of their cargo arrived safe and healthy on site at 10.30 on thursday morning and after allowing for the pigeons to settle ,they were fed and all the water was once again replenished in preparation for an early morning liberation
fri morning .. and with a continuation of good weather and the sun rising the conveyors and race advisors had no hesitation in cutting the strings and releasing our 2015 pau candidates at 05,30 into blue skies and a light southerly wind ,turning more south westerly as the birds continued their journey north through the nantes and rennes regions and across into the uk although the maid disadvantage would once again be the increasing heat as their journey progressed homewards
at the home end and considering the good start and helping wind ,there was the anticipation that birds could well make the flight onto uk soil by night fall and with is mind participants basketing for another race from maidstone the following day .,left early to cover their lofts as a precaution
close of race on fri and with nothing here in wales to report on ,we heard that 5 gallant pigeons had been recorded on the south coast and considering the conditions we dually congratulate the lofts concerned on their achievements
however for ourselves ,it was an early start for some as the race reopened at 04.46 and once again all eyes were on the social media sites as pigeons were verified closer to the welsh borders as the day went on
with only two pigeons recorded in race time
mon 23rd june and the welsh national flying club under the transportation of the central southern classic were once again heading south across the channel for the longest race on the programme from pau
as always for such a distance of approx 600 miles only a certain number of pigeons are prepared and entered for this ultimate challenge and with the birds safely marked they once again made the short journey across the river severn to liaise with the cscfc transporter for onward travel to the race point
with reports of scorching temperatures in the region of 29 degree on route the convoying team ensured that the pigeons had water readily available throughout the journey ,and all of their cargo arrived safe and healthy on site at 10.30 on thursday morning and after allowing for the pigeons to settle ,they were fed and all the water was once again replenished in preparation for an early morning liberation
fri morning .. and with a continuation of good weather and the sun rising the conveyors and race advisors had no hesitation in cutting the strings and releasing our 2015 pau candidates at 05,30 into blue skies and a light southerly wind ,turning more south westerly as the birds continued their journey north through the nantes and rennes regions and across into the uk although the maid disadvantage would once again be the increasing heat as their journey progressed homewards
at the home end and considering the good start and helping wind ,there was the anticipation that birds could well make the flight onto uk soil by night fall and with is mind participants basketing for another race from maidstone the following day .,left early to cover their lofts as a precaution
close of race on fri and with nothing here in wales to report on ,we heard that 5 gallant pigeons had been recorded on the south coast and considering the conditions we dually congratulate the lofts concerned on their achievements
however for ourselves ,it was an early start for some as the race reopened at 04.46 and once again all eyes were on the social media sites as pigeons were verified closer to the welsh borders as the day went on
"PATSY" 1ST WNFC PAU 2015
saturday evening and a long wait we were rewarded with a pigeon being timed in at the lofts of dave and vince padfield of abertillery timing in a 2 yr old cheq white flight hen at 19.50.55 to record a vel of 553 with the winning pigeon flying 598 miles ,during the early part of the season this game pigeon was paired and allowed to rear a pair of youngster before being parted whilst sitting ten day old eggs and flown on the roundabout ,in preparation she was flowin in two inland races followed by three channel races ,upto 340 miles before basketing for this blue ribbon event ,and duly achieved the honour of 1st welsh national flying club pau 2015 and the first and only pigeon on the second day following liberation
this winning hen was bred in the purple and full of past distance champions with the dam being bred by the house of arden and the sire going back through the partnerships own renowned padfields invincible,and a dam a daughter of invincible spirit ,this hen was presented back to the padfield partnership by steve wright and is now proving her worth at stock ,the sire was purchased from dave impletts of blackpool from the best of his bruggermanns stock down through his number one stock cock 239 when paired to christine star,which was 13th open nfc tarbes 747 ,miles,this cock also sired the padfields first arrival a week before this event within the bicc which again proved to be a real test of charector for this family of pigeons when the padfield timed in the first three pigeons into wales.. once again on behalf of the wnfc we would like to pass on our congratulations to the padfield family partnership on proving once again why they are described as the most prestigious loft in wales at such extreme distances and with past performances over recent years of 1st wnfc tarbes 2013 2nd wnfc pau 2014 and now 1st pau 2015 ,we as an organisation are honoured to have such fanciers within our membership the winning pigeon has now been named "Patsy" in recognition of dave and patsy`s 40th wedding anniversary on 5th july
(on a foot note whilst formulating this report we hear that once again the partnership have once again achieved the the ultimate challenge , timing in two of their entries from barcelona 758 miles) ,may we also thank craig from the nichols and g.son partnership of abertillery for doing the honours so late on the saturday night to officially verifying this arrival shortly after it was announced on behalf of the wnfc , so there it was we had our winner as once again the hours of darkness came into effect at 21.59,
sunday morning and with a rejuvenated interest in the race now that a pigeon was recorded the remaining members were once again keen at their lofts throughout the following day which unfortunately sadly closed with no additional arrivals on the third day
this winning hen was bred in the purple and full of past distance champions with the dam being bred by the house of arden and the sire going back through the partnerships own renowned padfields invincible,and a dam a daughter of invincible spirit ,this hen was presented back to the padfield partnership by steve wright and is now proving her worth at stock ,the sire was purchased from dave impletts of blackpool from the best of his bruggermanns stock down through his number one stock cock 239 when paired to christine star,which was 13th open nfc tarbes 747 ,miles,this cock also sired the padfields first arrival a week before this event within the bicc which again proved to be a real test of charector for this family of pigeons when the padfield timed in the first three pigeons into wales.. once again on behalf of the wnfc we would like to pass on our congratulations to the padfield family partnership on proving once again why they are described as the most prestigious loft in wales at such extreme distances and with past performances over recent years of 1st wnfc tarbes 2013 2nd wnfc pau 2014 and now 1st pau 2015 ,we as an organisation are honoured to have such fanciers within our membership the winning pigeon has now been named "Patsy" in recognition of dave and patsy`s 40th wedding anniversary on 5th july
(on a foot note whilst formulating this report we hear that once again the partnership have once again achieved the the ultimate challenge , timing in two of their entries from barcelona 758 miles) ,may we also thank craig from the nichols and g.son partnership of abertillery for doing the honours so late on the saturday night to officially verifying this arrival shortly after it was announced on behalf of the wnfc , so there it was we had our winner as once again the hours of darkness came into effect at 21.59,
sunday morning and with a rejuvenated interest in the race now that a pigeon was recorded the remaining members were once again keen at their lofts throughout the following day which unfortunately sadly closed with no additional arrivals on the third day
ROB POYNER 2ND WNFC PAU
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monday morning day 4 and with still just the one pigeon in ,we had a report of our second arrival at the newport loft of rob poyner timing in at 08.40 with a vel of 313 , im informed that with the change of rule regarding verification within the wnfc ,rob had gone to work on the monday morning and whilst being close to home ,on the off chance called in to check the loft and upon arrival was greeted at the loft by one of his entries ,a five year old blue cock of janssen based bloodlines ,purchased from the loft of brian harris & son of kidderminster as part of a team of six latebreds ,he was sent to pau sitting his first ever youngster ,and what makes this game pigeons performance more rewarding is that in 2013 this pigeon flew tours ,tarbes and bergerac in a matter of six weeks ,he then went through a change of loft location due to house move and was broke in in 2014 then went onto achieve this performance and in light of this he was pooled through to £5 open £5 single bird nomination and therefore takes all pools both in the wnfc and his domestic club
unfortunately at the close of race just these two game entries made it home before the 220 vel deadline,however a smal number did come through later in the week ,so well done to them
so we move forward now to another distance event in a week or so as we once again join up with the cscfc for transport to bergerac with an approx distance of 500 miles ,which rounds off another succesful old bird season for us price per pigeon is £3.25 and duplication is acceptable from the cscfc and any other welsh organisation that are also convoyed and liberated with the cscfc
convoyers report (courtesy of the cscfc )
Convoyers report
At Dawn we went.
Tuesday 23rd June
Having loaded the 604 classic birds we made our way to the docks arriving at 16.30,
once booked in I then fed and watered the birds before the 22.45 sailing.
Wednesday 24th June
Arrived at Quistreham docks 05.30 after disembarkation the birds were watered for
one hour before we made our way to Pau. Left the docks at 07.00 heading for our
first stop at Bain- de- Bretagne near Messac, the birds were watered and rested for
one hour before moving on to our final stop for the day at the Bordeaux lib site, the
journey down saw clear skies with very good visibility all the way and temperatures
rising to the high 20’s.
Thursday 25th June
Having spent a very uncomfortable night with the temperature not dropping below
24 degrees all night we got up early and with the water off and everything packed
away we were on the road by 06.30, this leg of the journey was only 140 miles and
with only one quick stop for a cup of tea we were at the International Pau lib site by
10.30.
The site was easy to find as it was the over flow car park for the Hameau Rugby
stadium, the site for liberations is very good but for the convoyers not so good with
no toilets, shower facilities or water.
Once we were set up and the water on we had a few hours rest before feeding the
birds at 3 o'clock. With the water back on I began making the calls to the UK for the
weather update in conjunction with a very good French paper that I use which has a
very detailed three day forecast including wind direction and strength which I have
always found to be accurate. The information received was that the rain in the north
of France should clear by late afternoon as the birds were reaching the channel
helped along with a southerly wind for the first leg of the journey turning south
westerly after Nantes.
At six o'clock my good friend Richard Green arrived on site after a twelve hour
drive up from his new home in Portugal to see us and to watch the lib on the
following day, having spent the evening discussing pigeon politics and putting the
world to rights Richard and his friend headed of the their hotel and we both got are
heads down as an early morning lib was on the cards.
Friday 26th June
I got up at 04.00 and with it still being dark I put the lights on in the transporter so
that they had an hour and a half to drink before liberation at 05.30, Richard arrived
at 04.30 just as it was beginning to get light, having positioned the lorry the previous
day with the tail end facing north no more needed to be done than cut the strings and
wait for the sun to rise. With the sun casting a shadow the birds were up at 05.30 and
away to the north without any hesitation and could be seen for at least 3 to 4 miles
with the clear skies and perfect visibility and the temperature at 19 degrees already
with a light southerly wind.
With everything packed away and having said our goodbyes to Richard and Kevin
we got under-way at 07.00 the temp had climbed to 24 by this time. By the time we
reached Bordeaux the temp was now 29 perfect visibility and a moderate southerly
wind. At Saintes it was now 34 degrees with a south wind all the way up to Nantes
where the wind now turned westerly, with driving hours running out we stopped just
short of Messac for the night the time was now 5.30 in the afternoon and the temp
was still 31 so I knew this would take a lot out of the birds and the numbers making
it on the day would be reduced. During the night we had rain and at dawn it was
miserable to say the least with fine rain and very low cloud from Messac all the way
to Vire some 100 miles with very poor visibility even the tops of the wind turbines
could not be seen it was that bad. But after the St-Lo turning it began to clear with
bright patches and a northerly wind and the channel crossing was lumpy to say the
least but visibility was good.
unfortunately at the close of race just these two game entries made it home before the 220 vel deadline,however a smal number did come through later in the week ,so well done to them
so we move forward now to another distance event in a week or so as we once again join up with the cscfc for transport to bergerac with an approx distance of 500 miles ,which rounds off another succesful old bird season for us price per pigeon is £3.25 and duplication is acceptable from the cscfc and any other welsh organisation that are also convoyed and liberated with the cscfc
convoyers report (courtesy of the cscfc )
Convoyers report
At Dawn we went.
Tuesday 23rd June
Having loaded the 604 classic birds we made our way to the docks arriving at 16.30,
once booked in I then fed and watered the birds before the 22.45 sailing.
Wednesday 24th June
Arrived at Quistreham docks 05.30 after disembarkation the birds were watered for
one hour before we made our way to Pau. Left the docks at 07.00 heading for our
first stop at Bain- de- Bretagne near Messac, the birds were watered and rested for
one hour before moving on to our final stop for the day at the Bordeaux lib site, the
journey down saw clear skies with very good visibility all the way and temperatures
rising to the high 20’s.
Thursday 25th June
Having spent a very uncomfortable night with the temperature not dropping below
24 degrees all night we got up early and with the water off and everything packed
away we were on the road by 06.30, this leg of the journey was only 140 miles and
with only one quick stop for a cup of tea we were at the International Pau lib site by
10.30.
The site was easy to find as it was the over flow car park for the Hameau Rugby
stadium, the site for liberations is very good but for the convoyers not so good with
no toilets, shower facilities or water.
Once we were set up and the water on we had a few hours rest before feeding the
birds at 3 o'clock. With the water back on I began making the calls to the UK for the
weather update in conjunction with a very good French paper that I use which has a
very detailed three day forecast including wind direction and strength which I have
always found to be accurate. The information received was that the rain in the north
of France should clear by late afternoon as the birds were reaching the channel
helped along with a southerly wind for the first leg of the journey turning south
westerly after Nantes.
At six o'clock my good friend Richard Green arrived on site after a twelve hour
drive up from his new home in Portugal to see us and to watch the lib on the
following day, having spent the evening discussing pigeon politics and putting the
world to rights Richard and his friend headed of the their hotel and we both got are
heads down as an early morning lib was on the cards.
Friday 26th June
I got up at 04.00 and with it still being dark I put the lights on in the transporter so
that they had an hour and a half to drink before liberation at 05.30, Richard arrived
at 04.30 just as it was beginning to get light, having positioned the lorry the previous
day with the tail end facing north no more needed to be done than cut the strings and
wait for the sun to rise. With the sun casting a shadow the birds were up at 05.30 and
away to the north without any hesitation and could be seen for at least 3 to 4 miles
with the clear skies and perfect visibility and the temperature at 19 degrees already
with a light southerly wind.
With everything packed away and having said our goodbyes to Richard and Kevin
we got under-way at 07.00 the temp had climbed to 24 by this time. By the time we
reached Bordeaux the temp was now 29 perfect visibility and a moderate southerly
wind. At Saintes it was now 34 degrees with a south wind all the way up to Nantes
where the wind now turned westerly, with driving hours running out we stopped just
short of Messac for the night the time was now 5.30 in the afternoon and the temp
was still 31 so I knew this would take a lot out of the birds and the numbers making
it on the day would be reduced. During the night we had rain and at dawn it was
miserable to say the least with fine rain and very low cloud from Messac all the way
to Vire some 100 miles with very poor visibility even the tops of the wind turbines
could not be seen it was that bad. But after the St-Lo turning it began to clear with
bright patches and a northerly wind and the channel crossing was lumpy to say the
least but visibility was good.
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