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Thanks Dave

Clarkston& District, Lanarkshire , Hexham , 13 members sent 149 birds , liberated at 12 45 1st,2nd, 4th T Corrie Son G/son vel 1055, 1038, 967 3rd , 5th Stangoe & Gillespie Vel 971,960 Returns poor

Clarkston & District Otterburn Race The week before result , 30th July , 7 members sent 91 birds , lib 10am 1st H Currie vel 1272 2nd H Currie vel 1272 3rd Stangoe & Gillespie 1269 4th Stangoe & Gillespie 1265

Lanarkshire Federation , Kelso race 6th August , 7,332 birds liberated at 07 .30am in a west wind 1st,3rd, 5th, 6th,9th Centre section,1st Federation GWP Macaloney, Coatbridge club.vel 1306 2nd Centre section, 2nd Federation G McKeown, Uddingston club, vel 1301 1st West section , 3rd Federation E Robin , Cambuslang club, vel 1290 2nd,5th West section , W Ramage ,Larkhall club 3rd West section,J McGowan,Cambuslang club 1st East section ,A Thomson, Newmains club 2nd,11th East section , J Dougal, Motherwell club 3rd,4th East section,Eadie & Kelly, Newmains Well done to all fanciers who managed a top 45 position in the federation Tom Corrie jnr

Well done Robert, becoming a good habit.

Lanarkshire Federation young bird race, 30th July , 6,370 birds liberated from Otterburn 10am , no wind. 1st& 2nd , 4th ,5th Federation, GWP Macaloney , Coatbridge Vel 1378 & 1373.46,1362,1356 3rd D Watson & Daughter , Cam/Morningside vel 1373.19 6th ,P Beatie , Coatbridge vel 1355 7th ,8th , J Malloy , Uddingston vel 1349,1345.7 9th J Forsyth , Coatbridge , vel 1345.6 10th ,Sharp & Cummings ,Coatbridge ,1345.4 Well done to the brilliant partnership of GWP Macaloney on winning there 5th Federation first of the 2011 season . Tom Corrie jnr

Well done Robert, good start to young bird programme

Novo, do you race your full team to the Young bird national or select a number after last federation race?

Sorry thought you are asking for 2011 programme

Lanarkshire- Otterburn -30th July -Otterburn-6th August -Hexham -13th Aug - Sedgefield 20th -Thirsk 27th -Otterburn 3rd Sept

As stated before, feel the YB National should be flown from around Selby 185miles mark into central belt and have it the week after the last Federation race rather than that week gap. I think the first National should be dropped .

Well done to Arthur , he has had an excellent season , the compound will be buzzing tonight.Hope the other fanciers down there get a timer

Ypres result 02/07/11 , 948 birds , average distance 445 miles into Lanarkshire 1st D Allison , Burnbank club, vel 1273 2nd Baird & McMillan , vel 1260.8 3rd D & l Young , Uddingston club, vel 1260.4 4th D Watson & Daughter, Cam/Morn , vel 1257 5th Grenfell-Bryce , Carluke club 6th W Boswell , Burnbank club 7th GWP Macaloney, Coatbridge club 8th A McInness,Blantyre club 9th A Stevenson, Uddingston club 10th Eadie & Kelly , Newmains club 11th Baird & McMillan 12th W McDonald , Mosshill club 13th R Watt , Newmains club 14th W Bauld, East Kilbride 15th A Alison ,Lanark 16th Wilson & Cairns, Uddingston club 17th Digain-Klaski,Coatbridge club 18th W Gilchrist ,Newmains club 19th Tallis & McDonagh, Blantyre club 20th J McLean, Newmains club Well done to D Allison on this fine win

Unlucky Martin & Spike just beaten ,the fella Larkin had a cracking race.( That could be you next week) How were the returns? Tom

I personally don't wish to get caught up in the politics of East or West , personally i have never experienced YB losses as we have had the last few years flying in the Lanarkshire down the East route and previously with the Midland down the traditional route. I will go with the majority vote of the Lanarkshire federation meeting. So far this season started with 14 old bird racers racing to Eastbourne 9 left , of which 6 have returned with injuries . Tom Corrie jnr

Good to hear that John,tell your Dad I was asking for him.

Brilliant race for Eadie & Kelly ,one of the best team performances this year from this top loft .

Well done Andy .

Lanarkshire Federation Kelso race 25th June Centre Section 1,2,3 Section , 1,2,3 Federation,GWP Macaloney Coatbridge club, Vel 1182,1181,1181 4th Section , Sharp & Cummings , Coatbridge club 5th Section ,J & S Carswell , Uddingston club East section 1st Section,4th Fed, W M Smart & Son, Newmains club 2nd Section , C McGinty, Motherwell club 3rd Section , J Lawrie & Son ,Newmains club 4th Section, C McGinty,Motherwell club. 5th Section ,J Somerville 6th Section,Lindsay & Henderson, Newmwains club West section 1st D & G Wilson , cambuslang club 2nd P Green, Low waters 3rd D & G Wilson ,Cambuslang 4th P Murphy,Cambuslang 5th A Morrison, Blantyre 6th A Morrison, Blantyre Well done to all who managed to get into the top 45 in the Federation 4th Section Lanarkshire Federation Kelso race 25th June Centre Section 1,2,3 Section , 1,2,3 Federation,GWP Macaloney Coatbridge club, Vel 1182,1181,1181 4th Section , Sharp & Cummings , Coatbridge club 5th Section ,J & S Carswell , Uddingston club East section 1st Section,4th Fed, W M Smart & Son, Newmains club 2nd Section , C McGinty, Motherwell club 3rd Section , J Lawrie & Son ,Newmains club 4th Section, C McGinty,Motherwell club. 5th Section ,J Somerville 6th Section,Lindsay & Henderson, Newmwains club West section 1st D & G Wilson , cambuslang club 2nd P Green, Low waters 3rd D & G Wilson ,Cambuslang 4th P Murphy,Cambuslang 5th A Morrison, Blantyre 6th A Morrison, Blantyre Well done to all who managed to get into the top 45 in the Federation 4th Section

Well done oldyellow , its all in the breeding , and looking at how your birds are reared it doesn't surprise me

What velocity , i will say 1066

Well done martin and Spike , good to see you up with winners. Mick will be round looking for tips.

I personally think the Young Bird National should be from 170miles into the central belt area and should be the week after most Federation last race not two weeks.National shouldn't always be about distance as most Federations only fly to about 160miles and the jump is too much and discourages most to go. The distance would encourage more fanciers to attend and give the birds a chance to home better. People may say that the border birds would only be flying 100miles but again you are looking after the welfare of the birds.

Empathy to those who are awaiting their loft best to return ,these birds are very hard to replace.

Yes Jimmy these two lofts have been excellent taking plenty of fed tickets.