Rooster J. Cogburn

ye joking Derek? Far too many doos!!!they attract all kindae undesirables when they are out touring the skies.Even had a wee runty stray fi Kirkintilloch in wi them at the start ae the year Only joking Derek it was a nice wee cock that.

been training 21 for it will pick from them nearer the time just short of 447 to us

very well done Dale

well done Walter

well done men

well done all wasnae a day for doo racing ma dad left his work in Carlisle around 3 and it was pelting off the ground all the way up the M74 from ecclefechan to Avonbrig

Hope yous get her John and get that award she just missed out on last year

thanks very much John Will enjoy it while it lasts could easily be a very different feeling next weekend Glad yous are in this morning John,did ye have the good hen away?

Same to yerself Alf Theres too many I want to say well done tae on here to list,but congratulations and it sounds like ye had a toppin night

aye thats the one Martin hoping to get him back into Clermont

av no slept well the last three nights,considering a couple ae valium Well done again

Thanks John Av ma fingers and toes crossed ye get yer hen the morra morning

very well done Dale

Thank you for all the comments Delighted and pleased ma dad got to see them after rushing up from Carlisle.He doesnae get to spend as much time with the birds as he'd like and as a result the performances sometimes suffer,pleased him and Wee Billy got to see them

Cheers Scotty Cheers Martin dark pied cock first Ugly chequer at the back of him,I kinnae frightened her a bit and she took a turn then dropped in

Cheers Davy,am down the road for a sh*te just heading back up Cheers Stevie,well done on timing yer good hen yet again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaXRm36lq5s Best of luck to all competing

Hope of Eastriggs 1967 winner doing 1645ypm

I've got the same tape,but not got a video player Visited his loft and the Conroy Bros in 2001.He was the best then and the best now.

This is a conversation for another day Well done the Maidstone winners and a special well done to my tip for the top during the winter-Scott Morrison

Lanarkshire are still the largest fed in the country the difference between them compared to other feds is the others tend to tailor their programmes towards the nationals. Drag could be swayed but from what I read on here most days its the attitude of the fanciers that has a lot to do with it.These fanciers have themselves beaten before the birds are even in a basket and thats in the fed and in the nationals. Section B may lie in the east but if you were an outsider looking at the work their pigeons have had prior to the inland races with no knowledge of location at all.This is the sections birds you'd out your money on everytime?? Back to what I stated early about areas dominating.This is not based on just one race but if you take for instance Dundee compared to Lanarkshire and look at their controllers,who are slandered weekly on here for very different reasons.Which controller's fed are having arguably their best ever spell in national racing and which controller's fed are having their worst since they took over?? Just to clarify I personally have nothing but admiration and respect for these two fanciers and wouldn't publicly slander anyone doing these jobs,its just an observation and perhaps a reason why one location's national positions are improving each year and the other is getting worst??

Think if you look closely at most SNFC results of the last few years the areas that dominate do tend to lie in the "best position" they also have more races in their programme,further YB races and more races over 200 miles etc etc. as well as controllers who take what could be percieved as risks with the birds regarding liberations. All this leads to fanciers in these areas having better pigeons in my opinion I have results here yellow with age in which the West section have 80 birds in the top 100.Why then and not now?

Top man

1 in 49 for next year??

Well done folks