GREENGRASS

outstanding performance from that brave birdand congratulations to mr wilcox waht an achievement, well done also Walker &Wilson on ypur 2nd open.

would also like to say well done to alec roberts of clydebank and big ian lowe from muirhead and ian ross of kirkintilloch who all had birds in to take top positions in the section, big ian timed the hen which won the section for him last year a game little hen bred by jim hannah of blantyre. very well done to all.

you will be making up for lost time just now i take it......................... ;)

were you sober enough to time him in............................................. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

just heard big alf timed his pied cock tonight from alencon at 7.13pm well done big fella.

590 miles phil a super performance

Scottish National Racing Pigeon Club Reims Gold Medal race 28 & 29th June 2008. Probable1st Open, 1ST Section F Stuart Mullan Port Glasgow. Stuarts wife Karen, timed the 4 year old blue pied hen at 9.29 on Sunday morning. Stuart was not expecting pigeons for another couple of hours and had gone to train some other pigeons for races next week. The hen is bred down from pigeons purchased from David Black of Drommore and J & I Alston of Ravenstruther. Previously the hen had flown from Lessay gaining 109th open with the SNRPC. Last year the hen arrived a day late after a hard race from Reims. This year the hen had two races one from Wakefield and one from Wanstead Flats timing from the latter at 10.59. in the SNRPC race. She was sitting ten days on eggs on day of shipping. The hen has already bred a son which topped the Glasgow fed from Newbury last year. Stuart has been a keen national flyer from many years and works tirelessly for club fed and National. As can be seen from this report although the name of the lofts are attributed to Stuart his wife obviously plays a major role in their success. Given the wind situation this is an outstanding performance by the Mullan family and their pigeons. A wee bit reward for all the effort they unselfishly put in at all levels. A superb performance by an out and out pigeon family. Congratulations from all of us at the SNRPC and keep up the good work Karen and Stuart..

another great performance from a brave pigeon and fancier well done.

well done big stuart that is some performance, good bird last week at the fed race from maidstone and now this one again well done mate.

well done to everyone timing birds in this morning great performances, the wind here in glasgow is quite strong from the west and the rain is just starting to fall. brave birds thats for sure.

As you say johno a lot of work has gone into the organisation of getting these birds through the "chunnel" and gordon must be congratulated on his efforts. lets hope it is a good race with good returns for all concerned.

weather looks good so hopefully the returns will be after a few days in the baskets, good luck to all racing today.

Cheers tony starting to brighten up here at the home end, good luck to all who are racing today.

The Caledonian Combine have liberated at 08.40 from Leicester, good luck to everyone racing today.

had 10/11 with Glasgow Fed today from wakefield and returns in general were excellent at clock check.

THE CALEDONIAN COMBINE HAVE LIBERATED AT WAKEFIELD AT 10.15AM INTO A FRESH NORTH EAST WIND. GOOD LUCK TO ALL COMPETING.

really sorry to hear this kenny but think this will be lifted on appeal or before.

found in garden tonight flown out and a small injury to her wing. no federation letters on ring.

ian surely the way forward is basic technology ie a telephone and lets get all these race controllers talking to one another. there are some very good experienced race controllers out there and some inexperienced. the best controllers never get a mention because if we get a good race nobody mentions the lib if we get a bad race we all shout why did he let them go. now having said all that yesterday was a no brainer all the forecasts on all the various sites showed the same, low cloud, mist and rain with poor visibility on the east coast and in the hills. if you have this info and still gamble with a liberation i am afraid there is only one outcome. time to forget about petty feuds and politics because it is the birds welfare that should be paramount. nobody likes to hear about a fed or fancier getting hammered because we all know how that feels and it is not nice. the way forward has to communication between officals of neighbouring organisations.

Glasgow Federation liberating at 09.00am into a light north east wind at wetherby.

Glasgow Federation and the Caledonian combine at Wetherby

my thoughts and prayers are with his family at this very difficult time. RIP tommy.

mick how were you to know what he would turn out like. you were only helping out a new starter from the fair city. i myself gave him some pairs at blackpool and took 10 rings to breed him some youngsters but logged on one night to see a post about how badly he had been treated blah blah blah and then he was having a go at jim bamling and jimmy white because thing were not going how he wanted so his rings went in the bin. i am always willing to help a new starter because of the genorisity which was shown to me when i restarted and i think the fanciers in general would always help someone starting out. i think mixxy sums it up perfectly in his post, some of the best and most generous fanciers live right on his doorstep so maybe we should have dug a little deeper.

well well well brother hession a closet man u fan and now a rangers fan to boot. i thought that was a hi vis vest in the boot of your car but maybe not maybe your sash................... are you booked up for the walk yet................................ 8)

SPOT ON MIKE......... they are like mostly blues and blue w/f and the better ones are not very big at all but they are strong and very fast birds. most of the fanciers who have been racing them over here have had repeat orders in so they must be happy with them.