Blue Chequer Pied

Hi Archie, Would you be able to e-mail me one please, a couple of members of our club are not using ETS this year and nobody has any. Thanks, Paul. ( I will pm you my e-mail when I get a reply)

This was covered on 'River monsters' with Jeremy Wade where one of these fish had attacked someone and made off with the crown jewels!

North of Scotland Federation Perth 1 Young Birds flown on 28/07/2012 61 Members Liberated 1173 birds in a Light West Wind Fed Section Name Club Ring Number S Distance Time Velocity M Y H M S 1 E1 A HIGGINS Fr. & District SU12NE2238 C 104 1258 2 9 8.0 1427.192 2 E2 G DUTHIE Fr. & District SU12NE2901 C 105 1555 2 11 14.0 1420.028 3 E3 G TAYLOR Phd. & District SU12NE2032 H 98 1307 2 2 44.0 1415.972 4 E4 G TAYLOR Phd. & District SU12NE2042 C 98 1307 2 2 52.0 1414.436 5 E5 G TAYLOR Phd. & District SU12NE2081 H 98 1307 2 3 1.0 1412.711 6 E6 G GIBB Fr. & District SU12NE3158 H 105 1179 2 11 42.0 1412.141 7 E7 G DUTHIE Fr. & District SU12NE2946 H 105 1555 2 12 17.0 1408.756 8 E8 D HAY Phd. & District SU12NE1409 C 97 1559 2 3 10.0 1398.747 9 E9 MASKAME & MACKIE Phd. & District SU12NE156 C 98 160 2 3 33.0 1397.329 10 E10 MASKAME & MACKIE Phd. & District SU12NE85 C 98 160 2 3 35.0 1396.952 11 E11 MASKAME & MACKIE Phd. & District SU12NE160 C 98 160 2 3 38.0 1396.387 12 E12 MR & MRS W WHYTE Fr. & District SU12AB3147 C 105 1553 2 13 32.0 1395.554 13 E13 G DUTHIE Fr. & District SU12NE2928 C 105 1555 2 14 18.0 1387.602 14 E14 G GIBB Fr. & District SU12NE3153 C 105 1179 2 14 38.0 1381.374 15 E15 J & A DONALDSON Phd. & District IHU12S439 C 98 366 2 5 13.0 1380.375 16 E16 J & A DONALDSON Phd. & District IHU12S433 C 98 366 2 5 35.0 1376.345 17 E17 D HAY Phd. & District SU12NE1395 C 97 1559 2 6 2.0 1366.932 18 E18 C & M WILLIAMS Phd. & District SU12NE213 C 94 257 2 1 15.0 1366.573 19 E19 C & M WILLIAMS Phd. & District SU12NE264 C 94 257 2 1 31.0 1363.574 20 E20 D HAY Phd. & District SU12NE1414 C 97 1559 2 6 22.0 1363.326 21 E21 C & M WILLIAMS Phd. & District SU12NE320 H 94 257 2 1 49.0 1360.216 22 E22 J & A DONALDSON Phd. & District IHU12S440 H 98 366 2 7 41.0 1353.708 23 E23 MR & MRS W WHYTE Fr. & District SU12AB3160 C 105 1553 2 17 47.0 1352.508 24 E24 A HIGGINS Fr. & District SU12NE3262 H 104 1258 2 17 58.0 1335.815 25 E25 A HIGGINS Fr. & District SU12NE2241 H 104 1258 2 21 23.0 1303.534 26 E26 MR & MRS W WHYTE Fr. & District SU12AB3146 C 105 1553 2 23 11.0 1301.499 27 E27 W HENDERSON Fr. West End SU12NE8211 H 104 441 2 21 25.0 1297.450 28 E28 A FOSTER Inverurie SU12NE4990 C 73 168 1 41 4.8 1272.726 29 E29 J DICKIE Fr. West End SU12NE7962 C 104 1244 2 25 12.0 1269.174 30 E30 R H WHYTE Phd. & District SU12NE1507 C 99 562 2 18 8.0 1265.458 Fed Section Name Club Ring Number S Distance Time Velocity M Y H M S East Section 25 members sent 486 birds 1 1 A HIGGINS Fr. & District SU12NE2238 C 104 1258 2 9 8.0 1427.192 2 2 G DUTHIE Fr. & District SU12NE2901 C 105 1555 2 11 14.0 1420.028 3 3 G TAYLOR Phd. & District SU12NE2032 H 98 1307 2 2 44.0 1415.972 4 4 G TAYLOR Phd. & District SU12NE2042 C 98 1307 2 2 52.0 1414.436 5 5 G TAYLOR Phd. & District SU12NE2081 H 98 1307 2 3 1.0 1412.711 6 6 G GIBB Fr. & District SU12NE3158 H 105 1179 2 11 42.0 1412.141 7 7 G DUTHIE Fr. & District SU12NE2946 H 105 1555 2 12 17.0 1408.756 8 8 D HAY Phd. & District SU12NE1409 C 97 1559 2 3 10.0 1398.747 9 9 MASKAME & MACKIE Phd. & District SU12NE156 C 98 160 2 3 33.0 1397.329 10 10 MASKAME & MACKIE Phd. & District SU12NE85 C 98 160 2 3 35.0 1396.952 West Section 36 members sent 687 birds 31 1 A FULTON Devern Valley SU12NE6930 C 95 382 2 14 49.0 1243.036 33 2 A FULTON Devern Valley SU12NE6907 C 95 382 2 14 50.0 1242.883 32 3 A FULTON Devern Valley SU12NE6928 C 95 382 2 14 50.0 1242.883 34 4 A MILNE Devern Valley SU12NE6597 H 94 617 2 14 17.0 1236.617 35 5 A MILNE Devern Valley SU12NE6544 C 94 617 2 14 18.0 1236.463 36 6 A MILNE Devern Valley SU12NE6543 H 94 617 2 14 19.0 1236.310 37 7 N RAYMOND Devern Valley SU12NE6735 C 94 473 2 15 3.0 1228.530 39 8 N RAYMOND Devern Valley SU12NE6732 C 94 473 2 15 51.0 1221.296 38 9 N RAYMOND Devern Valley SU12NE6754 C 94 473 2 15 51.0 1221.296 40 10 J & M SMITH Devern Valley SU12NE6782 C 94 819 2 16 11.0 1220.847 Clubs First Bird A HIGGINS Fr. & District SU12NE2238 1427.192 G TAYLOR Phd. & District SU12NE2032 1415.972 W HENDERSON Fr. West End SU12NE8211 1297.450 A FOSTER Inverurie SU12NE4990 1272.726 A FULTON Devern Valley SU12NE6930 1243.036 A CRUICKSHANK Keith SU12NE8956 1095.106 J REID Buckie & District SU12NE6216 1037.727 D FEAKS Elgin & District SU12NE7049 876.612 P THOMSON Forres SU12NE7700 787.989 WELL DONE TO A HIGGINS ON TOPPING THE FED.

Happy birthday pal, hope you have a great day :emoticon-0167-beer: :emoticon-0123-party:

North of Scotland Federation Brechin 1 Young Birds flown on 21/07/2012 63 Members Liberated 1562 birds in a Light WNW Wind Fed Section Name Club Ring Number S Distance Time Velocity M Y H M S 1 E1 C & M WILLIAMS Phd. & District SU12NE273 H 58 351 1 15 47.0 1351.630 2 E2 D HAY Phd. & District SU12NE1433 H 61 1729 1 21 13.0 1343.185 3 E3 G TAYLOR Phd. & District SU12NE2004 C 62 1469 1 22 29.0 1340.744 4 E4 C & M WILLIAMS Phd. & District SU12NE264 C 58 351 1 16 24.0 1340.720 6 E6 G DUTHIE Fr. & District SU12NE2918 C 71 36 1 33 18.0 1339.721 5 E5 G DUTHIE Fr. & District SU12NE2908 C 71 36 1 33 18.0 1339.721 7 E7 G DUTHIE Fr. & District SU12NE2931 H 71 36 1 33 19.0 1339.482 8 E8 G GIBB Fr. & District SU12NE3157 C 70 1380 1 33 7.0 1337.892 9 E9 G GIBB Fr. & District SU12NE3156 C 70 1380 1 33 9.0 1337.413 10 E10 G GIBB Fr. & District SU12NE3161 C 70 1380 1 33 12.0 1336.695 11 E11 D HAY Phd. & District SU12NE1388 C 61 1729 1 22 0.0 1330.354 12 E12 G TAYLOR Phd. & District SU12NE2073 C 62 1469 1 23 25.0 1325.742 13 E13 G TAYLOR Phd. & District SU12NE2032 H 62 1469 1 23 26.0 1325.477 14 E14 D HAY Phd. & District SU12NE1400 C 61 1729 1 22 26.0 1323.360 15 E15 MASKAME & MACKIE Phd. & District SU12NE94 C 62 543 1 23 12.0 1318.065 16 E16 MASKAME & MACKIE Phd. & District SU12NE95 C 62 543 1 23 13.0 1317.801 17 E17 C & M WILLIAMS Phd. & District SU12NE213 C 58 351 1 18 7.0 1311.257 18 E18 C DONALDSON Phd. & District SU12NE506 H 62 869 1 24 35.0 1300.363 19 E19 C DONALDSON Phd. & District SU12NE525 H 62 869 1 24 38.0 1299.594 20 E20 C DONALDSON Phd. & District SU12NE504 H 62 869 1 24 40.0 1299.083 21 E21 MASKAME & MACKIE Phd. & District SU12NE17 H 62 543 1 24 46.0 1293.704 22 E22 A W BUCHAN Fr. & District SU12NE2300 C 70 217 1 36 26.0 1279.817 24 E24 J & A DONALDSON Phd. & District IHU12S449 C 62 561 1 28 15.0 1242.844 23 E23 J & A DONALDSON Phd. & District IHU12S433 C 62 561 1 28 15.0 1242.844 25 E25 J & A DONALDSON Phd. & District IHU12S440 H 62 561 1 28 18.0 1242.140 26 E26 W MASSON Fr. & District SU12NE2625 H 70 1622 1 41 11.0 1233.622 27 E27 A W BUCHAN Fr. & District SU12NE2297 C 70 217 1 40 58.0 1222.354 28 E28 J DICKIE Fr. West End SU12NE7992 H 71 257 1 42 42.0 1219.250 29 E29 J DICKIE Fr. West End SU12NE7970 H 71 257 1 43 27.0 1210.411 30 E30 J DICKIE Fr. West End SU12NE7999 H 71 257 1 43 58.0 1204.396 Fed Section Name Club Ring Number S Distance Time Velocity M Y H M S East Section 25 members sent 715 birds 1 1 C & M WILLIAMS Phd. & District SU12NE273 H 58 351 1 15 47.0 1351.630 2 2 D HAY Phd. & District SU12NE1433 H 61 1729 1 21 13.0 1343.185 3 3 G TAYLOR Phd. & District SU12NE2004 C 62 1469 1 22 29.0 1340.744 4 4 C & M WILLIAMS Phd. & District SU12NE264 C 58 351 1 16 24.0 1340.720 6 5 G DUTHIE Fr. & District SU12NE2918 C 71 36 1 33 18.0 1339.721 5 6 G DUTHIE Fr. & District SU12NE2908 C 71 36 1 33 18.0 1339.721 7 7 G DUTHIE Fr. & District SU12NE2931 H 71 36 1 33 19.0 1339.482 8 8 G GIBB Fr. & District SU12NE3157 C 70 1380 1 33 7.0 1337.892 9 9 G GIBB Fr. & District SU12NE3156 C 70 1380 1 33 9.0 1337.413 10 10 G GIBB Fr. & District SU12NE3161 C 70 1380 1 33 12.0 1336.695 West Section 38 members sent 847 birds 34 1 J & M SMITH Devern Valley SU12NE6794 C 65 399 1 41 52.0 1126.954 35 2 A MILNE Devern Valley SU12NE6542 H 64 1200 1 43 5.0 1104.349 36 3 A MILNE Devern Valley SU12NE6541 C 64 1200 1 43 10.0 1103.457 37 4 A MILNE Devern Valley SU12NE6534 H 64 1200 1 43 12.0 1103.101 38 5 A FULTON Devern Valley SU12NE6941 H 65 391 1 44 59.0 1093.421 39 6 A FULTON Devern Valley SU12NE6901 C 65 391 1 45 12.0 1091.169 40 7 A WILSON Devern Valley GB12N12929 H 65 1154 1 47 34.0 1074.255 41 8 A WILSON Devern Valley GB12L28321 C 65 1154 1 47 40.0 1073.257 42 9 A WILSON Devern Valley SU12NE7644 C 65 1154 1 48 26.0 1065.669 43 10 J ABEL Devern Valley SU12NE6377 C 65 1492 1 49 2.0 1062.904 Clubs First Bird C & M WILLIAMS Phd. & District SU12NE273 1351.630 G DUTHIE Fr. & District SU12NE2908 1339.721 J DICKIE Fr. West End SU12NE7992 1219.250 J & M SMITH Devern Valley SU12NE6794 1126.954 A ROBB Inverurie SU12NE5660 1029.665 MURPHY & REID Keith SU12NE5353 1002.552 J REID Buckie & District SU12NE6212 985.569 A FLETT Elgin & District SU12NE3718 919.078 P THOMSON Forres SU12NE7705 818.503 WELL DONE TO C & M WILLIAMS ON TOPPING THE FED.

That's great news Andy, congratulations to you and Seona :emoticon-0123-party: Regards, Paul.

well done Stuart, great flying and well done Alec Rae another great race :emoticon-0137-clapping:

Hi Dave, I am in Forres and most of the members in my club are in Inverness. I will pm you my phone number and you can give me a bell. Regards, Paul.

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Quite amusing isn't it . Do as we say not as we do.... be careful what you wish for as is coming home to roost.

Happy birthday Susan

Spooky! I think you are haunted

Good news, well done

Absolutely marvellous, how many kids out there would benefit from this. It could change so many lives. A real breath of fresh air :emoticon-0137-clapping:

Well done Alec, another great performance All the best, Paul.

Well done mate that is good going

Well done mate

Boycot them and go elsewhere!

Best of luck lads, thats real distance racing

Going by a famous quote I would send him 'it is a crime to send them when they are not right and an even bigger crime not to send them when they are'

Stuart I know what you mean. I have experienced the worst training imaginable in the last two years with yb's. I could fill pages on it. This year I decided to do it all differently and it takes a lot of time and effort. I have never been a fan of marker rings but when I was at the spring exchange I bought 6 different colours and have split my team into 6 lots of 10 each with different coloured rings. I vowed last year I would never toss all my yb's together in a batch again. The other thing I do is I only ever take half of them with me at any one time ( boot space limits it but I am happy about it). I always put them up in batches with the thinking that if something happens to one batch it is not affecting the whole team. It adds time to every toss but it is helping as this time last year I had lost half my team. I think the smaller batches are a smaller target aswell. I have had some tough tosses and different batches have got into bother at different times but it seems to be better all round. I also have tried to avoid areas where there may be pigeons flying about (easier for me where I am than most people granted). Another thing I have changed is the desire to get distance with them. They have only been approx 20 miles and have had 8 or 9 tosses each. I don't know if it will work or make a huge difference in the long-run but I was not prepared to just keep doing what I had always done. We need to look at things differently as the days of tossing 40 youngbirds in a batch and them coming in a batch time in time out are well and truly gone.

North of Scotland Federation Battle Old Birds flown on 30/06/2012 52 Members Liberated 258 birds in a Moderate South West Wind with Broken Cloud Fed Section Name Club Ring Number S Distance Time Velocity M Y H M S 1 E1 R HIGGINS Fr. West End SU10NE40 H 480 288 9 0 47.0 1562.711 2 E2 R HIGGINS Fr. West End GB11N83627 H 480 288 9 0 53.0 1562.422 3 E3 MR & MRS R MCDONALD Fr. & District SU11NE3376 C 476 684 9 10 19.0 1523.566 4 E4 A & M GEDDES Phd. & District SU10NE8321 C 466 463 9 8 40.0 1495.668 5 E5 D HAY Phd. & District SU11NE2792 H 465 1305 9 11 50.0 1485.421 6 E6 W MASSON Fr. & District SU09NE6121 C 478 1271 9 28 1.0 1483.321 7 E7 W MASSON Fr. & District SU11NE3635 H 478 1271 9 28 13.0 1482.799 8 E8 J & A DONALDSON Phd. & District SU11NE2664 H 466 70 9 14 44.0 1478.602 9 E9 A W BUCHAN Fr. & District SU10NE6198 C 477 826 9 29 34.0 1475.413 10 E10 R HIGGINS Fr. West End SU10NE11 C 480 288 9 33 39.0 1473.177 11 E11 A B GEDDES Fr. & District SU08NE7633 H 478 1165 9 32 20.0 1471.948 12 E12 J STRACHAN Fr. & District SU11ML4238 C 478 1154 9 35 22.0 1464.169 13 E13 MR & MRS R MCDONALD Fr. & District SU11NE3434 C 476 684 9 35 1.0 1458.121 14 E14 W MASSON Fr. & District SU11NE3601 H 478 1271 9 39 1.0 1455.141 15 E15 G GIBB Fr. & District SU11NE4191 H 478 1263 9 39 14.0 1454.583 16 E16 MR & MRS R MCDONALD Fr. & District SU11NE3335 C 476 684 9 36 37.0 1454.075 17 E17 MASKAME & MACKIE Phd. & District SU11NE1597 H 466 951 9 25 16.0 1452.608 18 E18 R HIGGINS Fr. West End SU11NE9030 H 480 288 9 42 46.0 1450.131 19 E19 A & M GEDDES Phd. & District SU10NE8319 H 466 463 9 26 11.0 1449.394 20 E20 C DONALDSON Phd. & District SU10NE8210 H 465 1702 9 26 10.0 1448.517 21 E21 MASKAME & MACKIE Phd. & District SU11NE1598 C 466 951 9 27 16.0 1447.487 22 E22 J & A DONALDSON Phd. & District SU11NE2635 H 466 70 9 26 45.0 1447.252 23 E23 J & A DONALDSON Phd. & District SU11NE2674 H 466 70 9 26 53.0 1446.911 24 E24 C & D MCDOUGALL Phd. & District SU11NE5094 C 467 1025 9 34 3.0 1433.577 25 E25 G WILLOX Phd. & District SU10NE1064 H 465 1278 9 32 23.0 1432.044 26 E26 C & D MCDOUGALL Phd. & District SU10NE7543 C 467 1025 9 35 42.0 1429.468 27 E27 A & M GEDDES Phd. & District SU10NE8303 C 466 463 9 35 41.0 1425.476 28 E28 I BUCHAN Phd. & District SU11NE1141 C 463 983 9 37 48.0 1412.016 29 E29 I BUCHAN Phd. & District SU11NE1092 H 463 983 9 40 45.0 1404.844 30 E30 R BARCLAY Fr. West End SU10NE180 C 480 723 10 3 29.0 1401.071 Fed Section Name Club Ring Number S Distance Time Velocity M Y H M S East Section 31 members sent 205 birds 1 1 R HIGGINS Fr. West End SU10NE40 H 480 288 9 0 47.0 1562.711 2 2 R HIGGINS Fr. West End GB11N83627 H 480 288 9 0 53.0 1562.422 3 3 MR & MRS R MCDONALD Fr. & District SU11NE3376 C 476 684 9 10 19.0 1523.566 4 4 A & M GEDDES Phd. & District SU10NE8321 C 466 463 9 8 40.0 1495.668 5 5 D HAY Phd. & District SU11NE2792 H 465 1305 9 11 50.0 1485.421 6 6 W MASSON Fr. & District SU09NE6121 C 478 1271 9 28 1.0 1483.321 7 7 W MASSON Fr. & District SU11NE3635 H 478 1271 9 28 13.0 1482.799 8 8 J & A DONALDSON Phd. & District SU11NE2664 H 466 70 9 14 44.0 1478.602 9 9 A W BUCHAN Fr. & District SU10NE6198 C 477 826 9 29 34.0 1475.413 10 10 R HIGGINS Fr. West End SU10NE11 C 480 288 9 33 39.0 1473.177 West Section 21 members sent 53 birds 31 1 R RICHARDS Elgin & District SU10NE2901 C 490 742 10 57 9.0 1313.463 32 2 A FULTON Devern Valley SU11NE7919 H 483 430 11 17 42.0 1254.995 33 3 A WILSON Devern Valley SU10NE4943 H 483 920 11 18 12.0 1254.792 34 4 A FULTON Devern Valley SU11NE7925 H 483 430 11 25 57.0 1239.901 35 5 A WILSON Devern Valley SU10NE5854 C 483 920 11 35 0.0 1224.460 37 6 A RITCHIE Devern Valley SU11NE7477 C 484 1742 11 50 12.0 1201.890 38 7 A WILSON Devern Valley SU10NE5864 C 483 920 12 57 35.0 1094.416 39 8 A FULTON Devern Valley SU10NE5419 H 483 430 13 43 23.0 1032.945 40 9 D COULL Buckie & District SU09NE8574 H 488 865 14 14 41.0 1005.922 41 10 J REID Buckie & District SU09NE8815 H 485 810 14 29 31.0 982.626 Clubs First Bird R HIGGINS Fr. West End SU10NE40 1562.711 MR & MRS R MCDONALD Fr. & District SU11NE3376 1523.566 A & M GEDDES Phd. & District SU10NE8321 1495.668 R RICHARDS Elgin & District SU10NE2901 1313.463 A FULTON Devern Valley SU11NE7919 1254.995 E & N YULE Inverurie SU10NE1848 1201.954 D COULL Buckie & District SU09NE8574 1005.922 WELL DONE TO R HIGGINS ON TOPPING THE FED.

Great performance