Novice

Ayrshire liberated at Sedgefield at 06:30. The wind may turn southerly en route.

Quality

Ayrshire federation will liberate from Stobs camp at 11:15

Unless I am mistaken it was the Emerald Classic Loft. Now defunct because of cheating.

Ayrshire are at Carnwath for a trainer on the transporter. Anticipated liberation time is around 13:00.

Can someone please clarify where the birds will be liberated for this race. The latest information I have is that Basingstoke is unsuitable and we are again back to Newbury. If we are at Newbury will we be at the Racecourse?

Heavy rain, windy and poor visibility in Ayrshire.

It's unimportant who is right and who is wrong. Unfortunately some have changed while others have persevered. What is really important is the fact that the details published in the BHW are unlikely to be correct for several organisations leading to confusion. It would be good to use this thread to make as much information as possible available to controllers to avoid the confusion which now exists.

The amended Ayrshire Federation Race Programme for Old Birds is as follows- 20th April-Carnwath (Trainer liberation about 13:00) 21st April-Carnwath (Trainer liberation about 13:00) 27th April- Stobs Camp 1 - Code 208 - Stobs Military Camp 4th May- Otterburn - Code 280 - Otterburn 11th May- Sedgefield - Code 361 - Sedgefield in Durham 18th May- Thirsk - Code 188 - Thirsk 25th May- Wakefield - Code 212 - Wakefield 1st June - Leicester - Code 151 - Leicester 8th June - SNFC Basingstoke - Code 178 15th June - Stobs Camp 2 - Code 208 22nd June - SNFC Maidstone - Code 348 - Maidstone 29th June - Hexham - Code 257 - Hexham 6th July - SNFC Ypres - Code 344 - Ypres

Spot on. I have a mate who waited on his birds at the first race last year with a hot water bottle slung round his neck beneath his jacket.

At the moment Ayrshire have delayed by 1 week now starting 27th April from Stobs Camp. However there are 2 training tosses organised using the transporter from Carnwath on 20th and 21st April. The situation will be reviewed again next week. I will post the most up to date race programme tomorrow.

Sorry to hear this sad news. R.I.P.

Strangely no one has mentioned Fortune Lady yet. The best guy to speak about the Spitalhill pigeon would be Kenny Young as Willie Kelly's partner John Young was his dad.

That would have depended on how the wind direction related to the flight path. We liberated in 5 degrees into a head wind and the racing was pretty poor. Most sensible fanciers kept their birds in the loft.

Has she laid recently?

Thanks for this useful information.

Back home looking for a mate.

More so now than ever before do we need that!

Thanks for that Andy I am having a look but seldom go beyond clicking on portal.

Here is the Ayrshire Federation race program for 2013. I wonder if any other have a race program they would like to post simply to provide race controllers with some advance information. Date Code Racepoint Distance 20th April 208 Stobs Camp 69 Miles 27th April 280 Otterburn 95 Miles 4th May 361 Sedgefield 137 Miles 11th May 188 Thirsk 158 Miles 18th May 212 Wakefield 185 Miles 25th May 167 Newark 230 Miles 1st June 151 Leicester 246 Miles 8th June 241 SNFC Newbury 318 Miles 15th June 208 Stobs Camp 69 Miles 22nd June 348 Maidstone 365 Miles 29th June 257 Hexham 102 Miles 6th July 344 Ypres 450 Miles Young Birds 20th July 285 Carnwath 35 Miles 27th July 208 Stobs Camp 69 Miles 3rd Aug 208 Stobs Camp 69 Miles 10th Aug 280 Otterburn 95 Miles 17th Aug 257 Hexham 102 Miles 24th Aug 361 Sedgefield 137 Miles 31st Aug 257 Hexham 102 Miles 7th Sept 188 Thirsk 158 Miles Thanking anyone who responds in advance.

Tony-thanks for that.

My recollection was that the SHU OLR had their final race. The birds which returned from this were sold at auction in Newmains clubhouse. On the night of the auction the buyer had the choice of taking the bird home or returning it to the Single Loft to compete with the SNFC. Therefore the name on any result or trophy was the name of the guy who bought the pigeon at auction. This may have been the original breeder or someone completely remote.

Quality with a capital Q

The bid was not acknowledged by the auctioneer and, as such, is invalid. Had the bid been acknowledged I would have bid again but was denied the opportunity. The final decision was unfair and this will be my last bid on any "basics" auctions.

Hi someone is at the madam here. I was winning lot 11 at £80 and never saw an increased bid of £85 or I would have bid again. This is definately not on and will be the last time I bid on any lot on this site. This is almost as crooked as some of the Blackpool auctions.