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Update on Yb's that are sold.......1, 2, 8, 9 & 10. Here are just some of my results so far for season 2009 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th & 14th Club; 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 23rd, 25th & 27th Federation. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 9th & 11th Club; 1st, 2nd, 7th & 15th Federation. 1st Club; 1st Federation. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 7th Club; 3rd, 10th & 11th Federation. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th, 9th & 11th Club; 16th, 17th, 19th & 22nd Federation. 1st Club; 9th Federation. 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th & 8th Club; awaiting Federation positions. 2nd, 4th, 7th & 10th Club; 9th, 13th & 20th Federation. Regards, Colin.

I would like to donate Yb 9 to the Aberdeen Fire Fund. If this yb is sold all monies will go to our very own Ian McKay. Colin.

Yb 8 is now sold. Thanks, Colin.

For Sale I offer the following batch of quality latebreds for sale. All are bred in my stock loft, which has produced numerous prize winners for myself and others. Most of them are bred from my Gaby Vandenabeele bloodlines, with one or two crosses, either Janssen or F & A Tasker lines. Yb's 1 & 2 Sire: Bred by F & A Tasker. Direct son from "Blue King" when paired to "Blue Princess". He contains some of the best Willy Thas and M & G Casaert bloodlines. "Blue Princess" is a half sister to their super hen, winner of 1st NRCC National 2006 plus more than 20 top prizes in Open, National & Federation racing. Dam: Bred by D Atkin (Dam of my SHU Centenary medal winner) This lovely hen is bred from the best of Dave's top CWLG bloodlines. Some of these lines include "Glamourboy", "Gentil", "Boy", "Queen", "Rambo", Classic Cock", "Blue Gem" to name just a few. She has bred 3 x 1st Club and 2 x 1st Federation winners for me, not to mention other prizes. ***My most recent 1st Federation winner was bred from this pair*** Price: £45 each. Yb's 3 & 4 Sire: Bred by M & D Evans, Myrtle Lofts. Direct son from "Jester 74" who is direct from the world famous breeders at Myrtle Lofts "Jester" x "Carrie", when paired to "Going for Gold". Top class Gaby bloodlines when you consider the grand parents, "Jester" x "Carrie" and "Benetton" x "Devon". Dam: Bred by D & J Hawkins, Field View Lofts. She is bred from two of their top breeders "Moscow Flyer" x "Snowdrop". Both are responsible for producing winners at Club, Federation, Classic, Open and National level. Grand parents include "Golden Boy", "Amber Louise" & "Zoon Benetton". These two ybs contain some of the best M & D Evans bloodlines available. Price: £45 each. Yb 5 Sire: Bred by F & A Tasker. This must be one of my best Tasker birds at stock, not only in looks but also in breeding. He is bred direct from "Professor Paul" when paired to their super hen "Olympia". "Professor Paul" was one of the last breeders Frank received from Paul Haelterman, bred from "De Kolonel" x "0802 hen. Their super hen "Olympia" was a winner of numerous top prizes at all levels including 1st NRCC Dunbar 2006. Dam: Bred by Mrs C Lycett & Son. This top class hen has bred 7 x 1st prize winners for myself and other fanciers, she must rank as one of my top Gaby breeding hens without a doubt. She is bred direct from "Hillcroft Sensation" paired to "Hagrids Sister" who is a full sister to "Going for Gold". Grand parents include "Schone Wittenbuik" x "The Golden Hen", "Benetton" x "Devon". Gaby bloodlines at their best. Price: £50 Yb's 6 & 7 Sire: Bred by D Atkin. (Sire of my SHU Centenary medal winner) Bred from the best of Dave's top class CWLG bloodlines. He contains top lines such as "Classic Cock", "Top Gun", "National Hen", Dark Velvet", "Grey Bullet", "Tame 21", "Blue Gem" to name just a few. He is responsible for numerous prize winners for myself including 3 x 1st Clubs and 2 x 1st Federation winners. Dam: Bred by M & D Evans, Myrtle Lofts. This lovely Gaby hen is a grand daughter of the following top breeders at Myrtle Lofts "Benetton" x "Lady Spirit", "Golden Boy" x "Hannah". She is already responsible for prize winners including 1st Federation 2008. Top class hen!!! Price: £45 each. Yb 8 Sire: "Nevada", bred by Syndicate Lofts. One of my top Gaby stock cocks, being a direct son from champion breeder "Blue Diamond", when paired to "Marita". "Nevada" is an awesome pigeon in everyway and he breeds winning birds. ***See my website for further details on "Nevada"*** Dam: Bred by M & D Evans, Myrtle Lofts. This Gaby hen oozes class, which is no surprise when you consider her breeding. She is direct from "Dark Wittenbuik" when paired to "Golden Carrie", grand parents being "Jonge Wittenbuik" x "Dochter Barry" and "Golden Gaby" x "Carrie". Gaby bloodlines don't come much better than this. This pair are breeding birds to score right through to National level. Price: £60 Yb 9 Sire: "Double Shadow", Bred by J Walker. He is a double grandson of champion breeder at Myrtle Lofts "Shadow". "Shadow" is responsible for generations of winning pigeons at the very highest level. The parents of "Double Shadow" were sold for a very large sum of money, when you consider the grand parents it's no surprise, "Shadow" x "Carrie Black" and "Shadow" x "Pure Gold". Top class Gaby bloodlines. Dam: Bred by Mrs C Lycett & Son. This lovely hen is bred direct from what was one of their top breeding cocks "Golden Nuts" when paired to a daughter of "Blauwen National" x "National Girl". "Golden Nuts" is a son of the world famous breeding couple "Jester" x "Carrie" who are responsible for generations of winning pigeons . Price: £50 Yb 10 Sire: Bred by M & D Evans, Myrtle Lofts. Direct son from top pigeons "Jack the Lad" x "Kimberley". Both birds containing top quality Gaby bloodlines, grand parents "Maclaren" x "Saffron" and "Zoon Favoriet" x "Cyriela". "Kimberley" is grand mother to 1st UNC National Maidstone 14,700 birds, she is sister to the sire of champion "Home Alone". Then you have "Maclaren" who is grandsire to 1st Open National NFC 10,148 birds. This cock is sure to breed quality pigeons. Dam: Bred by M & D Evans, Myrtle Lofts. This hen is one of the finest Gaby hens I have ever handled or ever owned, she is pure class. She is a direct daughter of top breeder/racer "Legend", son of champion "Eisenhower" paired to "Golden Lady". "Legend" is a winner of 19 prizes before being bought back at auction by M & D Evans, outstanding racer. The dam of this class hen is "Julie" who was bred by Koen Minderhoud from champion "Broeckx Doffer" x "Blauw 742". I'm sure this hen would grace any breeding loft in the country. Price: £50 Yb 11 Sire: Bred by J Cornes, Galaxy Lofts. Top class breeder from two of Galaxy Lofts top producers "Ronker Galaxy" x "Lady Wittenbuik". Consider the quality of the grand parents and g/grand parents "Ronker", "Belinda", "Wittenbuik", "Lady Blue", "Playboy", "Kleinen" to name a few. This lovely cock is already responsible for numerous prize winners and is sure to continue. Dam: Bred by M & D Evans, Myrtle Lofts. She is a direct daughter of champion racer "Home Alone", who was a top prize winner in Belgium before being sold at auction. Only raced as a yb and a yearling, winning 20 times on the result. The dam of this lovely hen is "Carrie 2000", direct daughter of the world famous breeding couple "Jester" x "Carrie" who are responsible for generations of winning pigeons, need I say anymore?? Price: £50. Most of the ybs will be ready by the end of August, some before. Visit my website for further details and my latest results. PM if interested, sold on a first come first served basis. No time wasters please. Regards, Colin.

Good luck guys. It'll take a brave youngster to fly in these winds, I thought yesterday was bad, this is like a winters day..........here comes the rain as well to crown it off. Thank goodness there's plenty footie on today......Happy days!!!! :) Come on the mighty Liverpool !!!!

Been raining all morning on the outskirts of Edinburgh, finally it's starting to brighten. In fact, I can see the sunshine breaking through. :) :) Happy days!!!

A huge well done!!! Nice to see the younger members winning.......bit like myself ;D ;D ;D

41/43 Scottish Central from Coldstream. Really pleased with the returns......roll on next week.

I've been through at Muttleys a few times and believe me he makes top class fittings!!! When you see what's on sale at Blackpool his boxes etc are up there with the best.......without a doubt. Colin.

I used the TauRIS system for over three years and found it to be pretty good, but with moving clubs this year I now use Unikon and must say I find it to be a more user friendly system. At the time the TauRIS system was okay for the money but if circumstances in my old club had been different then it would have been Unikon from the offset.......such is life!!! :X :X :X

Yes, well done to my fellow club member Mr Mark Doran. Absolutely brilliant flying!!! Must ask him what he's doing with the late breds from them.....Mmmmmmm ;)

What a fantastic result !!!! Well done Dave.

Now Sold pending payment. Thanks!!

Pair 2 still available, ready in a few days. I'll reduce them to £75 the pair. First come first served.

Pair 1 are now sold. Pair 2 still available. Sensible offers considered.

It gets even better!!! Another two reported and handed in yesterday, plus one returned the day before that. So I'm now down to a respectable number still missing.......thank goodness!! Looks like they have been hit by something as they were scattered to the four corners. Colin.

Sent you a PM. Colin.

Here are the parents of the four young birds. The first two being Pair 1 followed by Pair 2. There has been some interest in the birds, but all still available. Colin.

Pair 1. The Sire & Dam have only been in the stock loft for two seasons and have already produced birds to win or score at Club, Fed & Combine level. Their 1st yb last year won 1st Club, 3rd Fed this year. Pair 2. The Sire has produced 6 x 1st prize winners for myself and an other fancier with two different hens. This is the 1st year in the stock loft for the Dam as she is a retired race bird. She was a very consistent pigeon on the road, winner of numerous prizes, plus Dam to 1st Pentland Federation while in the race lofts. I will consider any reasonable offers for the ybs. Colin.

For Sale I offer the following four young birds for sale straight from my stock loft. These are the last remaining young birds of 2009 before I close down for the season. Pair 1. Sire: "Young Excalibur" - Bred by Comb. Colijn & Ganus. He contains the best of Ad Schaerlaeckens bloodlines, with the "Golden Mattens" on both side. This family have bred lots of winners all over the world. Dam: Bred by M&D Evans, Myrtle Lofts. She is a direct dgtr from "Last Chance" x "Gold Shadow". When you consider the grand parents, they don't come much better, "Don Juan" x "Justina", "Shadow" x "Pure Gold". "Don Juan" being a full brother to the world famous "Wittenbuik". Top class Gaby bloodlines!!!! Ready 10 - 14 days. Price: £50 each. Pair 2. Sire: Bred by Mrs C Lycett & Son. Direct son from their top racer/breeder "Obble", now with Chris Little. His father won 1st Open MNFC La Ferte Bernard, plus a car. "Obble" was paired to one of their best stock hens "Cassie", who in turn is bred from the world famous breeding couple "Jester" x "Carrie", responsible for hundreds of winners. Dam: Bred by Graeme Warman. Direct dgtr from "Trojan" when paired to "Echo". "Trojan" being a direct son from top breeding cock "Logan" when paired to a dgtr of "Shadow" x "Devon". "Echo" is bred from the famous breeding couple "Jester" x "Carrie". Ready 7 - 10 days. Price: £50 each. ***Pictures of all parents can be viewed on my website*** PM if interested. No time wasters please. Some highlights 2009 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 9th, 11th Club; 1st, 2nd, 7th, 15th Fed. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th Club; 3rd, 10th, 11th Fed. 1st Club; 1st Fed. 1st Club; 9th Fed. 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th Club; 9th, 13th, 20th Fed. Thanks, Colin.

Thankfully most of the birds have returned. Still a handful missing, but I can live with that considering the way it was looking on Thursday night. I've certainly a few more grey hairs after that experience. Colin.

Help required!!! It had to happen, disastrous training spin in the Edinburgh - Lothian area yesterday. Ring nos begin from SU.09.CA.31xx onwards. Every yb has a telephone ring on, so could I please ask if you get any in that you call the number......this would be much appreciated. Who know's where they could be now?? Totally pig sick!!!! Thanks, Colin.

Thanks for your comments guys, but Ian you know my modelling days are over. Adam was totally chuffed with his new strip and so were the other boys, they looked fantastic. The club are planning to have the older boys kitted out for the start of the new season. As soon as I have the team pictures I'll let you all see them. Cheers, Colin.

No problem at all. You can put me down for a pair of 2010 ybs. Regards, Colin.

Just over two months ago I organised a charity auction for our local boys football team - KSQ. You will probably remember it was held on PB and we managed to raise just over £1k for the Club, which was a fantastic effort by all involved. The club have since purchased new strips for the younger age groups with the older ones to follow. I would personally like to thank everyone again that took part in the auction because with your efforts the club wouldn't be in the position to buy new training/match day kit. Here is a picture of my youngest son Adam proudly showing off his new strip prior to an end of season tournament today. Colin.