Roundo

13/16 from Leicester 247mls. Very hot day for the birds, still the usual gaps that the Feds been having all year. Roll on next week for our first SNFC race.

I thought I'd post a few pictures of my 2008 yb team to give fanciers an idea of how these ybs will turn out, also some early shots of the ones that are for sale. The pairs where I'm only selling one in the nest is because I'm holding on to the nestmate for myself. The last picture of "Centenary Topper", Yb 8 will be a full brother/sister to this cracking Janssen cock. Regards, Colin.

Update on yb's :- No 3 is sold - pending payment. Thanks, Colin.

Hi there, I'll always do my best to help out new starts in the sport, I was one myself many moons ago. This year I've donated/gifted to various charity/Fed sales and will certainly see how I'm fixed later on for newboy. Regards, Colin.

Norton View Lofts Quality 2008 Youngsters For Sale **Gaby Vandenabeele Bloodlines** All of our stock birds have been produced by top quality breeders/racers including M & D Evans, Mrs C Lycett & Son, Graeme Warman, Peter Fox and D & J Hawkins. I have for sale the following yb’s direct from my Gaby Vandenabeele stock – Yb’s 1 & 2: Sire – Bred by Mrs C Lycett & Son. Direct son from “Queen of Diamonds Cock”, the actual nest-brother to “Queen of Diamonds” when paired to “Gold Gem”, the actual nest-sister to “Going for Gold”. Dam – Bred by Mrs C Lycett & Son. Direct daughter from “Golden Nuts”, who is a direct son of the famous couple “Jester” & “Carrie”, when paired to a daughter from “Blauwen National” & “National Girl”. Price - £50 each (Ready 2-3wks) Yb 3: Sire – “Young Excalibur”, Bred by Comb. Colijn & Ganus. Direct son from top breeder “Excalibur” when paired to “Glenn”, both containing the best of Ad Schaerlaeckens bloodlines. Dam – Bred by M & D Evans, Myrtle Lofts. Direct daughter from “Last Chance”, bred by Gaby Vandenabeele, who is a direct son from super breeder “Don Juan”. “Last Chance” being paired to “Gold Shadow” direct daughter of champion breeder “Shadow” when paired to “Pure Gold”. Top class Gaby Vandenabeele bloodlines!!! Price - £75 (Ready 2wks) Yb’s 4 & 5: Sire – Bred by Mrs C Lycett & Son. Direct son from “Golden Nuts”, who is a direct son of the famous couple “Jester” & “Carrie”, when paired to a daughter from “Blauwen National” & “National Girl”. Dam – Bred by M & D Evans, Myrtle Lofts. Bred from a daughter of two top producers at Myrtle Lofts “Benetton” & “Lady Spirit”. “Benetton” is sire to over four generations of winners. Price - £50 each (Ready 2wks) Yb 6: Sire – Bred by Mrs C Lycett & Son. Direct son from super racer/breeder “Obble”, who’s sire won 1st Open MNFC La Ferte Bernard, when paired to top breeding hen for Lycett Family “Cassie”, direct daughter from “Jester” & “Carrie”. Dam – Bred by Mrs C Lycett & Son. Direct daughter from “Hillcroft Sensation” when paired to “Hagrids Sister”, both containing top winning Gaby Vandenabeele bloodlines. Price - £50 (Ready 3wks) Yb 7: ***Something Special*** Sire – “Nevada”, Bred by Syndicate Lofts. Direct son from super breeding cock “Blue Diamond”, direct son from the famous “Wittenbuik” when paired to the legendry breeder “Sissi”. Probably the best Gaby Vandenabeele bloodlines in the world. Dam – Bred by M & D Evans, Myrtle Lofts. Direct daughter from “Dark Wittenbuik”, bred by Hans Eijerkamp & Sons from their super breeder “Jonge Wittenbuik”, when paired to “Golden Carrie” direct from super breeder/racer “Golden Gaby” & “Carrie”. These bloodlines don’t come much better. Price - £100 (Ready 2-3wks) Yb 8: ***Something slightly different*** Sire & Dam – Both bred by D Atkin, Lincoln. Both bred from the best of his CWLG bloodlines, containing “Tame 21”, “Georgeous”, “Maverick”, “Grey Bullet”, “Blue Gem”, “Bridget”, “Queen” to name just a few. This pair are responsible for my SHU Centenary Silver Medal Winner 2007. Price - £60 (Ready 2wks) Young birds will be sold on a first come first served basis. Visit my website for further information. PM if you have any questions. A donation will be made to PB from the sale of these yb’s. Colin.

Both yb's now sold. I will have a small batch of yb's available in about 3wks time direct from my Gaby Vandenabeele stock birds. For more information on my birds please visit my website. PM if you are interested. **Sold on a first come first served basis** Regards, Colin. PS. There will be one or two very special ybs in this batch........details to follow.

Thanks for that, they are a nice pair. This line has certainly been very successful for myself, hence the reason I've introduced another pair direct from 'Obble' just a few weeks ago. Update - Last weekend scoring 1st, 2nd & 3rd Club from 175 mls, the first two pigeons being bred from my direct Lycett family stock. Roundo.

Gaby Vandenabeele Cross Yb's. I have for sale the following nest pair of Dark Cheq yb's. Sire : Blue Bar '04' Cock, bred by Mrs C Lycett & Son. (picture below) He's a direct son from two of the Lycett Family's top racer/breeders, "Obble" when paired to "Cassie". "Obble" being a super racer before being retired to stock, his sire winning 1st Open MNFC La Ferte Bernard plus a new car. "Cassie" is bred from the ace breeding pair for Myrtle Lofts, "Jester" x "Carrie", responsible for hundreds of 1st prize winners. Dam : Cheq W/F '04' Hen, bred by Mrs C Lycett & Son. She is a direct dgtr from two top class pigeons, "Hillcroft Sensation" when paired to "Hagrid's Sister". "Hillcroft Sensation" was acquired by Mike Lycett from D & E Armstrong before they decided to have an entire clearance sale, where brothers and sisters were selling for in excess of £1,000. "Hagrid's Sister" is a full sister to Myrtle Lofts top pigeon "Going for Gold". They will be ready in a few days. Price : £50 each I'd very much appreciate no time wasters please. Colin. Note - This pair are responsible for numerous prize winners for myself and others. Also, I will have a select batch of ybs direct from my stock available in a few weeks, details and pictures to follow.

Hi Greig, Sorry to hear you had a stinker mate. I've got three together just after 12.20, but I did hear that quite a few fanciers in the Fed were still waiting on more than half their birds. What about yourself? Colin.

Hi Greig, Sorry to hear you had a stinker mate. I've got three together just after 12.20, but I did hear that quite a few fanciers in the Fed were still waiting on more than half their birds. What about yourself? Colin.

16/16 from Wakefield (175mls) with the Scottish Central Fed. Good race today, glad they were held yesterday........the correct decision.

Just outside Edinburgh - Very overcast and still raining. Could be a long day......... Roundo.

Scottish Central Fed at Coldstream. Call back at 11.30am Still a cold cold NE wind this side of Edinburgh.

andrew, I've sent to a PM. Colin.

Well done Paulo, what a great start to the season. Long may it continue. You can't beat the feeling of winning your first ever 1st Prize. Roundo.

Dave, Thanks very much for your nice comments and for signing my guest book. Good luck to you also. Colin.

Happy Birthday Gareth. You're at it though, I'm never a year older than you!!!! Hope you have a great day mate. Colin.

It seems such a long time since I started this post.......over two years. My Club have since been using the TauRIS system for this length of time and have found it to be first class. We certainly wouldn't be without it. Roundo.

Once again this lovely young cock is back up for sale due to 'another' time waster. £40 quick sale. No more time wasters please!!! Roundo.

Here are just some of the birds that will appear in next Saturday's sale. I've looked through every single pigeon this morning and believe me there are some lovely pigeons from a good family of distance pigeons. If it's not too far for you to travel it maybe worth a look and perhaps pick yourself up a real bargain. Roundo.

Here are just some of the performances that this family of pigeons has achieved, flying with the Scottish National Flying Club - 1st Region, 11th Section, 14th Open Reims 3,168 birds. 1st Region, 46th Section, 99th Open Newbury 3,948 birds. 1st Region, 105th Section, 142nd Open Newbury 5,369 birds. 1st Region, 101st Section, 151st Open Newbury 3,906 birds. 6th Region, 27th Section, 36th Open Reims 2,650 birds. 8th Region, 54th Section, 79th Open Liege 1,564 birds. 13th Region, 167th Open Falaise 2,366 birds. Plus many other top National, Combine, Federation & Club positions flying into Central Scotland. Roundo.

Bereavement Sale of the late Iain ‘Toddler’ Brown will take place at Winchburgh & District Homing Society Craigton Place Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6RW (Opposite Bowling Club) Saturday 1st March 2008 Viewing from 11.00 am – Auction starts 12.00 noon There are approximately 40 birds from distance bloodlines in the sale. This family of birds has scored very well over the years with the SNFC, also winning at Club, Federation and Combine racing. More details on request and day of sale.

Bidding closes tonight at 6pm. If there are no acceptable bids the pigeon will be removed from the For Sale section. Roundo.

****For Sale**** Blue Cheq Cock GB.07.A.27859 - Bred by Mr & Mrs Howman, Weaverham. Sire : "Bubbles" - Bred by Natural Breeding Station. Winner of the Europa Classic One Loft Race 2006, winning £30,000. When only 12 birds returned on the day from 1,277 birds liberated. Dam : "Black Gold" - Bred by D. Evans. Winner of the South West One Loft Race 2006, winning £10,000 plus a T3 clock. "Bubbles" & "Black Gold" are already breeding winners together. This is a rare opportunity to purchase a direct son from two One Loft Race winners, who won £40,000 between them in 2006. Original pedigree will be supplied. Unforeseen circumstances force the sale of this lovely young virgin stock cock. Price : Best offer over £125 by 6pm (no later) Saturday 16th Feb. PM me with offers. A donation to PB will be made from the sale.

I would say they were more of a middle distance family, but perhaps Stuart would be able to clarify that? Colin.