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N.West Grand National up at Purbeck 08:45 in a light west. Turning SW enroute.
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Fonterey-sur-ere liberated
05,50am into a northerly wind turning sw in northern france variable southerly in England -
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We clocked a three year old inbred grandson of Farmer George called Farm Grafter to win 2nd CSCFC and 3rd BBC National from Elgin 440 miles. He also has the bloodlines of Wollongong, New Laureaat, Special One and Kliene Jade.
He is called Farm Grafter as he is the type of pigeon that will keep working no matter how hard the conditions are.
His last race was two weeks ago from the hard Berwick race with the BICC where he was 2nd section. We were confident of clocking him from Elgin, although the race was much harder than we anticipated. He looked very well when he landed, keen to get into his box with his hen.
He has previously scored in the section and open from Pau in the International race, a very dependable pigeon.
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Pigeon fanciers held their annual awards evening in The Millfield, Leven, in 1986. Picture courtesy of the Fife Free Press Group, and taken by Bill Hill Photography, Pittenweem.
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Copied from Facebook 2/07/25
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copied from Facebook 2/07/25
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Agen International was flown last weekend, it was a hard race for the West Country.
We were 3rd section 24th National.
We clocked a 2 year old chequer hen who this season has flown Vire, Alencon, Fougeres, St Philbert then into Agen.
She is a half sister (same Dam) to Farm Grafter, who was an excellent racer and is now in the stock loft, this was a good decision as nearly all our top performers this year have Grafter’s bloodlines. The sire of this hen is inbred to Silke of Jelle Jellema.
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The convoy of Fonterey-sur-ere pigeons have cleared customs and will now park up at the port of Caen where conditions are much cooler
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The most expensive pigeon in the world 🫰💴💸💰🤑💵 1.6 million euros (around 1.9 million US dollars)
The most expensive pigeon on record is a Belgian racing pigeon named "New Kim", which sold for a staggering 1.6 million euros (around 1.9 million US dollars) in a public auction in November 2020. The buyer was a Chinese pigeon racing enthusiast, who bid against other competitors from around the world.
New Kim was bred by a Belgian pigeon racing enthusiast named Gaston Van de Wouwer and had already won several prestigious racing competitions before being sold. The bird's exceptional racing pedigree, strong physical traits, and impressive track record made it highly coveted among pigeon racing enthusiasts worldwide.
The sale of New Kim shattered the previous record for the most expensive pigeon, which was held by another Belgian racing pigeon named "Armando", sold for 1.25 million euros in 2019. The high prices paid for these birds reflect the intense competition and passion surrounding the sport of pigeon racing, as well as the value placed on the top-performing birds in the world.
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Catherine Cooper 🗣️ Racing with the NFC from Sigogone we clocked a yearling chequer cock to win 3rd and another 4 seconds later to win 4th section G. They have previously this season flown Alencon, Fougeres, Nord Sur Erdre then into Sigogone.
The first is bred down from, Wollongong (4 x in the pedigree) George, Farmer George, Ivy, Invictus, Darren, Armando and Sumerian Fighter, all top bloodlines.
Our second bird, clocked just 4 seconds after was again a yearling cock, he is out of Darkie and Lady of the Night who are breeding some really good racers for us.
They were raced round-about paired at the end of January.We had good returns from this race, clocking 10/11 birds and they returned in good condition.
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Me and Arthur would like to say a big thank you to Wayne scourfield for sending over A few of this years young from his stock loft. Nice looking birds hopefully they will do well for us.
So the journey begins. Many thanks to you all.
Roll on the yb 2026. 🥳🥳🥳
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1st Region D , 1st Open SNFC Alencon Gold Cup race 546 miles.
Angus & Allan Orr , Brightons
A life time dream and ambition has been achieved.
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Copied from Facebook By Allan Orr
Thank you to Michael Currie for the best phone call a fancier could only dream of.
It's confirmed. .. SNFC Alencon
1st Sec D , 1st Open Alencon, Gold cup
3rd Sec D , 5th Open Alencon Gold Cup
Angus & Allan Orr , Brightons
The lifetime dream and ambition has now been acumplished .
Thanks to all the calls and messages over the past few days.
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Copied from Facebook By Stuart Maskame
Just had the phonecall from SNFC president Michael Currie to tell us we have won 1st & 2nd North Section 12th & 18th open in the Gold cup race from Alencon 632 miles. Absolutely delighted.
We have named our section winner (a 2 year old widowhood cock) Ruth’s Reward. Ruth Cordiner has been working so hard with the widowhood team this year and gets her reward!
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Snfc Alencon Gold Cup
Provisional Section A
Top 10
1, A Nicholson Annan
2, J Ferguson, Eastriggs
3, J Gilmour Ecclefechan
4, W J Smith Dumfries
5, K Guenther & Gson Dumfries
6, N McCulloch & Son Dalbeattie
7, S Ferguson Annan
8, C Halbert Eastriggs
9, A Little Ecclefechan
10, W J Smith Dumfries -
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M&R Patterson winner of 1st Sec D, 4th Open Billericay
Su 24 nw 1139 blue wf cock
Bred down from our old line of birds
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Liberations Friday 4th July 2025
in Notice Board
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St Helens 3 Bird Purbeck. Up 09:15 light west turning S.West. Clocks 1600 hrs.