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Copied from Facebook **SDDC Update** SNFC YPRES - Friday 18th July Delighted to announce ,from our recent fundraising efforts, we will be donating £1000 to SNFC.. which we hope will aid the Committee to reduce birdage fees for members for the Ypres race on 18.07.25 Further to that we will facilitate a £10 single bird nomination for North, South, East and West Sections for Ypres.. with a further £1000 split 4 ways between the sections to start the pot off.. This will be the most prestigious and most lucrative race flown in to Scotland that weekend.. SNFC - where dreams and made 🙌🏻 SDDC - doo men for the doo men 🙌🏻 Mick Dennis Snr Andrew Dennis Jnr Jonesy 🙌🏻

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Copied from Facebook The annual coalburn young birds sale is being held at coalburn bowling green on Sunday the 4th of may . Penning from 6pm sale to start at 7pm. Why not come along for the opportunity to purchase some top blood lines to add to your team . Coalburn bowling green Coalburn road Coalburn Ml110lh

column, I require you to have these details by Tuesday as I send my column away on a Wednesday morning for the following weeks issue. If you have a photo of the winning pigeon or the fancier then please add this to your email or letter. Remembering Good Pigeons Last week I reported the passing of Wull Strang, as he and his brother Jock raced their wonderful chequer hen ‘California Star’ who won a Gold Award in the Scottish National Flying Club. You will see from the photo attached her winning positions, however the item that impressed me the most about this wonderful hen was she won 5 times from the following distances. 516 miles; 545 miles; 579 miles; 623 miles and 665 miles you must agree a truly wonderful pigeon. In fact, while writing this article; she reminded me of that other great true distance hen ‘Storm Queen’ raced by the Ritchie & White partnership of Fraserburgh. As a young bird ‘Storm Queen’ won 1st Tynehead 134 miles velocity 992; 2nd Longtown 189 miles velocity 787. As a yearling she won 2nd Gorebridge 134 miles velocity 996; 5th Longtown 189 miles velocity 1340; Worcester 380 miles on the day. Sent feeding a 3-day old youngster she won 1st Cheltenham 400 miles by 15 minutes. As a two-year-old she had three races, 6th Gorebridge velocity 1069 then Leyland 272 miles and Nantwich 325 miles timed on the day both races. As a three-year-old she was missing for three weeks from a very fast race from Longtown, homed flown down, but her race ring was intact. Given a rest, sent in her favourite condition feeding a two-day youngster to Christchurch 480 miles, she was timed in darkness at 11-05pm 17 ½ hours on the wing to win 9th club 4th Championship. Incidentally ‘Storm Queen’ is a very hard pigeon to get into condition as she simply refuses to take exercise with the other birds and when put out just takes a turn round and back into the loft. If forced she alights on the Gospel Hall, some distance from the loft. As a four-year-old in 1965, she was mated on the 13th March and reared the first nest, she was allowed to sit the incubation period on the second nest, she was allowed to sit the incubation period on the second nest and then separated. She got five races to Christchurch, timed in every race but no prizes. It was not until the club old birds’ races were over that it was decided to send her to Beauvais a distance of 593 miles. In preparation for this she was remated, and given two 70-mile tosses and sent feeding a two-day-old youngster. She cast her 4th flights and her 3rd flights were only have grown. Liberated at 06-00am after being held over for one day, only 27 birds reached home on the day; 17 in the south section, 7 in the east section and only 3 in the west section. ‘Storm Queen’ was timed at 11-06am the next morning to win 31st east section 54th open flying 593 miles and £40. As a 5-year-old in 1966, she was treated much the same as in 1965, mated 26th March, she reared 2 youngsters in the first nest and was then separated. In the meantime, she has one race from Nantwich, a race spoiled by rain and she did not home until 1-10pm the second day. She was remated to have her in her favourite condition at basketing for Nantes. In the three weeks prior to basketing she got 4 tosses from 35 miles and one from 70 miles. She looked in perfect condition, bright of eye and tight of feather. She kept on building her nest, a thing she had never done before. At basketing she was feeding a two-day old youngster and had three-quarter grown her 2nd flight. Liberated at 6am on the Saturday morning she was timed at 11-22am on the Sunday morning to win 1st North section 2nd open SNFC flying 727 miles, only yards short of being 100 miles further than the winner. ‘Storm Queen’ was in every way the product of testing distances required by birds racing to this top corner of Scotland. The thing about these birds is no matter whether it be in club or national racing these birds usually have to face these exhausting extra miles on their own. I’m in no doubt that the climate and racing condition to which these north pigeons are exposed very quickly weed out all but the very best. To race from Lillie 540 miles; Dol 623 miles; Rennes 660 miles; Nantes 727 miles proves the quality of these top distance pigeons. Great pigeons like ‘California Star’ and ‘Storm Queen’ names will live within the sport of pigeon racing in Scotland for ever.!!!!! Once everything is a bit more settled down, I will need to have a conversation with Jock Strang and get more information on his great hen to add to my column. Dundee and Angus Federations News from Charlie Cameron with some interesting information of the Dundee and Angus Federations had a joint presentation on Saturday 29th March 2025. The winning bird rung SU21DF996 had previously won 5 x 1st prizes for Danny Henderson of Dundee who raced the bird that had the best average in the Central and East of Scotland Amalgamation old bird races. Andy Miller travelled up to Forfar to present Danny with the Eddie Newcombe Memorial Trophy. The breeding of this winner is as follows; his Sire is a brother to 3 National winners; 2 for Billy Bilsland and 1 for the Sterio Brothers and it is from Billy’s good Geerinckx cock. His dam is from ‘Tayside Chieftain’ that was a full brother to Tam Blair’s 2nd open national Maidstone winner and ‘Tayside Olympiad’ who was a full sister to Tam Blair’s 1st Maidstone national winner. Hope that is of interest for your column Joe, best wishes Charlie. Obituary Received a phone call from Alfie Lawrence informing me that Paddy Jones of Benview Terrace Drongan in Ayrshire had passed away aged 80 years. Paddy had been a fancier all his life and he was also president of Ayrshire North Road Federation. Alfie’s wife Margaret assisted Paddy with some household chores and collected shopping for him. To Young Patrick; Margaret & Alfie, out thoughts are with them all at the sad passing of dear Paddy. Please continue to keep the news flowing; to Joe Murphy Mystical Rose Cottage 2 Flutorum Avenue Thornton by Kirkcaldy KY1 4BD or phone 01592 770331 or Email to joejmurphy1@gmail.com REMEMBER THE J IN THE MIDDLE or log onto www.elimarpigeons.com; www.pigeonbasics.com www.thecanadianpigeoninternational.com who wish my weekly contribution portfolio on pigeon topics from Scotland © Compiled by Joe Murphy

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Almond Valley sale will be live on Scot Russell Facebook Page from 9am (20/4/25) for 1 week until 27/4/25 8pm Starting bid £30 for 1 youngster £50 for 2 youngsters Any telephone bids calls Scot Russell 07719123144 John Bird 01506 656116

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Copied from Facebook The midland combine transportation team liberated team liberated their birds at Upper Heyford at 11.00am in a light north east wind. Flying up country into Derby, Nottingham, Cromford, Chesterfield, Sheffield, Doncaster and all surrounding areas.

Copied from Facebook Widnes Fed liberated 21/4/25 at 10:45 in a light NE wind best of luck everyone

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Copied from Facebook NIPA HAVE LIBERATED 10.30 am in a 8 mph sse wind high cloud, birds have all cleared site 10.35 .conditions on route are cloudy with occasional showers.best of luck to you all

Copied from Facebook The Solway federation convoy will be liberated from Shap at 10-15am into a Light South East Wind Good Luck All

Copied from Facebook Blandford. The Three Counties CRPC 1st liberation at 10.30. 2nd lib at 10.45 heading West into Somerset & Devon

Copied from Facebook South West Glamorgan birds were tumbling in doing over a mile a minute after a 7.30am liberation in Swindon today. Returns were over 80% within an hour of the first birds being clocked. I paired up a little later this year so did not send to this one but it certainly proved the right decision to race on Sunday as Saturdays weather was very late clearing up. This enabled me to visit DaI Roach of Treforest who had a health scare this week when he was rushed into hospital with gall stones but was allowed home in time for the race. Dai clocked 4 in one minute showing how successful the race turned out to be. Basketing at the 7 clubs went like clock-work and many thanks to our convoyer/driver Ieuan for looking after the birds so well as usual.

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Please post your club/Federation/Organisation liberation time and information on this post Good luck folks

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