Kyleakin Lofts

They've waited for 11 days before, I believe. Apparently there are facilities there in the case of exceptional long hold-overs.

Best of luck to all that sent.

Give mine a tow as well will you? Send a message up to your birds. My two are in the hen's basket.

That would be super John. Many thanks. Just post it on this thread unless I manage to put up the lib details on a separate one. Andy

Who are you!!! Just who does he think he is!!! I mean, who is he!!! :emoticon-0140-rofl:

3 lofts from Newmains, 4 lofts from Valley North, 3 lofts from "the CITY of" Drongan, and 3 lofts from Mauchline.

Enjoyed speaking with Tam at the marking. We hope for good returns and aim to build on this race. We are also considering some other Open races, but the decision is one for the future.

13 lofts sent 33 pigeons. 1st Prize £100 sponsored by Stuart Burns, SBS Services, 2nd prize £60, 3rd prize £30 and 4th prize £10 sponsored by Kevin Brown, Quantity Surveyors. Pools 1st prize £30, 2nd prize £15 and 3rd prize £5. Best of luck to all who entered.

Very slight possibility for a Saturday lib, but if not I think it could be Wednesday.

Saturday.

Barrhead Fereneze 92 R.P.C. Secretary: Mrs V Byrne Huntingdon on 15/06/2013 at 08:00 hrs South East Wind 4 Members sent 17 Club Birds 1 Peter Murphy 294M 282Y 1231.059 2 Peter Murphy 1150.876 3 Peter Murphy 1150.791 4 Peter Murphy 1116.221 5 George Galbraith 298M 648Y 1108.956 6 Peter Murphy 1091.971 7 Peter Murphy 1038.420 8 George Galbraith 984.553 9 George Galbraith 898.909 10 George Galbraith 887.690 11 Peter Murphy 867.012 12 Peter Murphy 841.459 13 George Galbraith 840.877

Barrhead Fereneze 92 R.P.C. Secretary: Mrs V Byrne Aycliffe 2 on 08/06/2013 at 07:45 hrs Lt. East Wind 3 Members sent 28 Club Birds 1 Peter Murphy 139M 1610Y 1354.262 2 Peter Murphy 1353.393 3 John O'Donnell 142M 250Y 1331.990 4 John O'Donnell 1324.468 5 Peter Murphy 1274.805 6 Peter Murphy 1273.158 7 Peter Murphy 1168.815 8 George Galbraith 145M 937Y 1131.180 9 George Galbraith 1104.514 10 Peter Murphy 1066.555 11 Peter Murphy 1066.402 12 George Galbraith 1065.240 13 Peter Murphy 1064.864 14 Peter Murphy 1054.528 15 George Galbraith 1044.036 16 George Galbraith 1021.212 17 Peter Murphy 988.360 18 Peter Murphy 964.677

Valley North Secretary: MICK HILLAND Portlethen on 16/06/2013 at 08:15 hrs North wind 6 Members sent 140 Club Birds 1 R Taylor 133m 1113y 1460.166 2 J L Dumigan 134m 1222y 1407.483 3 J L Dumigan 1403.275 4 J L Dumigan 1402.017 5 J L Dumigan 1399.648 6 W McCann & A Brown 136m 758y 1391.182 7 W McCann & A Brown 1390.242 8 W McCann & A Brown 1387.431 9 M J McCann 134m 1472y 1371.614 10 M J McCann 1371.481 11 M J McCann 1367.136 12 A Kyle 129m 91y 1197.738 13 A Kyle 1155.883 WEE SLIPPY WINS AGAIN ALL POOLS AND ACC WELL DONE

Thack Inn, Galston Road, Hurlford, KA1 5HG 19.00. to 21.00. LERWICK OPEN RACE Organised by VALLEY NORTH CLUB Convoyed by NORTH ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB Race marking will take place behind the Thack Inn, Galston Road, HURLFORD, KA1 5HG on WEDNESDAY 19TH JUNE 2013 from 19.00. until 21.00. Entry Fee: £1-00 per Loft (unless previously paid) and £1-50 per bird. Pools: £2-00 per bird; paid out 60%, 30% and 10% £200-00 Prize money guaranteed. The liberation will be with NRCC birds. All Electronic Timing Systems and Manual Clocks will be accepted. Official measurements (SHU or RPRA) are required. The distance from Lerwick must be a minimum of 300 miles, Fraserburgh 150 miles, but may come and go if Lerwick measurement is correct. We understand that there may be some anomalies. Any further info required contact: Mobile: 07850653338 Mobile: 07745764422 E Mail: NorthRoadPigeons@hotmail.com

LERWICK OPEN RACE Organised by VALLEY NORTH CLUB Convoyed by NORTH ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB The liberation will be a joint liberation with NRCC birds. Entry Fee: £1-00 per Loft (unless previously paid) £1-50 per bird. Pools: £2-00 per bird; paid out 60%, 30% and 10% First Prize of £100-00 Sponsored by SBS Services, Ayrshire Second Prize of £60 Third Prize of £30 Fourth Prize of £10 Sponsored by K Brown Quantity Surveyors, Ayrshire Valley North Social Circle wishes to thank Stuart and Kevin for their kind sponsorship. NOTICE It is intended to present all prizes at the Social Circle Presentation Night. More information to follow, but we expect this to be some time around October.

Ayrshire North Road Flying Society Secretary: R MCCARRELL Montrose on 08/06/2013 at 07:45 hrs 450 Federation Birds 1 W McCann & A Brown VAL 110m l748y 1458.184 2 W McCann & A Brown VAL 1456.915 3 J Spiers DRO 118m 448y 1451.043 4 W Johnstone DRO 118m 263y 1449.248 5 McNish & Burton AYR 121m 778y 1445.967 6 McNish & Burton AYR 1444.664 7 J Spiers DRO 1442.495 8 W McCann & A Brown VAL 1437.616 9 W McCann & A Brown VAL 1437.087 10 W McCann & A Brown VAL 1435.503 11 W McCann & A Brown VAL 1434.624 12 W McCann & A Brown VAL 1434.273 13 J Spiers DRO 1434.047 14 Cannon & Sargeant CAR 128m 637y 1433.484 15 A Lawrence DRO 118m 190y 1430.462 16 G Slaven MAU 114m 814y 1429.619 17 Jamieson / Reilly CAR 127m 1304y 1418.500 18 R Taylor VAL 107m 1092y 1415.106 19 W Nibloe CAR 138m 1224y 1412.503 20 M J McCann VAL 109m 642y 1405.776 21 I Morrison MAU 111m 1258y 1403.748 22 J L Dumigan VAL 109m 839y 1402.322 23 J Auld MAU 111m 1222y 1399.493 24 J & J & C Nicol VAL 115m 640y 1396.264 25 A Lymburn MAU 111m 1211y 1374.463 26 J McKelvie DRO 118m 208y 1358.296 27 Mr & Mrs Scope KIL 109m 611y 1353.859 28 M McGhie MAU 114m 952y 1352.225 29 Young & dtr & Smith KIL 113m 307y 1349.810 30 A & J Owens CUM 113m 1047y 1337.752 31 J Scott CAR 127m 651y 1320.164 32 D MacKenzie & Son CUM 112m 188y 1319.345 33 J Brown DRO 118m 29y 1309.503 34 K Galloway MAU 111m 882y 1300.334 35 E Quinn CAR 121m 1102y 1277.220 36 A Mathieson MAU 111m 1065y 1255.295 37 J Aitken CUM 112m 453y 1195.563 38 J J McCulloch CAR 133m 508y 1168.655 39 A Kyle VAL 104m 252y 1025.468

Still got 3 cocks and a hen from last year Jimmy. One of the cocks has been hawked and is finished for the year, one of the other two had a close call and has a couple of secondaries and tail feathers out, the third one is racing fairly well. The hen has had a few races and will be jumped soon after laying. All short races for me so they have had a maximum of 4 races and are away to their 5th tonight. They are still only out to 130 miles, but I didn't race them last year and they only had a few trainers at 15 miles.

Valley North Secretary: MICK HILLAND Montrose on 08/06/2013 at 07:45 hrs 7 Members sent 137 Club Birds 1 W McCann & A Brown 110m 1748y 1458.365 2 W McCann & A Brown 1457.096 3 W McCann & A Brown 1437.792 4 W McCann & A Brown 1437.263 5 W McCann & A Brown 1435.679 6 W McCann & A Brown 1434.800 7 W McCann & A Brown 1434.449 8 W McCann & A Brown 1430.422 9 R Taylor 107m 1092y 1415.106 10 M J McCann 109m 642y 1405.723 11 M J McCann 1405.210 12 J L Dumigan 109m 839y 1402.322 13 J L Dumigan 1399.436 14 J & J & C Nicol 115m 640y 1396.264 15 J L Dumigan 1393.364 16 J L Dumigan 1391.519 17 J L Dumigan 1390.849 18 R Taylor 1387.464 19 M J McCann 1361.636 20 J & J & C Nicol 1239.308 21 J & J & C Nicol 1237.420 22 A Kyle 104m 252y 1025.601 23 A Kyle 1003.881

Valley North Fraserburgh Open Valley North is a member club of Ayrshire North Road Federation. North Road racing in Scotland is unique to Ayrshire. The Federation began in 1999 / 2000 in Mauchline and has grown since to include 7 clubs. The racing is mainly sprint racing out to Thurso (200 – 230 miles). Valley Club has for some years organised a Lerwick Open race when the Federation programme suited the preparation. This year they decided that they would have to ensure their own preparation and have organised this Fraserburgh Open race. The race attracted 65 entries from 17 lofts within the Federation and also from the neighbouring county of Lanarkshire. From the size of the entry and the lofts represented you may appreciate the fact that North Road racing is not the normal or the most popular within Scotland, but this also serves to point out the effort made by the pigeons and the fanciers who entered the race. We were convoyed by the NRCC and wish to thank Stephen Spinks for the excellent care he gave our birds. They were liberated 30 minutes after the NRCC at 11.00. on Sunday 9th June and the race proved a test. The early birds were timed at 15.37., giving them a 4.5 hour fly, but many worked hard up to clock checking at 20.00. and later. Overall returns were excellent for such a small liberation of birds and I would estimate 75% - 85 % returns. The winner receives a Prize of £50 donated by Valley North Club and the 2nd, 3rd and 4th prizes of £15, £10 and £5 vouchers were donated by Gibb of Galston, whom we also wish to thank for their sponsorship. We hope the returning pigeons are entered into our Lerwick Open race, basketing on Wednesday 19th June at 19.00. – 21.00. at the Thack Inn, Galston Road, Hurlford, KA1 5HG. This race will also be convoyed by the NRCC, but the liberation will not be separate due to the small amount of birds. The Lerwick race is acknowledged as a testing race, but for our birds, perhaps more so, in that, if they do not break at the correct time they could be flying up to 700 miles. We organise the Lerwick Open to allow us maximum North Road distance racing at around 340 – 370 miles into the Federation, but the fact is our birds will be achieving a tremendous feat of courage and distance racing. Anyone who is flying 300 miles to Lerwick is invited to enter. The result of the Fraserburgh Open race is listed. 1 R Taylor 15:37:33 171m 544y SU12AN2045CPH 1086.244 2 M J McCann 15:39:53 172m 155y SU09A5468 BFC 1082.159 3 Mick Hilland 15:42:46 172m 621y SU12B3269BH 1072.523 4 J L Dumigan 16:04:55 171m 594y SU10AN2271 CPC 988.921 5 J L Dumigan 16:07:19 171m 594y SU09AN1925 BC 981.198 6 J L Dumigan 16:07:59 171m 594y SU10AN2285GC 979.074 7 W McCann & A Brown 16:12:58 173m 1000y SU11AN1792CC 975.980 8 Mick Hilland 16:13:46 172m 621y SU12A6162CPH 966.578 9 W Johnstone 16:33:36 182m 137y SU11AN2101CPH 960.572 10 A Lymburn 16:22:15 175m 941y SU10AN1245GH 958.747 11 J Auld 16:22:52 175m 798y SU10A1273BH 956.038 12 J Brown 16:49:50 181m 1662y SU09AN902 CC 915.357 13 J L Dumigan 16:48:20 171m 594y SU10AN2218GC 865.666 14 W McCann & A Brown 17:07:49 173m 1000y SU09AN1681 BCC 830.450 15 W McCann & A Brown 18:06:20 173m 1000y SU10AN23I8BH 716.474 16 A Kyle 17:56:47 165m 99y SU10AN2035 BGH 697.002 17 M J McCann 18:21:25 172m 155y SU09AN180I BPH 686.145 18 J McKelvie 19:08:35 182m 400y SU11AN2183CC 656.406 19 A Kyle 18:40:19 165m 99y SU11AN1680BH 631.085 20 R Robertson 18:30:02 154m 897y SU10L14347CH 604.194 Ross Taylor wins £55-20 pools, Mark McCann wins £27-60 pools and Mick Hilland wins £9-20 pools.

Chuckle

I prefer clootie dumpling.

Red grizzles, gay pieds almost white. What's the prize?

Sunday looks a bit better.

Excellent result, one to watch.

Best of luck.