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I will do my best

Tuesday Thursday to Glasgow. ....Edinburgh on Sunday. ...no problem. ...let me know where it is and I will get it for you

Do you think that your decisions re breeding are more an issue than the natural system?

Think we have been here wae yer bro Davy? So I will save Paul typing it again lol Results As requested.. From 2013 – 2015 we have entered approximately 14 Federation races from a distance of (Newark) 233 miles to (Ypres) 450 miles winning the following: 1st 2nd 31st Fed Ypres 671 birds 1st 2nd 3rd Fed NewarK 3923 birds 1st Fed Leicester 2622 birds 2nd Fed Warwick 3018 birds 2nd 32 Fed Uttoxeter 372 birds 4th 12th Fed Peterborough 841 birds 11th Fed Portsmouth 836 birds 12th Fed Upperhayford 1215 birds 14th 16th Fed Maidstone 839 birds 15th 18th 29th Fed Ypres 602 birds 24th Fed Newbury 1427 birds 3 X 1st Fed from 14 races entered, and no other member won more than One 1st Fed over the same 14 races. Please take into account the fact that we changed loft location mid-season in 2014 after braking all records in the Lanarkshire Federation in 2013 with 9 X 1st Feds and 26 trophies , topping the Fed along the way from 64 miles to Ypres 450 miles. At the end of 2013 we also retired our 6 best racers (all 1st Fed winners) to stock. We started at our new loft location 18months ago with a total of 36 empty nest boxes and won the Federation Young Bird Average in our first year in 2014 (the toughest young bird program the Federation has ever experienced). This year in 2015 we completed the full Federation program with a team of inexperienced Yearlings as all the Yearling hens had only 1 race as a young bird and most of the cocks with only 3 races, but still we managed to win the 1st 7 race average, the inland average up to 380 miles and the young bird average for the 9th time in the last 10 seasons. We have flown 28 Federation races to the new loft location and have managed to achieve Fed positions in 22 of them winning 4 X 1st Fed, 8 X 2nd Fed, 4 X 3rd Fed and 6 X 4th Fed (more than any other member in the Fed over the same 28 races). In 15 of these races we were not out of the first four in the Open. I know you only requested the last 3 seasons’ results from 250 miles and above but I would like to extend that information to give the viewing public a true reflection of our performances at 233 miles and above by quoting the following all achieved since 2003. 1st 44th Fed Newark 5318 birds 1st 2nd 28th 29th 40th Fed Huntingdon 2983 birds 2nd 3rd 4th 13th 23rd 27th 28th Fed Leicester 5154 birds 1st 2nd 6th 12th 15th 25th Fed Leicester 2183 birds 1st 11th Fed Huntingdon 3412 birds 1st 7th 24th Fed Uttoxeter 7416 birds 1st 23rd 25th Fed Huntingdon 2518 birds 1stStrathclyde Amal Huntingdon 7000 + birds 1st 8th 21st 27th Open Leicester 3696 birds 2nd 6th 9th Fed Huntingdon 2180 birds 1st 2nd Fed Huntingdon 1425 birds 2nd 3rd 37th Fed Maidstone 1238 birds 1st Fed Falaise 722 birds 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Fed Newark 5198 birds 2nd 3rd 9th 16th Fed Leicester 1619 birds 3rd 4th 16th Fed Leicester 2245 birds 1st 2nd 3rd Fed Worcester 3352 birds 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Fed Newark 5902 birds 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 13th 17th Fed Leicester 3536 birds 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 12th 14th Open Leicester 1922 birds 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 12th 19th Fed Newark 4082 birds 2nd 11th 16th 23rd Fed Wollaston 862 birds 3rd 9th 21st Fed Salsbury 682 birds 1st 2nd 3rd Fed Newark 3923 birds 1st Fed Leicester 2622 birds 1st 2nd 3st Fed Ypres 671 birds 2nd 32nd Fed Uttoxeter 367 birds Quoting only our positions in the 1st three We have won: 17 X 1st Feds 18 X 2nd Feds 11 X 3rd Feds The Federation is so competitive that we know of no other member in the Federation that has won 12 X 1st Fed in their lives at any distance, yet we have won 17 X 1st at over 233 miles and every distance through to 514 miles, and still in some peoples’ eyes we are perceived to be out and out sprinters. Since joining the Fed in 1985 we have won over 110 X 1st Feds or Open duplication races and finished Fed champions 14 times, that is 11 times more than the only member to win this title on 3 occasions, another outstanding fancier and friend Andy Eadie. We would also take this opportunity to put a few other ghosts to bed 1 It has been said in the past that we purchased “Janefield†to try and dominate the Lanarkshire Fed from this post code. Not true!! We raced at the same post code for 7 seasons in the Midland Federation prior to the Coatbridge Club voting to join the Lanarkshire Fed and we actually objected to this move at Club level. 2 We are currently surrounded by full clubs within our own section of the Fed and we are the most westerly loft in the very competitive Airdrie Club, but this did not stop us winning 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th in our first ever race in the new club and 1st 2nd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th and 12th club in the last race flown in 2015. 3. Over 35 times we have been more than 20ypm ahead of the next member in the Federation, so where are all the birds belonging to fanciers on our door step on these days. 4. We started this season with 36 cocks and 40 hens and on any given season our average for the year will be no more than 27/28 birds per race. 5. We have topped the Federation in every wind condition and at all velocities with distances ranging from 64 miles to 514 miles. 6. Our birds in the last few seasons have won Feds, Combines, Amals and National races for fanciers all over the UK (we will on a future date compile a comprehensive list of fanciers and some outstanding performances achieved with our blood lines). It is well documented that in 1997 we walked away from National racing for a period of 11 years and even to this day we have no real interest in racing at this level with the exception of The Federation Duplication Races. It’s also no secret that we set out to develop the best team of one day racers that could compete to a high level of consistency in the Lanarkshire Federation, but it seems that achieving our goal is still not good enough for some people. We are extremely proud of our record at all distances in the sport including our achievements at the distance eg 4 times 1st Open from across the channel when timing the 1st bird from the total convoy 4 times 1st West section in S.N.F.C. at 380 miles, 450 miles, 508 miles and 610 miles 2 times S.N.F.C. Gold Awards with “Janefield Geordie†and “Janefield Paul†2 times S.H.U. National Ace 300 mile birds with “Supermac II†and “The Blue Slash Cock†1st Open Strathclyde Amalgamation at 275 miles with “The Amal Cock†Over 30 times 1st Federation at distances greater than 230 miles Over 110 times 1st Federation at all distances. Hopefully this will be enough information for people to make their own judgements on our racing history to date as our record is our record, we can’t make it any better and it is what it is, but I bet you there are a few distance minded people out there who would love to be sprinters like us. There are many outstanding fanciers in the Lanarkshire Federation that keep us on our toes on a weekly basis and approximately 65% of these fanciers are not members of the S.N.F.C. but are top competitors in one of the best Federations in the UK.

You might well be right about the transporter. .......I had a 5 yr old cock with multiple nat tickets and wins from 50 to 450 miles......straight in the BATH outside looking for water so it's not inexperienced so either the wind or the lack of water on the transporter

Telt ye it was a blaw hame. ......east winds will dehydrate

Easy wind is telling on the birds Danny. Very dry?

Aye the losses bring ye back doon......hope they turn in

How you boys manage in the pigeons is beyond belief. ......soul destroying

Still hanging around the top torrance

East east nae guid for man nor beest as the saying goes

Big east all day here mate. ...5 came into the village at 12.24 David little wins with us second c Hannah then returns good

Mon kt

1st J Little 1343.13 2nd G Dalgliesh & son 1342.87 3rd C Hannah 1342.49 4th J Dalgliesh 1342.05 5th C Hannah 1338.71 6th G Dalgliesh & son 1295.78 7th G Dalgliesh & son 1295.39 8th C Hannah 1287.46 9th J Gilmour 1286.83 10th W Gilmour 1251.46 Took a bit of splitting this week......returns good. Well done John and David

Solway up at 9.45 east wind Lymm

Tut tut andrew

194 away tonight ......just incase anybodys interested lol

It's always great ower here......I thought it looked ok after early morning ......no harm in holding

Well ave looked at the lot.......I must be missing something cos it looks ok?

Members in my club can win nae bother on natural but consistency is their headache.....but when they set them up they are a match for the widowers

Don't think you need to double the team. Maybe start with the bar low and work up?

A team of 26???? Aye

Blaw hame this week Peter get them in lol

Whats the point in testing if ye dinny have health problems?? Is it for an edge on race days or is it because you feel you are behind on race days? Surely 'out of the ordinary ' is when you should be testing??

1st 34/35 2nd 38/40 3rd 33/33