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Well done Alan on winning todays race from Stranraer! STRANRAER RESULT 16-06-23.pdf

Well done john on winning todays race from Campbeltown! CAMPBELTOWN RESULT 10-06-23.pdf

Will have done him the world of good Ryan, Gavin had his national youngster in good time last year after completing our full program, excellent training for them 👍

Well done Walter on winning todays race from Tarbert! TARBERT RESULT 03-06-23.pdf

WELL DONE ALAN ON WINNING WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE ANOTHER FUNNY RACE FROM OBAN, OBAN TWO RESULT 28-05-2023.pdf

Well done to Carlton Reid on winning todays race along with all prize winners with a few phenomenal velocities recorded! unfortunately returns in race time weren't so good but more and more making their way back all the time, OBAN RESULT 20-05-2023.pdf

A beautiful day here at the Moray Firth One Loft Classic the birds are enjoying the exercise 😀 20230519_114330.mp4 20230519_114016.mp4 20230519_112853.mp4

Well Done to Carlton on winning todays race from Fort William - Full returns reported at clocks FORT WILLIAM 13-05-2-23.pdf

Big well done to Stuart Taylor of Inverness winning the first race of the year from Fort Augustus and also winning £60 prize money Very good returns reported with most only waiting on 1 at clocks! FORT AUGUSTUS 06-05-23.pdf

Feeding time today, All eating, drinking and looking well so can't ask for much more than that at this stage! 20230317_140332.mp4

A very busy few days collecting the first 100 entry's, A big thanks to everyone for having there youngsters boxed and ready for us and also for bearing with us when the weather stopped us getting to you on time! All settled in great drinking and eating no problems, Great quality youngsters and are a credit to the breeders!

Just an update to say we'll be starting our first collections of entrys to the loft this Thursday/Friday if your birds are ready to come please just get in touch and we'll get it organised, Lee,

Aye George, it's been a long process to get to this stage so I'm excited to get started, 2023 will be an eventful year!

Evening everyone, just a quick update to say that I'll do a post of the finished loft at the start of next week for everyone to see and would also just like to remind everyone that the loft will open on the 11-12th of March for the first intake! I'll be contacting everyone in the book regarding collections very soon but by all means get in touch if your birds will be ready for the first intake and we'll have it arranged, Collections available at £50, The loft is filling up nicely at around 550 birds entered so far and I'd just like to mention that we'll be looking at capping the birdage this year at around 700 birds I've still around 20 entry forms without deposits which without a deposit your space in the loft can't be secured so please get in touch if still interested in entering, Cheers Lee,

Inverness club should have it, I will be getting it at the weekend then passing it on to George Taylor 👍

The lofts shaping up now with the exterior 99% done a few more jobs to do this week and we're all the way there, 😁😁

Well done Ryan, not many fanciers willing to give up there time and put the effort in to helping out there club/federation organise sales/events to raise funds so good on you!

Every piece of timber used on our loft has been milled by the joiner straight from the sitka spruce grown on our doorstep, constructed to a very high standard were more than happy with how its turning out! The loft is just about finished now and will be ready to start being erected this week weather permitting, at the moment we've quite a bit of snow so just a case of waiting for a good day to start, 20230112_133524.mp4

Evening everyone, That's the base of the loft finished and we've been told today that the loft itself will be finished and ready for putting up the start of next week weather permitting, the loft has been built off site so havnt been able to take any progress pictures of the build, we had hoped to have been finished before Christmas but the weather had let us down, The loft itself will be 100ft x 12ft including a 100ft x 3ft aviary along the front top half with trapping, built from very heavy duty timber from framing to the loglap cladding with a box profile roof, The loft will be split into 5 20ft x 12ft sections with the intentions of opening up each section to allow the birds free roam of the entire loft when settled, The loft will run west to east with the front facing south to allow for maximum sunlight throughout the day and with prevailing winds coming from the south west the loft will benefit from maximum ventilation 24/7, Again thanks for your patience as I know your all just as eager as us to see the finished loft with a bit of luck we will have more to show monday onwards, below are pictures of the base and the view the loft has to the south Lee,

MORAY FIRTH FLYING CLUB 2023 SEASON Changes to the 2023 Race program, Membership fees and Birdage costs, The 2023 programs have been put together to give fanciers weekly racing out to 400-500 mile as well as keeping to a west of the country route, Membership fees and birdage costs will remain the same as 2022 an upfront payment at the start of the year of £200 which will cover membership and birdage fees for the entire year, The 18 races offered comes in at under £9 per race (excluding membership fee) which should still benefit the majority whilst still keeping costs down to a minimum, Furthermore I'd like to update the way prize money is won, Prize money will remain the same but instead of winning a lump sum at the end of the year from nominated races it will be divided equally between each race - £100 will be available to win each week at a percentage of 60% - 30% - 10% between 1st - 2nd and 3rd fancier on the open result, The club will also offer a bag of feed to be won weekly via a pooled bird system, we’ll also be running a gold ring scheme in the yb season. Thanks OBS Fort Augustus 29/04 Fort William 06/05 Oban 13/05 Oban 20/05 Tarbert 27/05 Campbeltown 03/06 Stranraer 10/06 Isle of Man 17/06 Holyhead 24/06 Pembroke 01/07 YBS Fort Augustus 15/07 Fort William 22/07 Oban 29/07 Tarbert 05/08 Campbeltown 12/08 Stranraer 19/08 Isle of Man 26/08 Holyhead 02/09

Hi pal, thats brilliant it's good to have you with us for 2023 Response has been amazing in the 7 weeks we've been public, the feedback and comments from everyone have been amazing, being our first year we'd be happy with 600 pigeons entered and so far we're half way there already! Looking forward to bringing you all updates on the loft build soon, Lee,

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Never before has a One Loft Race in this country offered such a diverse program offering your pigeons to overcome obstacles of Mountains, Glens, Lochs and open Sea crossings from the final along with the ever changing weather that the west of Scotland brings! The Moray Firth One Loft Classic was formed with the idea of creating champion pigeons through extreme training and racing through out the country's toughest terrain, showing just how challenging our program is making any bird that completes it worth there weight in gold! Really pushing the capabilities of your pigeons to the extreme, Only the very best will succeed!

Update on the Ace Flyer Awards for 2022, Result is worked out by the amount of points you've amassed during the year, Result is as follows and We'll Done ACE FLYER AWARDS 2022 Obs Points 1st John Thompson 973 2nd Dave Barrie 607 3rd Gavin Russell 423 4th Lee Barrie 383 5th George Duncan 326 6th Alex Hutchison 317 7th Dougie Stephen 160 8th Carlton Reid 140 9th Stuart Taylor 129 10th Willy Macmorran 80 11th Ryan Hay 64 12th Bill Swanson 12 13th Brian Stewart 7 14th Simon Murray 4 Ybs Points 1st Lee Barrie 856 2nd Dave Barrie 577 3rd Carlton Reid 212 4th Ryan Hay 200 5th Simon Murray 160 6th Gavin Russell 150 7th John Thompson 111 8th Neil Christie 93 9th George Duncan 50 10th Brian Duncan 45 Combined Points 1st Lee Barrie 1239 2nd Dave Barrie 1184 3rd John Thompson 1084 4th Gavin Russell 573 5th George Duncan 376 6th Carlton Reid 352 7th Alex Hutchison 317 8th Ryan Hay 264 9th Simon Murray 164 10th Doug Stephen 160 11th Stuart Taylor 129 12th Neil Christie 93 13th William Macmorran 80 14th Brian Duncan 45 15th Bill Swanson 12 16th Brian Stewart 7

Well Done, great result!