Ian McKay

You have a mountain to climb first C O Y Dons :emoticon-0136-giggle:

You were never sober enough to see him behave or NOT :emoticon-0127-lipssealed: :emoticon-0127-lipssealed:

Corridor is for your benefit Avery is for birds

No worries M8 they did not collect on this one as there were NO birds in race time :emoticon-0179-headbang: May have gone looking for the birds :emoticon-0140-rofl:

It's a disease :emoticon-0136-giggle:

Why he has never behaved before :emoticon-0179-headbang: :emoticon-0179-headbang:

Statistics mean nought it's goals that count Alec :emoticon-0136-giggle: Aberdeen 1 St Johnstone 0 :drinking-coffee-200: Easy Easy

Cawa the Dandy Dons Spec savers for you Fred it's goals the count :emoticon-0136-giggle: :emoticon-0136-giggle:

The Joe Murphy Column It has just been confirmed that Billy Bilsland of Ayton has triumphed in winning the Buckingham young bird national to accomplish his 7th Scottish National Flying Club win and now equals history maker John Hodgson of Annan. Plus Billy has also won 1st open SNRPC so if you count this he is an 8 times national winner. From the SNFC Buckingham race Billy timed in a red cock to win the race on a velocity of 1697 being one yard ahead of the 2nd placed bird raced by W & M Smith of Tranent. Fife’s previous young bird national winner Willie Hay of Methil is 3rd open with 2014 Buckingham young bird national winner G A Firth of Lockerbie in 4th place with Billy Bilsland in again to take 5th place. As a matter of interest this youngster is a full sister to Welltower David winner of 1st open SNFC Ypres in 2016. The national winner has now been named ‘Welltower Iain’ after Billy’s brother. His sire is a mealy stock cock who is also the father of ‘Welltower Isla’ Billy’s 1st young bird national winner from Leicester in 2012. The mealy cock is a son of Billy’s good mealy hen ‘Greer’s Girl’ that won 1st section E 1st west section 3rd open SNFC Ypres in 2009 flying 455 miles. The dam of Welltower Iain is the 2015 1st open SNFC Portsmouth winner ‘Welltower Greer’ whose dam was a full sister to ‘Billy’s Choice’ the 1st open SNFC Buckingham winner in 2014. I have often stated that Billy Bilsland is a very dedicated pigeon fancier who yes is a ‘full time’ pigeon fancier. But let us be honest here so is everyone who is retired and keeps racing pigeon’s including me. I just wish I had this extra free time to spend with my birds when I raced them. Billy also timed in a chequer hen ring number 1914 to win 22nd open SNFC Buckingham national. Now with all the losses we have heard about youngsters this year here is something to make you all THINK!! Billy has a young chequer hen number 1914 he sent her with the Up North Combine to the Oakham race which was held over till the Monday 29th August and she was his first bird home flying 220 miles. He then basketed her for the Scottish National Racing Pigeon Club from Peterborough on the Friday but the birds did not get liberated till the Sunday 3rd September and 1914 won 1st open national flying 240 miles. She was then basketed on the following Thursday for the SNFC Buckingham race again a hold over until 11th September and wins 22nd open SNFC Buckingham flying 270 miles. Therefore she has flown 730 miles in the space of 12 days which is more miles than some youngsters fly in a YEAR. She has also raced the full young bird programme with the UNC plus private training from Billy during the week. She is not alone in completing this programme as there are others in his race team who have undergone the same undertakings. As I write this information on Billy 3 days after the race he informs me that he has 50 birds home from his entry of 60 from the national. Billy was a professional cyclist and would compete against the VERY BEST in the UK and would often leave his house in the west of Scotland with his bike in the back of his van and drive down to the midlands and compete in races. Then he would drive home and be back at work on the Monday morning. He even moved to Belgium to compete against the best on the continent and he held his own. I have told you how he was 3rd open from Ypres when he was beaten by 2 birds from the east section. ‘Greer’s Girl’ performance that day to win 3rd open being so far west in the country was truly outstanding and I honestly believe that this was the motivation that made Billy move to the east side of the country. If you study the Scottish national results you will see that Stewart Roberts moved from Kirkliston (near the Forth Road Bridge) to Ayton and won 3 young bird nationals flying into this area. Hence the reason Billy moved to this little village and he has set the bench mark by now winning 8 nationals in the space of 5 years. He is an out-and-out pigeon man who moved house to compete against the best in the east and he has without doubt proved it by now becoming a SNFC History Maker. Readers can also see from this short report and you can read my story on Billy in the 2017 Year Book that he has built up an outstanding team of pigeons during this short space of time. He is also a very modest man who is appreciative of all the help his good friend David Reed of Chainbridge Lofts has done for him these past 5 years. 7 times Scottish national winner Billy Bilsland Results North of Scotland Federation Buckie news from Gavin Russell who writes ‘Hi Joe on the 3rd September we had 3 members sending 24 birds to Consett and taking 1st club is Neal Christie with a blue chequer cock doing a velocity of 1303.7 his sire and dam are Jan Aarden from Tumley Lofts. In 2nd & 3rd club is John Cumming with his 1st bird a mealy hen doing a velocity of 1303.4 her sire is from a D Dall line from Paul Thomson of Forres while the dam is from Ronnie Wilson of Keith. John’s 2nd bird is a blue chequer cock on 1205 his sire is from Callum Miller of Wick while his dam is from Johnnie Strachan of Inverallochy lines. From our last race from Ripon on the 10th September NO birds were sent by members. John Cumming wins the old bird averages and young bird averages so well done John. That is the season over for another year, how times flies past. We would like to say a big ‘THANK YOU’ to you Joe from all our members for adding our results to your column, keep up the good work you do for the sport in Scotland yours Gavin Russell’. News of the North of Scotland Federation from George Duthie of the last federation race from Ripon with 27 members sending 315 birds liberated into a light south west wind. The west section had 15 members sending 178 birds and these dominated the race with A Milne of Devern Valley wining both section and open. His club mate A Wilson is 2nd in both with A J Reid of Keith winning 3rd open. First east section and 4th open is Walter Masson of Fraserburgh & District with George Duthie of the same club is 2nd east section 5th open. G R Duncan of Keith wins 4th to 10th section and is 6th to 12th open. East section had 12 members sending 137 birds, I have given the top 2 in the section above Dave & Calum McDougall of Peterhead & District are 3rd section 15th open with club mates George Taylor in 4th section 16th open. C & M Williams of the same club are 5th 7th & 9th section also winning 18th 20th & 22nd open. Jim & Ann Donaldson are 6th 8th & 10th section and 19th 21st & 23rd open. Clubs First Bird: A Milne wins Devern Valley; A J Reid wins Keith; W Masson wins Fraserburgh & District; J Thomson wins Elgin & District; D & C McDougal win Peterhead & District and R McKenzie wins Inverurie. My thanks to George for supplying the federation result I have heard that the members are happy to receive some publicity for their efforts. Look forward to receiving you from the same or next season Joe M. The Pentland Federation Press officer Andy Miller has had problems with his computer hence the reason we missed out ONE race however the every consistent Andy has supplied the young bird open result flown from Buckingham race point were 36 members sent 405 birds to the race 368 with the SNFC and 37 with the federation. As stated this was in conjunction with the Scottish National Flying Club and is a distance of 278-290 miles for most members. Winning 1st federation is the ‘Champion old bird loft’ this season of W Pryde & son John from Gorebridge who supplied Andy with the following details. We timed a blue pied darkness young cock flown on the sliding door system. You’ll be pleased to know that this bird is ¾ of your (Andy) own breeding from a grandson of ‘Van Allen’ when paired to a daughter of Steve Lapinskie of Dalkeith Bovingdon national winner ‘Ashley’s Wish’. On the other side of the pedigree is breeding from your Kuwaiti pair, ‘Petrol & Diesel’. (Andy Miller writes, 2 rings on their way to you for next year John) Andy would like to send his congratulations to all the officials and workers of the federation for all their hard work and once again they have had another good season. 2nd federation is J Allen of Easthouses with K Dick of Edinburgh Premier in 3rd spot. Willie Kinnear & sons of Danderhall are 4th & 10th with A Young of the same club in 5th spot. McCormack & Fraser of Castlebrae are 6th with Andy Miller of Sighthill in 7th place. The inform loft of Brown & Black of Woodburn are 8th & 9th and ALL the above should be well up in the national race. Garden Competition Winner Margaret and I attended the Fife Council presentation at Glenrothes for the ‘Fife in Bloom’ completion which is for gardens and hanging baskets. Margaret had already been awarded a ‘Gold’ medal for her hanging baskets however I was invited for the Area award. Which consists of gardens from 6 local villages within the county and I won the Area award and a Silver Gilt for my efforts. So we were well pleased and I have attached a couple of pictures to go with this article. Joe Murphy with his prizes for Best Garden Margaret's Gold Medal winning baskets Obituary Sandy Bain of Duns: I was sorry to read about the passing of Sandy who was a proper gentleman. A native of Wick where he was a very successful fancier and this continued when he moved down to Duns winning the east section from Reims in 2002 then 1st east section 1st open Eastbourne national in 2011. He had also achieved a SNFC Gold Award in 1996. He flew a good pigeon and I remember going to do a short loft report on him and his lovely wife May. Unfortunately she was killed in a car accident and poor Sandy never got over her loss. I extend my heartfelt sympathies to the family at this sad time. Davie Hamilton of Kennoway: I was saddened to read on the internet about my ex club mate Davie who died peacefully, at home on Saturday, 27th August, 2016. I was disappointed that I didn’t know as I would have attended the funeral. Davie was aged 81 and a loving husband of Jean, he was also an adored dad of Hazel, and a father-in-law of Andy, also much loved grandad of David and Emmajane, also a proud great-grandad of Holly, Kaden, Kobe and Daisy, to whom we send our heartfelt condolences. Joe’s Joke The mother of a 17-year-old girl was concerned that her daughter was having sex. Worried the girl might become pregnant and adversely impact the family's status, she consulted the family doctor. The doctor told her that teenagers today were very wilful and any attempt to stop the girl would probably result in rebellion. He then told her to arrange for her daughter to be put on birth control and until then, talk to her and give her a box of condoms. Later that evening, as her daughter was preparing for a date, the mother told her about the situation and handed her a box of condoms. The girl burst out laughing and reached over to hug her mother, saying, ‘Oh mum! You don't have to worry about that! I'm dating Susan!' 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.fancierchat.co.uk and www.pigeon-chat.co.uk also www.pigeonbasics.com who wish my weekly contribution portfolio on pigeon topics from Scotland. © Compiled by Joe Murphy

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This was the one we got Marlene http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231196986059?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&var=530412973274&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Here was the chicken before and after. It did look a little bit burnt but no, it was succulent and lovely. Marlene

Too late can't wait looked at 10 day forcast got till Thursday maybe :emoticon-0179-headbang: :emoticon-0179-headbang:

I live in hope Alf :emoticon-0136-giggle:

That's the problem leaks had them for some time keep patching some of them my fault I have today had torch on felt delivered 5 rolls just waiting on the last 4 then I need to get it on Looking for a genius to help :emoticon-0179-headbang: :emoticon-0179-headbang:

Ebay approx £39 ajustable to fit most units went for electric as did not fancy battery one

Used to buy Costco spit roasted chicken but last one was poor quality and we think smaller Having bought a new Barbecue we decided to get a spit fitting for it and today had my first go at it chicken from Aldi £3 49 1.8 kilo 2 & half hours later looked very good left to rest and just carved it sorry Costco you just lost a customer I never knew it was so easy just said to her indoors get 2 the next time looking forward to it Cheers :drinking-coffee-200:

Is anyone on site experienced on this product I have a large walk way on an upper floor of the loft which is in need of replacing Will I have to remove the old felt Thanks in advance :emoticon-0136-giggle:

The Joe Murphy Column My birds are going through the moult at an alarming rate and I feel that I could fill a bag with the amount of feathers that are collect each day in the loft. This is a good sign and the birds are all vigorous and although looking a bit bedraggled they are in good health. I like to increase the oil content during this time of the year and add plenty of small oily grains to my feeding. Plus I like to give them a bath at least twice a week if I can, however if we have heavy rain like we have today I let them enjoy a natural shower in the aviary. It is funny how they will sit with their wings up and let the rain fall onto themselves. Once the moult is over then I will have to start thinking about my pairings for next year and unfortunately I will have to cut down on numbers therefore some birds will have to go. However I have received some good feedback from fanciers who have done well with youngsters purchased from me this year also Kevin has a good team left to winter. He has also been training a few late breds and now that the racing season is over he will stop them and close up the loft for the winter. As he has found that you lose the odd bird at this time of the year to the hawks as the birds go through the moult. Press Officers I would like to THANK all the fanciers who took on the job of being press officers for their club or federation. I know this is a thankless assignment as at times you cannot get any information from some people and all you are trying to do is highlight THEIR winning birds. The sad thing is so many of these good people give up this task as they get fed up begging people to tell them about their birds and all these press officers are trying to do is give fanciers some praise for their achievements. I do appreciate these good people efforts especially as they supply me with the information on time so that I can send my article away on a weekly basis. This has been my 40th year in highlighting Scottish fanciers and their pigeons and I have now come to the realisation that I cannot please everyone and have given up trying. To me the BHW & RP are all about the ‘PIGEON’ this is all that matters, not the personalities or politics of our sport. Hence the reason why I try to give as many good pigeons a worthy piece of publicity as they are the ones who gave their all to get home. When I started out I covered the local area but it soon became The Joe Murphy Column as I started to get information from all over the UK. Accordingly I have built up a good following throughout the pigeon sport as I communicate with fanciers from all over the world. I have digressed a little but do appreciate all the work and efforts of all the people who send in weekly reports. Results Angus Federation Have not received the above federation results due to Kenny Droog having problems with his computer and losing all his email addresses so my thanks to David Little for sending in the last 2 results plus the federation points winner for fancier of the year. The members sent 325 birds to Ripon liberated at 07-30 with no wind at the race point. The first 6 places were won by Bob Baldie with club mate Mike Leggett in 7th place Ian Scott takes the next 3 places with Macaulay Ferguson & Curran winning 11th place then we have David Liddle winning 12th to 15th plus 20th spots. Kenny Droog & son take 17th to 19th places. East section winners are as follows: B Craig of Gourdon is 1st with B Main of Inchcape in 2nd 5th 6th 7th & 9th with K Gourley of the same club in 3rd spot followed by Chic & Ann Carrie of the same club one place behind. G Campbell of Montrose makes up the top ten. Club Winners are as follows: Forfar 237 birds R Baldie; Gourdon 18 birds B Craig; Montrose 38 birds G Campbell; Inchcape 32 birds B Main. From the Wakefield race with the members sending 261 birds liberated at 07-50 with no wind at the race point. First & 7th places go to Kenny Droog & son of Forfar with Bob Baldie in 2nd 3rd 6th 17th 18th & 19th place Willie MacKnight of the same club is 4th 5th & 14th with Macaulay Ferguson & Curran in 8th & 13th spots. Ian Scott is 9th 10th 15th & 16th with David Liddle making up the top 20th. East section winners are as follows: G Campbell of Montrose is 1st 5th & 8th with D & D Hay of Gourdon in 2nd & 9th places B Craig of the same club is 3rd & 4th with C & A Carrie of Inchcape in 6th place B Main of the same club is 7th & 10th. Club Winners are as follows: Forfar 191 birds K Droog & son; Gourdon 17 birds D & D Hay; Montrose 19 birds G Campbell; Inchcape 34 birds C & A Carrie. Angus Federation Fancier of the Year 2016 is Ian Scott with 258 points followed by Macaulay Ferguson & Curran on 234 points with Bob Baldie in 3rd place on 228 and Davie Glen on 187 with David Liddle 2 points behind on 185. Ayrshire North Road Federation Received an email from Andy Kyle who writes ‘Hi Joe, sorry for the delay in forwarding my reports. I have been busy with an online auction to raise funds and then we have been holding several committee meetings and the young bird reports suffered as a result. I have attached the report from all our YB races, use it as you wish. The only good thing is that you may have less reports coming in because the season is winding down cheers once again yours Andy’. Ayrshire North Road Federation had their first young bird race from Stirling on 31st July with 32 members sending 679 pigeons these were liberated at 08-00 into a light west wind. Valley North Club winner and 1st federation is owned and raced by W Frew his pigeon is a blue cock, a Vermotte Janssen via Liam Byrne and Rod Wilson winning velocity was 1020ypm. Carrick Club winner and 2nd federation is owned by Jamieson and Cameron and their pigeon is a blue hen. Her sire is an Ian Cannon (club secretary) and her dam is from Jeff Greenway their winning velocity was 1008ypm. Cumnock Club winner and 8th federation is raced by J Speirs with a blue cock whose sire is via Kevin Speirs from Nottingham. In fact the sire was 1st ANRF 2015 and 2nd Ayrshire Federation 2016. Dam of the blue cock is from J Dalgleish of Ecclefechan and his winning velocity was 942ypm. Mauchline Club winner and 22nd federation is Drew Lymburn with his pigeon is a chequer pied hen, home bred and won the club with a velocity of 894ypm. Ayrshire North Road Federation was racing from THORNTON on 6th August with 24 members sending 338 pigeons these were liberated at 07-00 into a light West wind. Valley North Club winner and 1st federation is owned by W Frew with the winning pigeon a chequer hen she was bred by Liam Byrne and her winning velocity was 1218ypm. Carrick Club winner and 10th federation is Jamieson & Cameron their pigeon is a chequer pied hen. Her sire is a blue pied cock having won prizes from Tarbes and Saintes. Her dam is a direct daughter of Champion De Cas and her winning velocity was 1074ypm. Mauchline Club winner and 14th federation is owned by Andrew Lymburn and his pigeon is a blue cock, home bred, same lines as last week’s winner winning Dam Grizzle Hen from Kerr Stainthorpe Kilpatrick with a velocity of 1033ypm. 1124 is a full sister of 04405 who as an YB also won Montrose in 2014 but was pipped to the post by 1 yard for 1st fed by J McWhirter. She won Mauchline club with a velocity of 1385.258 Cumnock Club winner and 18th federation is raced by J Moan with his pigeon is a blue cock bred from own stock and his winning velocity was 1011ypm. Ayrshire North Road Federation raced from Perth on 13th August with 22 members sending 306 pigeons these were liberated at 07-45 into a light west south west wind. Valley North Club winner and 1st federation is bred and raced by T & T Wright their pigeon is a blue hen bred by Terry Williamson from Van de Merwe / Vandenabeele lines doing a winning velocity was 1049ypm. 1124 is a full sister of 04405 who as an YB also won Montrose in 2014 but was pipped to the post by 1 yard for 1st fed by J McWhirter. She won Mauchline club with a velocity of 1385.258 Cumnock Club winner and 3rd federation is raced by J Speirs with his pigeon is a blue hen. She was bred by R McCarroll from German stock and is one of Jimmy’s steadiest youngsters. Her winning velocity was 1020ypm. Carrick Club winner and 15th federation is owned and raced by Jamieson & Cameron their winning pigeon is a chequer pied hen. Her sire is a blue pied cock having won prizes from Tarbes and Saintes while her dam is a direct daughter of Champion De Cas. The same winner as last week with a winning velocity was 852ypm. Mauchline Club winner and 22nd federation is owned and raced by Kory Galloway with his pigeon is a mealy cock a son of 4th open Lerwick 2015 winner while the dam is half-sister to 2nd federation Arbroath in 2016 his winning velocity was 825ypm. Ayrshire North Road Federation raced from Arbroath on 21st August with 14 members sending 111 pigeons liberated at 07-00 into no wind changing to west to south west on route home. Valley North Club winner and 1st federation is J L Dumigan with his pigeon is a blue pied hen of Gabby Vandenabeele breeding via Norman Watson his winning velocity was 1141ypm. 1124 is a full sister of 04405 who, as a YB, also won Montrose in 2014 but was pipped to the post by 1 yard for 1st fed by J McWhirter. She won Mauchline club with a velocity of 1385.258 Carrick Club winner and 10th federation is owned by Jamieson and Cameron with a grizzle cock. He is bred from a stock pair bought at Carrick & District young bird sale being from Fred Simpson from Northern Ireland, stock his winning velocity was 1004ypm. Mauchline Club winner and 13th federation is owned and raced by Kory Galloway and was a grizzle cock. He is bred from R Dykes of Cumnock was doing a velocity of 969ypm. Ayrshire North Road Federation raced from Montrose on 27th August with 17 members sending 174 pigeons liberated at 07-30 with No wind at the race point. Valley North Club winner and 1st federation is owned and raced by W Frew with his pigeon is a chequer pied cock, bred by Jeremy Davies from Malvern and his winning velocity was 1278ypm. 1124 is a full sister of 04405 who as a YB also won Montrose in 2014 but was pipped to the post by 1 yard for 1st fed by J McWhirter. She won Mauchline club with a velocity of 1385.258 Carrick Club winner and 16th federation is owned by Jamieson and Cameron their pigeon is a chequer pied hen. Her sire is a Louella Pigeon World cock from Nico Volkens bloodlines while her dam is a House of Aarden Bonte Beere hen and her winning velocity was 1178ypm. Mauchline Club winner and 17th federation is raced by Drew Lymburn and his pigeon is a chequer pied hen, home bred, sister to the Stirling winner, same lines as all this year’s winners. He won the club with a velocity of 1100ypm. East of Scotland Federation News from John Baillie of Tranent who writes; ‘Hi Joe, for our young bird open race from Newark convoyed with the Pentland Federation race controller Bobby Graham had the convoy away at 06-45 into a south wind. Taking pole position this week is John Bird of Prestonpans who also won 4th, 5th & 6th open positions. Yours truly John Baillie of Tranent is 2nd & 3rd open then back down the hill to Prestonpans and we have Mr & Mrs March in 7th, 8th & 10th positions. 9th open is taken with Jim McNeil of Tranent. Returns were good from Newark approximately 216 miles but a wee bit further down the hill to the Pans. Prestonpans HC is won by John Bird with a chequer hen now named ‘Young Peg’ as she is a daughter of his very good hen ‘Peg’. This hen has the same route as its mother as it came right over me, just as its mother does, direct from the south. The sire of the winner is bred from a son of John's famous ‘Bits and Pieces’ and a gift of a hen from W Gray & Son of Coldstream when Willie won the Eastbourne SNFC National. That's both the dam and its daughter have now both won the young bird Newark open race for John. In 2nd & 3rd places is yours truly John Baillie with both my hens grandchildren from a pair of birds I purchased from ‘House Of Aarden’ from their Padfield Invincible lines when paired to different hens from my SNFC Silver Award winner ‘Ambition’, thanks once again Joe yours John B’. Fife Federation Dunfermline LRPC news from David Kennedy who writes ‘Hi Joe, please find our last club result for 2016, we had 6 members sending 76 birds to Wakefield and we have another clean sweep by Frank Mitchell, who has had a great old and young bird season. His winner doing a velocity of 1208.8 ypm is a darkness young cock bred by ex-club mate Wattie Sharp from his Peter Van De Merve stock. His 2nd bird is also a darkness young hen with a velocity of 1208.6 ypm; this bird was bred by Andrew Langley from Elson from his Mark & Dickie Evans stock. The 3rd bird is a darkness young cock with a velocity of 1191.3 ypm; this bird was also bred by Andrew Langley from Elson from his M & D Evans stock. This week’s nomination is won by John Skelton and the 2 bird is won by Frank Mitchell. Well Joe that is it for another year and thank you once again for highlighting our club in your column. It is good to give the winners the credit and I don’t know why more clubs don’t take up this opportunity as it does not cost anything but a little time. Wishing you all the best yours in sport David’. Glenrothes & Leslie PC news from Rosie Armit who writes ‘Hi Joe, the penultimate young bird race from Ripon has Brian Kinnear taking the first 3 places with his winner doing a velocity of 1415 with a blue chequer cock on darkness, looking at a hen. His sire is a grandson of Gilmour Bros, ‘Davey’s Boy winner of 4th open SNFC Clermont. His dam is from Stitchy lines. Brain 2nd bird is a blue chequer hen on darkness she has previously won 3rd club Sedgefield. Her sire is a Vandenabeele from J Anderson of Anstruther and her dam a granddaughter of Tom & Scott McEwen’s ‘Petite Rose’ winner of 1st open Tours. Brian’s 3rd bird is a blue pied hen on darkness she won 1st club last week. Her sire is a son of the ‘Dark Hen’ winner of 4th open Ancenis her dam was bred by J Watkins of Wales and was bought at Kennoway Breeder Buyer sale and was 2nd in the B/B race in 2015. From the young bird open race from Wakefield the winners of the first 3 place are Turpie &McCord with a velocity of 1335 they timed a grizzle cock flown natural. His sire is a grandson of Charlie Cameron's Belgian stray winner of 21 x 1st with a hen from Ian Chalmers of Falkland, the dam is a gift bird from Alan Wright of Lincolnshire her breeding is Mick Gann’s. This young cock has been 1st bird to the loft 3 weeks running being 3rd club 3rd section Sedgefield and 6th club 6th section Ripon. Their 2nd bird on 1319 is a blue hen flown natural; her sire is a J Ellis crossed A Muir & David Black & Son of Drumore. Her dam is an 11 year old stock hen, Venner crossed Morgan & Cook. The 3rd bird on 1310 is a blue cock flown natural. His sire is a double grandson of Charlie Cameron's Belgian stray and his dam is Venner crossed Morgan crossed Busschaert she won 90th open SNFC 2015 Clermont. North of Scotland Federation news from George Duthie who informs us 41 members entered 532 birds to Consett they were liberated into a light south west wind. Taking 1st & 2nd east section and federation is C McRae of Fraserburgh & District with A Milne of Devern Valley winning 3rd 4th 5th & 9th open 1st 2nd 3rd & 6th west section. His club mate N Raymond is 4th section 6th open with George Duthie of Fraserburgh & District 3rd east section 7th open. A Wilson of Devern Valley IS 5th west section 8th open and club mate John Mair is 7th west section 10th open. East Section 20 members sent 287 birds 1st & 2nd open 1st & 2nd section C McRae of Fraserburgh & District, 7th open 3rd section is G Duthie of Fraserburgh & District with A & A Milne of Inverurie winning 11th 30th & 31st open 4th 6th & 9th section W Masson of Fraserburgh & District 15th open & 5th section. Dave & Callum McDougall of Peterhead & District is in 6th & 7th section places as well as 20th & 21st open with A Higgins of Fraserburgh & District in 10th section 34th open. West Section 21 members sent 245 birds A Milne of Devern Valley is 1st 2nd 3rd & 6th section 3rd 4th 5th & 9th open with N Raymond of the same club in 4th section 6th open A Wilson of Devern Valley is 5 & 8th section also winning 8th & 12th federation G R Duncan of Keith is 9th & 10th section 13th & 14th open. Clubs Winners are as follows: Fraserburgh & District winner: C McRae: Devern Valley winner: A Milne: Inverurie winner: A & A Milne: Keith winner: G R Duncan; Peterhead & District winner: D & C McDougall; Buckie & District winner: N Christie; Elgin & District winner: J Thomson; Fraserburgh West End winner: A Stuart; Forres, Nairn & Inverurie winner: R Murray. Pentland Hill’s Federation The Pentland Fed had their seventh young bird race of the season from Newark a distance of 210-222 miles for the members. The New Lothian RPCs race was in conjunction with their annual Gold Ring Competition. Winning 1st federation and 1st New Lothian is the form loft of Willie Kinnear & son from Danderhall who timed one of their Franz Zwols darkness youngsters flown on the sliding door system. Sire was a direct import with the dam being purchased by Willie Donachie from Dundee. Returns were excellent with most fanciers having all their bird’s home within the hour. 1st & 4th open are Willie Kinnear & son of Danderhall with the Castlebrae partnership of McCormack & Fraser in 2nd place. Helen Aitken & Sons of Danderhall are 3rd & 5th with T Nolan & Son of Danderhall winning 6th 7th 8th 9th & 10th. The NEW LOTHIAN RPC held a race from Newark with young bird race flown on Saturday 3rd September 2016 38 lofts sent 585 birds liberated at 06-45 into a south wind. The Gold Ring prizes amounted to £1120: Paid out in units of £500 - £300 - £200 - £80 - £40 plus pools with a total pay-out of £1679.00. 1st & 4th open are Willie Kinnear & son of Danderhall. With McCormack & Fraser of Castlebrae in 2nd place and Helen Aitken & Sons of Danderhall are 3rd & 5th winning 1st Gold Ring prize of £680.50. T Nolan & Son of Danderhall are 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th & 14th they are also 4th Gold Ring winning £82-50. A Young of Danderhall in 7th open place with W Kinnear & Son of Danderhall are 2nd & 7th Gold Ring winning £344.50. Brown & Black of Woodburn are 3rd & 5th Gold Ring winning £667-50 with Andy Miller in 6th Gold Ring winning £52. Ian Scott Angus Fancier of the Year 2016 John Bird hard at work Peter March Joe’s Joke Subject: Two Catholic Parrots A lady goes to her priest one day and tells him, 'Father, I have a problem. I have two female parrots, but they only know to say one thing.' 'What do they say?' the priest asked. They say, 'Hi, we're hookers! Do you want to have some fun?' 'That's obscene!' the priest exclaimed, and then he thought for a moment...... 'You know,' he said, 'I may have a solution to your problem. I have two male talking parrots, which I have taught to pray and read the Bible... Bring your two parrots over to my house, and we'll put them in the cage with Francis and Peter. My parrots can teach your parrots to pray and worship, and your parrots are sure to stop saying that phrase in no time.' 'Thank you,' the woman responded, 'this may very well be the solution.' The next day, she brought her female parrots to the priest's house.... As he ushered her in, she saw that his two male parrots were inside their cage holding rosary beads and praying... impressed, she walked over and placed her parrots in with them... After a few minutes, the female parrots cried out in unison: Hi, we're hookers! Do you want to have some fun?' There was stunned silence... Shocked, one male parrot looked over at the other male parrot and says...'Put the beads away, Frank, Our prayers have been answered!!! 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.fancierchat.co.uk and www.pigeon-chat.co.uk also www.pigeonbasics.com who wish my weekly contribution portfolio on pigeon topics from Scotland. © Compiled by Joe Murphy

You would not say that if you watched them at the week end :emoticon-0136-giggle:

So would any other Scottish team Brian as it shows how poor Scottish football is Scotland National team are no better

Your having a laugh Fred Pigeons first try politics :emoticon-0136-giggle:

1260 for me please :emoticon-0136-giggle:

Celtic 5 Rangers 1 :emoticon-0136-giggle: