Chris Little

From memory I think Playboy won the race in 1992 for a guy in Ronse called Van Roy Visited his loft in 1993, the birds were crackers...... and so was his young missus

Young birds are SOLD

Cheers Frank, pigeon racing is for the working man and so should the prices be

I have available 2 very well bred youngsters that will sure interest the long distance connoisseur. They will be ready by mid next week. Sire Red Cheq, bred by J Ellis of Wellbank. This cock is a real beauty and contains the best of John's reknowned family A direct son of Wellbank Lad which won the following 50th open SNFC Claremont 238th open SNFC Reims 20th open SNRPC Cholet 13th openSNRPC St Nazaire 44th open SNRPC Lessay Dam Bl Cheq, Desmet Matthys / Alfons Bauwens, bred from our golden breeding pair and sister to many winners Full sister to Fiona's Girl winner of 1st Open SNFC Falaise £50 each or £90 for the pair PM if interested

Mr Virtue wont be far away

It is in the south eastern fringes of Paris

The perils of the eastern French and Belgian racepoints is the West winds Reims 2007 still fresh in my mind, got 2 reported in Germany and 1 in Holland :-/

A fine effort by all who entered considering the birdage, approx 25% of the total entry in the clock, well done

Rough estimate from the South is approx 90 Ypres and 50 Andrezel In adding up the previous posts not a great entry..... quite shocking infact, we as a nation are supposed to be the benchmarkers for distance racing in the UK, no chance

Sure there was about 60 birds timed in the South Section

About the 550 odd miles

Each and every pigeon that makes it home is a good un, well done to those that have timed in. As a matter interest what is the first Sporting Challenge bird timed in

Know of about 30 / 40 in South, a few guys with twos and threes home

Good luck guys

Scott Irving from Annan has timed a Belgian yearling before 8am, he was over the moon when I spoke to him

Any sign of a sale yet Stu

It is an Antwerp ring

Great thread and very true

Now we are talking, cant forget the buckie

Stella v Tennents, nah no contest pal

Asda are the best for deals 20 cans of wife beater for a tenner.... excellent

Just hang on a minute here, I have utmost respect for the North section fanciers, they are phenominal with some gut bursting performances to boast from their hard as nail doos so forget about trying to force the issue I dont care about the lads up north. I class the inland nationals as sprints on the basis of where I live, anything under 400 miles is a sprint in my own opinion. I cant recall when inland nationals were first introduced but what did we do before them..... we still managed to prepare our athletes. In my own eyes scrap them and lets get back on the long distance track, my opinion of course

Absolutely correct my friend. I am not the greatest lover of inland nationals even though we have had success in them. One race was enough now we have two. The SNFC is a great club and should be promoting long distance racing to the highest degree just like it did in years gone by. We are slowly turning into a nation of sprinters when we were once regarded as the best in the UK for the long distance, even the long distance races are getting shorter :-/ 1299 birds at Alencon is shocking ??)

Super racing Tam, very well done

Sent a very good mate of ours there last year, he just turned up at the door and was made most welcome