Joe Murphy Article 7th July 2023

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Received an email from Karl Murphy who wrote, ‘Hi Joe, Is there any chance you could email me the pedigree for SU 20 939 the red hen as I
have deleted previous email with her details on it; as she has bred me nice birds with 3 of them clocked this week. Here are a few results I have
had with your birds; 2 nd club 3 rd section 835 birds 178 mile; A granddaughter of ‘Gerald’ won 5 th club 16 th section 147 th open Talbenny young bird
national with an entry of 3191 birds flying 208 miles. Another granddaughter of ‘Gerald’ won 5 th club 19 th section flying 178 miles with an entry
of 432 birds. Another granddaughter of ‘Gerald’ won 2 nd section Talbenny Gold Ring Race. As a matter of interest ‘Gerald’ was bred by my
good friend Gerald MacPherson hence his name ‘Gerald’. He was a direct son of the famous John Ellis of Dundee’s Champion pigeon ‘Blue
Boy’ a 7 times winner from France; while Gerald’s dam was a ½ sister to ‘Wingdown’ a winner of 2 nd 4 th & 7 th NFC flying 676 miles,
‘Wingdown’ was the only pigeon in the history of the NFC to win 3 top 10 prizes in national races. So, you will see that ‘Gerald’ was bred for
the job. A son of your red hen 939, won 9 th & 10 th club; 29 th & 37 th section Penzance flying 314 miles. I looked out the pedigree of the red hen
939 Sire and Dam for Karl, which I forwarded with an email. This pedigree made interesting reading and I thought I would let readers of my
column see the quality of 939 breeding. Her sire was 814 a son of my No 1 stock cock a direct son of ‘Robbie’s Boy’ a winner of 1 st open SNFC
Falaise for Gilmour Brothers of Leven; when he was paired to a sister of ‘Mary’ bred by Pete Patrick. ‘Mary’ was Jock King’s 10 times national
winning hen. My No 1 stock cock was paired to my No 1 stock hen Martha (she bred a 18 th open Ypres; 4 th & 19 th open Clermont; 86 th & 134 th
open Alencon 573 miles. Martha was a direct daughter of Ritchie & Whyte of Fraserburgh wonderful hen ‘Last Chance’ a winner of 12 th north
section Tours & 1 st north section 42 nd open SNFC Tours flying a distance of 721 miles, and she left a fantastic line of long-distance pigeons not
only for me but for other fanciers as well. Sire of Martha was ‘High Hopes’ he flew the English Channel 6 times racing into Fraserburgh. The
dam of 939 is from a Mark Gilbert cock when mated to a hen from Tom & Scott McEwan of Elphinstone from their famous cock ‘TMAC’ who
won a SNFC Silver Award his national positions were as follows; 21 st region B 85 th open Clermont 506 miles; 3 rd region B 5 th open Alencon Gold
Cup 533 miles (Kevin won 4 th open SNFC in this race with My Little Rachel) 17 th region B 82 nd open Clermont to win his Silver Award and he
went on to win 13 th region B 47 th open Alencon. The dam of 939 is from 1582 who is bred from the best of Mark Gilbert x Tom McEwen x Mark
Gilbert. I also explained to Karl that I already had a lad from Ireland phone and tell me that he had won from this weekend’s race from St Malo
with birds from me. This was Tommy Tweed of Rasharkin & District RPC in Ireland who informed me that the partnership of Anne, Tommy
and their son Christopher timed in their dark chequer white flight hen (see photo) now known as ‘Tommy’s Dream’ from the NIPA St Mallo
race; she was flying a distance of 488 miles. This hen now wins her Silver Award as she has previously won 5 th section B 43 rd open in 2021 and
the following year 2022 she won 7 th section B 71 st open to gain a Bronze Award. This year she has won 3 rd section B 30 th open from an entry of
1309 birds entered by 353 members. Tommy informed me that she has now won over £900 in 3 years for the partnership. The pigeon is bred
down from birds Tommy purchased from me and the dam of ‘Tommy’s Dream’ was a mealy hen; her sire was ‘JS’ bred by Jock & Willie Strang
of California in the North West federation. ‘JS’ won 1 st club (only bird on the day) 26 th east section 127 th open Eastbourne flying 419 miles 4568
birds. He also won 11 th section 66 th open SNFC Ypres 454 miles 2347 birds; 15 th section 36 th open SNFC Clermont 539 miles 1741 birds; ALL
AS A YEALING. He then won 23 rd section 213 th open Cheltenham 3780 birds flying a distance of 321 miles; and also won 107 th Clermont 539

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miles 1622 birds; Unfortunately, he was lost at Ypres going for his Silver Award. As a matter of interest, you will see that Tommy is wearing a
Glasgow Rangers football top; believe it or not Jock Strang played for Glasgow Rangers away back in the 1960’s plus both he and his wife Betty
married on the same DATE, (but a different year) from Margaret and I; and we have ALL been friends for many years. The dam of the mealy
hen was a chequer pied hen; who won 2 nd club Hexham as a young bird and had 5 races to Wakefield. She had 8 races as a yearling and won 6 th
club Eastbourne. She was then stopped as she was paired to ‘JS’ as Kevin wished her to be at home for him returning from a race. She was off
the road for 2 years and then put back into the racing team in 2014 and she flew Clermont. The sire of 326 was bred from a Jim Cullen of
Uddingston cock; his sire won 60 th section 185 th open Eastbourne & 16 th section 138 th open Ypres. He also turned out to be a top stock cock for
Jim. Dam of 326 was a Willie & Barry Kinnear hen; she was a ½ sister to their famous ‘Auld Reekie’ the winner of 1 st 2 nd 11 th & 24 th open SNFC
races. He was the BEST COCK in Scotland over a 2-year period in fact he was a DOUBLE DEWAR TROPHY WINNER – which is awarded to
Scotland’s Bird of the Year. As a matter of significance, Auld Reekie was also a double grandson of the Kinnear’s partnerships ‘Back to Basic’s’
their Runner Up for the Dewar Trophy in 1995. Sorry I digress; so back to Christopher email; who also informed me that a blue white flight hen
from ME bred them a Bronze Award winner; which is awarded to a pigeon for winning TWICE from St Malo for the partnership. Her positions
are as follows: in 2019; she won 4 th section B 25 th open, and in 2020 she won 17 th section B 162 nd open; unfortunately, she was lost going for the
Silver Award in 2021. She was bred down from my George & Brian Hunter ‘Kingdom Spirit’ lines; many fanciers will know that ‘Kingdom
Spirit’ was also a Double Gold Award winner from France into Scotland (10 times from France). She also won the Dewar Trophy for Scotland’s
Bird of the Year Award TWICE and was Runner Up once. I have forwarded the above information to Christopher to read prior to it going into
my column and he replied. ‘Thank you for your kind words, Joe, Dad is on ‘Cloud 9’. After nearly 60+ years of racing pigeons this is now one
of dad’s grandest achievements; plus, it has brought us so much happiness not only as a partnership, but also as a family’. (Wonderful words and
I’m happy to be part of the family’s happiness Joe M). As a matter of interest, the St Mallo old bird national had 353 members sending 1309
birds, these were liberated at 06-30am into a light north wind, the outright winner of 1 st section A 1 st open was to S McFlynn of Castledawson;
our congratulations go to him as well.

Results

Arbroath Racing Pigeon Club
News from Charlie Cameron on the 10 th old bird race of the season from Wooler flown on 24 th June with5 members sending 58 birds. These were
liberated into a light south west wind. Charlie and son Glen take the first 3 place with P Cameron winning 4 th & 11 th spots. Graham McKenzie is
6 th & 8 th with Chic & Anne Carrie winning 7 th place and Les McKay wining 9 th & 10 th spots.
North of Scotland Federation

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News from George Duthie of the Huntingdon old bird race also flown on the 24 th of June with 39 members sending 393 birds, these were
liberated into a light south west wind. The East Section had 22 members sending 290 birds; Colin McRae of Fraserburgh & District takes the
first 2 places plus 4 th 12 th & 13 th open and also wins 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 11 th & 12 th east section. G Wilson of Devern Valley wins 1 st & 10 th west section 3 rd &
36 th open positions. The Peterhead partnership of my ‘old pal’ Stewart Maskame & Cordiner win 4 th 5 th & 13 th east section 5 th 6 th & 14 th open.
Their club mate Neil Holt wins 6 th east section 7 th open with Inverurie’s S Witherspoon winning 7 th east section 8 th open. Robbie Higgins of
Fraserburgh West End wins 8 th 9 th & 10 th east section places plus 9 th 10 th & 11 th open.
The West Section had 17 members sending 103 birds; as I have said above G Wilson wins 1 st & 10 th section with J Cumming of Buckie &
District club winning 2 nd west section 21 st open. J Jack of Elgin & District club wins 3 rd west section 29 th open. A J Reid of Keith club wins 4 th
west section 30 th open. A Hay of Devern Valley club wins 5 th 6 th & 8 th west section 31 st 32 nd & 34 th open. Ryan Hay & Family win 7 th & 9 th west
section 33 rd & 35 th open.
Clubs First Bird Winners; Fraserburgh & District is Colin McRae velocity 1461. Devern Valley winner is G Wilson velocity 1445. Peterhead
winners are Maskame & Cordiner velocity 1421. Inverurie winner is S Witherspoon velocity 1388. Fraserburgh West End winner is Robbie
Higgins velocity 1380. Buckie & District winner is J Cumming velocity 1336. Elgin & District winner is J Jack velocity 1301; and Keith winner
is A J Reid velocity 1298. Well done to Colin McRae on Topping the federation and also congratulations to G Wilson on winning the West
Section.
Central Scotland 3 Bird Club
Received an email from Greig Drysdale regarding the above club; he wrote; ‘Morning Joe, Hope you are well, the Central Scotland 3 bird club
had 32 members sending 85 birds to their 2 nd race of the year from Brighton on 17 th June with the birds convoyed with the SNFC who we thank.
Winning 1 st central section 1 st open is Martyn Brown and his dad Alan who take the top spot. Here's what Martyn had to say on his winner SU 20
CA 930; now named ‘MAXIMUS’ continuing on Leach Brothers Naming Trend. He is flown on the roundabout system, along with plenty
training on board Freddy Robertsons wagon with the Pentland members from Carter Bar which is 63 miles to Bo’ness. He had 3 of the 5 club
races before Upper Heyford where he scored 27 th section D 241 st open & 7 th open Scottish Central 3 Bird club.
He was left to go down on eggs after that due to dwindling numbers and was given very little work in between the 2 nationals. He was sent
sitting 5-day eggs. The Brighton Race flown in conjunction with the SNFC he Scored 1st club 3rd fed 3rd section D 26th open SNFC. His sire
GANACUS was purchased from the leach Brothers Partnership in their 2018 stock reduction sale. He is a direct son of Leach Brothers
Legendary ‘Syndicate Cock’. ‘Ganacus’ has bred winners right from the word go for ourselves. His Dam is ‘Iron Maiden’ was sent on loan to
pair to ‘Ganacus’ and then was kindly gifted to us by Adrian Leach. ‘Iron Maiden’ herself was a winner on the road and among other results
scored in a very hard race from ‘Ancenis’ a distance of 420 miles with the MNFC. Myself & my dad would like to congratulate all who timed in
the 3 Bird Club. We would also like to congratulate Greig Drysdale on getting the 3 B C back up and running. The club is very much on the way
back up again and it couldn’t be done without his hard work and commitment. See picture attached for Alan and their winner. Winning 2 nd

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section 3 rd open saw Peter Keogh with the 3 rd section 4 th open place won by the Brown partnership. 1 st West Lothian section 2 nd open saw the
partnership of Colligan & Hope with the help of Peter Curran working in the background; the partnership also took 2 nd section 9 th open. Here are
what they said about their winner. ‘The cock has various positions; he was 2 nd section Billericay last year in 3 bird club. He was also my timer in
Upper Heyford race this year and now wins 5th section 37th national Brighton. 3 rd section saw the consistent dedicated loft of John Hadfield. 1 st
North West Section 12 th open was the loft of David McBeath once again winning the section; this was the only bird timed in the section. David is
a man of few words but here's what he said about his section winner. ‘It was the same doo as last race lol’ so 2 in a row’. 1 st west section 7 th open
is the loft of McArdle and Thomson doing well in their 1 st year of the 3 Bird Club. Glenn said the following; ‘The chequer cock was bred for me
by Ian Thomson of Forth from 2 of his best birds. The sire won 16 th section 74 th open SNFC Burdinne Gold Cup in 2019 flying 510 miles. Dam
won 2 nd section 22 nd open SNFC Falaise in 2017 flying 502 miles; so was bred for the job. He flew Upper Heyford this year just missing the
result then in to Brighton and my plan is he’s going to the last national if sitting correct. 2 nd section 8 th open was Harry McNeil with Vic Couper
wining 3 rd section. We are grateful to Bonnyside Engineering who sponsored the race. Our next race from Guernsey is convoyed with
Lanarkshire federation; Race marking will be at Armadale club hut on Tuesday 4 th of July with an earlier time of 16:45 till 18:45pm. Lanarkshire
federation members can duplicate their birds into the 3 BIRD CLUB for this race. Any members looking to join the 3-bird club can still do so at
a cost of £40; Yours in sport Greig Drysdale; on behalf of the Central Scotland 3 Bird Club.
Kingdom Racing Pigeon Association
News from Pete Penman who writes; ‘Hi Joe, the KRPA had 121 birds competing in our open race from Ramsgate which is a distance of 380
plus miles. Leading the way again is Coaltown's Gary Hall, who is having a fantastic season with a yearling chequer hen sitting 7-day eggs. Her
sire is a DeWeerdt and her dam was a gift bird from Peter Cuthbert of Dunfermline. Taking 2 nd 3 rd & 4 th is another inform loft of Davey Whyte
from St, Serfs club. His first bird is a home bred yearling red cock sitting 10-day eggs, he is bred out of his national winners. He was closely
followed by a 3-year-old homebred blue hen sitting 8-day eggs. His next bird is one of his most consistent racers this year a yearling chequer
pied cock. This bird won 1 st section C from the SNRPC Young Bird Newark race last year. In 2 nd place in the Coaltown club is Chic Dinsdale
with a 2-year-old bred direct from his good blue pied hen. She has scored numerous times from the channel crossed with a grizzle cock, another
of his consistent channel birds. In 3 rd place saw Pete Penman with a 3-year-old red hen flying spare; sire was bred by Penman & Grubb. Rosyth
Club saw Lou Mitchell take 1 st & 3 rd with Gordon Cree in 2 nd place. Tom Berwick just edged out Eric & Elizabeth Young to win Leuchars club.
Joe; the following Saturday we had a comeback toss from Berwick; some clubs for a bit of fun made it a race. At Leuchars Alan Keanie took the
red card with a M & D Evans Vandenabeele while at the Coaltown we saw Gary Hall take the first 3 places with 3 driving cocks; thanks once
again for adding us into your weekly column, regards Pete’.

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Space Weather Forecast

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