danderhall x mas race

[maverick]

DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW THE RACE WENT

[celtic]

Jamie Douglas won it maverick.

[maverick]

cheers celtic

[THE FIFER]

did it not used to be a boxing day race ??

[jimmy white]

they used to hold the race on xmas day,, but changed it as many were waiting for the birds instead of attending to their families :)   i think , this year it was the 24th ,, but havent heard the result yet ,, just that celtic says jim douglass wins it ,,if so  best of luck jim ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,beeg money race :-/

[REDCHEQHEN]

It'll be hard enough to get mine in condition for April - how long is/was the race?

 

And congratulations to the winner  ;D

[jimmy white]

the race has been successfull for many years now ,,, approx 50 miles but at that time of year its like 500 miles,,,  usually a very difficult race,,, still dont know the full result

[Jane]

I believe the Xmas race was once again very well supported and another successful event. This year was the 14th consecutive year for the event and was flown from Morpeth ( 76 miles to most lofts ). In the 14 years the race has been run there have been no holdovers and the race is flown on the nearest Saturday to Xmas - (This year the 22nd December.) Birdage is required to be prepaid by the 1st Dec each year and this year had a record prepaid birdage of 248 birds @ £5 each by 42 lofts , generating £1240 in prize money. The 179 birds entered by 36 lofts  were liberated at 0950Hrs into a light South west wind with the winning bird ( Jamie Douglas ) recording avelocity of 922ypm. The total Prize money & pools paid out was £5500. The result was :

1. J.Douglas - Vel 922

2. J.Douglas - Vel 921

3.W.Kinnear & Son - Vel 920

4.W.Kinnear & Son - Vel 919.7

5.J.Douglas - Vel 919.3

6. S.Lapinski - Vel 913

7. P.Melville - Vel 895

8.P.Melville - Vel 894

9. H.Armstrong - Vel 891

10. C.Brown - Vel 868

11. - J.Pryde - Vel 863

12. A&R Pringle - vel 860

 

J.Douglas winnining over £800

W.Kinnear & Son winning over £800

P.Melville winning over £2100

 

The returns from the race were once again very good.

[jimmy white]

great to see this result ,, this race , which at first eveyone laughed at, at first , turned out to be one of the most successfull races going , well run, well attended and all taken in great sport ,,,good luck to all that entered [wouldnt mind counting up the cash peter mellvile has won in his entries for the times he has entered the race ;D ;D ;D] but it still left plenty for all ;D ;D ;D congrats to all

[wayne77]

Great idea.  Wish could organise one here but they have lost interest by begining of september here