WulDon Posted December 11, 2011 Report Posted December 11, 2011 The Downfield Friendly Racing Pigeon Club once gain through an internet auction courtesy of Pigeon Basics would like to offer to the fancy a superb draft of 2012 young birds (unless otherwise stated) Once the sale list has been posted by Clockman which will be tomorrow morning, it can then be witnessed that the absolute cream of pigeons have been donated from only the best winning lofts throughout the UK! The money raised will be added to our Club funds, where members have been budgeting now for 2 years saving up to replace our current porta-cabin we use as clubrooms, which has seen better days. The auction will begin as soon as the sale list is posted tomorrow and will end on Sunday 18th december 2011 at 8.59.59pm with no 5 minute rule. We would prefer bids to be posted on the thread, PM bids to either myself Wuldon or Clockman will be accepted up to Saturday 17th December 2011 until 9pm May i take this opportunity on behalf of all our members in thanking all the donors of the young birds and pigeons, who without there support small Clubs would struggle to exist in this current climate... THANKS LADS so come on guys n girls, happy bidding
clockman Posted December 11, 2011 Report Posted December 11, 2011 Lot 1.W.Gray & Son, Coldstream… what a cracker to start the sale from a loft that has won 2x1st SNFC National races and now 60 open Diploma awards. 2011 was no exception winning with SNFC Marlbourough 456th, 491st OpenEastbourne 1st National Cock, 2nd, 37th, 49th, 141st, 148th, 204th, 212th, 217th, 240th, 303rd OpenMessac 1st Section, 4th Open (only 12 birds on the night)Tours 2nd Section, 8th Open (only 8 on the night, 16 hours on wing)Ypres 143rd Open. The loft won the prestigious ‘Robert Telfer Award’ for Best Average all SNFC races, they also won SNFC Region B Averages, SNFC East Section Averages, SNFC Old Bird Averages. In the series of 2011 one loft races, the partnership won: RPRA 84th, 100th, 121st, 307th Open; 36th, 203rd Ace Pigeon (4 sent)Emerald Classic 18th, 24th, 77th, 96th, 153rd, 160th, 191st, 210th, 227th, 231st, 254th, 278th Open3rd, 26th, 31st, 104th, 107th, 123rd, 173rd, 223rd, 225th, 226th Ace Pigeon (12 sent)Europa 57th Open,bid £100 R.M.B. Lot 2.Maskame & Mackie, Peterhead… another loft that has had a great season in 2011winning with SNFC: 21st Section Marlbourough 420 miles1st Section, 118th Open Eastbourne 475 miles10th Section Ypres 498 miles1st Section, 11th Open Tours 708 miles This youngster will be a g.son/dtr of there champion racer ‘Maverick’ SNFC Silver award winner and a Joe Murphy Sporting Challenge winner. bid..£40 alex wight thanks Lot3.J.Jamieson, East Calder… John has gifted an exceptionally well bred youngster Sire: 1st Club, 1st Fed Maidstone and 2nd Club, 2nd Fed Newark (beat by loftmate)Dam: 2nd Club, 2nd Fed Maidstone and 1st Fed, 81st open SNFC Ypres....bid £40.cruger Lot 4.Andy Miller, Edinburgh… top top SNFC loft who’s results just get better year after year, 2011 highlight for Andy was accomplishing any fanciers dream of winning the Scottish National Flying Club, in fine style 1st Open SNFC Ypres… only well deserved after his near miss with ‘Denis the Menace’ which was 2nd Open SNFC Reims. Andy has found himself with too many old hens, and would like to donate a hen which will compliment any fanciers breeding loft, successful buyer can have the pick of a sprint or distance bred pigeon...bid £45 knoxjn thanks Lot 5.G.W.&P.Macaloney, Coatbridge… another youngster from the absolute cream of the Scottish fancy, this partnership have let us have a g.son/dtr of the famous ‘DREAM PAIR’. This fantastic pair of Camphius Janssens of Curtis, Wall, Lunt & Green origin are grandparents of 37x1st Fed/Joint Fed winners in birdages up to 10,592 birds since 1999,2x1st Open SNFC winners, 3x1xt Open Combine winners, 7 generations of iwnners have been reported from this pair and over 30 different lofts are winning with ‘DREAM PAIR’ pigeons, some examples are: Roy Seaton ‘MARI-MAC’ 1st open SNFCRoy Seaton ‘JIMMY-MAC’ 1st Open SNFCHamish Ferguson 1st Open Scottish Central CombineTuck Hilly 1st Open Scottish Central CombineBeattie&Telfer 1st Open Grampian CombineIan Cameron ‘YOUNG MAC’ 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 7th Section MNFCJohn McFall ‘LITTLE PIED’ dam/g.dam/gg.dam of 1st Fed winnersJohn McFall ‘HATRICK’ 3x1st Fed winsAlex Blyth ‘DURA’ 1st West Section SNFCBilly King ‘COUNTDOWN’ 1st Section, 1st Fed EastbourneTam Blair 2011 North West Fed ‘Bird of the Year’ … do you want to join this list, well bid on this youngster!Bid...£275 wuldon Thanks Lot 6.Jocky Scott, Kennoway… yet gain we have another top fancier, who has had a blistering 2011 season, winning the ‘Fife Federation fancier of the Year 2011 Award’ Jocky has flew a great pigeon for a number of year with great consistency, and when they start coming he is renouned for ‘rattling them in’… 2011 no different Leicester 1st Open Fife FederationMarlbourough 1st Section, 45th Open SNFCEastbourne 1st Section, 10th Open SNFCLeicester 4th, 11th, 15th, 39th, 51st Region C, 39th, 61st, 69th, 109th, 140th open SNFC Jocky has kindly donated a PAIR of young birds which one will be bred from Red Star lofts Gaby Vandebeeles which have bred him 3x1st Open Fife Fed winners; the second youngster will be bred from a son of Brian Denney ‘Tuff Nut’ Bid £130 rembrant2coo ,thanks Lot 7.F.Jamieson, East Calder… Freddie has kindly donated a youngster which will be a Van Loon cross bred from original Bolton & Williamson stock..bid £65 Ian-w THANKS Lot 8.Ian Cameron (MNFC)… Ian sent us the following email ‘I will be glad to donate a young bird to your sale from the stock loft, the purchaser can either select the family they want, Chris Gordon.. G.W&P.Macaloney.. Koopman.. Van Loon.. Van De Meewre, or leave selection to me. Since 2006 in all MNFC competitions I have won 3x1st open, 3x2nd Open, also won the East Section 13 times, and Section Averages OB and YB 2008, 2009, 2010.bid..£60 sheba1 thanks Lot 9.T.Richardson, Newmains… Tam (King Billy) is donating a young bird which will be bred from a cock that has scored twice at 500 plus miles, when paired to a hen which has won 2xSNFC diplomas also at 500 plus miles.bid..£40 doreen-2 Lot 10.D.Baldie & Son, St.Andrews… this youngster I can vouch for being a close friend of Davie and his family, Davie works his pigeons well and they respond in fine style, anything that’s left at the end of the season has had to earn its perch! 2011 season highlights are: 1st Fed Kelso1st Fed Ripon1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th Fed Wakefield Fed 2nd, 3rd Fed Witton Castle3rd, 5th, 6th Fed Leicester Open10th Fed Eastbourne18th, 33rd, 45th, 46th Clermont87th Open SNFC Eastbourne125th, 127th Open SNFC Ypres160th Open SNFC Clermont46th Open SNFC Messac105th, 107th, 114th, 115th, 146th Open SNFC Leicesterbid..bid...£40 The Provost thanks Lot 11.C.Crowe, Ratho… Colin has kindly donated a youngster which will be bred from his stock loft and from his winning family of Gaby Vandenabeele pigeons orinating from M&D.Evans ‘Myrtle lofts’, DJ.Hawkins, G.Warman. These pigeons have won many Club & Fed prizes for Colin who regularly wins the first 3-6 positions in the Club, in the last couple of season they have won 11x1st Fed in the strong Central Fed. Colin also sent to the RPRA One Loft Race where from the Final his first entrant won 40th Open bid £35 midge thanks Lot 12.Bamling & Earl - Quarry Lofts - Co.Durham… Jimmy always sends his best for our sales, and a lot of fanciers are winning out of turn with his fantastic family of pigeons!Jimmy is a regular winner of many firsts and silverware in his Club & Fed,12 x 1sts,12 x 2nds,13 x 3rds,12 x 4ths from 21 races Also 2 x 1st,2 x 2nd,2 x 3rd Federation & 2 x 1st Fastast on the Day in Durham Combine upto 4000+ birds all in 2011 and also has previously won 3 x 1st Open in the mighty Durham Combine!bid...£40 scotty thanks Lot 13.A.McCalley & Son, Avonbridge… an up and coming top SNFC loft who have only rentered the sport two seasons ago, who in the past have flown and won with there pigeons right out to Lille with the Scottish Central Combine. This year was there first season racing gain with the SNFC, and they won… Ypres 2nd, 12th, 21st Section; 6th, 78th, 153rd, 207th Open SNFCClermont 162nd, 168th Open SNFC … a great start at there first attempt at SNFC racing again!bid..£40 wuldon thanks, Lot 14.C.Cameron, Arbroath… an exceptionally well bred youngster on offer here and if studied closely is an actual double g.son/g.dtr of a full brother and sister to Chic’s ‘Snowcap’ 1st Section, 4th Open SNFC Reims, only bird North of the River Tay on the winning day and won over £2000. Sire of YB will be son of snowcap Dam of YB will be Chic’s great racing Black Pied hen, a winner of 101st Open SNFC Newbury 2008, 15th Open SNFC Eastbourne 2008, 6th Open SNFC Ypres 2009, 209th open SNFC Bovingdon 2010, 13th Open SNFC Reims 2010… 5xSNFC Open Diplomas, and is bred from a full brother to ‘Snowcap’! ...bid £120 tiger thanks Lot 15.A.Whittaker, Methil… only last season did Austin win 1st Open SNFC Ypres, and a previous winner of the ‘Fife Federation Fancier of the Year Award’ on more than one occasion. Austin is donating a PAIR of young birds which will be bred from…Sire bred by Chris Gordon from a g.son of Snydale Express (Oliver Dix winner) when paired to a dtr. of Snydale Treble.Dam is a hen bred direct from Machiel Buijk, Netherlands, from Jonge Dolle paired to Wonderduiven, best of the original Martha Van Geel pigeons.bid £70 sapper lot 16.. Dave Nicoll, Longforgan... a 2012 young bird gifted by one of our own Federation members, Dave has flown a consistent pigeon for a numbers of yearsat all distances, in recent years these results have been surpassed by his more recent family of 'Famous Mealy's', these pigeons have won 1st Federation from 43 - 542 miles, some recent results are 1st Federation, 6th Section, 47th Open SNFC Falaise 2009; this hen brother was 1st Federation, 1st Section, 8th Open SNFC Clermont 2010, this same cock was 13th Section, 35th Open SNFC Eastbourne. Dave also won 23rd Section, 50th Open SNFC Eastbourne and form the SNFC Young Bird National 3rd Section, 11th Open; 34th Section, 100th Open...2011 snfc results 91st open marlborough,115th & 112th open yprs,220th open leicester, a youngster thats comes highly recomended!bid..£70 dumyat thanks
WulDon Posted December 11, 2011 Author Report Posted December 11, 2011 Well done Mrs.Clocky! about time you were trading the auld ane in! lol
clockman Posted December 11, 2011 Report Posted December 11, 2011 Well done Mrs.Clocky! about time you were trading the auld ane in! lol lot 16 added.
WulDon Posted December 11, 2011 Author Report Posted December 11, 2011 lot 16 me, had a PM bid, ten bob!
WHITTY Posted December 11, 2011 Report Posted December 11, 2011 I WILL START IT OF LOT 14 £50 THANKS
WulDon Posted December 12, 2011 Author Report Posted December 12, 2011 (edited) Remember... Lot.6 and 15 are for a PAIR of young birds! Edited December 12, 2011 by WulDon
Rooster J. Cogburn Posted December 12, 2011 Report Posted December 12, 2011 lot 8 £30 best of luck with the sale
pigeonpie Posted December 12, 2011 Report Posted December 12, 2011 looks like a cracking sale... might have a wee punt myself! speak to the wife maybe an early xmas
clockman Posted December 12, 2011 Report Posted December 12, 2011 looks like a cracking sale... might have a wee punt myself! speak to the wife maybe an early xmas Could be an expensive pie,
WulDon Posted December 12, 2011 Author Report Posted December 12, 2011 Lot.13... £30.00 did u forget about meeee!
WulDon Posted December 12, 2011 Author Report Posted December 12, 2011 what a great start to our auction in less than 24 hours...
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