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Snfc Guernsey 29Th 30Th June 1948


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1276 MEMBERS SENT 3273 BIRDS,LIBERATED 6.10 AM NW BIRDS WERE HELD OVER FOR 4 DAYS DUE TO BAD WEATHER.BIRDS FLOWN BY AIR FROM LONDON TO RACEPOINT.

 

1ST OPEN W GRAY CHRYSTON VEL 842 450MLS

2ND OPEN J KIRKPATRICK ANNAN 835

3RD OPEN R INGLIS BLANTYRE 835

 

TOP 100 OPEN WEST 70 BIRDS SOUTH 3 BIRDS EAST 27 BIRDS.

 

SOME FAMOUS NAMES FROM THE PAST IN THE TOP 100

 

J SOUTER ANNAN,M WHITE PAISLEY,MCINTYRE BROS GREENGAIRS,JOCK ALLAN SYMINGTON(18 YEARS OLD)H MARR BRECHIN,D DAVIDSON RIGSIDE,LIDDLE BROS FORFAR,G PATON STONEYBURN,KANE BROS HAMILTON,HANNAH BROS NEWMAINS,NEWCOMBE BROS EDINBURGH,DT ANGUS SYMINGTON,AB KING WISHAW,BURRELL DOUGLAS WATER,

 

JUST TO LET US BOYS KNOW WHERE THE NATIONAL WERE RACING FROM 64 YEARS AGO.GREAT TO SEE THE KING EDDIE NEWCOMBE IN LAST WEEKS PAPER AND ON THIS RESULT FROM 1948!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

GOOD LUCK TOMORROW IN THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL FLYING CLUBS GOLD CUP RACE OF 2012.

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Guest Gareth Rankin

You would still have been in your nappies 64 years ago :emoticon-0127-lipssealed::emoticon-0140-rofl:

 

Love looking at all the old results, keep them coming John. in fact i will post some of the SNFC results back to the 1920's over the next week or two.

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You would still have been in your nappies 64 years ago :emoticon-0127-lipssealed::emoticon-0140-rofl:

 

Love looking at all the old results, keep them coming John. in fact i will post some of the SNFC results back to the 1920's over the next week or two.

 

 

While over in Malta staying with Eddie Newcombe eddie would get the case out and bring out old results ,papers from years ago , he could tell you his birds what they were bred fromwhat they had bred , and eddie has got breeding records going backto the 40s some memorys there

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