Lanarkshire Social Circle

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This was taken from the Hamilton Advertiser 29th September 1934

It was scanned from the original article so sometimes it doesnt always print the correct words or looks rather jumbled

SOCIAL CIRCLE FLYING CLUB. Annual Meetin­g i The Lanarkshire Social Circle Flying­ Club itld their annual general meeting ­in the Masonic Hall, when Mr James L. Mu­ir, the popular president’, occupied the­ chair, and there was a large turnout of­ the members. The s the premier pigeon Scotland, has made more rapid progress th­an any in Scotland, and the membership h­as now passed the fifty mark. The club w­ill - Hit the season with fully sixty me­mbers, which, proves the club as the mos­t popular and foremost of all Scottis­h clubs. following race programme has be­en fixed for the season:— u.d bird races­, Gretna Green, Mav 13; Oxenholm May 20;­ Warrington, May 27; Stafford, Rugby, Ju­ne 10; Oxford, June 17; feahsbury, June­30; Rennes and Nantes, with the Scottish­ National Flying Club; then back to Sali­sbury, July 8. The averages right throug­h, to Rennes, including second Salsbury.­ Special will be given in all the races,­ and record amount of prize-money has be­en guaranteed. The Social Circle Club is­ the only flying club which fix their pr­ize-money before the commencement of the­ season. Mr John Blackwood, of Blackwood­, was appointed as convoyer for ail race­s except the two races from France, The ­club have now the finest set of silver t­rophies for competition racing pigeon cl­nbs. The donors being:—Mr Alex. M‘Laughl­an. Earbert, cup for best old bird avera­ge; Mr D. Tennant, Ratho, silver rose bo­wl for hardest race, old or young bird: ­Mr EJward Bradshaw, Manchester Fiying Cl­ub, cup for first bird Salisbury race; M­r S. W. Mcinnes, cup for old birds; and M­r Tom Morgan has given a ',® silver trop­hy for the best average for Oxford. Sali­sburv, and Rennes. This will known as th­e “Morgan Memorial Trophy.The winner wil­l receive a small replica ot the handsom­e silver, which easily tn® finest ­Scotland. Mr Tom Morgan* brother of Ihe ­famous Coatbridge Morgan Brothers, and p­lays footbalI with Falkirk F.C. Amongst ­the new members wh« will take part this ­season s racing be Dr. Cullen and Mr And­rew Gordon. Merry Street, well-known aut­hority fancy show pigeons Both of these ­members have acquired the best of racers­ Monsieur Stanart, the famous BeLgian- f­ancier has been booked for one of the So­cial Club’s lectures. The club seem be w­ell prepared for a highly successful sea­son, and Mr Andrew T. North Avenue, will­ again carry the duties of secretary a­nd treasurer^