Snfc Rennes Result 1979

[alec guinness]

No doubt in the scottish pigeon year the Gold cup is the premier race,the local Rennes ace at the time was wattie robertson of lennoxtown who on a visit to macmerry told Eddie that he only wanted a youngster from the very best and none of his rubbish!!!! Eddie liked watties cheek and came away with a daughter of live circuit which was a cracker,after watties unfortunate death the hen ended up with ourselves in milton of campsie and a grandson scored 5 times in the west coast combine.

 

2nd open Tracy b as stated would go on to win a gold award along with famous strathclyde lass,next up one of the top lofts at the time johnston of pencaitland with two of his famous deanview birds in 4th and 5th,the midland fed next with wee bobby Andrews from the plains near Airdrie, michael currie with two stunners and the stuff of dreams ( great stuff yeboah) his uncle 5 times gold award winner mr and mrs ben scott brydkirk in there as usual, previous and soon to be gold cup winners jock Poole,Derek Norden,barney dalgliesh.

 

 

Big mention for clubmate the evergreen dan Rae croy,the strangs who timed a later bird also to win a four figure sum and SNFC legends tom little creca and a o Milne johnshaven,also a young John Ellis who would find fame later in ELPHINSTONE,what a fantastic result and personally me and dad listened to the radio at 11pm to learn of the early birds with Eddie Newcombe and the Johnstons mentioned,I was a very excited 12 year old when timing a red cheq cock the next day for our wee piece of glory! THE SNFC GOLD CUP RACE GREAT GREAT MEMORIES. :partick-thistle-Crest:

[Delboy]

No doubt in the scottish pigeon year the Gold cup is the premier race,the local Rennes ace at the time was wattie robertson of lennoxtown who on a visit to macmerry told Eddie that he only wanted a youngster from the very best and none of his rubbish!!!! Eddie liked watties cheek and came away with a daughter of live circuit which was a cracker,after watties unfortunate death the hen ended up with ourselves in milton of campsie and a grandson scored 5 times in the west coast combine.

 

2nd open Tracy b as stated would go on to win a gold award along with famous strathclyde lass,next up one of the top lofts at the time johnston of pencaitland with two of his famous deanview birds in 4th and 5th,the midland fed next with wee bobby Andrews from the plains near Airdrie, michael currie with two stunners and the stuff of dreams ( great stuff yeboah) his uncle 5 times gold award winner mr and mrs ben scott brydkirk in there as usual, previous and soon to be gold cup winners jock Poole,Derek Norden,barney dalgliesh.

 

 

Big mention for clubmate the evergreen dan Rae croy,the strangs who timed a later bird also to win a four figure sum and SNFC legends tom little creca and a o Milne johnshaven,also a young John Ellis who would find fame later in ELPHINSTONE,what a fantastic result and personally me and dad listened to the radio at 11pm to learn of the early birds with Eddie Newcombe and the Johnstons mentioned,I was a very excited 12 year old when timing a red cheq cock the next day for our wee piece of glory! THE SNFC GOLD CUP RACE GREAT GREAT MEMORIES. :partick-thistle-Crest:

Aye the memories of these races are fantastic John. I think we scored late morning with a wee blue hen that eventually scored 3 times.

[eastcoaster]

No doubt in the scottish pigeon year the Gold cup is the premier race,the local Rennes ace at the time was wattie robertson of lennoxtown who on a visit to macmerry told Eddie that he only wanted a youngster from the very best and none of his rubbish!!!! Eddie liked watties cheek and came away with a daughter of live circuit which was a cracker,after watties unfortunate death the hen ended up with ourselves in milton of campsie and a grandson scored 5 times in the west coast combine.

 

2nd open Tracy b as stated would go on to win a gold award along with famous strathclyde lass,next up one of the top lofts at the time johnston of pencaitland with two of his famous deanview birds in 4th and 5th,the midland fed next with wee bobby Andrews from the plains near Airdrie, michael currie with two stunners and the stuff of dreams ( great stuff yeboah) his uncle 5 times gold award winner mr and mrs ben scott brydkirk in there as usual, previous and soon to be gold cup winners jock Poole,Derek Norden,barney dalgliesh.

 

 

Big mention for clubmate the evergreen dan Rae croy,the strangs who timed a later bird also to win a four figure sum and SNFC legends tom little creca and a o Milne johnshaven,also a young John Ellis who would find fame later in ELPHINSTONE,what a fantastic result and personally me and dad listened to the radio at 11pm to learn of the early birds with Eddie Newcombe and the Johnstons mentioned,I was a very excited 12 year old when timing a red cheq cock the next day for our wee piece of glory! THE SNFC GOLD CUP RACE GREAT GREAT MEMORIES. :partick-thistle-Crest:

Great stuff and can't wait to get my name among them lol.

Can I ask you and del and any other west of Scotland fanciers Why they think distance racing in the west is not getting the same interest of years gone by when I was a young man the names we heard of in East Lothian were the Nash,s the Reid's the Allans and loads more but now the west sect is a shadow of its self .

Just interested .

[dal2]

Great stuff and can't wait to get my name among them lol.

Can I ask you and del and any other west of Scotland fanciers Why they think distance racing in the west is not getting the same interest of years gone by when I was a young man the names we heard of in East Lothian were the Nash,s the Reid's the Allans and loads more but now the west sect is a shadow of its self .

Just interested .

Ooooft look forward to seeing the answer

[frank-123]

Great stuff and can't wait to get my name among them lol.

Can I ask you and del and any other west of Scotland fanciers Why they think distance racing in the west is not getting the same interest of years gone by when I was a young man the names we heard of in East Lothian were the Nash,s the Reid's the Allans and loads more but now the west sect is a shadow of its self .

Just interested .

Too hard for most guys. They just don't give there pigeons a chance.

[Delboy]

Great stuff and can't wait to get my name among them lol.

Can I ask you and del and any other west of Scotland fanciers Why they think distance racing in the west is not getting the same interest of years gone by when I was a young man the names we heard of in East Lothian were the Nash,s the Reid's the Allans and loads more but now the west sect is a shadow of its self .

Just interested .

 

The west isn't a shadow of itself Colin, the whole national is a shadow of itself, every section has diminished. Years ago, the drag was into the west but still the majority of birds timed high up were from the east and south sections, obviously location makes up for drag .Saying all this, there are still great fanciers in all sections.

[dal2]

The west isn't a shadow of itself Colin, the whole national is a shadow of itself, every section has diminished. Years ago, the drag was into the west but still the majority of birds timed high up were from the east and south sections, obviously location makes up for drag .Saying all this, there are still great fanciers in all sections.

 

Very diplomatic Derek lol.......good fanciers came south and went hame trophyless lol

[Delboy]

Very diplomatic Derek lol.......good fanciers came south and went hame trophyless lol

 

lol

[yeboah]

No doubt in the scottish pigeon year the Gold cup is the premier race,the local Rennes ace at the time was wattie robertson of lennoxtown who on a visit to macmerry told Eddie that he only wanted a youngster from the very best and none of his rubbish!!!! Eddie liked watties cheek and came away with a daughter of live circuit which was a cracker,after watties unfortunate death the hen ended up with ourselves in milton of campsie and a grandson scored 5 times in the west coast combine.

 

2nd open Tracy b as stated would go on to win a gold award along with famous strathclyde lass,next up one of the top lofts at the time johnston of pencaitland with two of his famous deanview birds in 4th and 5th,the midland fed next with wee bobby Andrews from the plains near Airdrie, michael currie with two stunners and the stuff of dreams ( great stuff yeboah) his uncle 5 times gold award winner mr and mrs ben scott brydkirk in there as usual, previous and soon to be gold cup winners jock Poole,Derek Norden,barney dalgliesh.

 

 

Big mention for clubmate the evergreen dan Rae croy,the strangs who timed a later bird also to win a four figure sum and SNFC legends tom little creca and a o Milne johnshaven,also a young John Ellis who would find fame later in ELPHINSTONE,what a fantastic result and personally me and dad listened to the radio at 11pm to learn of the early birds with Eddie Newcombe and the Johnstons mentioned,I was a very excited 12 year old when timing a red cheq cock the next day for our wee piece of glory! THE SNFC GOLD CUP RACE GREAT GREAT MEMORIES. :partick-thistle-Crest:

Thanks John

I was 21 then

I also timed three hens next morning if memory serves me correctly 5-20 ,6-20,6-40 ?

All hens were flying to chipping eggs or one day old chick

They were fed all year with haiths XL mix but two weeks prior to race they got high content of New Zealand maples

Just plain water john I didn't no of anything else ,if they had canker in the throat I cleared it with a cotton bud and whisky not Johnny walkers as it made them to slow the whisky also thinned the blood which was beneficial

I took the birds to get raced marked at hamilton and was star struck with the fanciers sending never thinking I would get so close to glory

Atb mick

[alec guinness]

Aye the memories of these races are fantastic John. I think we scored late morning with a wee blue hen that eventually scored 3 times.

 

I think you did aswell del and think it was about 11ish,I road my bike up the village to see if any of the other lads had timed and big telfer the milkmans good grizzle cock flew over my head and onto the loft,big john was in bed and his stb was at the back door and the bird was duly timed by myself!!! again great memories from Rennes. :partick-thistle-Crest:

[ALF]

Thanks John

I was 21 then

I also timed three hens next morning if memory serves me correctly 5-20 ,6-20,6-40 ?

All hens were flying to chipping eggs or one day old chick

They were fed all year with haiths XL mix but two weeks prior to race they got high content of New Zealand maples

Just plain water john I didn't no of anything else ,if they had canker in the throat I cleared it with a cotton bud and whisky not Johnny walkers as it made them to slow the whisky also thinned the blood which was beneficial

I took the birds to get raced marked at hamilton and was star struck with the fanciers sending never thinking I would get so close to glory

Atb mick

Great stuff Mick..

[alec guinness]

Thanks John

I was 21 then

I also timed three hens next morning if memory serves me correctly 5-20 ,6-20,6-40 ?

All hens were flying to chipping eggs or one day old chick

They were fed all year with haiths XL mix but two weeks prior to race they got high content of New Zealand maples

Just plain water john I didn't no of anything else ,if they had canker in the throat I cleared it with a cotton bud and whisky not Johnny walkers as it made them to slow the whisky also thinned the blood which was beneficial

I took the birds to get raced marked at hamilton and was star struck with the fanciers sending never thinking I would get so close to glory

Atb mick

 

 

Fantastic stuff Michael and 3 cracking hens in the morning,race marked at Hamilton town hall with the row of fanciers winding down the street,I was introduced to one of the the SNFC most famous fanciers Kane bros,and a half day off school with me and my wee brother andy and my mum in the old triumph Toledo!

[dal2]

Thanks John

I was 21 then

I also timed three hens next morning if memory serves me correctly 5-20 ,6-20,6-40 ?

All hens were flying to chipping eggs or one day old chick

They were fed all year with haiths XL mix but two weeks prior to race they got high content of New Zealand maples

Just plain water john I didn't no of anything else ,if they had canker in the throat I cleared it with a cotton bud and whisky not Johnny walkers as it made them to slow the whisky also thinned the blood which was beneficial

I took the birds to get raced marked at hamilton and was star struck with the fanciers sending never thinking I would get so close to glory

Atb mick

Did ye gan tae Hamilton cos it was closer than Gretna Mick??....or was it Brydekirk back in the day lol

[alec guinness]

Did ye gan tae Hamilton cos it was closer than Gretna Mick??....or was it Brydekirk back in the day lol

 

 

You will get into bother with that type of chat.

[yeboah]

Did ye gan tae Hamilton cos it was closer than Gretna Mick??....or was it Brydekirk back in the day lol

No stevie

The south did not have a marking station then ,personally feel the racing was better because birds were well mixed

Used to go up to old A74 and wait in layby for jimmy graham clintpark to take the clocks up to get read

Think I will have to get them back on whisky it's the new drink fly limit that worries me lol

[dal2]

You will get into bother with that type of chat.

Only wae you oldies John.....

[dal2]

No stevie

The south did not have a marking station then ,personally feel the racing was better because birds were well mixed

Used to go up to old A74 and wait in layby for jimmy graham clintpark to take the clocks up to get read

Think I will have to get them back on whisky it's the new drink fly limit that worries me lol

I was saying to grahamie this morning that this result was up... I expected him to ask if he was on but he said it was a bit of hassle getting them away....I think he was wriggling out of it lol

[alec guinness]

Only wae you oldies John.....

 

 

Lol!! It is amazing how much people remember about the Rennes race and let's hope this years gold cup is a great success dal2.

[dal2]

Lol!! It is amazing how much people remember about the Rennes race and let's hope this years gold cup is a great success dal2.

It's a shame that that route and racepoint has been abandoned.....the gold cup is the holy grail that's why it's remembered by those who enter...the guys in the pub always ask about who in the village got yin at Rennes. ..when I tell the we are at reims they say. ....where......think my first timer was 81 a cheq pied hen that scored another twice ...great stuff

[We man]

Ooooft look forward to seeing the answer

They don't have the balls to send.post54

[alec guinness]

It's a shame that that route and racepoint has been abandoned.....the gold cup is the holy grail that's why it's remembered by those who enter...the guys in the pub always ask about who in the village got yin at Rennes. ..when I tell the we are at reims they say. ....where......think my first timer was 81 a cheq pied hen that scored another twice ...great stuff

 

 

Spot on m8 and you can still tell them in the pub that such and such won the gold cup Reims race 2016 into the solway!! ps if you say it quick they sound the same! Lol

[dal2]

Spot on m8 and you can still tell them in the pub that such and such won the gold cup Reims race 2016 into the solway!! ps if you say it quick they sound the same! Lol

Lol I will try

[eastcoaster]

Spot on m8 and you can still tell them in the pub that such and such won the gold cup Reims race 2016 into the solway!! ps if you say it quick they sound the same! Lol

When training my doos by train from edinburgh in the summer a guy asked if we still fly from Rennes as his grandad used to keep pigeons .it was the holy grail .

[ALF]

I don't think we will see any of the Rennes guys moaning if they time a cracker fae Reims :emoticon-0127-lipssealed:

[lanarkshire lad]

I don't think we will see any of the Rennes guys moaning if they time a cracker fae Reims :emoticon-0127-lipssealed:

That's for sure Alan.