Ian Mckay's Pigeon From The Queen

[Ian McKay]

I read the article on here about the Queen's pigeon being lost and also heard it on Radio Scotland this morning. So I went and looked out Ian's article on the pigeon from the Queen. The article was in the Daily Mail in April 1999. Ian got this from Carlo Napolitano who was the Queen's loft manager. This was to raise funds for charity at Ian's Rotary Club. We went on to become great friends with Carlo and Judy and spent holidays with them in South Africa for the "Million Dollar Pigeon Race" Great fun indeed! Ian then got another bird from the Royal Lofts for the "Kingslea One Loft Race" and again for charity. He still has the bird who is now 8 years old. Privileged or what

 

 

Marlene

[walterboswell59]

cant keep a good man down marlene next stop the palace lol

[KEVIN ELLIOTT]

YES I WOULD SAY SO

THIS PIGEON OF IAN,S BREEDS SOME CRACKING YBS

I KNOW I HAVE SEEN THEM ALL TOP PIGEON

IF I,AM RIGHT IN SAYING THE QUEENS BIRD IAN HAS

WON THE ONE LOFT RACE AND JOE,BENZIE WON THE £1000

NOT BAD FOR A GIFT PIGEON FROM THE QUEENS LOFT

[Ian McKay]

cant keep a good man down marlene next stop the palace lol

 

Ian's heart is in the right place Walter and he has raised a lot of money for charity and for local schools here in Aberdeen as well as the what he does on Pigeon Basics ........ with a little help from myself

[KEVIN ELLIOTT]

I THINK MORE IN THE WAY OF

WITH A LOT OF YOUR HELP

 

MARLENE :emoticon-0136-giggle:

[Ian McKay]

Here is his SNFC result from Leicester in 2008

 

 

G9 136 Coutts & McKay 7018 Aberdeen 9 317,891 Bl/B/C GB08ER45 07:00:00 ABD - CDE G - E 1241.8 £123.50 :scotland:

 

YES I WOULD SAY SO

THIS PIGEON OF IAN,S BREEDS SOME CRACKING YBS

I KNOW I HAVE SEEN THEM ALL TOP PIGEON

IF I,AM RIGHT IN SAYING THE QUEENS BIRD IAN HAS

WON THE ONE LOFT RACE AND JOE,BENZIE WON THE £1000

NOT BAD FOR A GIFT PIGEON FROM THE QUEENS LOFT

[Ian McKay]

YES I WOULD SAY SO

THIS PIGEON OF IAN,S BREEDS SOME CRACKING YBS

I KNOW I HAVE SEEN THEM ALL TOP PIGEON

IF I,AM RIGHT IN SAYING THE QUEENS BIRD IAN HAS

WON THE ONE LOFT RACE AND JOE,BENZIE WON THE £1000

NOT BAD FOR A GIFT PIGEON FROM THE QUEENS LOFT

 

 

Yes Kevin and here are the photos of the bird coming home and Joe Benzie delighted

 

 

 

 

Marlene

[Ian McKay]

I THINK MORE IN THE WAY OF

WITH A LOT OF YOUR HELP

 

MARLENE :emoticon-0136-giggle:

 

 

 

Marlene

[andy Burgess]

fantastic pictures , great to see

[hannah petrie]

being new in the sport i was invited to come and see ian & marlene mckay and their loft,

and was made most welcome by them, in conversation ian told me about

the bird he had from the queen,and what it had won,in conversation

i said i would love to have something like that in my loft,

he let me see his youngsters he just weaned from it,

and passed them to me he said there you go thats a gift

2 youngsters,i didnt know what to say? i was shocked,

i cant thank him enough,

 

it was also very interesting to find out that ian bred

a pigeon and entered it in a international one loft race

and won,it was the first time this had been done

by a uk bird,

 

he has been more than helpful to me,and said your welcome

back anytime,and if you need any advice or help,

just ask,

 

many thanks again ian atb