yeboah Posted March 2, 2017 Report Posted March 2, 2017 CondolencesEddie was to pigeon racing what Ali was to boxing The Greatest
sandy25 Posted March 2, 2017 Report Posted March 2, 2017 R.I.P. Eddie Condolences to family and friends ...
dkj Posted March 2, 2017 Report Posted March 2, 2017 r.i.p Eddie Newcombe Eddie was king of the sky.s
alec guinness Posted March 2, 2017 Report Posted March 2, 2017 Last met Eddie at Blackpool circa 2000 with pal John bosworth and had a great wee chat with scotlands greatest ever fancier which was for me a wee dream as like others his racing exploits made him one of my heroes,a great loss to the pigeon sport and obviously his family.rip Edwin Newcombe.
Valiant Fifer Posted March 2, 2017 Report Posted March 2, 2017 Rip Eddie old son.You truly were a legand during your lifetime and quite Simply The Best!!! Gone but never ever forgotten.
daleren Posted March 3, 2017 Report Posted March 3, 2017 Rip eddie true legend of pigeon racing I was lucky enough to spend a lot of time in Macmerry when I was younger and will never forget the king of the skies GBNF
walterboswell59 Posted March 3, 2017 Report Posted March 3, 2017 sad to hear the best of the best has past on rip eddie
eastcoaster Posted March 3, 2017 Report Posted March 3, 2017 RIP Eddie. he was a genius he lived only a mile or so from us and was also a very good fed flyer early on , while marking for one of the nat,s he handled my 2 entry's and told me to kiss them goodbye as I would,nt see them again ,the birds were held over and I had a darts tournament and got blootered woke up next day and both were in loft and because I never controlled my clock I could,nt time them , the whole family were great doo men .
JonesyBhoy Posted March 3, 2017 Report Posted March 3, 2017 An SNFC legend.. a sad loss Has anyone got any loft reports on him?
daleren Posted March 3, 2017 Report Posted March 3, 2017 An SNFC legend.. a sad loss Has anyone got any loft reports on him?My dad done a write up on eddie for the homing world stud book I think mid seventies called king of the skies unfortunately haven't managed to find a copy but do remember it was the only time ever my dad used a tape recorder over two days at Macmerry about 16 hours of eddie talking about his birds maybe some of the older members on here might be able to put a copy on here
bernie_don Posted March 3, 2017 Report Posted March 3, 2017 R.I.P Eddie, A legend from a real pigeon family.
elanco Posted March 4, 2017 Report Posted March 4, 2017 RIP, great pigeon fancier Eddie Newcombe , go down as one of the best in the UK and beyond ,end off , and was a very good judge of a pigeon !!
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