Joe Murphy Column 8/3/18

[THE FIFER]

The Joe Murphy Column

 

What a week this has turned out to be with theweather utterly atrocious with snow; frost and a bitter cold north east wind;we were put on Red Alert today Wednesday 28^th February with everyoneadvised to stay indoors and not to drive. I closed the windows that allow thebirds to go into the aviary as the snow was blowing into the loft and if thereis one thing I can’t stand is a wet floor or dampness in the loft. When I went intothe birds the drinkers were frozen solid and this was with them in the loft so thatthe birds could get a drink. As for cleaning out you would have been betterwith a hammer and chisel to lift the droppings and believe it or not some of mybirds have laid their first egg. I thought that with it being so cold they may havebeen a few days later in laying but they must be in good order and now the newseason begins.

 

Presentation

 

Received information from Andrew Eadie of the Cambusnethan & Morningside club annual award ceremonywith guests for the evening Angus Orr of Brighton who along with his father hadsome cracking positions over the last few seasons SNFC best positions being 2^ndsection 6^th open, 5^th section 46^th open from Alencon.5^th section 57^th open, 12^th section 125^thopen, 20^th section 200^th open, 25^th section& 229^th open; Second guest was Davie Jamieson of East Calder hispositions at the distance are second to none, the best being 2^nd& 3^rd open Ancenis is 2013, 4^th open Ancenis is 2014,11^th open Ancenis is 2016, 10^th open Ancenis is 2016, 16^thopen Ancenis is 2017, 3^rd open Eastbourne 2008 and 1^st section19^th open Alencon. Tom Richardsonin Lanarkshire federation won the Beattie Trophy for the Best opposite sex Ypres;The Peter Scott memorial trophy for the 1^st nominated bird fromYpres; The Robert Telfer & Son Trophy for the young bird average in the Eastsection. The East section combined average winner; Tom also had 5 section E winsin the SNFC with some fantastic results; from Buckingham with 495 members sending4,170 birds he won 4^th section E 7^th open; 7^thsection 17^th open; 16^th section 42^nd open;From the Ypres race he won 3^rd section 62^nd open from anentry of 2.320 birds sent by 409 members; He also won 6 x 1^st prizesin the club and he also won 38 tickets in the first 7 birds in the club (a goodyear well done Tam Joe M). Jackie & Kevin Miller won Lanarkshire federation1^st section and the icing on the cake was finishing 9^thoverall in the UK Golden Duif awards with average of 14 pigeons over the 5races; (well done lads Joe M). The partnership of Eadie & Kelly in the Lanarkshirefederation won the T Brown memorial trophy for best old bird inland average;they also had 5 section wins which included 2^nd, 3^rd, 5^th,7th, 15^th, open and taking the 1^st section positions 7times. From the SNFC Buckingham race they won 6^th section E 16^thopen, 14^th section 36^th open, 18^th section 49^thopen from an entry of 4170 birds, From the Bedhampton race with 634 memberssending 6065 birds they won 2^nd section 13^th open; theyalso had 6 x 1^st prizes and won 32 tickets in the first 7 places inthe club. Tony McGinn was another member who had a good season; winning 2^ndsection E 25^th open from the Falaise SNFC race which turned out tobe a disaster for the 802 birds entered and pools not bring won from 6 of the 7sections entered in the race. WillieSmart won in the Lanarkshire federation the T Robertson Trophy for winner ofthe young bird open race. Cambusnethan & Morningsidefanciersachievements are as follows; Lanarkshire federation 1^st section 1^stopen J K Gillon, Tam McSorley 1^st section; John McDougal 1^st & 2^ndsection and 1^st section open was I Fairley. The evening finished offwith a talk asking the 2 guest questions on their management and strain. A goodnight was had by all and a special thank you to our guests Angus and Davie.

 

Good SNFC Birds

 

This week I have found some birds that have wontwice in 2107 in the national; needless to say there will be others but I canonly do so many each week and this week I cover 5 birds, starting with SU15 230blue bar hen raced by W Ayres of Duns. She won 36^thsection B 127^th open from Buckingham flying a distance of 265 miles.She then went to Bedhampton a distance of 343 miles and won 120^thsection B 461^st open. Moving now to West Lothian we come to the loftof Hope Brothers and Bryce of Stoneyburn their blue barcock rung SU13W 1245 won 64^th section D 536^th open fromBedhampton flying 362 miles; he then went to Ypres a distance of 438 miles andhe won 6^th section D 54^th open. Continuing in a westerlydirection we come to D McCullen of Kilmaurs in Ayrshire whose mealycock SU13A 7612 won from the two inland nationals in 2017 being 13^thsection F from Buckingham a distance of 289 miles he then went into theBedhampton race a distance of 362 miles and he won 19^th section F587^th open. Coming back tothe Kingdom of Fife we go to the loft of J Lumsden ofNewport on Tay his chequer cock SU15F 84 won 50^th section C 171^st openfrom Bedhampton a distance of 393 miles he then went to Ypres a distance of 454miles and he won 197^th open however did not win a section prize asthey were all gone. We now go over theFirth of Forth to the loft of A S Thomson & son ofPort Seton; their blue bar cock SU15P 7784 won 61^st section B 137^thopen from Littlehampton in 2016 flying a distance of 370 miles. Then in2017 he won 33^rd section B 108^th open from Bedhampton adistance of 363 miles. Congratulations to all the above birds and their ownersand I wish them well with their birds in 2018.

 

This Week’sPhotographs

The 2 pigeon pictures from Jim Hannah are of AnnieMac raced by J Hynd & son Ian of Cowdenbeath in Fife; the second bird isBurnside Queen raced by double Gold Cup winner John Duthie of Dundee. The otherpictures are from Andrew Eadie taken at his club presentation except for the‘Loft Visit’ to Tam Richardson.

Davie & Andrew Eadie

Jackie & Kevin miller &Dave

Tam Richardson

Tony McGinn & Dave

Wullie Sharp with Dave

Visitors looking for a loft report at Tam Richardson

Cambusnethan &Morningside presentation

 

 

 

Joe’s Joke

 

When I received thisjoke I never stopped laughing hope you ENJOY.

 

While riding my motorbikeyesterday, I swerved to avoid hitting a deer, lost control and landed in aditch, severely banging my head. Dazed and confused I crawled out of the ditchto the edge of the road when a shiny new convertible pulled up with a verybeautiful woman who asked, "Are you okay?" As I looked up, I noticedshe was wearing a low cut blouse with cleavage to die for...

"I'm okay I think," I replied as I pulled myself up to the sideof the car to get a closer look. She said, “Get in andI’ll take you home so I can clean and bandage that nasty scrape on your head.” "That'snice of you," I answered, "but I don't think my wife will like medoing that!" "Oh, come now, I’m a nurse," she insisted. "Ineed to see if you have any more scrapes and then treat them properly." Well,she was really pretty and very persuasive. Being sort of shaken and weak, Iagreed, but repeated, "I'm sure my wife won't like this." We arrivedat her place which was just few miles away and, after a couple of cold beersand the bandaging, I thanked her and said, "I feel a lot better, but Iknow my wife is going to be really upset so I'd better go now." "Don'tbe silly!" she said with a smile, while unbuttoning her blouse exposingthe most beautiful set of boobs I’ve ever seen. "Stay for a while. Shewon't know anything. By the way, where is she?" "Still in the ditchwith my motorbike, I guess."

 

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