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An article highlighting the west of the Solway from the main man WPW. In former years the full title of our local Federation was the Solway Federation of Racing Pigeon Societies of Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire. The Federation was born out of a Meeting that was held at Dumfries in 1928 with Clubs represented at the Meeting being Dumfries & Maxwelltown, Langholm, Annan, Lockerbie, Dalbeattie, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbright, Wigtown and Whithorn. Whilst representatives of Wigtown and Whithorn Clubs were very much involved in the formation of the Federation they did not immediately participate and it was a number of years later before any of the Wigtownshire Clubs became actively involved. Due to the geography of our area, with the Solway Firth to the South and the Cumbrian Hills beyond, the birds habitually dog-leg from the East around the periphery of the Solway as they make their way home, which put the Wigtownshire entrants at a real disadvantage in ‘Open’ competition and as a consequence, the Wigtownshire fanciers chose to leave the Solway in 1972 and joined Kyle Federation but importantly retained a close friendship and association with former colleagues in the Within this article let us initially reflect on a special pigeon that raced into Wigtownshire some fifty plus years ago. In 1968, some 5,846 pigeons competed from S.N.F.C. Rennes, which were liberated at 5.40am into a light S.W. wind. As the birds made their way home, they experienced an Easterly influence in the wind which pushed them to the West and caused the leaders to come off the Irish Sea as they entered Scotland. 1st South Section, 1st Open was Tommy Harper from Stranraer, who timed at 4.28pm from 497 miles and recorded a velocity of 1350ypm. When the S.N.F.C. Centenary Book was compiled, I provided information on each of the National winning pigeons that had competed into the South Section. To my surprise, when the book was published, it was noted that the author had chosen not to include the 1968 race winner amongst the South Section pigeons and had instead included it in the Chapter titled ‘The West Coasters’, with the following explanation. “The 1968 Rennes National was an example of a race flown in the type of conditions that traditionally favoured the west coast. Incredibly the winner was timed into Stranraer. The town, of course lies in Galloway, well to the South of Ayrshire and is in the extreme west of the S.N.F.C. South Section. It must be one of the most disadvantageous locations in Scotland to race into from National races. Stranraer lies out on a limb, with a fair extent of sea lying to the south of its Galloway coastline, in fact the town is probably nearer Northern Ireland than Dumfries.” Prior to entering the pigeon game in earnest, Tommy Harper bred and showed Sebright Bantams and Norwich Canaries and kept only a few pigeons as a complementary pastime. He developed a serious interest in the pigeon hobby in 1964 when his brother James moved house and gifted Tommy his team of stock pigeons, the bloodlines of which were primarily Kirkpatrick obtained from local fanciers J. Marshall, Harry Campbell and Simon Currie. From the outset he gained a number of positions in the Club, which was creditable because at the time, there were in excess of 40 members in Stranraer Club. In his first year in the Club in 1965, Tommy had a Grizzle Cock come to win but the cock didn’t even make the list as he wasted more than an hour on the trap. Three years later, however, this same cock came to the front again and on this occasion, he not only headed the list in his local Club, he actually won the National. As a youngster the Grizzle Cock flew the full programme from Dumfries to Leyland and the following season as a yearling, he again flew the full programme from Dumfries to Christchurch. When 2 y.o. he flew from Dumfries to Lancaster and was then off the road for several weeks when the Harper family moved home, a distance of some fifteen miles. Having been off the road for six weeks he was lifted into Guernsey and homed within 10 hours. In 1968 he went through the programme from Dumfries to Worcester and was then rested for two weeks before he competed from Rennes. He was basketed for the Classic with a full wing and sitting 18-day eggs. Within the article that Tommy Harper wrote for the Squills Year Book, following his National success, he said “Luck was certainly with us that day. I am a dairyman and go the milking at 3.30pm. Normally (son) Tommy would have been watching for the birds but I had two fanciers call in the afternoon and they said there would be none in before 8.00pm that night, so Tommy came to help my wife and myself to get finished early. We meant to be on the look-out at 5.00pm. However, Tommy was coming down past the house with the first batch of cows to the field about 4.20pm when he saw the Grizzle land. The clock was in the house and the door was locked, so he climbed in through the window, got the clock and timed him in. I think I am right in saying he will be the youngest person ever to time in the winner of the Scottish National”. The Grizzle was received as a gift from friend Simon Currie from Stranraer and was appropriately named “Stranraer Simon”. He was bred from a Hen from Johnnie Cook from Mauchline x a Kirkpatrick Cock. In former years I was promised a detailed pedigree from Simon but regrettably, this was never received. I do know, however, that Simon Currie was a frequent visitor to the home of the late George Jackson from Annan and by coincidence, George Jackson was the original owner of Grizzle Cock ‘Galabank Producer’, having purchased him from Willie Graham who assisted John Kirkpatrick his pigeons prior to his passing. Following his National triumph, ‘Stranraer Simon’ was sold to Louis Massarella and when coupled to quality hens, proved to be an absolute goldmine at stock and was the lead pigeon in the L.P.W. family of Kirkpatrick Grizzles. With Knowledge of the explained difficulty of competing successfully into Stranraer in National competition, consider the following …. Alex Wilson resides in the village of Leswalt, 3½ miles West of Stranraer, close to the Irish Sea and competes in partnership with his son, Cameron as A. Wilson and Son. Because of the ongoing problem with the Peregrine Falcon, he recognises that his pigeons must be fit early in the season to react to raptor attacks and as a consequence, he races them celibate in the early part of the season. He told me that if he breeds from them in the Spring, they are too soft and are ‘easy picking for the falcon’. He feeds modern mixtures in a controlled manner and due to the system, that he works and the feeding regime, the birds exercise at home like youngsters. At the gateway to the season his adult pigeons have several training tosses and then go to three local races along the Northern aspect of the Solway Firth with the third race being from Gretna (85 miles flying distance). They then go to Lymm with the Solway Federation and continue to go with them every alternate week through to Cheltenham or to the first Inland National. Having worked the team celibate during the early part of the season Alex then pairs them for the Classics and normally sends them to the Nationals covering 12 to 14 days eggs. In 2015 the longest race in the S.N.F.C. programme was flown from Ancenis with the convoy being released at 7.15am into a South West wind. Alex timed at 6.02 in the morning to be 1st Section F, 17th Open National on 933ypm. The winning pigeon a 2009 Blue Chequer cock that went to the race covering a four-day old youngster. When hatched, the other youngster from the nest was moved under another pair. When the Chequer cock went to the National the youngster that he was feeding was moved into the box beside its nest mate and when he returned from the race the two youngsters were returned to the original nest and he and his mate covered them. The Chequer cock had always been a good one. He was trained locally as a youngster but unraced. He entered the race basket as a yearling and when 2 y.o. was 34th Sect. 434th Open Marlborough. He went to the channel when he was 3 y.o. from Ypres and in 2013 was sent to the Inland National from Maidstone but returned minus his tail and with half his wing out and off the back of such trauma; his confidence had to be gradually rebuilt. As explained, in 2015 he realised his potential, being 17th Open National. Alex shares a close friendship with David Jamieson from Bathgate and has occasionally had several of David’s top stock pigeons on loan. He has further received a number of top-quality birds from David and importantly has been advised how to race them. The Dam of the Chequer cock was purchased by Alex from Jimmy Alexander from Prestonpans, having been bred by David Jamieson from ‘Scar Face’ when paired to ‘the Norrie Cochrane Hen’. Sire of the Chequer cock was obtained from Les Parkinson from Preston, being an Andy Gregson Van der Wegen. The nest sister of the Chequer cock that was 17th Open Ancenis was killed by a Falcon above the loft when only a youngster. Having explained that the cock was unraced as a youngster, it should be understood just how difficult it is to get youngsters to race into Stranraer and district. They endeavour to work their young birds as far as Carlisle in their maiden season but find it extremely difficult, experiencing considerable losses. During the season past, Alex once again won the Section with the National, on this occasion from the very difficult Gold Cup race from Alencon. Various opinions have been expressed as to what caused the difficult race, with the most probable explanation being the intense heat, which at the time, impacted on all pigeon organisations across the entire country. In such circumstance it was a considerable achievement for Alex to time a pigeon so near the front into Stranraer from Scotland’s Premier Race. As explained the race was flown from Alencon with the convoy being released at 6.00am on 28th June following a two- day holdover, with the birds initially working into a light South West wind, which retained its Westerly influence enroute and increased appreciably in strength over the North of England and at the home end. Alex timed at 7.32 in the morning to be 1st Section F, 28th Open National on 732ypm. The winning pigeon a 3. y.o. Blue Chequer cock that went through the inland programme as a yearling and was the first bird to the loft from Brighton in 2025. On build up to the 2026 Alencon National it was initially worked celibate having had five preparatory races through to Wollaston. It then went to Cheltenham but due to indifferent conditions, the convoy was brought back up the road to Shap. With the birds working into a strong West wind on a difficult day, the cock was on the wing for 6 hours from Shap. He thereafter went to nest and was basketed for the Gold Cup race covering a four-day old youngster, which was his first youngster of the season. Now, consider the bloodlines….. Sire was obtained from David Jamieson, having been bred from a son of Vandersmissen of Freialdenhofen when paired to an inbred grand-daughter of ‘Forrest Gump’; Dam meanwhile was bred from ‘Kannibaal Barcelona’ when paired to a daughter of ‘Euro Diamond’ when he was coupled to his half-sister, daughter of ‘George’. Expanding on the birds listed above consider that "Super Vandersmissen" gained the following German National positions, 3rd National Marseille (2,560 birds), 6th National Perpignan (3,101 birds), 19th National Barcelona (3,237 birds), 19th National Marseille (2,051 birds) plus five further National positions. ‘Forrest Gump’ was awarded 3rd International Ace Pigeon in 2002. At stock he bred a dynasty of winners. ‘Kannibaal Barcelona’ was bred and raced by Etienne Meirlaen and having gained 1st Provincial, 3rd National (against 11,641 birds), and 4th International Barcelona (against 25,750 birds) proved to be an Ace producer. ‘Euro Diamond’ was bred and raced by Peter and Dr. Hans-Peter Brockamp from Boppart, Germany, he was a Star performer and in accord with the other birds listed was a top producer. Interestingly, in conversation I learned that if there is West in the wind the birds make their way home to Stranraer on the route they were initially trained on and regularly race on in local competition, dog-legging from the East across the Northern aspect of the Solway Firth. If, however, there is a fresh East wind they break for home in North Wales and fly the sea across the Isle of Man home to Stranraer and in such circumstance record higher velocities than the leading birds into the Solway Fed. with which they had been liberated. Requoting the words of the author of the S.N.F.C. Centenary Book, “Stranraer must be one of the most disadvantageous locations in Scotland to race into from National races”; in that context I recognise above the undoubted achievement of these two very game pigeons that were raced by Alex Wilson. Photographs show (a) ‘Stranraer Simon’, (b) Alex Wilson, (c) Alex Wilson’s 1st Section ‘F’ 28th Open S.N.F.C. Alencon (taken in mid-October) and (d) the eye of Alex Wilson’s Section winner from Alencon.

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Scotland the home of the long distance champions. (Part 3). The late John Traill of Thornton. When John Traill passed away in June 2001, the sport of long distance pigeon racing in Scotland lost one of it’s greatest champions. I met ‘jock’ in the mid 1990’s, when I visited his Fife loft while on a ‘Many Miles with Mott’ video tour with Albert Taylor and we found him to be a real gentleman pigeon fancier. He loved long distance pigeon racing, with the highlights of his 55 years in the sport being twice 1st open Scottish National Flying Club. John was born in Balmalcom in Fife and when he was five years old his family moved to Ladybank. As young lad he had a pair of pigeons which were housed in an orange box screwed to the wall, but became first interested in racing pigeons at the age of 19, when made regular visits to the loft of his friend, Wullie Henderson. John purchased his first birds, basket and clock from Sandy Stevenson, the local cobbler in Ladybank, who was leaving the sport and top flyers at that time were Norman Dall, Jack Andrews and his old friend Wullie Henderson. John Traill liked to play Bowls and loved to dance, taking lessons in ballroom dancing at one time. The first club he joined in 1951 was the Howe of Fife Club in Ladybank and raced to a small 10ft.x 6ft. loft built by his Uncle Sam. John raced what he called the ‘Heinz 57’ strain and won out of turn at the club races in the early days, but all the time he wanted to acquire birds that would compete and win at the long distance. John’s early mistake was trying to compete in every club race and wearing the pigeons out. He moved from Ladybank to Thornton in 1965. His old original family are J. J. Baird of Liverpool (Barker strain), obtained from Wullie Henderson of Cupar. On my visit John told me, he could trace his National winning family back to some of those original pigeons he had in 1951. He always raced on the Natural system and kept 25 pairs of racers and 8 pairs of breeders. John paired everything up at the same time, the first weekend in March, and told me he liked to wean all his young birds at the same time, so they were all the same age. When he was asked about the widowhood system, a distasteful expression came on his face and he told me, he would never entertain it for long distance racing. John’s great old 24ft. ‘L’ shaped loft was in a wire compound, with a lawn out in front of it and he said it was built with the pigeons comfort in mind. It was well ventilated, with wire bays and drop hole trapping, and he didn’t use deep litter, but had a few wood shavings scattered around the floors. John was a scrapper man and maintained you shouldn’t be able to smell pigeons in a loft, with dryness being essential to keep the birds healthy. He made up his own mixture of wheat, maize, beans and maple peas, which was fed all the year round, but a few weeks before the main 500 and 600 mile events he took out the wheat and added more maize. He didn’t like to train his birds when they were feeding youngsters, but would train cocks from 20 miles, if the weather was very good and he thought training yearlings early in the season was very important. During the season he would train twice a week and liked his long distance National candidates to have a 7 to 8 hour fly in a club race about three weeks before the main events. John raced his yearlings down to Fareham (350 miles) on the south coast, his two year olds over the channel to Sartilly and his old birds had to go all the way to Nantes (620 miles) and Niort (690 miles) with the Scottish National Flying Club. His favourite nest condition for sending birds to the long distance events was sitting 10 to 12 day old eggs on the day of basketing and never sent feeding youngsters. He didn’t like jumping pigeons long distances and started them in a 60 mile club race and built them up to 600 miles. The birds were fed in pots, in the nest boxes and he told me they always had corn in front of them at all times. He liked to see the hens sitting 10 days, low in the nest bowl with that staring look, and said that was the sign of a hen being keen and in good condition. John Traill had many premier positions in the S.N.F.C. through the years, with his best being: 1995: 20th. open S.N.F.C. Niort, 80th. open S.N.F.C. Rennes, 1996: 1st, 8th. open S.N.F.C. Niort (690 miles), 1997: 11th. open S.N.F.C. Rennes, 1st, 30th. open S.N.F.C. Nantes(620 miles) and he also won 2nd. open S.N.F.C. Nantes (620 miles) and 1st. open Fife Federation Dorchester (400 miles). He won numerous positions in the first thirty open in the Scottish National Flying Club. His National winners were: CH.’TRAILL’S SPARK’, dark chequer cock, winner of 1996: 1st. open S.N.F.C. Niort (690 miles, liberated at 06.00hrs and clocked 10.20hrs next day), 1995: 27th. open S.N.F.C. Niort, 1992: 1st. open Fife Federation Dorchester (400 miles). CH.’NANCY’, the frill blue chequer hen named after John’s wife, Nancy. She won in 1997: 1st. open S.N.F.C. Nantes (620 miles) and in 1996: 8th. open S.N.F.C. Niort (690 miles). The main stock pair was a blue chequer hen bred down from the old Traill family and before being put to stock, she was a useful racer, winning many major prizes including 2nd open Federation. John told me she was the dam of the loft! Her mate was a handsome blue chequer pied, being produced from a gift egg from Keith Cochrane, and he was bred down from the Eddie Newcombe bloodlines. This wonderful stock pair bred the Niort National winner, Ch. ’Traill’s Spark’. When John introduced new stock he preferred to bring in a good hen, bred close to good 600 mile winners and out of a consistent loft. He didn’t have many crosses over the years, but some successful ones were from Dennis Dall, Bobby Carruthers, Keith Cochrane and J. & J. Keir. The loft normally had about 50 youngsters for racing each year and these were fed on a first class young bird mixture, with no maize. They were raced natural to the perch and if the weather was good, John would started to train them three weeks before the first Federation race, which was about a 60 mile fly. He started to train them at one mile to teach them to come out of the basket and worked them up in stages to 40 miles. All the babies were raced through the Federation programme, but if he fancied one or two, he had no problem about stopping them at the 100 miles stage. He told me he had tried the nest bowl in the corner trick, but had more success racing them to the perch on the natural system. The Traill young bird team were never put on the darkness system and liked them to have as much fresh air and sunshine as possible in their early life. John liked to race his youngsters well, as he maintained it was important for good experience and would keep them in good stead in later life. John’s work was a driver on the railway and told me, he had great support from his wife, Nancy with his pigeons and his family as a whole were very interested in his hobby. He was president of the Thornton Club and Fife Federation for 23 years. A well respected fancier! John would like to see a good eye on a pigeon, but always relied on handling and feather quality, and would quickly discard any bird that didn’t come up to his requirements in the hand. When he judged handling shows, he soon turned the class over, being very quick to re-turning undesirables back into their pen. John used to advice novices to go to the premier local fancier to obtain their starting stock, have plenty of patience and establish a winning family by testing them well in racing. John Traill established a line bred family without going to close, he never paired brother x sister or father x daughter, preferring half brother x half sister or grand sire x granddaughter matings. His main aim was test any crosses to the full, before let it in to his loft. John would take the odd late bred off any special pairs for the stock section or for breeders for his friends. John always maintained the season started when the young bird races finished the season before! Nest boxes came out of one end of the loft and fitted out with perch for the hens to winter on. The cocks remained perched on the front of the closed nest boxes in the other two racing compartments and the young birds remained together for another month, and then separated for the winter. During the moult the birds were given a good quality mixture and a bit of linseed every two days. They got plenty of regular exercise and baths in the resting period. Full article to appear in the BHW soon. Text & Photos by Keith Mott (October 2022)

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Lanarkshire Federation-Trophy winners 2026 1. The J Cowan Mem Trophy- Wm Holland of Chryston club Vel 1211.6( Best Old Bird Average) 2. The Reid Mem Trophy -Wm Holland of Chryston club, Vel 1282.5(Best Combine average over Leicester, Kettering, Billericay and Brighton) 3. The H McClymont Mem Trophy-Wm Holland of Chryston club , Vel 1180.5(Best Combine average over all federation races) 4. The J Torrance Mem Trophy -Wm Holland of Chryston club, Vel 1087.4(Best average Billericay & Brighton) 5. The Campbell Trophy -Gault & Quinn of Airdrie club (Winner of Brighton race) 6. The Beattie Trophy -A Stewart of Airdrie club, 3rd open(Best opposite sext in Brighton race) 7. The Shell & BP Trophy -Gault & Quinn AIRDRIE Club, Vel 992.5 (Best two bird average in Brighton race) 8. The Newmains Trophy -Young & Kelly of Chryston club (Winner of Brighton race) 9. The Rapplold Trophy -Graham Bros of Carluke club, Vel 1083.3 (Best two bird average Billericay race) 10. The S Anderson Trophy -Young & Kelly of Chryston club, ( First yearling in Billericay race) 11. The Heart Foundation Trophy -B McCrindle & Son of Chapelhall club (Winner of charity special race) 12. The T Brown Mem Trophy- Young & Kelly of Chryston club,Vel 1259.2 (Best individual Old Bird Average ) 13. The Lanarkshire Social Circle Trophy- Gault & Quinn of Airdrie club ,Brighton, VEL 1081.6(Lowest winning velocity in federation races) 14. The Henderson Trophy- P Macaloney of Chapelhall club, Wooler, 15.08.26(Winner of third young bird race) 15. The Arrapine Trophy -Wm Holland of Chryston club, Vel 1088.0( Best average the 3 longest races) 16. The Border Trophy -Graham Bros of Carluke club, 1st Open(First yearling Leicester) 17. The Carriage Trophy -Wm Holland of Chryston club Ve, 1088.0 Best average Kettering, Billericay & Brighton races) 18. The P Scott Mem Trophy- J McPheat &Sons of Clarkston club, 13th Open(First nominated bird Brighton race) 19. The Wm Rae Mem Trophy- Young & Kelly of Chryston club (Winner of Kettering race) 20. The T Robertson Trophy- I Rankin of Airdrie club, 1st RIPON, 05.09 (Winner of Ripon YB race) 21 The Wm Holland Trophy -W Gordon of Blantyre club, (Best average first 7 Old Bird Races) 22. The J Quinn Mem Trophy -I Rankin of Airdrie club ,Ripon race 05.09.2(Winner of the longest flown YB race) 23. The Sheppard Trophy- Young & Kelly of Chryston club Vel 1110.8(Best average Kettering, Billericay and longest YB race) 24. The United Taxi Trophy -Young & Kelly of Chryston club(Winner of longest Inland flown race) 25. The Wm O’Neil Mem Trophy -Graham Bros of Carluke club,Vel 1042.2(Best two bird average Ripon YB race) 26. The Wm Findlay Mem Trophy -Graham Bros of Carluke club,2nd Open(Best opposite sex Ripon YB race) 27. The A Durning Mem Trophy -P Macaloney of Chapelhall club, 1st Alnwick 22.08(Winner of fourth flown YB race) 28. The D Logan Mem Trophy -Wm Holland of Chryston club, 2nd Open( First hen timed Billericay race) 29. The Wm Wilson Mem Trophy -W Johnstone of Carluke club, 2nd Section, 27th Open(Highest velocity Lanarkshire federation in SNFC Gold Cup race) 30. The S Rodger Trophy -Graham Bros of Carluke club, Vel, 1137.5(Best Average over longest Old bird race and first five YB races) 31. The Belt Up Trophy- I Rankin of Airdrie club, vel 1148.6( Best YB average North section) 32. The R Telfer & Son Trophy- B McCrindle & Son of Chapelhall club, Vel1169.9(Best YB average in Centre section) 33. The J Tallis Mem Trophy -T McLaren of Blantyre club, Vel 1045.5(Best Old Bird average in West section) 34. The Rodger Trophy -T Houston of Blantyre club ,Vel 1084.8( Best average YB races in West section) 35. The G Macaloney Mem Trophy -Graham Bros of Carluke club, Vel 1225.8 (Best Combine Inland Average ) 36. The J Cameron coloured photo -Young & Kelly of Chryston club (Winner of Kettering race) 37. The J Hannah coloured photo -Young & Kelly of Chryston club (Winner of Billericay race) 38. The GWP Macaloney coloured photo- Gault & Quinn of Airdrie club (Winner of Brighton race) 39. Centre section Combine Average Winner -Graham Bros of Carluke club, Vel 1174.1 40. North section Combine Average Winner -Wm Holland of Chryston club, Vel 1180.5 41. West section Combine Average Winner -W Gordon of Blantyre club, Vel 1015.3 Well done to all who managed to win a trophy this season, hopefully see you at the presentation night to collect your Cup/Trophy on Friday 19th of February 2027 Tom Corrie jnr Lanarkshire Press Officer Photo 1 Billy Holland -Champion loft 2026 Photo 2 Billy Holland in front of winning loft Photo 3 Andy Graham winner of Centre section Combine Averages Photo 4 Billy Gordon winner of West section Combine Averages and first 7 race averages Photo 5 Barclay McCrindle & Son winners of the Young Bird Averages

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As Admin of this site, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Members of Fife Federation for holding their annual young bird breeder buyer sale on this forum Also thank you for the kind donation, which will go towards the ongoing running costs of the site. Thanks for your ongoing support Also. Special mention to Thunderbigbaws aka Brian Chalmers

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