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Old Birds 25.04.15 Lauder 02.05.15 Ridsdale 09.05.15 Tow Law 16.05.15 Ripon 23.05.15 Wakefield 30.05.15 Newark 06.06.15 Leicester 13.06.15 Tow Law 20.06.15 Portsmouth 04.07.15 Ridsdale 17.07.15 Clermont Young Birds 25.07.15 Arniston 01.08.15 Arniston 08.08.15 Lauder 15.08.15 Ridsdale 22.08.15 Tow Law 29.08.15 Ripon 05.09.15 Wakefield

The one I have received is ok Walter. You can download them from the SHU website

It is with regret that I must inform you of the very sudden death of Graeme Scott (Basin View) while abroad on holiday earlier this week. Sincere condolences to the family. David Liddle (Secretary, Angus Federation)

Well done Jim. Thick fog in Forfar from back of five last night. Only know of one doo in Forfar last night from 62 sent. Ah well theres always next year

10 members 153 birds 1. D Glen 1069.83 2. D Glen 1053.45 3. Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1017.09 4. I Scott 980.10 5. M Leggett 974.07 6. D J Liddle 972.33 7. E Galloway 972.04 8. Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 971.28 9. D Glen 971.27 10.D Smith 964.53 11.Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 963.63 12.Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 963.51 Gold Ring winner D Glen Accumulator winner J McKay

It should be more central or at least switch between East and West. It was unfortunate that several feds were racing today so members couldn't get to the sale. Maybe something for the committee to think about for the future

Dundee and Angus liberated at 9.15 at Wakefield in a light North West wind

10 members 270 birds 1. Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1227.42 2. Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1225.39 3. D Glen 1217.10 4. D Glen 1217.03 5. D Glen 1216.57 6. D Glen 1216.41 7. D Glen 1216.34 8. D Glen 1215.95 9. Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1201.48 10.Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1201.18 11.Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1199.62 12.Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1199.62 Well done lads

Angus and Dundee liberated at Ripon at 7.00 a.m. in a West Wind

9 members 267 birds 1. D Glen 1183.35 2. D Glen 1183.26 3. D Glen 1183.26 4. D Glen 1183.16 5. D Glen 1182.29 6. D Glen 1182.19 7. Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1181.67 8. Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1181.57 9. Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1181.28 10.Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1181.18 11.Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1181.09 12.Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1180.99

Angus and Dundee liberated at Tow Law at 8.00 a.m. Light NW Wind

IHU14S 135725 came with one of mine. No wing stamp. Black ETS ring. Any takers?

Sorry to hear this news. Condolences to John and family

10 members sent 391 birds 1. Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1268.06 2. I Scott 1264.74 3. D Glen 1252.54 4. D Glen 1252.28 5. D Glen 1246.29 6. D Glen 1242.16 7. Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1238.01 8. Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1228.80 9. Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1221.34 10.Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1194.62 11.D Glen 1193.19 12.Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1189.32

Angus and Dundee liberated at Ridsdale at 8.00 in a West/South West wind

Its gettin harder Gavin. 23 seconds covers the first 20 doos in the club

10 members sent 363 birds 1. D Glen 1453.33 2. D Glen 1452.97 3. D Glen 1452.60 4. D J Liddle 1452.44 5. D Glen 1452.24 6. D J Liddle 1452.08 7. D Glen 1451.88 8. D Glen 1451.52 9. Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1447.15 10.Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1446.80 11.I Scott 1446.61 12.Macaulay, Ferguson & Curran 1446.45 Well done Davie. Maximum six club positions but a few more for the fed result

Dundee & Angus liberated at Arniston at 10.30 in a West wind

Well I spoke to the guy last night and if he did send the E rung doo north it was a genuine mistake and unlike some he was man enough to apologise if that is what happened. As he said he is down near the Forth Bridge every day and would toss birds from that direction down there. The GB bird had previously been tossed from Rosyth and came back and as he was inundated with north doos he assumed it was from there (note no wing stamp as per SHU instructions) and from previous bad experience if you report birds which belong down south many don't want to or cant afford to pay for a courier and want them disposed of. (these are you "so called fanciers" imo). Good luck in the young bird national, watch out for the so called fanciers from Forfar though.

The AF bird is Montrose. Could you give it to George as well and I will get it collected.

Well I`m afraid I cant understand how that happened as the guy is able to get doos tossed near Edinburgh so wouldn't have knowingly sent it north. I`ll try and find out though. If you had said at the start it was an E rung bird it would have saved a lot of confusion

As far as I was aware they were NE and AB rung birds. If one had your stamp on it I cant explain that but your original post gave the impression that all strays must be sent to the stray centre. By the way the stray centre don't always check wing stamps either. I still await your apology for saying our federation ignore the SHU stray centre and who the "so called fanciers" are. As for your statement regarding sending AF birds to Blackpool (or Portsmouth as you stated on other thread), I think we will just ignore that.

Don't usually get involved in this stuff but as you are criticising my club and federation I feel I must respond. 1. I know who the fancier was and commend him for helping get birds back to their lofts as soon as possible. He asked if any other members had NE or AB pigeons to bring them to him as someone was collecting them 2. There is a stray crate on our transporter every week but we don't get that many strays up here from south of us. 3. If the strays had been sent on our transporter they would have been delivered to the stray centre on Sunday (the day we were racing). I don't think Aberdeen and North of Scotland Federations go to the stray centre until they are racing from Arniston. (Aberdeen are there this week). Therefore the pigeons would have been at the stray centre for a week when they were in fact back in their lofts. 4. Our members often meet the N o S lorry on the A90 to hand over strays or collect our birds which have gone north. Are you seriously suggesting that every bird should be sent to the stray centre where it could sit for a week before being collected. Because we now have the SHU ring list pigeons can be returned to their lofts much quicker than they used to be. I see Wuldon has released an AB doo in Aberdeen today. Would you rather he sent it to Broxburn on Saturday? 5. I would like you to name who you are referring to as "so called fanciers". Some of the best fanciers in Scotland are members of my club and if you are referring to any of them I am sure they will be most annoyed. I don't think we would go running to the SHU but an apology on here will be the least expected. Rant over. David Liddle (Secretary Forfar RPC and Angus Federation)

Sorry I cant. Would have to connect laptop to system at club. Just tried it on a member that is not using ETS just now. I am sure it would print the zeros though

Just tried to add an IHU ring as an experiment and it includes the zeros. The only way to remove them would be an upgrade by Unikon. I think thats what happened when it did it with the SU rings