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The Joe Murphy Column Firstly, I would like to THANK all the fanciers who have phoned me or sent emails regarding my recent articles and also for the nice words and feedback they have said about my researching the information to report on the winners in this year’s national racing; for which I am eternally grateful; Yes, it is hard work, but first and foremost I’m a ‘Pigeon Man’ and I like to give credit where it is due. What I have found over the past 47 years of being a scribe is that fanciers are not the greatest people in the world in supplying information on their winning pigeons. Nine time out of Ten; I will have to phone them to obtain these details and even at that this it is like ‘drawing teeth’ to get the information I require. The thing that annoys me is I’m not getting the publicity ‘IT IS THEM’! To be honest I sometimes wonder if it is worth all the effort; as well as my own person time; which is as precious to me as it is to everyone else. However, when I do obtain information, I try to make this as readable and enjoyable as possible as we are ALL pigeon men & woman, and want to read about the winners and good fanciers. For example, I received a phone call from Malcolm Taylor of Taylor Brothers of Newbigging by the Sea. Regarding my article which contained the photograph of ‘Seton Queen’ who is the dam of ‘Seton Prince’ bred and raced by Sinclair Thompson and son Sinclair. Whom I have the highest respect for as they are ‘top quality pigeon men’. This year their yearling cock on the 1 st July; won 2 nd section B 2 nd open SNRPC Eastbourne race flying a distance of 385 miles recording a velocity of 1176. Then on the 17 th of July he was again entered into the SNRPC race; this time from Brighton a distance of 375 miles and he won 1 st section B 1 st open doing a velocity of 1269. What a pigeon to win a 1 st & 2 nd national in the space of 17 days is exceptional and we congratulate both Sinclair’s on this outstanding achievement. This father and son partnership are very friendly with Malcolm and have purchased birds from him over the years and have done very well with them. Malcolm informs me that ‘Seton Queen’ was mated to NEHU21WAN1486 to breed ‘Seton Prince’. ‘Wan 1486’ sire was a son of ‘Johnstone’s Bolt’ bred by Brian Johnstone, who turned out to be an exceptional breeder. Actually, he is the sire of ‘Double Vision’ who in turn is Willie & Paul Macaloney number one stock cock. The mother of ‘Wan1486’ is a daughter of the pencil pied ‘Sylvester Geerinckx’ who in turn is the dam of ‘Alfie’ who won 1 st open SNFC Maidstone for the Thompson partnership. ‘Seton Queen’ contains the ‘Albrecht’ blood who were the old Van Loons. Another one of the Thomson’s top pigeons ‘Mr Consistent’ also contains the ‘Albrecht’ lines crossed with the ‘Red Rising Son Hen’. Malcolm is giving up the pigeons and I believe all his stock birds are going for sale after the racing season is over. It was nice to talk to Malcolm and thank him for the above and wish him well with his sale. Email Received an email from Dawn Abbot, who wrote; ‘Dear Joe; I hope that you and the family are well and that you don’t mind me getting in touch totally out of the blue! Some of your readers will remember my Dad, Hugh Higgins, a lifelong fancier, originally from Armadale, West Lothian and later Edinburgh. Having enjoyed the administrative side of racing as President of the SNFC, Secretary of the Edinburgh International Charity Pigeon Show and Horney Vice-President of the Lancashire Social Circle, my Dad left an archive of pigeon press back to the 1960s which I have recently been going through. I wanted to see if I could find any information on Joe Newcombe, the grandfather of my dear friend, Samantha. Joe’s SNFC Avranches 1969 winner was named after her nickname ‘Tabby’. I have many fond memories of my three Newcombe ‘Uncles’; Ed, Joe and Sid, visiting Macmerry and staying at Honey Cottage Caravan site in Ettrick Valley, which was run by Joe and Margaret and where both he and Sid had their lofts. Although the Newcombe name is well known via Eddie and his legacy, the success of Joe and Sid may be less so. As such I was wondering if you might be interested in these articles, I would like to highlight the success of these two fanciers for your column? I would be happy to put these in the post to you. With kind regards Dawn Abbott’. I wrote back to Dawn and expressed this would be lovely and help keep my column going once the young bird racing season was over. She replied; ‘Great - Will get everything off to you next week. I was also thinking I have various pictures etc from the Edinburgh Charity Show as well if that is something you would 2 be interested in? I have lots of memories of that too! Getting to sell raffle tickets over the weekend and everyone phoning in their entries over the couple of weeks before. Happy days! Thanks Dawn’. It was quite funny that in the 4 th August BHW on page 57 there as a photograph of Dawn and her late dad Hugh in Brian Dearn Lanarkshire Social Circle article. A small world indeed; I also look forward to obtaining this information from Dawn. It is hard to keep my weekly column going after the racing season is over as not everyone is willing to supply me information on their pigeons’ efforts or performances. For example, I also received an email from Mike Massie of Aberdeen who wrote; ‘Hello Joe how are you and Margaret and your family doing, I hope they are in good health. Regarding your article about Charlie and Glen Cameron they are great fanciers and exceptional flyers; I wish I knew their secret. They must have the right birds bred for the job and they must have them super fit and their motivation must be spot on. I take my hat off to them and I agree with you; 100 percent Joe and it was a great article; yours in sport Mike Massie’. I wrote back thanking Mike for his kind words and also saying ‘Yes, the Cameron’s have had another great year, as have other fanciers. Mike replied; ‘Yes Joe, other fanciers have had a great season but the Chic and Glen are flying a lot further and that is what makes them standout - Mike’. The other thing fanciers and especially readers of my column forget is; The research I undertake to gain all the results and then compile them into my articles, can take up a lot of my spare time, and I don’t think fanciers or readers of my column appreciate this. Margaret will sometimes say; ‘Oh you’re not back on that computer again are you’. It is the same with writing a weekly article, I have been doing this since 1976, every week even when we have been away on holiday to Spain, I have taken my laptop and caught up at night with results and compiled an article and emailed it to the BHW & RP. Just now I’m in the process of accumulating information on the Dewar Trophy winners which is awarded to Scotland’s Pigeon of the Year & Runner Up as this will be the 50 th anniversary of this award. However, I still do not have information on some of the runners up; and no matter how much I ask, there is NO RESPONSE. I have looked through old SNFC results that Robert Cormack gave me which go back to the 1950’s. So, I will just have to add the fanciers name and no matter how much research I have done; I cannot find these birds performances. Now for the present race results, sent in by the press officers’, whom I once again wish to thank for their contribution. Results I had a lad on the phone asking why some clubs and federations have now stopped sending me their results and news, as they enjoyed reading about them for example; Ayrshire; Angus; Dundee; Traprain; the sad thing is he doesn’t see some of these organisations obtaining any publicity in the weekly pigeon press. I explained this has nothing to do with me. I add the weekly report of federations & clubs who continue to send in their results into my column. I have added a couple of photographs of 2 top pigeons that I found in my Dewar Trophy folder while checking out some details and these pictures caught my eye. As nowadays fanciers don’t even send pictures of their club or federation winners, and believe me it is easier now than years ago. As we can take a photo on our mobile phone and send it to someone within seconds after taking the picture East of Scotland Federation News from Tom McEwen with the result of the Otterburn race flown on 6 th August with the convoy liberated at 08-30am into a west to north west wind. Taking the top 2 places is Keith Howie of Prestonpans club; his winner is a blue hen, she is a ½ sister to his great cock ‘Blue Arrow’. The sire of the winner has also previously bred federation winners for Keith. John Bird of Prestonpans had a fantastic race taking 5 top positions in the federation; winning 3 rd 4 th 5 th 6 th & 10 th federation. Mr & Mrs Peter March have a good double winning 7 th & 8 th position in the federation. Last weeks fed winners Gus Jackson of Macmerry completes the top ten winning 9 th federation. Tom was in the hospital for a day as he was not feeling well and has to go in once the season is over for more tests. Prestonpans HS First two places go to Keith Howie see above regarding the winner; Keith’s 2 nd bird is another blue, dam has bred a federation winner and the sire is a full brother to ‘Blue Arrow’. 3 rd club is John Bird with a blue cock 3 a Vandenabeele bloodline from Bryan Shipley of Woodside Lofts. Once again, many thanks for adding our club into your weekly column Joe, wishing you and Margaret all the best; Tom’. Scottish Central Federation News from Bernie who writes; ‘Hi Joe, I hope you and Margaret are both well, please find our Scottish Central federation result from the Otterburn race flown on 29 th July; with the 903 birds liberated at 09-30am into a south west wind. Winchburgh & District Pigeon Club; Had 6 members sending 308 birds, taking the first 3 places is Tam Manger; his winner of 1 st club 1 st Federation is a blue chequer cock from Dave Stone stock; 2 nd club & federation is a blue white flight hen a Henry Borthwick x Herman Ceuster; his 3 rd bird is a blue white flight cock a Dave Stone x Hermans Cuester. Other members in the federation result are; Henry Borthwick who was 4 th & 20 th ; Marc Doran 6 th 15 th 16 th & 17 th . Broxburn & Uphall Pigeon Club; Gordon Mackenzie wins 8 th & 19 th federation with Hugh Rafferty winning 9 th 10 th 13 th & 14 th federation. Cheers Joe yours Bernie’. Kingdom Racing Pigeon Association News from Pete Penman who writes; ‘Hi Joe the KRPA were at Wooler for their 2 nd young bird race along with the Fife federation. Leading the way this week is Lou Mitchell of the Rosyth club with a chequer cock. This bird was bought in a kit of six from Gary Thaviner of Wales by Lou nephew. It is a Mysterio x Better Van Bolt. From this race the six birds were all home before Lou got one of his own homebred birds. They would like to say thank you to Gary for the birds. In 2 nd 3 rd & 5 th places is Sandy Proctor of St. Serfs. Sandy was on a family holiday to Seaton Sands, but decided to come home to put the birds away (as any good pigeon man would do). Nice to see you back in the sport Sandy Pete’. Fourth place goes to Coaltown's Gary Hall with a chequer Herman Cusiter cock. In 6 th place is Coaltown's Pete Penman with a second round mealy whose parents were gift birds from Dyke Armour in 2020. At Rosyth Lou Mitchell took the first three, His second bird was a Cooreman x Mysterio, followed by the nest mate to his fed topper. At Leuchars Eric and Liz Young took the honours. Return wise, a few members reported full returns and others had two or three missing with some turning up the next day; yours Pete. Almond Valley Federation News from the secretary Lynne Stewart, with the result of the Wooler race flown on the 6 th of August with the convoy of 856 birds liberated at 08:30 hours. The result is quite unique as John Bird of West Calder takes the first 11 open places plus 13 th 14 th 15 th 16 th & 19 th open with John Hadfield of the same club winning 12 th 17 th 18 th 20 th 21 st & 22 nd open. (Truly outstanding results so well-done lads; Joe Murphy), as there are some top-quality fanciers who race in this federation; which makes the above results all the more spectacular. Balerno 30 birds; Bald & Johnstone 1226.664, 1224.930, 1223.448, 1143.438 Bonnybridge 273 birds; G Harris 1279.627, P Aitken 1278.787, 1273.564, Wells & Scott 1270.175 Carnwath 88 birds; S McArdle 1199.270, 1087.263, 1064.578, J Dornan 1060.268 East Calder 85 birds; Burnside & Drysdale 1318.260, 1314.524, 1314.027, Mr Mrs Fleming 1312.876 Fauldhouse 191 birds; T Gavin 1331.337, 1329.915, 1328.968, Colligan & Hope 1325.968 West Calder 189 birds; J Bird 1345.363, 1345.363, 1344.856, 1344.856 Fife Federation News from Geordie Todd with the Wooler 1 young bird race flown on the 6 th August with the 1114 birds liberated at 09-30am into a light north west wind. Topping the federation is Crossgates member Alaistair McCudden who also wins 1 st 2 nd 9 th & 10 th open. Frank Mitchell from Dunfermline club is 3 rd & 5 th with his club mates Walker Kennedy winning 4 th place and John Robertson winning 7 th spot. G Bell (1) of Crossgates club is 6 th & 8 th open. West Section had Dunfermline sending 227 birds; Crossgates sending 251 birds & Lochgelly sending 159 birds. Alaistair McCudden wins 1 st & 2 nd positions. Frank Mitchell is 3 rd & 5 th with Walker Kennedy wining 4 th spot and G Bell 1 of Crossgates club is 6 th section. Centre Section had 300 birds from Kennoway club; B Chalmers takes the first 4 places with Sean Diamond winning 5 th spot and past SNFC Sartilly winner Jocky 4 Scott winning 6 th place. The East Section; had Methilhaven club sending 131 birds with St Andrews sending 46 birds. J D Armour wins 1 st 3 rd 4 th 5 th & 6 th places with G Baxter of the same club winning 2 nd spot. North of Scotland Federation Before I start with this federations results, readers will hopefully see from my past notes, that the members of the federation only time in 3 BIRDS. This way the result is spaced out and more fanciers have a chance of making the section and open results. Whereas in some clubs & federations elsewhere in the BHW/RP you see some fanciers taking the first 10 or 12 places; therefore, the North of Scotland Federation have to be complimented on their forward thinking; thus, giving their members at least a chance to make the top 40 open positions, well done to the federation officials. News from George Duthie with the result of the Strathkinness 2 young bird race; flown on the 6 th August with the 24 members sending 726 birds these were liberated into a light west wind. The first 12 open places were filled with East Section members (who had 20 members sending 635 birds) who are as follows; N Holt of Peterhead & District club takes the top spot with another 2 birds in 5 th & 10 th section and open. My old pal, Stewart Maskame & his partner Cordiner take the next 3 place; with R Bain of Fraserburgh & District club taking 6 th 7 th & 8 th positions. Colin McRae of Fraserburgh & District wins 9 th 11 th & 12 th section and open positions. The West Section had 4 members sending 91 birds. Taking the first 2 west section places and winning 31 st & 32 nd open is A Cormack of Buckie & District club. Gordon Geddes of Elgin & District wins 3 rd 8 th & 9 th west section 33 rd 38 th & 39 th open. Clubmate P Thomson wins 4 th 5 th & 6 th section 34 th 35 th & 36 th open. Clubs First Bird N Holt wins Peterhead & District velocity 1351.482 R Bain wins Fraserburgh & District velocity 1308.005 A Higgins wins Fraserburgh West End velocity 1223.877 S Witherspoon wins Inverurie velocity 1223.733 A Cormack wins Buckie & District velocity 941.125 G Geddes wins Elgin & District velocity 893.994 Well Done to N Holt on topping the federation and also well done to A Cormack on winning the west section. Pentland Hills Federation News from Andy Miller with the first federation young bird race of the 2023 season which was flown from Otterburn on Saturday 29 th July. The distance being 55-67 miles for the members. The birds were liberated at 09:00 in a south west wind and the federation winner is Danderhall members Freddie & Willie Robertson, still awaiting details! Returns from the race seem to be really good with only 1 or 2 missing. The second race again from Otterburn on Sunday 6 th August liberated at 08:30 in a west to north west wind; we had 58 lofts sending 2,226 birds. Taking the red card is the Mr & Mrs Lindsay of Danderhall club recording a velocity of 1340. Helen Aitken & sons of Woodburn club are 2 nd & 4 th open. R Sammels of Castlebrae club is 3 rd position with Freddie & Willie Robertson of Danderhall club winning 5 th open. Walker & Brown of the same club take the next 4 places from 6 th 7 th 8 th & 9 th open with club mate J Dowling winning 10 th 11 th 12 th 13 th & 14 th places. This week’s winner is Mr & Mrs John Lindsay and loft laddie (Big Gaz) who timed their darkness youngster. Breeding is Lambrecht through the lines of ‘Lincia’ cocks and hens are flown separated with this hen paired to (Big Gaz) who obviously fancied her with club & fed winnings of around £700. John was on holiday in Amsterdam and watched the race from his laptop to witness the hen trapping at speed. He told Gaz he thought that would be an early one! Again, returns were really good as the previous week. Andy informs us that the next race will be from Consett. There is also a footnote on the federation result. In the interest of ALL MEMBERS, it would be helpful that if you have noticed symptoms of “FAT EYE” within your loft that you may consider holding back your team until all is well. We ask that you be extremely vigilant. Andy Miller – President & Helen Aitken - Secretary Obituary 5 I was very sorry to hear the passing of fellow scribe John Harwood of Kirkintilloch by Jim Barrons, who has been a friend of John’s for many years. John passed away peacefully on Saturday, 5 th August at 3:30pm surrounded by his family. John had been a feature writer for both the BHW and the RP and his articles were keenly awaited by his many followers. As well as being a great pigeon fancier, he was a great angler and also wrote articles for fishing magazines. On a personal level, John was a very good friend to Jim and taught him many things about pigeons and the countryside. I remember John coming with the father and son partnership of J & J Hood attending my yearly Sporting Challenge presentation. The 3 of them loved this night and also caught up with old friends and made new ones; depending on which table they sat at. I have also spoken to John over the phone many times and he was always a proper gentleman. To his wife Isla and his family, we send my deepest sympathy; May he rest in peace. Space Weather 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table Issued 07-08-2023 UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2023 Aug 07 168 12 4 2023 Aug 08 166 20 5 2023 Aug 09 164 12 4 2023 Aug 10 162 5 2 2023 Aug 11 162 5 2 2023 Aug 12 164 5 2 2023 Aug 13 164 5 2 2023 Aug 14 162 5 2 2023 Aug 15 162 5 2 2023 Aug 16 160 5 2 2023 Aug 17 162 5 2 2023 Aug 18 162 5 2 2023 Aug 19 164 5 2 2023 Aug 20 164 5 2 2023 Aug 21 168 5 2 2023 Aug 22 168 5 2 2023 Aug 23 168 5 2 2023 Aug 24 172 5 2 2023 Aug 25 172 5 2 2023 Aug 26 170 12 4 2023 Aug 27 172 5 2 2023 Aug 28 172 5 2 2023 Aug 29 174 5 2 2023 Aug 30 172 5 2 2023 Aug 31 172 5 2 2023 Sep 01 170 5 2 2023 Sep 02 168 5 2 Please continue to keep the news flowing; to Joe Murphy Mystical Rose Cottage 2 Flutorum Avenue Thornton by Kirkcaldy KY1 4BD or phone 01592 770331 or Email to joejmurphy1@gmail.com REMEMBER THE J IN THE MIDDLE or log onto www.elimarpigeons.com www.fancierchat.co.uk www.pigeon-chat.co.uk who wish my weekly contribution portfolio on pigeon topics from Scotland

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The Joe Murphy Column I start this week’s column by highlighting some of the winning pigeons from the national races flown from France. I mentioned that A W Robertson of Edinburgh won 1 st region B 6 th open from Falaise with the same blue bar cock that had won 3 rd region B 3 rd open from Alencon a few weeks ago. I had a fancier inform me this is the same blue cock that won 2 nd section B 8 th open from Alencon last year from an entry of 713 birds. Therefore, this blue cock will now win his SNFC Silver Award for this truly outstanding performance. Each and every one of us reading this would love to own and race a pigeon of this calibre; to win 3 times in the top 8 open positions in 3 national races is exceptional. A GREAT PIGEON and we congratulate A W Roberson on these exceptional performances. Another terrific performance was to the loft of Michael Main of Portlethen in the north section. Mike won 1 st north section 56 th open flying 573 miles; and his wife Dorothy said to him; ‘Looks like we're going to the Glynhill for the Doo Do again this year’; Brilliant. I also noticed that Dave and Callum McDougall of Peterhead recorded a bird to win 2 nd section G flying a distance of 602 miles; well done lads. Tom & Mary Paterson of Plean had an outstanding race from Falaise timing in 5 of their 7 entries to win section and open positions; these being section D – 1 st -8 th open; 2 nd D-13 th open; D5- 33 rd open; D6-51 st open & D7-52 nd open. They have had a good season as they won 6 th section D 49 th open from Alencon and also had 2 birds on the Upper Heyford results winning 16 th & 32 nd section D plus they won 11 th section D and an open position from Brighton. So, you will see they have had a great season with the SNFC well done to you both. The only other section D fancier to make the section and open Falaise result was Peter Keogh of Broxburn who won 2 nd & 4 th section D 10 th & 31 st open, well-done Peter. 1 st section E winner was D Gillespie of Blantyre who won 22 nd open timed at 21-19pm on the day; with the winner of 1 st section F 46 th open is J Meikle of Kilmarnock who timed at 07-28 the next morning. Results We now turn our attention to the young bird racing season; which can be a complete nightmare no matter how many trainings tosses you give the babies. This past week as been a nightmare with the heavy rain and some federations moved their first young bird race a day earlier to Friday 21 st July as the forecast for the Saturday and Sunday was to be horrendous. Many of you may have noticed how bad the weather was at the British Open Golf which was on TV. Angus Federation This was one organisation took the forecast on board and held their first young bird race on the Friday. Arbroath HS had 6 members sending 146 birds to Newtongrange for the first young bird race of the 2013 season, the convoy was liberated at 08-15am into a light north west wind at Newtongrange on 21 st July. Graeme McKenzie takes the 1 st & 3 rd positions with the winning doing a velocity of 1124-8, Graeme is also 3 rd club. Charlie & Glen Cameron are 2 nd & 4 th with their first bird doing 1124-5. A & A Shepherd are 5 th & 6 th . North of Scotland Federation News from George Duthie with the result of the Brechin 2 young bird race flown on 22 nd of July with 24 members sending 792 birds these were liberated in a very light north east wind. Winning the east section and 1 st x 30 open places where 22 members sent 757 birds. R Bain of Fraserburgh & District wins 1 st 2 nd & 6 th with A W Buchan of the same club winning 3 rd 4 th & 5 th positions. Peterhead & District members Maskame & Cordiner are 7 th & 8 th with Colin McRae of Fraserburgh & District taking the next 3 places in 9 th 10 th & 11 th open. The West Section had 2 members sending 35 birds and these were A Cormack of Buckie & District who took the first 3 places in the west section and won 32 nd 33 rd & 34 th open. P Thomson of Elgin & District takes the next 3 places in the west section and also wins 35 th 36 th & 37 th open. Clubs First Bird Fraserburgh & District winner R Bain velocity 1316.660 Peterhead & District winner Maskame & Cordiner velocity 1290.538 Fraserburgh West End winner A Higgins velocity 1268.039 Inverurie winner S Witherspoon velocity 1096.195 2 Buckie & District winner A Cormack velocity 1035.040 Elgin & District winner P Thomson velocity 837.406 Well Done to R Bain on topping the federation and to A Cormack on winning the West Section. Guarantee Falaise North Section Winner My good friend Michael Main of Portlethen, who won 1 st section G 56 th open SNFC Falaise flying 573 miles with his 3-year-old dark white flight hen; has forwarded me some details on her breeding, which I think may be of interest to readers of my column. This season she had 5 races out to 147 miles with no training, then into Falaise sitting on 10-day old eggs. In 2022 she was flown hard having 7 races with the Federation, then the inland National from Upper Hayford a distance of 357 miles, she then went to the SNFC Alencon Gold Cup event a distance of 604 miles, returning home two hours out of race time when only 3 birds made it home within race time in the section. As a young bird she had 4 races out to 160 miles; then in 2021 she had five races out to 211 miles. Her sire was bred for stock in 2019 to replace my ‘Number One’ stock cock bird, which had the blood lines of all my best birds over the years. Her dam was a dark pied hen from 2013 that had flown over 500 miles 5 times. She in turn was off my dark hen bred in 2003 that won 1 st section 8 th open at the Young Bird National. As a matter of interest Joe, my hen’s pedigree goes back some 60 years for me and my late father, all starting with birds that were being timed in at 400 to 600 miles back then. I have also introduced birds that are off birds which have performed at 500 plus miles. Falaise proved to be a very hard race with only 2 birds timed in in the north section. Mike has also forwarded a photograph of his winning hen for the column, my thanks to Mike and I wish more fanciers would take up the offer of promoting their winning pigeons within my weekly column. Two top lofts in Scotland Well, that’s the old bird season over for another year, and it has been not a bad season at all; at least we managed to have 2 channel races from France, when some other organisations didn’t (which is such a pity). Many fanciers up here in Scotland (maybe not as many as we would like to think) still have some long- distance bloodlines and like to test them out from over the channel. The thrill of timing in a bird that has covered 450 to 500 on the day (or early next morning) is what dreams are made of. Two Lofts that have stood out to me while watching the results coming in are both father and son partnerships. I have compiled their performances to show readers of my column their wonderful results. SNRPC A S Thomson & Son of Port Seton Charlie & Glen Cameron of Arbroath Positions won; Positions won; Race Point; Billericay 332 miles; Race Point; Billericay 365 miles; Section Open Section Open B9 11 C2 10 B10 12 C5 19 B25 32 C11 43 B30 42 C12 44 B35 50 C16 57 B60 113 C23 83 C24 93 C30 124 3 Race Point; Eastbourne 385 miles; Race Point; Eastbourne 419 miles; Section Open Section Open B2 2 C5 51 B8 8 C6 52 B15 15 C8 54 B31 36 Race Point; Brighton 375 miles; Race Point; Brighton 410 miles; Section Open Section Open B1 1 C1 2 B9 15 C3 6 B14 21 C9 37 B19 33 C10 38 B24 43 C15 54 B51 100 C22 98 Here is an interesting point; the Thompson cheque cock pigeon who won 2 nd open from SNRPC Eastbourne and also won 1 st open SNRPC from Brighton in the same year; has been named ‘Seton Prince’ which is very appropriate as his mother was ‘Seton Queen’ who won the SHU Dewar Trophy in 2016. She won 25 th section B 45 th open from SNFC Ypres flying 428 miles and then won 1 st section B 2 nd open SNFC Roye flying 494 miles. The sire of ‘Seton Prince’ was bred by Malcolm Taylor from his Geerinckx x with a Herman Ceuster. From the Scottish National Flying Club races in 2023. Race Point; Upper Heyford 287 miles; Race Point; Upper Heyford 325 miles; Section Open Section Open B1 22 C12 203 B18 121 B49 Race Point; Brighton Race Point; Brighton 410 miles; Section Open Section Open Did not make the result C1 12 C2 13 C13 83 C14 84 C15 85 C18 105 4 C21 120 Race Point; Huntington 274 miles; Race Point; Huntington 308 miles; Section Open Section Open B25 76 C3 8 159 C4 9 C5 10 C6 11 C10 15 C11 16 C12 17 C13 18 C15 20 C18 33 C19 34 C37 71 93 95 Race Point; Alencon 536 miles; Race Point; Alencon 573 miles; Section Open Section Open B2 2 C4 12 B8 33 C14 54 95 Race Point; Falaise Race Point; Falaise 543 miles; Section Open Section Open Sinclair’s Did not make the result C1 5 They sent 2 x 6-year-old hens C4 30 Both returned today 25 th July C8 39 Within an hour of each other. C10 42 The Cameron father and son partnership have 4 blue bar hens who won twice in the nationals in 2023; their NEHU rung won 5 th section C 10 th open Huntingdon also won 10 th open SNRPC Billericay. Their winner of 12 th section C 17 th open Huntingdon also won 1 st region C 12 th open from Brighton; Another blue hen won 5 10 th section C 15 th open Huntingdon and 8 th section C 39 th open SNFC Falaise. Their blue bar hen won 14 th section C 54 th open Alencon and she won 4 th section C 30 th open Falaise. A blue chequer cock won 13 th section C 18 th open Huntington and then won 2 nd section C 13 th open Brighton. There are other birds who have done well for the partnership but I have highlighted these pigeons as they have won twice in national races in 2023. Well done lads you have had a season you dream about, so enjoy it. Our Kevin would also send his congratulations to you both, as I know how close the 3 of you were, Joe M. Both these father & son partnerships have had seasons we dream about; The above results are truly outstanding and we take our hats of to them ALL for a truly wonderful season, and may I wish them well with the young bird racing. Obituary Charlie Miller of Blackburn; Joe Fleming of Blackburn phoned to tell me that Charlie had passed away at the age of 94 years in a care home in Broxburn. Charlie was a great character and very successful ‘doo man’ both in the racing and showing side of our sport. He also won at Blackpool Show with his birds which is a testament of the quality of pigeons he housed; with some of his stock birds coming from the famous John Bell. Joe told me that Charlie was also a very dedicated racing man, and he went to Belgium and purchased 24 youngsters and annihilated the club and federation with them. He was a hard training and Joe remembers away back in 1966, Charlie trained his youngsters from Lockerbie every day prior to the first young bird race. On the Friday (day of basketing) he had a bad training toss, and the young birds were not home. These turned up at 18-00 hours and some of the club members went and helped him basket some of them and take them to the club hut for race marking. Low and behold the next day he won 1 st 2 nd & 3 rd places in the club with these same youngsters. It was a sad day away back in 2011 when Charlie stopped racing as he was a good member to the club and federation. One of Charlie’s greatest assets was ‘Telling a Story’; and Joe remembers a funny one from his early days in the RAF. He was posted near Scarborough in north Yorkshire and his Sargent Major told him to were to get the tins of paint for the Rada Station so that it would blend in with the lemon country side. Charlie collected the paint and started to paint the station the only problem was the paint was ‘Orange’ instead of Lemon and when the Sargent Major came to see how he was getting on he could not believe his eyes. ‘He said to him; ‘Well this will not blend in with the countryside as the German’s will see this from abroad’. Charlie was a great companion to Joe Fleming; and to my old pal Jimmy McGinty and John Bird, and he will be sorely missed. To his family and friends, we send out heartfelt condolences. Rest in Peace Charlie’. Space Weather 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table Issued 24-07-2023 UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2023 Jul 24 165 12 4 2023 Jul 25 165 10 3 2023 Jul 26 160 5 2 2023 Jul 27 155 15 4 2023 Jul 28 155 12 4 2023 Jul 29 155 10 3 2023 Jul 30 155 8 3 2023 Jul 31 160 5 2 2023 Aug 01 165 5 2 2023 Aug 02 165 5 2 2023 Aug 03 165 10 3 2023 Aug 04 165 8 3 2023 Aug 05 170 5 2 2023 Aug 06 175 5 2 2023 Aug 07 180 5 2 2023 Aug 08 180 5 2 6 2023 Aug 09 180 5 2 2023 Aug 10 180 10 3 2023 Aug 11 175 8 3 2023 Aug 12 175 8 3 2023 Aug 13 175 5 2 2023 Aug 14 180 5 2 2023 Aug 15 180 5 2 2023 Aug 16 175 5 2 2023 Aug 17 175 5 2 2023 Aug 18 175 5 2 2023 Aug 19 170 5 2 Please continue to keep the news flowing; to Joe Murphy Mystical Rose Cottage 2 Flutorum Avenue Thornton by Kirkcaldy KY1 4BD or phone 01592 770331 or Email to joejmurphy1@gmail.com REMEMBER THE J IN THE MIDDLE or log onto www.elimarpigeons.com www.fancierchat.co.uk www.pigeon-chat.co.uk who wish my weekly contribution portfolio on pigeon topics from Scotland

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