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on 2005 but when you take into consideration the problems encountered in the early part of the season the committee felt that the entries had held up well The Winner of our inland National and the silver medal was to Kenny & Steve Bald of Easthouses Midlothian, their Blue cock named “Heart Of Midlothian “ flew the 318 miles with a velocity of 1221 this turned out to be a hard steady race with Roy Seaton of Annan taking 2 nd open on 1200 at 261 miles and 3 rd open in Pitlessie Fife to Brian Kinnear flying 345 miles and a velocity of 1178, Jimmy Graham of Ecclfechan taking 4 th open and R White also in section A taking 5 th open with 6 th open going to J Kinnes of Leislie Fife 7 th open to Walker & Wilson St Abbs 8 th open to Peter Virtue of Cockburnspath 9 th open went to G Grant of Gretna and in 10 th open was Jocky King with a 2 year old that had already flown 530 miles as a yearling winning 34 th open. In section D John McNeil taking his 5 th Bronze Medal for 1 st section, in section E Walter McGaffney took the premier position and the Bronze medal and finally in section F Ian Lowe won the Bronze medal this was not an easy race and the birds were well spread out with velocities to match. On the 23 rd of June 531 birds were liberated 5.50am in to a light South west wind at Reims in France this turned out to be a classic long distance race with conditions for day birds being very nearly perfect in fact 44 birds were timed on the day flying between 504 miles and 580 miles in this the SNRPCs premier Gold medal race and a further 77 were recorded on the second day with 9 of these taking the remaining open Diplomas timed from 05.13am to 06.18am It is worth noting that all sections timed on the day as follows 2 to section A, 14 to section B, 13 to section C, 5 to section D, 6 to section E and 4 to section F all of these birds flying between 13 hours and 16 hours on the wing give or take some minutes which in any mans language is interesting distance flying The winner of the Gold Medal, was Wilf Flockart of Tranent with Gladiator, 1 st open and 1 st section B velocity 1171 for 549 miles, Wilf was also 31 st open. On 2 nd open and 2 nd section B was Peter Virtue of Cockburnspath a velocity 1170 for 536 miles, Peter was also 5 th open, 10 th open 11 th open and 31 st open a great result for Peter. 3 rd open and 1 st section C was to Jackie Wishart of Kirkcaldy velocity 1160 flying 564 miles 4 th open was Davie Burns also of Kirkcaldy velocity 1157 for 564 miles, 6 th open was to Kenny and Steve Bald who had just won the inland national, 7 th open and 8 th open was John Anderson of Anstruther in Fife 9 th open went to Dennis Dall Ladybank Fife and 12 th open and 1 st section A went to Crombie and Mechan of Annan, J Cosgrove & Son of Lesmahagow were 22 nd open and 1 st section E and Ian Lowe of Glasgow was 37 th open and 1 st section F very good flying for Ian and his section. This race was good as it gets with hard working velocities for the distances involved, to all the other fanciers who won a diploma in this the SNRPCs second premier Gold medal race it was great flying for the distance and a great test of our pigeons with a little bit of history in the making. Our next race was from St Nazaire and was to produce a great result for the SNRPC, 124 select Scottish distance pigeons were liberated with 4000 National flying Club entries at 6.45am, without doubt one of the best performances at the distance was to be achieved by John Proctor of Kirkcaldy timing his blue cock at 21.37 at a distance of 613 miles the only SNRPC bird on the day and against 4000 English birds would have been placed around the 135 th open mark. John Proctors Blue Cock now named Mcfly, has an impressive record, as a yearling winning each year
at the distance to the present as a 5 year old this is an exceptional distance pigeon but to add to Johns success in 2006 Jackie Wisharts 3 rd open in our Gold medal race from Reims was bred by John Proctor and Gifted to Jackie. John was presented with the Shylass Trophy by the RPRA for the best performance over 450 miles and another award from the Cumbria region with the John Trail Trophy for best bird over the forth and the averages for section C. 2 nd open went to Harry Maidment Ladybank with Cloe’s Angel timed at 05.52 and 3 rd open went to Mr & Mrs Davy Elliot of Newbigging 4 th and 5 th open went to Wilf Fl.ockart of Tranent all told 28 pigeons being recorded on the winning race sheet An outstanding race, with a superb result! The final old bird race from Lessay was with the Cumbria region and was to be won by a yearling flying 491 miles into a 30 mile per hour North East wind on crossing the channel. Only 16 birds made it on the day from an entry of 1106 liberated 08.05 the 1 st open 1 st section C and 1 st yearling was won by Jim Benvie of Ladybank Fife timing at 21 .06 on a velocity of 1110, this yearling cock named “Kingdom Boy” was to be destined for greater things and interestingly was bred by John Proctor. 2 nd open went to Robert Nesbit of Cockburnspath timing at 20.38 flying 465 miles velocity 1086 Robert had another good one at 22.07 to take 13 th open. 3 rd open and 1 st section E went to Ken Buchanan of Hamilton Ken timed at 21.06 on 464 miles and a velocity of 1044 ken had a great race timing at 21.15 for 8 th open 22.05 for 15 th open and on the second day from 05.12 timed 7 other pigeons to make the open result. On 4 th open was Pete Patrick of Thornton Fife who timed at 21.40 From section F Stuart Mullan of Port Glasgow timed a very good yearling 21.49 on 481 miles to be 5 th open and 1 st section F, 6 th open went to Steven Atichison of Eyemouth, Steven is never far away, on 7 th open was another section F bird to J & J Gormanly of Glasgow good to see these section F fanciers on the open result. These 16 day pigeons have to be acknowledged for their performances in facing the challenging 30 mile per hour wind over the channel. Section D was again won by John Mcneill of Broxburn timing at 05.01 taking his 7 th Bronze Medal, this was a hard race with the result going well on into the early afternoon of the second day. The young bird open attracted 649 entries and the weather was almost perfect the Winner was Stewart Roberts of Ayton timing at 12.07 from 08.00 liberation Stewarts winner was doing a 1623 velocity for 228 miles. Stewart is no newcomer to young bird racing and really wins out of turn his young bird is named Georges boy and was a gift bird from George Hastie of Berwick on Tweed. Taking 2 nd 3 rd 4 th and 5 th open were Walker & Wilson of St Abbs. All sections timed pigeons from this national with section B winning 40 of the Diplomas and 5 to section C with Velocities ranging from 1623 to 1427 Sections A, D, E and Fs velocities varied from 1397 to 1044 all members have to be applauded for competing in young bird national racing The average trophy for the four old bird races, was won by John Proctor of Kirkcaldy, John also won the John Trail Trophy for best pigeon over the Forth. The extreme race average for Reims and St Nazaire was won by Wilf Flockart of Tranent,Wilf was also presented with the John Fairbairn memorial shield. Kenny & steve Bald were also honoured by the Cumbria region. Section Average winners were B, Robert Nesbit Cockburnspath. D, John McNeill Broxburn. C, John Proctor Kirkcaldy section E, Mr& Mrs Davy Elliot from Newbigging. The following also won bronze medals Brian Kinnear, Pitlessie Fife, Walter McGaffney Lesmahagow, Roy &
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