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to be Mr& Mrs Skelton timed at 13.26 flying 305 miles velocity 1306. 3 rd open was D
Mathieson & Son of Coalburn timing at 14.36 flying 352 miles with a velocity 1288. 4 th open
and 6 th open was Mr & Mrs J S Irving from Brydekirk in section A timing at 13.37 and 13.48
with velocities of 1278 and 1245. splitting these two birds with 5 th open and 1 st section C was
John Ellis of Wellbank Dundee timing his yearling hen at 15.56 on 403 miles velocity 1263 John
had another 7 birds on the results. 1 st in Section D and 7 th open was Tom Henderson of Stirling
timing his dark chequer hen at 15.46 flying 388 miles 1 st section F and 11 th open was Douglas
Spittal of Glasgow timing at 15.39 velocity 1222 for 378 miles so we have in the first 11 open
positions all sections represented. It is good to see this spread of open winners in these longer
races it gives encouragement to fanciers who may feel their loft position has them at a
disadvantage, it also says much for these fanciers dedication to their pigeons and our recreation
who from any section regularly appear on the results of these distance races the committee of the
SNRPC offer their congratulations to all have won this year and thank every member for their
continued support of the SNRPC
On Saturday the 8 th of September around 700 birds for the SNRPC young bird open from
Leicester were liberated at 08.15 am, with the weather conditions set fair a reasonable race was
expected and so it turned out to be.
The first bird timed was to Stewart Roberts of Ayton at 14.09 Stewarts young bird was flying
228 miles and had a velocity of 1131 and was to be the 1 st open winner and 1 st section B this was
Stewarts 5 th first open win in young bird National racing a great record and has sadly decided to
call it a day and is giving up racing pigeons, where do we find people to replace fanciers of
Stewarts calibre, very little if any young people are entering our hobby one wonders how long it
will be before the racing pigeon recreation is thing of the past.
On 2 nd open was Mr & Mrs A Forrest & son from Newbridge timing their young bird at 14.51 its
velocity was 1096.79 flying 247 miles and at 3 rd open was Walker & Wilson of St Abbs who
timed at 14.27 flying 231 miles velocity 1096.09 on 4 th , 5 th , and 6 th open was John McNeill of
Broxburn timing his three young birds at 14.56, 14.57 and 14.57 velocities were 1093, 1092.95
and 1092.49 Johns distance was 249 miles.
In 1 st section C and on 11 th open was Andy Thomson of Dundee he was flying 280 miles and
timed 15.59 velocity 1063
1 st section E and 129 th open was D Tervit of Ravenstruther timing at 16.26 flying 238 miles
velocity 853
in 1st section F and 102 nd open Barry McCrindle and Son timed at 16.32 flying 259 miles with a
velocity of 881,
In section A R White timed at 15.16 flying 184 miles to be 1 st section A and 173 rd open with a
velocity of 770.