Saturday 30 June 2007
Lightning Strikes
First training toss at Wanstead Flats went a treat, only a very small distance of about 5 mile, birds cleared well, considering the weather i felt they done well, a few came back with red wattles but with rain about was expected. They took 20 mins, but will be at this stage to they start clocking better times. White lightning made it so im very happy, trapped like a bullet as well. Hopefully will get them back to the flats yet again sunday evening!
White Lightning
Everyone knows the story of the hare and the tortoise, but in this case, you could say its the chequer and the white. A friend of mine on pigeonbasics.com, kindly bred me a pair of white babies for exchange of an ER ring. So everything forward, put them on the darkness and both moulted out perfectly, few days after taking them of the darkness the white hen off she went never to be seen again. However her sibbling stayed. Now her nestmate, is the total opposite to what she was, she was always full of flying and life, and to be honest he is a lazy bugger. Always struggling to keep up flying around the loft, and always the first pigeon to land.My dad said i will lose it on its first training toss, he most probably is correct, but id be so happy to get this one over him. This white cock has now been seperated from the sexes. Then after a week or so ill let the cocks claim a box and i will pair the cocks up with the old hens. First training toss will hopefully be today if the weather clears up, if not will have to wait another day , but the weather has been absolutly terrible!I think we all can agree though the white cock does look the part, but can he prove an old man wrong, I certainly hope so.
Thursday 28 June 2007
Please Don't Get Me Started!
Please don't get me started! Please don't get me started! Cant believe how pissed off i am! Just when i really fancied my chances of once again stealing another win of the season, The East London Federation have canceled the race from Newark! Its a right bummer as had a different motivation technique suggested to me, and i personally thought it would up the gears of my Blue Tasker cock! My money would have defiantly been on him! Its really so depressing, when I could see the birds meant buisness this week! This week was planned to be my last old bird race, as I did not intend to send to the London North Road Combine to Thurso! We'll gives me more time to spend with young birds now, and hopefully if weather permitting i will able to give them quiet a few training tosses upto the 30 miles stage prior to the first young bird race. Over the last three weeks i had been getting the young birds tamer, as with old bird racing, young bird racing normal takes a back seat! The young birds that were in the American style loft have been tame and fighting me from weaning, and I still play with them everyday! But my main objective has been latly taming the birds in main young bird shed. The young cocks from the main young bird shed will be split from the hens and transfered into the widowhood shed, this coming saturday, will give them a few days to claim a perch, then get them on the widowhood. But i will not let them rear a youngster will only allow them to sit for ten days, hopefully i can get them on eggs and sitting prior to the first race. But i shouldnt be so premature as they havent even entered the training basket yet!
Wednesday 27 June 2007
Welcome Home Message
Had a Chequer Pied Cock, Return from the LNRC Race from Stonehaven, yesterday afternoon! All the LNRC memebers who sent to the race will know exactly how hard the race turned out to be, with many birds missing and only a very few people timed in on the day! Well ive had 3 return in 3 days. One Blue Pied hen who had seemed to put up an effort, red raw wattle and litterally could shave with her. A Blue pied cock the following day who had suffered from being shot. Then this lazy so and so, who turned up had obviously been in someones loft as there was pigeon dropping on his feet, and hadnt dropped an ounce of fat. He wouldnt have been here if he hadnt had won a 5th Amalgamation couple years back. Well he defiantly will be going friday night basketing to newark, to my loft 114 miles 1440 yards. It will be his last chance to prove himself, hopefully the love of home may motivate him to pull up his socks. Tonight i let him out of his box and my Blue Cock had to show him who runs the joint from now on! Just thought i would add the Blue Cock in this video is in an entirely different section to the Blue Cock in the "King of The Ring" blog!
Tuesday 26 June 2007
King Of Ring
Entering the ring , weighing in at no more then 5 ounces, wearing the blue trunks with the black stripes is none of then the 'Hitman' Himself Ricky Hatton! Amazing latly been letting my widowhoods have some playtime around the loft after there exercise with doors open and such, and its amazing how some have turned really aggressive! Above should be a video clip of a yearling Blue Cock, who must have thought he is ruling the roost, its funny ya never hear a peep of the pigeon normally, but for some reason he must think he is king of the ring. Roll up, roll up as he takes on all comers! Bit disappointed though with video for some reason seems 3 times faster, and doesnt show the full clip, may work for some of my readers, its just a shame as it doesnt show the full aggressive attitiude this cock had!
Sunday 24 June 2007
Myths & Legends
When the legends die, the dreams end, and there is no more greatness, and nothing can die harder then the legends and myths of our ancestors. These stories passed down through generations, about heroic individuals, spectacular events and powerful gods. These myths symbolize cultural beliefs some are fictional while others are based on real people and events. But a lot of people do not see there educational value or power.
When I was knee high I always remember the ancient Legend of ‘The Wise’ King
Solomon, who wore a many magic rings that allowed him to possess certain powers. The one ring that stuck back in my mind to this day was the ring that allowed King Solomon, the power to talk to the birds.
I think every experienced fancier has a replica of King Solomon’s great magic ring that allows us to talk and interact with our feathered friends. During the week the birds say whether or not they are prepared for the coming weeks race by the way the boast and are full of confidence saying “Put your money on me this week”. On they’re return from the race, the bird will say to me “I enjoyed that” or “That was a struggle, I had to face many obstacles along the way” but I common thing you hear no matter how hard or how easy they found their journey is “Its so good to be home”. However they never seem to tell you where you are going wrong.
The London North Road combine were at Berwick, the weather the week building up to the race was exceptional, lovely clear blue skies with sunshine that tanned my milk bottle legs. The race they had to face on the Saturday was a hard and testing one with many birds missing on the night. On the night I had eight return out of my eleven entries, and was pleased how they came really. One returned the following morning very flown out, and done a lot of body weight. The other two returned later in the week. In my club and marking station Custom House, Ron Lowe won the station, the five pound side bet, and also the five hundred pound gift to whoever won the station kindly donated by Davy Hunt & son.
I only have one club result from the Berwick Combine race and that is from the Tilbury Homing Society of The West Essex Federation. They had 7 members and sent 148 birds. 1st T & T MCCARTHY 1464, 2nd R WEST 1457, 3rd R & J MOSS 1416, 4th J CAMERON 1406.
The following week after Berwick a lot of the London and Essex federation where up at Wetherby, a lot of fanciers was not happy that every federation in the London and Essex area liberations were all done in between fifteen minute gaps. The race yet again wasn’t the easiest especially if the birds that went Berwick was not rested, Did not get many results posted to me this week, but the Dagenham Trades Hall of West Essex Federation’s winner was P MAHONEY who only had joined the club this season and has his first win under his belt.
S VIALLS & SON partnership has been ever present in the Trades Hall result was 2nd club yet again. Ex LNRC J WILSON then came in third.
Now to be up to date with the results all the London and Essex Federations once again were all at same race point, this week they were at Newark. Most federations birds went up in a light North wind. The weather was perfect racing weather, my own federation decided to hold out until 11am before liberating. In most federations I am lead to believe that the winning birds took on average the 2 hour 10 minute mark. Yet again the Dagenham Trades Hall of West Essex Federation 14 members sent 239 birds. 1st S VIALLS & SON who have been consistent so far this year. 2nd T WILLIAMS who also has been very consistent this year, and I believe that both T WILLIAMS and S VIALLS & SON are on equal par with the amount of races they have won so far this year, so creating an interesting rivalry. 3rd yet again S VIALLS & SON. 4th T WILLIAMS.
When I was knee high I always remember the ancient Legend of ‘The Wise’ King
Solomon, who wore a many magic rings that allowed him to possess certain powers. The one ring that stuck back in my mind to this day was the ring that allowed King Solomon, the power to talk to the birds.
I think every experienced fancier has a replica of King Solomon’s great magic ring that allows us to talk and interact with our feathered friends. During the week the birds say whether or not they are prepared for the coming weeks race by the way the boast and are full of confidence saying “Put your money on me this week”. On they’re return from the race, the bird will say to me “I enjoyed that” or “That was a struggle, I had to face many obstacles along the way” but I common thing you hear no matter how hard or how easy they found their journey is “Its so good to be home”. However they never seem to tell you where you are going wrong.
The London North Road combine were at Berwick, the weather the week building up to the race was exceptional, lovely clear blue skies with sunshine that tanned my milk bottle legs. The race they had to face on the Saturday was a hard and testing one with many birds missing on the night. On the night I had eight return out of my eleven entries, and was pleased how they came really. One returned the following morning very flown out, and done a lot of body weight. The other two returned later in the week. In my club and marking station Custom House, Ron Lowe won the station, the five pound side bet, and also the five hundred pound gift to whoever won the station kindly donated by Davy Hunt & son.
I only have one club result from the Berwick Combine race and that is from the Tilbury Homing Society of The West Essex Federation. They had 7 members and sent 148 birds. 1st T & T MCCARTHY 1464, 2nd R WEST 1457, 3rd R & J MOSS 1416, 4th J CAMERON 1406.
The following week after Berwick a lot of the London and Essex federation where up at Wetherby, a lot of fanciers was not happy that every federation in the London and Essex area liberations were all done in between fifteen minute gaps. The race yet again wasn’t the easiest especially if the birds that went Berwick was not rested, Did not get many results posted to me this week, but the Dagenham Trades Hall of West Essex Federation’s winner was P MAHONEY who only had joined the club this season and has his first win under his belt.
S VIALLS & SON partnership has been ever present in the Trades Hall result was 2nd club yet again. Ex LNRC J WILSON then came in third.Now to be up to date with the results all the London and Essex Federations once again were all at same race point, this week they were at Newark. Most federations birds went up in a light North wind. The weather was perfect racing weather, my own federation decided to hold out until 11am before liberating. In most federations I am lead to believe that the winning birds took on average the 2 hour 10 minute mark. Yet again the Dagenham Trades Hall of West Essex Federation 14 members sent 239 birds. 1st S VIALLS & SON who have been consistent so far this year. 2nd T WILLIAMS who also has been very consistent this year, and I believe that both T WILLIAMS and S VIALLS & SON are on equal par with the amount of races they have won so far this year, so creating an interesting rivalry. 3rd yet again S VIALLS & SON. 4th T WILLIAMS.
Silverhall Hs of the West Essex also sent a result this week. 1st and 2nd club was D O’NEAL. 3rd was D SOPER.
Next week is yet again a London North Road Combine race and we are at Stonehaven which is a distance to my loft of around 388 miles to my loft, which I predict will be full of fun and games, you do get a buzz when the birds start doing some distance. I wish everyone racing the best of luck for the race. Any news, views or results don’t hesitate to contact. Sayonara For Now!
Grasshopper
Racing-pigeon@hotmail.co.uk
Next week is yet again a London North Road Combine race and we are at Stonehaven which is a distance to my loft of around 388 miles to my loft, which I predict will be full of fun and games, you do get a buzz when the birds start doing some distance. I wish everyone racing the best of luck for the race. Any news, views or results don’t hesitate to contact. Sayonara For Now!
Grasshopper
Racing-pigeon@hotmail.co.uk
'Funny How Time Flies'
‘It’s amazing how times have changed’ is a common saying I hear from the more experienced members in society, but I never realized what it really meant. The year 2007 compared to the year 1907, was like two entirely different worlds in the sport of pigeon racing. However the ironic thing is that when researching England’s present and past, that they only mention disasters. But I suppose like the saying goes ‘No news is good news’, however the news of both these era’s are probably there only similarity, depressing.
I mention the specific date of 1907, as I am currently reading through The ‘Homing Pigeon’ Annual, and as I mentioned the sport is entirely different to what we know of it today. There was no mention of fancy methods, such as widowhood, celibacy, darkness and light systems, everyone stuck by the beliefs of keeping everything near enough as close to nature as possible. The fancier’s photographs were some what different, to what they are of today, fanciers never seemed to be casually dressed down at the lofts at 1907, but always seemed to be wearing there best attire, and had wonderful long and upturned moustaches. One thing is for certain the price tag on everything back then was a lot cheaper, compared to the prices associated with the sport today. I understand the price rates where a lot different compared to today but I would love to buy a pair of squeakers for a pound, in today’s day and age this would be an impossible mission to find top quality birds at such a price.
I mention the specific date of 1907, as I am currently reading through The ‘Homing Pigeon’ Annual, and as I mentioned the sport is entirely different to what we know of it today. There was no mention of fancy methods, such as widowhood, celibacy, darkness and light systems, everyone stuck by the beliefs of keeping everything near enough as close to nature as possible. The fancier’s photographs were some what different, to what they are of today, fanciers never seemed to be casually dressed down at the lofts at 1907, but always seemed to be wearing there best attire, and had wonderful long and upturned moustaches. One thing is for certain the price tag on everything back then was a lot cheaper, compared to the prices associated with the sport today. I understand the price rates where a lot different compared to today but I would love to buy a pair of squeakers for a pound, in today’s day and age this would be an impossible mission to find top quality birds at such a price.
A few fanciers have already started to make a big impact on my own East London Federation, when viewing the federation sheet each week, these two names keep cropping up constantly. They have made an impressive start to the season so far. John Henderson & Daughter Carly and the partnership of Colin & Karen Porter of Mr. & Mrs. Porter, I must say there season has started of with a big punch, and on Colin’s article in the RP of the 18th May, he showed that he wasn’t afraid to give out a few tips to get the extra yard out of your birds.A lot of the London and Essex area federations were on the Newark Race site on the 19th May, a comeback race before the up and coming London North Road Combine from Berwick. The Saturday for the fourth day running of the week, the weather man had got the weather wrong. The 19th turned out a beautiful warm, day and ideal for racing. The East London federation was up at Newark, which is 114 miles to my loft, at 7.45am in a south wind. I believe the winning times in my federation were in at 2 hours 20 minutes flying time, which I believe provisionally is won by Mr. & Mrs. Thorpe of Ilford and District. My own birds I was very happy on how they came and I had all 17 birds sent in a matter of six minutes.
The West Essex Federation were also at Newark, and there birds were liberated at 8.00am. Dagenham Trades Hall had fifteen members send 337 birds. There winner with I believe his second win of the season, was the Trades Halls highest prize winner last season, 1st T WILLIAMS, who has had a great start to the season gaining some top positions in his club. S VIALLS & SON was 2nd club this week, this partnership have also had a terrific start to the season with two wins under there belt. Taking the 3rd and 4th position in the club was once again T WILLIAMS.
Silverhall HS had five members send 51 birds. The Silverhalls winner in 1st place was F
BUTCHER velocity 1408, with the same pigeon they won the club with last week. 2nd and 3rd club was D O’NEAL velocities 1384 & 1358.
Well ladies and Gentlemen; think that’s it for another week from me, any news or views
don’t hesitate to email me at racing-pigeon@hotmail.co.uk Sayonara for now!
'Run Hard when its hard to run'
‘Run hard, when its hard to run’, was a famous saying from my old sports teacher, and On the 12th May the birds certainly had to fly hard, when the weather made it hard to fly. Nearly all the elements were against the birds on this weekend, Rain, Storm and a Strong head on wind, making the velocities low.
Talking on my own federations experience the East London, we so far this year have had fairly easy races, as the weather and wind had been favorable. However, this week we was at scotch corner, which is around 216 miles to my loft, and with the weather as bad as it was supposed to be, many predicted a held over. Consequently, Saturday morning came and the birds were up at seven fifteen in the morning. I predicted the birds to take around the five hour mark, but with the elements against us thought it may have predicted the result. The early birds were all around the five hours, so my prediction was accurate. However the birds were few and far between, and many members mentioned the huge lengths of waiting times for there next birds, some even clocking in twenty to thirty minutes behind there first birds. Speaking to members of two different other North road federations their races were very similar.
I have one result from the Dagenham Trades Hall of the West Essex Federation, who was at Ripon a distance of around 191 miles to some of the flyers in their federation. Seventeen members sent 354 birds. This weeks winner is B&J WILLSON clocking a velocity of 1282.9, 2nd club was B SCOTT beaten by a decimal at 1282.2, 3rd club was T WILLIAMS doing 1280, 4th A TAYLOR & SON doing 1279.
I noticed a few month back that ‘The RP’, had been publishing articles about Red Rose’s starter lofts. I made one of these a few months prior to those articles being published but I went around an easy way about it by purchasing a 6 x 4 garden shed, so all that I was left to do was to build the trap and aviary/landing board. I had for a while spoke to Linda who’s website it was over msn messenger about constructing one for my young birds. So in the end we finally got round to putting the 6 x 4 shed up, and then constructing the aviary/landing board to 6 x 3 and this took the majority of the time, by constructing it and putting wire mesh on the flooring and door. Then had to fit it out with perches and such, and once it was finally finished I was extremely happy with the results. I am only keeping 11 young birds in this shed maximum, and I tried to get them used to using the trap from weaning. This is my only loft in my garden with a trap, so I have had no experience of getting pigeons used to a trap before. But what I did the first time was show them how to use the trap, so as I put them through I made sure the hopper was filled with food, so they used this as an association, that when the go in there was food there. Then from there on then they got the hang of it, and were going in through there own accord. The lofts are a great design, and you can get the birds used to there surroundings before they are even big enough to fly, and as I mentioned earlier get them used to trapping even when the birds are not even out. If you are interested in building your own loft please visit www.redroselofts.com there is also some other interesting bits and bobs on the site that fanciers may find of interest. Another website I must mention that fanciers may find of interest and help to them is www.pigeonbasics.com/forum where there is many fanciers willing to help one another. Two similar site is www.pigeonland.co.uk and www.pigeon-chat.com .
A little message to Dicky Flint and his wife Pat, hope that you are both keeping well, and the weather is shining brightly, I just hope that during your retirement in sunny Spain, that you don’t drink to much Spanish Sangria, I bet you cannot buy that in the Custom House Working Man Club.
Well ladies and Gentlemen; think that’s it for another week from me, any news or views don’t hesitate to email me at racing-pigeon@hotmail.co.uk Sayonara for now!
Grasshopper
Talking on my own federations experience the East London, we so far this year have had fairly easy races, as the weather and wind had been favorable. However, this week we was at scotch corner, which is around 216 miles to my loft, and with the weather as bad as it was supposed to be, many predicted a held over. Consequently, Saturday morning came and the birds were up at seven fifteen in the morning. I predicted the birds to take around the five hour mark, but with the elements against us thought it may have predicted the result. The early birds were all around the five hours, so my prediction was accurate. However the birds were few and far between, and many members mentioned the huge lengths of waiting times for there next birds, some even clocking in twenty to thirty minutes behind there first birds. Speaking to members of two different other North road federations their races were very similar.
I have one result from the Dagenham Trades Hall of the West Essex Federation, who was at Ripon a distance of around 191 miles to some of the flyers in their federation. Seventeen members sent 354 birds. This weeks winner is B&J WILLSON clocking a velocity of 1282.9, 2nd club was B SCOTT beaten by a decimal at 1282.2, 3rd club was T WILLIAMS doing 1280, 4th A TAYLOR & SON doing 1279.
I noticed a few month back that ‘The RP’, had been publishing articles about Red Rose’s starter lofts. I made one of these a few months prior to those articles being published but I went around an easy way about it by purchasing a 6 x 4 garden shed, so all that I was left to do was to build the trap and aviary/landing board. I had for a while spoke to Linda who’s website it was over msn messenger about constructing one for my young birds. So in the end we finally got round to putting the 6 x 4 shed up, and then constructing the aviary/landing board to 6 x 3 and this took the majority of the time, by constructing it and putting wire mesh on the flooring and door. Then had to fit it out with perches and such, and once it was finally finished I was extremely happy with the results. I am only keeping 11 young birds in this shed maximum, and I tried to get them used to using the trap from weaning. This is my only loft in my garden with a trap, so I have had no experience of getting pigeons used to a trap before. But what I did the first time was show them how to use the trap, so as I put them through I made sure the hopper was filled with food, so they used this as an association, that when the go in there was food there. Then from there on then they got the hang of it, and were going in through there own accord. The lofts are a great design, and you can get the birds used to there surroundings before they are even big enough to fly, and as I mentioned earlier get them used to trapping even when the birds are not even out. If you are interested in building your own loft please visit www.redroselofts.com there is also some other interesting bits and bobs on the site that fanciers may find of interest. Another website I must mention that fanciers may find of interest and help to them is www.pigeonbasics.com/forum where there is many fanciers willing to help one another. Two similar site is www.pigeonland.co.uk and www.pigeon-chat.com .
A little message to Dicky Flint and his wife Pat, hope that you are both keeping well, and the weather is shining brightly, I just hope that during your retirement in sunny Spain, that you don’t drink to much Spanish Sangria, I bet you cannot buy that in the Custom House Working Man Club.
Well ladies and Gentlemen; think that’s it for another week from me, any news or views don’t hesitate to email me at racing-pigeon@hotmail.co.uk Sayonara for now!
Grasshopper
Busy,Busy,Busy
‘The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration.’, was a famous quote from the famous American inventor Thomas Edison, lately I have been a busy bee and has put Me, right behind with my writing for The RP. College work these days just seems to be very consistent and since December, I have to say feels like the days are never ending some nights I am typing essays to the early hours of the morning, and to sit down in front of a computer again to type articles just lately has taken last priority unfortunately, but on the bright side with all the work been put in front of me hopefully one day it will help me to achieve great things. However the coursework period is over and the exam season beckons, but Least there’s no more essays for me to do so I can find time to type up weekly
through my breaks of revision. But to get back to pigeon business I have to catch up with the backlog of articles I was due to write. A while back I was invited to do an article for the Dagenham Trades Hall club which are under the West Essex Federation, and due to the circumstances mentioned earlier I just couldn’t get round to putting my hands to the keyboard. Its amazing how oblivious federations that are only separated by in some cases half a mile of the other, in some cases do not know much about each others federations, this came apparent on the night when talking to many fanciers of the Dagenham Trades
Hall. I for one have to admit I didn’t know much about the West Essex Federation until on the night, just shows how stubborn one can become, but I can for certain defiantly say I will be keeping my eyes on a lot of federation around the London and Essex area this year.
The venue for the evening was lovely; all was laid out very nice, with finger snacks and traditional dishes, as well as a DJ who played various songs throughout the evening, and he defiantly must have done his job right as he got the boys and girls dancing throughout the evening. I took a sneak peak at the presentation table before the evening had begun, and I have to say the Trades Halls trophies was a credit to them, its very rare for clubs in this day and era to have a presentation, and it was a great sight to see that it was very well supported by the fanciers friends and families. The special guest was Mr. & Mrs. Collins from Portsmouth, who are a very nice Couple and are friends Of Trades hall member Tony Calverley and myself, were we all became pals via the internet on www.pigeonbasics.com/forum . I know that Mark and Tracey have had there fair share of big wins and very good performances with there good family of Van Reets.
The first person to the table and highest prizewinner in the Dagenham Trades Hall for the 2006 season was T. Williams, with 7 x 1st, 7 x 2nd, 3 x 3rd, 6 x 4th, 2 x 5th and 6 x 6th and collecting the sum total of £237. 90. As it was clear to see T.Williams had a marvelous season taking the top honor’s in his club, and has been a top flyer for many years. T. Williams also took home the W. Hudd Trophy, E. Parrer Trophy, F. Case Trophy, and the Points trophy.
D. Brand was second highest prizewinner; he bagged 5 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 3 x 3rd 3 x 4th, 6 x 5th, and 3 x 6ths, and the total sum of £136.50. The Following trophies D. Brand won was the young bird averages, The Ted Eagles Trophy, The Northallerton Cup, J. Hopwood Trophy, R. Hart Trophy, A Foster Trophy, and lastly the Stonehaven Cup, to rand up an impressive season and to compete so well against very strong competition in the Trades Hall.
S. Vialls & Son won 6 x 2nd, 5 x 3rd, 2 x 4th, 5 x 5th, and 2 x 6th with a nice sum of £117 as well as the Ted Burke Trophy.
P. Brand was next to the table collecting throughout the season 4 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 3 x 3rd, 4 x 4th, 1 x 5th, 2 x 6th as well as pocketing £113.10. P. Brand’s trophy cabinet defiantly will not be bare as he collected the Old bird average, the Scottish Averages, the Combine Averages, the Combined Averages, The G. Tubey Cup, The C. Nunn Trophy, W. Thorne Trophy, J. Brand Trophy, The Dunbar Cup and the Thurso Cup.
R. Scott was next in line winning 2 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 3 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 4 x 5th and 7 x 6th and winning the total of £81.90. R. Scott can also add to his collection of Prizes the A. Doerr Trophy.
Mr. & Mrs. T Calverley followed next winning 3 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 3 x 4th, 1 x 5th, and 4 x 6th with a money total of £78.00.
B & J Willson were up next with 1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd , 1 x 4th, 1 x 6th and the total of £39.00, they also bagged two trophies which where the Combine Trophy, and the Witton Castle Cup.
L. Jenkins & Jones then followed, the partnership won 1 x 1st, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 6th as well as £27.30 prize money. The Lion won the Watney cup.
A. Taylor & Son were next winning the following prizes 2 x 2nd and 1 x 5th with £23.40 prize money.
J. Costello had 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 5th winning £19.50. Next up was T. Green scored 1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 5th and £11.70. R. Davis was to follow with 1 x 3rd and £7.80, and last but not least Mr.& Mrs. Fowler with 1 x 4th and £3.90.
That was that on the prize list front of the Dagenham Trades Hall presentation, I Have to say it was an enjoyable evening, and allowed me to gain some new Friends and to get a wider view of the sport around the London and Essex area. I would like to close this part of the article with saying that it was a great honor to be asked to write about this evening and was very sorry due to the delay. The pictures of the evening was not the best of quality I have to say but I have entered those of better quality with this article. Also to add the Dagenham trades Hall this season held a breeder and buyer sale, it was very well supported with pigeons from around the country and fanciers were not afraid to dig deep. I believe due to the great response received an additional £500 will be up for grabs and the prize listing will be as follows:
BREEDER BUYER TOTAL
£250 £250 £500
£100 £100 £200
£75 £75 £150
£50 £50 £100
£50 £50 £100
£50 £50 £100
£50 £50 £100
£50 £50 £100
£50 £50 £100
£25 £25 £50 =£1500
Mentioning the Dagenham Trades Hall or West Essex Breeder/ Buyer Mr. & Mrs. Collins made another visit down to put in a young bird into the sale, and they also brought down a lovely man who is also a member of www.pigeonbasics.com/forum who I talk to on a regular basis, Jimmy White from Scotland. Now, just like to take a moment to thank Jimmy, although I have talked to Jimmy via the internet, it was the first time I met this chap, and he purchased Mr. & Mrs. Collins bird for me to race along with the bird I purchased earlier in the sale. This goes to show there is some very genuine people in this sport, I just hope I can do Jimmy White and Mark and Tracey a favour and win them a nice pot of cash. It was a brilliant day for an auction, and it was a year to the day that myself and my girlfriend Amy had been courting. So well she cannot complain that I don’t take her anywhere, now can she! You could say I am an old romantic.
The start to the racing season so far has been very good, lovely bright and clear days just ideal for racing and to be fair the birds have had it easy for the north roader’s with these North winds that have been blowing making the races very quick and you could lose the race within a blink of an eye. So far the dominant west wind haven’t been so dominant this part of the season. I have a few results from the Dagenham Trades Hall members of the West Essex federation. On the 14/04/07 there birds were at Kettering, liberated in a North East Wind at 11.45am. 15 members sent 376 in the Dagenham Trades Hall, First and topping the West Essex Federation was S VIALLS & SON with a blue pied hen, 2nd P BRAND with a blue chequer cock, 3rd T WILLIAMS with a blue pied cock, and 4th P MAHONEY with a blue pied cock.
through my breaks of revision. But to get back to pigeon business I have to catch up with the backlog of articles I was due to write. A while back I was invited to do an article for the Dagenham Trades Hall club which are under the West Essex Federation, and due to the circumstances mentioned earlier I just couldn’t get round to putting my hands to the keyboard. Its amazing how oblivious federations that are only separated by in some cases half a mile of the other, in some cases do not know much about each others federations, this came apparent on the night when talking to many fanciers of the Dagenham Trades
Hall. I for one have to admit I didn’t know much about the West Essex Federation until on the night, just shows how stubborn one can become, but I can for certain defiantly say I will be keeping my eyes on a lot of federation around the London and Essex area this year.
The venue for the evening was lovely; all was laid out very nice, with finger snacks and traditional dishes, as well as a DJ who played various songs throughout the evening, and he defiantly must have done his job right as he got the boys and girls dancing throughout the evening. I took a sneak peak at the presentation table before the evening had begun, and I have to say the Trades Halls trophies was a credit to them, its very rare for clubs in this day and era to have a presentation, and it was a great sight to see that it was very well supported by the fanciers friends and families. The special guest was Mr. & Mrs. Collins from Portsmouth, who are a very nice Couple and are friends Of Trades hall member Tony Calverley and myself, were we all became pals via the internet on www.pigeonbasics.com/forum . I know that Mark and Tracey have had there fair share of big wins and very good performances with there good family of Van Reets.
The first person to the table and highest prizewinner in the Dagenham Trades Hall for the 2006 season was T. Williams, with 7 x 1st, 7 x 2nd, 3 x 3rd, 6 x 4th, 2 x 5th and 6 x 6th and collecting the sum total of £237. 90. As it was clear to see T.Williams had a marvelous season taking the top honor’s in his club, and has been a top flyer for many years. T. Williams also took home the W. Hudd Trophy, E. Parrer Trophy, F. Case Trophy, and the Points trophy.
D. Brand was second highest prizewinner; he bagged 5 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 3 x 3rd 3 x 4th, 6 x 5th, and 3 x 6ths, and the total sum of £136.50. The Following trophies D. Brand won was the young bird averages, The Ted Eagles Trophy, The Northallerton Cup, J. Hopwood Trophy, R. Hart Trophy, A Foster Trophy, and lastly the Stonehaven Cup, to rand up an impressive season and to compete so well against very strong competition in the Trades Hall.
S. Vialls & Son won 6 x 2nd, 5 x 3rd, 2 x 4th, 5 x 5th, and 2 x 6th with a nice sum of £117 as well as the Ted Burke Trophy.
P. Brand was next to the table collecting throughout the season 4 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 3 x 3rd, 4 x 4th, 1 x 5th, 2 x 6th as well as pocketing £113.10. P. Brand’s trophy cabinet defiantly will not be bare as he collected the Old bird average, the Scottish Averages, the Combine Averages, the Combined Averages, The G. Tubey Cup, The C. Nunn Trophy, W. Thorne Trophy, J. Brand Trophy, The Dunbar Cup and the Thurso Cup.
R. Scott was next in line winning 2 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 3 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 4 x 5th and 7 x 6th and winning the total of £81.90. R. Scott can also add to his collection of Prizes the A. Doerr Trophy.
Mr. & Mrs. T Calverley followed next winning 3 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 3 x 4th, 1 x 5th, and 4 x 6th with a money total of £78.00.
B & J Willson were up next with 1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd , 1 x 4th, 1 x 6th and the total of £39.00, they also bagged two trophies which where the Combine Trophy, and the Witton Castle Cup.
L. Jenkins & Jones then followed, the partnership won 1 x 1st, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 6th as well as £27.30 prize money. The Lion won the Watney cup.
A. Taylor & Son were next winning the following prizes 2 x 2nd and 1 x 5th with £23.40 prize money.
J. Costello had 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 5th winning £19.50. Next up was T. Green scored 1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 5th and £11.70. R. Davis was to follow with 1 x 3rd and £7.80, and last but not least Mr.& Mrs. Fowler with 1 x 4th and £3.90.
That was that on the prize list front of the Dagenham Trades Hall presentation, I Have to say it was an enjoyable evening, and allowed me to gain some new Friends and to get a wider view of the sport around the London and Essex area. I would like to close this part of the article with saying that it was a great honor to be asked to write about this evening and was very sorry due to the delay. The pictures of the evening was not the best of quality I have to say but I have entered those of better quality with this article. Also to add the Dagenham trades Hall this season held a breeder and buyer sale, it was very well supported with pigeons from around the country and fanciers were not afraid to dig deep. I believe due to the great response received an additional £500 will be up for grabs and the prize listing will be as follows:
BREEDER BUYER TOTAL
£250 £250 £500
£100 £100 £200
£75 £75 £150
£50 £50 £100
£50 £50 £100
£50 £50 £100
£50 £50 £100
£50 £50 £100
£50 £50 £100
£25 £25 £50 =£1500
Mentioning the Dagenham Trades Hall or West Essex Breeder/ Buyer Mr. & Mrs. Collins made another visit down to put in a young bird into the sale, and they also brought down a lovely man who is also a member of www.pigeonbasics.com/forum who I talk to on a regular basis, Jimmy White from Scotland. Now, just like to take a moment to thank Jimmy, although I have talked to Jimmy via the internet, it was the first time I met this chap, and he purchased Mr. & Mrs. Collins bird for me to race along with the bird I purchased earlier in the sale. This goes to show there is some very genuine people in this sport, I just hope I can do Jimmy White and Mark and Tracey a favour and win them a nice pot of cash. It was a brilliant day for an auction, and it was a year to the day that myself and my girlfriend Amy had been courting. So well she cannot complain that I don’t take her anywhere, now can she! You could say I am an old romantic.
The start to the racing season so far has been very good, lovely bright and clear days just ideal for racing and to be fair the birds have had it easy for the north roader’s with these North winds that have been blowing making the races very quick and you could lose the race within a blink of an eye. So far the dominant west wind haven’t been so dominant this part of the season. I have a few results from the Dagenham Trades Hall members of the West Essex federation. On the 14/04/07 there birds were at Kettering, liberated in a North East Wind at 11.45am. 15 members sent 376 in the Dagenham Trades Hall, First and topping the West Essex Federation was S VIALLS & SON with a blue pied hen, 2nd P BRAND with a blue chequer cock, 3rd T WILLIAMS with a blue pied cock, and 4th P MAHONEY with a blue pied cock.
The following week the West Essex was at Newark 21/4/07. 16 Members from the Dagenham Trades Hall sent 394 birds. Winning the club and federation making it two on the trot for the Trades Hall so far was T WILLIAMS with a blue chequer pied cock, 2nd P MAHONEY with a blue pied cock, 3rd S VIALLS & SON with a chequer hen, and 4th W EADY & SON with a blue chequer cock.
The week after the West Essex was at Newark yet again on the 28/4/07. Dagenham Trades Hall had 17 members with 399 birds. They made it three weeks on the trot of topping there federation with MR. & MRS. T CALVERLEY topping the federation with a blue cock. 2nd and 3rd was S VIALLS & SON with a dark chequer hen and a blue cock. 4th was T GREEN with blue pied cock.
This week the West Essex was at Wetherby. Dagenham Trades Halls winner was S VIALLS & SON as well as taking 2nd and 3rd postion.
Well ladies and Gentlemen that’s all I have to offer for this installment, I’ll be
back next with another, and hopefully a few more results. If anyone wish for the
results to be published, or any news don’t hesitate to get in contact . Sayonara for now!
Grasshopper
The week after the West Essex was at Newark yet again on the 28/4/07. Dagenham Trades Hall had 17 members with 399 birds. They made it three weeks on the trot of topping there federation with MR. & MRS. T CALVERLEY topping the federation with a blue cock. 2nd and 3rd was S VIALLS & SON with a dark chequer hen and a blue cock. 4th was T GREEN with blue pied cock.
This week the West Essex was at Wetherby. Dagenham Trades Halls winner was S VIALLS & SON as well as taking 2nd and 3rd postion.
Well ladies and Gentlemen that’s all I have to offer for this installment, I’ll be
back next with another, and hopefully a few more results. If anyone wish for the
results to be published, or any news don’t hesitate to get in contact . Sayonara for now!
Grasshopper
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