‘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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