We are sorry to confirm that Scottish Classic One Loft Race will not be running in 2010, we do hope to return in 2011. Thank you to everyone for your support. We will let everyone know when we are returning.
29th September 09
The auction and our presentation went well, here are some photos of the day.
Our winners Treble "D" collecting there prize.
Our second prize winner Mr A Lawson was not avaiable for the presentation as he is Canada.
Our Third Prize winners Win Late On Flyers collecting there prize.
Our Auctioneer George
George McGovern the owner of our 6th prize winner and the only bird to return from the national earning 10th section F
Paddy & Barry Doherty The owners of the winning bird from our Catterick Race
27th September 09
The birds have now been sold you can see there sale price on the auction page. Thank you for everyone who came along and to Billy King and Robert Frame for your help with the hall. Also a big thanks to Geordie Galbraith and The Morris brothers for there help with the sale.
21st September 09 Hi some information on all the birds that are up for auction
Lot 1 Raced the full programme to 180miles Wetherby Lot 2 Raced the full progamme to 180 miles Wetherby Lot 3 Raced the full progamme to 180 miles Wetherby Lot 4 Raced the full progamme to 180 miles Wetherby Lot 5 Raced the full progamme to 180 miles Wetherby Lot 6 Raced the full progamme to 180 miles Wetherby and YB National 260 Leicester Lot 7 Raced the full progamme to 180 miles Wetherby Lot 8 Raced the full progamme to 180 miles Wetherby Lot 9 Raced the full progamme to 180 miles Wetherby Lot 10 Raced the full progamme to 180 miles Wetherby Lot 11 Raced the full progamme to 180 miles Wetherby Lot 12 Raced the full progamme to 180 miles Wetherby Lot 13 Raced the full progamme to 180 miles Wetherby Lot 14 Raced the full progamme to 180 miles Wetherby Lot 15 Raced out to Catterick returned home late Lot 16 Raced out to Catterick returned home late Lot 17 Injured during training to late to jump back into racing Lot 18 Raced out to Kelso returned down in body by the time it was race fit to far of a jump Lot 19 Raced out to Otterburn returned injured not able to return to racing Lot 20 Injured in training Lot 21 Injured in training Lot 22 Injured in training Lot 23 Injured in training Lot 24 Injured in training Lot 25 Injured in training Lot 26 Raced out to Kelso Lot 27 Injured in training Lot 28 Raced out to Otterburn Lost at Catterick Lot 29 Raced out to Otterburn Lost at Catterick
looking forward to Sunday. remember the auction finishs online at 9pm on Saturday night and will continue on Sunday at 2pm Newmains Club, Viewing starts at 12.30pm. Everyine welcome
14th September 09
The Auction page has now been added, I am still waiting on some pedigree details, so I will update them as I get them. If you wish to bid on any birds just email or phone me and we will bid for you, the online auction will end on sunday the 27th at 9.00am and all bids will be taken from there to the Nemains Club house where they will be the opening bids. Comission bids can be given at any time. If you have any questions just give me a call or an email.
13th September 09
We have had one bird arrive home SU09R2918, from the Scottish National YB race from Leicester. He arrived today at 11.55am on the second day, which will still see him gain a ticket. There are approx 12 birds home in the section by the end of today the second day. We hope to see our other three birds arrive home over the next few days. We will keep you posted.
12th September 09 cont.
The National Race has closed for the evening at 8pm it opens again tomorrow at 7am, At the moment we have none of our four back but we will have approx 9 hours tomorrow till the race closes. As we said always a very hard race. At the moment we have heard of only 2 birds in the F section. One at 7pm the other at 7.57pm, In the West Region there is only 7 pigeons that are home again that we know of and that includes the 2 in our section. We will wait and see what the morning brings. I will update the site tomorrow.
12th September 09
THe National Birds have been liberated at 10am in a light north wind. Good luck to our four birds that are away to Leicester. I will update the site once we have any arrivals..
11th Spetember 09
We will be sending four birds to the Scottish National tomorrow, They are SU09R2918, WHU2009S09504, GB09F29002, GB09A 23494, so ggod luck to them and lets hope they have a good race.
We had all the Birds photographs taken yesterday by Jim Hannah, So look out for the advert hopefully next week in the BHW and Tuesday on the website when our auction begins....
8th September 09 We have been able to train the 4 birds that are going to the national from approx 40 miles yesterday, all four are home, however the weather is terrible today but We will try again tomorrow to get them another one.
4 September 09
Hi there are no further arrivals from the race, we have had a few reported from Catterick. We will notify you if your birds arrives. We will be putting the birds that are going for auction on our website soon. the auction will start the monday after the national race and will run for the two weeks online running up to the live auction at the newmains club on the 27th.
We have not had much chance for train this week but we will get some training into the few birds that will be going to the national over the next week. I'll update the site with news on the training.
2nd September 09
No further returns this morning, However Congratulations to Win late on flyers and their bird NEHU2009TD228, who is Ace Hen Also "Treble D" and there bird NEHU2009TD1481 who was Ace Cock, A trophy will be presented to these birds at our presentation which will be held on the same day as our Auction at Newmains Club house on the 27th September.
1st September 2009
I am sorry but there have been no further returns, I have now spoke with most people about the national, but if I haven't spoke to you then please get in touch.
30th August 09
I have updated the Main Race results, we have had two more birds back this morning and are hoping that more will return through out the day. I hope that everyone appreciates how hard the birds worked to get home it was there hardest race yet. Racing into the west of Scotland is hard enough without the added pressure of the strong head wind we had yesterday. The birds did great. We'd like to thank everyone who came through to watch the race, we had quiet a crowd and with George on the bbq and plenty beer flowing it was a very good day/night, and I hope you all had as good a day as we did.I will continue to update the site as birds arrive back.
However for the owners of the birds that have returned we must now start thinking of whether you wish to send your bird to The Scottish National in 2 weeks time or If you'd like to keep your bird secured for the Auction which will be held on the 27th of September in The Newmains Club. I'll be in touch over the next few days to see what you think.
29th August 09
The first Pigeon has arrived at 2.30pm Congratulations to the winner is Mr Dawson, "Treble D" NEHU2009TD1481, . Second pigeon arrived is Mr A Lawson SU09ML1524, Third home Win Late Flyers NEHU2009TD228, SU09P5336, GB09F29002, SU09R2918, GB09S62715, WHU2009S09504, GB09A23494. . 29th August 09
The birds have been liberated at 9am in a west wind, the winds not to strong. Good luck everyone.
28th August 09 cont.
We have now added a page for you to see the birds that were marked for the Main RAce, which will be liberated tomorrow from Wetherby. Good Luck to everyone.
28th AUgust 09
After a bad race last week it's time now to look forward to tomorrow our Main Race, we will hace 29 birds going to the final and we will be liberating from Werthby 180miles, we will be convoyed by the Glasgow Federation. And the weather is looking not to bad. We will have our annual bbq everyones welcome to come along and watch the birds return, the more the merrier. We will update the site in the mrning once we know the birds have been liberated. Good luck to everyone.. Lets hope its a good one. Remember it's not to late to pool your bird, just give me a call and we organise it for you.
27th August 09
We have trained the birds from 20 miles this morning, the returns are on the "training 27 8" page, All the birds on this page will be at our Final Race on Saturday.
26th August 09
No further birds have returned from Saturdays race, we have had one reported in Dunbar which we will collect. 2 birds arrived back yesterday and at first I had thought they were from Catterick however they were from earlier races, We have been going through our other section and we now have a list of birds that will not make the main race. We have 10 fit birds from this section and we are training them to allow them to compete on Saturday race.
SU09 L 10502...SU09 P 916......GB09 X 17900.....SU09 M 1660......GB09 Z 26500.....GB09 V 23412 SU09 L 14922.......GB09 N 22376.......NEHU09 WAN 1992.....SU09 F 7859.........SU09R323.....GB09 K 01651
24rth August 09
Just an update, there have been no further returns today.
23rd August 09
I am sorry to say that no further birds made it back today, the weather has just been to bad. I have been speaking with many people today to try to find out what happened yesterday, but it seems that the birds must have had a real bad smash. But nobody is certain. We will continue to add the birds onto the site as they return.
23rd August 09
I have updated the returns page, we will do so again this evening.
22nd August 09 cont.
I have left tjhis as late as possible hoping I would have some good news however we have still have only 14 pigeons home. I wish I could explain what went wrong but I can't. It seems to be the same percentage of returns through out the federations. I will update the site as soon as any pigeons return
22nd August 09 cont.
At 5pm we have 14 birds home from Catterick our 4rth hotspot race. The arrivals are shown on the catterick "22 8" page, I have no explaination for this.. we are Sick. Congratulations to our winners Paddy and Barry Doherty, second place was The Billy no mates syndicate and third was Spittalhill lofts. I will update any returns tonight once it's gets dark.
22nd August 09
The birds were liberated along with the federation at 9.15am in a south wind, Good luck to everyone..
20th August 09
We have marked 74 birds for tomorrow 4rth Hotspot race from Catterick, you can see the ring numbers on the "Catterick marked", So good luck everyone. We have not sent any of the following birds
SU09R323............Returned Injured from Otterburn GB09V23412.........Returned late from Otterburn, bit down on body SU09 L 10502 .....Injured will not race GB09 S 93706 ......Injured may race SU09 P 916......... Injured will not race GB09 X 17900.......Reported Down in body, may return to race SU09 B 923..........Reported down in body, may return to race SU09 M 1660........Got Reported will not be returning to racing SU09 4791...........Got Reported will hold before returning to training SU09 L 11215.......Got Reported will hold before returning to racing GB09 Z 26500........Reported will hold before returning to racing GB09 N 86611........Returned 7 8 09 from Kelso down on body will hold before racing SU09 A 2...............Reported with cut chest, may race again SU09 L 14922.........Returned with cut chest may return to racing SU09 N 22376.........Injured leg should return to racing NEHU09 WAN 1992...Injured should return to racing SU09 L 3309...........Injured may return to racing SU09 F 5657...........Reported will hold before returning to racing SU09 F 3859...........Reported from Kelso, will hol before returning to racing
19th August 09
Not alot happening at the loft the weather has been bad most of the week. Don't think I've seen the sun once all week. but not to worry the weather is looking good for the weekend,
18th August 09
The birds have rested the past two days we will get them out for excersie today. we have had two more birds return. You can see them on the "Otterbun 15 8" page
16th August 09
We have now updated the "Otterburn 15 8 " page with todays returns. If there are any more I will update the site tomorrow.
15th August 09 Cont
I have now posted the result on the "Otterburn 15 8" Page, Today was a hard race for the birds, with them having to fly into the wind. Well done to The Three Stooges who won the race, Mr Gill Reilly how was second and Win Late on Flyers how were third. I will update the returns tomorrow around 3pm.
15th Ausgust 09 cont
The birds have been liberated at 3pm in a strong SW wind. Best of luck to everyone.
15th August 09
We have marked 87 birds this morning and they are on route to Otterburn. We will update the site when the birds are liberated.
13th August 09
I have updated the training results from yesterday. I have also listed the birds below that are in the loft that were not at the training toss and the reasons why.
SU09 L 10502 .....Injured will not race GB09 S 14869 ......Injured may race SU09 P 916......... Injured will not race GB09 X 17900.......Reported Down in body, may return to race SU09 B 923..........Reported down in body, may return to race SU09 M 1660........Got Reported will not be returning to racing SU09 4791...........Got Reported will hold before returning to training SU09 L 11215.......Got Reported will hold before returning to racing GB09 Z 26500........Reported will hold before returning to racing GB09 N 86611........Returned 7 8 09 from Kelso down on body will hold before racing SU09 A 2...............Reported with cut chest, may race again SU09 L 14922.........Returned with cut chest may return to racing SU09 N 22376.........Injured leg should return to racing NEHU09 WAN 1992...Injured should return to racing SU09 L 3309...........Injured may return to racing SU09 F 5657...........Reported will hold before returning to racing SU09 F 3859...........Reported from Kelso, will hol before returning to racing
12th August 09
Todays training results has been posted on the "training 12 8" page. It was a bit of a sticky one today with a strong head wind. We are still waiting for 6 tonight.
11th August 09
We have had a quiet weekend, what with the weather and the local racing. We have collected a few birds that have been reported, however we haven't had any more return home by there own steam. We will be training the birds tomorrow. In preparation for Saturdays race which is from Otterburn. We will post the training result tomorrow night, so you know where your bird comes in training..
8th August 09 Cont.
We have decided it would be in the bird’s best interest to liberate the remaining races with the local federations, As there is always safety in numbers and we have changed our race programme to suit. We are sorry to change this again but we feel it is necessary, The programme is as follows:-
3rd Hotspot: Otterburn 15th August - 100miles,
4rth Hotspot: Catterick 22nd August - 150miles,
Main Race: Wetherby 29th August-180miles
8th August 09
The winners from 2nd Hotspot race from Kelso
1st Prize Mr Neville Flett£100.00
2nd PrizeMr G Marskell£75.00
3rd PrizeMr L Hall£50.00
Pools for Kelso 5 8 09
Sections
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
Nom
No.
19
20
19
18
16
6
3
0
0
0
Totals
£9.50
£20
£38
£54
£64
£30
£21
0
0
0
£236.50
Pools were paid out at 10/1 with the following winners (less 15%)
Mr N Flettabcdef£114.75
Team Papa Jackabcde£68.43
Not wong£17.50
7th August 09
I have now posted a headcount from wednesday race on page "headcount 7 8 9", we have had 92 birds return 91 are listed on the headcount page and the other is GB09N 86611 which arrived this morning and is well down in body so will need a week off. we also have the following birds in the loft which were not at wednesday race
SU09 L 10502 ..Injured will not race GB09 S 14869 ...Injured may race SU09 P 916...... Injured will not race GB09 X 17900....Reported Down in body, may return to race SU09 B 923.......Reported down in body, may return to race SU09 M 1660.....Got Reported will not be returning to racing SU09 4791........Got Reported will hold before returning to training SU09 L 11215....Got Reported will hold before returning to racing GB09D 41821.....sore leg will return to racing GB09N 14869 ....Lost a few primary should return to racing GB09Z26500......Reported will hold before returning to racing GB09N 86611.....Returned 7 8 09 from Kelso down on body will hold before racing
6th August 09
Sorry I didn't update the site last night, we now have 85 birds back in the loft I will give a head count tomorrow so everyone knows where they stand, this will allow any late comers to be included. We have had no injured birds back. So we are still at a loss at what happened yesterday.
5th August cont.
133 fit birds and a fine day weather wise but we have only 59 birds back at 3pm...Don't know what went wrong the race point was only 70 miles they cleared quickly and in the right direction. But somewhere between here and Kelso something has went seriously wrong. I have posted the race progress sheet on the "Kelso 5 8" page for you to see who has returned and will wait till later tonight and update the returns. Congratulations to Mr N Flett who won the race, Mr G Marskell who was second and Mr L Hall who was third.
5th August 09
The birds have been liberated from Kelso Our 2nd Hotspot Race at 9.20am, The weather is clear and not to much wind. Good luck
4rth August 09
We have marked 133 Birds for tomorrows race, you can see the birds that have been marked on the "Kelso Marked" page. We have not sent two birds GB09N 14869 has a sore leg and GB09D41821 who we noticed was missing a few primary feathers when we were marking. Also GB09Z26500 was not sent it had been reported from friday's training and we collected her today, however all these birds will be able to return to racing, We hope to Liberate early tomorrow so watch the website as we will post the liberation time. Good Luck to all.
3rd August 09 cont
We have now updated the race programme and added a page for the prize details.
3rd August 09
We have 135 birds ready for wednesdays race. The ring numbers are on the headcount page 3 8 09. The other birds in the loft are listed below and the reasons for them not being race ready. We are hoping to send the birds to Kelso on Wednesday weather pemitting. We will confirm this tomorrow night on the site.
SU09 L 10502 ..Injured will not race GB09 S 14869 ...Injured may race SU09 P 916...... Injured will not race GB09 X 17900....Reported Down in body, may return to race SU09 B 923.......Reported down in body, may return to race SU09 M 1660.....Got Reported will not be returning to racing SU09 4791........Got Reported will hold before returning to training SU09 L 11215....Got Reported will hold before returning to racing
2nd August 09
things have been quiet around the loft the past few days with local racing being on. We still hope for wednesday race, I will update the site tomorrow with an up to date list of birds in loft.
31st July 09 Cont.
The training results have now been posted we did a head count of 129 however only 119 have scanned?? There have been pigeons arriving in ones and twos most of the day. so we should see the majority of them back, as they have been out at Carnwarth before we will confirm numbers tomorrow.
31st July 09 Cont.
The birds were liberted at 10.35am From Carnwarth. at the last count we have 120 home. However we had a phone call fron the carnwarth golf club, and we were told that a buzzard had dropped a dead pigeon half eaten on the grounds, he took the telephone number from the ets ring and called us and when he went back to get the ring number he said the bird was gone. it was a blue was all he said. So not sure what happened. The birds took longer to clear the liberation site but they cleared before the convoyer left the site. So not sure if the birds were attacked as its unusal for a buzzard to attack. or maybe this bird hit a wire. We'll never know but we will give a few more hours before shutting off the clock. This should give the others a chance to make there way home. I will update the site when I do this.
31st July 09
The 144 birds have been taken back to carnwarth this morning for training. I will post the results later on today. However we have a few birds who haven't went there ring numbers are
SU09 L 10502 ..Injured will not race GB09 S 14869 ...Injured may race SU09 P 916...... Injured will not race GB09 X 17900....Reported Down in body, may return to race SU09 B 923.......Reported down in body, may return to race SU09 M 1660.....Got Reported will hold before returning to training SU09 4791........Got Reported will hold before returning to training
30th July 09
Well The first race has went well with 142 birds home at last count, We liberated the 145 birds from Carnwarth at 11.15am in a s/w wind. Well done to our winners and we are looking forward to our next race from Kelso, which we hope to have next Wednesday.
Prize Results
1st Prize Bell Brothers£100.00
2nd PrizeMr Neville Flett£75.00
3rd PrizeMr M Noble “Normel Lofts”£50.00
Pools for Carnwarth 29 7 09
Sections
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
Nom
No.
25
27
23
23
23
10
5
1
0
1
Totals
£12.5
£27
£46
£69
£92
£50
£35
£10
0
£20
£361.50
Pools were paid out at 10/1 with the following winners less 15%
Spittalhill Loftsab£12.75
Sunday Night Clubabcde£89.25
Sunday Night Clubabcde£84.58
Couper Broscde£22.95
Rod Wilsonfg £72.25
Mr & Mrs Savageh Nom£25.50
29th July 09 Cont
I have now posted todays race result online. It was a good race with the majority of birds in the clock however a few have arrived home this evening. I am Still having problems with my clock it has locked into race mode and won't allow me to strike race. But eventually I have listed the result, however I have only named the owner upto where the pools stop I will speak to unikon tomorrow and if they can sort it I will repost the result.
29th July 09
The birds have been liberated from Carnwarth our first race point, at 11.15am in a light s/w wind. Good luck to all.
29th July 09
We have marked 145 fit birds and they are on they're way to Carnwarth. We will update the site when we liberate.
28th July 09 cont.
Well the weather didn't change here today, so we have not been able to train the birds. However the weather forcast for tomorrow is looking like it should be good, so we are going to hold our first Race tomorrow from Carnwarth approx 40miles. Obviously weather permitting. We think that this is a fair distance for the birds. We will update the site when the birds are liberated and also later on the day with the results. Good luck to everyone.
28th July 09
Sorry I'm late posting yesterdays training results, However I wasn't able to do it yesterday. I have now posted them online. Not looking good for training today pretty miserable weather here today, but we'll see what the afternoon brings. I will get back online later let you know whats happening.
25th July 09 Cont.
The results are now on the site. again i'm sorry but I was unable to but the names and I won't be able to do that till we actually start racing just the way the unikon system is set up. Hopefully the weather holds out for tomorrow and we'll get another toss. looking at a wednesday race at the moment.
25th July 09 Cont.
The Birds were libertated at 8.00am from 25miles. and The birds reurned within 30 minutes took them a bit longer to trap this morning however the training toss went well, I will put the result on shorlty.
25th July 09 Even though its race day, today is to good a day to miss for training, we're taking them out to 25 miles this morning. We left at 7am. I will update you on the results later.
23rd July
No training today weather just not working in our favour.
23rd July 09 11.00am
The weather is not looking good, with strong winds and heavy rain forcast. we will wait till this afternoon so if it clears any before making a decision on training. If the weather carrys on like this though we may have to put the first race back to wednesday next week. I'll post later if we managed a training toss of not.
22nd July 09
No training today the weather started out terrible today, and we made a decision not to train as thunder was forcast. However turned out a lovely evening. thats just Sod law. So looks like the race will be held early next week. As we would like more training before the first race. I will confirm more details as I know more.
22nd July 09 (sorry 21st July)
We have now been able to put todays training results online go to page "Training 21 7" I have not been able to get the names on yet but i will get there.
21st July 09
I don't know what I did yesterday when I updated the site as I seemed to have lost a few days but I've reposted them now. The birds were trained today from 20 miles and within 45 minutes, the majority of birds were back in the loft. So the birds are doing well. I will attempt to post the training result within the next hour or so. so you can see where your bird is coming in the batch. We have been looking at the weather for this week and its not looking good. But we will do our best to get the birds trained every day till the first race which if the weather turns bad may even be put back till Monday. But I will confirm this over the next few days.
20th July 09
We haven't been training over the past few days with local race days and the strong winds. So we are intending to put back the first race till thursday/friday to allow some extra training. This was one of the reason we brought the first race forward this year to give us more time to work around the weather. we felt training would have be to risky. We sent out letters on friday so you should have received your letter today letting you know which of your birds are still in the loft, if you haven't recieved your letter by tomorrow please give me a call. Remember during training birds are srriving back every day so we will update the site with the arrivals from tomorrow training hopefully. someone has told me that the problems I'm having with the unikon link could be due to the fact that my running programme is vista so we'll try get an xp computer and see if we can get it to work. If so we can look forward to quicker and better updates.
16th July 09
We took the birds out to 15 miles this morning. We decided to let them up together they split into three batchs and cleared the liberation site within 10mins. The 2 larger batches were back at the loft within 45mins however we're still waiting for the thrid batch which is now 2 hours later. approx 45 birds are missing but we are hopeful they'll be back. I'll update the site later.
14th July 09
Weather been very poor, with heavy rain, so we felt it was best to not train the birds the past two days. weather forcast not great for today but we'll get them back into it tomorrow.
11th July 09
Local Race day today so no training.
9th July 09
We trained the birds from 7 miles today releasing them approx 50 birds at a time. most of the batches were back within 35mins however one batch took nearly 1hr 30mins to get home. So we will go to 7 miles again tomorrow until they are returning home more quickly. once we feel they are coming well, we will then we'll move them out to 15 miles. There were approx 15 birds not home at the close of the loft but we hope to see some of they back in the morning.
8th July 09
We have now sucessfully trained the birds from 4 miles, we decided to split the birds into batchs of 25 and this seems to have helped, as the majority of birds made their way home, with very little losses. we will go to 7miles tomorrow. We intend to train every day except local race days from now till the first race. The birds list has not been updated, however we will be in contact with a letter just before the first race letting you know how many of your birds have made it to the first race. we will also add the first page of the training tosses ( this will start once we are letting the birds go altogether after the first 3-4 tosses) so you can see where your birds are coming in the batch. If I can get unikon link to work I will start updating the site with training information once the birds are getting up altogether.
7th July 09
The birds are settling well in the baskets and are now drinking and feeding well in them. we took a bit more time with basket training as we wanted to make sure the birds are comfortable going in and out of them before we started training. As we hope this will improve the returns from training, as you know we didn't do to well last year at the first toss. The first toss will be from 4 miles tomorrow afternoon.
2nd July 09
Let me first let you know that the birds are well, The loft manager and my husband have been taking care of them. and have started to basket train, And getting them feeding and drinking from the baskets, we will start training early next week. I have not been myself with some type of virus which has seen me neglect my paperwork and doing very little of anything over the past six weeks. So please accept my apologise for not having been in contact, or updating the site. As anyone who entered last year knows I do like to keep everyone updated as it adds to the enjoyment of the race. So now I'm feeling better I promise you'll get more information. As we go into training we have a good team of birds to start with and are excited for the coming weeks aswell as a little nervous, as we didn't get a great start in training last year. We will be in touch over the next week letting you know how birds got on through training. Good luck
3rd June 09
Well the loft has now closed and we have a total of 288 birds in the loft not bad, what with the credit crunch. The birds are all excersing well and except for the birds that arrived late in May they are all getting the jist of this flying business and flying well. We will basket train them over the coming weeks to familarise them with the baskets. and once we feel their ready we will start training. We will lift the darkness next weekend a week early to give the birds time to adjust before training begins. If your ring numbers are not shown on the birds list then please get in touch as I do try my best but I do some times make mistakes. Any names without ring numbers are people who paid their deposit however did not manage to send birds. I will be deleting them when I update the birds page when i include the electronic ring numbers. If you have any queries then get in touch.
23rd May 2009
The birds are doing well, The loft will be closing at the end of the week so you don't have long to get your birds to us get in touch if your birds have still to arrive.
13th May 2009
The time is coming and the loft will be closing shortly so if anyone is waiting to send there birds please get in touch. The Birds themselves are coming on great with this spell of good weather we're having, All the sections have now been out, and are enjoying a fly about. the last section are quite a bit behind the others but then that is to be expected. The first section are excersing for an hour every morning. the next are just finding there confidence with there wings. then the last is still just hoping about from the roof to the landing board maybe an occasionally fly about the place. But there all getting there.
5th May 2009
Well we had a good weekend in Ireland when we collected the birds over there it was good to see some old faces, Most people have now got there birds into the loft. If your bird hasn't arrived there isn't long now to do so. Remember if your having difficulties getting your birds collected then get in touch see if we can help.
Back at the loft and I just don't know whats happneing to the weather, its been pouring rain since Sunday night. Now its not your average rain but that horizontal rain that drowns you within minutes and the wind is real cold. So much for May bringing some sunshine. Saturday was the only day with a bit of sun. Well hopefully it won't last to much longer so the birds can continue their routine.
27th April 09
Well the weather has changed to cold and wet again the past few days and we haven't had the birds out the past two days. But fingers crossed it picks up again now we're heading into May. We'll be going over to Ireland this weekend. If you haven't be in touch with me yet to make arrangements then you will still get me on the mobile 007736351400 even while I'm over there.
One of our entrants Mr Lewis Milne has started a new website for all us pigeon fancier, his website may interest you all out there so here is the web address www.havenlofts.co.uk You will see a picture of me from the Doncaster show on the front page . We wish him the best of luck with his website.
22nd April 09
Well the weather has been good over the past few weeks and all of the birds are enjoying the weather. with plenty of exercise. The younger ones are still hopping from the roof to the board but great progress is being made.
10th April 09
The weather is looking good for the weekend so we are looking forward to having the birds out as much as possible over that time, Hope you all have a great Easter weekend. Remember if anyone is wishing to have their birds collected in either Dublin or Belfast over the weekend the 30th of April till the 2nd May then get in touch with me to make arrangements.
29th March 09
We have now updated the Site to include a The Birds page with the name of each entry's and their birds, The loft is filling up nicely now. The birds were able to get out yesterday for a while it was a bit windy but dry and their confidence is sarting to pick up round the loft. Not long till the next section will be out.
26th March 09
The Doncaster show was great, with lots of new entries being taken, we also collected lots of Birds that were ready to come to the loft. We were supposed to be at The Aberdare Show, however due to circumstances outwith my control we couldn't get a stand, so sorry to anyone how was hoping to meet us there. Get in touch and we'll try organise something for you. The birds are just starting to get out and about not doing much flying though. patience. we'll update with some pictures over the next couple of days.
11th March 09
Hi the first intake of birds are settled and well. their enjoying looking out at the world throught the wires. Hopefully if the weather is good we'll get them out within the next week, We'll be travelling down to the Doncaster dome on the 21st of March if anyone would like to enter the race or if you'd like me to collect your birds just bring them along to the show. We will also be visiting Dublin and Belfast mid April, I'm not sure of the exact dates as yet but as soon as I do I'll let you know through the website. So If your wanting me to collect your birds please get in touch to confirm arrangements for collection. If there is any questions please get in touch.
We'll also be updating the site with a bird list shortly.
24th Feburary 2009
Well the first of the birds have arrived with enteries from Spittalhill lofts in Ayrshire, Patrick Mcdonald of Glasgow. and G Mcgovern from Barrhead. The birds are settled into the loft and we look forward to more birds arriving through out the week.
18th February 2009
Everyone who has entered the race should have received a letter and the race rules over the past couple of days, If you didn't receive it then please get in touch. Its getting to that time when the birds start arriving to the loft, we've been disinfecting the loft ready for the new intake. We will be accepting birds into the loft on the following dates, from the 23rd february till the 28th February. 23rd March till the 31st March, The 20th April till the 30th April, Then from the 25th May to the 31st May. If these dates are not suitable for your breeding programme then please get in touch. As exception can be made but we feel that by restricting the dates of entry then it will be better for the birds. As we will keep the birds in four section with the birds being around the same ages in each section which should improve training etc. thats all for now. we will be in touch shortly.
2nd February 2009
Well things are getting ready now for the new season and new entrants will be receiving their confirmation and race rules out within the next week, Blackpool was a great sucess with lots of new entrants, Thanks to everyone that came over to speak to me over the weekend, we had a great weekend hope you all did to.
14th Nov 2008
Well here we go again. A brand new newsletter page for me to fill up...
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