ADDITIONAL TRAINING RACE 01, CAR RACE etc -

[willie reynolds]

ADDITIONAL TRAINING RACE 01, CAR RACE
HOT SPOT 4 & TRAINING RACE 13 RESULTS.

LIVESTREAM was available once again for this race and will be used for every race from now on. This means that you can log on to the official web site:- www.samdpr.com and watch the pigeons arriving at the lofts as they fall out of the sky. It is fantastic to be able to look at the pigeons homing live, sitting nearly 6,000 miles away from the lofts.

I logged on early and watched the winning pigeons arrive home at 07.42 GMT (09.42 SA TIME). All of a sudden a gang of about 50 pigeons arrived first, quickly followed by two more similar size groups and then the pigeons literally just fell out of the sky and within a few minutes the lofts were covered by pigeons waiting to trap. The weather at the loft site looked very nice with a light wind but these top class pigeons seemed to manage the task that had been put in front of them. This really is new modern technology at its best.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING RACE 01 was an extra race that was included into the programme and also the Overall Averages to give the team of pigeons more experience after a few shorter tosses had to be missed out because of bad weather and this took place on Wednesday 18th December 2013 from 78km (48 miles) and yet another world record breaking 4,023 pigeons were basketed from 40 different countries, this staggering total was made up by 282 South African pigeons and 3,741 International pigeons and this included 313 from the United Kingdom and 57 from Ireland.

The convoy were liberated at 08.45 in fine and clear conditions, a few clouds and a light head wind, temperature of 19c (66f) and a good steady tough race was anticipated.

It should probably be mentioned that about the same time last year a total of 3,300 pigeons were still in the lofts, so this means that an extra 723 more pigeons made it to this ADDITIONAL TRAINING RACE 01. Surely this just goes to prove that by being careful with the pigeons in the early training tosses pays dividends in the end. The Loft Managers and Staff have done a magnificent job during these early tosses in very poor and testing weather conditions.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st OPEN went to TEAM MILLE from GERMANY with pigeon named KIMO 68 which was officially clocked at 09.42.55.10 to record 1482ypm (51mph), its previous performances were 1118th, 4583rd, 492nd, 3937th, 369th, 238th, 500th, 306th, 521st, 2402nd, 3105th, 2259th, 18th and now 1st OPEN, then 2nd
McLaughlin Lofts from United States Of America, 3rd Will Hartmut from Germany, 4th Josef Huber from Germany,
5th Filip and Nicolas Norman from Belgium, 6th Jan Hooymans – Hu Zhen Yu from Netherlands, 7th Ahmed 41 from Saudi Arabia, 8th Ken Easley – Silvercreek from United States Of America, 9th Erwin u Ralf Schuermann from Germany, 10th another for Erwin u Ralf Schuermann from Germany, 11th Team Stoertebeker from Germany, 12th De Schrijver – Brantegem from Belgium, 13th Racing Team Illusion from Germany, 14th Ganus Family Loft from United States Of America, 15th Nawaf Hajar from Kuwait, 16th Team Germany – Toni Deigner from Germany, 17th Cancio Brothers Loft from United States Of America, 18th another for Jan Hooymans – Hu Zhen Yu from Netherlands, 19th Carlos Avilla from United States Of America and 20th Ganus Family Loft SA from South Africa. The top 20 pigeons were separated by just 21.05 seconds and there were 7 different countries represented in this race result. A total of 3,764 pigeons were officially recorded up to 19.01, leaving 259 pigeons still to make it back to the lofts.

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 25th OPEN went to MANCHESTER MAESTROS with their pigeon named FEATHERS FROM HEAVEN and bred by CREHAN & O’CONNOR from SALFORD and which was officially clocked at 09.43.20.54 just 25.44 seconds away from the actual race winner, its performances so far are 736th, 1984th, 386th, 4751st, N/C, N/S, 101st, 154th, 507th, 650th, 1217th, 339th, 1527th and now 25th OPEN, then 2nd UK, 42nd Open Lucky Devils Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon named Lucky Reward that won 1st UK, 1st OPEN in the previous race and which was bred by Bob Fenech from Attleborough, 3rd UK, 47th Open Harman Syndicate, 4th UK, 55th Open Keeping Up With the Jones NFC Nom with pigeon bred by Robbie Jones from Southampton, 5th UK, 61st Open Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 6th UK, 70th Open Paul Smith Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with a pigeon bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon, 7th UK, 74th Open Julta and Chipperfield with pigeon bred by Julta Brothers from Upton Park, 8th UK, 90th Open Nev & Angie Evans and Steve Cuthbert from Wolviston, 9th UK, 94th Open another for Lucky Devils Syndicate, 10th UK, 96th Open Robbie & Jan Prettejohn and Mike Underhill from Plymouth, 11th UK, 98th Open another for Nev & Angie Evans and Steve Cuthbert from Wolviston, 12th UK, 108th a third for Lucky Devils Syndicate, 13th UK, 112th Open another for Keeping Up With The Jones with pigeon bred by Robbie Jones from Southampton, 14th UK, 122nd Open Mr & Mrs Andy Gregson from Preston, 15th UK, 125th Open Royal Lofts (Her Majesty The Queen) and with pigeon bred by Peter Farrow who is The Royal Loft Manager at Wolverton, 16th UK, 143rd Open Mark Gilbert from Windsor, 17th UK, 203rd Open Mabin Syndicate with pigeon bred by Andy Mabin from Buckfastleigh, 18th UK, 216th Open another for Mark Gilbert from Windsor, 19th UK, 243rd Open a fourth for Lucky Devils Syndicate and 20th UK, 301st Open a fifth for Lucky Devils Syndicate who once again in this series had an outstanding race. A total of 294 UK pigeons were officially clocked up to 19.01, leaving 19 pigeons still to return to the lofts.

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st IRELAND, 58th OPEN went to MM BYRNE with his pigeon named WAYNES WORLD which was officially recorded at 09.43.37.10, just 42.00 seconds after the actual race winner, its performances are 555th, 4748th, 1385th, 4811th, 703rd, 3093rd, 3788th, 1001st, 3094th, 1879th, 1205th, 658th, 3475th and now 58th OPEN, 2nd Ireland, 93rd Open Heping Yu, 3rd Ireland, 134th Open Jos Reilly - Team Ireland, 4th Ireland, 150th Open Philip + Mark Smith, 5th Ireland, 220th Open Maurice O’Donnell and 6th Ireland, 434th Open Bernard Smyth – Gordon Brothers. A total of 55 Irish pigeons were officially recorded up to 19.01, leaving just 2 pigeons to make it back to the lofts.

GLOBAL NOMINATIONS totalled US$8,993.85c (£5,996) and had 211 pigeons competing which included 12 from the UK and none from Ireland. There were a total of 721 nominations and there was only one UK winner which took 47th OPEN for HARMAN SYNDICATE with their pigeon named ONYX which won just US$22.10c (£14.73p). REGIONAL NOMINATIONS for the UK only had US$42.50c (£28.33p), with just 4 pigeons entered and with 7 nominations and the winner took 314th OPEN for SYNDICATES BEACON UK with pigeon named MEABURN GLITZ bred by IAN PARSONS from PENRITH.

CASCADE CHALLENGE totalled US$18,382.50c (£12,255) which could be won and had a total of 350 entries, which included 23 from the United Kingdom and 1 from Ireland. Once again this “POT OF GOLD” was not won and the nearest in this race took 5th OPEN for FILIP and NICOLAS NORMAN from BELGIUM with their pigeon named DARTAGNAN which missed out by just 02.59 seconds. The best UK pigeon took 47th OPEN for HARMAN SYNDICATE with their pigeon named ONYX. The best Irish pigeon took 1732nd OPEN for BERNARD SMYTH – GORDON BROTHERS with their pigeon named DIEGO S. This “POT OF GOLD” will now rollover to CAR RACE HOT SPOT 4 on Saturday when the “JACKPOT” should exceed US$20,000 (£13,334) for a US$10 (£6.67p) investment. This competition can only be won by a nominated pigeon and it has to win 1st OPEN to walk away with this great cash prize. GOOD LUCK TO ALL THAT ENTER THIS GREAT COMPETITION.

THE OVERALL GRAND AVERAGES after 14 races are as follows:- 1st DAVID MATIS from UNITED STATES OF AMERICA with his consistent pigeon named REVISION that has a combined flying time of 18.34.20.37 and has previously won 491st, 1861st, 260th, 364th, 241st, 349th, 23rd, 292nd, 663rd, 1753rd, 706th, 32nd, 1126th and now 190th OPEN in the first fourteen races. UNITED KINGDOM AVERAGES after 14 races are as follows:- 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 18th OPEN LUCKY DEVILS SYNDICATE, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET and with pigeon named LUCKY STAR that has a combined flying time of 19.24.12.65 and leading by a clear 39 minutes and which was bred by BOB FENECH from ATTLEBOROUGH and has won 1260th, 289th, 1280th, 963rd, 1061st, 114th, 57th, 304th, 3364th, 2181st, 308th, 1747th, 2545th and now 601st OPEN in the first fourteen races. Then 2nd UK, 50th Open another for Lucky Devils Syndicate with pigeon named Lucky Vision then 3rd UK, 80th Open Paul Smith Syndicate and with pigeon named Stansted Treasure which was bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon. IRISH AVERAGES after 14 races are as follows:- 1st IRELAND, 286th OPEN BILLY WALLACE with his pigeon named MAUREEN which has a combined flying time of 22.16.48.38 and which has won 1407th, 2087th, 325th, 1686th, 3367th, 1129th, 1006th, 1598th, 235th, 1183rd, 2401st, 636th, 316th and now 856th OPEN in the first fourteen races.

CAR RACE HOT SPOT 4 took place on Saturday 21st December 2013 from 274km (170 miles) and yet another world record breaking entry of 3,878 pigeons from 40 different countries, this staggering total was made up by 267 South African pigeons and 3,611 International pigeons and this figure included 305 from the United Kingdom and 56 from Ireland.

The convoy were liberated at 05.20 in fine and clear conditions with a light tail wind and a temperature of 18c (64f) and a fairly fast race was anticipated.

I logged onto LIVESTREAM bright and early at about 06.20 GMT (08.20 SA TIME) and the weather at the lofts looked lovely. After a few minutes a small gang of about 25/30 pigeons arrived, circled the lofts and hit the top but one trapped like a rocket, which as it turned out was the race winner. Virtually as quick as this first bunch had arrived another gang and then another gang arrived. As usual some trapped and others just chased other pigeons around the top of the lofts and as in any race, the first one through the traps and over the clocking pads was the winner.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st OPEN goes to BELGICA –DE WEERD (HENK DE WEERD) from NETHERLANDS with pigeon named GROOVY, which was officially clocked at 08.30.54.60 to record a winning velocity of 1566ypm (53mph), performances to date were 4766th, 4974th, 5214th, 2618th, 2341st, 1034th, 1661st, 1709th, 2021st, 2984th, 510th, 2228th, 3399th, 3066th and now 1st OPEN, then 2nd Jan Hooymans – Hu Zhen Yu from Netherlands, 3rd Lokman Serkan Aydin from Turkey, 4th Defaulter Pigeon, 5th Eldorado Lofts Canada from Canada, 6th Pripko – Svamy from Slovakia, 7th Jaworscy – Michalak from Poland, 8th Leon Van Rooyen from South Africa, 9th Team Siebert – Guenter from Germany, 10th Abdullah Bohaimed from Kuwait, 11th Van Seggelen – Wolvers from Netherlands, 12th Toni Deigner from Germany, 13th Gaby Vandenabeele from Belgium, 14th Carlos Dream Syndicate from United Kingdom, 15th Karel Klemens from Czech Republic, 16th Robert Leon Loft from United States Of America, 17th Xaver Heinloth from Germany, 18th Abdulla Al Thani from Qatar, 19th Ignace Vercauteren from Belgium and 20th Dr Melanie Herding from Germany. The top twenty in this result were separated by just 1 minute 23.54 seconds and had 15 different countries represented, with 8 different countries in the top 10. What a great international result. This race resulted in 3,610 pigeons being officially recorded by 19.10, leaving 268 pigeons to make it back to the lofts by nightfall. Sunday morning the first pigeons started to roll in from 05.17 and by 18.59 a further 131 pigeons had homed making a total of 3,741 had returned which meant that just (3,378%) pigeons were still missing. The Monday morning loft list showed 3,885 pigeons in the lofts, which is actually 7 more that went to the race, which shows that quite a few more pigeons returned from earlier races to make up this number.

***THE BRAND NEW MOTOR CAR*** went to the pigeon that won 1st OPEN for BELGICA DE WEERD (HENK DE WEERD) from NETHERLANDS with his pigeon named GROOVY , with performances as mentioned above in the Open result. What a smashing early “CHRISTMAS PRESENT” for this great friend of mine. It should also be noted that this is the second Brand New Motor Car that Henk has won in the SAMDPR series, which I personally believe has not been achieved by any other fancier since the organisers started presenting cars as prizes in Car Race Hot Spots numerous years ago.

***THE NINETEEN US$1,000 (£645) HOT SPOT CASH PRIZES*** were won by pigeons that took 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 20th, 21st, 22nd & 23rd OPEN. The pigeons that won 18th from Qatar and 19th from Belgium were Not-Activated so were not eligible to win these US$1,000 cash prizes. SURELY, IF A PIGEON IS WORTH ENTERING INTO THE RACE AT THE START, THEN IT MUST BE WORTH ACTIVATING ONCE THEY GET TO THE CAR RACE HOT SPOTS? Still the fancier that won a bonus US$1,000 cash prize are now all highly delighted, meaning that this pigeon has now already paid for itself. It should be noted that the CAR WINNER does not receive a US$1,000 Cash Prize. For the full results see Results & Listings on SAMDPR Web Site www.samdpr.com

***THE TWO BIRD AVERAGE & US$2,000 (£1,290) CASH PRIZE*** 1st PRIZE was won by PIETER OBERHOLSTER, TEAM B from UNITED KINGDOM with his two pigeons named OBI NETANYA and OBI ANUSKA which took 28th and 74th OPEN. The best UNITED KINGDOM team took 1st PRIZE for PIETER OBERHOLSTER from KEYSOE as mentioned above. The best IRISH team took 34th OPEN for JOS REILLY – TEAM IRELAND, TEAM C with two pigeons named JOS 8 and JOS 9 which took 108th and 575th OPEN.

***THE THREE BIRD AVERAGE & US$3,000 (£1,935) CASH PRIZE*** 1st PRIZE was won by LUCKY DEVILS SYNDICATE, TEAM I from UNITED KINGDOM, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET and with his three pigeons bred by BOB FENECH from ATTLEBOROUGH and named LUCKY PEARL, LUCKY HOPE and LUCKY VENTURE which took 58th, 216th and 500th OPEN. The best UNITED KINGDOM team took 1st PRIZE for LUCKY DEVILS SYNDICATE, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET and with three pigeons bred by BOB FENECH from ATTLEBOROUGH. The best IRISH team took 7th OPEN for JOS REILLY – TEAM IRELAND, TEAM C and with three pigeons named JOS 8, JOS 9 and JOS 7 which took 108th, 575th and 1005th.

WHAT A FANTASTIC DAY FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM RACE TEAM WITH TWO DIFFERENT ENTRANTS WINNING BOTH THE 2-BIRD AND 3-BIRD AVERAGE IN THE SAME RACE AGAINST SUCH TOP WORLD CLASS COMPETITION. WELL DONE TO ALL CONCERNED.

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 14th OPEN went to CARLOS DREAM SYNDICATE, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET with pigeon named CARLOS CHOICE which was bred by JOS REILLY from DUBLIN and which was officially clocked at 08.32.16.30 just 1 minute 21.69 seconds behind the actual race winner, this pigeon had already won 206th, 1165th, 51st, 907th, 1641st, 3236th, 669th, 230th, 149th, 58th, 3926th, 1157th, 960th, 489th and now 14th OPEN, this syndicate was formed after the untimely death of Carlo Napolitano who at that time was the Loft Manager for Her Majesty The Queen. Paul Smith, Eamon Kelly and Jos Reilly are all equal shareholders in this special syndicate. Then 2nd UK, 24th Open Lucky Devils Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Bob Fenech from Attleborough, 3rd UK, 28th Open Pieter Oberholster from Keysoe, 4th UK, 39th Open Woodhouse Lofts and with pigeon bred by Nev Proctor from Brown Edge, 5th UK, 49th Open Ian Crammond & Nigel Langstaff from Fontwell, 6th UK, 51st Open Manchester Maestros with pigeon bred by Crehan & O’Connor from Salford, 7th UK, 58th Open another for Lucky Devils Syndicate, 8th UK, 60th Open Mark Gilbert from Windsor, 9th UK, 72nd Open Mr & Mrs Andy Gregson from Preston, 10th UK, 74th Open another for Pieter Oberholster from Keysoe, 11th UK, 84th Open a third for the Lucky Devils Syndicate, 12th UK, 91st Open Syndicate Lofts UK with pigeon bred by Peter Fox from Bangor, 13th UK, 147th Open Station Masters, 14th UK, 148th Open Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 15th UK, 151st Open a fourth pigeon for the Lucky Devils Syndicate, 16th UK, 153rd Open Ultimate Collection with pigeon bred by Mark & Dickie Evans (Myrtle Lofts) from Whitley Bridge, 17th UK, 159th Open another for Syndicate Lofts UK with a [pigeon bred by Peter Fox from Bangor, 18th UK, 169th Open Bannister and Leech Syndicate with pigeon bred by Steve Bannister from Featherstone, 19th UK, 176th Open a fifth pigeon for the Lucky Devils Syndicate and 20th UK, 189th Open another for Mark Gilbert from Windsor. This race resulted in 269 pigeons being officially clocked by 19.10, leaving 36 UK pigeons still to make it back to base camp. Another 15 UK pigeons were recorded on Sunday up to 18.59 making a total of 284 in the lofts, which meant just 21 (6.89%) were still missing. The Monday morning loft list showed 294 UK pigeons in the lofts, making just 9 were still missing.

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st IRELAND, 108th OPEN went to JOS REILLY – TEAM IRELAND with pigeon named JOS 8 which was officially clocked at 08.33.04.70, just 2 minutes and 10.10 seconds behind the actual race winner, this winning pigeon has won 3031st, 3212th, 3788th, 4818th, 2988th, 3410th, 1394th, 1363rd, 77th, 967th, 1450th, 3149th, 1293rd, 981st and now 108th OPEN, then 2nd Ireland, 274th Open another for Jos Reilly – Team Ireland, 3rd Ireland, 462nd Open Bob Daly, 4th Ireland, 503rd Open another for Bob Daly, 5th Ireland, 543rd Open Maurice O’Donnell and 6th Ireland, 557th Open Johnson - Leonard. This race resulted in 48 Irish pigeons being officially clocked by 19.10, leaving 8 still to return to the lofts by darkness. Then up to 18.59 on Sunday a further 3 Irish pigeons had homed making the total of 51 in the lofts, leaving just 5 (8.93%) were still missing. The Monday morning loft list still showed 52 Irish pigeons in the lofts, making 4 were still missing.

GLOBAL NOMINATIONS totalled US$27,018.10c (£18,012) and had a total of 536 pigeons entered, with 1,988 Nominations, which included 32 pigeons from the UNITED KINGDOM and 7 pigeons from IRELAND. There were no UK or Irish winners. REGIONAL NOMINATIONS in the UNITED KINGDOM had 20 pigeons entered and 79 nominations which totalled US$720.80c (£480.54p) and two fanciers shared this money, LUCKY DEVILS SYNDICATE, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET and with pigeon named LUCKY REWARD which was bred by BOB FENECH from ATTLEBOROUGH took 176th OPEN and won US$711.45c (£474.30p), KEEPING UP WITH THE JONES (NFC NOM MESSAC) with pigeon named LITTLE RICH and bred by ROBBIE JONES from SOUTHAMPTON took 373rd OPEN and won US$9.35c (£6.24p). WELL DONE TO ALL CONCERNED.

CASCADE CHALLENGE for CAR RACE HOT SPOT 4 there was a staggering total of US22,862 (approx. £15,242) to be won and a grand total of 527 pigeons were entered which included 40 from the United Kingdom and just 5 from Ireland. The nearest pigeon to winning the POT OF GOLD took 5th OPEN for ELDOADO LOFTS CANADA from CANADA with pigeon named CONTIKI, just 1 minute 17.69 seconds away from winning 1st OPEN. The nearest UNITED KINGDOM pigeon took 176th OPEN for LUCKY DEVILS SYNDICATE with their consistent pigeon named LUCKY REWARD bred by BOB FENECH from ATTLEBOROUGH. The best IRISH pigeon took 743rd OPEN for LYONS and BLACKMORE with their pigeon named JACK THE LAD. This total of US$22,862 (£15,242) will now rollover to TRAINING RACE 13.

THE OVERALL GRAND AVERAGES after 15 races are as follows:- 1st FRANK LOCANTE from UNITED STATES OF AMERICA with his pigeon named FI 052 with a combined flying time of 21.52.36.12, leading this category by just 3 minutes 16 seconds after taking 961st, 1059th, 73rd, 719th, 72nd, 643rd, 238th, 1220th, 255th, 45th, 131st, 284th, 198th, 139th and now 330th OPEN in the first fifteen races, a very consistent pigeon. 2nd Koopman Racing Team from Netherlands with pigeon good named Otis. The truly amazing fact is that there are a total of 10 different countries represented in the top 20 in this category. UNITED KINGDOM OVERALL AVERAGES after 15 races are as follows:- 1st UK, 23rd OPEN LUCKY DEVILS SYNDICATE, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET with pigeon named LUCKY STAR both bred by BOB FENECH from ATTLEBOROUGH with a combined flying times of 22.59.57.24 leading this category by over 17 minutes 36 seconds with performances of 1260th, 289th, 1280th, 963rd, 1061st, 114th, 57th, 304th, 3364th, 2181st, 308th, 1647th, 2545th, 601st and now 1729th OPEN in the first fifteen races, Bob’s team of pigeons that he entered into this race are certainly holding their own in the first fifteen races, 2nd UK, 28th Open another for Lucky Devils Syndicate and named Lucky Vision, then 3rd UK, 48th Open Paul Smith Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon named Stansted Beauty bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon, 4th UK, 90th Open a third pigeon for the Lucky Devils Syndicate and named Lucky Venture. There were 12 UK pigeons in the top 198 in the Open in this category. WELL DONE TO ALL CONCERNED. IRISH OVERALL AVERAGES after 15 races are as follows:- 1st IRELAND, 218th OPEN BILLY WALLACE with his pigeon named MAUREEN with a combined flying time of 25.33.45.73 after taking 1407th, 2087th, 325th, 1686th, 3367th, 1129th, 1006th, 1598th, 235th, 1183rd, 2401st, 636th, 316th, 856th and now 626th OPEN in the first fifteen races. The next Irish pigeon holds 481st Open. WELL DONE GUYS.

***THE CAR RACE HOT SPOT AVERAGES*** after four races stand as follows:- 1st OPEN ABDULWAHAB ALI ALDAHOUM from KUWAIT with his pigeon named ALDAHOUM LOFT SELECTION with a combined flying time of 11.05.08.99 with 21st, 166th, 109th and 145th in the three CAR RACE HOT SPOT races held so far. The best UNITED KINGDOM pigeon holds 6th OPEN for Mr & Mrs BRIAN & MAVIS CLAYBURN from ACKWORTH, with pigeon named I’LL BE BACK with a combined flying time of 11.26.12.05 with performances of 106th, 129th, 854th and 343rd in these 4 races held so far. The best IRISH pigeon holds 156th OPEN for MORAN + BOWDEN with their pigeon named CAPTAIN CHRIS and with a combined flying time of 12.43.05.29 after winning 235th, 862nd, 2260th and 1292nd in these 4 races held so far.

***THE KNOCKOUT COMPETITION *** which carries a FIRST PRIZE of US$25,000 (£16,667) and is only open for pigeons that were fully paid for (ACTIVATED) prior to the Car Race Hot Spot 1. This fantastic competition attracted a record breaking total of 3,611 pigeons, which was made up by 214 South African pigeons, 3,397 International pigeons and this included 320 from the UNITED KINGDOM and 53 from IRELAND. The entry for this great competition in the 17th SAMDPR was 3,026 pigeons. The rules are as follows:- This competition will take place over the last four Car Race Hot Spot races and the Final Race. Only pigeons entered (ACTIVATED) prior to and basketed for the 1st Car Race Hot Spot will be eligible. Should any Car Race Hot Spot be cancelled one of the Training Races prior to the SAMDPR will be used to calculate the next round’s pigeons. Knocked Out pigeons still compete in all other competitions. KNOCKOUT ROUND 1 was held on HOT SPOT CAR RACE 2 and the first 65% (2,348) of the entered pigeons returning from this race will move forward to the next round. This race resulted in 141 South African pigeons, 2,207 International pigeons, which included 215 UNITED KINGDOM and 35 IRISH pigeons going through to KNOCKOUT ROUND 2 will be held on CAR RACE HOT SPOT 3 and the first 55% (1,293) of the entered pigeons returning from this race will move forward to the next race. This race resulted in 81 South African pigeons, 1,212 International pigeons, which included 119 UNITED KINGDOM and 19 IRISH pigeons. KNOCKOUT ROUND 3 was held on HOT SPOT CAR RACE 4 and the first 35% (453) of the entered pigeons returning from this race moved forward to the next race. This race resulted in 25 South African pigeons, 453 International pigeons, which included 35 UNITED KINGDOM and 7 IRISH pigeons. KNOCKOUT ROUND 4 will be held on CAR RACE HOT SPOT 5 and the first 20% (91) of the entered pigeons will move forward to the next race. KNOCKOUT FINAL ROUND 5 will be held on THE SOUTH AFRICAN MILLION DOLLAR FINAL RACE on SATURDAY 25th JANUARY 2014 and the first remaining KNOCKOUT PIGEON clocked on the result will win the coveted US$25,000 (£16,667) FIRST PRIZE. GOOD LUCK TO ALL COMPETITORS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

TRAINING RACE 13 took place on Saturday 28th December 2013 from 121km (75 miles) and another world record breaking total for this race of 3,903 pigeons from 40 different countries were basketed and this included 274 South African pigeons and 3,629 International pigeons and this figure included 294 from the United Kingdom and 52 from Ireland. A total of 2,971 pigeons were sent to this same race last year, so this year showed a massive increase of 932 more entries.

The convoy were liberated at 08.00 with a light tail wind, fine, clear conditions and with few clouds and a temperature of 19c (66f) and a fairly fast race was anticipated. However, heavy afternoon rain and strong head winds were forecast and expected at the lofts during the early afternoon, which might hold back some of the latecomers. This actually happened around 14.15 when the temperature was only 21c (70f) and it lasted for around one hour but as usual pigeons still managed to home during this rain.

I logged on to LIVESTREAM at around 07.10 GMT (09.10 SA TIME) and weather looked fine with blue sky and with the palm tree at the back of the lofts bending in the wind, I expected the pigeons to arrive around 09.15 and a massive gang swung round the lofts, two pigeons hit the lofts and the others did a lap of honour, then as the first batch landed one of the first pigeons to land trapped to take the No. 1 spot followed by another and another, then as usual on these shorter races within minutes there were literally hundreds of pigeons on the top of the lofts. Within five minutes there were probably over 1,000 pigeons sitting outside and as usual in these short races, those that trap first win the glory. I am sure as the pigeons get further up the road, the trapping will improve as they will have been flying longer and will want to trap for food and water.

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st OPEN goes to TEAM WALDECK from GERMANY with pigeon named WOODHOO and bred by SIEGBERT WANDRACH, which was officially clocked at 09.16.46.85 to record a velocity of 1715ypm (58mph), performances to date are 826th, N/C, 3659th, 2399th, 1324th, 3506th, 2222nd, 795th, 1637th, 644th, 373rd, 18th, 275th, 26th, 1377th and now 1st OPEN, then 2nd City Brothers Lofts Malta from Malta, 3rd Club Nawaf Hajar from Kuwait, 4th Hartwig Sieweke from Germany, 5th Tommy Dedchpong from Australia, 6th Luc Van Den Broeke from Belgium, 7th Mishal Ead from Kuwait, 8th Jamal Mutlak from Kuwait, 9th Jan Hooymans – Hu Zhen Yu from Netherlands, 10th Nabel Albaker from Kuwait, 11th Team Dixi from Germany, 12th Ahsan Khan from United States Of America, 13th Klaus Wuestefeld from Germany, 14th Karl Heinz Lang from Germany, 15th Helmut u Alfons Klaas from Germany, 16th Soo-Byoung Lee from South Korea, 17th Team Bertlich from Germany, 18th Mark Gilbert from United Kingdom, 19th Harry Gerrits from Germany and 20th Team Ruhr Buch-Koenn-Paul from Germany. The top twenty were separated by just 51.75 seconds and there were 9 different countries represented in this result. A total of 3,768 pigeons were officially clocked up to 18.22, leaving 135 still to return to the lofts. By nightfall of Sunday 3,823 pigeons were accounted for, leaving just 80 still missing. The Monday morning loft list showed 3,832 pigeons in the lofts meaning that just 71 were still missing.

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 18th OPEN went to MARK GILBERT from WINDSOR with his pigeon named SOUTHFIELD VIRGO, which was officially clocked at 09.17.37.50 just 50.65 seconds away from the actual race winner, performances so far were 4956th, 353rd, 1684th, 2140th, 3393rd, 1600th, 1063rd, 3072nd, 22nd, 2755th, 2498th, 2613th, 2538th, 216th, 60th and now 18th OPEN, then 2nd UK, 28th Open Pieter Oberholster from Keysoe, 3rd UK, 33rd Open The Farrier with pigeon bred by Brian Greenley from Swinton, 4th UK, 34th Open Ian Crammond & Nigel Langstaff from Fontwell, 5th UK, 38th Open Paul Smith Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon, 6th UK, 50th Open Carlos Dream Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with a pigeon bred by Jos Reilly from Dublin,
7th UK, 51st Open McMorrine Brothers from Carlisle, 8th UK, 55th Open Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 9th UK, 60th Open Emilia Loft UK and with pigeon bred by Sebastian Suski from Southampton, 10th UK, 72nd Open Mr & Mrs Andy Mabin from Buckfastleigh, 11th UK, 84th Open Julta and Chipperfield with pigeon bred by Julta Brothers from Upton Park, 12th UK, 85th Open Ken Darlington from Barry, 13th UK, 90th Open Lucky Devils Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Bob Fenech from Attleborough,14th UK, 109th Open Alistair Hogg from Winchburgh, 15th UK, 111th Open another for Lucky Devils Syndicate with another pigeon bred by Bob Fenech from Attleborough, 16th UK, 122nd Open Nev & Angie Evans and Steve Cuthbert from Wolviston, 17th UK, 154th Open Bamfords Top Flight with pigeon bred by Alan Bamford from Leyland, 18th UK, 160th Open Finghall Lofts with pigeon bred by Keith Thompson from Doncaster, 19th UK, 194th Open another for Ian Crammond & Nigel Langstaff from Fontwell and 20th UK, 242nd Open Paul Smith Syndicate with another pigeon bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon. A total of 286 pigeons from the United Kingdom were officially recorded on the day by 18.22, leaving 8 still to make it back to base camp. Four more UK pigeons returned during Sunday, leaving just 4 to return to the lofts. The Monday morning loft list showed that 291 UK pigeons were in the lofts, leaving just 3 to return.

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st IRELAND, 65th OPEN went to JOS REILLY – TEAM IRELAND with his pigeon named JOS 9 and which was officially clocked at 09.17.54.05, just 1 minute 07.20 seconds behind the actual race winner, this pigeon had previously won 374th, 2611th, 1713rd, 3841st, 3208th, 3650th, 1506th, 3728th, 1566th, 3467th, 654th, 767th, 228th, 1802nd, 575th and now 65th OPEN, then 2nd Ireland, 135th Open MM Byrne, 3rd Ireland, 140th Open Billy Wallace, 4th Ireland, 308th Open Pat Maher, 5th Ireland, 360th Open another for Jos Reilly – Team Ireland and 6th Ireland, 414th Open Moran + Bowden. A total of 49 Irish pigeons were officially clocked by 18.22, leaving just 3 to make it back to the lofts on the day. Just one more Irish pigeon returned on the Sunday, leaving 2 to make it home. The Monday morning loft list still showed 50 Irish pigeons in the lofts, leaving 2 to return.

GLOBAL NOMINATIONS totalled US$9,627.10c (£6,419) and there was a total of 323 pigeons entered and this number contained 14 from the United Kingdom and 3 from Ireland. There were a total of 995 nominations in this race and there were two UK winners in this race and that was 33rd OPEN for THE FARRIER with pigeon named FARRIER’S QUEST which was bred by BRIAN GREENLEY from SWINTON and he picked up US$85 (£56.67p) for his efforts and 60th OPEN for EMILIA LOFT UK with pigeon named PRINCESS IZABELLA and bred by SEBASTIAN SUSKI from SOUTHAMPTON which won US$51 (£34) for its efforts. REGIONAL NOMINATIONS only totalled US$112.20 (£74.80p) and only 5 UK pigeons were entered with just 18 nominations and taking 60th OPEN was EMILIA LOFT UK with pigeon named PRINCESS IZABELLA and bred by SEBASTIAN SUSKI from SOUTHAMPTON and winning just US$10.20c (£6.80p), then 279th OPEN was LES & DERICK WELLBURN from ACKLAM winning US$102 (£68). WELL DONE GUYS.

CASCADE CHALLENGE had a staggering total of 491 entries, which included 30 from the United Kingdom and 4 from Ireland and a record breaking total of US$27,035.50c (£18,024) was up for grabs in today’s race but one again this great cash prize was not won and the nearest pigeon to winning the POT OF GOLD took 10th OPEN for NABEEL ALBAKER from KUWAIT with his pigeon named ALDAHOUM L and missing out by just 46.15 seconds. This POT OF GOLD will now rollover to CAR RACE HOT SPOT 5 on Saturday. GOOD LUCK TO ALL THAT DECIDE TO HAVE A LITTLE GAMBLE ON THEIR PIGEON OR PIGEONS. The nearest UNITED KINGDOM pigeon took 34th OPEN for IAN CRAMMOND & NIGEL LANGSTAFF from FONTWELL with pigeon named FONTWELL LUCKY BEGGAR which was bred by this partnership. The nearest IRISH pigeon took 596th OPEN for BERNARD SMYTH – GORDON BROTHERS with their pigeon named EMERALD FIGHTER.

THE OVERALL GRAND AVERAGES after 16 races are as follows:- 1st OPEN FRANK LOCANTE from UNITED STATES OF AMERICA with his very consistent pigeon named FI 052 with a combined flying time of 23.11.27.42, this pigeon has taken 961st, 1059th, 73rd, 719th, 72nd, 643rd, 238th, 1220th, 255th, 45th, 131st, 284th, 198th, 139th, 330th & now 224th OPEN in its first sixteen races, it currently leading this category by 5 minutes 41 seconds. There are 5 different countries represented in the top 10. UNITED KINGDOM AVERAGES after 16 races are as follows:- 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 25th OPEN LUCKY DEVILS SYNDICATE, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET and with pigeon named LUCKY STAR and bred by BOB FENECH from ATTLEBOROUGH with A combined flying time of 24.31.04.72, this pigeon has taken 1260th, 289th, 1280th, 963rd, 1061st, 114th, 57th, 304th, 3364th, 2181st, 308th, 1647th, 2545th, 601st, 1729th and now 2734th OPEN in its first sixteen races and it is currently leading this category by a clear 13 minutes 24 seconds. Then 2nd UK, 29th Open another for the Lucky Devils Syndicate, pigeon named Lucky Vision also bred by Bob Fenech from Attleborough, 3rd UK, 44th Open Paul Smith Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon named Stansted Treasure and bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon. There are 11 UK pigeons that are currently in the top 183 in the Open in this category. IRISH AVERAGES after 16 races are as follows:- 1st IRELAND, 204th OPEN BILLY WALLACE with pigeon named MAUREEN with a combined flying time of 26.52.06.18, this pigeon has taken 1407th, 2087th, 325th, 1686th, 3367th, 1129th, 1006th, 1598th, 235th, 1183rd, 2401st, 636th, 316th, 856th, 626th and now 140th OPEN in its first sixteen races.

***SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT*** I am sorry that I can’t add all the information about who bred all the pigeons or where they live but I can only publish details which I am in possession of. If there are no details besides your winning pigeon/s then please contact me on reglofts@aol.com with your details and I will include these in later Press Reports. I like to give all the entrants and breeders all the credit they and their pigeons deserve when they manage to get in the results. Your help in this matter will be greatly appreciated.

The training and race programme will consist of daily training tosses (except Sundays) and twenty-four (24) official races on Saturday’s and Wednesday’s. Next event will HOT SPOT CAR RACE 5 on Saturday 4th January 2014 from 350km (218 miles), then Training Race 14 on Wednesday 8th January 2014 from 50km (31 miles), then Training Race 15 on Saturday 11th January 2014 from 80km (50 miles), then Training Race 16 on Wednesday 15th January 2014 from 80km (31 miles), then the penultimate Training Race 17 on Saturday 18th January 2014 from 125km (78 miles) and then THE SOUTH AFRICAN MILLION DOLLAR PIGEON RACE on Saturday 25th January 2014 from 550km (342 miles). All these races will be officially listed for all to see and view on the SAMDPR Web Site. Of course the weather conditions will have to be right for all of these races to take place, if not they will be basketed and liberated on another day when the weather forecast is better and the Race Director’s decision will be final. The object of this great race from day one has always been to get as many pigeons to the “FINAL RACE” as possible and give all fanciers, competitors and entrants a fair chance in the “FINAL RACE”. Only races of 80km (approx. 50 miles) will count towards The South African Million Dollar Overall ACE PIGEON Averages, which has a total of three cash prizes of US$10,000 (approx. £6,666), US$5,000 (approx. £3,333) and US$2,500 (approx. £1,666) for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in this category.

NOMINATION RACES will be held on numerous TRAINING RACES, plus the HOT SPOT CAR RACES 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and of course the FINAL RACE. See SAMDPR Web Site for full details. All these races will have US$1, US$2, US£5, US$10, US$20, US$50 & US$100 REGIONAL and US$1, US$2, US$5, US$10, US$20, US$50 & US$100 GLOBAL NOMINATIONS which can be placed on THE SOUTH AFRICAN MILLION DOLLAR Web Site. If you wish to enter any of these GLOBAL or REGIONAL NOMINATIONS, you will have to have credit in your ASI Master Account. If you do not have credit then please forward funds to your Race Shipper so that this can be transferred to your Master Account in time to get your NOMINATIONS placed. Please do not leave it to the last minute to transfer funds as the transfer may not go through in time and this could result in your pigeon or pigeons not winning what they should be rewarded with. This year you can now also place funds directly onto your AS Account with the use on PayPal. Just log onto your AS Account and you will be guided through the process and shown how to proceed.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL CONCERNED AND REGULAR “PRESS RELEASES”, “NEWSLETTERS” AND “UPDATES” WILL BE SENT OUT TO ALL COMPETITORS/ENTRANTS AND SYNDICATE SHAREHOLDERS ON A WEEKLY BASIS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. ALSO WEEKLY “PRESS RELEASES” WILL BE SENT OUT TO BOTH OUR TWO PIGEON PUBLICATIONS NAMELY THE “BRITISH HOMING WORLD” AND “”THE RACING PIGEON” PLUS IT WILL ALSO BE ON THE REGENCY LOFTS WEB SITE www.regencylofts.com FOR ALL TO VIEW.

***SPECIAL NOTICE*** One point that should be pointed out to all competitors and entrants is that only your NUMBER 1 pigeons is “ACTIVATED” (FULLY PAID UP ENTRY) with the other TWO (2) pigeons in each of your “TEAM OF 3” being your RESERVES or BACK-UP PIGEONS. Another point worth mentioning is if you happened to lose your NUMBER 1 PIGEON, your NUMBER 2 PIGEON would replace it FREE OF CHARGE and likewise if you then lost your NUMBER 2 PIGEON, your NUMBER 3 PIGEON would then replace that one FREE OF CHARGE. If you were unlucky enough to lose all your entries of 3 pigeons in any of your “TEAMS” and they had won no “Special Prize Money” in the new HOT SPOT CAR RACES 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 then you are entitled to a FREE ENTRY into the 19th SAMDPR and all you have to pay is the Registration Fee of US$25 and the official shipping/export costs.

This of course represents great value for your money. All pigeons go to every training toss and Saturday and Wednesday races providing they are fit enough but can only compete for any of the allocated PRIZE MONEY or SPECIAL AWARDS in the 5 x HOT SPOT CAR RACES if they are “ACTIVATED” and that means that these must be paid for prior to the HOT SPOT CAR RACE 1, which took place on SATURDAY 16th NOVEMBER 2013 from 150km (approx. 93 miles). However, if you decide not to “ACTIVATE” your Reserve Pigeon/s before this date, you can go ahead and “ACTIVATE” them prior to any other CAR RACE HOT SPOT and then they will be eligible to fly for the prize money allocated to that race and all future races. The cost to “ACTIVATE” these “RESERVES or BACK-UP PIGEONS” is US$1,000 (approx. £645)(MAY CHANGE SLIGHTLY DEPENDING ON CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATE AT THE TIME) but that will then entitle all these fully paid up pigeons to compete and be eligible to fly for all the extra cash prizes and special awards that amounts to close to US$300,000 (approx. £200,000). The one thing to remember is that once your reserve pigeon or pigeons are fully paid for, if then they get lost and have won no prize money or special awards in the Special Money Races, then you get this money refunded (less about US$15 (£10) for bank charges) or you can have it added to your ASI account, which can then be used to purchase another pigeon at a later date and be entered into the Final Race under your name or syndicate or even under another name of your choice. So as you can see it is “BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY” and pay for them early, after all you have nothing to lose.
HOW MANY OTHER RACES IN THE WORLD OFFER THIS SORT OF OPTION TO COMPETITORS AND ENTRANTS?

***WHAT CAN BE WON DURING THIS 2013/14 RACE SERIES*** Prizes and awards now add up to a staggering US$1.7 Million American Dollars £1.13 Million Pounds) and these include 5 x Brand New Motor Cars, 1 for each of the 5 x Car Races, 95 x US$1,000 Hot Spot Cash Prizes (it should be noted that the Motor Car Winner does not receive a US$1,000 Cash Prize), split into 19 x US$1,000 Cash Prizes for each of the 5 x Car Race Hot Spots, a US$5,000 Car Race Hot Spot Ace Pigeon Award for the best pigeon in these 5 races, 5 x US$5,000 Country Cash Prizes on the Car Race Hot Spot 5, plus numerous other US$1,000 Cash Prizes, these prizes are for the first pigeon from each country in the result, the first five different countries take the US$5,000 prizes, then after that US$1,000 prizes. A Two Bird Average Competition and a US$2,000 Cash Prize in each of the 5 x Car Race Hot Spots, A Three Bird Average Competition and a US$3,000 Cash Prize in each of the 5 x Car Race Hot Spots, The South African Million Dollar Ace Pigeon Award carries US$17,500 in Prize Money, split into three cash prizes with 1st US$10,000, 2nd US$5,000 and 3rd US$2,500 Cash Prizes for the 3 pigeons with the best overall average in all the Official Training Races over 50km (31 miles) and 5 x Car Race Hot Spots and the Final Race. There will also be a Knockout Winner Competition and US$25,000 Prize Money, which starts on the Car Race Hot Spot 2 and the winner is the first one to be clocked in the “FINAL RACE” (over the past few years there has been around 40/60 pigeons still left in this competition). Then in the “FINAL RACE” on the 25th January 2014 there are also 10 magnificent gold pendants to be won and around US$950,000 American Dollars in Prize Money and 300 cash prizes being on offer. THE ZANDY MEYER MEMORIAL RACE & US$1,000 (approx. £645) NOMINATION will also take place on the “FINAL RACE” and the winning will be A BRAND NEW MERCEDES BENZ SLK 555 AMG MOTOR CAR, worth a staggering US$85,000 (approx. £55,000). (ONLY “ACTIVATED” PIGEONS ARE ELIGIBLE TO COMPETE FOR ANY OF THESE SPECIAL CASH PRIZES OR AWARDS). PRIZE MONEY ALLOCATED TO THE 18th SOUTH AFRICAN MILLION DOLLAR “FINAL RACE” IS AS FOLLOWS:-
1st US$125,000 (approx. £83,333), 2nd US$80,000 (approx. £53,000), 3rd US$60,000 (approx. £40,000), 4th US$40,000 (approx. £26,666), 5th US$30,000 (approx. £20,000), 6th to 10th US$15,000 (approx. £10,000), 11th/20th US$8,000 each (approx. £5,333), 21st/30th US$4,000 each (approx. £2,666), 31st/100th US$2,500 each (approx. £1,666), 101st/150th US$2,000 each (approx. £1,333), 151st/300th US$1,000 each (approx. £666). (Subject to terms and conditions of entry). The actual cash prizes stated above represent exchange rates at the current time and may of course change at the time of each race depending what the currency exchange rate is on that race day.

It is worth mentioning that six brand new cars have been won by fanciers representing the United Kingdom Team in the last seven years, Richard Elliott and Chris Gordon both won new cars during the 2005/6 race series and Paul & Dave McCarthy won one a new car during the 2006/7 series. During the 2011/12 race series fanciers from the UK won a staggering 3 x brand new motor cars and these were Nev & Angi Evans & Steve Cuthbert, Robert & Peter Montila and then Phil Bond. This in itself was an outstanding team performance. No other country has ever won three cars on the trot. The Irish fancier named John Nash also won a brand new car in the 2008/9 race series. I am hopeful that somebody from the United Kingdom or Ireland will also win one or maybe more brand new cars during the 2013/14 race series. GOOD LUCK TO ALL COMPETITORS.

I would also just like to notify fanciers that my weekly “INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE”, “NEWSLETTERS” and “UPDATES” can now also be seen on the following pigeon web sites:- www.regencylofts.com www.iprr.co.uk www.elimarpigeons.com www.pigeonportal.com www.pigeonglobe.co.uk www.cyberpigeon.co.uk www.pigeonbasics.com www.pigeoncare.nl www.starpigeons.com www.pigeonpixels.co.uk plus of course they will also be published in the “”BRITISH HOMING WORLD” and “THE RACING PIGEON” weeklies for all to see.

The race date for THE 19th SOUTH AFRICAN MILLION DOLLAR PIGEON RACE has already been agreed and confirmed and this will once again take place in fabulous Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday 24th January 2015. If you are interested in participating or acting a Country Race Team Shipper, then please contact me as soon as possible on 01279-812005 or my mobile 07860-568216 or SMS or email on reglofts@aol.com and I will give you all the information you require. My two proposed shipping dates for THE 19th SAMDPR will take about the middle of JUNE 2014 and then the second one should be around the first week of JULY 2014. Of course these two dates will be confirmed nearer the time.

If you have any questions about any aspect of THE SOUTH AFRICAN MILLION DOLLAR PIGEON RACE, then please contact me as soon as possible on 01279-812005 or my mobile 07860-568216 or by SMS or email at reglofts@aol.com and I will do my best to answer any of your questions or queries.

These “INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASES” do take a lot of my time to prepare and I try to get as much into them as possible, unfortunately some time, some information will not be to hand when the print deadline is reached so can’t be included in that report. I can only apologise if I leave something out but I can assure everybody that I do my best to get as much information as possible to put into each of these press reports.

IF ANY PIGEON FANCIER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE MY WEEKLY “INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASES”, “NEWSLETTERS” AND “UPDATES” BY EMAIL, THEN ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS EMAIL ME THEIR ACTUAL EMAIL ADDRESS I WILL PUT THEM ON MY EMAIL DATABASE AND I WILL THEN FORWARD THEM ALL THE INFORMATION BY EMAIL ON A REGULAR BASIS.

Paul Smith.
United Kingdom Race Team Shipper & International Race Co-ordinator for The 18th South African Million Dollar (The Greatest & Biggest One Loft Pigeon Race In The World Today! and also “The Race With The Proven Track Record”), which is due to be held in Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday 25th January 2014.
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