CAR RACE HOT SPOT 5 & TRAINING RACE 14

[willie reynolds]

CAR RACE HOT SPOT 5 & TRAINING RACE 14
RESULTS.


Well firstly I would like to open this International Press Release by wishing everybody I know a Healthy & Prosperous New Year.

CAR RACE HOT SPOT 5 took place on Saturday 4th January 2014 from 324km (201 miles) and yet another world record breaking entry of 3,900 pigeons from 40 different countries, this staggering total was made up by 269 South African pigeons and 3,621 International pigeons and this figure included 299 from the United Kingdom and 51 from Ireland. It should be mentioned that for the same race last year a total of 2,960 pigeons were sent, so this year’s race resulted in a massive increase in 940 more pigeons.

The convoy were liberated at 05.30 in fine and clear conditions with a light head wind and a temperature of 18c (64f) and a fairly fast race was anticipated.

It should be mentioned that this CAR RACE HOT SPOT 5 broke all entry records for this actual race and there was a total of over US$200,000 (£133,334) to be won in this last hurdle before the Final Race. This total included a Brand New Motor Car, Car Race Hot Spot Prize Money, Car Race Hot Spot Averages Prize Money, 2-B and 3-B Averages Prize Money, Cascade Challenge Prize Money, Global & Regional Nomination Money, plus International Challenge Prize Money.

I logged onto LIVESTREAM bright and early at about 07.00 GMT (09.00 SA TIME) and the weather at the lofts looked lovely. I thought the pigeons would take just over 4 hours to complete the journey, arriving anytime after 09.30. All of a sudden at 09.23 I spotted a small gang of about 15 pigeons, they circled the lofts and then hit the top, two pigeons headed towards the traps and all of a sudden one passed over the electronic clocking pads and this turned out was the race winner today. Virtually as quick as this first bunch arrived another group of about 5 arrived, then another gang of about 12, then another gang of about 20 arrived, then 15 more and within just over 8 minutes the top 50 had been officially clocked. As usual some trapped and others just chased other pigeons around the top of the lofts and as in any race, but the general trapping was a great improvement than on some of the shorter races.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st OPEN goes to LAS VLADIMIR and JURAJ from SLOVAKIA with pigeon named JANA L, which was officially clocked at 09.24.16.73 to record a winning velocity of 1512ypm (52mph), performances to date were 3846th, 2772nd, 3250th, 49th, 1209th, 642nd, 3454th, 2764th, 988th, 1785th, 2064th, 707th, 2403rd, 889th, 1895th, 1454th and now 1st OPEN, then 2nd Maria Krempler from Austria, 3rd Jos Reilly – Team Ireland from Ireland, 4th Reinhold Schueler from Germany, 5th Jan Hooymans – Hu Zhen Yu from Netherlands, 6th Hamilton Racing from Australia, 7th Josef Hoelscher from Germany, 8th Gebrueder Reinhard from Germany, 9th Klaus Stieneker from Germany, 10th Hardy Krueger from Germany, 11th John Fukumoto from United States Of America, 12th Racing Team Illusion from Germany, 13th Stanescu and Dobre from Romania, 14th another for Jan Hooymans – Hu Zhen Yu from Netherlands, 15th Werner Buchloh from Germany, 16th Pieter Oberholster from United Kingdom, 17th Heinz Hansen from Germany, 18th Jorge Almeida Santos from Portugal, 19th Team Ruhr Buch-Koenn-Paul from Germany and 20th Rodeoup Loft from United States Of America. The top twenty in this result were separated by just 5 minutes 55.60 seconds and had 10 different countries represented, with 6 different countries taking the top 6 positions. What a great international result. This race resulted in 3,144 pigeons being officially recorded by 19.29, leaving 756 pigeons to make it back to the lofts by nightfall. Sunday morning the first pigeons started to roll in from 05.07 and by 18.59 a further 362 pigeons had homed making a total of 3,506 had returned which meant that just 394 (10.1%) pigeons were still missing. The Monday morning loft list showed 3,590 pigeons in the lofts, making 310 still to make it back to the lofts.

***THE BRAND NEW MOTOR CAR*** went to the pigeon that won 1st OPEN for LAS VLADMIR and JURAJ from SLOVAKIA with his pigeon named JANA L, with performances as mentioned above in the Open result. What a fantastic early “NEW YEAR PRESENT FOR THESE SLOVAKIAN FANCIERS”. I believe this is the first car that a Slovakian fancier/s have ever won a car in the SCMDPR/SAMDPR series. WELL DONE TO ALL CONCERNED.

***THE NINETEEN US$1,000 (£645) HOT SPOT CASH PRIZES*** were won by pigeons that took 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th & 21st OPEN. The pigeons that won 7th from Germany was Not-Activated so was not eligible to win a 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 REINHARD SCHUELER, TEAM A from GERMANY with his two pigeons named BIENE and SCHLUFFEN which took 4th and 83rd OPEN. The best UNITED KINGDOM team took 31st OPEN for PREMIER STUD UK SYNDICATE, TEAM D, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET and with two pigeons named PREMIER GOLD and PREMIER TRIPLE SEVEN and both bred by PREMIER STUD from PATRINGHAM HAVEN which took 36th and 1092nd OPEN. The best IRISH team took 30th OPEN for BOB DALY, TEAM A with his two pigeons named JAIL BIRD and WIZZO JNR that took 145th and 682nd.

***THE THREE BIRD AVERAGE & US$3,000 (£1,935) CASH PRIZE*** 1st PRIZE was won by JAN HOOYMANS – HU ZHEN YU, TEAM O from NETHERLANDS with his three pigeons named TYPHOON, DREAMCATCHER and INTIMIDATOR which took 47th, 58th and 108th OPEN. The best UNITED KINGDOM team took 10th OPEN for PIETER OBERHOLSTER, TEAM D from KEYSOE with his three pigeons named OBI BERNDINX 1, OBI S L 2 and OBI CLEMEN which took 431st, 724th and 1152nd OPEN. The best IRISH team took 48th OPEN for MORAN + BOWDEN, TEAM A with their three pigeons named LADY ELLEN, TINY TEGAN and ANDYMAN which took 409th, 1979th and 2174th OPEN.

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 16th OPEN went to PIETER OBERHOLSTER from KEYSOE and with pigeon named OBI ANUSKA which was officially clocked at 09.28.36.78 just 4 minutes 20.05 seconds behind the actual race winner, this pigeon had already won 1445th, 2684th, 5125th, 226th, 1316th, 1096th, 2008th, 2298th, 2461st, 431st, 2416th, 872nd, 2910th, 1743rd, 74th, 3048th and now 16th OPEN. Then 2nd UK, 29th Open Guys Lofts with pigeon bred by Graham Guy from Wolverhampton, 3rd UK, 36th Open Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 4th UK, 82nd Open Lucky Devils Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Bob Fenech from Attleborough, 5th UK, 103rd Open Woodhouse Lofts with pigeon bred by Nev Proctor from Brown Edge, 6th UK, 51st Open Bannister and Leech with pigeon bred by Steve Bannister from Featherstone, 7th UK, 132nd Open Finghall Lofts with pigeon bred by Keith Thompson from Doncaster, 8th UK, 136th Open another for Lucky Devils Syndicate and with pigeon bred by Bob Fenech from Attleborough, 9th UK, 140th Open Common View Lofts with pigeon bred by John Cooper from Pontypridd, 10th UK, 147th Open Mr & Mrs Andy Mabin from Buckfastleigh, 11th UK, 180th Open Station Masters, 12th UK, 216th Open Fairways Lofts with pigeon bred by Steve Burton from Pinxton, 13th UK, 219th Open Ultimate Collection with pigeon bred by Mark & Dickie Evans (Myrtle Lofts) from Whitley Bridge, 14th UK, 220th Open Nev & Angi Evans & Steve Cuthbert from Wolviston, 15th UK, 236th Open Mr & Mrs Paul Titcomb NFC Nom Cholet with pigeon bred by this partnership from Portishead, 16th UK, 259th Open Ken Darlington from Barry, 17th UK, 261st Open Mark Gilbert from Windsor, 18th UK, 266th Open Team Thomas with pigeon bred by Mike Kirby & Son from Asselby, 19th UK, 267th Open another pigeon for the Lucky Devils Syndicate and 20th UK, 276th Open another for Mark Gilbert from Windsor. This race resulted in 235 pigeons being officially clocked by 19.29, leaving 64 UK pigeons still to make it back to base camp. Another 33 UK pigeons were recorded on Sunday up to 18.59 making a total of 268 in the lofts, which meant just 31 (10.37%) were still missing. The Monday morning loft list showed 276 UK pigeons in the lofts, making 23 were still missing.

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st IRELAND, 3rd OPEN went to JOS REILLY – TEAM IRELAND with pigeon named JOS 15 which was officially clocked at 09.24.19.93, just 03.20 seconds behind the actual race winner, this winning pigeon has won 1752nd, 482nd, 1980th, 4280th, 2139th, 357th, 1244th, N/C, 524th, 780th, 1747th, 832nd, 791st, 2873rd, 818th, 832nd and now 3rd OPEN, then 2nd Ireland, 124th Open another for Jos Reilly – Team Ireland, 3rd Ireland, 145th Open Bob Daly, 4th Ireland, 169th Open Johnson - Leonard, 5th Ireland, 329th Open a third for Jos Reilly – Team Ireland and 6th Ireland, 330th Open Safet Duran. This race resulted in 40 Irish pigeons being officially clocked by 19.29, leaving 11 still to return to the lofts by darkness. Then up to 18.59 on Sunday a further 4 Irish pigeons had homed making the total of 44 in the lofts, leaving just 7 (13.73%) were still missing. The Monday morning loft list showed 45 Irish pigeons in the lofts, making 6 were still missing.

GLOBAL NOMINATIONS totalled US$34,447.95c (£22,965.30p) and had a total of 621 pigeons entered, with 2,429 Nominations, this total included 46 pigeons from the UNITED KINGDOM and 7 pigeons from IRELAND. There was three UK winners in this race and they were as follows:- PIETER OBERHOLSTER from KEYSOE taking 16th OPEN with OBI ANUSKA which won a cool US$1,496 (£997.33p) for its efforts, GUYS LOFTS took 29th OPEN with WENDYS CHOICE bred by GRAHAM GUY from WOLVERHAMPTON and this pigeon won US$646 (£430.67p), then COMMON VIEW LOFTS took 140th OPEN with WELSH QUEEN bred by JOHN COOPER from PONTYPRIDD and this pigeon won US$1,794.35c (£1,196.23p). WELL DONE TO ALL THE FANCIERS. REGIONAL NOMINATIONS in the UNITED KINGDOM had 31 pigeons entered and 127 nominations which totalled US$1,330.25c (£886.83p) and PIETER OBERHOLSTER from KEYSOE took 16th OPEN with pigeon named OBI ANUSKA and this won US$1,122 (£748) and COMMON VIEW LOFTS took 140th OPEN with WELSH QUEEN bred by JOHN COOPER from PONTYPRIDD won US$208.25c (£138.83p). WELL DONE TO ALL CONCERNED.

CASCADE CHALLENGE for CAR RACE HOT SPOT 5 there was a staggering record breaking total of $US33,478.50c (approx. £22,319) to be won and a grand total of 758 pigeons were entered which included 78 from the United Kingdom and 10 from Ireland. The nearest pigeon to winning the POT OF GOLD took 3rd OPEN for JOS REILLY – TEAM IRELAND representing IRELAND with pigeon named JOS 15 bred by JOS REILLY, just 03.20 seconds away from winning 1st OPEN and this fantastic jackpot. HARD LUCK JOS, YOU VERY NEARLY WON THE POT OF GOLD. The nearest UNITED KINGDOM pigeon took 29th OPEN for GUYS LOFTS with pigeon named WENDYS CHOICE bred by GRAHAM GUY from WOLVERHAMPTON. The best IRISH pigeon took 3rd OPEN and is mentioned above. This massive total of US$33,478.50c (£22,319) will now rollover to TRAINING RACE 14. GOOD LUCK TO ALL THAT ENTER.

THE OVERALL GRAND AVERAGES after 17 races are as follows:- 1st HERMAANN WIENEKAMP from GERMANY with his pigeon named NICKELODEAN with a combined flying time of 27.38.35.83, leading this category by just 6 minutes 5 seconds after taking 488th, 1460th, 417th, 1891st, 700th, 293rd, 1284th, 1086th, 1755th, 1566th, 121st, 611th, 57th, 711th, 542nd, 248th and now 62nd OPEN in the first seventeen races, a very consistent pigeon. There are 7 different countries represented in the top 10 in this category. 2nd is held by Frank Locante from United States Of America with his excellent pigeon named FI 052, 3rd is a Defaulter Pigeon and 4th 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 17 races are as follows:- 1st UK, 12th OPEN LUCKY DEVILS SYNDICATE, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET with pigeon named LUCKY VISION both bred by BOB FENECH from ATTLEBOROUGH with a combined flying times of 28.49.09.58 leading this category by over 24 minutes 22 seconds with performances of 312th, 3669th, 1602nd, 525th, 421st, 65th, 926th, 2088th, 510th, 896th, 1700th, 2123rd, 1928th, 1053rd, 243rd, 2226th and now 82nd OPEN in the first seventeen races, Bob’s team of pigeons that he entered into this race are certainly holding their own in the first seventeen races, 2nd UK, 63rd Open Mr & Mrs Brian & Mavis Clayburn from Ackworth with pigeon named I’ll Be Back, then 3rd UK, 121st Open Ashfields with pigeon named Ash Blue and 4th UK, 129th Open Alistair Hogg from Winchburgh with pigeon named At Last. There were 7 UK pigeons in the top 160 in the Open in this category. WELL DONE TO ALL CONCERNED.

IRISH OVERALL AVERAGES after 17 races are as follows:- 1st IRELAND, 115th OPEN BILLY WALLACE with his pigeon named MAUREEN with a combined flying time of 31.20.05.09 after taking 1407th, 2087th, 325th, 1686th, 3367th, 1129th, 1006th, 1598th, 235th, 1183rd, 2401st, 636th, 316th, 856th, 626th, 140th and now 716th OPEN in the first seventeen races. The next Irish pigeon holds 168th Open for Philip + Mark Smith with pigeon named The Gap. WELL DONE GUYS.

***THE CAR RACE HOT SPOT AVERAGES & US$5,000 (£3,334)*** was won by:- ELDORADO LOFTS CANADA from CANADA with his good pigeon named CARINO with a combined flying time of 15.32.09.53 winning this category by a clear 5 minutes with performances of 146th, 350th, 819th, 472nd and 35th in the five CAR RACE HOT SPOTS. The best UNITED KINGDOM pigeon took 6th OPEN for MR & MRS BRIAN & MAVIS CLAYBURN from ACKWORTH, with pigeon named I’LL BE BACK with a combined flying time of 15.46.27.06 with performances of 106th, 129th, 854th, 343rd and 456th in these 5 longer races. Also taking 9th OPEN was Rixshaw Syndicate with pigeon named Summer bred by Len Rix from Mildenhall. The best IRISH pigeon took 102nd OPEN for MORAN + BOWDEN with their pigeon named JOSEPHINE and with a combined flying time of 17.26.44.66 after winning 235th, 862nd, 2260th, 1292nd and 1348th in these 5 longer races.

***INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY CHALLENGE CASH PRIZES WITH 5 @ US$5,000 (£3,334) & 15 @ US$1,000 (£667)***:-
the pigeons that took 1st SLOVAKIA, 2nd AUSTRIA, 4th GERMANY, 5th NETHERLANDS and 11th OPEN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and all mentioned above in the OPEN result all won a US$5,000 (£3,334) cash prize for their efforts but unfortunately the pigeons that took 3rd IRELAND and 5th OPEN AUSTRALIA were not eligible as both were bred in the NETHERLANDS. The rules clearly state that pigeons have to be bred in the country of origin. The 10 US$1,000 (£667) cash prizes went to pigeons that took 13th ROMANIA, 16th UNITED KINGDOM, 18th PORTUGAL, 24th KUWAIT, 33rd BELGIUM, 35th CANADA, 70th SOUTH AFRICA, 80th SWITZERLAND, 85th CZECH REPUBLIC, 102nd SLOVENIA, 113th POLAND, 164th ZIMBABWE, 179th HUNGARY, 197th DENMARK and 243rd SOUTH KOREA.
Full result can be seen by logging onto www.samdpr.com

***CLUB CHALLENGE WINNERS*** which is a SOUTH AFRICAN competition was won by CLUB WYNBERG HOMING SOCIETY with pigeon named CONISTON BOY that took 265th OPEN and won ZAR25,000 (£1,667) for the club, then CLUB NYLSTROOM POSDUIF KLUB with pigeon named HATAS BIRDY that took 487th OPEN which won ZAR15,000 (£1,000) for this club and then CLUB CRUSADERS RPC with pigeon named CRUSADER TURBO that took 570th OPEN and won ZAR10,000 (£667) for the club. WELL DONE TO ALL THE CLUBS CONCERNED.

***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% (92) of the entered pigeons will move forward to the next race. This race resulted in 3 South African pigeon, 89 International pigeons, which included 8 UNITED KINGDOM and just 1 IRISH pigeons. THE KNOCKOUT FINAL ROUND 5 will be held on THE SOUTH AFRICAN MILLION DOLLAR FINAL RACE on SATURDAY 25th JANUARY 2014 and the first one of these remaining 92 KNOCKOUT PIGEONS clocked on the result will win the coveted “POT OF GOLD” US$25,000 (£16,667) FIRST PRIZE. GOOD LUCK TO ALL COMPETITORS IN THE FINAL RACE.

TRAINING RACE 14 took place on Wednesday 8th January 2014 from 52km (32 miles) and another world record breaking total for this race of 3,625 pigeons from 40 different countries were basketed and this included 243 South African pigeons and 3,382 International pigeons and this figure included 279 from the United Kingdom and 45 from Ireland. A total of 2,945 pigeons were sent to this same race last year, so this year showed a massive increase of 680 more entries.

The convoy were liberated at 08.20 with a light head wind, overcast conditions and with few clouds and a temperature of 19c (66f) and a fairly steady race was anticipated.

I logged on to LIVESTREAM at around 06.50 GMT (08.50 SA TIME) and weather looked fine but a bit overcast and with the palm tree at the back of the lofts bending in the wind, I expected the pigeons to arrive between 09.00 and 09.10 and at 09.05 a massive gang swung round the lofts, a few pigeons hit the lofts and the others did a lap of honour, then as the first batch landed another massive gang arrived, then another but 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 2,000 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 MISHAL EAD from KUWAIT with pigeon named MISHAL 122, which was officially clocked at 09.05.50.58 to record a velocity of 1225ypm (42mph), performances to date are 2214th, 124th, 215th, 608th, 2645th, 3646th, 1812th, 2455th, 106th, 49th, 3749th, 390th, 3437th, 510th, 831st, 7th, 2296th and now 1st OPEN, then 2nd Team lhr Lackdoktor from Germany, 3rd Nova Club from Belgium, 4th Dietmar Halatschek from Austria, 5th Rick Van Veldhuisen from United States Of America, 6th Nabeel Albaker from Kuwait,
7th Jos Reilly - Team Ireland from Ireland, 8th Georg Oswald from Germany, 9th Julta and Chipperfield from United Kingdom, 10th George White Flights from United Kingdom, 11th Harry Gerrits from Germany, 12th Wilhelm Stoll from Germany, 13th Karin u Sandra Broexkes from Germany, 14th Theo u Markus Lecke from Germany, 15th Team Faerm from Sweden, 16th Klaus Stieneker from Germany, 17th De Schrijver – Brantegem from Belgium, 18th Al-Abraq Loft from Kuwait, 19th Erwin u Ralf Schuermann from Germany and 20th Nitu Robert Petre from Romania. The top twenty were separated by just 08.75 seconds and there were 9 different countries represented in this result, with the first five positions going to different countries. A total of 3,506 pigeons were officially clocked up to 18.12, leaving 119 still to return to the lofts.

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 9th OPEN went to JULTA and CHIPPERFIELD with a pigeon named MISS HARRIS and bred by JULTA BROTHERS from UPTON PARK, which was officially clocked at 09.05.56.13 just 05.55 seconds away from the actual race winner, performances so far 143rd, 3149th, 139th, 4332nd, 4599th, 1504th, 3714th, 2750th, 2025th, 1596th, 3543rd, 863rd, 357th, 74th, 1611th, 84th, 2345th and now 9th OPEN, then 2nd UK, 10th Open George White Flights with pigeon bred by Kevin Parsons from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 3rd UK, 34th Open another for Julta and Chipperfield with another pigeon bred by Julta Brothers from Upton Park, 4th UK, 35th Open Lucky Devils Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Bob Fenech from Attleborough, 5th UK, 60th Open Keeping Up with The Jones with pigeon bred by Robbie Jones from Southampton, 6th UK, 75th Open Guys Lofts with pigeon bred by Graham Guy from Wolverhampton, 7th UK, 78th Open Carlos Dream Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with a pigeon bred by Jos Reilly from Dublin, 8th UK, 90th Open another for Lucky Devils Syndicate and bred by Bob Fenech from Attleborough,
9th UK, 91st Open a third for Lucky Devils Syndicate and with pigeon bred by Bob Fenech from Attleborough, 10th UK, 100th Open a fourth for Lucky Devils Syndicate and also bred by Bob Fenech from Attleborough, 11th UK, 117th Open another for Carlos Dream Syndicate and also bred by Jos Reilly from Dublin, 12th UK, 133rd Open a fifth for Lucky Devils Syndicate and also bred by Bob Fenech from Attleborough, 13th UK, 141st Open Mr & Mrs Andy Gregson from Preston, 14th UK, 153rd Open Woodhouse Lofts with pigeon bred by Nev Proctor from Brown Edge, 15th UK, 170th Open Guy Barrett OBE from Horsforth, 16th UK, 174th Open Amblers of Oxenhope with pigeon bred by Ken Ambler from Oxenhope, 17th UK, 188th Open Syndicates Beacon UK with pigeon bred by Ian Parsons from Penrith,
18th UK, 189th Open Mr & Mrs Andy Mabin from Buckfastleigh, 19th UK, 193rd Open another for Guy Barrett OBE from Horsforth and 20th UK, 196th Open John Bradley from Bilston. A total of 270 pigeons from the United Kingdom were officially recorded on the day by 18.12, leaving 9 still to make it back to base camp.

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st IRELAND, 7th OPEN went to JOS REILLY – TEAM IRELAND with his pigeon named JOS 10 and which was officially clocked at 09.05.54.53, just 03.95 seconds behind the actual race winner, this pigeon had previously won 4728th, 3110th, 4161st, 3927th, 2048th, 2463rd, 2919th, 3661st, 1331st, 2234th, 2383rd, 1950th, 234th, 134th, 274th, 1333rd, 124th and now 7th OPEN, Jos’s pigeons have been flying well throughout this race series, then 2nd Ireland, 150th Open Paul Poole and Son, 3rd Ireland, 221st Open Bernard Smyth – Gordon Brothers, 4th Ireland, 537th Open Boylan Lofts Ireland, 5th Ireland, 559th Open another for Jos Reilly – Team Ireland
and 6th Ireland, 613th Open Maurice O’Donnell. A total of 44 Irish pigeons were officially clocked by 18.12, leaving just 1 to make it back to the lofts on the day.

GLOBAL NOMINATIONS totalled US$6,120.85c (£4,081) and there was a total of 230 pigeons entered and this number contained 14 from the United Kingdom and 1 from Ireland. There were a total of 738 nominations in this race and there were no UK winners in this race. REGIONAL NOMINATIONS only totalled US$120.70c (£80.47p) and only 7 UK pigeons were entered with just 23 nominations and taking 188th OPEN was SYNDICATES BEACON UK with pigeon named MEABURN GLITZ and bred by IAN PARSONS from PENRITH and winning US$34 (£22.67p), then 649th OPEN was EMILIA LOFT UK with pigeon named PRINCESS IZABELLA and bred by SEBASTIABN SUSKI from SOUTHAMPTON winning US$10.20c (£6.80p) and then 813th OPEN LES & DERICK WELLBURN from ACKLAM with their pigeon named MEGAN which won US$76.50c (£51). WELL DONE GUYS.

CASCADE CHALLENGE had a staggering total of 593 entries, which included 67 from the United Kingdom and 9 from Ireland and a record breaking total of US$38,519 (£25,680) 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 2nd OPEN for TEAM lhr LACKDOKTOR from GERMANY with their pigeon named ERICH 3 and bred by DETLEF SCHUERING and missing out by just 00.09 seconds. This “POT OF GOLD” will now rollover to TRAINING RACE 15 on Saturday. GOOD LUCK TO ALL THAT DECIDE TO HAVE A LITTLE GAMBLE ON THEIR PIGEON OR PIGEONS. The nearest UNITED KINGDOM pigeon took 35th OPEN for LUCKY DEVILS SYNDICATE, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET and with pigeon named LUCKY COUNTESS which was bred by BOB FENECH from ATTLEBOROUGH, just 17.25 seconds away from the 1st OPEN position. The nearest IRISH pigeon took 7th OPEN for JOS REILLY – TEAM IRELAND with their pigeon named JOS 10 bred by JOS REILLY from DUBLIN which was just 03.95 seconds away from winning 1st OPEN. HARD LUCK JOS 3rd OPEN IN THE PREVIOUS RACE ALSO ONCE AGAIN JUST MISSING OUT ON THE “POT OF GOLD”. GOOD LUCK TO ALL ENTRANTS ON SATURDAY WHEN ONCE AGAIN THEIR WILL BE A RECORD CASH AMOUNT TO BE WON.

THE OVERALL GRAND AVERAGES after 18 races are as follows:- 1st OPEN HERMANN WIENEKAMP from GERMANY with his very consistent pigeon named NICKOLODEAN with a combined flying time of 28.28.38.21, this pigeon has taken 488th, 1460th, 417th, 1891st, 700th, 293rd, 1284th, 1086th, 1755th, 1566th, 121st, 611th, 57th, 711th, 542nd, 248th, 62nd & now 895th OPEN in its first eighteen races, it currently leading this category by 10 minutes 50 seconds. There are 9 different countries represented in the top 10, plus one Defaulter Pigeon which just goes to prove what a great international competition this really is. UNITED KINGDOM AVERAGES after 18 races are as follows:- 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 12th OPEN LUCKY DEVILS SYNDICATE, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET and with pigeon named LUCKY VISION and bred by BOB FENECH from ATTLEBOROUGH with A combined flying time of 29.37.51.11, this pigeon has taken 312th, 3669th, 1602nd, 525th, 421st, 65th, 926th, 2088th, 510th, 896th, 1700th, 2123rd, 1928th, 1053rd, 243rd, 2226th, 82nd and now 476th OPEN in its first eighteen races and it is currently leading this category by a clear 28 minutes 24 seconds. There are 7 UK pigeons that are currently in the top 151 in the Open in this category. IRISH AVERAGES after 18 races are as follows:- 1st IRELAND, 204th OPEN BILLY WALLACE with pigeon named MAUREEN with a combined flying time of 32.09.45.87, this pigeon has taken 1407th, 2087th, 325th, 1686th, 3367th, 1129th, 1006th, 1598th, 235th, 1183rd, 2401st, 636th, 316th, 856th, 626th, 140th, 716th and now 784th OPEN in its first eighteen races. This pigeon is currently just over one hour in front of the next Irish pigeon in this category.

***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 be 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.
Regency Lofts Limited, 2, Highmead, off Coltsfield, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex. CM24 8LJ. England. Telephone/Facsimile:- 01279-812005 (Int. Code:- +44-1279-812005). Mobile:- 07860-568216.
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