19th SAMDPR - Car Race 5 & Training Race 13

[willie reynolds]

“INTERNATIONAL PRESS REPORT”
THE 19th SOUTH AFRICAN MILLION DOLLAR
(THE RACE WITH THE PROVEN TRACK RECORD)
(THE GREATEST PIGEON RACE IN THE WORLD)
DUE TO BE HELD IN LINBRO PARK, SANDTON,
SOUTH AFRICA ON SATURDAY 24th JANUARY 2015.

RESULTS TRAINING RACE 13 & HOT SPOT
CAR RACE 5.


TRAINING RACE 13 took place on Wednesday 31st December 2014 from 74km (46 miles) and a total of 2,727 pigeons from 34 different countries took part and this total included 2,542 international pigeons which in turn included 163 pigeons from the United Kingdom and 41 pigeons from Ireland, plus 185 pigeons from South Africa.

The convoy were liberated at 08.05 in cool and cloudy conditions with a temperature of 15c (58f) with a light head wind. As the day moved forward the temperature would rise to around 31c (90f) at about 14.00 with the possibility of the odd rain shower, which hopefully would not be a problem to most of the pigeons because they should be home in the lofts before this rain arrived. A reasonably steady race was anticipated by the loft staff.

LIVESTREAM was available to watch online and I logged in bright and early at 06.50 (GMT) or 08.50 (SA) time as I thought the winning pigeons should arrive just about on the hour. Once again it was very windy and the palm tree in the garden was and always is a good guide to see which way the wind is blowing, the sky was heavy leaden clouds and no sun. Once again I did not have to wait long as all of a sudden bang on line at 09.03 a gang of around 50 pigeons appeared in the sky, they swung round and tried to land but the wind made if difficult but finally another group of over 50 pigeons swung round and they hit the top of loft 2, (the one nearest the warehouse in the next property), a few flew over on to loft 1 to trap. Then as usual it became a trapping test and those first through the traps took the honours. Within a few minutes there were literally hundred sitting on top of the lofts. It really is great viewing from nearly 6,000 miles away. If you have not logged on yet, treat yourself on the next race, you will just love the experience I assure you.

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st OPEN went to IVAN DIMITROV from BULGARIA with his pigeon named FAVOURITE BOY which was officially clocked at 09.04.40.23 to record a velocity of 1350ypm (46mph), 2nd Madison Lofts from United States Of America, 3rd Tom Schilling from United States Of America, 4th Richard Callahan from United States Of America, 5th Rachel Olivieri from United States Of America, 6th Team Sasse – Welzel from Germany, 7th Klaus Steineker from Germany, 8th Wellman - White - Gaddin from South Africa, 9th Mitch Dejlitko from United States Of America, 10th Chris Rounds from United States Of America, 11th Team Allen Voraus from Germany, 12th Sheikh Mishal Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani from Qatar, 13th Carlos Dream Syndicate from United Kingdom, 14th B and P Syndicate from Australia, 15th Ahmad S Al-Juwaisri from Kuwait,
16th Loft Einkamerer from South Africa, 17th Leo Heremans from Belgium, 18th Premier Stud UK Syndicate from United Kingdom, 19th Vladimir Srebotnjak from Slovakia and 20th Ute Neuhaus from Germany. The top 20 pigeons were separated by just 34.70 seconds and had 9 different countries represented in this result. A total of 2,694 pigeons were officially clocked by 17.18, leaving just 333 still to return to the lofts.

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 13th OPEN went to CARLOS DREAM SYNDICATE, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET with pigeon named CARLOS VICTORY bred by TERRY ROBINSON from MELBA LOFTS, GOFFS OAK which was officially clocked at 09.05.01.48 just 21.25 seconds away from the actual race winner, 2nd UK, 18th Open Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 3rd UK, 32nd Open Zandys Dream Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Fenech Brothers from Attleborough, 4th UK, 35th Open Lucky Devils Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with a second pigeon bred by Fenech Brothers from Attleborough, 5th UK, 38th Open another for Lucky Devils Syndicate, with a fourth pigeon bred by Fenech Brothers from Attleborough, this outstanding pigeon has now won 365th, 2325th, 856th, 375th, 143rd, 50th, 29th, 84th, 45th, 133rd, 2088th, 208th, 30th, 2491st, 5th and now 38th OPEN, plus US$9,696 (£6,464) in nomination winnings, 6th UK, 56th Open another for Lucky Devils Syndicate, with a fifth pigeon bred by Fenech Brothers from Attleborough, 7th UK, 64th Open Questair Loft with pigeon bred by Ian Freeman from Trowbridge, 8th UK, 90th Open Alan Richardson from Whitby, 9th UK, 138th Open Paul Bamford from Pembroke Dock, 10th UK, 141st Open Kingsmead School from Hednesford and entered by Richard Chambers, this was a Free Entry given to the school by the SAMDPR to encourage youngsters to get interested in the sport, 11th UK, 177th Open another for Lucky Devils Syndicate, a sixth pigeon bred by Fenech Brothers from Attleborough, 12th UK, 179th Open another for Premier Stud UK Syndicate, bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 13th UK, 186th Open Mr & Mrs Brian & Mavis Clayburn from Ackworth, 14th UK, 189th Open Signalmen from the North East with pigeon bred by P. Turner, 15th UK, 199th Open Willy & Ian Gray from Birgham, Coldstream, 16th UK, 215th Open Gorse Syndicate with pigeon bred by Mr & Mrs J & T. Tweats from Congleton, 17th UK, 261st Open another for Lucky Devils Syndicate, a seventh pigeon bred by Fenech Brothers from Attleborough, 18th UK, 265th Open Joe Leech and Stephen Bannister with pigeon bred by Joe Leech & Son from Featherstone, 19th UK, 268th Open R. Bartley and W. Gardner from Garstang with pigeon bred by W. Gardner and 20th UK, 275th Open Ben and Sally Gray with pigeon bred by Gray and Atkin from Bridlington. A total of 160 UK pigeons were officially clocked by 17.18, leaving just 3 still to return to the lofts.

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st IRELAND, 46th OPEN went to LIGHTNING LOFTS B, entered by TRISTIAN McLOUGHLIN with pigeon named LIGHTNING COBY bred by GERRY McCOURT which was officially clocked at 09.05.35.07 just 54.84 seconds away from the actual race winner, 2nd Ireland, 115th Open Mob Tops, 3rd Ireland, 124th Sheldon Leonard and Eamon Kelly, 4th Ireland, 223rd Open Moran and Bowden, 5th Ireland, 230th Open Dylan and Daniel Boyland and 6th Ireland, 321st Open Peter Lucas. A total of 40 Irish pigeons were officially clocked by 17.18, leaving just 1 pigeon to make it back to the lofts.

GLOBAL NOMINATIONS on this TRAINING RACE 13 amounted to US$2,306.05c (£1,538) and a total of 122 pigeons including 16 pigeons from the United Kingdom and 3 pigeons from Ireland and with 366 nominations were placed. There was only one UNITED KINGDOM winner and that was the LUCKY DEVILS SYNDICATE, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET and with pigeon named LUCKY COUNTESS bred by FENECH BROTHERS from ATTLEBOROUGH, which won 38th OPEN and another US$1,071 (£714) for its efforts. This little champion has now won US$9,695.95c (£6,464) in nomination cash prizes so far in this race series and 8 top OPEN positions in the top 84, plus 2 more positions in the top 143 in the OPEN so far in this race series. There was one IRISH winner and that was LIGHTNING LOFTS B entered by TRISTIAN McLOUGHLIN won 46th OPEN with LIGHTNING COBY bred by GERRY McCOURT which won US$89.25c (£60) for its efforts. WELL DONE TO BOTH OF THESE WINNERS.

THE OVERALL AVERAGES after 17 official races in the 2014/15 race series stands as follows:- 1st ITALY, 1st OPEN is CHRISTIANO PALTRINIERI with pigeon named DAISUKE JIGEN with a total flying time of 21.34.03.99, currently leading this category by just over 5 minutes, this pigeon has won 73rd, 215th, 79th, 25th, 40th, 159th, 223rd, 1024th, 845th, 57th, 308th, 547th, 107th, 543rd, 50th, 1591st and now 174th OPEN in the 17 races that count, no movement in overall position and remains the same and unchanged from the last race. 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 8th OPEN is IAN CRAMMOND and NIGEL LANGSTAFF from FONTWELL with their pigeon named FONTWELL FOXTROT ROMEO with a total flying time of 21.50.00.45 this pigeon has won 2488th, 1426th, 13th, 167th, 515th, 105th, 17th, 9th, 529th, 101st, 13th, 478th, 1329th, 587th, 216th, 131st and now 1066th in the 17 races that count, moving down 2 places from 6th in the last race. 1st IRELAND, 253rd OPEN is MORAN and BOWDEN with their pigeon named DANCING QUEEN bred by ANDY MORAN with a total flying time of 22.59.27.26, this pigeon has won 1719th, 2265th, 58th, 1564th, 578th, 1375th, 1574th, 2079th, 413th, 149th, 1545th, 1370th, 2030th, 632nd, 62nd, 376th and now 223rd OPEN in the 17 races that count, moving up 33 places from 286th in the last race.

HOT SPOT CAR RACE 5 took place on Sunday 4th January 2015 from 315km (196 miles) and a total of 2,718 pigeons were basketed from 35 different countries, this total included 185 South African pigeons and 2,533 international pigeons and this figure included 163 from the United Kingdom and 41 from Ireland. This race was supposed to take place from 280km (174 miles) but the race committee decided that because there was a perfect weather forecast it would be a big advantage to add more distance so that the pigeons gained more experience for the Final Race. As it turned out this was an excellent decision and the pigeons will certainly now be up for the Final Race.

The convoy was made up by pigeons entered from the following countries:- Australia 101, Austria 29, Bahrain 14, Belgium 155, Bulgaria 11, Canada 33, Czech Republic 56, Denmark 22, France 2, Germany 595, Hungary 4, Iraq 11, Ireland 41, Italy 5, Kuwait 236, Malta 1, Moldova 1, Netherlands 185, Norway 15, Poland 68, Portugal 2, Puerto Rico 1, Qatar 15, Romania 59, Saudi Arabia 28, Slovakia 54, Slovenia 16, South Africa 185, Sweden 8, Switzerland 10, Turkey 2, United Arab Emirates 2, United Kingdom 163, United States Of America 560 and Zimbabwe 6. A total of 2,686 pigeons from 35 different countries and 32 Defaulter Pigeons which are still to be paid for, these pigeons are not listed on the results so that the owners that sent them out to the race can’t follow them to see how they are doing. On the results they just show as a Defaulter Pigeon (no information will be displayed or country flag will be shown on the race result).

The convoy were liberated at 05.45 in fine and clear conditions, with little to no wind and a temperature of 16c (60f) and a fairly fast race was anticipated by the loft staff. As the day progressed the weather would remain sunny and the temperature would rise to about 32c (92f) mid-afternoon. The temperature would continue to rise to around 35c (98f) as the day progressed. A great day for the pigeons to work in.

LIVESTEAM was up and running and as I woke early and logged on to the SAMDPR web site at about 07.00 (GMT) or 09.00 South African time as I thought the first pigeons would arrive about 09.30 to 09.35. The weather was a superb with lots of clear blue sky and no clouds and a light side/tail wind. As usual a few false alarms with late comers returned from previous training tosses but then all of a sudden just as I sipped my early morning cup of tea I saw about 11 pigeons bang on line, they swung round the lofts and most of them landed and on loft the one closest to the Control Tower and they started to trap just as another gang of about 22 came bang on line and hit the top of both lofts, followed by a small gang of about 4 pigeons hit the top of the lofts, then another bigger gang of probably about 20 pigeons came through the skies bang on line and hit the top of the lofts. THebn 25, then another 40 pigeons. They were literally falling out of the sky. So within about two minutes there was probably around 125 plus pigeons home and as usual the quicker trappers take the spoils. I would just like to say that the trapping this year has greatly improved this year and it was great to see them not sitting about as much as they did last year. I watched the pigeons approach the lofts for about 40 minutes and it should be mentioned that they must have a wonderful racing line by now because you could virtually draw a line through the sky as most of the gangs approached the two lofts. Well done to the loft staff for making sure the pigeons do not sit out like they have done in the past. Of course there will always be the exception and a few will always be troublesome. It really is fantastic to sit nearly 6,000 miles away and watch everything happen live in South Africa. Once again modern technology at its best.

AIR SPORT INTERNATIONALE have released and put a superb 14 minute video clip on the SAMDPR Web Site www.samdpr.com on HOT SPOT CAR RACE 5 showing about the first 500 pigeons homing from the race, it really is great to watch the winning pigeons crossing the FINISH LINE. It was interesting to watch the pigeons homing then trapping after their time on the wing. Many of these pigeons seemed very tired and landed with their wings dropped, quite a few also had slight problems with their legs (landing gear) not touching the loft top first, it looked like they were crash landing. This is usually a problem when the weather is hot and so humid, the pigeons are so pleased to be home they forget to put their landing gear (legs) down. Still it was great to watch and I am sure any pigeon fancier in the world will enjoy watching this outstanding video clip.

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st OPEN went to UTE NEUHAUS from GERMANY with pigeon named SOCIETY BIRD 1 bred by UTE NEUHAUS & SON which was officially clocked at 09.27.24.21 to record a winning velocity of 1547ypm (53mph), this pigeon had won 20th OPEN in the previous race, 2nd Vladimir Srebotnjak from Slovenia,
3rd Team JEK from Germany, 4th Khaled Alseaydi from Kuwait, 5th Ali Ahmed Al-Kooheji from Bahrain, 6th Thamer Rashed from Kuwait, 7th Furious Glory Syndicate from South Africa, 8th Matthias Sprang from Germany,
9th Gaddin Brothers and Charl Stander from South Africa, 10th Luke Loft from United States Of America, 11th Bader Al-Jwesr from Kuwait, 12th Cools Syndicate from Belgium, 13th Guido Barth from Germany, 14th Belgica De Weerd from Netherlands, 15th Bacalu Danut + Serafim from Romania, 16th Mario Zdzichowski from United States Of America, 17th Jim Ward – Bill Hylek from United States Of America, 18th Canto - Witz from United States Of America, 19th Hans-Paul Esser from Germany and 20th Team GSA from Germany. The top 20 pigeons were separated by just 1 minute 59.59 seconds and had 9 different countries represented in this result, with 5 different countries represented in the top 7 in this result. The top 50 pigeons were separated by 5 minutes 23.25 seconds. A total of 1,973 pigeons were officially recorded by 19.34, leaving just 745 pigeons still to return to the lofts. The clock was left on Monday and up to 18.12 a total of 2,389 pigeons had been officially clocked, which left 323 pigeons still to return to the lofts. The Tuesday Loft Listing showed 2,432 pigeons in the lofts, leaving 286 pigeons still to make it back to the lofts. Sure a few more will work in over the next few days.

THE BRAND NEW MOTOR CAR WINNER in HOT SPOT CAR RACE 5 and an EARLY NEW YEAR PRESENT for the pigeon that actually took 1st OPEN entered by UTE NEUHAUS from GERMANY with pigeon named SOCIETY BIRD 1 which was bred by UTE NEUHAUS & SON. CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS GERMAN FANCIER.

HOT SPOT CAR RACE $ US$1,100 (£734) 19 CASH WINNERS in HOT SPOT CAR RACE 5 went to 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 20th OPEN. Once again one pigeon that took 12th OPEN from BELGIUM was NOT-ACTIVATED so could not win any of these Cash Prizes. The total that have missed out so far winning a major cash prize or car in the four HOT SPOT CAR RACES that have taken place so far in the 2014/15 race series now total 14, plus of course one CAR WINNER. However, somebodies bad news is somebody else’s good news so the pigeon that took 21st OPEN in this race for Craddock Homing Society from South Africa walked away with this extra cash prize. Once again this should show fanciers that if the pigeon is good enough to enter at the start, then surely it must be good enough to ACTIVATE to be eligible to compete for these Special Prizes. WELL DONE TO ALL CONCERNED.

TWO BIRD AVERAGE WINNER and US$2,000 (£1,334) in HOT SPOT CAR RACE 5 was MATTHIAS SPRANG (TEAM 3) from GERMANY with pigeons named YOUNGE CARL and MISS JAKOBS that took 8th and 103rd OPEN. 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 34th OPEN went to GOLDEN MILE (TEAM 1) with pigeons named GOLDEN TEDDIE bred by GARY MOODY from PORTSMOUTH and GOLDEN LISA bred by DAVE WATERHOUSE from PORTSMOUTH that took 52nd and 563rd OPEN. This team was a “FREE ENTRY” which GARY MOODY won during the 2012 National Flying Club race programme. 1st IRELAND, 20th OPEN was PHILIP + MARK SMITH (TEAM 2) with pigeons named MAGIC CHEQUER and MAGIC CHEF that took 953rd and 1704th OPEN. WELL DONE TO ALL THESE WINNERS.

THREE BIRD AVERAGE WINNER and US$3,000 (£2,000) in HOT SPOT CAR RACE 5 was GUIDO BARTH (TEAM 3) from GERMANY, with pigeons named ALEXANDER, PERFECT CHOICE and YOUNG CHANEL which took 13th, 367th and 387th OPEN. 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 37th OPEN went to LUCKY DEVILS SYNDICATE, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET and with pigeons named LUCKY LAD, LUCKY CHANCE and LUCKY COUNTESS which took 368th, 977th and 1591st OPEN and all 3 pigeons bred by FENECH BROTHERS from ATTLEBOROUGH. There were no IRISH teams of 3 pigeons clocked in this category. WELL DONE TO THESE WINNERS.

HOT SPOT AVERAGES after all five HOT SPOT CAR RACES stands as follows and carries a US$5,000 (£3,334) FIRST PRIZE:- 1st GERMANY, 1st OPEN is EDGAR PETER from GERMANY with this pigeon named BAMBERG that has won 98th HSCR1, 234th HSCR2, 220th HSCR3, 95th and now 120th HSCR5 and has a combined flying time of 11.50.56.30, moving up 5 places from 6th after HSCR4. This pigeon wins this this category by just 53.77 seconds. 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 2nd OPEN is TEAM LINCS with pigeon named SILVER X bred by MR & MRS PAUL & TRACEY STACEY from SLEAFORD with the following performances 611th HSCR1, 76th HSCR2, 165th HSCR3 and now 66th HSCR4 and now 93rd HSCR5 and has a combined flying time of 11.51.50.07, moving up 6 places from 8th after HSCR4. 1st IRELAND, 102nd OPEN is CORNDIRECT with pigeon named BOYO bred by BRENDAN McCANN that has won 191st HSCR1, 553rd HSCR2, 93rd HSCR3, 1691st HSCR4 and now 216th HSCR5 and has a combined flying time of 12.20.12.93, moving up 255 places from 357th after HSCR4.

INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE COMPETITION in HOT SPOT CAR RACE 5 offers US$42,000 (£28,000) in PRIZE MONEY with 5 x US$5,000 (£3,334) and 17 x US$1,000 (£667) CASH PRIZES and these were won as follows:- The 5 x US$5,000 CASH PRIZES went to fanciers from GERMANY, SLOVENIA, KUWAI, BAHRAIN and SOUTH AFRICA, WITH THE 17 x US$1,000 CAH PRIZES went to fanciers from UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NETHERLANDS, ROMANIA, NORWAY, CANADA, CZECH REPUBLIC, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, UNITED KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA, POLAND, SLOVAKIA, BULGARIA, IRELAND, DENMARK, SWEDEN and SAUDI ARABIA. The final cash winner took 219th OPEN position. Cash Prizes can only be won by pigeons that finish in the top 250 in the OPEN result. WELL DONE TO ALL THESE COUNTRY WINNERS. Full result can be seen by logging onto www.samdpr.com

CLUB CHALLENGE COMPETITION which is competition run solely for South African Pigeon Clubs and which offers three cash prizes of ZAR25,000 (£1,389), ZAR15,000 (£1,000) and ZAR10,000 (£556) the results were as follows:- 1st Prize CLUB BENZING RPC PRETORIA with pigeon named MARK 1 bred by MARK CHARMAN, 2nd Prize CLUB FLORIDA HOMING SOCIETY with pigeon named HEIN bred by BENEKE LOFTS and 3rd Prize CLUB PLETTENBERG BAY PIGEON CLUB with pigeon named CHILLI which was bred by an unnamed fancier. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THESE WINNERS AND THANKS AGAIN FOR SUPPORTING THIS GREAT RACE WITH YOUR CLUB ENTRIES.

COUNTRY CHALLENGE COMPETITION was a brand new competition introduced for the first time in HOT SPOT CAR RACE 5 and any fully paid pigeon could be entered at a cost of US$120 ($80) per pigeon, US$10 (£6.67) of all entry fees are taken by ASI for administration purposes, which leaves US$110 (£73.34) to be allocated in prize money. Therefore US$70 (£46.67) per pigeon of the entry fee will be allocated in 3 cash prizes of 50%, 30% and 20% in this race. Of course all the allocated Prize Money will be paid out to the winners but this will of course depend on how many fully paid up entries that are entered from each participating country. Plus the first fully paid and entered pigeon clocked in the Grand Averages in the Final Race will walk away US$40 (£26.67) for every pigeon entered in the COUNTRY ACE PIGEON AWARD and will be classed as the COUNTRY CHALLENGE ACE PIGEON for that country. Unfortunately, only 8 different countries decided to enter this new competition but it was great to see that the best support from all the 34 different countries that still had pigeons in the race was from the UNITED KINGDOM. The 8 countries that did support it were AUSTRALIA 11, CANADA 1, DENMARK 5, GERMANY 58, POLAND 9, SOUTH AFRICA 34, UNITED KINGDOM 64 and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 59. Taking 1st UNITED KINGDOM and US$2,240 (£1,494) was LUCKY DEVILS SYNDICATE, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET with pigeon named LUCKY DREAM that took 53rd OPEN and was bred by FENECH BROTHERS from ATTLEBOROUGH. Taking 2nd UNITED KINGDOM and US$1,344 ($896) was CARLOS DREAM SYNDICATE, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET and with pigeon named CARLOS VICTORY that took 67th OPEN and was bred by TERRY ROBINSON from GOFFS OAK. Taking 3rd UNITED KINGDOM and US$896 (£598) was TEAM LINCS with pigeon named SILVER X that took 93rd OPEN and was entered and bred by MR & MRS PAUL & TRACEY STACEY from SLEAFORD. Full results can be seen by logging onto www.samdpr.com WELL DONE TO THESE WINNERS AND GOOD LUCK TO ALL ENTRANTS IN THE COUNTRY ACE PIGEON COMPETITION IN THE FINAL RACE.

THE KNOCKOUT COMPETITION offers a 1st PRIZE of US$25,000 (£16,667) in the FINAL RACE. This competition started off with 2,465 pigeons from 37 different countries and now after ROUND 3 took place in HOT SPOT CAR RACE 4, I can tell you that 35% (309) of the remaining 882 pigeons will go through to ROUND 4 which will take place on HOT SPOT CAR RACE 5 when 20% (62) pigeons will then go through to compete in the FINAL RACE for “THE POT OF GOLD” on Saturday 24th January 2015. The remaining 309 pigeons that went through to ROUND 4 which took place on HOT SPOT CAR RACE 5 are made up as follows:- Australia 5, Austria 1, Belgium 11, Bulgaria 1, Canada 6, Czech Republic 3, Denmark 1, France 1, Germany 89, Iraq 1, Ireland 3, Italy 1, Kuwait 28, Netherlands 34, Poland 5, Romania 11, Slovakia 2, South Africa 16, Sweden 1, United Arab Emirates 1, United Kingdom 31 and United States Of America 67. A total of 22 different countries are still represented in this competition made up by 293 INTERNATIONAL pigeons, which includes 21 from UNITED KINGDOM and 3 from IRELAND, plus 16 pigeons from SOUTH AFRICA. The remaining 62 top class pigeons that have now qualified for the FINAL RACE are as follows:- BELGIUM 1, GERMANY 16, KUWAIT 7, NETHERLANDS 8, ROMANIA 2, SOUTH AFRICA 3, UNITED KINGDOM 6 and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 19. For full list see www.samdpr.com GOOD LUCK TO ANY FANCIERS THAT HAVE PIGEONS STILL LEFT IN THIS GREAT COMPETITION.

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 52nd OPEN went to GOLDEN MILE with pigeon named GOLDEN TEDDIE, bred by GARY MOODY from PORTSMOUTH which was officially clocked at 09.32.50.68, just 5 minutes 26.47 seconds behind the actual race winner, this entry was a “FREE ENTRY” that they won in the National Flying Club in the previous year, 2nd UK, 53rd Open Lucky Devils Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Fenech Brothers from Attleborough, 3rd UK, 67th Open Carlos Team Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Terry Robinson from Goffs Oak, this pigeon won 13th OPEN in the previous race, 4th UK, 93rd Open Team Lincs with pigeon bred by Mr & Mrs Paul and Tracey Stacey from Sleaford, this pigeon SILVER X has taken 611th Open in HSCR1, 76th Open in HSCR2, 165th Open in HSCR3, 66th Open in HSCR4 and now 93rd Open in HSCR5 and wins 1st UNITED KINGDOM HOT SPOT CAR RACE AVERAGES, plus 2nd OPEN HOT SPOT CAR RACE AVERAGES being beaten by just 53.77 seconds from winning the coveted 1st OPEN and US$5,000 (£3,334) CASH PRIZE, 5th UK, 105th Open Syndicate Lofts UK with pigeon bred by Peter Fox from Bangor, 6th UK, 111th Open Pigeon Corporation with pigeon bred by Leon Viljoen, 7th UK, 114th Open Buckles Bandits entered by Steve Buckle from Northwood and with pigeon bred by Terry Haley from Watford, 8th UK, 124th Open Roger & Pat Sutton from Congleton, 9th UK, 158th Open Guys Lofts Elite with pigeon bred by Graham Guy from Wolverhampton, 10th UK, 159th Open another for Lucky Devils Syndicate with a second pigeon bred by Fenech Brothers from Attleborough, 11th UK, 167th Open another for Pigeon Corporation and with a second pigeon bred by Leon Viljoen, 12th UK, 189th Open Ian Stafford from Saltburn, 13th UK, 212th Open another for Lucky Devils Syndicate with a third pigeon bred by Fenech Brothers from Attleborough, 14th UK, 238th Open Pet Shop Boys and Girls with pigeon bred by John Alderslade from Bridlington, 15th UK, 239th Open another for Pigeon Corporation with a third pigeon bred by Leon Viljoen, 16th UK, 253rd Open Lloyd and Kelly from Abingdon, 17th UK, 286th Open Joe Leech & Son and Stephen Bannister with pigeon bred by Joe Leech & Son from Featherstone, 18th UK, 306th Open Gribbles Choice with pigeon bred by Phil Bond from Torquay, 19th UK, 313th Open Station Masters from the North East with pigeon bred by P. Turner and 20th UK, 317th Open Dream Team Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with a fourth pigeon bred by Fenech Brothers from Attleborough. A total of 121 UK pigeons were officially recorded by 19.34, leaving 42 pigeons still to make it back to the lofts. The clock was left on during Monday and by 18.12 a total of 144 UK pigeons were in the lofts, leaving 19 still to make it back to base camp. The Tuesday Loft Listings still showed 148 UK pigeons in the lofts, which meant that 15 pigeons were still to return. I am sure a few more will work back in the next few days.

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st IRELAND, 110th OPEN went to PETER LUCAS with pigeon named JOHNIE B GOOD, which was official clocked at 09.34.33.33, 7 minutes 09.42 seconds behind the actual race winner, 2nd Ireland, 139thth Open Sheldon Leonard and Eamon Kelly with pigeon bred by Sheldon Leonard, 3rd Ireland, 173rd Open Dylan and Daniel Boylan, 4th Ireland, 216th Open CornDirect, 5th Ireland, 287th Open Johnson and Leonard and 6th Ireland, 641st Open Maurice O’Donnell. A total of 28 Irish pigeons were officially recorded by 19.34, leaving 13 pigeons still to make it back to the lofts. The clock was left on during Monday and by 18.12 a total of 37 Irish pigeons were in the lofts, leaving 4 to make it back home. The Tuesday Loft Listings showed 39 Irish pigeons in the lofts, meaning 2 were still missing. I am sure these will work back in the next few days.

GLOBAL NOMINATIONS on this HOT SPOT CAR RACE 5 and there were a total of 458 pigeons entered which included 34 from the UNITED KINGDOM and 4 from IRELAND with a total of 1,855 nominations were placed with a staggering total of US$23,367.35c (£15,580) up for grabs. CONGRATULATIONS to TEAM LINCS with pigeon named SILVER X bred by MR & MRS PAUL & TRACEY STACEY from SLEAFORD that took 93rd OPEN and won a cool US$1,496 (£998) for its efforts. Also LLOYD and KELLY from ABINGDON took 253rd OPEN with their pigeon named MISS STEVENTON which walked away with a cool US$3,230 (£2,154). WELL DONE TO THESE FANCIERS.

REGIONAL NOMINATIONS in the UNITED KINGDOM had 35 pigeons entered with 188 nominations and a total of US$3,203.65c (£2,136) up for grabs and there were four winners:- LUCKY DEVILS SYNDICATE, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET with pigeon named LUCKY DREAM bred by FENECH BROTHERS from ATTLEBOROUGH that took 53rd OPEN and won US$484.50c (£324) for its efforts. Then CARLOS DREAM SYNDICATE, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET with pigeon named CARLOS VICTORY bred by TERRY ROBINSON from GOFFS OAK that took 67th OPEN and won US$442 (£295 for its efforts. Then TEAM LINCS with pigeon named SILVER X bred by MR & MRS PAUL & TRACEY STACEY from SLEAFORD that took 93rd OPEN and won a cool US$1,767.15c (£1,178) for its efforts. Then last but not least MARK GILBERT GB from WINDSOR with his pigeon named GILBERT 6 that took 721st OPEN and won US$510 (£340) for its efforts. WELL DONE TO ALL THESE WINNERS.

The OVERALL AVERAGES after 18 official races in the 2014/15 race series stand as follows:- 1st ITALY, 1st OPEN goes to CHRISTIANO PALTRINIERI from ITALY with super pigeon named DAISUKE JIGEN, with a combined flying time of 25.31.13.57 which has so far won 73rd, 215th, 79th, 25th, 40th, 159th, 223rd, 1024th, 845th, 57th, 308th, 547th, 107th, 543rd, 50th, 1591st, 174th and now 497th OPEN in the 18 race that count in this race series, staying in 1st place from the last race. This pigeon is leading this category by nearly 12 minutes. Taking 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 16th OPEN IAN CRAMMOND and NIGEL LANGSTAFF from FONTWELL and with their pigeon named FONTWELL FOXTROT ROMEO, with a combined flying time of 26.14.53.97, this pigeon has won 2488th, 1426th, 13th, 167th, 515th, 105th, 17th, 9th, 529th, 101st, 13th, 478th, 1329th, 587th, 326th, 131st, 1066th and now 1007th OPEN in the 18 races that count in this race series, moving down 8 places from 8th position in the last race. This pigeon is currently leading this category by nearly 13 minutes. Taking 1st IRELAND, 187th OPEN CORNDIRECT with their pigeon named BOYO bred by BRENDAN McCANN, with a combined flying time of 27.20.25.04, this pigeon has won 1578th, 2082nd, 2510th, 1546th, 981st, 191st, 748th, 1647th, 553rd, 1542nd, 93rd, 2353rd, 1413th, 814th, 1691st, 1132nd, 1008th and now 216th OPEN in the 18 races that count in this race series, moving up 272 places from 459th position in the last race. This pigeon is currently leading this category by just over 1 minute.

The remaining race programme is now as follows:- Training Race 14 from 50km (31 miles) on Wednesday 7th January, Training Race 15 from 75km (47 miles) on Saturday 10th January, Training Race 16 from 75km (47 miles) on Wednesday 14th January, Training Race 17 from 100km (62 miles) on Saturday 17th January, then THE FINAL RACE from will take place between 500km (311 miles) and 525km (326 miles) on Saturday 24th January 2015. The dates are not be set in stone and if the proposed date for any of these races is not suitable for liberation, then these will take place on the next best day in that week. Daily training will also take place during the week providing the weather is suitable. No training will take place on Sundays unless of course a holdover takes place on the Saturday race. The Overall Averages and the allocated Prize Money will only count in races of 50km (31 miles) and over. The Pre-Training Races will not count in The Overall Averages.

***SPECIAL NOTIFICATION*** GOOD NEWS about the CASCADE CHALLENGE which was discontinued after the Final Race last year but had a cash prize of US$12,364.50c (£8,244) that was NOT WON because the conditions of entry were that the a nominated pigeon had to actually win the 1st OPEN position. Air Sport Internationale will now run this competition in the FINAL RACE in the 2014/15 race series and the first nominated pigeon will walk away with “POT OF GOLD”, which could be worth in excess of US$25,000 (£16,667). The ENTRY FEE will only be US$10 (£6.67) per pigeon, so please make sure you have enough funds in your AS account to have a little gamble. Full information will be posted on the SAMDPR Web Site www.samdpr.com GOOD LUCK TO ALL THAT DECIDE TO ENTER THIS SUPERB SINGLE NOMINATION COMPETITION.

***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 my later International Press Reports. I personally do like to give all the fanciers, entrants and breeders all the credit they and their pigeons deserve when they manage to get in the results so your help in this matter will be greatly appreciated.

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. Also US$200 GLOBAL NOMINATIONS will be available on all 5 HOT SPOT CAR RACES. If you wish to enter any of these 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.

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 OFFICIAL WEB SITE www.scmdpr.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 20th SAMDPR and all you have to pay is the official shipping/export costs to your Country Shipper.

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 is due to take place on SATURDAY 15th NOVEMBER 2014 from 130km (approx. 81 miles). The cost to “ACTIVATE” these “RESERVES or BACK-UP PIGEONS” is US$1,100 (approx. £700)(THIS MAY CHANGE SLIGHTLY DEPENDING ON CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATE AT THE TIME OF ACTIVATION) 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. The race entry fee for The 19th SAMDPR was actually increased by US$100, up to US$1,100. However, all cash refunds will be at US$1,000 per paid pigeon, which will give the race organiser US$100 per pigeon for feeding, training and quarantine costs.
HOW MANY OTHER RACES IN THE WORLD OFFER THIS SORT OF OPTION TO COMPETITORS AND ENTRANTS?

***WHAT CAN BE WON DURING THIS 2014/15 RACE SERIES*** Prizes and awards now add up to a staggering US$1.8 Million American Dollars £1.2 Million Pounds) and these include 5 x Brand New Motor Cars, 1 for each of the 5 x Car Races, 95 x US$1,100 Hot Spot Cash Prizes (it should be noted that the Motor Car Winner does not receive a US$1,100 Cash Prize), split into 19 x US$1,100 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 International Country Challenge 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 worth well over US$1,000 each and now over US$1 Million 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 MOTOR CAR, worth a staggering US$80,000 (approx. £50,000). (ONLY “ACTIVATED” PIGEONS ARE ELIGIBLE TO COMPETE FOR ANY OF THESE SPECIAL CASH PRIZES OR AWARDS). This new competition was very well supported in its first year and had over 160 entries and was so successful that it also paid out a staggering 2nd prize of US$54,000 cash. Do not miss this fantastic opportunity to win a fabulous new car.

PRIZE MONEY ALLOCATED TO THE 19th SOUTH AFRICAN MILLION DOLLAR “FINAL RACE” IS NOW AS FOLLOWS:- 1st US$150,000 (approx. £93,750), 2nd US$100,000 (approx. £62,500), 3rd US$75,000 (approx. £46,875), 4th US$50,000 (approx. £31,250), 5th US$40,000 (approx. £25,000), 6th US$25,000 (£15,625), 7th US$17,500 (£10,938), 8th US$15,000 (£9,375, 9th US$12,500 (£7,813), 10th US$15,000 (approx. £10,000), 11th/15th US$7,500 each (approx. £4,688), 16th/20th US$5,000 each (approx. £3,125), 21st/30th US$4,000 each (approx. £2,500), 31st/40th US$3,500 each (approx. £2,188), 41st/50th US$3,000 each (approx. £1,875), 51st/70th US$2,000 each (£1,250), 71st/100th US$1,750 each (£1,094), 101st/150th US$1,500 each (£938), 151st/200th US$1,250 each (£782) and then 201st/300th US$1,100 each (£688). (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 the actual 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 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 2014/15 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 www.theloftreport.com plus of course they will also be published in the “”BRITISH HOMING WORLD” and “THE RACING PIGEON” weeklies and other world pigeon publications for all to see, read and enjoy.

The race date for THE 20th SOUTH AFRICAN MILLION DOLLAR PIGEON RACE has already been agreed and confirmed and this will once again take place in Linbro Park, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday 30th January 2016. 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 20th SAMDPR will take about the middle of MAY 2015 and then the second one should be around the middle of JUNE 2015. 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 about this great race.

These “INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASES” do take a lot of my time to prepare and I do try to get as much information into them as possible as I know fanciers and entrants like to know what is happening in each race, unfortunately sometimes, 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 for this if I leave something out but I can assure everybody that I do my best to get as much current information as possible to put into each of these International Press Releases.

IF ANY PIGEON FANCIER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR IN FACT 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 AND I WILL PUT THEM ON MY EMAIL DATABASE AND I WILL THEN FORWARD THEM ALL THE INFORMATION BY EMAIL ON A REGULAR BASIS.

***NEW COMPETITIONS HAVE NOW BEEN INTRODUCED*** AIR SPORT INTERNATIONALE (The Presenters of the SAMDPR) are proud to announce a couple of new COUNTRY CHALLENGE COMPETITIONS which will be run on the 5th HOT SPOT CAR RACE and another one on THE FINAL RACE. Both of these new competitions will give fanciers the chance to compete for COUNTRY PRIZE MONEY against their fellow countrymen. AIR SPORT INTERNATIONALE are pleased to introduce a new COUNTRY CHALLENGE COMPETITION which will be run on the 5th HOT SPOT CAR RACE as well as the COUNTRY CHALLENGE ACE PIGEON which will be run on the main race (FINAL RACE) on January 24th 2015. All paid pigeons into The South African Million Dollar Pigeon Race can be entered into this competition at a non-refundable, non-transferable entry fee of US$120 (£80) per pigeon up to liberation of the 5th HOT SPOT CAR RACE. Pigeons will compete under the country flag for which they are flying in The South African Million Dollar Pigeon Race and all countries with a minimum of five entrants can take part in the competition. US$10 (£6.67) of the entry fee will be retained by ASI for expenses and administration and the balance will be paid out as follows:- 5th HOT SPOT CAR RACE US$70 (£47) from every entry will be added to the prize money for the COUNTRY CHALLENGE. All the prize money will be paid out to the first three COUNTRY CHALLENGE entered pigeons in a ratio of 50%, 30% and 20%. The SAMDPR Web Site will have a constantly updated listing of these prizes as well as a list of which pigeons are competing for the prize money per country. COUNTRY CHALLENGE ACE PIGEON US$40 (£27) from the entry fee goes to this “WINNER TAKES ALL” prize which will be awarded to the first COUNTRY CHALLENGE pigeon in the Grand Averages per each competing country after The South African Million Dollar Pigeon Race, making the pigeon the COUNTRY CHALLENGE ACE PIGEON for that country.

EXAMPLE:- If 50 pigeons were officially entered from any country then in the 5th HOT SPOT CAR RACE, the prize money would be 1st 50% £1,750 (£1,167), 2nd US$1,050 (£700) and 3rd US$700 (£467). Then in the COUNTRY CHALLENGE ACE PIGEON on the FINAL RACE the winning pigeon would walk away with $2,000 (£1,334) as the winner takes all. Of course the more pigeons that are entered from each country the bigger the cash prizes will be. If less than 50 pigeons are entered from each country, then of course the prize money would be less.
PLEASE TRY TO SUPPORT THESE NEW COMPETITIONS BY CONTACTING YOUR COUNTRY SHIPPER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO GET YOUR PIGEONS ENTERED INTO THESE TWO BRAND NEW COMPETITIONS.

***SPECIAL NOTIFICATION*** Every year has its own challenges and this year has been no different thanks to some extreme weather conditions we have experienced. The result of this has been that valuable training of the pigeons in the early stages has been lost and the distances for the first 3 Hot Spot Car Races have all had to be modified to suit the capability of the pigeons and the amount of training they have been able to get. The Loft Staff are carefully monitoring the pigeons and will adjust the distances for the last 2 Hot Spot Car Races as needed with the goal of a Final Race as close to 500km (311 miles) to 525km (326 miles) as possible. At this stage the pigeons are looking great and are in excellent health, they just need extra hours on the wing.

***POLITE REMINDER*** If you have any RESERVE PIGEONS that are not currently ACTIVATED then I strongly suggest your ACTIVATE these before the FINAL RACE. (Contact your COUNTRY SHIPPER FOR DETAILS). You only have about 5/6 days after the CAR RACE HOT SPOT 5 to get them AVTIVATED or then they are offered for sale by AIR SPORT INTERNATIONALE and anybody in the world can purchase them. PLEASE DO NOT GET CAUGHT OUT LIKE SO MANY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.

BEST OF LUCK TO ALL PIGEON FANCIERS, SYNDICATES AND ENTRANTS DURING THE 2014/15 RACE SERIES.

Paul Smith.
United Kingdom Race Team Shipper & International Race Co-ordinator for The 19th 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 the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday 24th January 2015. 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.
Email:- reglofts@aol.com Skype Address:- talbot7944 Regency Lofts web Site Address:- www.regencylofts.com
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