15th Sun City Million Dollar Race - Training 3/Car Race 1

[willie reynolds]

“FIRST INTERNATIONAL PRESS REPORT”
THE 15th SUN CITY MILLION DOLLAR
(THE RACE WITH THE PROVEN TRACK RECORD)
(THE GREATEST PIGEON RACE IN THE WORLD)
DUE TO BE HELD IN SUN CITY, SOUTH AFRICA ON
SATURDAY 22nd JANUARY 2011.

REPORT ON TRAINING RACE 3 & CAR RACE 1.


More daily training continued after TRAINING RACE 2 before the basketing list appeared on the SCMDPR web site on Tuesday 2nd November for TRAINING RACE 3, which was due to be held on Wednesday 3rd November from 80km (approx. 50 miles) and this showed a total of 4,128 pigeons had been entered, which was made up by 3,512 International and 616 South African entries and included 414 from the United Kingdom Team and also 61 from our Irish counterparts. The convoy were liberated at 07-05 in fine and hot conditions, 27C (81F), with strong head wind and a good race was anticipated by the loft managers and Zandy Meyer (Race Director).

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st OPEN went to BLUE LOFTS AUSTRALIA from AUSTRALIA with a pigeon bred by my Australian mate JOHN KOSTER with pigeon named BATTLE ON which was clocked at 08-06-12.50 to record 1442ypm (49mph), this is second race running that Australia have won 1st OPEN, 2nd Open went to Werner Morf from Switzerland, 3rd Open to Fayez Q8 from Kuwait, 4th Open to Premier Australia Van Boxmeer from United Kingdom, 5th Open to H. Kallmeyer from Ireland, 6th Open to Koopman Racing Team from Netherlands, 7th Open to Stramme Jungs from Germany, 8th Open to Karel Klemens from Czech Republic the 1st OPEN winner in the Final Race 2010, 9th Open to Rous & Friends from South Africa, 10th Open to Pitts.Be Team from Belgium, 11th Open to Team DSW from Germany, 12th Open to Scotlands Own Syndicate from United Kingdom, 13th Open to Team Uijen - Duijn from Netherlands, 14th Open to a Defaulter Pigeon, 15th Open to Bader Al-Sanafi from Kuwait, 16th Open to Cools Syndicate from Belgium, 17th Open another for Koopman Racing Team from Netherlands, 18th Open to Certain Loft USA from United States Of America, 19th Open to J & I. Sventek from Slovakia and then 20th Open to Empadi Racing Team from Switzerland. These top 20 pigeons were all clocked within 21.60 seconds of the race winner and 12 different countries were represented in the top 20. It was a great International result with the top ten on the OPEN all going to different countries. The top 100 pigeons were all clocked within 67.25 seconds of the race winner. A total of 3,122 pigeons were officially recorded by 08-36 and this included 317 from the UK and 44 from Ireland, all within 30 minutes of the race winner. A later report showed 3,436 pigeons had been recorded by 09-40 and this included 348 from the UK and 49 from Ireland. Then 3,335 by 12-23 and this included 359 UK and 51 Irish pigeons. A later report showed 3,696 pigeons home by 15-48 and this included 367 UK and 52 Irish birds, then the final report of the day showed 3,743 pigeons had got home, leaving 385 still to make it back to base camp and this included 45 UK and 9 Irish pigeons. As there was quite a few pigeons still missing so the clock was left on during Thursday morning and by 07-22 a total of 3,754 pigeons were recorded, then 3,833 by 08-15 and the final list showed 3,844 home by 10-59, leaving 284 still to return to the lofts. A slightly later loft list showed 3,856 had returned 272 missing. Of course a few of these are bound to work back during Thursday and should be OK to go to the CAR RACE 1 on Saturday.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st, 11th & 19th UNITED KINGDOM, 4th, 85th & 146th OPEN went to PREMIER AUSTRALIA VAN BOXMEER, with three pigeons bred by PREMIER STUD, PATRINGHAM HAVEN the winning pigeon was named PREMIER WONDER which was clocked at 08-06-27.35, just 14.85 seconds behind the actual race winner, pigeons from this great stud have already performed exceedingly well so far in this current race series, 2nd UK, 12th Open for Scotland’s Own Syndicate with a pigeon bred by Barry Kinnear from Edinburgh, 3rd UK, 24th Open goes to Guys Lofts with a pigeon bred by Graham Guy, 4th UK, 25th Open went to Gallows Hill Kid and was bred by Dave Murphy, 5th UK, 31st Open went to Myrtle Lofts – Evans + Walker with a pigeon bred by Mark & Dickie Evans from Whitley Bay, 6th UK, 32nd Open went to Fenland Lofts with a pigeon bred by Darren Peters from Lincs, 7th UK, 38th Open went to CaberFeidh Lofts with a pigeon bred by S. R. McKenzie, 8th, 9th & 10th UK, 54th, 57th & 84th Open went to the Paul Smith Syndicate, administer by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with three pigeons bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon, 12th UK, 92nd Open went to Premier Kelly Van Boxmeer with a pigeon bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 13th & 18th UK, 93rd & 143rd Open two pigeons for Frank Quinlan and both bred by Frank from Leeds, 14th UK, 111th Open for Pigeons and Boxing with a pigeon bred by Paul Smith from Ormskirk who just happens to be the British Super-Middleweight Boxing Champion at the current time and is about to defend his title in October, 15th UK, 117th Open for Terry Peart from Tadworth, 16th UK, 133rd Open for Emerald Classic with a pigeon bred by John Boyd from N. Ireland, 17th UK, 137th Open for the Twelve Wisemen Syndicate, administer by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with a pigeon bred by Richy Elliott from Plymouth, this is the second time this pigeon has been well up and then 20th UK, 164th Open for Smith – McAllister Syndicate with a pigeon bred by Bruce McAllister from Furneaux. A total of 317 UK pigeons were officially clocked by 08-36, then 348 by 09-33, then 359 by 10-58, 367 by 13-09, 369 by nightfall, which meant 45 were still missing. The clock was left on and showed 370 by 07-22, then 381 by 08-15 then 382 by 10-59 and a further 2 were listed on the loft list making 384 home in the lofts, leaving 30 UK pigeons missing. I am sure a few of these will work back during the day and then be ready for CAR RACE 1 on Saturday. Another excellent race for the UNITED KINGDOM TEAM.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st IRELAND, 5th OPEN goes to H. KALLMEYER with pigeon named ZERO GRAVITY which was clocked at 08-06-28.00, just 15.50 seconds behind the race winner, 2nd Ireland, 180th Open another for H. Kallmeyer, 3rd Ireland, 193rd Open for Karl Donnelly, 4th & 5th Ireland, 316th & 450th Open two pigeons for Philip & Mark Smith with 6th Ireland, 461st Open to Liam O’Griogtin. The Irish Team had a total of 44 pigeons clocked by 08-36, 49 by 09-23, 51 by 10-58, 52 by 15-33, then still 52 by nightfall, which meant 9 were still missing. The clock was left on and showed 53 by 07-22, then 55 by 08-15. The later loft list still showed 55 pigeons, making 6 still to return to the lofts. Another good result for the IRISH TEAM.

THE OVERALL SUN CITY GRAND AVERAGES after 3 races was as follows:- 1st MAURICE and GREGORY CASAERT from BELGIUM with pigeon named HILARY, which has won 97th, 166th & 21st in the first 3 races, with a flying time 02-47-31.65, 2nd Helmut u Alfons Klaas from Germany with Konsi, 3rd Ahmed S Al-Juwaisri from Kuwait with Abdulla 2, 4th Uwe + Irma Kreutzfeldt from Germany with Ryck O Shay, 5th Van Jaarsveld Lofts from South Africa with Super Tan, 6th Horst Knueppel from Germany with Iben, 7th De Scheemaecker Gebr from Belgium with Practicante, 8th Penkin Syndicate Belgium from South Africa with Apple Pie, 9th Rous and Friends from South Africa with Show Me Chism, 10th Koopman Racing Team from Netherlands and in 11th SJD Syndicate from United Kingdom with Dragon Void. Great to see 6 different countries represented in the top 11 with only 3 minutes and 18 seconds between them.

The top five pigeons in the UNITED KINGDOM TEAM in this category are as follows:- 11th SJD SYNDICATE with DRAGON VOID bred by John Dearden from Rochdale, which has won 77th, 470th & 284th in the first 3 races, 24th Gallows Hill Lad with Murphys Rainbow 2 bred by Dave Murphy from Ripon, 31st was UK Invitation with Obi 66 bred by Pieter Oberholster from Lask Edge, 37th Davies, Cole and Weaver with Caitlans Dream bred by Royston Davies from South Wales and then 45th Premier Kelly Van Boxmeer with Premier Player bred by Premier Stud at Patringham Haven. Another 7 UK pigeons in the top 93 in this category and then 10 more in the top 194, which is a great result with so many top class pigeons competing.

The top three pigeons in the IRISH TEAM in this category are as follows:- 210th H. KALLMEYER with VETIGO, with 1532nd, 1065th & 180th in the first 3 races, flying time 03-01-27.65, 385th Moran Family with Tiny Tegan and then 482nd David Brown with Irish Maria.

More training tosses on Thursday and Friday and then the basketing list appeared on the web site later on Friday 5th November for CAR RACE 1 which was due to take place on Saturday 6th November from Coligny 138km (86 miles). A total of 3,877 pigeons, which was a record entry and included 3,306 International and 571 South African entries were liberated at 06-15 in clear, fine and hot conditions, little to no wind and with a temperature of 26C (79F) and a steady race was anticipated by the loft managers and Zandy Meyer (Race Director). This total also included 387 UK and 56 Irish pigeons. The early morning Sun City forecast showed light head wind, 28C (83F), few clouds and getting warmer as the day went on. This was followed by a further update for Sun City at mid day, fine and hot, strong head wind, partly cloudy, 34C (93F). Mid afternoon weather in Sun City was head wind, few clouds, 37C (99F) and rising.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st OPEN goes to CLUB QUEENSTOWN RACING PIGEON CLUB from SOUTH AFRICA with pigeon named WIMPY which was clocked at 07-46-29.25 to record 1645ypm (56mph), this pigeon had previously won 1751st, 973rd and 800th in its last 3 races, 2nd Open went to Willi Ferchen from Germany, 3rd Open went to Dennis Metcalf from United States Of America, 4th Open went to Wilhelm Stoll from Germany, 5th Open went to Team Matilda from Australia, 6th Open went to Main Lofts from South Africa, 7th Open went to Noriega Loft from USA, 8th Open went to Guys Lofts from United Kingdom, 9th Open went to Horst u Frank Sander from Germany, 10th Open went to Georg Oswald from Germany, 11th Open went to FJ Pieterse from South Africa, 12th Open went to Raiko+Rainer Marien from Germany, 13th Open went to a Defaulter Pigeon, 14th Open went to Herbert Seidensticker from Germany, 15th Open went to Certain Loft USA from USA, 16th Open went to Radulescu Mihai and Dr. Calin from Romania, 17th Open went to Hannelore Jaekel from Germany, 18th Open went to Abdulla Al Thani from Qatar, 19th Open went to Antonius Ruesing from Germany and then 20th Open went to Horst Knueppel from Germany. These top 20 pigeons were all officially clocked within 16.25 seconds of the race winner with 7 different countries being represented in this top 20 and the top 100 were all clocked within 1 minute and 58 seconds of the winning pigeon. A total of 2,575 pigeons were officially clocked by 09-08, which was 82 minutes after the race winner, then 2,824 by 09-40 and then 2,954 by 10-19 and 3,019 by 11-41, then 3,313 making it by 8-27 leaving 564 pigeons still to make it back to base camp by nightfall. Once again as there was quite a few pigeons still missing the clock was left on and by 09-51 a further 90 had been officially clocked, making 3,403 in the lofts, plus another 107 made during the day and by nightfall a total 3,510 had been officially clocked and this total included 347 UK and 49 Irish pigeons, which meant that 376 were still missing.
At the Monday morning loft check this showed 3,605 pigeons had returned to the lofts, leaving 272 still to return to the lofts. This total included 3,082 International and 523 South African pigeons with 357 UK and 51 Irish included in what had made it back to the lofts.

THE BRAND NEW CAR WINNER for CAR RACE 1 went to the pigeon that won 2nd OPEN WILLI FERCHAN from GERMANY with pigeon named SEESTEM, which is a great way to start the season. Once again the winning pigeon was “NOT ACTIVATED” so was not eligible to win the car. This shows once again how important it is to have all your pigeons “ACTIVATED”.

The US$20,000 CAR RACE 1 CASH PRIZES (20 x US$1,000 each) went to sixteen pigeons in the top twenty which are mentioned above, the US$1,000 winners were the pigeons that won 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th positions. The pigeons that took 1st South Africa, 5th Australia, 11th South Africa and 13th Defaulter Pigeon did not win any of the US$1,000 cash prizes but that was good news for the pigeons in 21st Slim Timmis and Snooker from United Kingdom, 22nd Richard + Friedhelm + Thomas Klien from Germany, 24th Hardy Kruger from Germany and 25th Anthony – Rivera Loft from USA which all walked away with a US$1,000 cash prize for their efforts. This once again shows the importance of having all your pigeon “ACTIVATED”. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL CONCERNED.

TWO PIGEON CHALLENGE results for CAR RACE 1 was as follows:- HANNELORE JAEKEL from GERMANY with PIGEON LADY & MISTER won the US$2,000 cash first prize in this competition. UNITED KINGDOM fanciers faired well with 3rd Manchester Maestros will Illustrious & Lois Lane, 5th Smith – McAllister Syndicate with Charity Superstar & Charity Supreme, 8th Premier Stud UK Syndicate with Premier Pauline & Premier Paula and then 9th Rippon Rippers with Ripon Pauline & Pedros Choice. Another six UK teams were in the top 43. The IRISH fanciers took 29th MICK FEENEY and SONS with SMUDGE & SMIDGE, 38th Mousies with Nimos Return & St Switches Gate and 39th Cannon Lillis Lofts with Jos 1 & Jos 3. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL CONCERNED.

THE OVERALL SUN CITY GRAND AVERAGES are as follows after 4 races:- 1st HORST KNUEPPEL from GERMANY with pigeon named IBEN with a flying time of 04-21-21.15, just over one minute in front, this pigeon has won 29th, 424th, 211th & now 20th after the first 4 races, 2nd Uwe + Irma Kreutzfeldt from Germany with Ryck O Shay, 3rd Antonius Ruesing from Germany with Just A Thought, 4th a Defaulter Pigeon, 5th Italian Team – Caltavituro from Italy with Maremola 691, 6th Werner Morf from Switzerland with Haribo, 7th Helmut u Alfons Klaas from Germany with Konsi, 8th Dennis Metcalf from United State Of America with Jonge 300, 9th Slim Timmis and Snooker from United Kingdom with Skyway Legend and 10th Anthony – Rivera Loft from South Africa with Tonito. There was 5 different countries represented in the top 10 and these were covered by 6 minutes 40 seconds.

The top five in the UNITED KINGDOM TEAM in this category are as follows:- 9th SLIM TIMMIS AND SNOOKER from Newcastle, Staffs., with SKYWAY LEGEND with a flying time of 04-27-44.40, just 6 minutes 23 seconds off the leader, this pigeon has won 64th, 858th, 735th and now 9th in the four races that count, 13th Premier Kelly Van Boxmeer with Premier Player and bred by Premier Stud, Patringham Haven, 21st Premier Stud UK Syndicate administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with Premier Martin with another bred by Premier Stud, Patringham Haven, 27th Paul Smith Syndicate, administered by him and with a pigeon named Blue Pearl bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon and 28th Gallows Hill Kid with Murphys Rainbow 3 bred by Dave Murphy from Ripon. United Kingdom fanciers have another 7 pigeons in the top 100 in this category, which is great flying against such strong competition.

The top three in the IRISH TEAM in this category are as follows:- 155th KARL DONNELLY with pigeon named RILEY, flying time 04-42-43.39, this pigeon has won 2321st, 565tgh, 193rd and now 84th in the four races that count, 166th Moran Family with Tiny Tegan and 239th H. Kallmeyer with Dubz.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 8th OPEN went to GUY LOFTS with pigeon named TONY’S CHOICE bred by GRAHAM GUY and clocked at 07-46-37.00, just 07.75 seconds behind the actual race winner, 2nd & 8th UK, 21st & 53rd Open went to Slim Timmis & Snooker from Newcastle, Staffs, whose pigeons are flying well again in Sun City, 3rd UK, 31st Open went to Smith – McAllister Syndicate with a pigeon bred by Bruce McAllister from Furneaux Pelham, 4th UK, 38th Open went to Dyserthlofts UK N & S with a pigeon bred by Mark Williams from North Wales, 5th UK, 41st Open went to Fenland Lofts with a pigeon bred by Darren Peters from Lincs, 6th UK, 42nd Open went to the Twelve Wisemen Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with a pigeon bred by Richy Elliott from Plymouth, 7th UK, 47th Open went to Manchester Maestros and also bred by them, 9th & 11th UK, 58th & 73rd Open went to N+A Evans & Cuthbert and both pigeons bred by N+A Evans, 10th UK, 72nd Open went to Premier Australia Van Boxmeer with a pigeon bred by Premier Stud in Patringham Haven, 12th UK, 77th Open went to Rippon Rippers with a pigeon bred by Nev Proctor from Brown Edge, 13th & 16th UK, 85th & 100th Open went to Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with another pigeon bred by Premier Stud, 14th & 19th UK, 90th & 109th Open went to Premier Kelly Van Boxmeer with two more pigeons bred by Premier Stud, 15th UK, 95th Open went to the Paul Smith Syndicate, administered by him and with a pigeon bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon that also came 1st UK, 3rd Open last week and missed winning the Cascades Challenge by just 3 seconds, 17th UK, 102th Open went to Red Star Lofts with a pigeon bred by Alun Jones from North Wales, 18th UK, 107th Open went to Baddeleygreen Boys and bred by K, Holdway then 20th UK, 115th Open for Myrtle Lofts – Evans + Walker with a pigeon bred by Mark & Dickie Eavans from Whitley Bay. Another 7 UK pigeons were clocked in the top 163 in this race which resulted in yet another fantastic result for the UK Team. A total of 266 UK pigeons were clocked by 09-08, then 289 by 09-40, then 294 by 10-12, then 302 by 11-41 and finally 326 by 18-27, leaving 61 pigeons still to return to base camp on the day. Another 10 UK pigeons were officially clocked by 09-51 on Sunday morning, plus another 11 during the day and by nightfall a total of 347 had been recorded, leaving 40 still to make it back to the lofts. The Monday morning loft check showed 357 UK pigeons home, leaving 30 still to return.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st IRELAND, 79th OPEN went to GLEESON - LUCAS with pigeon named ACHTUNG BABY which was clocked at 07-48-02.90, just 93.65 seconds after the race winner, this pigeon had won 2930th, 3463rd, 2877th Open in the 3 previous races, 2nd Ireland, 84th Open went to Karl Donnelly, 3rd Ireland, 201st Open went to Mick Feeney & Sons, 4th Ireland, 213th Open went to H. Kallmeyer, 5th Ireland, 332nd Open went to Cannon Lillis Lofts with pigeon bred by Jos Reilly and then 6th Ireland, 349th Open went to Philip & Mark Smith. A total of 39 Irish pigeons were clocked before 09-04, then 44 before 09-33, then 48 by 18-27, leaving just 8 to return to the lofts by darkness. Only 2 more Irish pigeons returned during Sunday making 49 clocked, leaving 7 still missing by nightfall. At the Monday loft check a total of 51 Irish pigeons had returned, leaving 5 still to make their way back to the lofts.

*****THE REMAINING RACE PROGRAMME***** Training Race 4 will take place from 80km (approx. 50 miles) on Wednesday 10th November, followed by CAR RACE 2 from near Sannieshof 185km (approx. 115 miles) on Saturday 13th November, Training Race 5 from 80km (approx. 50 miles) on Wednesday 17th November. On to Training Race 6 from 135km (approx. 84 miles) on Saturday 20th November followed by Training Race 7 from 80km (approx. 50 miles) on Wednesday 24th November. We then have CAR RACE 3 from near Ottosdal 200km (approx. 125 miles) on Saturday 27th November, followed by Training Race 8 from 80km (approx. 50 miles) on Wednesday 1st December. Then we have Training Race 9 from 135km (approx. 84 miles) on Saturday 4th December with Training Race 10 from 300km (approx. 187 miles) on Wednesday 8th December, followed by Training Race 11 from 80km (approx. 50 miles) on Saturday 11th December, followed by Training Race 12 from 80km (approx 50 miles) on Wednesday 15th December. We then have CAR RACE 4 from near Bloemhof 310km (approx. 193 miles) on Saturday 18th December, then Training Race 13 from 80km (approx. 50 miles) on Monday 20th December, then Training Race 14 from 135km (approx. 84 miles). No training on Christmas Day (Saturday 25th December) and Boxing Day (Sunday 26th December), then on to CAR RACE 5 from near Warrenton 390km (approx. 243 miles) on Wednesday 29th December. Then we move into 2011 and have Training Race 15 from 135km (approx. 84 miles) on Wednesday 5th January followed by Training Race 16 from 80km (approx. 50 miles) on Saturday 8th January, with Training Race 17 from 80km (approx. 50 miles) on Wednesday 12th January and then Training Race 18 from 135km (approx. 84 miles) on Saturday 15th January. Training Race 19 will then take place from 80km (approx. 50 miles) on Wednesday 19th January and then of course “THE FINAL RACE” will take place on Saturday 22nd January 2011 from 560km (348 miles). 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” on 22nd January as possible and give all fanciers/competitors/entrants a fair chance in the “FINAL RACE”. Only races of 50km (approx. 31 miles) will count towards the Sun City 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 the following TRAINING RACES 2, 6, 9, 10, 14, 15 and 18, plus of course the CAR RACES 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and the FINAL RACE. All these races will have US$1, US$2, US£5, US$10, US$20 & US$50 REGIONAL and US$1, US$2, US$5, US$10, US$20, US$50 & US$100 GLOBAL NOMINATIONS which can be placed on the Sun City Million Dollar Web Site. 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.

GLOBAL NOMINATION RESULTS for CAR RACE 1 showed there was a total of 349 pigeons entered and this included 52 UK pigeons and in total there was 1,895 nominations, which meant US$15,436-85c was up for grabs and UK Team members won the following:- 8th Open was GUYS LOFTS with TONY’S CHOICE bred by GRAHAM GUY and was pooled all the way and won US$3,196, 21st & 53rd Open was Slim Timmis & Snooker with Skyway Jeanette winning US$255 and Skyway Legend winning US$722-50c and both bred by Slim Timmis from Newcastle, Staffs., 41st Open was Fenland Lofts with Fenland Star bred by Darren Peters from Lincs and won US$646, won US$288 47th Open was Manchester Maestros with pigeon named Illustrious which won US$17, 58th & 73rd Open for N+A Evans + Cuthbert with Burntoft Bing winning US$204 and Burntoft Blossom winning US$119 both bred by N+A. Evans and the 77th Open was Ripon Rippers with Ripon Pauline bred by Nev Proctor from Brown Edge which won US$306. Well done to all these UK Team members.

UNITED KINGDOM REGIONAL NOMINATIONS for CAR RACE 1 showed that 38 pigeons and 121 Nominations were placed and they were flying for US$405-45c and the winners were as follows:- 8th Open for GUYS LOFTS with TONY’S CHOICE winning US$229-50c, 21st & 53rd Open was Slim Timmis & Snoooker with Skyway Jeanette winning US$12-75c and Skyway Legend winning $76-50c, 47th & 230th Open was Manchester Maestros with Illustrious winning US$6-80c and Lois Lane winning US$59-50c, 58th Open N+A Evans + Cuthbert with Burntoft Bing winning US$20-40c. Well done to all these UK Team members.

The CASCADE CHALLENGE was a new competition introduced last year and it created a great deal of interest. It is basically a SINGLE BIRD NOMINATION and any pigeon can be entered for just US$10 (approx. £6-66p) but the “POT OF GOLD” can only be won if one of the NOMINATED PIGEONS actually wins 1st OPEN, if not its like the National Lottery, it just rolls over to the following week until somebody finally wins the jackpot. You do not have to enter the same pigeon every race, the choice is yours. The Sun City Million Dollar web site will give you all the information you need to enter this competition. There is already a starting fund of US$3,028-50 (approx. £2,020) which was carried over from the 2009/10 race series. You can enter this competition starting on TRAINING RACE 2, then 6, 9, 10, 14, 15 & 18, plus CAR RACES 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 and of course the FINAL RACE. SO WHY NOT HAVE AN EXTRA BIT OF FUN AND LITTLE GAMBLE?

CASCADE CHALLENGE result for CAR RACE 1 had a total of 122 entries and this included 24 pigeons entered from the UK and 2 from Ireland and a total of US$4,643-50c was flown for and GUYS LOFTS with TONY’S CHOICE came 8th OPEN and just missed out by 07-75 seconds to scoop the jackpot. This is one of the toughest competitions to win because the single pigeon nomination means the pigeon has to win 1st Open to walk off with the cash prize. This fund will now carry over to CAR RACE 1 on Saturday 6th November. GOOD LUCK TO ALL THAT TAKE PART IN THIS EXCITING CHALLENGE.

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 PIGEON PUBLICATIONS NAMELY THE “BHW” AND “”RP” PLUS IT WILL ALSO BE ON OUR WEB SITE www.scmdpr.com FOR ALL TO VIEW.

*** EXTRA 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 5 x Car Races then you are entitled to a “FREE ENTRY” into the 2012 SCMDPR, all you have to pay is the shipping/export costs. This of course represents great value for your money. All pigeons go to every training toss and Saturday races providing they are fit enough but can only compete for any of the allocated PRIZE MONEY or SPECIAL AWARDS in the 5 x CAR RACES if they are “ACTIVATED” and that means that these must be paid for prior to the CAR RACE 1, which is due to take place on Saturday 6th November 2010 from 140km (approx. 87 miles). The cost to “ACTIVATE” these “RESERVES or BACK-UP PIGEONS” is US$1,000 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. 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 OPTION TO COMPETITORS AND ENTRANTS?

*****ACTIVATION OF YOUR RESERVES***** Please get in touch with me as soon as possible on 01279-812005 or my mobile 07860-568216 or email reglofts@aol.com and tell me which ones you want to “ACTIVATE”. If you want all your pigeons to be eligible to fly for all the “Special Prize Money” and “Special Awards” during the 5 x CAR RACES, then it really is advisable to do them before the CAR RACE 1 but if not it can be done anytime up to CAR RACE 5, or two weeks after this race. After that date these “UN-ACTIVATED” pigeons will be offered for sale on the SCMDPR web site. See above for information as you really have nothing to lose.

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.iprr.co.uk www.elimarpigeons.com www.pigeonportal.com www.pigeonglobe.co.uk www.cyberpigeon.co.uk www.pigeonbasics.com www.pigeoncare.nl www.star-pigeons.com www.pigeonnetwork.com plus of course they will also be in the “”BRITISH HOMING WORLD” and “THE RACING PIGEON” for all to see.

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

IF ANY PIGEON FANCIER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR IRELAND 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 FORWARD THEM ALL THE INFORMATION BY EMAIL ON A REGULAR BASIS.

*****SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL COMPETING FANCIERS***** I LIKE TO GIVE ALL ENTRANTS THE CREDIT THEY TRULY DESERVE WHEN THEIR PIGEON OR PIGEONS SCORE IN THE RESULTS. I CAN ONLY PUT DOWN THE INFORMATION I HAVE ON FILE IN MY DATABASE AND SOMETIMES OF COURSE THAT IS INCORRECT OR OUT OF DATE, SO PLEASE IF YOU HAVE A PIGEON OR PIGEONS ENTERED IN THIS RACE, LET ME HAVE YOUR CHRISTEN NAME AND THE TOWN YOU LIVE IN SO I CAN THEN GIVE YOU THE CREDIT YOU AND YOUR PIGEON OR PIGEONS DESERVE WHEN YOU DO WELL. EITHER JUST EMAIL ME YOUR FULL DETAILS TO reglofts@aol.com OR CALL ME ON 01279-812005 AND THEN I CAN UPDATE MY DATABASE WITH YOUR CORRECT DETAILS.

Unfortunately, I can’t mention all the pigeons clocked but any entrant/competitor or pigeon fancier can just log onto www.scmdpr.com and hit the Results & Listings button on the top left hand side of the home page and this will give you all the past racing results of this 2010/11 race series. ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE.

*****SOME INTERESTING FACTS FOR FANCIERS THAT HAVE ENTERED THIS RACE***** Many fanciers are very concerned and have been asking why there are such massive losses so far this year when the pigeons have not yet even reached the 100 mile stage. The main reason seems to be the extremely hot and harsh temperatures, humidity and lack of rain during the first few weeks of training and into the racing series. The last thing that the Race Organisers, Air Sport Internationale want to do is lose fanciers pigeons but sometimes of course it is something like the weather that is completely out of their control that is the biggest problem. As we all know these athletes of the skies have to be trained otherwise they will not be ready or fit enough to take on the tasks in front of them during the next three months. Just to give you an idea on what has happened so far with the same team in charge as for the 2009/10 race series, a record 6,613 pigeons were originally entered and now after weeks of training, 2 x Pre Training Races and 3 x Training Races plus a CAR RACE 1 from 87 miles, a total of 3,605 pigeons (54.51%) still remain in the lofts, which actually means a loss so far of 3,008 pigeons (45.49%). If you look at last years figure the SCMDPR had an entry of 5,610 pigeons and managed to get 3,082 pigeons (54.93%) to the Final Race after nearly four months of hard training. This 2010/11 race series is much tougher as we can all see by the results and losses so far. All we can really hope for is for it to start to cool down, so that the pigeons have a better chance of making it back to the lofts in Sun City, whilst at the same time getting enough time on the wing and experience they will need to complete the Final Race from 348 miles on Saturday 22nd January 2011. I received an email after the CAR RACE 1 from Corrie Naude, one of the Loft Managers at Sun City who also confirms it is also his opinion the weather that is causing the losses as the pigeons themselves are in perfect health which has recently been confirmed by Dr. Marthinus Hartman and his team from the University of Onderstepoort. Also Henk De Weerd (World Renowned Dutch Pigeon Veterinary Surgeon) was on holiday in South Africa and visited the lofts on the 3rd November as he has pigeons entered into this race and he also stated the pigeons in the lofts were all in perfect health and in excellent condition. The training of these pigeons is essential as most of us understand so that they build up the necessary experience and also their fitness as the distance increases to be able to achieve their final goal. One thing is for sure the team in charge are probably the most experienced in the world today and from past experience they have shown that but when the South African extreme heat and humidity are a factor, plus lack of rain then this really is out of their control. The only thing we can all hope for is that it starts to cool down soon before to many more pigeons are lost. It has always been the policy of ASI and the Race Committee to get as many pigeons to the race as possible and that will never change but as anybody knows that enters these one loft races around the world once they are liberated and in the sky, there is nothing anybody can do to make sure they all get home as the weather will generally dominate and usually have the last word. One thing is for sure that those pigeons that do reach the Final Race will certainly be up for that task and ready to negotiate anything in front of them.

GOOD LUCK to all concerned in TRAINING RACE 4, which takes place on Wednesday 10th November from 50 miles, followed by CAR RACE 2 on Saturday 13th November from Sannieshof 115 miles back to Sun City.




Paul Smith.
United Kingdom Race Team Shipper & International Race Co-ordinator for The 15th Sun City 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 Sun City Resort, South Africa on Saturday 22nd January 2011.
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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