15th Sun City Million Dollar Race - Training Race 8/9

[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 RACES 8 & 9.


More daily training continued after CAR RACE 3 before the basketing list appeared on the SCMDPR web site on Tuesday 30th November for TRAINING RACE 8, which was due to be held on Wednesday 1st December from 81km (approx. 50 miles) and this showed a total of 3,147 pigeons had been entered, which was made up by 2,693 International and 454 South African entries and included 306 from the United Kingdom Team and also 43 from our Irish counterparts. The convoy were liberated at 07-20 in overcast and cool conditions, 23C (73F), with a moderate head wind and a good race was anticipated by the loft managers and Zandy Meyer (Race Director).

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st OPEN went to CHRISTIAN MIKKELSEN from DENMARK with pigeon named CIRKELINE which was clocked at 08-26-58.55 to record 1313ypm (44mph), performances so far were 3186th, 2042nd, 1043rd, 2548th, 2831st, 3101st, 3148th, NOT CLOCKED, 3203rd, 1974th and now 1st in the last 11 races, then 2nd Open went to Georg Oswald from Germany, 3rd Open to Hans Schougaard from Denmark, 4th Open to Paul Smith Syndicate from United Kingdom, 5th Open to Dean Pallett from United Kingdom, 6th Open to Antonius Ruesing from Germany, 7th Open to Lighthouse Road from South Africa, 8th Open to Guys Lofts from United Kingdom, 9th Open to Mohamed Kadhum Al Aboody from Iraq, 10th Open to Mijbel Faleh Alzwied from Kuwait, 11th Open to Manfred Tihen from Germany, 12th Open to Reinhold u Christoph Witzel from Germany, 13th Open to Hardy Krueger from Germany, 14th Open to Premier Stud UK Syndicate from United Kingdom, 15th Open to SG Jammer+Reinhard from Germany, 16th Open to Team Ruhr-Emscher from Germany, 17th Open to Volker Graser from Germany, 18th Open to Doehlemann - Weitstreckenclub from Germany, 19th Open to Koopman Racing Team from Netherlands and then 20th Open to Werner Morf from Switzerland. These top 20 pigeons were all clocked within 30.25 seconds of the race winner and 8 different countries were represented in the top 20. The top 100 pigeons were all clocked within 1 minute 25 seconds of the race winner. A total of 2,892 pigeons were officially recorded by 09-05 and this included 278 from the UK and 39 from Ireland, which was just 38 minutes after the winning pigeon. A later report showed 2,970 pigeons had been recorded by 09-26 and this included 288 from the UK and 40 from Ireland. Next report showed 3,002 clocked by 09-30, just 63 minutes after the winner. Then 3,078 by 10-47, 3,082 by 13-11, final report of the day showed 3,104 in the lofts leaving 43 still to return and this total included 302 UK and 42 Irish birds. A total of 98.63% returns from this race. A total of 3,120 returned before basketing for TRAINING RACE 8 which represented 99.14% returns.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st & 5th UNITED KINGDOM, 4th & 28th OPEN went to PAUL SMITH SYNDICATE, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET and the winning pigeon was named LUCKY LAD and both bred by JIMMY RICHARDS from LAINDON which was clocked at 08-27-13.65, just 15.10 seconds behind the actual race winner, this pigeon had previously won 3165th, 80th, 1917th, 2988th, 1782nd, 3165th, 2954th, 556th, 2658th, 858th and now 4th in the last 11 races, then taking 2nd UK, 5th Open for Dean Pallett from Shearsby, 3rd UK, 8th Open for Guys Lofts with his superb pigeon Tonys Choice that is really flying well and has already won 2 x 1st, 3 x 2nd, 3rd & 9th UK, 24th, 8th, 19th, 62nd, 32nd, 10th & 8th Open and has already won over US$16,000 (£10,340) in Nominations and Car Race Prize Money, plus currently the leader in the CAR RACE OVERALL AVERAGES after 3 races, then we have 4th, 6th, 10th, 13th & 16th UK, 14th, 41st, 73rd, 81st & 117th Open for Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet with 5 pigeons bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 7th, 8th & 11th UK, 50th, 52nd & 75th Open goes to Premier Australia Van Boxmeer with 3 more pigeons bred by Premier Stud, making it 8 pigeons in the top 117 in the Open, which is a fantastic result, 9th UK, 60th Open for Frank Quinlan from Leeds, 12th & 14th UK, 77th & 106th Open went to Twelve Wisemen Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith with the first pigeon bred by Richy Elliott from Plymouth and the second one by Bruce McAllister from Furneaux Pelham, 15th UK, 112th Open went to SJD Syndicate, administered by Paul Stokes from Broughton Astley and bred by John Dearden from Rochdale, 17th UK, 120th Open for Manchester Maestros with a pigeon bred by Davies, Crehan & O’Conner, 18th UK, 136th Open went to MNFC Sponsor Team YB and bred by Stukie Leslie, 19th UK, 137th Open went to Lloyd and Kelly from Didcot and then 20th UK, 139th Open went to D. Gray from York, with a pigeon bred by M. Lovelock & E. Perring. ALL THESE PIGEONS WERE CLOCKED WITHIN 1 MINUTE 40.85 SECONDS OF THE RACE WINNER. Another 10 UK pigeons clocked in the top 201 in the Open. A total of 278 UK pigeons were officially clocked by 09-05, then 288 by 09-26, then 290 by 09-30, 297 by 10-47, 298 by 13-11, then 302 by nightfall, which meant 3 were still missing. I am sure some of these will work back during the day and then be ready for TRAINING RACE 9 on Saturday. Another excellent race for the UNITED KINGDOM TEAM.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st IRELAND, 249th OPEN goes to H. KALLMEYER with pigeon named DUBZ which was clocked at 08-29-22.65, just 2 minutes and 24.10 seconds behind the race winner, this pigeon had previously won 564th, 2373rd, 1467th, 213th, 2619th, 487th, 1712th, 1840th, 2738th, 1252nd and now 249th in the last 11 races, 2nd Ireland, 279th Open for Bernard Smyth, 3rd Ireland, 307th Open for Philip + Mark Smith, 4th Ireland, 406th Open another for H. Kallmeyer, 5th Ireland, 451st Open for Paul Poole and Son and then 6th Ireland, 521st Open for RS Homan. The Irish Team had a total of 39 pigeons clocked by 09-05, 40 by 09-26, then 41 by 10-47 with 42 by nightfall which meant 1 pigeon was missing. Another reasonable result for the IRISH TEAM.

THE OVERALL SUN CITY GRAND AVERAGES after 11 races was as follows:- 1st is ANTONIOUS RUESING from GERMANY with pigeon named JUST A THOUGHT which has won 57th, 451st, 818th, 19th, 358th, 885th, 111th, 37th, 423rd, 353rd and now 6th in the first 11 races, with a flying time 15-53-27.65, leading by a clear 4 minutes and 01 seconds, 2nd Noriega Loft from United States Of America with Super Charlie, 3rd Greatwall - Drapa from Germany with Mausy, 4th Frank Brieskorn from Germany with Skyjack, 5th Italian Team – Caltavituro from Italy with Maremola 691, 6th Premier Stud UK Syndicate from United Kingdom with Premier Paula, 7th Vincent Rooney from United States Of America with Bartell, 8th Ahmed and Newman from South Africa, 9th Johannes Bussmann from Germany and 10th Empadi Racing Team from Switzerland with Benka. Great to see 6 different countries represented in the top 10 with just under 21 minutes between them all.

The top five pigeons in the UNITED KINGDOM TEAM in this category are as follows:- 6th PREMIER STUD UK SYNDICATE administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET with PREMIER PAULA bred by PREMIER STUD from PATRINGHAM HAVEN, with a flying time of 16-09-51.48 which has won 773rd, 1084th, 453rd, 156th, 448th, 827th, 80th, 413th, 531st, 543rd and now 14th in the first 11 races, 35th Manchester Maestros with Illustrious bred by Davies, Crehan & O’Conner, 40th Premier Stud UK Syndicate with Premier Alison with another bred by Premier Stud, 59th Frank Quinlan from Leeds with Elle and then 60th SJD Syndicate with Lightning Speed bred by Paul & Roland Stokes from Broughton Astley. Another 10 UK pigeons in the top 197 in this category and then, 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:- 75th PHILIP + MARK SMITH with IRISH SPARKY, with 1492nd, 272nd, 2764th, 1264th, 675th, 1440th, 1275th, 1013th, 307th, 617th and now 370th in the first 11 races, flying time 16-55-20.07, 91st another for Philip + Mark Smith with Gr Nos Na Gaoithe Karl and then 162nd H. Kallmeyer with Dubz.

More training tosses on Thursday and Friday and then the basketing list appeared on the web site later on Friday 3rd December for TRAINING RACE 9 which was due to take place on Saturday 4th December from 135km (84 miles). A total of 3,141 pigeons and included 2,687 International and 454 South African, with 305 from United Kingdom and 43 from Ireland. Unfortunately, there was a problem with the transporter and the race was then postponed and rescheduled for Wednesday 8th December and perhaps this was a blessing in disguise as the temperature in Sun City at 10 am was a staggering 40C (108F) as I sat at home in the freezing UK conditions watching the 30th Nedbank Golf Challenge which was currently taking place on the Gary Player Country Club, Sun City, which world’s No. 1 Lee Westwood from England won and walked away with a cool US$1.25 million (£800,000). It was great to see record crowds with over 41,000 attending on both the Saturday and the Sunday. They were finally liberated on Wednesday 8th December from 138km (86 miles) at 07-00 in cool and overcast conditions, light head wind and with a temperature of 24C (75F) and a steady race was anticipated by the loft managers and Zandy Meyer (Race Director). A later weather forecast showed some afternoon storms, variable wind, 31C (88F) light rain and thunderstorms in Sun City early evening. TRAINING RACE 10 that was supposed to take place on Wednesday 8th December and has now been cancelled, with the next one being TRAINING RACE 11 on Saturday 11th December.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st OPEN goes to ANDREAS SILLER from GERMANY with pigeon named AL BUNDY bred by ANDREAS SILLER which was clocked at 08-56-58.85 to record 1294ypm (44mph), this pigeon had previously won 859th, 3282nd, 37th, 2656th, 2062nd, 3182nd, 2949th, 121st, 1282nd, 121st, 201st and now and now 1st in its last 12 races, 2nd Open went to Doehlemann – Weitstreckenclub from Germany, 3rd Open went to Christian Steinhagen from Germany, 4th Open went to Horst u Frank Sander from Germany, 5th Open went to Georg Oswald from Germany, 6th Open went to SG Ludwig - Engelhardt from Germany, 7th Open went to SG Jammer+Reinhard from Germany, 8th Open went to Mijbel Faleh Aizwied from Kuwait, 9th Open went to Team Ruhr-Emscher from Germany, 10th Open went to Team Ellenbroek - Seelen from Netherlands, 11th Open went to Certain Loft USA from United States Of America, 12th Open went to Murrumba Syndicate from South Africa, 13th Open went to Walter Sieber from Germany, 14th Open went to Mohamad Rasam from Kuwait, 15th Open went to Team Stieneker - Rosenbusch from Germany, 16th Open went to T Marais from South Africa, 17th Open went to Barro Family Loft from United States Of America, 18th Open went to Team Sylt 2000 from Germany, 19th Open went to Josef Huber from Germany and then 20th Open went to Skubal Loft from United States Of America. These top 20 pigeons were all officially clocked within 16-75 seconds of the race winner with 5 different countries being represented in this top 20 and the top 100 were all clocked within 2 minutes and 40 seconds of the winning pigeon. The German pigeons dominated in this race winning the first 7 positions and 12 in the top 20. A total of 1,762 pigeons were officially clocked by 09-22, which was 25 minutes after the winner, then 2,338 by 09-38, 2,431 by 09-46, 2,609 by 09-59, which was 61 minutes after the winner, 2,885 by 12-53, 2,895 by 15-16, then finally 2,920 making it by 17-40 leaving 221 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 08-50 a further 49 had been officially clocked, making 2,969 in the lofts, plus another 24 made it by nightfall a total 2,993 had been officially clocked and this total included 289 UK and 43 Irish pigeons, which meant that 148 were still missing.

THE OVERALL SUN CITY GRAND AVERAGES are as follows after 12 races:- 1st NORIEGA LOFT from UNITED STATES OF AMERICA with pigeon named SUPER CHARLIE with a flying time of 17-55-20.16, 29 minutes 02 seconds in front, this pigeon has won 1145th, 368th, 156th, 7th, 662nd, 1537th, 17th, 89th, 55th, 36th, 332nd and now 44th after the first 12 races, 2nd Frank Brieskorn from Germany with Skyjack, 3rd Antonious Ruesing from Germany with Just A Thought, 4th Greatwall- Drapa from Germany with Mausy, 5th Italian Team - Caltavituro from Italy with Maremola 691, 6th Johannes Bussmann from Germany with Mummys Pet, 7th Koopman Racing Team from Netherlands with Ginger Spice, 8th Helmut u Alfons Klaas from Germany with Konsi,
9th Team Ruhr from Germany with Nugget and 10th Empadi Racing Team from Switzerland with Benka.
There was 5 different countries represented in the top 10 and these were covered by 29 minutes 02 seconds.

The top five in the UNITED KINGDOM TEAM in this category are as follows:- 26th PREMIER STUD UK SYNDICATE, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET with PREMIER ALISON bred by PREMIER STUD, PATRINGHAM HAVEN with a flying time of 18-41-33.87, this pigeon has won 40th, 2852nd, 1020th, 85th, 905th, 355th, 1278th, 62nd, 1750th, 692nd, 1936th and now 311th in the 12 races that count, 33rd Manchester Maestros with Illustrious bred by Davies, Crehan & O’Conner, 37th another for Premier Stud UK Syndicate with Premier Paula and bred by Premier Stud, Patringham Haven, 45th Guys Lofts with Tonys Choice bred by Graham Guy and then 65th Frank Quinlan from Leeds with Elle. United Kingdom fanciers have another 11 pigeons in the top 182 in this category, which is great flying against such strong competition.

The top three in the IRISH TEAM in this category are as follows:- 73rd PHILIP + MARK SMITH with pigeon named IRISH SPARKY, flying time 19-06-31.57, this pigeon has won 1492nd, 272nd, 2764th, 1264th, 675th, 1440th, 1275th, 1013th, 307th, 617th, 370th and now 637th in the 12 races that count, 101st Philip & Mark Smith with Gr Nos Na Gaoithe and then 244th H Kallmeyer with Dubz.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 24th OPEN went to PREMIER KELLY VAN BOXMEER with winning pigeon named PREMIER EMMA and bred PREMIER STUD from PATRINGHAM HAVEN and clocked at 08-57.27.50, just 28.65 seconds behind the actual race winner, this pigeon had previously won 3749th, 3227th, 3462nd, 1526th, 3344th, 1233rd, 2306th, 1298th, 2295th, 3043rd, 2447th and now 24th in the last 12 races,
then 2nd UK, 38th Open went to NFC Nom Team- Cowan with a pigeon bred by Tony Cowan from Hamble, 3rd & 12th UK, 39th & 149th Open went to Mark Gilbert from Windsor with both pigeons bred by him, 5th & 15th UK, 62nd & 267th Open went to Premier Australia Van Boxmeer with 2 pigeons bred by Premier Stud, Patringham Haven, 4th UK, 62nd Open went to Davies, Cole and Weaver with a pigeon bred by Royston Davies from Wales, 5th UK, 72nd Open went to Guys Lofts with his outstanding pigeon Tonys Choice bred by Graham Guy that has already won 2 x 1sts, 3 x 2nds, 3rd & 5th UK, plus 2 x 8ths, 10th, 19th, 24th, 32nd, 62nd & 72nd Open, plus around US$16,000 (£10,580) in Nominations and Car Race Prize Money, 6th UK, 88rd Open went to Paul Smith Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with a pigeon bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon, 7th & 10th UK, 92nd & 130th Open went to Premier Australia Van Boxmeer with 2 pigeons bred by Premier Stud, 8th, 9th & 19th UK, 127th , 129th & 219th Open went to Premier Stud UK Syndicate with another 3 pigeons bred by Premier Stud, making it 6 pigeons in the top 19 in the UK, 11th UK, 133rd Open went to Fenland Lofts with a pigeon bred by Darren Peters from Heckington, 12th UK, 158th Open went to P and D Clarke from Sevenash, 14th UK, 160th Open went to N+A Evans and Cuthbert from Wolviston, 15th UK, 184th Open went to The Royal Lofts (Her Majesty The Queen) and with a pigeon bred by Carlo Napolitano from Sandringham who is the Royal Loft Manager, 16th UK, 185th Open went to MAD Kev with pigeon bred by Kevin Earl, 17th UK, 194th Open went to Myrtle Lofts – Evans + Walker with a pigeon bred by Mark & Dickie Evans from Whitley Bay, 18th UK, 213th Open went to Johnney Burns from Bickerstaffe and then 20th UK, 226th Open for Red Star Lofts with pigeon bred by Alun Jones from Rhyl. First result showed that151 UK pigeons were clocked by 09-22, then 211 by 09-38, 235 by 09-46, 244 by 09-59, which was 61 minutes after the race winner, 275 by 12-53, 276 by 15-16 and finally 280 by 17-40, leaving 25 pigeons still to return to base camp on the day. Another 5 UK pigeons were officially clocked by 08-50 on Thursday morning making 285 recorded and then 4 more clocked before 17-15, making 16 still missing.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st IRELAND, 244th OPEN went to KARL DONNELLY with pigeon named KARLO which was clocked at 09-02-58.50, nearly 6 minutes after the race winner, this pigeon has now won 1274th, 329th, 2069th, 1634th, 2501st, 2538th, 321st, 915th, 61st, 486th, 944th and now 244th Open in the 12 races so far, 2nd Ireland, 507th Open went to Paul Poole and Son, 3rd Ireland, 637th Open went to Philip + Mark Smith, 4th Ireland, 648th Open went to H Kallmeyer, 5th Ireland, 818th Open another for Paul Poole and Son and then 6th Ireland, 962nd Open went to Moran Family. A total of 21 Irish pigeons were clocked before 09-22, then 31 before 09-38, 34 by 09-46, 39 by 09-59, 42 by 12-53 and then 43 by 17-40 leaving none to return to the lofts by darkness.

NOMINATION RACES will be held on the following TRAINING RACES 2, 6, 9, 11, 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 & 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 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 TRAINING RACE 9 showed there was a total of 313 pigeons entered and this included 22 UK and 1 IRISH pigeons and in total there was 1,008 nominations, which meant US$8,276-45c was up for grabs and UK Team members won the following:- 72nd Open was GUYS LOFTS with TONY’S CHOICE bred by GRAHAM GUY and was once again pooled all the way and won US$391. This great pigeon has also won US$3,111, US$2,346, $3,196 and US$3,196 in the previous 4 Nomination races. Well done to the owner of this superb pigeon to have the confidence to once again pool it all the way against the best pigeons in the world. UNITED KINGDOM REGIONAL NOMINATIONS for TRAINING RACE 9 showed that no pigeons were Nominations.

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 was 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, 11, 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 A LITTLE GAMBLE?

CASCADE CHALLENGE result for TRAINING RACE 9 had a total of 131 entries and this included 15 pigeons entered from the UNITED KINGDOM and 4 from IRELAND and a total of US$8,978-50c was flown for
and the winner taking 1st OPEN was ANDREAS SILLER from GERMANY with his pigeon named AL BUNDY, positions for the first 12 races are listed in the Open result above. I think this is only the second time this competition has actually been won so our CONGRATULATIONS must go to this fancier for hitting the jackpot. So a new competition starts on TRAINING RACE 11 and a starting fund of US$2,000 will be given by ASI. DAVIES, COLE and WEAVER with CAITLANDS DREAM bred by ROYSTON DAVIES from WALES came 62nd OPEN and just missed out by 1 minute 18.95 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 TRAINING RACE 11 on Saturday 11th December. GOOD LUCK TO ALL THAT TAKE PART IN THIS EXCITING CHALLENGE.

*****THE REMAINING SLIGHTLY REVAMPED RACE PROGRAMME***** Training Race 11 from 138km (approx. 86 miles) on Saturday 11th December, then Training Race 12 from 81km (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 81km (approx. 50 miles) on Monday 20th December, then Training Race 14 from 135km (approx. 84 miles) on Wednesday 22nd December. No training on Christmas Day on Saturday 25th December or Boxing Day on Sunday 26th December. Then we have CAR RACE 5 from near Christiana 350km (approx. 218 miles) on Wednesday 29th December. Then we move into the New Year of 2011 and have Training Race 15 from 135km (approx. 84 miles) on Wednesday 5th January, followed by Training Race 16 from 81km (approx. 50 miles) on Saturday 8th January, then Training Race 17 from 81km (approx. 50 miles) on Wednesday 12th January, with Training Race 18 from 135km (approx. 84 miles) on Saturday 15th January, then Training Race 19 from 81km (approx. 50 miles) on Wednesday 19th January and then of course “THE FINAL RACE will take place from 560km (approx. 348 miles) on Saturday 22nd January. Of course the weather conditions will have to be right for all these races to take place, if not they will not be basketed and then 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 to get as many pigeons as possible to “THE FINAL RACE” on Saturday 22nd January and give fanciers/competitors and entrants a fair chance. Only races over 50km (31 miles) will count towards THE SUN CITY OVERALL ACE PIGEON AVERAGES, which has three cash prizes of US$10,000 (£6,666), US$5,000 (£3,333) and US$2,500 (£1,666) for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in this category.

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.

*****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 was advisable to have done 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 to anybody that wants to purchase them. 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.

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. SURE YOU WILL ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE.

GOOD LUCK to all concerned in TRAINING RACE 11, which takes place on Saturday 11th December from 86 miles, followed by TRAINING RACE 12 on Wednesday 15th December from 50 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.
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