Sun City 15th Million Dollar Race - Car Race4/Training13

[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 CAR RACE 4 & TRAINING RACE 13.


After TRAINING RACE 12 from 80km (50 miles) had to be cancelled on Wednesday 15th December and then also on Thursday 16th December because of torrential continuous rain when 100mm fell in just 12 hours, it was once again time for the basketing list to appear on the SCMDPR web site for CAR RACE 4 and this duly appeared on Friday 17th December. A total of 2,960 pigeons were listed and this included 2,537 International and 423 South African pigeons. The International entry included 293 from the UNITED KINGDOM and 53 from IRELAND.

Liberation took place from near Bloemhof a distance of 304km (189 miles) back to Sun City on Saturday 18th December at 05.30, fine and cool conditions with little to no wind, partly cloudy and a temperature of 23C (74F). A mid morning forecast at Sun City showed it to be warm and humid, little to no wind, partly cloudy with virtually no wind and a temperature of 27C (81F) and a good steady race was anticipated by the Loft Managers and Zandy Meyer (Race Director). The mid day forecast in Sun City still showed little to no wind, slightly overcast but hot and humid and a temperature of 33C (92F) and rising. Sunday mid morning forecast at Sun City showed fine and clear conditions with a few clouds, still little to no wind and temperature of 27C (81F).

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st OPEN went to KOOPMAN RACING TEAM from NETHERLANDS with pigeon named SAPIEHA bred by GERHARD KOOPMAN which was officially clocked at 09-56-31.95 to record 1250ypm (43mph). Performances so far in the last 14 races were as follows:- 1447th, 2681st, 1237th, 2086th, 2708th, 21st, 1261st, 862nd, 1343rd, 49th, 1008th, 919th, 305th and now 1st. This outstanding fanciers actually had a fantastic race winning 1st, 4th, 17th, 26th, 27th, 86th and 145th Open. It should also be mentioned that KOOPMAN RACING TEAM also won 1st OPEN in the previous TRAINING RACE 11 with a different pigeon. Then 2nd Open went to Theodor Backs from Germany, 3rd Open to Haji Al-Hadya from Kuwait, 4th Open to Koopman Racing Team from Netherlands, 5th Open to Team Airfighter from Germany, 6th Open to Herbert Seidensticker from Germany, 7th Open to Team Ruhr-Emscher from Germany, 8th Open to Malinwa Forever from Belgium, 9th Open to Team Germany – Missy Gessner from Germany, 10th Open to Kitchenbrand Lofts from South Africa, 11th Open to Frank Brieskorn from Germany, 12th Open to Stanescu and Dobre from Romania, 13th Open to Ahmed R Alazme from Kuwait, 14th Open to Mathius u Otmar Theisen from Germany, 15th Open to Wilhelm Stoll from Germany, 16th Open to Helmut u Alfons Klaas from Germany, 17th Open to Koopman Racing Team from Netherlands, 18th Open to Team Groene from Germany, 19th Open to Mark Gilbert from United Kingdom and then 20th Open to Team Kakadu from Denmark. It was great to see 8 different countries in the top 20 and separated by just 79.75 seconds and then 16 minutes 00.75 seconds between the top 100 in this result. As usual Michael and Pieter keep the computer up to date with arrivals as they are clocked and they actually updated the information nearly twenty times during the day, so that fanciers from all over the world to see how the pigeons were arriving. First report show 9 arrived together at 09-57, followed by 46 by 10-02, 91 by 10-09, 136 by 10-14, 249 by 10-19, 348 by 10-22, 485 by 10-26, 1002 by 10-48, 1129 by 10-56 which was 59 minutes after the race winner, 1242 by 11-07, 1575 by 11-59, 1724 by 13-04, 2069 by 15-49, 2320 by 17-38, 2403 by 18-46 then the final report of the day showed 2451 clocked by 19-58 which meant that 509 pigeons were still missing and this included 53 from the United Kingdom and 5 from Ireland. As there was quite a few pigeons still missing the clock was left on and at 04-49 the first two pigeons arrived and then they started to drop in at regular intervals and 2634 had returned by 08-55, the next report showed 2666 by 09-59, 2690 by 11-19 and finally 2732 by 17-52, leaving 228 still missing and this included 23 from the UK and 4 from Ireland. The Monday loft check showed 2,781 pigeons (94%) were in the lofts which meant 179 were still missing.

The winner of the BRAND NEW MOTOR CAR in CAR RACE 4 was KOOPMAN RACING TEAM from NETHERLANDS with their pigeon named SAPIEHA which actually won 1st OPEN and was bred by GERHARD KOOPMAN, (see race performances above), this fancier has a fantastic record over the past three years in the SCMDPR, so really it was no surprise to see him walk away with the car. He has a great team still left in the race and will certainly be a fancier to be feared in the races to come and of course the “FINAL RACE”.

The US$20,000 CAR RACE 4 CASH PRIZES (20 x US$1,000) went to pigeons that won 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th and all these are mentioned above in the OPEN result. Unfortunately the German pigeon that took 7th and the Romanian that took 12th were both “NOT ACTIVATED”, so did not win any money. However, the pigeons that took 21st Open for Henrik Meldgaard from Denmark and 22nd Open for Wolfgang & Guenter Zimmermann from Germany took the remaining two cash prizes. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THESE PRIZE WINNERS.

TWO PIGEON CHALLENGE results for CAR RACE 4 was as follows:- the winner for 1st OPEN was HERBERT SEIDENSTICKER (TEAM A) from GERMANY with pigeons named STEFFI S and BERNIA and won US$2,000 for their efforts. There were 4 different countries in the top 10. The UNITED KINGDOM TEAM took 22nd Open MYRTLE LOFTS – EVANS + WALKER with MYRTLE VENTURE and MYRTLE ICON both bred by MARK & DICKIE EVANS from WHITLEY BAY. The IRISH TEAM took 43rd OPEN PAUL POOLE & SONS with IRISH OSCAR and LUCY. Well done to all concerned.

CAR RACE OVERALL AVERAGES which carries a US$5,000 1st Prize at the end of the 5 x CAR RACES shows that after 4 races so far 1st OPEN goes to REBEL BLUES from SOUTH AFRICA with LEADER OF THE PACK with a flying time of 12-03-45.80 which is 4 minutes and 51 seconds lead with 214th, 86th, 50th and now 73rd in the 4 races that count in this competition. Then 2nd Open Hermann Wienekamp from Germany with Society Bird, 3rd Open to Team Groene from Germany with Bold Bunny, 4th Open to Cilius van der Merwe from South Africa with Mohawk, 5th Open to Thomas Bremen – WA Waldow from Germany with Liang, 6th Open to Herman Wienekamp from Germany with Coureur Des Bois, this is fanciers second pigeon as he also is holding onto 2nd Open, a truly great performance, 7th Open to Kitchenbrand Lofts from South Africa with Ridge, 8th Open to Garentown Syndicate from Australia with Unguarded Moment, 9th Open to Helmut u Alfons Klaas from Germany with Albany and the 10th Open to Juergen Stefaniszyn from Germany with Deck Of Cards. A total of 3 different countries are taking the top ten positions and these are covered by nearly 12 minutes. The best UNITED KINGDOM TEAM pigeon is 15th OPEN for RED STAR LOFTS with RED STAR LOFTS ONE bred by ALUN JONES from Rhyl which has a flying time of 12-21-09.65, this pigeon has won 662nd, 277th, 241st and now 88th in these first 4 races. The best IRISH TEAM pigeon is 75th OPEN for TOM CAHILL with TOL LOL which has a flying time of 12-50-12.40, this pigeon has won 1139th, 296th, 806th and now 227th in these first 4 races. JUST ONE CAR RACE TO GO TO SEE WHO WALKS OFF WITH THE US$5,000 FIRST PRIZE.

THE OVERALL SUN CITY GRAND AVERAGES after 14 races now stands as follows:- 1st OPEN ITALIAN TEAM – CALTAVITURO fro ITALY with MAREMOLA 691 with a combined flying time of 24-46-06.70 and leading by a clear 6 minutes and 38 seconds with 41st, 1063rd, 64th, 215th, 792nd, 79th, 170th, 31st, 1649th, 707th, 1522nd, 504th, 123rd and now 37th in its last 14 races, 2nd Open Frank Brieskorn from Germany with Skyjack, 3rd Open Antonius Ruesing from Germany with Just A Thought, 4th Open Johannes Bussmann from Germany with Mummys Pet, 5th Open Koopman Racing Team from Netherlands with Ginger Spice, 6th Open Team Ruhr – Schink from Germany with Nugget, 7th Open Jaworscy – Michalak from Poland with Blave 11, 8th Open Team Oberhausen from Germany with Rainer, 9th Open Hermann Wienekamp from Germany with Coureur Des Bois and the 10th Jacob Poortvliet Racing Pigeons from Netherlands with Dyanne Dromer. Good to see 4 different countries in the top 10 in this classification with one hour 10 minutes cover these first ten pigeons.

The top five in this classification in the UNITED KINGDOM TEAM are as follows:- 24th OPEN MANCHESTER MAESTROS with pigeon named ILLUSTRIOUS bred by DAVIES, CREHAN & O’CONNER, total flying time is 25-50-02.81 and this pigeon has won 1909th, 2999th, 283rd, 47th, 709th, 197th, 298th, 152nd, 1599th, 271st, 1718th, 1014th, 923rd and now 279th in the 14 races that count, 29th Open for Frank Quinlan from Leeds with Elle, 33rd Open for Jean & Christof Team with Sunrise bred by Deguara & Szkolny from Mitcham, 40th Open for SJD Syndicate, with Lightening Speed bred by Paul & Roland Stokes from Broughton Astley and then 72nd Open for Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with Premier Susan bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven.

The first three in this classification in the IRISH TEAM are as follows:- 76th & 110th OPEN two pigeons for PHILIP + MARK SMITH with IRISH SPARKY and Gr Nos Na Gaoithe. Flying time for IRISH SPARKY is 26-39-12.17 and this pigeon has won 1492nd, 272nd, 2764th, 1264th, 675th, 1440th, 1275th, 1013th, 307th, 617th, 370th, 637th, 1693rd and now 898th in the 14 races that count, 183rd Open goes to H Kallmeyer with his pigeon named Dubz.

KNOCKOUT COMPETITION which carries a US$25,000 (approx. £16,130) 1st Prize for the first one home in the Final Race originally had 2,983 pigeons entered and now a total of 1,066 were still left in for the third round, which actually had 108 pigeons from the United Kingdom and 15 from Ireland still in the hunt but I can now reveal that this total has now been reduced to 374 pigeons (35%) which now go through to the fourth round which will take place during CAR RACE 5 from near Christiana 350km (218 miles) on Wednesday 29th December when 20% (75) pigeons will go through to the “FINAL RACE”. The remaining 374 pigeons are now made up by 322 International, which includes 35 from United Kingdom and 6 from Ireland and 52 South African pigeons. For a list of all those that are still left in this classic competition, see KNOCKOUT COMPETITION on www.scmdpr.com GOOD LUCK TO ALL REMAINING COMPETITORS IN THE NEXT ROUND.

CONGRATULATIONS in CAR RACE 4 for winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 19th OPEN went to MARK GILBERT from WINDSOR with his pigeon named SOUTHFIELD JOHN which was clocked at 09-57-49.60 just 77.65 seconds off the race winner and this pigeon had won 1416th, 1798th, 2515th, 1673rd, 366th, 1105th, 537th, 3225th, 422nd, 2816th, 709th, 149th, 90th and now 19th in it last 14 races, then 2nd UK, 33rd Open to NRCC Syndicate with a pigeon bred by R & J Preston from Ipswich, 3rd UK, 39th Open to Micky Mouse Syndicate with a pigeon bred by Mr/Mrs A. Blendell, 4th & 5th UK, 64th & 75th Open two pigeons for Graham Jones, 6th UK, 77th Open to The Liver Birds with a pigeon bred by Lee, Lindsey & Ryan Davison from Liverpool, 7th UK, 82nd Open to Crystal Palace Eagles with a pigeon bred by Terry Peart from Tadworth, 8th UK, 88th Open to Red Star Lofts with a pigeon bred by Alun Jones from Rhyl, 9th & 18th UK, 96th & 215th Open to Premier Australia Van Boxmeer with two pigeon bred by Premier Stud, Patringham Haven, 10th UK, 99th Open to Manchester Maestros with pigeon bred by Davies, Crehan & O’Conner, 11th UK, 111th Open to Premier Kelly Van Boxmeer with another pigeon bred by Premier Stud, 12th UK, 122nd Open to Myrtle Lofts – Evans + Walker with pigeon bred by Mark & Dickie Evans from Whitley Bay, 13th UK, 125th Open to Pigeons and Boxing with a pigeon bred by Paul Smith, from Ormskirk who is currently a Commonwealth Boxing Champion, 14th UK, 126th Open to Paul Smith Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with a pigeon bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon, 15th UK, 142nd Open to Fenland Lofts with a pigeon bred by Darren Peters from East Heckington, 16th UK, 171st Open to Jean and Christof Team with pigeon bred by Deguara & Szkolny from Mitcham, 17th & 20th UK, 187th & 240th Open to Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith and with yet two more pigeons bred by Premier Stud and then 19th UK, 231st Open to NFC Nom Team – Cowan with a pigeon bred by Tony Cowan from Hamble.
3 UK pigeons were clocked by 10-02, 8 by 10-09, 14 by 10-14, 21 by 10-19, 30 by 10-22, 39 by 10-26, 79 by 10-48, 91 by 10-56, 103 by 11-07, 143 by 11-59, 166 by 13-04, 207 by 15-49, 228 by 17-38, 236 by 18-46 and then the final report of the day showed 240 clocked by 19-58, leaving 53 UK pigeons still to return to the lofts. Clock was left on for Sunday and a further 18 pigeons had been clocked by 08-55, the next report showed 261 by 09-59, 265 by 11-19 and finally 270 by 17-52, leaving 23 still missing. The Monday loft list showed that 273 UK pigeons (93%) were in the lofts, leaving 20 still to make it back to base camp.

CONGRATULATIONS in CAR RACE 4 for winning 1st IRELAND, 227th OPEN went to TOM CAHILL with his pigeon named TOL LOL which was clocked at 10-17-50.46, this pigeon had won 941st, 3821st, 2653rd, 1139th, 126th, 296th, 729th, 840th, 1442nd, 806th, 1189th, 1073rd, 447th and now 227th in the last 14 races, then 2nd & 3rd Ireland, 355th & 409th Open to Paul Poole and Son, 4th Ireland, 475th Open to Mousies, 5th Ireland, 481st Open to RS Homan and then 6th Ireland, 569th Open to Philip + Mark Smith. The clocking list only showed 1 Irish pigeon clocked before 10-19, then 5 by 10-26, 15 by 10-48, 17 by 10-56, 20 by 11-07, 22 by 11-59, 23 by 13-04, 30 by 15-49, 37 by 17-38 and finally 38 by 19-58, leaving 5 still missing by nightfall. Up to 08-55 Sunday morning no more Irish pigeons had been recorded. The next report showed 39 clocked by 09-59 and no more clocked during the day, leaving 4 still to return to the lofts. The Monday loft list still showed 39 pigeons (91%) in the lofts.

GLOBAL NOMINATIONS in CAR RACE 4 totalled US$14,753.45c with 380 pigeons entered and a total of 1,535 Nominations and there were 27 United Kingdom and 3 Irish pigeons competing for this cash and unfortunately once again the United Kingdom and Irish Team competitors did not manage to win any money in this race. The results can be seen by logging onto www.scmdpr.com

REGIONAL UK NOMINATIONS only had 7 pigeons entered and 17 Nominations, with just US$77.35c up for grabs as most now seem to be entering the GLOBAL NOMINATIONS. Winners were N+A Evans and Cuthbert in 1025th with Burntoft Belle, also bred by this partnership and winning US$17 and then Syndicates Beacon UK in 1323rd with Greystone Jenny bred by Mr & Mrs. Martin, which won US$60.35c.

CASCADES CHALLENGE for CAR RACE 4 showed an entry of 107 pigeons, which included 12 from United Kingdom and 3 from Ireland, with US$2,909.50c being flown for and as there was no winner this total will carry over and be flown for in TRAINING RACE 14 on Wednesday 22nd December from 135km (84 miles). The best United Kingdom belonged to the Paul Smith Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with Blue Silk bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon that actually took 126th Open and the best Irish pigeon was for Mousies with Ludys Luck that took 475th Open. GOOD LUCK TO ALL COMPETITORS IN THE NEXT RACE.








TRAINING RACE 13 was then scheduled for Thursday 23rd December but was changed to Friday 24th December (Christmas Eve) and the basketing list appeared on the SCMDPR web site on Thursday 23rd December and this showed a total of 2,816 pigeons had been entered, which was made up by 2,397 International and 419 South African entries and included 277 from the United Kingdom Team and also 40 from our Irish counterparts. The convoy were liberated from 134km (83 miles) at 06-15 in fine and warm conditions, few clouds, 23C (73F), with little to no wind and a good race was anticipated by the loft managers and Zandy Meyer (Race Director).

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st OPEN went to MOHAMED KADHUM AL ABOODY from IRAQ with pigeon named IRAQ 2 which was clocked at 07-58-14.00 to record 1418ypm (48mph), performances so far were 4034th, 3808th, 3541st, 1714th, 3432nd, 3028th, 3278th, 1675th, 762nd, 1892nd, 9th, 2490th, 1253rd, 737th and now 1st in the last 15 races, then 2nd Open went to CM Pieterse from South Africa, 3rd Open to Wilfred Muehlenstrodt from Germany, 4th Open to Team Germany – Waldow-Theil from Germany, 5th Open to Liesel Brack – Hans Esser from Germany, 6th Open to Ed Dowd from Canada, 7th Open to Koopman Racing Team from Netherlands, 8th Open to Alexander Gebel from Germany, 9th Open to Marc Lernout from Belgium, 10th Open to Jacob Poortvliet Racing Pigeons from Netherlands, 11th Open to Van Jaarsveld Lofts from South Africa, 12th Open another for CM Pieterse from South Africa, 13th Open to Nova Club from Belgium, 14th Open to Team Ruhr-Emscher from Germany, 15th Open to Helmut u Alfons Klaas from Germany, 16th Open to Luis Llorens from United States Of America, 17th Open to Team LBS from Germany, 18th Open to No Guts No Glory from South Africa, 19th Open to Italian Team - Caltavituro from Italy and then 20th Open another for Koopman Racing Team from Netherlands. These top 20 pigeons were all clocked within 08.40 seconds of the race winner and 5 different countries were represented in the top 20 with the top 3 pigeons all going to different countries. The top 100 pigeons were all clocked within 95.30 seconds of the race winner. A total of 2,607 pigeons were officially recorded by 08-57 and this included 253 from the UK and 37 from Ireland, then 2,675 pigeons had been recorded by 09-14 and then the next report showed 2,691 clocked by 10-25, then 2,700 by 12-09, then 2,738 by 14-31, then the final report of the day showed 2,741 in the lofts by 18-24 leaving 75 still to return and this total included 265 UK and 40 Irish birds. More should return before the TRAINING RACE 12.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st, 11th & 17th UNITED KINGDOM, 21st, 142nd & 201st OPEN went to MARK GILBERT from WINDSOR and the winning pigeon was named SOUTHFIELD PHIL which was clocked at 07-58-34.65, just 20.65 seconds behind the actual race winner, this pigeon had previously won 3724th, 3887th, 385th, 415th, 1453rd, 1385th, 1464th, 824th, 3019th, 3029th, 568th, 39th, 27th, 718th and now 21st in the last 15 races, a great result for Mark to get 3 pigeons in the top 201 in this race, this winning pigeon has now won 2 x 1sts and a 3rd UK, then 2nd UK, 25th Open for Nigel Morton from Ecclesfield, 3rd, 9th, 12th & 19th UK, 48th, 11th, 153rd & 222nd Open for Paul Smith Syndicate Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with 4 pigeons bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon, yet another good performance, then 4th UK, 56th Open for P & D Clarke from Sevenash, 5th UK, 66th Open goes to Twelve Wisemen Syndicate administered by Paul Smith and with a pigeon bred by Eamon Kelly from Didcot, 6th & 18th UK, 100th & 217th Open for Premier Australia Van Boxmeer with 2 pigeons bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 10th UK, 66th Open for Twelve Wisemen Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith with another pigeon bred by Eamon Kelly from Didcot, 13th UK, 156th Open went to Pompey Boys 2 with a pigeon bred by Mr/Mrs Dave Waterhouse from Portsmouth, 14th UK, 160th Open for CaberFeidh Lofts with pigeon bred by SR Mackenzie, 15th UK, 181st Open for Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith and with another pigeon bred by Premier Stud, 16th UK, 196th Open for Guys Lofts with pigeon bred by Graham Guy that has been winning prizes on a regular basis and 20th UK, 223rd Open went to Manchester Maestros with pigeon bred by Davies, Crehan & O’Conner. A total of 253 UK pigeons were officially clocked by 08-57, then 258 by 09-14, then 260 by 10-25, 260 by 12-09, then 264 by 14-31 and then 265 by nightfall, which meant 12 were still missing. Another excellent race for the UNITED KINGDOM TEAM.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st IRELAND, 276th OPEN goes to PAUL POOLE & SON with pigeon named IRISH OSCAR which was clocked at 08-00-45.70, just 2 minutes and 31.70 seconds behind the race winner, this pigeon had previously won 2236th, 362nd, 2066th, 762nd, 239th, 1005th, 1733rd, 2507th, 288th, 2535th, 1304th, 1740th, 931st, 355th and now 276th in the last 15 races, then 2nd Ireland, 338th Open for Tom Cahill, 3rd Ireland, 461st Open for Karl Donnelly, 4th Ireland, 473rd Open for Moran Family, 5th Ireland, 658th Open another for Paul Poole and Son and then 6th Ireland, 490th Open for Philip + Mark Smith. The Irish Team had a total of 37 pigeons clocked by 08-57, still 37 by 12-09, then 40 by 14-31, with none missing by nightfall. Another reasonable result for the IRISH TEAM.

GLOBAL NOMINATIONS for this TRAINING RACE 13 amounted to US$7,888 and 184 pigeons were entered with 690 Nominations and 13 United Kingdom pigeons were entered. Unfortunately there were no UK winners.

CASCADE CHALLENGE showed that US$3,581 was being flown for and that a total of 79 pigeons had been entered and this included 10 from the United Kingdom and 0 from Ireland. This competition was not won and the prize money will be carried forward to CAR RACE 5 on Wednesday 29th December.

THE OVERALL SUN CITY GRAND AVERAGES after 15 races was as follows:- 1st is ITALIAN TEAM - CALTAVITURO from ITALY with pigeon named MAREMOLA 691 which has won 41st, 1063rd, 64th, 215th, 792nd, 79th, 170th, 31st, 1649th, 707th, 1522nd, 504th, 123rd, 37th and now 19th in the first 15 races in this classification, with a flying time 26-29-39.20, leading by a clear 8 minutes and 02 seconds, 2nd Frank Brieskorn from Germany with Skyjack, 3rd Antonius Ruesing from Germany with Just A Thought, 4th Koopman Racing Team from Netherlands with Ginger Spice, 5th Team Ruhr - Schink from Germany with Nugget, 6th Johannes Bussmann from Germany with Mummys Pet, 7th Jaworscy – Michalak from Ploand with Blave 11, 8th Team Oberhausen from Germany with Rainer, 9th Hermann Wiennekamp from Germny with Coureur Des Bois and 10th Jacob Poortvliet Racing Pigeons from Netherlands with Dyanne Dromer. Great to see 4 different countries represented in the top 10 with 50 minutes and 30 seconds between them all.

The top five pigeons in the UNITED KINGDOM TEAM in this category are as follows:- 25th MANCHESTER MAESTROS with ILLUSTRIOUS bred by DAVIES, CREHAN & O’CONNER, with a flying time of 27-38-57.55 which has won 1990th, 2999th, 283rd, 47th, 709th, 197th, 298th, 152nd, 1599th, 271st, 1718th, 1014th, 923rd, 279th and now 810th in the first 15 races, 28th Frank Quinlan from Leeds with Elle, 34th Jean and Christof Team with Sunrise bred by Deguara & Szkolny from Mitcham, 45th SJD Syndicate with Lightening Speed bred by Paul & Roland Stokes from Broughton Astley and then 68th Paul Smith Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet with Dark Touch bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon. Another 12 UK pigeons in the top 195 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:- 95th PHILIP + MARK SMITH with IRISH SPARKY, with 1492nd, 272nd, 2764th, 1264th, 675th, 1440th, 1275th, 1013th, 307th, 617th, 370th, 637th, 1693rd, 898th and now 490th in the first 15 races, flying time 28-26-07.38, 111th another for Philip + Mark Smith with Gr Nos Na Gaoithe and then 165th H. Kallmeyer with Dubz.

*****THE REMAINING SLIGHTLY REVAMPED RACE PROGRAMME***** 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 14 from 135km (approx. 84 miles) on Wednesday 5th January, followed by Training Race 15 from 81km (approx. 50 miles) on Saturday 8th January, then Training Race 16 from 81km (approx. 50 miles) on Wednesday 12th January, with Training Race 17 from 135km (approx. 84 miles) on Saturday 15th January, then Training Race 18 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 www.pigeon24.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, as much as I would like to 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 CAR RACE 5, which takes place on Wednesday 29th December from near CHRISTIANA 350km (218 miles), followed by TRAINING RACE 14 on Wednesday 5th January from 135km (84 miles) back to Sun City.

I now close this International Press Release by wishing everybody who reads this report A PROSPEROUS & HEALTHY NEW YEAR.

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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