17th SAMDPR - Results for Training Flights 1 & 2

[willie reynolds]

INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE
THE 17th SOUTH AFRICAN MILLION DOLLAR PIGEON RACE

RESULTS FOR TRAINING FLIGHTS 1 & 2.

TRAINING FLIGHT 1 took place on Wednesday 7th November 2012 from 51km (32 miles) and the basketing list on the official web site showed a total of 4,595 pigeons were basketed and this total was made up by 4,156 International, which included 423 United Kingdom and 85 Irish pigeons plus 439 from South Africa.

The convoy were liberated at 07.35 in clear, fine and clear conditions with a light head wind, with temperature of 20c (68f) and a good race was expected.

The OPEN result was as follows and CONGRATULATIONS goes to Dr Laszio Gotthard from Hungary who took 1st Open with their pigeon named Dutchess which was clocked at 08.19.36.75 to record a velocity of 1252ypm (42mph), 2nd just 06.25 seconds behind was Flojo Team from Netherlands, 3rd Geoff Armand from Zimbabwe, 4th Hamilton Racing from Australia, 5th Defaulter Pigeon, 6th Joe Fayez Q8 from Kuwait, 7th Team Siebert - Garhammer from Germany, 8th & 9th Houben Jef, Luc + Nadia from Belgium, 10th Ultimate Collection from United Kingdom, 11th SWS Syndicate from United States Of America, 12th Defaulter Pigeon, 13th Oliver Heckl from Germany, 14th Bendt Nielsen from Denmark, 15th Dubrovnik Croatien from Croatia, 16th Pauls Connections from South Africa, 17th Hegemann Race Club from Germany, 18th Team Komm Hans, Komm from Germany, 19th Team Catskill USA from United States Of America and 20th Ali Alashkanani from Kuwait.
The time gap between the first 20 pigeons was just 21.05 seconds and a total of 12 different countries were represented in this result. A total of 4,432 pigeons were officially recorded on the day, leaving 163 still to make it back to the lofts.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st UK, 10th Open went to Ultimate Collection with pigeon named Ice Queen bred by Mark & Dickie Evans from Whitley Bridge, which was officially clocked at 08.19.54.20 just 17.45 seconds behind the race winner, 2nd UK, 33rd Open John Bradley from Bilston, 3rd UK, 38th Open Aurea Dream Team UK with pigeon bred by Tad Truszkoski, 4th UK, 44th Open D. Gruzelier from Kempston, 5th & 19th UK, 52nd & 215th Open Ian Stafford – James Parker with two pigeons bred by these fanciers from Tyne & Wear, 6th UK, 60th Open Lloyd and Kelly from Steventon, 7th UK, 104th Open Radcliffe and Hall with pigeon bred by Steve Radcliffe from Skelmersdale, 8th UK, 108th Open Emilia Loft UK- NFC with a pigeon bred by Sebastian Suski from Southampton, 9th UK, 126th Open Diamonds Are Forever Syndicate with a pigeon bred by Graham Walker from Partington, 10th & 18th UK, 138th & 203rd Open Glen Sensors with two pigeons bred by Les Berry & Son from Great Glen, 11th UK, 141st Open Smith – McAllister Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Bruce McAllister from Furneaux Pelham, 12th UK, 145th Open N+A Evans and Cuthbert from Wolviston, 13th UK, 146th Open Planet Brothers from Romford, 14th UK, 147th Open Keeping Up With The Jones – NFC with pigeon bred by Rob Jones from Southampton, 15th UK, 152nd Open Team Islwyn with pigeon bred by R. O Jones from Resolven, 16th UK, 163rd Open for Reds and Blues with a pigeon bred by Lee Davison & Son from Liverpool, 17th UK,, 172nd Open C. Brown – V. Mudd – P. Oberholster with pigeon bred by Pieter Oberholster from Keysoe and 20th UK, 219th Open for Gribbles Choice with pigeon bred by Phil Bond & Son from Torquay. A total of 400 UK pigeons were officially recorded on the day, leaving 23 still to return to base camp.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st Ireland, 78th Open went to Moran + Bowden with pigeon named Tiny Tegan which was clocked at 08.20.24.15 just 47.40 seconds behind the race winner, 2nd &b 5th Ireland, 200th & 270th Open two pigeons for Philip + Mark Smith, 3rd Ireland, 235th Open O’Donnell ABU Lofts, 4th Ireland, 251st Open Aurea Dream Team Eire bred by Lloyd & Kelly from Steventon and 6th Ireland, 408th Open another pigeon for Moran + Bowden. A total of 81 Irish pigeons were recorded on the day, leaving 4 still to return to the lofts.

TRAINING FLIGHT 2 took place on Saturday 10th November 2012 from 51km (32 miles) and the basketing list on the official web site showed a total of 4,454 pigeons being basketed and this total included 4,023 International, which included 405 United Kingdom and 81 Irish pigeons, plus 431 South African pigeons.

The convoy were liberated at 07.50 in fine and clear conditions with a few clouds with a light head wind and temperature of 17c (63f) and a steady race was expected.

The OPEN result was as follows and CONGRATULATIONS goes to Team Stieneker –Abrams from Germany who took 1st Open with their pigeon named Kairo which was officially clocked at 08.32.45.34 to record a velocity of 1310ypm (45mph), 2nd Mershed Jedovo Alnamlan from Kuwait, 3rd Josef Lang from Germany, 4th Mohammed Marzouq Al-Alwan from Kuwait, 5th Karl Newill from Germany, 6th Koopman Racing Team from Netherlands,
7th Gaddin Bros and Charl Stander from South Africa, 8th Theo u Markus Lecke from Germany, 9th Pauls Connections from South Africa, 10th Team Brandy from Germany, 11th TNT Lofts from South Africa, 12th Koopman Racing Team from Netherlands, 13th Oliver Heckl from Germany, 14th Team Esser – Klaas frim Germany, 15th Ahmad S Al-Juwaisri from Kuwait, 16th Don and Judy Hart from United States Of America, 17th Mishal Ead from Kuwait, 18th SG Jammer+Reinhard from Germany, 19th Team Mausen-Koeln from Germany
and 20th Harald Below from Germany. The time gap between the first 20 pigeons was 23.20 seconds and a total of 5 different countries were represented in this result. A total of 4,312 pigeons were clocked on the day up to 15.24 when a massive thunderstorm moved in and no more pigeons were recorded on the day, leaving 142 still to make it back to the lofts. A few more pigeons returned during Sunday. The Monday morning loft list showed 4,341 pigeons had returned to the lofts, leaving 113 still missing.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st, 3rd & 8th UK, 24th, 55th & 92nd Open went to Myrtle Lofts – Evans + Walker and with the winning pigeon named Myrtle Sensation and all three pigeons were bred by Mark & Dickie Evans from Whitley Bridge. Their winner was officially clocked at 08.33.15.34 just 30.00 seconds behind the actual race winner, 2nd & 20th UK, 39th & 205th Open for Mark Gilbert from Windsor, 4th UK, 63rd Open Carlos Dream Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet with a pigeon very kindly bred by Jos Reilly from Dublin, 5th UK, 67th Open Syndicate Lofts UK with pigeon bred by Peter Fox from Bangor, 6th UK, 80th Open N+A Evans and Cuthbert from Wolviston,
7th & 18th UK, 89th & 177th Open Manchester Maestros with two pigeons bred by Crehan & O’Connor from Salford, 9th UK, 93rd Open John Bradley from Bilston, 10th & 19th UK, 94th & 186th Open Lucky Devils Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith and with two pigeons bred by Jos Reilly from Dublin, 11th UK, 110th Open Smith – McAllister Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith and with pigeon bred by Bruce McAllister from Furneaux Pelham, 12th & 14th UK, 116th & 150th Open Ultimate Collection with two more pigeons bred by Mark & Dickie Evans from Whitley Bridge, 13th UK, 138th Open Keeping Up With The Jones with pigeon bred by Robbie Jones from Southampton, 15th UK, 158th Open Ian Stafford – James Parker from Tyne & Wear, 16th UK, 172nd Open Aureas Dream Team UK with pigeon bred by Lee Davison & Son from Liverpool, 17th UK, 176th Open Guys Lofts Elite bred by Graham Guy from Wolverhampton. A total of 395 UK pigeons were officially recorded on the day, leaving 10 still to make it back to the lofts. One more arrived during Sunday. The Monday morning loft list showed 396 UK pigeons were in the lofts, leaving 9 still missing.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st Ireland, 95th Open were Aurea Dream Team Eire with pigeon named Mother Kelly bred by Lloyd & Kelly from Steventon which was clocked at 08.34.08.01 just 1 minute 22.67 seconds behind the race winner, 2nd Ireland, 163rd Open Hennie + Anette Kallmeyer, 3rd Ireland, 248th Open Mousies Dream Team, 4th Ireland, 289th Open Philip + Mark Smith, 5th Ireland, 409th Open Oliver Bond Flats and then 6th Ireland, 459th Open Bernard Smyth – Gordon Bros. A total of 74 Irish pigeons were officially recorded on the day, leaving just 7 still to return to the lofts. No more returned on Sunday. The Monday loft listing showed 74 Irish pigeons were still in the lofts, leaving 7 still missing.

The information listed above on all these winning pigeons was gleaned from the official SAMDPR web site and I can only apologise if this information is not correct at the time of compiling this press release. If any competing members want more information regarding the breeder of any winning pigeons or where they live then all they have to do is phone or email me and I will add this information to my database for future reference.

The remaining race programme will be as follows:- Training Flight 3 on Wednesday 14th November 2012 from 50km (31 miles), Training Flight 4 (*) on Saturday 17th November 2012 from 80km (50 miles), HOT SPOT CAR RACE 1 (*) on Saturday 24th November 2012 from 125km (78 miles), Training Flight 5 (*) on Wednesday 28th November 2012 from 80km (50 miles), HOT SPOT CAR RACE 2 (*) on Saturday 1st December 2012 from 175km (109 miles), Training Flight 6 (*) on Wednesday 5th December 2012 from 80km (50 miles), Training Flight 7 (*) on Saturday 8th December 2012 from 125km (78 miles), Training Flight 8 (*) on Wednesday 12th December 2012 from 80km (50 miles), HOT SPOT CAR RACE 3 (*) on Saturday 15th December 2012 from 250km (155 miles), Training Flight 9 (*) on Wednesday 19th December 2012 from 80km (50 miles), Training Flight 10 (*) on Saturday 22nd December 2012 from 125km (78 miles), HOT SPOT CAR RACE 4 (*) on Saturday 29th December 2012 from 300km (186 miles), Training Flight 11 (*) on Wednesday 2nd January 2013 from 80km (50 miles), Training Flight 12 (*) on Saturday 5th January 2013 from 125km (78 miles), Training Flight 13 (*) on Wednesday 9th January 2013 from 80km (50 miles), Training Flight 14 (*) on Saturday 19th January 2013 from 80km (50 miles), Training Flight 15 (*) on Wednesday 23rd January 2013 from 80km (50 miles), Training Flight 16 (*) on Saturday 26th January 2013 from 125km (78 miles) and then THE FINAL RACE (*) on Saturday 2nd February 2013 from 550km (342 miles). ALL THESE RACES WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE APPOINTED DAY PROVIDING THE WEATHER IS SUITABLE FOR THE LIBERATION AND RACE TO TAKE PLACE, IF NOT THEY COULD BE FLOWN ON ANOTHER DAY WHEN THE WEATHER FORECAST WAS MORE FAVOURABLE. ONLY RACES OF 50KM (31 MILES) OR OVER COUNT TOWARDS THE ACE PIGEON AWARDS. ALL THE NOMINATION RACES ARE ALL MARKED WITH AN ASTERIX (*) NEXT TO THE FLIGHT OR RACE.

GLOBAL AND COUNTRY NOMINATIONS started on TRAINING FLIGHT 2 on Saturday 10th November and these can be added by entrants by going onto the official web site and then logging into their own AS account. GLOBAL NOMINATIONS are available at US$1, US$2, US$5, US$10, US$20, US$50, US$100, US$200 and US$500 categories. UK COUNTRY NOMINATIONS are available at US$1, US$2, US$5, US$10 and US$20. In the GLOBAL NOMINATIONS a total of 334 pigeons (69 from UK and 8 from IRELAND) were entered with 1066 nominations and a total of US$7,438.35c (£4,800) was flown for and the UK winners were as follows:- Guys Lofts Elite took 176th Open with Angies Choice bred by Graham Guy from Wolverhampton and he won US$51 (£33), Manchester Maestros took 89th Open with Dejavu winning US$1,802 (£1,163) and also Lucky Tots won 177th Open and US$28.90 (£19), both being bred by Crehan & O’Connor from Salford and Burntoft Prince won 80th Open and US$340 (£220) for N+A Evans and Cuthbert from Wolviston. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THESE WINNERS. UK COUNTRY NOMINATIONS only had a couple of entries and these were funded to the entrant.

CASCADE CHALLENGE also started on TRAINING FLIGHT 2 and this is basically a “Single Pigeon Nomination” at a cost of US$10 (£6-50) per pigeon. Only one pigeon in each syndicate can be entered and to win this “Pot Of Gold” a nominated pigeon has to win 1st Open. If not then whatever is in the pot carries forward to the next Nomination Flight. As this CASCADE CHALLENGE was not won on the Final Race in the last 2011/12 race series, a sum of US$3,538.50 is the starting fund carried forward for this 2012/13 race series. GOOD LUCK TO ALL CONCERNED. A total of 101 pigeons were entered (15 UK and 2 from IRELAND) and the sum of US$4,388.50c was flown for but was not won, so this money will be carried over to Training Race 4. Nearest pigeon to winning was Mishal Ead from Kuwait with pigeon named Ali Mishal which took 17th Open. The first UK pigeon took 89th Open for Manchester Maestros with pigeon named Dejavu bred by Crehan & O’Conner from Manchester. The first IRISH pigeon took 248th Open for Mousies Dream Team. GOOD LUCK IN THE NEXT ROUND TO ALL ENTRANTS.

Of course before you can actually NOMINATION a pigeon or pigeons or put a pigeon in the CASCADE CHALLENGE you must have the appropriate funds in your AS account. So if you wish to have a bit of extra fun during the 2012/13 race series please contact your Country Shipper as soon as possible who will then pass your funds over to the race organisers so that you have enough funds in your AS account to have a little gamble.

THE GRAND OVERALL AVERAGES after the first two Training Flights are still waiting to go online and as soon as I receive any further information, the results will be published in a later International Press Release.

***PLEASE DON’T FORGET*** ACTIVATIONS and PAYMENTS for your RESERVE PIGEONS needs to be done before the first CAR RACE HOT SPOT 1, which is due to take place on Saturday 24th November 2012. So please anybody that wants to ACTIVATE ANY RESERVE PIGEONS needs to get their payment to me on or before Thursday 22nd November. ACTIVATION FORMS will be sent out by post to all my entrants, please fill these in and return to me asap so that I can then get the appropriate RESERVE PIGEONS fully paid for.
Only ACTIVATED PIGEONS are eligible to fly for any of the US$100,000 Prize Money or Brand New Motor Cars allocated to each of these five races, plus of course you have the US$2,000 Two-Bird Average in each Car Race Hot Spot, US$5,000 Car Race Hot Spot Ace Pigeon Award, about US$40,000 International Country Challenge Prize Money, US$25,000 Knockout Prize Money and US$17,500 South African Race Grand Average Ace Pigeon Awards which has three cash prizes of US$10,000, US$5,000 and US$2,500. If your RESERVE PIGEONS are not ACTIVATED, then you will have no chance to win any of this Prize Money or the 5 Brand New Motor Cars. Take a close look at what is being offered to you, if you ACTIVATE A RESERVE PIGEON for US$1,000 and you then lose this pigeon or pigeons prior to basketing for the Final Race and this pigeon has not won any of the Special Prize Money or any of the 5 Brand New Motor Cars, you get this US$1,000 entry fee refunded in full into your AS account, which you can then use to purchase another RESERVE PIGEON or leave it in your AS account to fund another race entry at a later date. If you decide to request the US$1,000 (approx. £650) entry fees to be paid out after the race has closed, there will be about a US$15 (approx. £10) deducted which will be a bank transfer charge. If one of the RESERVE PIGEON/S you ACTIVATE goes on and wins one of the 100 US$1,000 Car Race Hot Spot Cash Prizes and then gets lost prior to the basketing for the Final Race, it has actually cost you nothing as you paid US$1,000 for it and it will have won you US$1,000. However, of course it could win you a lot more in Cash Prize Money and even a Brand New Motor Car or any of the other Special Prize Money allocated to these 5 Car Race Hot Spots. SO PLEASE DO NOT CAUGHT OUT BY NOT ACTIVATING ANY OF YOUR RESERVE PIGEONS AS IT COULD COST YOU A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY PLUS THE EMBARRASSMENT OF WINNING A MAJOR PRIZE AND THEN NOT BE ABLE TO CLAIM IT. EVERY YEAR FROM DAY ONE, FANCIERS MISS OUT ON WINNING MAJOR CASH PRIZES, PLUS QUITE A FEW HAVE MISSED OUT ON WINNING A BRAND NEW MOTOR CAR JUST BECAUSE THEY DID NOT ACTIVATE THEIR RESERVE PIGEONS. YOU REALLY HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE!

My annual 8 nights “TRIP OF A LIFETIME” to the race represents fantastic value and gives all travellers the chance to be part of the greatest pigeon race in the world today, whilst at the same time visiting South Africa and enjoying the warm weather and superb scenery.
Full details and itinerary were published earlier in the “BHW” pages 64, 65 & 66 and “RP” pages 17, 18 & 19 dated 7th September 2012. If you or any friends are interested then please contact me asap as all places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Because of the current high South African Rand exchange rate against the Pound Sterling, this trip is now being offered for over £445 per person less than in the original advert. This really is a great opportunity to take advantage of this fabulous holiday in the sun. Why not book your trip now and treat yourself to a fantastic holiday in the sun?

I would just like to notify fanciers that my weekly International Press Releases and Newsletters will all be published in our two weekly pigeon magazines, namely “The British Homing World” and “The Racing Pigeon”. Information will also be sent out to numerous other Web Sites:- www.regencylofts.com www.iprr.co.uk www.elimarpigeons.com www.pigeonportal.com www.cyberpigeon.co.uk www.pigeonbasics.com www.pigeoncare.nl
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If you have any questions or queries about any aspect of THE SOUTH AFRICAN MILLION DOLLAR PIGEON RACE, then please contact me on my home telephone number, mobile number or by text SMS or by emailing me and I will do my best to answer any of your questions or queries.

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Paul Smith. United Kingdom Race Team Shipper & International Race Co-ordinator for The 17th South African Million Dollar (The Greatest & Biggest One Loft Pigeon Race In The World Today and also The Race With The Proven Track Record), which is due to be held in Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday 2nd February 2013.
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