15th Sun City Million Dollar Race - Training Races 16/17

[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 16 & 17.

Once again it was time for the next basketing list to appear on the SCMDPR web site for TRAINING RACE 16 and this duly appeared on Tuesday 11th January. A total of 2,639 pigeons were listed and this included 2,252 International and 387 South African pigeons. The International entry included 250 from the UNITED KINGDOM and 40 from IRELAND. Liberation took place from a distance of 81km (50 miles) back to Sun City on Wednesday 12th January at 08.55, fine and clear conditions with little to no wind and a temperature of 24C (75F) and a good steady race was anticipated by the Loft Managers and Zandy Meyer (Race Director).

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st OPEN went to KITCHENBRAND LOFTS from SOUTH AFRICA with pigeon named HARMONIA which was officially clocked at 09-53-30.35 to record 1517ypm (52mph). Performances so far in the last 19 races were as follows:- 2242nd, 2056th, 375th, 2796th, 1369th, 474th, 469th, 136th, 2971st, 899th, 69th, 778th, 46th, 408th, 255th, 790th, 20th, 1773rd and now 1st in the last 19 races. This fancier has over the past few years spent millions of Rands purchasing most of the top winners in past SCMDP races, including Champion Birdy. Then 2nd Open went to Anja Kahlert from Germany, 3rd Open to Nicolas and Filip Norman from Belgium, 4th Open to T Marais from South Africa, 5th Open to Rampage Racing from United States Of America, 6th Open to Fenland Lofts from United Kingdom, 7th Open to Team Sylt 2000 from Germany, 8th Open to Team Billy Boys from Germany, 9th Open to ZG Helios, B Bucher + O Gehrken from Switzerland, 10th Open to Lutz-Cgrisian u Ingrid Geissler from Germany, 11th Open to Koopman Racing Team from Netherlands, 12th Open to Zaben Alazmi from Kuwait, 13th Open to Luis Llorens from United States Of America, 14th Open to Italian Champions Group from Italy, 15th Open to Hans and Evert-Jan Eijerkamp from Netherlands, 16th Open to Noriega Loft from United Stares Of America, 17th Open to Josef Kasan from Slovakia, 18th Open to Dersch u Sohn u Gnittka from Germany, 19th Open to Wilhelm Rehm u Sohn from Germany and then 20th Open to RS Homan from Ireland. It was great to see 6 different countries in the top 10 and separated by just 07.90 seconds and then 14.05 seconds between the top 20 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 during the day, so that fanciers from all over the world to see how the pigeons were arriving. First report showed 321 by 09-55, followed by 1387 by 10-00, 2088 by 10-06, 2195 by 10-15, 2579 by 11-00, 2584 by 11-38, then the final report of the day showed 2600 clocked by 19-13 which meant that 39 pigeons were still missing and this included 4 from the United Kingdom and 1 from Ireland.

THE OVERALL SUN CITY GRAND AVERAGES after 19 races now stands as follows:- 1st OPEN ITALIAN TEAM – CALTAVITURO fro ITALY with MAREMOLA 691 with a combined flying time of 35-44-35.35 and leading by a clear 57 minutes and 29 seconds with 41st, 1063rd, 64th, 215th, 792nd, 79th, 170th, 31st, 1649th, 707th, 1522nd, 504th, 123rd, 37th, 19th, 106th, 64th, 61st and now 23rd in its last 19 races, 2nd Open Frank Brieskorn from Germany with Skyjack, 3rd Open Jacob Poortvliet Racing Pigeons from Netherlands with Dyanne Dromer, 4th Open Jaworscy - Michalak from Poland with Blave 11, 5th Open Wilhelm Stoll from Germany with Hatatitla, 6th Open Team Oberhausen from Germany with Rainer, 7th Open Rebel Blues from South Africa with Leader Of The Pack, 8th Open Team LBE from Germany with Darja, 9th Open Garentown Syndicate from Australia with Liang
and then 10th Thomas Bremen – WA Waldow from Germany with Liang. Good to see 6 different countries in the top 10 in this classification and with 4 different countries taking the first four positions with 1 hour 36 minutes cover these first ten pigeons.

The top five in this classification in the UNITED KINGDOM TEAM are as follows:- 16th OPEN JEAN and CHRISTOF TEAM with pigeon named SUNRISE bred by DEGUARA & SZKOLNY from MITCHAM, total flying time is 37-39-10.85 and this pigeon has won 991st, 2908th, 1308th, 611th, 1816th, 221st, 344th, 489th, 2846th, 367th, 373rd, 743rd, 757th, 171st, 1142nd, 46th, 2180th, 1665th and now 678th in the 19 races that count and leads by 8 minutes and 53 seconds, 19th Open for Manchester Maestros with Illustrious bred by Davies, Crehan & O’Conner from Manchester, 28th Open for Premier Australia Van Boxmeer with Premier Dirk bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 44th Open for Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet with Premier Lynne also bred by Premier Stud and then 60th Open for Myrtle Lofts – Evans + Walker and with Myrtle Dancer bred by Mark & Dickie Evans from Whitley Bay.

The first three in this classification in the IRISH TEAM are as follows:- 30th & 103d OPEN two pigeons for PHILIP + MARK SMITH with IRISH SPARKY and Gr Nos Na Gaoithe. Flying time for IRISH SPARKY is 38-09-33.31 and this pigeon has won 1492nd, 272nd, 2764th, 1264th, 675th, 1440th, 1275th, 1013th, 307th, 617th, 370th, 637th, 1693rd, 898th, 490th, 315th, 531st, 455th and now 1995th in the 19 races that count and leads by 62 minutes and 12 seconds, 120th Open goes to Karl Donnelly with his pigeon named Riley.

CONGRATULATIONS in TRAINING RACE 16 for winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 6th OPEN went to FENLAND LOFTS with pigeon named FENLANDS STACEY bred by DARREN PETERS from EAST HECKINGTON which was clocked at 09-53-33.50 just 03.15 seconds off the race winner and this pigeon had won 2292nd, 1021st, 32nd, 307th, 3377th, 886th, 290th, 820th, 31st, 1065th, 353rd, 310th, 1676th, 142nd, 806th, 940th, 125th, 1327th and now 6th in it last 19 races, then 2nd & 15th UK, 27th & 217th Open to Premier Australia Van Boxmeer with 2 pigeons bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 3rd UK, 37th Open to Guys Lofts with his superb pigeon Tonys Choice bred by Graham Guy which has already won 3 x 1st, 4 x 2nds, 2 x 3rd UK and 3 x 8th, 2 x 10th, 19th, 24th, 32nd, 37th, 62nd & 72nd Open and over US$20,000 so far in Nominations and Car Race Prize Money, 4th, 13th, 16th & 17th UK, 52nd, 201st, 218th & 234th Open for Paul Smith Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with 4 pigeons bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon, 5th, 8th, 9th, 14th, 19th, 20th & 21st UK, 57th, 89th, 100th, 207th, 237th, 252nd & 255th Open to Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith and with 7 pigeons bred by Premier Stud, making it 9 pigeons bred by this establishment in the top 21 in the UK Team, which in itself is a remarkable achievement, 6th & 7th UK, 66th & 88th Open to Syndicate Lofts UK with 2 pigeons bred by Peter Fox from Bangor, 10th UK, 140th Open to Dean Pallatt from Shearsby, 11th UK, 147th Open to Foster & Hamilton with a pigeon bred by Warren Foster from Greenhithe, 12th UK, 153rd Open to Brammer and Nasha, administered by Frank Brammer from Gloucester and with a pigeon bred by John Nash from Ireland, and then 18th UK, 236th Open to SJD Syndicate with a pigeon bred by Paul & Roland Stokes from Broughton Astley. ANOTHER EXCELLENT RACE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM TEAM. The first clocking list showed 16UK pigeons were clocked by 09-55, 141 by 10-00, 204 by 10-06, 214 by 10-15, 242 by 11-00, 244 by 11-38 and then the final report of the day showed 246 clocked by 19-13, leaving just 4 UK pigeons still to return to the lofts.

CONGRATULATIONS in TRAINING RACE 16 for winning 1st IRELAND, 20th OPEN went to RS HOMAN with his pigeon named IRISH ZOE which was clocked at 09-53-44.40, this pigeon had won 0000th, 4053rd, 2758th, 2774th, 3136th, 1136th, 202nd, 1022nd, 481st, 1094th, 521st, 970th, 1127th, 1632nd, 843rd, 1209th, 92nd, 254th and now 20th in the last 19 races, then 2nd & 3rd Ireland, 98th & 339th Open to Paul Poole and Son, 4th Ireland, 468th Open to Lucky Green, 5th Ireland, 487th Open to Tom Cahill and then 6th Ireland, 501st Open to H Kallmeyer. AN EXCELLENT RESULT FOR THE IRISH TEAM. The first clocking list only showed 2 Irish pigeon clocked before 09-55, then 21 by 10-00, 33 by 11-06, then 39 by 11-00, leaving 1 pigeon still missing at nightfall.

TRAINING RACE 17 was then scheduled for Saturday 15th January and the basketing list appeared on the SCMDPR web site on Friday 14th January and this showed a total of 2,627 pigeons had been entered, which was made up by 2,241 International and 386 South African entries and included 250 from the United Kingdom Team and also 40 from our Irish counterparts. The convoy were liberated from 135km (84 miles) at 06-30 in cool and overcast conditions with the possibility of scattered showers, 22C (72F), with little to no wind, whilst at Sun City the weather was very similar and a good race was anticipated by the loft managers and Zandy Meyer (Race Director).

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st OPEN went to CLUB BOKSBURG RACING PIGEON CLUB from SOUTH AFRICA with pigeon named BART 2 which was clocked at 08-12-29.78 to record 1450ypm (50mph), performances so far were 780th, 1647th, 1282nd, 220th, 3500th, 0000th, 0000th, 0000th, 1052nd, 2494th, 1004th, 247th, 418th, 2023rd, 2391st, 2455th, 74th, 74th, 166th and now 1st in the last 20 races, then 2nd Open went to Hok M Reijnen from Netherlands, 3rd Open to Hok Jos Vercammen from Belgium, 4th Open to Koopman Racing Team from Netherlands with a pigeon that has already won numerous top positions in this race series, 5th Open to Team Oberhausen from Germany, 6th Open to A and T Sorrentino from Germany, 7th Open to Rudolf Cossmann from Germany, 8th Open to WA Waldow – Silvia Thiel from Germany, 9th Open to Wilhelm Stoll from Germany, 10th Open another for Koopman Racing Team from Netherlands, 11th Open to Dean Pallett from United Kingdom, 12th Open to Empadi Racing Team Team from Switzerland, 13th Open to Mijbel Faleh Alzwied from Kuwait, 14th Open to Hans and Evert-Jan Eijerkamp from Netherlands, 15th Open to Horst u Frank Sander from Germany, 16th Open to ZG Helios, B Bucher + O Gehrken from Switzerland, 17th Open to McLaughlin Lofts from United States Of America, 18th Open to Storm Loft from Germany, 19th Open to Team Neptun from Switzerland and then 20th Open to Rampage Racing from United States Of America. These top 20 pigeons were all clocked within 39.85 seconds of the race winner and 4 different countries were represented in the top 10. The top 100 pigeons were all clocked within 3 minutes 5 seconds of the race winner. A total of 2,168 pigeons were officially recorded by 08-50 and this included 201 from the UK and 27 from Ireland, then 2,493 pigeons had been recorded by 09-04, then 2500 by 09-09, 2520 by 09-49, 2575 by 15-06 and then the final report of the day showed 2,585 in the lofts by 18-42 leaving 42 still to return and this total included 245 UK and 38 Irish birds. Sunday in Sun City once again proved to be a very wet day with lots of rain giving very little chance for missing pigeon to return to the lofts.
The Monday loft list showed 2,603 in the lofts, which meant only 24 were still missing.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 11th OPEN went to DEAN PALLETT with pigeon named SADDINGTON bred by Dean Pallett from Shearsby which was clocked at 08-13-02.83, this pigeon had previously won 2871st, 2904th, 1157th, 353rd, 1081st, 30th, 2573rd, 818th, 1797th, 28th, 1690th, 271st, 250th, 1342nd, 65th, 806th, 176th, 815th, 1260th and now 11th in the last 20 races, then 2nd, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th & 19th UK, 27th, 55th, 62nd, 106th, 107th & 212th Open for Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet with all 6 pigeons bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 3rd UK, 34th Open for Mark Gilbert from Windsor, then 4th & 21st UK, 49th & 214th Open for Twelve Wisemen Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith and a pigeon by Bruce McAllister from Furneaux Pelham and the second one by Richy Elliott from Plymouth with two pigeons bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 5th UK, 52nd Open goes to Common View Lofts with pigeon bred by John Cooper from Pontypridd, which had just won 1st UK, 1st Open the previous Saturday, perhaps running into form at the right time, 10th UK, 138th Open for Premier Kelly Van Boxmeer with another pigeon bred by Premier Stud, 11th, 15th & 18th UK, 142nd, 168th & 197th Open for Paul Smith Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith and with 3 pigeons bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon, 12th UK, 155th Open for Premier Australia Van Boxmeer with another pigeon bred by Patringham Stud, making it 8 pigeons bred by this establishment in the top 19 in the UK result, a truly fantastic achievement, 13th UK, 159th Open for NFC Nom Team – Cowan with a pigeon bred by Tony Cowan from Hamble, 14th UK, 162nd Open for Syndicate Lofts UK with a pigeon bred by Peter Fox from Bangor, 16th UK, 182nd Open went to Fenland Lofts with the same pigeon bred by Darren Peters from East Heckington which had just won 1st UK, 6th Open in the previous race, another one running into form at the right time, 17th UK, 194th Open for Gallows Hill Kid with pigeon bred by Dave Murphy and 20th UK, 213th Open went to Frank Quinlan from Leeds. ANOTHER GREAT RESULT FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM TEAM. A total of 201 UK pigeons were officially clocked by 08-50, then 235 by 09-04 and then still 235 by 09-49, 245 by 15-06 and then the final report of the day showed still 245 pigeons officially clocked by 18-42 which meant 5 were still missing. The Monday list showed 248 in the lofts, leaving 2 still to return.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st IRELAND, 75th OPEN goes to RS HOMAN with pigeon named IRISH ZOE which was clocked at 08-14-56-68 only 2 minutes and 26.90 seconds behind the race winner, this pigeon had previously won 0000th, 4053rd, 2758th, 2774th, 3136th, 1136th, 202nd, 1022nd, 481st, 1094th, 521st, 970th, 1127th, 1632nd, 843rd, 1209th, 92nd, 254th, 20th and now 75th in the last 20 races, plus numerous top positions in the Irish Team, which also included 1st IRELAND, 20th OPEN in the previous race. Perhaps this is a pigeon running into form at the right time? Then 2nd Ireland, 442nd Open for Gleeson - Lucas, 3rd Ireland, 526th Open for Paul Poole and Son, 4th & 5th Ireland, 532nd & 592nd Open for Tom Cahill and then 6th Ireland, 702nd Open for Cannon Lillis Lofts with pigeon bred by Jos Reilly. The Irish Team had a total of 27 pigeons clocked by 08-50, 35 by 09-04, then 37 by 09-49, still 37 by 15-06 and then 38 by 18-42 which meant 2 pigeons was still missing by nightfall. The Monday loft list showed all 39 had made it back to the lofts, leaving 1 still to return. Another reasonable result for the IRISH TEAM.

THE OVERALL SUN CITY GRAND AVERAGES after 20 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, 19th, 106th, 64th, 61st, 230th and now 36th in the first 20 races in this classification, with a flying time 37-28-27-08 leading by a clear 1 hour 4 minutes and 36 seconds, 2nd Frank Brieskorn from Germany with Skyjack, 3rd Jacob Poortvliet Racing Pigeons from Netherlands with Dyanne Dromer, 4th Wilhelm Stoll from Germany with Hatatitla, 5th Team Oberhausen from Germany with Rainer, 6th Rebel Blues from South Africa with Leader Of The Pack, 7th Garentown Syndicate from Australia with Unguarded Moment, 8th Empadi Racing Team from Switzerland with Benka, 9th Jaworscy – Michalak from Poland with Blave 11 and 10th Fahad Al-Hesayan from Kuwait with Bro 155. Great to see 8 different countries represented in the top 10 with 1 hour 41 minutes and 47 seconds between them all.

The top five pigeons in the UNITED KINGDOM TEAM in this category are as follows:- 18th JEAN & CHRISTOF TEAM with SUNRISE bred by DEGUARA & SZKOLNY from MITCHAM, with a flying time of 39-35-09.28 which has won 991st, 2908th, 1308th, 611th, 1816th, 221st, 344th, 489th, 2846th, 367th, 373rd, 743rd, 757th, 171st, 1142nd, 46th, 2180th, 1665th, 678th and now 1170th in the first 20 races, 20th Manchester Maestros with Illustrious bred by Davies, Crehan & O’Conner from Manchester, 28th Premier Australia Van Boxmeer with Premier Dirk bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 37th Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet with Premier Lynne with another bred by Premier Stud then 52nd Myrtle Lofts – Evans + Walker with Myrtle Dancer bred by Mark & Dickie Evans from Whitley Bay. Another 12 UK pigeons in the top 218 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:- 27th PHILIP + MARK SMITH with IRISH SPARKY, with 1492nd, 272nd, 2764th, 1264th, 675th, 1440th, 1275th, 1013th, 307th, 617th, 370th, 637th, 1693rd, 898th, 490th, 315th, 531st, 455th, 1995th and now 753rd in the first 20 races, flying time 40-01-55.74,
then 90th another for Philip + Mark Smith with Gr Nos Na Gaoithe and then 93rd for Karl Donnelly with Riley.

GLOBAL NOMINATIONS in TRAINING RACE 17 totalled US$5,797-85c with 168 pigeons entered and a total of 646 Nominations and there were 8 United Kingdom and no Irish pigeons competing for this cash and unfortunately there was no winners in this race from the home countries. Full results can be seen by logging onto www.scmdpr.com

REGIONAL UK NOMINATIONS only had 3 pigeons entered and 15 Nominations and a total of US$94-35c was up for grabs and once again GUYS LOFTS with TONYS CHOICE bred by GRAHAM GUY took all the money by winning 314th Open. This is about the 7th time this outstanding pigeon has won the UK Nominations in this race series.

CASCADE CHALLENGE for TRAINING RACE 17 showed an entry of 88 pigeons, which included 10 from United Kingdom and 2 from Ireland, with a total of US$6,080 being flown for and as it turned out there was no winner this week. The best United Kingdom pigeon belonged to TWELVE WISEMEN SYNDICATE with their extremely consistent pigeon WISE ONE bred by BRUCE McALLISTER from FURNEAUX PELHAM that took 49th OPEN and was only 1 minute 58 seconds away from the actual race winner.

*****THE REMAINING RACE PROGRAMME***** 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.

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.

PIGEON FOR SALE went live on line on Monday 10th January and it showed 180 pigeons that had not been “ACTIVATED” (paid for) by their owners. These could now be purchased for US$1,000 (approx. £667) on a first come, first served basis and whoever purchased them could have them entered in their name or syndicate name for the Final Race and whatever these pigeons won in the Final Race, one hundred per cent of the winnings would be theirs and with 300 top cash prizes on offer, this really does represent a really great opportunity for anybody to have a little gamble on this race. What always amazes me is that fanciers send these pigeons out to compete in the Final Race and then do not have the confidence to purchase them after they have flown 20 races and are still in the lofts when over 4,000 have already been lost. The first day this list went on nearly 70 of these pigeons were sold to “Punters”. Another 110 are still to be sold and these will be sold over the next few days before the race takes place. Up to Friday 14th January quite a few had been sold, leaving just 58 still to be sold and by Monday morning only 43 pigeons remained unsold. A few more days for people to purchase these. So at this stage it looks like all the pigeons will be entered, which really is great news because if they are good enough to still be in the lofts, they must be good enough to compete for the massive prize fund. GOOD LUCK TO ALL THAT HAVE TAKEN A CHANCE AND HAD A GAMBLE IN THIS FINAL RACE.

GOOD LUCK to all concerned in TRAINING RACE 18, which takes place on Wednesday 19th January from 80km (50 miles), followed by the FINAL RACE on Saturday 22nd January from 560km (348 miles) back to Sun City. I hope that I have to telephone somebody in the UK on Saturday congratulating them of their success in the biggest international one loft race in the world today. Of course my International Press Releases on these two races will be published on my return from South Africa.

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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