16th SCMDPR - Car Race Hot Spot (5) & Train Race 19

[willie reynolds]

“INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE”
THE 16th 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 28th JANUARY 2012.

REPORT ON CAR RACE HOT SPOT 5 & TRAINING RACE 19.

UNITED KINGDOM TEAM HAS ANOTHER FANTASTIC RACE IN CAR RACE HOT SPOT 5 AND “FLIES THE FLAG” AND WINS

10th, 21st, 25th, 37th, 38th, 44th, 63rd, 67th, 81st, 82nd, 84th, 108th, 115th, 121st, 159th, 160th, 163rd, 208th, 210th & 242nd OPEN, PLUS WINNING TWO MORE OF THE US$1,000 HOT SPOT CASH PRIZES.

A further week of daily training under their belts and the official basketing list appeared on the SCMDPR web site on Friday 6th January 2012 for CAR RACE HOT SPOT 5, which was due to take place on Saturday 7th January from 380km (approx. 236 miles) and this showed a total of 3,856 pigeons were competing (yet another record entry for this race) and this figure included 3,275 International, which included 295 from the United Kingdom and 41 from Ireland, plus 581 pigeons from South Africa. The liberation then took place at 05-30 in clear, fine and cool conditions, 19c (66f), with a light head wind and a good race was anticipated by the loft managers and Zandy Meyer (Race Director). A later mid morning weather report from Sun City, showed fine and hot, light head wind, clear conditions and temperature of 27c (81f) and rising as the day progressed.

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st OPEN and “FLYING THE FLAG FOR THEIR COUNTRY” went to BELGICA DE WEERD from NETHERLANDS with pigeon named ERINS TUITION which was officially clocked at 11-29-18.95 to record 1157ypm (39mph), this pigeon has won 186th CRHS1, 34th CRHS2, 1344th CRHS3, 1929th CRHS5 and now 1st CRHS5 and it was bred by HENK DE WEERD at the INTERPALOMAS LOFTS. 2nd Open went to Jochen Huenten from Germany, 3rd Open to Roodekrans Syndicate from Netherlands, 4th Open to Wilhelm Stoll from Germany, 5th Open to Team Elite from United States Of America, with same pigeon that won 1st Open in Car Race Hot Spot 4 winning the Brand New Motor Car, 6th Open to Herbert Bresser from Germany, 7th Open to Henrik Meldgaard from Denmark, 8th Open to Maurice Mattheeuws from Belgium, 9th Open to F and D Lofts from Canada, 10th Open to Premier Stud UK Syndicate from United Kingdom, 11th Open to Ace Syndicate from South Africa, 12th Open to NBF Team from Germany, 13th Open to J and J Lofts from Australia, another pigeon that has already scored a few times, 14th Open to Chytil - Herbots from Slovakia, 15th Open to F Stubbs from South Africa, 16th Open to Team SG Jung - Jupid from Germany, this pigeon has been flying exceptionally well and has actually been part of the winning team in the 2 Bird Averages in both CRHS3 and CRHS4, winning US$4,000 for its owners, 17th Open to Team Germany - Deigner from Germany, 18th Open to Joe Dallao from South Korea, 19th Open to Heritage Lofts from Australia, who have also been scoring well in this race series and then 20th Open to Mohamad Rasam from Kuwait. These top 20 pigeons were all clocked within 2 minutes 47.75 seconds of the race winner. Then the top 50 pigeons were all clocked within 10 minutes 55.75 seconds of the race winner and the top 100 pigeons were all clocked within 18 minutes 55.80 seconds of the race winner. WHAT A FANTASTIC INTERNATIONAL RACE RESULT WITH 12 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED IN THE TOP 20.
A total of 41 pigeons were officially recorded by 11-38, then 363 by 12-02, then 782 by 12-20, then 1,000 by 12-28, then 1,415 by 12-52, then 1,652 by 13-17, then 2,044 by 14-45, then 2,062 by 15-0, then 2,543 by 17-46 and then 2,795 finally making it on the day by 20-25, leaving 1,061 pigeons still to make it back to the lofts. The clock was left on Sunday to record pigeons and they started rolling in from 05-45 and 3,134 had been clocked by 08-20, then 3,394 by 11-04 and finally 3,464 had returned by 18-46, leaving 392 still to make it back to base camp. A further 45 pigeons returned to the lofts, making 3,509 in total, with now only 347 to return. Sure a few of these will work back in the next few days, so if yours is missing keep your eyes on the basketing lists. A further 12 pigeons worked back making 3,521 in total, leaving 335 to return to the lofts.

Yet another fantastic return rate for this Car Race Hot Spot 5 from 236 miles. These figures represent a 91.00% return rate which is exceptional in this type of race and the Race Director (Zandy Meyer), Loft Managers, Corey Naude (convoyer) and other convoyers, drivers and all the other loft staff should get a big pat on the back for these remarkable return figures. It should also be mentioned that after the early losses Car Race Hot Spot 1 from 121 miles showed a 100% return rate, whilst Car Race Hot Spot 2 from 160 miles showed a 95% return rate. Car Race Hot Spot 3 showed a 96% return rate. Then Car Race Hot Spot 4 showed a return rate of 94.67%. SO THE AVERAGE RETURN RATE FOR ALL THESE FIVE CAR RACE HOT SPOTS IS A STAGGERING 95.40%. CONRATULATIONS TO ALL THE STAFF CONCERNED.

Well done again to Michael Holt and Pieter Saayman for keeping everybody up to date with arrivals as they returned from this Car Race Hot Spot 5, these guys did a fantastic job to keep everybody informed during the two days that this race took place. They currently have the most informative one loft web site in the world today but are continually striving to improve the information so that all the fanciers and competitors can be kept up too date anywhere in the world with what is happening at the lofts in Sun City, South Africa. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORKS LADS, YOU ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.

*** BRAND NEW MOTOR CAR WINNER*** for CAR RACE HOT SPOT 5 went to 1st OPEN for BELGICA DE WEERD from NETHERLANDS with pigeon named ERINS TUITION, which was bred by HENK DE WEERD at the INTERPALOMAS LOFTS. WELL DONE TO THIS DUTCH TEAM AND ESPECIALLY TO HENK DE WEERD. ALL THE FIVE PIGEONS THAT HAVE WON A BRAND NEW MOTOR CAR IN THIS 2011/12 RACE SERIES SHOULD BE IN THE FINAL RACE ON SATURDAY 28th JANUARY 2012 FROM 342 MILES AS THEY WERE ALL OFFICIALLY CLOCKED IN CAR RACE HOT SPOT 5.

***TWO BIRD AVERAGE WINNER & US$2,000 CASH PRIZE*** went to FLOJO TEAM from NETHERLANDS with pigeons named GOLDENEYE and GOLDEN GUN and which finished in 26th & 98th OPEN. The UNITED KINGDOM best two pigeons took 2nd in this category belonged to the PAUL SMITH SYNDICATE, administered by Paul Smith and with two pigeons named OLYMPIC PEARL and OLYMPIC LASS that finished 63rd and 67th OPEN, both pigeons were bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon. It was also good to see Lloyd and Kelly taking 4th and Premier Stud UK Syndicate taking 5th in this category. This is the second time in this race series that the United Kingdom Team have just missed out on winning this cash prize, as Lee Fribbins from Colchester also took 2nd in and earlier race, plus the United Kingdom Team members N+A Evans and Cuthbert from Wolviston won this cash prize in Car Race Hot Spot 1. IT REALLY DOES SHOW THAT THE UNITED KINGDOM TEAM HAVE ONCE AGAIN MORE THAN HELD THEIR OWN IN THIS CATEGORY. WELL DONE TO THE WINNER.

*** TWENTY US$1,000 HOT SPOT CASH PRIZES*** were taken by ACTIVATED pigeons in the top 21 in the Open result. The top twenty are listed above in the Open result so I will not duplicate their names again. The result showed that the pigeon that actually took 18th for a South Korean entrant was NOT ACTIVATED and this cost this entrant/competitor winning the US$1,000 cash prize but the good news was for the fanciers that took 21st walked away with a very handy US$1,000 bonus prize and this just happened to go to the United Kingdom team member Manchester Maestros with their great pigeon Plutology bred by Crehan & O’Connor from Salford. This is the third US$1,000 this pigeon has won in this race series. This shows once again that if your pigeons are still in the lofts prior to the Car Race Hot Spot 1, it realty is extremely foolish not to ACTIVATE them.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 10th OPEN and “FLYING THE NATIONAL FLAG” went to PREMIER STUD UK SYNDICATE, with pigeon named PREMIER DIAMOND which was clocked at 11-30-44.85, just 1 minute 25.89 seconds behind the race winner. This syndicate is administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET and with a pigeon bred by the famous PREMIER STUD from PATRINGHAM HAVEN, this pigeon has won 21st CRHS1 and won a US$1,000 Hot Spot Cash Prize, she comes 10th Open in CRHS5 and wins another US$1,000 Hot Spot Cash Prize. Then 2nd UK, 21st Open went Manchester Maestros with pigeon named Plutology and bred by Crehan & O’Connor from Salford. This pigeon have been flying well in this race series and this pigeon has already won 38th, 92nd, 169th, 32nd, 7th, 12th, 71st, 67th, 69th, 14th, 176th and now 21st Open and this pigeon has already won a considerable amount of Nomination money and 3 x US$1,000 Car Race Hot Spot cash prizes in this race series. This partnership also have another 3 pigeons in this race and all have won positions and Nomination money in this race series. It should also be mentioned that this partnership have actually won 21 positions in the top 100 in 22 races including this race. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GUYS. 3rd UK, 21st Open to Davies and Dixon from South Wales and bred by Tredelerch Syndicate, then 4th UK, 37th Open to Paul Smith Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon, this pigeon has won 1239th CRHS1, 871st CRHS2, 285th CRHS3, 102nd CRHS4 and now 37th CRHS5, 5th UK, 38th Open Lloyd and Kelly from Steventon, 6th UK, 44th Open to Ken Darlington from Barry, 7th UK, 63rd Open another for Paul Smith Syndicate, with another bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon, 8th UK, 67th Open a third pigeon for the Paul Smith Syndicate, another bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon, 9th UK, 81st Open to Oakley Syndicate with pigeon bred by A. Smith from Ashbourne, 10th UK, 82nd Open to The X Factor, 11th UK, 84th Open another for Premier Stud UK Syndicate, with pigeon bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 12th UK, 108th Open to N+A Evans and Cuthbert from Wolviston, 13th UK, 115th Open to The Farriers with pigeon bred by Brian Greenley from Malton, this pigeon won 1st, 2nd, 21st, 50th Open earlier on in this race series, 14th UK, 121st Open to Horseshoe Syndicate with a pigeon bred by Steve Radcliffe from Skelmersdale, 15th UK, 159th Open to Pigeons and Boxing with a pigeon entered by Paul Smith from Ormskirk who is the current Commonwealth Boxing Champion with a pigeon bred by Johnney Burns from Worthing, 16th UK, 160th Open a third pigeon for Premier Stud UK Syndicate, 17th UK, 163rd Open to Emerald Classic with pigeon bred by John Boyd from Ballyclare, who runs the Emerald Classic International One Loft Race in Ireland, 18th UK, 208th Open another for N+A Evans and Cuthbert from Wolviston, 19th UK, 210th Open a fourth pigeon for the Premier Stud UK Syndicate, with another pigeon bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, what a great day for this organisation and then 20th UK, 242nd Open to P and D Clarke from Sevenash with another pigeon that has won a few prizes in this race series. Another truly fantastic result for the United Kingdom Team and a total of 6 UK pigeons were officially clocked by 11-38, then 33 by 12-02, 72 by 12-20, then 81 by 12-28, 106 by 12-52, then 126 by 13-17, then 156 by 14-55, then 201 by 17-46 and then 218 by nightfall at 20-25, which meant 77 were still missing. The clock was left on during Sunday and 242 had been clocked by 08-20, then 262 by 11-04 and finally 268 by 18-46 leaving 27 still to return to the lofts. A further 4 worked back making 272 pigeons in total which means 23 were still missing. This represents a 92.20% return rate.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st IRELAND, 66th OPEN and “FLYING THE NATIONAL FLAG” goes to MAURICE O’DONNELL with his pigeon named JOES DELIGHT which was clocked at 11-44-07.20, 14 minutes and 48.25 seconds behind the race winner, 2nd Ireland, 157th Open to Lucas and Gleeson, 3rd Ireland, 226th Open to Gery Daly – Beaumont Birds, 4th Ireland, 581st Open another Gery Daly – Beaumont Birds, 5th Ireland, 723rd Open to Philip + Mark Smith and then 6th Ireland, 898th Open another for Philip + Mark Smith. A good team result for the Irish Team who had 3 pigeons clocked by 12-02, then 5 by 12-20, 6 by 12-28, then 8 by 12-52, then 11 by 13-17, then 20 by 17-46 and finally 24 by nightfall, which meant 17 pigeons were still missing. The clock was left on during Sunday and 33 had been clocked by 09-43, then 34 by 11-04 and finally 36 by 18-46 leaving just 5 to return to base camp. This represents a 87.80% return rate.

GLOBAL NOMINATION for CAR RACE HOT SPOT 5 showed a total of 530 pigeons entered and with 1,972 nominations and this included 51 United Kingdom and 4 Irish pigeons and flying for a total of US$18,005-55c (approx. £12,004). The UNITED KINGDOM TEAM members MANCHESTER MAESTROS took 21st OPEN with pigeons named PLUTOLOGY and bred by CREHAN & O’CONNOR from SALFORD and walked off with a cool US$731 (approx. £487). This pigeon has already picked up a considerable amount of Nomination money, plus 3 x US$1,000 Car Race Hot Spot cash prizes in previous races in this race series. Hope it keeps on coming well guys. ANOTHER GREAT UNITED KINGDOM TEAM PERFORMANCE.

***THE CAR RACE HOT SPOT ACE PIGEON AVERAGES WHICH CARRIES A US$5,000 CASH 1st PRIZE*** after these first 5 testing races in this classification the final result was as follows:- 1st OPEN is held by J and J LOFTS from AUSTRALIA with his pigeon named JADES JOY with a combined flying time of 21-11-05.10 and won this classification in the end by a clear 12 minutes. This great pigeon deserved to win this category because it has won 1574th CRHS1, 60th CRHS2, 2nd CRHS3, 10th CRHS4 and now 13th CRHS5, also winning 3 x US$1,000 CAR RACE HOT SPOT CASH PRIZES. WHAT A FANTASTIC PIGEON AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER. There was 6 different countries represented in the top 10. The first UNITED KINGDOM pigeon holds 20th OPEN and belongs to the PAUL SMITH SYNDICATE, with pigeon name OLYMPIC DESIRE, with a combined flying time of 21-57-24.16, which was bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon. 2nd UK, 21st Open went to N+A EVANS and CUTHBERT with pigeon named BURNTOFT SUNNY bred by this partnership from WOLVISTON with a combined flying time of 21-57-25.99. It just goes to show how close it was after five tough races only 01.83 seconds separated these top two United Kingdom pigeons. The UNITED KINGDOM TEAM finished with 11 pigeons in the top 91 in this category, which proves yet again that our pigeons can compete with the best. The first IRISH pigeon holds 172nd OPEN and belongs to LUCAS and GLEESON with his pigeon named ACHTUNG BABY with a combined flying time of 23-08-14.33 and beat the next pigeon in the IRISH TEAM by 1 minute and 56.13 seconds. WELL DONE TO ALL CONCERNED.

The CASCADE CHALLENGE was a new competition introduced two years ago and it has created a great deal of interest. It is basically a SINGLE PIGEON NOMINATION and any pigeon can be entered for just US$10 (approx. £6.50p) but the “POT OF GOLD” can only be won if one of these nominated pigeons actually wins 1st OPEN, if not it is like the National Lottery, it just rolls over to the following nomination race or until somebody finally wins the jackpot. You do not have to enter the same pigeon in every nomination race, the choice is yours.

CASCADE CHALLENGE for CAR RACE HOT SPOT 5 showed a total of US$11,936-50-c (approx. £7,958) and had attracted 227 nominations which included 18 from the United Kingdom and 2 from Ireland. This cash prize was not won and will now be carried over to TRAINING RACE 22 which will now takes place on Saturday 21st January from 131km (81 miles). Hard luck for ROODEKRANS SYNDICATE from NETHERLANDS who actually came 3rd OPEN and missed out by 01.45 seconds from winning to “POT OF GOLD”. The nearest UNITED KINGDOM pigeon took 21st OPEN for MANCHESTER MAESTROS with his consistent pigeon named PLUTOLOGY bred by CREHAN & O’CONNOR from SALFORD. The nearest IRELAND pigeon took 237th OPEN for MAURICE O’DONNELL with his pigeon named SNOOPY LOOPY. WELL DONE TO THESE TWO FANCIERS.

The SUN CITY OVERALL GRAND AVERAGES after 22 races shows as follows:- 1st to RMC LOFT from UNITED STATES OF AMERICA with pigeon named DOUBLE DELIGHT which has a combined flying time of 42-21-12.78 and is currently leading this classification by 24 minutes and 45.27 seconds. There are currently 4 different countries represented in the top 10. The first UNITED KINGDOM pigeon holds onto 2nd OPEN belongs to BLANEFIELD LOFTS with their very consistent pigeon CAYSIE JO with a combined flying time 42-45-58.05. It is fantastic to see the UK team doing se well in this category actually have 8 pigeons in the top 82 in this classification, which really is a remarkable achievement. The first IRISH pigeon holds 308th OPEN and belongs to PHILIP + MARK SMITH with their pigeon named SILVER WINGS, which is currently leading this classification by well over 5 hours. WELL DONE TO ALL CONCERNED.

THE KNOCKOUT COMPETITION started officially now on CAR RACE HOT SPOT 2 on Tuesday 13th December 2011 from 270km (168 miles) and only pigeons that are officially ACTIVATED prior to and BASKETED for the CAR RACE HOT SPOT 1 are eligible to compete for the US$25,000 (£16,667) FIRST PRIZE in the FINAL RACE and this massive cash prize will go to the first one clocked from those still remaining in this classic competition. A grand record breaking total of 3,341 pigeons were officially entered and this included 2,902 International, which included 283 from the United Kingdom, 40 from Ireland, plus 439 from South Africa. This competition runs over the last 4 x CAR RACE HOT SPOTS and THE FINAL RACE and all the remaining ACTIVATED PIGEONS are sent to the 1st Round which takes place on CAR RACE HOT SPOT 2 and 3,341 are entered, of these the first 65% clocked (2,172) will go forward to the 2nd Round, which takes place on CAR RACE HOT SPOT 3 when the first 55% clocked (1,195) will go through to the 3rd Round which will take place on CAR RACE HOT SPOT 4 when the first 35% clocked (419) will got forward into CAR RACE HOT SPOT 5 when the first 20% clocked (84) will then go forward into THE FINAL RACE on SATURDAY 28th JANUARY 2012 from 550km (342 miles) and the first one officially clocked will walk away with “THE POT OF GOLD”. BEST OF LUCK TO ALL CONCERNED. It can be revealed that from the 2,172 pigeons that got through Round 1, this contained 1,885 International pigeons, with 287 being from South Africa, 192 from United Kingdom and 28 from Ireland.
A total of 1,195 pigeons got through Round 2 held on CAR RACE HOT SPOT 3, this contained 94 from United Kingdom and 15 from Ireland. I can now reveal that 419 have now got through to Round 3 and this total is made up by 379 International pigeons, with 40 from South Africa, 40 from United Kingdom and 4 from Ireland and these now go through to Round 4, which takes place on CAR RACE HOT SPOT 5 WHICH IS DUE TO TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY 7th JANUARY FROM 390km (324 MILES). The remaining 84 pigeons that have now won their way through to the FINAL RACE are made up by 73 International pigeons and 11 South African pigeons and this total is made up from pigeons from 14 different countries. There are 5 from Australia, 6 from Belgium, 1 from Canada, 1 from Czech Republic, 28 from Germany, 3 from Hungary, 1 from Italy, 3 from Kuwait, 6 from Netherlands, 1 from Romania, 1 from Slovakia, 10 from United Kingdom, 7 from United States Of America and 11 from South Africa. GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE FANCIERS CONCERNED.

THE FIVE COUNTRY CHALLENGE US$5,000 (APPROX. £3,334) CASH PRIZES AND US$1,000 (APPROX. £667) WERE WON BY THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES:- FANCIERS FROM NETHERLANDS, GERMANY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DENMARK & BELGIUM all won a $US5,000 each. THEN FANCIERS FROM CANADA, UNITED KINGDOM, SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, SLOVAKIA, KUWAIT, CZECH REPUBLIC, ITALY, AUSTRIA, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, MALTA, ROMANIA, POLAND, SAUDI ARABIA and SWITZERLAND all won US$1,000 each. A total payout of US$40,000 (approx. £26,667). The UNITED KINGDOM winner was PREMIER STUD UK SYNDICATE with pigeon named PREMIER DIAMOND and the IRISH winner was MAURICE O’DONNELL with pigeon named JOES DELIGHT. A FULL LIST OF WINNERS CAN BE SEEN BY LOGGING ONTO www.scmdpr.com CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY CONCERNED.


TRAINING RACE 19 then took place on Wednesday 11th January from 64km (40 miles). A total of 3,521 pigeons were competing (yet another record entry for this race) and this figure included 2,987 International, which included 272 from the United Kingdom and 36 from Ireland, plus 534 pigeons from South Africa. The convoy were liberated at 06-30 in fine and clear conditions, few clouds with a very light tail wind and with a temperature of 18c (65f) and a steady race was anticipated by the loft managers and Zandy Meyer (Race Director).

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st OPEN and “FLYING THE FLAG FOR THEIR COUNTRY” went to FAYEZ Q8 from KUWAIT with pigeon named ZYZOM, which was clocked at 07-16-36.50 to record 1530ypm (52mph), 2nd Open to Team Bevertreue Ostbevern from Germany, 3rd Open to Fassio Loft from United States Of America, 4th Open to Ali Mutlaq Al-Maiea from Kuwait, 5th Open to Ronnie and Ronnie Snr from South Africa, 6th Open to RMC Loft from United States Of America with pigeon named Double Delight that has now won 20th, 70th, 119th, 25th, 73rd, 54th, 2nd and now 6th in this race series, 7th Open to Team Germany - Meyer from Germany, 8th Open to Team Steffl from Germany, 9th Open to RA Bakker and Zoon from Netherlands, 10th Open to Syndicate Lofts UK from United Kingdom, 11th Open to Theodor Backs from Germany, 12th Open to Fays from Ireland, 13th Open to Team Matilda from Australia, 14th Open to Roland Ruhwiedel from Germany, 15th Open to Jochen Huenten from Germany, 16th Open to Geordie Boys from United Kingdom, 17th Open to Kitchenbrand Lofts from South Africa, 18th Open to Koopman Racing Team from Netherlands, 19th Open to Heiko Rittner from Germany and then 20th Open to Mubarak from Kuwait. These top 20 pigeons were all officially clocked within 15.30 seconds of the race winner with 6 different countries being represented in this top 10 and the top 3 all going to pigeons from different countries with the top 50 all clocked within 36.20 seconds of the race winner and the top 100 were all clocked within exactly 1 minute of the winning pigeon. A total of 3,291 pigeons were officially electronically clocked by 07-57, then 3,343 by 08-06, then 3,358 by 08-08, then 3,402 by 08-32, then 3,465 by 09-48, then 3,498 by 15-29 and then finally 3,499 officially recorded by 18-40 leaving 21 pigeons still to make it back to base camp by nightfall.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 10th OPEN and ”FLYING THE NATIONAL FLAG” went to SYNDICATE LOFTS UK with pigeon named PIPER bred by PETER FOX from BANGOR which was clocked at 07-16-41.85, just 05-34 seconds behind the actual race winner, this pigeon has been flying well in this race series and previously won 119th, 281st, 58th, 27th, 53rd, 6th, 60th and now 10th, plus this fancier also won 6th Open in the Final Race a few years ago. Then 2nd UK, 16th Open to Geordie Boys with a pigeon bred by Ian Stafford from Tyne & Wear, 3rd UK, 26th Open to Manchester Maestros, with pigeon named Plutology, bred by Crehan & O’Connor from Salford, which has been flying exceptionally well throughout this race series and has already won 38th, 92nd, 32nd, 7th, 12th, 71st, 67th, 69th, 14th, 176th, 21st and now 26th, plus it has won 3 x US$1,000 Car Race Hot Spot Cash Prizes and literally thousands of pounds in Nomination Money in this race series. It is also interesting to note that this pigeon is the nestmate to pigeon named Spanish Identity that also took 34th Open in this race, KEEP THEM GOING LADS, 4th UK, 27th Open to Dudley Boys, 5th UK, 30th Open to Mr and Mrs Birchall, 6th UK, 43rd Open to Fenlands Lofts with a pigeon bred by Darren Peters from East Heckington who came 5th Open in the Final Race last year, 7th UK, 34th Open another for Manchester Maestros with another pigeon bred by Crehan & O’Connor from Salford, 8th UK, 47th Open to Slim and Jet Timmis from Newcastle Under Lyme, 9th UK, 68th Open another for Syndicate Lofts UK and also bred by Peter Fox from Bangor, 10th UK, 105th Open another for the Geordie Boys with another pigeon bred by Ian Stafford from Tyne & Wear, 11th UK, 125th Open to Paul Smith Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon, which has also flown very consistently in this race series, 12th & 13th UK, 136th & 139th Open two pigeons for Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with two pigeons bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, both these pigeons have flown well throughout this race series, the first one scoring numerous times and the second won winning 12th CRHS1 and the 10th CRHS5 both times picking up US$1,000 Cash Prize, 14th UK, 166th Open to David Hinkel from Wimbledon Common, 15th UK, 173rd Open to Gray and Fannan from York with a pigeon bred by C. Vasey, 16th UK, 174th Open to Steve White from Wilmington, 17th UK, 195th Open to N+A Evans and Cuthbert from Wolviston, whose pigeons have already scored quite a few times in this race series, 18th UK, 193rd Open to The Farriers with a pigeon bred by Brian Greenley from Malton that had previously won 1st, 2nd, 21st and 71st Open, plus also winning the Cascade Challenge, 19th UK, 232nd Open to Myrtle Lofts – Evans + Walker with a pigeon bred by Mark & Dickie Evans from Whitley Bridge, this partnership won 1st UK, 3rd Open in the Final Race last year and then 20th UK, 248th Open to Johnny May. Another really great result for the United Kingdom Team. A total of 251 UK pigeons were clocked by 07-57, then 258 by 08-06, then 259 by 08-08, then 264 by 08-32, then 269 by 09-48 and then 270 by nightfall, leaving just 2 pigeons to make it back home on the day.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st IRELAND, 12th OPEN and “FLYING THE NATIONAL FLAG” went to FAYS with pigeon named BETTY which was clocked at 07-16-44.10, just 07.59 seconds after the race winner, 2nd Ireland, 42nd Open to Paul Poole and Son, 3rd Ireland, 257th Open another for Fays, 4th Ireland, 546th Open another for Paul Poole and Son, 5th Ireland, 673rd Open to Maurice O’Donnell and then 6th Ireland, 699th Open to Philip + Mark Smith. Another excellent result for the Irish Team. A total of 33 Irish pigeons were officially clocked by 07-57, then 35 by 08-06 and all 36 clocked in by 08-32.

The SUN CITY OVERALL GRAND AVERAGES after 23 races shows as follows:- 1st OPEN to RMC LOFT from UNITED STATES OF AMERICA with pigeon named DOUBLE DELIGHT with a combined flying time of 35-53-34.74 and leading this classification by just 28 minutes 57.42 seconds. This great pigeon has won 20th, 70th, 119th, 231st, 25th, 112th, 135th, 73rd, 54th, 2nd, 103rd, 283rd and now 6th Open. There are a total of 4 different countries represented in the top 10. The first UNITED KINGDOM pigeon is currently holds 2nd OPEN and belongs to BLANEFIELD LOFTS with pigeon named CAYSIE JO and it is leading this classification by just over 43 minutes and this pigeon has already won 115th, 55th, 244th, 153rd, 55th, 85th, 83rd, 30th and 290th. It was interesting to note that 15 UK pigeons held positions in the top 99 which is quite an achievement in a race such as this. United Kingdom pigeons are also holding onto 3rd and 4th in this category. The first IRISH pigeon is currently holds 291st and belongs to PHILIP + MARK SMITH with pigeon named SILVER WINGS and is leading this classification now by nearly 6 hours. WELL DONE TO ALL CONCERNED.

*****THE FOLLOWING RACE PROGRAMME***** Then on Saturday 14th January Training Race 20 from 81km (50 miles), then on Wednesday 18th January Training Race 21 from 81km (50 miles), then the penultimate race on Saturday 21st January Training Race 22 from 130km (81 miles) and then of course “THE FINAL RACE” will then take place on SATURDAY 28th JANUARY 2012 from 550km (342 miles). Of course the weather conditions will have to be right for all of these races to take place on the appointed days, if not they will be basketed and liberated on another day when the weather forecast is favourable and the Race Director’s decision will be final. The object of this great race from day one has always been to get as many pigeons to “THE FINAL RACE” on 28th JANUARY as possible and give all fanciers/competitors/entrants a fair chance in the “FINAL RACE”. Only races of 50km (approx. 31 miles) will count towards the SUN CITY OVERALL ACE PIGEON AVERAGES, which has a total of three cash prizes of US$10,000 (approx. £6,666), US$5,000 (approx. £3,333) and US$2,500 (approx. £1,666) for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in this category.

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

*****ACTIVATION OF YOUR ANY OF YOUR RESERVE PIGEONS***** 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 pigeons you want to “ACTIVATE”. Once they are ACTIVATED these pigeons will then be eligible to win any other the PRIZE MONEY in the FINAL RACE. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THE CHANCE OF HAVING A PIGEON OR PIGEONS IN THE FINAL RACE THAT ARE NOT-ACTIVATED, AS IT COULD BE A VERY COSTLY MISTAKE AS OTHER FANCIERS IN THE PAST HAVE FOUND OUT. SURELY IF THEY ARE STILL IN THE LOFTS AFTER 26 RACES, THEN THEY MUST BE WORTH PURCHASING.

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.regencylofts.com 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 ADD THEM TO MY DATABASE AND FORWARD THEM ALL THE INFORMATION BY EMAIL ON A REGULAR BASIS.

*****SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL COMPETING FANCIERS***** I LIKE TO GIVE ALL ENTRANTS THE CREDIT THEY TRULY DESERVE WHEN THEIR PIGEON OR PIGEONS SCORE IN THE RACE RESULTS. I CAN ONLY PUT DOWN THE INFORMATION I HAVE ON FILE IN MY DATABASE AND SOMETIMES OF COURSE THAT IS INCORRECT OR OUT OF DATE, SO PLEASE IF YOU HAVE A PIGEON OR PIGEONS ENTERED IN THIS RACE, LET ME HAVE YOUR CHRISTIAN NAME AND THE TOWN YOU LIVE IN SO I CAN THEN GIVE YOU THE CREDIT YOU AND YOUR PIGEON OR PIGEONS DESERVE WHEN YOU DO WELL. PLEASE JUST EMAIL ME YOUR FULL DETAILS TO reglofts@aol.com OR CALL ME ON 01279-812005 OR 07860-568216 AND THEN I CAN UPDATE MY DATABASE WITH YOUR CORRECT DETAILS AND GIVE YOU THE CREDIT YOU AND YOUR PIGEON/S DESERVE.

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 2011/12 race series. ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE OF EACH RACE AS IT HAPPENS ON THE INTERNET THROUGOUT THE WINTER MONTHS.

***PLEASE PUT THIS NEW DATE IN YOUR DIARY*** It now looks like the proposed race date for the 17th Sun City Million Dollar Pigeon Race, which had been arranged and fixed for Saturday 26th January 2013 will now take place on SATURDAY 2nd FEBRUARY 2013, as the FCI Pigeon Olympiad in Slovakia has now been arranged on our original race date. Of course, I will confirm all details when official confirmation is received from Air Sport Internationale.

The next race will be TRAINING RACE 20 on SATURDAY 14th JANUARY from 81km (50 miles) when it looks like about 3,520 pigeons will be competing. GOOD LUCK TO ALL FANCIERS CONCERNED.

If anybody would like to book and confirm their places for the 17th SCMDPR, all you have to do is give me a telephone call on 01279-812005 or 07860-568216 (mobile) or text my mobile or email me at reglofts@aol.com and I will be only too pleased to book and reserve spaces for your pigeons on whichever shipment you would like to use to get your pigeons to Sun City, South Africa. Two shipments are proposed and these will be around the middle of May and the second in early July 2012.

***CAN YOU BE OF ANY ASSISTANCE TO THE SUN CITY MILLION DOLLAR PIGEON RACE?**** Many pigeon fanciers from literally all over the world read my weekly International Press Releases on a regular basis and I get scores of emails from fanciers in numerous other countries that currently do not enter this great race. So why not get in touch with me as soon as possible and see if you can act as a Country Shipper for fanciers in your country. We are always looking for more entries, especially from countries that have never participated. Since this race started way back in 1997 around 45/50 different countries have already participated, but we as race organisers would love to see even more countries taking part and joining in the fun. If you are interested or you know somebody that might be interested in working closely with us, then please contact me as soon as possible by telephone, facsimile or email.

Paul Smith.
United Kingdom Race Team Shipper & International Race Co-ordinator for The 16th 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 28th January 2012.
Regency Lofts Limited, 2, Highmead, off Coltsfield, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex. CM24 8LJ. England. Telephone/Facsimile:- 01279-812005 (Int. Code:- +44-1279-812005). Mobile:- 07860-568216.
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