17th SAMDPR - Training Flight 5 & Car Race Hot Spot 1

[willie reynolds]

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

RESULTS FOR TRAINING FLIGHT 5 & CAR RACE HOT SPOT 1.

TRAINING FLIGHT 5 took place on Wednesday 21st November 2012 from 78km (48 miles) and the basketing list on the official web site showed a total of 3,849 pigeons were basketed and this total was made up by 3,446 International, which included 342 United Kingdom and 65 Irish pigeons plus 403 from South Africa.

The convoy were liberated at 07.15 in fine and warm conditions, few clouds with virtually no head wind, with temperature of 22c (72f) and a good race was expected.

I got up early and watched the arrival of the pigeons live on LiveStream, I expected them to arrive about 08.10 and then at 08.11 lots of groups arrived from different directions and hit the lofts and within minutes the two loft roofs were covered with pigeons. The trapping was very slow but as usual a few of course trapped reasonably quickly and these were the race winners. If you have not yet watched the pigeons arrive live yet, then I strongly recommend you take a look as it really will open your eyes seeing the pigeons drop from the sky, nearly 6,000 miles away. MODERN TECHNOLOGY AT ITS BEST.

The OPEN result was as follows and CONGRATULATIONS goes to Pauls Connections from South Africa who took 1st Open with their pigeon named Royal Blue Blood which was clocked at 08.11.58.10 to record a velocity of 1482ypm (50mph), this pigeon has already won 16th TR1, 9th TR2 and now 1st TR5, 2nd just 00.59 seconds later was Danny Hutchins from United States Of America, 3rd Chu Hsiao Yuan from Canada, 4th Nulle – Wijgaarts Race Team from Netherlands, 5th Wolfram Coesfeld from Germany, 6th Alias – Alias from United States Of America, 7th Georg Oswald from Germany, 8th Altmiks + Soudy from Germany, 9th Harold Below from Germany, 10th Casanas Lofts from United States Of America, 11th Harry Gerrits from Germany, 12th Rivera Loft from United States Of America, 13th Clay Beegle from United States Of America, 14th Team Ruhr – Brockamp from Germany, 15th Yevheniy Gudz from Germany, 16th Talal Hussain Ali from Bahrain, 17th Mohammed Marzouq Al-Alwan from Kuwait, this pigeon has already won 2 x 4th Opens in TR2 & TR3, 18th Madison Loft from United States Of America, 19th Alba Team from Germany and 20th Helmut Heiland from Austria. The time gap between the first 20 pigeons was just 32.60 seconds and a total of 8 different countries were represented in this result. A total of 3,730 pigeons were officially recorded on the day, leaving 119 still to make it back to the lofts.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st UK, 27th Open went to Team Thomas with pigeon named Asselby Lady bred by Jackson-Andrew-Kirby from Asselby, which was officially clocked at 08.12.42.70 just 44.60 seconds behind the actual race winner, 2nd & 20th UK, 42nd & 286th Open Lloyd and Kelly with two pigeon bred by this partnership from Steventon, 3rd UK, 59th Open The Farriers with pigeon bred by Brian Greenley from Swinton, 4th & 8th UK, 81st & 106th Open Diamonds Are Forever Syndicate with two more pigeons bred by Jackson-Andrew-Kirby from Asselby, 5th UK, 89th Open Team Islwyn with pigeon bred by Robert Jones from Resolven, 6th UK, 94th Open Keeping Up With The Jones with pigeon bred by Robbie Jones from Southampton, 7th UK, Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 9th UK, 117th Open Lucky Devils Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith and with pigeon bred by Jos Reilly from Dublin, 10th UK, 136th Open McConnell – NFC Nom Saints, 11th UK, 169th Open Toms Terriers with pigeon bred by Tom Berry from Silsden, 12th UK, 197th Open Chris Gordon from Old Snydale, 13th UK, 198th Open Ultimate Collection with pigeon bred by Mark & Dickie Evans from Whitley Bridge, 14th UK, 234th Open John Bradley from Wolverhampton, 15th UK, 236th Open Syndicate Lofts UK with pigeon bred by Peter Fox from Bangor, 16th UK, 239th Open for Myrtle Lofts-Evans+Walker with another pigeon bred by Mark & Dickie Evans from Whitley Bridge, 17th UK, 248th Open for Mark Gilbert from Windsor, 18th UK, 256th Open Emilia Lofts UK – NFC with pigeon bred by Sebastian Suski from Southampton and 19th UK, 258th Open Cullinane and Son with pigeon bred by Denis Cullinane from Todmorden. A total of 334 UK pigeons were officially recorded on the day, leaving 8 still to return to base camp.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st Ireland, 22nd Open went to Jos Reilly – Team Ireland with pigeon named Jos 1 which was clocked at 08.12.32.70 just 34.60 seconds behind the race winner, 2nd Ireland, 159th Open Aurea Dream Team Eire, administered by Ronnie Johnson from West Bromwich with a pigeon bred by Sheldon Leonard, 3rd Ireland, 205th Open Moran + Bowden, 4th & 5th Ireland, 384th & 394th Open two pigeons for Philip + Mark Smith and 6th Ireland, 456th Open David and Bernie Brown. A total of 63 Irish pigeons were recorded on the day, leaving 2 still to return to the lofts.

THE OVERALL GRAND AVERAGES WHICH OFFERS A US$10,000 (£6,500), US$5,000 (£3,250) and US$2,500 (£1,625) CASH PRIZES in this category results after 5 official races currently stands as follows:- 1st goes to Yoyi Family Loft from United States Of America with his pigeon named Liset with a flying time of 4 hours 8 minutes 55.39 seconds. The first UK pigeon is in 5th and is owned by the Lucky Devils Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with his pigeon named Lucky Lass which was bred by Jos Reilly from Dublin with a flying time of 4 hours 13 minutes 36.58 seconds, just over 4 minutes 31.19 seconds behind the overall leader. The UK Team have 7 pigeons in the top 97. The first Irish pigeon holds 116th and is owned by O’Donnell ABU Lofts with pigeon named Joes Delight 2 and bred by Maurice O’Donnell with a flying time of 4 hours 24 minutes 04.63 seconds.

CAR RACE HOT SPOT 1 was supposed to take place on Saturday 24th November 2012 from 126km (78 miles) but because of torrential heavy rain the pigeons were liberated on Sunday 25th November and the basketing list on the official web site showed a total of 3,814 pigeons being basketed and this total included 3,417 International, which included 344 United Kingdom and 64 Irish pigeons, plus 397 South African pigeons. As this was a fairly short race it was decided to return the pigeons to the lofts and liberate them for a fly and then basket them again later in the day so they were ready for this race.

The convoy were finally liberated on Sunday morning at 07.30 in fine and cool conditions with a few clouds with a light assisting wind and temperature of 18c (64f) and a steady race was expected.

The OPEN result was as follows and CONGRATULATIONS goes to Gebr Landewe from Netherlands who took 1st Open with their pigeon named Typhoon which was officially clocked at 08.44.27.55 to record a velocity of 1856ypm (63mph), 2nd Sam Syndicate from Netherlands, 3rd Tage Graversen from Denmark, 4th Hamad Al-Swaq from Kuwait, 5th Barry Yu from United States Of America, 6th Solomon Syndicate from Denmark, 7th Team Club Muensterland from Germany, 8th Team Sylt 2000 – Fenten, 9th Harry Gerrits from Germany, 10th Fassio Loft from United States Of America, 11th Mershed Jedova Alnamlan from Kuwait, 12th Anfield Lofts from Zimbabwe, 13th Ruediger Schoenau from Germany,
14th Heinz Axer rom Germany, 15th Team Sylt 2000 – Gerrits from Germany, 16th Fahad J Alazmi from Kuwait, 17th Chris Gordon from United Kingdom, 18th Oliver Heckl from Germany, 19th Altmiks + Soudy from Germany and 20th Dr Dave – Joe Ranieri from United States Of America. The time gap between the first 20 pigeons was 49.75 seconds and a total of 7 different countries were represented in this result. A total of 3,445 pigeons were clocked on the day up to 18.24, leaving 369 still to make it back to the lofts. A few more pigeons were clocked on Monday taking the total to 3,522, which meant that 292 pigeons were still missing. The Tuesday morning loft list showed 3,542 pigeons had returned to the lofts, leaving 272 still missing.

***BRAND NEW MOTOR CAR WINNER IN CAR RACE HOT SPOT 1 was won by the pigeon named Typhoon that took 1st Open which belonged to Gebr Landewe from the Netherlands.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT.

***TWENTY US$1,000 (£650) CASH PRIZES IN CAR RACE HOT SPOT 1 were won by all the pigeons listed above in the top 20, with the exception of 17th Chris Gordon from United Kingdom as this pigeon was Not-Activated. So this US$1,000 (£650) cash prize went to the pigeon that took 21st Hans Oddershede from Denmark with pigeon named Snip. This just shows once again that it does not pay to have a pigeon flying in the race that is not “ACTIVATED.”

***TWO PIGEON CHALLENGE OFFERS A US$2,000 (£1,300) CASH PRIZE for the best two bird average in each on the 5 CAR RACE HOT SPOTS, only fully paid up pigeons are eligible to compete and the winner will be the “TEAM” that has the best average with two pigeons in the same team. The winner in this race was Team Brockamp-Stieneker-Wagner Team A from Germany with pigeons named South Africa and Sabie. The best team in the United Kingdom Team took 33rd Harbro Rowdies Team A, administered by Ken Chapman from Leicester with two pigeons named Abbykins and Jenny Wren both being bred by A. Duggins. Two more UK Teams took 36th and 47th. Best Irish team was in 99th Moran + Bowden Team A with pigeons named Tiny Tegan and Lady Ellen.

***THE KNOCKOUT COMPETITION is only open for pigeons that were ACTIVATED (FULLY PAID FOR) prior to basketing for CAR RACE HOT SPOT 1 and a US$25,000 (£16,225) cash prize goes to the winner which will be the first pigeon clocked in this category in the Final Race on Saturday 2nd February 2013. The entry for this competition this year was 3,028 pigeons and was made up by 2,759 International pigeons, which included 279 from United Kingdom and 57 from Ireland, plus 269 from the host country South Africa. Conditions are as follows:- There will be five rounds, which will take place over the last four Hot Spot Car Races and the Final Race. Knockout Round 1 will be held on Car Race Hot Spot 2 when 65% (1,968) of the entered pigeons will move forward into the next round. Knockout Round 2 will be held on Car Race Hot Spot 3 when 55% (1,082) will move forward to the next round. Knockout Round 3 will be held on Car Race Hot Spot 4 when 35% (379) will move forward to the next round. Knockout Round 4 will be held on Car Race Hot Spot 5 when 20% (76) will then go through to The Knockout Final Round which will be held on the Final Race in the 2012/13 17th SAMDPR series and the first pigeon clocked that is left in this category will walk away with “THE POT OF GOLD” worth US$25,000 (£16,225). GOOD LUCK TO ALL COMPETITORS.

***CAR RACE HOT SPOT ACE PIGEON AWARD OFFERS A US$5,000 (£3,250) CASH PRIZE to the overall winner after the 5 Car Race Hot Spots. Only “ACTIVATED” pigeons are eligible to compete for this prize and the winner will be the pigeon that completes the combined distance of all Car Race Hot Spots in the shortest flying time. In the event of a tie, then the pigeon with the highest placing in the Car Race Hot Spot 5 will be declared the overall winner.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st UK, 17th Open went to Chris Gordon and with the winning pigeon named Snydale Dutchess and bred by Chris Gordon from Old Snydale. His winner was officially clocked a 08.45.15.35 just 47.80 seconds behind the actual race winner. Chris always flies a good pigeon and won a Brand New Motor Car in this great race a few years ago. 2nd UK, 48th Open Roger Sutton from Congleton, 3rd UK, 57th Open Leeban Duo with a pigeon bred by Joe Leech and Stephen Bannister from Featherstone with a pigeon bred by LJ Leech & Son, 4th UK, 112th Open Kelly, Van Boxmeer and Sparkes with a pigeon bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 5th UK, 127th Open Darren Peters from East Heckington, 6th UK, 133rd Open for Mark Gilbert from Windsor, 7th UK, 138th Open Ultimate Collection with a pigeon bred by Mark & Dickie Evans from Whitley Bridge, 8th UK, 158th Open for Team Islwyn with pigeon bred by Robert Jones from Resolven, 9th UK, 184th Open Aureas Dream Team UK, administered by Ronnie Johnson from West Bromwich and with a pigeon bred by BR Crowe – S+J Worrall, 10th UK, 185th Open Harbro Rowdies, administered by Ken Chapman from Leicester and with a pigeon bred by A. Duggins, 11th UK, 196th Open Emilia Loft UK with pigeon bred by Sebastian Suski from Southampton, 12th UK, 208th Open Lucky Devils Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet, with pigeon bred by Jos Reilly from Dublin, 13th UK, 213th Open Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith and with a pigeon bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 14th UK, 218th Open Diamonds Are Forever Syndicate, with pigeon bred by Jackson-Andrew-Kirby from Asselby, 15th UK, 232nd Open Guy Barrett OBE from Horsforth, who has supported this great race for many years, 16th UK, 234th Open Stokes – Dearden Syndicate with a pigeon bred by Paul & Roland Stokes from Broughton Astley, 17th UK, 242nd Open Paul Bamford from South Wales, 18th UK, 247th Open Brian Greenley from Swinton, 19th UK, 256th Open C Brown – V Mudd – P Oberholster with pigeon bred by Pieter Oberholster from Keysoe and 20th UK, 274th Open Whiskey Galore, with pigeon bred by Wally & Ian Gray from Coldstream. A total of 317 UK pigeons were officially recorded on the day, leaving 27 still to make it back to the lofts. A few more were clocked during Monday taking the total up to 323, which left 21 still to return. The Tuesday morning loft list showed 326 UK pigeons were in the lofts, leaving 18 still missing.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st Ireland, 34th Open were Brammer and Nasher with pigeon named Shane bred by John Nash which was clocked at 08.45.27.05 just 59.50 seconds behind the race winner, John actually won a Brand New Motor Car a couple of years ago. His partner in this syndicate Frank Brammer from Gloucester died recently at the age of 94. Frank was a good supporter of this great race and he will be sadly missed by all that knew him. 2nd Ireland, 58th Open Oliver Bond Flats, 3rd Ireland, 66th Open Aurea Dream Team Eire, administerd by Ronnie Johnson from West Bromwich with pigeon bred by Lloyd & Kelly from Steventon, 4th Ireland, 107th Open Moran + Bowden, 5th Ireland, 160th Open Philip + Mark Smith and 6th Ireland, 205th Open Safet Duran. A total of 54 Irish pigeons were officially recorded on the day, leaving just 10 still to return to the lofts.
Another 1 returned on Monday, leaving 9 still to make it back to base camp. The Tuesday loft listing showed 56 Irish pigeons were still in the lofts, leaving 8 still missing.

THE OVERALL GRAND AVERAGES category results after 6 official races currently stands as follows:- 1st goes to Yoyi Family Loft from United States Of America with pigeon named Liset with a combined flying time of 05.24.45.09. The first UK pigeon is holding 6th and belongs to Lucky Devils Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet with his pigeon named Lucky Lass bred by Jos Reilly from Dublin with a combined flying time of 05.32.25.48. There are 6 UK pigeons in this top 92 in this category. The first Irish pigeon holds 89th and belongs to Aurea Dream Team Eire with pigeon named Mother Kelly which was bred by Lloyd & Kelly from Steventon with a combined flying time of 05.46.19.76.

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 6 (*) 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 7 (*) on Wednesday 5th December 2012 from 80km (50 miles), Training Flight 8 (*) on Saturday 8th December 2012 from 125km (78 miles), Training Flight 9 (*) 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 10 (*) on Wednesday 19th December 2012 from 80km (50 miles), Training Flight 11 (*) 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 12 (*) on Wednesday 2nd January 2013 from 80km (50 miles), Training Flight 13 (*) on Saturday 5th January 2013 from 125km (78 miles), Training Flight 14 (*) on Wednesday 9th January 2013 from 80km (50 miles), HOT SPOT CAR RACE 5 (*) on Saturday 12th January from 350km (218 miles), Training Flight 15 (*) on Saturday 19th January 2013 from 80km (50 miles), Training Flight 16 (*) on Wednesday 23rd January 2013 from 80km (50 miles), Training Flight 17 (*) 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 for CAR RACE HOT SPOT 1 a total of 438 pigeons (57 from UK and 8 from IRELAND) were entered with 1,434 nominations and a total of US$12,732.15c (£8,488) was flown for and there was no UK or Irish winners. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE INTERNATIONAL WINNERS.

UK COUNTRY NOMINATIONS only had 11 pigeons and 40 nominations amounting to US$191.25 (£127) and this was won by Lloyd and Kelly from Steventon with pigeon named You Can Only Dream which took 440th Open.

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. A total of US$4,388.50c was flown for in TRAINING FLIGHT 2 but this was not won so this money was carried over to TRAINING FLIGHT 4 when “THE POT OF GOLD” rose to US$5,451 and a total of 125 pigeons were entered (20 UK and 3 from IRELAND). “THE POT OF GOLD” was not won and the money was carried over to CAR RACE HOT SPOT 1 when US$7,236 (£4,824) was flown for with 210 pigeons entered, which included 28 from the UK and 3 from Ireland. Once again this competition was not won and will be carried over to the next race. Nearest pigeon to winning was Team Sylt 2000-Fenten from Germany with pigeon named Sylt Raul which took 8th Open, just 43.65 seconds after the race winner. The first UK pigeon took 185th Open for Harbro Rowdies, administer by Ken Chapman from Leicester and with pigeon named Abbykins bred by A. Duggins. The first IRISH pigeon took 577th Open for Mousies Dream Team with pigeon named The Deise Rocket. 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.

IF YOU STILL HAVE PIGEONS THAT ARE “NOT-ACTIVATED” these can be “ACTIVATED” before any of the remaining CAR RACE HOT SPOTS but 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 Spots, 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. Of course for your pigeon/s to be eligible to compete in THE KNOCKOUT COMPETITION, CAR RACE HOT SPOT AVERAGES, they will of have to have been “ACTIVATED” before CAR RACE HOT SPOT 1. 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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