15th Sun City Million Dollar Race - Training7/Car Race3

[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 RACE 7 & CAR RACE 3.


More daily training continued after TRAININ G RACE 6 before the basketing list appeared on the SCMDPR web site on Tuesday 22nd November for TRAINING RACE 7, which was due to be held on Wednesday 24th November from 81km (approx. 50 miles) and this showed a total of 3,282 pigeons had been entered, which was made up by 2,807 International and 475 South African entries and included 324 from the United Kingdom Team and also 45 from our Irish counterparts. However because of a bad weather forecast the convoy were liberated from 52km (32 miles) at 08-30 in overcast and cool conditions, 21C (70F), with light head wind and a good race was anticipated by the loft managers and Zandy Meyer (Race Director).

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st OPEN went to GANUS FAMILY LOFT from UNITED STATES OF AMERICA with pigeon named LAUGHING JEWEL which was clocked at 09-12-15.10 to record 1341ypm (43mph), performances so far were 615th, 1018th, 1904th, 1455th, 3396th, 1196th, 935th, 838th and now 1st in the last 9 races, then 2nd Open went to Luis Llorens from United States Of America, 3rd Open to Schlaggemeinschaft Primes from Austria, 4th Open to Willi Ferchen from Germany, 5th Open to Atlantis Family Loft from United States Of America, 6th Open to Team SA – Gladdin-Stender from South Africa, 7th Open to Gleeson - Lucas from Ireland, 8th Open to Manfred Kock + Ubbo Schroeder from Germany, 9th Open to MAD Kev from United Kingdom, 10th Open to Sundicate 5501 from South Africa, 11th Open to Janusz Popiol from Poland, 12th Open to Club Medpet Kouga Combine from South Africa, 13th Open to a Defaulter Pigeon, 14th Open to Gerhard Fix from Germany, 15th Open to Kuwait Loft from Kuwait, 16th Open to Premier Stud UK Syndicate from United Kingdom, 17th Open to Gisela u Hermann Schillling from Germany, 18th Open to Premier Australia Van Boxmeer from United Kingdom, 19th Open to Jon Dagel from United States Of America and then 20th Open to Club Lichtenburg Prestige Resiesduifklub from South Africa. These top 20 pigeons were all clocked within 10.50 seconds of the race winner and 8 different countries were represented in the top 20. The top 100 pigeons were all clocked within 39.55 seconds of the race winner. A total of 1,711 pigeons were officially recorded by 09-21 and this included 172 from the UK and 25 from Ireland. A later report showed 3,070 pigeons had been recorded by 09-42 and this included 312 from the UK and 44 from Ireland. Next report showed 3,143 clocked by 09-55 with no more UK or IRISH pigeons being clocked. Then 3,222 by 10-23, leaving 60 to return, then 3,240 by 12-06. Final report of the day showed 3,252 pigeons home by 17-23 and this included 321 UK and 45 Irish birds, leaving 30 still to make it back to base camp and this included 3 UK pigeons. A total of 99% returns from this race.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 9th OPEN went to MAD KEV and the winning pigeon was named GABBY bred by KEVIN EARL which was clocked at 09-12-21.25, just 06.15 seconds behind the actual race winner, this pigeon had previously won 281st, 1318th, 1281st, 3091st, 24th, 288th, 182nd, 931st and now 9th in the last 9 races, then taking 2nd & 10th UK, 16th & 74th Open for Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet with 2 pigeons bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 3rd UK, 18th Open goes to Premier Australia Van Boxmeer with another pigeon bred by Premier Stud, 4th UK, 25th Open went to Brammer and Nasha with pigeon entered by Frank Brammer from Hempsted and bred by John Nash from Ireland, 5th & 17th UK, 31st & 133rd Open went to Fenland Lofts with 2 pigeons bred by Darren Peters from East Heckington, 6th UK, 36th Open went to Paul Smith Syndicate, administered by him and with a pigeon bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon, 7th & 8th UK, 40th & 42nd Open went to Manchester Maestros with 2 pigeons bred by Davies, Crehan & O’Conner, 9th UK, 51st Open went to Dean Pallet from Shearsby, 11th UK, 75th Open went to Premier Kelly Van Boxmeer with another pigeon bred by Premier Stud, 12th UK, 79th Open for Frank Quinlan from Leeds, 13th UK, 81st Open went to Syndicate Lofts UK with pigeon bred by Peter Fox from Bangor, 14th UK, 118th Open went to The Royal Lofts (Her Majesty The Queen) and bred by Carlo Napolitano from Sandringham who is the Royal Lofts Manager, 15th UK, 129th Open went to Leech and Co with pigeon bred by JL Leech & Son from Featherstone, 16th UK, 132nd Open went to Twelve Wisemen Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith and with an entry bred by The Royal Lofts and entered by Peter Bourner from Sandringham, 18th UK, 142nd Open went to Baddeleygreen Boys with a pigeon bred by them, 19th UK, 144th Open went to Smith – McAllister Syndicate with a pigeon bred by Bruce McAllister from Furneaux Pelham and then 20th UK, 148th Open went to Gallows Hill Kid with a pigeon bred by Dave Murphy from Ripon. ALL THESE PIGEONS WERE CLOCKED WITHIN 53.20 SECONDS OF THE RACE WINNER. A total of 172 UK pigeons were officially clocked by 09-21, then 312 by 09-42, then 317 by 10-14, 320 by 12-06, then 321 by nightfall, which meant 3 were still missing. I am sure some of these will work back during the day and then be ready for CAR RACE 3 on Saturday. Another excellent race for the UNITED KINGDOM TEAM.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st IRELAND, 7th OPEN goes to GLEESON - LUCAS with pigeon named ACHTUNG BABY which was clocked at 09-12-21.00, just 05.90 seconds behind the race winner, this pigeon had previously won 2390th, 3463rd, 2877th, 79th, 2450th, 198th, 2060th, 1337th and now 7th in the last 9 races, this pigeon had also previously won 1st Ireland, 79th Open in Car Race 1, 2nd Ireland, 61st Open Karl Donnelly, 3rd & 5th Ireland, 288th & 346th Open for Paul Poole and Son, 4th Ireland, 307th Open for Philip + Mark Smith and then 6th Ireland, 388th Open for The Beaumont Birds. The Irish Team had a total of 25 pigeons clocked by 09-21, still 44 by 09-42, then 45 by 10-00, which meant all were safely home. Another good result for the IRISH TEAM.

THE OVERALL SUN CITY GRAND AVERAGES after 9 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 and now 1649th in the first 9 races, with a flying time 11-07-21.75, leading by a clear 7 minutes and 13 seconds, 2nd Antonius Ruesing from Germany with Just A Thought, 3rd Ahmad A Al-Juwaisri from Kuwait with Abdulla 3, 4th Greatwall - Drapa from Germany with Mausy, 5th Koopman Racing Team from Netherlands with Ginger Spice, 6th Josef Lang from Germany with Isabella, 7th Frank Brieskorn from Germany with Skyjack, 8th Mathias u Otmar Theisen from Germany with Amauri, 9th Vincent Rooney from United States Of America with Bartell from Germany and 10th Noriega Loft from United States Of America with Super Charlie. Great to see 5 different countries represented in the top 10 with just over 19 minutes between them all.

The top five pigeons in the UNITED KINGDOM TEAM in this category are as follows:- 11th PREMIER STUD UK SYNDICATE administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET with PREMIER PAULA bred by PREMIER STUD from PATRINGHAM HAVEN, with a flying time of 11-27-03.58 which has won 773rd, 1084th, 453rd, 156th, 448th, 827th, 80th, 413th & 531st in the first 9 races, 34th Planet Brothers with Planets Pride bred by Planet Brothers from Noak Hill, 43rd was another for Premier Stud UK Syndicate with Premier Alison, 47th Premier Kelly Van Boxmeer with another bred by Premier Stud then 65th Manchester Maestros with Illustrious bred by Davies, Crehan & O’Conner. Another 13 UK pigeons in the top 191 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:- 50th MORAN FAMILY with TINY TEGAN, with 948th, 1373rd, 783rd, 725th, 385th, 92nd, 1235th, 1802nd and now 1691st in the first 9 races, flying time 11-44-09.95, 93rd Karl Donnelly with Riley and then 162nd Philip + Mark Smith with Irish Sparky.

More training tosses on Thursday and Friday and then the basketing list appeared on the web site later on Friday 26th November for CAR RACE 3 which was due to take place on Saturday 27th November from Wolmaranstad 253km (157 miles). A total of 3,269 pigeons and included 2,796 International and 473 South African, with 322 from United Kingdom and 45 from Ireland. All were liberated at 06-00 in clear, partly cloudy conditions, light head wind and with a temperature of 21C (70F) and a steady race was anticipated by the loft managers and Zandy Meyer (Race Director). This was followed by a further update for Koster at mid morning and this showed moderate head winds, few clouds and 26C (79F). The mid day Sun City weather was cool and humid, little to no wind, 27C (81F) and overcast conditions. The afternoon weather in Sun City was for it to get even hotter and rising as the afternoon progressed. By late afternoon it was fine and hot in Sun City, a few clouds with a light head wind and with a temperature of 30C (86F). A mid morning report issued Sunday morning showed it clear skies, fine and hot 28C (83F) and once again getting hotter as the progressed, finally reaching 38C (104F) in mid afternoon.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st OPEN goes to a DEFAULTER PIGEON which means the owner has not paid for this pigeon and that has now cost him winning a Brand New Motor Car and of course a US$1,000 cash prize, but as usual that is always good news for somebody else and 2nd OPEN goes to GARENTOWN SYNDICATE from AUSTRALIA with pigeon named UNGUARDED MOMENT bred by PAT MURPHY from QUEENSLAND which was clocked at 09-20-58.00 to record 1375ypm (47mph), only 00-45 second from taking 1st Open, this pigeon had previously won 162nd, 2867th, 1080th, 34th, 2998th, 245th, 413th, 277th, 1812th and now and now 2nd in its last 10 races, with 34th, 245th and now 2nd in the 3 CAR RACES held so far, 3rd Open went to Ali Ahmed Al Kooheji from Bahrain, 4th Open went to Ganus Family Loft from United States Of America with the same pigeon that won 1st OPEN in the previous race, 5th Open went to Team Internet-taubenschlag from Germany, 6th Open went to SG Jammer+Reinhard from Germany, 7th Open went to Skubal Loft from United States Of America, 8th Open went to Hok M Reijnen 1 from Netherlands, 9th Open went to Mario Schroeter from Germany, 10th Open went to Guys Lofts from United Kingdom, 11th Open went to Anneliese Zikeli from Germany, 12th Open went to Leon van Rooyen from South Africa, 13th Open went to Haji Al-Hadya from Kuwait, 14th Open went to Claude Rothgiesser from Canada, 15th Open went to Mathias u Otmar Theisen from Germany, 16th Open went to Homoud J Alazme from Kuwait, 17th Open went to Wilhelm Stoll from Germany, 18th Open went to Nova Club from Belgium, 19th Open went to Dean Pallett from United Kingdom and then 20th Open went to Team LBS from Germany. These top 20 pigeons were all officially clocked within 04.00 seconds of the race winner with 10 different countries being represented in this top 20 and the top 100 were all clocked within 3 minutes and 20 seconds of the winning pigeon. A total of 160 pigeons were officially clocked by 09-25, then 301 by 09-30, 499 by 09-35, 675 by 09-40, 972 by 09-48, 1,188 by 09-54, 1,527 by 10-03, 1,743 by 10-13, 2,423 by 11-12, 2,535 by
11-53, 2,576 by 12-19, then 2,815 by 17-37, then finally 2,879 making it by 19-27 leaving 390 pigeons still to make it back to base camp by nightfall. Once again as there was quite a few pigeons still missing the clock was left on and by 09-39 a further 132 had been officially clocked, making 3,011 in the lofts, plus another 31 made it by 10-18 and by nightfall a total 3,082 had been officially clocked and this total included 302 UK and 42 Irish pigeons, which meant that 187 were still missing. At the Monday morning loft check this showed 3,117 pigeons had returned to the lofts, leaving 152 still to return to the lofts. This total included 2,669 International and 448 South African pigeons with 304 UK and 42 Irish included in what had made it back to the lofts. This represented a 95.35% return rate from the longest race so far. By basketing for the next race 3,147 pigeons which showed that 96.27% had returned to the lofts, leaving just 122 still missing.

THE BRAND NEW CAR WINNER FOR CAR RACE 3 went to the pigeon that actually won 2nd Open for GARENTOWN SYNDICATE from AUSTRALIA with pigeon named UNGUARDED MOMENT bred by PAT MURPHY from QUEENSLAND. This is a great result for Australia and their team who have been great supporters of the SCMDPR and it was fantastic to see somebody winning the car in this race. John Koster emailed me bright and early to give me the fanciers name, who unfortunately they had been able to contact him and congratulate him up to the time of the email being sent to me. It should also be mentioned that the pigeon that actually won 1st OPEN was a DEFAULTER PIGEON, which means it has not been paid for by the owner, so was not eligible to win any prizes or prize money. When will these guys that enter pigeons and do not pay for them ever learn?

The US$20,000 CAR RACE 3 CASH PRIZES (20 x US$1,000) went to the pigeons that won 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 19th & 20th. The pigeons that took 1st, 3rd, 12th, 13th & 18th which were a Defaulter Pigeon plus one pigeon from Bahrain, one from South Africa, one from Kuwait and one from Belgium were “NOT-ACTIVATED” so did not win any of the US$1,000 cash prizes for their efforts, which once again shows the importance of paying for all your entries. So the extra 5 x US$1,000 cash prizes went to the following:- 21st Henrik Meldgaard from Denmark, 22nd Jiri Svoboda from Czech Republic, 23rd Certain Loft USA from United States Of America, 24th Lighthouse Road from South Africa and 25th Fareed Kathrada – Turf Pet from South Africa. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THESE CASH WINNERS.

TWO PIGEON CHALLENGE results for CAR RACE 3 was as follows:- GANUS FAMILY LOFT from UNITED STATES OF AMERICA won the US$2,000 cash first prize in this competition with pigeons named LAUGHING JEWEL & JIGSY.
UNITED KINGDOM fanciers faired well with 14th DEAN PALLET from SHEARSBY with SADDINGTON & AMESBY, 43rd SJD Syndicate, administered by Paul Stokes from Broughton Astley with Buzzlord bred by Paul & Roland Stokes & Lightening Speed bred by John Dearden from Rochdale, 57th, 82nd & 97th Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet with Premier Martin & Premier James, Premier Susan & Premier Marion and then Premier Simon & Premier Neil, all 6 pigeons bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven and then 94th NFC Nom Team – Cowan with Marion & El Syd both bred by Tony Cowan from Hamble. IRISH fanciers did not have any teams in the top 100.

CAR RACE OVERALL AVERAGES which carries a US$5,000 1st Prize at the end of the 5 x CAR RACES shows that after 3 races the standings are as follows:- 1st GUYS LOFTS with TONYS CHOICE bred by GRAHAM GUY shows that after three races with 07-20-19.25 on the wing and leads by just 4 minutes and 13 seconds, after taking 8th, 19th and now 10th in the first three races. WHAT A FANTASTIC PIGEON. 2nd Certain Loft USA from United States Of America with pigeon named Jessy Maries Cruiser after taking 15th, 58th and now 23rd, 3rd Dean Pallett from Shearsby with pigeon named Saddington which has 353rd, 30th and now 28th, 4th Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet with Premier Martin bred by Premier Stud, Patringham Haven that has now won 100th, 9th and 88th in the 3 races so far and then 5th Wilhelm Stoll from Germany with Hatatitla which has won 4th, 157th and now 17th in this category. FANTASTIC TO SEE 3 UNITED KINGDOM PIGEONS IN THE TOP 4 POSITIONS, SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE IN ANY OF THE PREVIOUS 14 RACE SERIES. UNITED KINGDOM standings are as stated above, plus they also have another 14 pigeons in the top 192 in this category and the IRISH standings are as follows:- 12th GLEESON – LUCAS with ACHTUNG BABY which has taken 79th, 198th and now 44th in the 3 races that count.

KNOCKOUT COMPETITION which carries a US$25,000 (approx. £16,130) 1st Prize was in its second round and from record 2,983 “ACTIVATED” pigeons, a total of 1,939 pigeons were still in the running at the beginning of this race and this total included 1,707 International (203 UK and 30 IRISH) and 232 South African entries. This would now be reduced to 1,067 pigeons (55%) and these will now go through to Round 3 on CAR RACE 4 from Bloemhof 310km (193 miles) on Saturday 18th December. The results have now been declared on the SCMDPR web site and from the 1,067 pigeons that have made it through to the next round there are 938 International, 129 South African and included in this total are 108 United Kingdom pigeons and 15 from Ireland that have gone through to Round 3 when this figure will be reduced to 374 pigeons (35%). GOOD LUCK TO ALL CONCERNED.

THE OVERALL SUN CITY GRAND AVERAGES are as follows after 10 races:- 1st ANTONIUS RUESING from GERMANY with pigeon named JUST A THOUGHT with a flying time of 14-46-11.65, 1 minutes 4 seconds in front, this pigeon has won 57th, 451st, 818th, 19th, 358th, 885th, 111th, 37th, 423rd & now 353rd after the first 10 races, 2nd Italian Team - Caltavituro from Italy with Maremola 691, 3rd Noriega Loft from United States Of America with Super Charlie, 4th Greatwall- Drapa from Germany with Mausy, 5th Frank Brieskorn from Germany with Skyjack, 6th Johannes Bussmann from Germany with Mummys Pet, 7th Vincent Rooney from United States Of America with Bartell, 8th Ahmed and Newman from South Africa with Joe, 9th Jiri Svoboda from Czech Republic with Lenka and 10th Bionic Syndicate from United States Of America with Super Bionic. There was 5 different countries represented in the top 10 and these were covered by 14 minutes 49 seconds.

The top five in the UNITED KINGDOM TEAM in this category are as follows:- 12th PREMIER STUD UK SYNDICATE, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET with PREMIER PAULA bred by PREMIER STUD, PATRINGHAM HAVEN with a flying time of 15-02-30.33, this pigeon has won 773rd, 1084th, 453rd, 156th, 448th, 827th, 80th, 413th, 531st and now 543rd in the 10 races that count, 36th Manchester Maestros with Illustrious bred by Davies, Crehan & O’Conner, 39th another for Premier Stud UK Syndicate with Premier Alison and bred by Premier Stud, Patringham Haven, 60th SJD Syndicate with Lightening Speed bred by Paul & Roland Stokes from Broughton Astley and then 77th Frank Quinlan from Leeds with Elle. United Kingdom fanciers have another 11 pigeons in the top 187 in this category, which is great flying against such strong competition.

The top three in the IRISH TEAM in this category are as follows:- 92nd PHILIP + MARK SMITH with pigeon named IRISH SPARKY, flying time 15-47-48.40, this pigeon has won 1492nd, 272nd, 2764th, 1264th, 675th, 1440th, 1275th, 1013th, 307th and now 617th in the 10 races that count, 104th Philip & Mark Smith with Gr Nos Na Gaoithe and then 292nd H Kallmeyer with Dubz.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 10th OPEN went to GUYS LOFTS with winning pigeon named TONYS CHOICE and bred GRAHAM GUY and clocked at 09-21.01.55, just 04.00 seconds behind the actual race winner, this pigeon had previously won 3095th, 1755th, 24th, 8th, 3035th, 19th, 62nd, 32nd, 840th and now 10th in the last 10 races, this outstanding pigeon has already won 2 x 1st, 2 x 2nd & 3rd UK and over US$13,000 (£8,400) in the last 4 Nomination races, plus US$3,000 (£1,940) Car Race Cash Prizes. Then 2nd & 4th UK, 19th & 28th Open went to Dean Pallett from Shearsby, a great performance to get two pigeons in this result, 3rd UK, 26th Open went to Nigel Morton from Ecclesfield, 5th & 15th UK, 62nd & 267th Open went to Premier Australia Van Boxmeer with 2 pigeons bred by Premier Stud, Patringham Haven, 6th, 10th & 19th UK, 88th, 190th & 313th Open went to Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with 3 more pigeons bred by Premier Stud, 7th UK, 165th Open went to Twelve Wisemen Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith and with a pigeon bred by Jos Reilly from Ireland, 9th UK, 178th Open went to Premier Kelly Van Boxmeer with yet another pigeon bred by Premier Stud, making it 6 pigeons in the top 19 in the UK, 9th UK, 181st Open went to The Plymouth Rock Hoppers with a pigeon bred by Robbie/Jan Prettejohn from Plymouth, 11th UK, 208th Open went to Scotlands Own Syndicate with a pigeon bred by William & Barry Kinnear from Edinburgh, 12th UK, 237th Open went to MNFC Sponsor Nom Bergerac with a pigeon bred by D. Gruzelier, 13th UK, 241st Open went to Red Star Lofts with pigeon bred by Alun Jones from Rhyl, 14th UK, 256th Open went to SJD Syndicate, administered by Paul Stokes from Broughton Astley and with a pigeon bred by John Dearden from Rochdale, 16th UK, 271st Open went to Manchester Maestros and with a pigeon bred by Davies, Crehan & O’Conner, whose pigeons are also scoring well in the early races, 17th UK, 281st Open went to The Royal Lofts (Her Majesty The Queen) and bred by Carlo Napolitano (Royal Lofts Manager) from Sandringham, 18th UK, 285th Open went to P and D Clarke from Sevenash and then 20th UK, 319th Open for Wombles with pigeon bred by A. Smith from Ashbourne. First result showed that 6 UK pigeons were clocked by 09-25, then 18 by 09-30, 31 by 09-35, 53 by 09-40, 80 by 09-48, 107 by 09-54, 137 by 10-03, 148 by 10-13, 219 by 11-12, 239 by 11-53, 242 by 12-19, then 269 by 17-37 and finally 277 by 19-27, leaving45 pigeons still to return to base camp on the day. Another 16 UK pigeons were officially clocked by 09-39 on Sunday making 293 recorded, 5 more clocked before 09-39. A total of 302 pigeons were clocked by 18-22 leaving 20 still to make it back to the lofts. The Monday morning loft check showed 304 UK pigeons home, leaving 18 still to return.

CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st IRELAND, 44th OPEN went to GLEESON - LUCAS with pigeon named ACHTUNG BABY which was clocked at 09-21-16.85, just 19.30 seconds after the race winner, this pigeon has now won 2390th, 3463rd, 2877th, 79th, 2450th, 198th, 2060th, 1337th, 7th and now 44th Open in the 10 races so far and this is the second race running it has won 1st IRELAND, 2nd Ireland, 126th Open went to Mick Feeney and Sons, 3rd Ireland, 359th Open went to Mousies, 4th Ireland, 464th Open went to Philip + Mark Smith, 5th Ireland, 486th Open went to Karl Donnelly and then 6th Ireland, 497th Open went to Up The Irish Syndicate. A total of 2 Irish pigeons were clocked before 09-25, then 6 before 09-35, 10 by 09-40, 12 by 09-48, 14 by 09-54, 20 by 10-03, 22 by 10-13, 29 by 11-12, 30 by 12-19, then 35 by 17-37, then 38 by 19-27 leaving just 7 to return to the lofts by darkness. Another 3 pigeons were clocked on Sunday morning by 09-39, another one was clocked before nightfall, leaving 3 still missing by nightfall. At the Monday loft check a total of 42 Irish pigeons had returned, leaving 3 still to make their way back to the lofts.

NOMINATION RACES will be held on the following TRAINING RACES 2, 6, 9, 11, 14, 15 and 18, plus of course the CAR RACES 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and “THE FINAL RACE”. All these races will have US$1, US$2, US£5, US$10, US$20, US$50 & US$100 REGIONAL and US$1, US$2, US$5, US$10, US$20, US$50 & US$100 GLOBAL NOMINATIONS which can be placed on the Sun City Million Dollar Web Site. If you wish to enter any of these NOMINATIONS, you will have to have credit in your ASI Master Account. If you do not have credit then please forward funds to your Race Shipper so that this can be transferred to your Master Account in time to get your NOMINATIONS placed. Please do not leave it to the last minute to transfer funds as the transfer may not go through in time and this could result in your pigeon or pigeons not winning what they should be rewarded with.

GLOBAL NOMINATION RESULTS for CAR RACE 3 showed there was a total of 490 pigeons entered and this included 40 UK and 5 IRISH pigeons and in total there was 1,801 nominations, which meant US$14,901-40c was up for grabs and UK Team members won the following:- 10th Open was GUYS LOFTS with TONY’S CHOICE bred by GRAHAM GUY and was once again pooled all the way and won US$3,196. This great pigeon has also won US$3,111, US$2,346 and US$3,196 in the previous 3 Nomination races. Well done to the owner of this superb pigeon to have the confidence to once again pool it all the way against the best pigeons in the world.

UNITED KINGDOM REGIONAL NOMINATIONS for CAR RACE 3 showed that only 9 pigeons and 26 Nominations were placed and they were flying for US$112-20c and the only winner was as follows:- 10th Open for GUYS LOFTS with TONY’S CHOICE bred by GRAHAM GUY winning US$112-50c to add to the money won in the last 3 Nomination races. Keep up the winning ways my friend and it is great to see a UK pigeons picking up the nomination money on a regular basis.

The CASCADE CHALLENGE was a new competition introduced last year and it created a great deal of interest. It is basically a SINGLE BIRD NOMINATION and any pigeon can be entered for just US$10 (approx. £6-66p) but the “POT OF GOLD” can only be won if one of the NOMINATED PIGEONS actually wins 1st OPEN, if not its like the National Lottery, it just rolls over to the following week until somebody finally wins the jackpot. You do not have to enter the same pigeon every race, the choice is yours. The Sun City Million Dollar web site will give you all the information you need to enter this competition. There was a starting fund of US$3,028-50 (approx. £2,020) which was carried over from the 2009/10 race series. You can enter this competition starting on TRAINING RACE 2, then 6, 9, 11, 14, 15 & 18, plus CAR RACES 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 and of course the FINAL RACE. SO WHY NOT HAVE AN EXTRA BIT OF FUN AND A LITTLE GAMBLE?

CASCADE CHALLENGE result for CAR RACE 3 had a total of 139 entries and this included 18 pigeons entered from the UNITED KINGDOM and 3 from IRELAND and a total of US$7,865-00c was flown for and GUYS LOFTS with TONY’S CHOICE came 10th OPEN and just missed out by 04.10 seconds to scoop the jackpot. This is one of the toughest competitions to win because the single pigeon nomination means the pigeon has to win 1st Open to walk off with the cash prize. This fund will now carry over to TRAINING RACE 9 on Saturday 4th December. GOOD LUCK TO ALL THAT TAKE PART IN THIS EXCITING CHALLENGE.

*****THE REMAINING SLIGHTLY REVAMPED RACE PROGRAMME***** Training Race 8 from 81km (approx. 50 miles) on Wednesday 1st December, then Training Race 9 from 135km (approx. 84 miles) on Saturday 4th December, then Training Race 10 from 81km (approx. 50 miles) on Wednesday 8th December, followed by Training Race 11 from 135km (approx. 84 miles) on Saturday 11th December, then Training Race 12 from 81km (approx. 50 miles) on Wednesday 15th December. We then have CAR RACE 4 from near Bloemhof 310km (approx. 193 miles) on Saturday 18th December, then Training Race 13 from 81km (approx. 50 miles) on Monday 20th December, then Training Race 14 from 135km (approx. 84 miles) on Wednesday 22nd December. No training on Christmas Day on Saturday 25th December or Boxing Day on Sunday 26th December. Then we have CAR RACE 5 from near Christiana 350km (approx. 218 miles) on Wednesday 29th December. Then we move into the New Year of 2011 and have Training Race 15 from 135km (approx. 84 miles) on Wednesday 5th January, followed by Training Race 16 from 81km (approx. 50 miles) on Saturday 8th January, then Training Race 17 from 81km (approx. 50 miles) on Wednesday 12th January, with Training Race 18 from 135km (approx. 84 miles) on Saturday 15th January, then Training Race 19 from 81km (approx. 50 miles) on Wednesday 19th January and then of course “THE FINAL RACE will take place from 560km (approx. 348 miles) on Saturday 22nd January. Of course the weather conditions will have to be right for all these races to take place, if not they will not be basketed and then they will be basketed and liberated on another day when the weather forecast is better and the Race Director’s decision will be final. The object of this great race from day one has to get as many pigeons as possible to “THE FINAL RACE” on Saturday 22nd January and give fanciers/competitors and entrants a fair chance. Only races over 50km (31 miles) will count towards THE SUN CITY OVERALL ACE PIGEON AVERAGES, which has three cash prizes of US$10,000 (£6,666), US$5,000 (£3,333) and US$2,500 (£1,666) for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in this category.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL CONCERNED AND REGULAR “PRESS RELEASES”, “NEWSLETTERS” AND “UPDATES” WILL BE SENT OUT TO ALL COMPETITORS/ENTRANTS AND SYNDICATE SHAREHOLDERS ON A WEEKLY BASIS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. ALSO WEEKLY “PRESS RELEASES” WILL BE SENT OUT TO BOTH OUR PIGEON PUBLICATIONS NAMELY THE “BHW” AND “”RP” PLUS IT WILL ALSO BE ON OUR WEB SITE www.scmdpr.com FOR ALL TO VIEW.

*****ACTIVATION OF YOUR RESERVES***** Please get in touch with me as soon as possible on 01279-812005 or my mobile 07860-568216 or email reglofts@aol.com and tell me which ones you want to “ACTIVATE”. If you want all your pigeons to be eligible to fly for all the “Special Prize Money” and “Special Awards” during the 5 x CAR RACES, then it really was advisable to have done them before the CAR RACE 1 but if not it can be done anytime up to CAR RACE 5, or two weeks after this race. After that date these “UN-ACTIVATED” pigeons will be offered for sale on the SCMDPR web site to anybody that wants to purchase them. See above for information as you really have nothing to lose.

I would also just like to notify fanciers that my weekly “INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE”, “NEWSLETTERS” and “UPDATES” can now also be seen on the following pigeon web sites:- www.iprr.co.uk www.elimarpigeons.com www.pigeonportal.com www.pigeonglobe.co.uk www.cyberpigeon.co.uk www.pigeonbasics.com www.pigeoncare.nl www.star-pigeons.com www.pigeonnetwork.com 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, I can’t mention all the pigeons clocked but any entrant/competitor or pigeon fancier can just log onto www.scmdpr.com and hit the Results & Listings button on the top left hand side of the home page and this will give you all the past racing results of this 2010/11 race series. SURE YOU WILL ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE.

GOOD LUCK to all concerned in TRAINING RACE 8, which takes place on Wednesday 1st December from 50 miles, followed by TRAINING RACE 9 on Saturday 4th December from 84 miles back to Sun City.

For those interested in seeing what Sun City looks like and what the pigeons see on a daily basis when flying around this resort, tune in and watch the 30th NEDBANK GOLF CHALLENGE on the Gary Player Course, next Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday (2nd to 5th December) on Sky Sports, when some of the top players in the world play for a US$2 million American dollars first prize in this the 30th anniversary of this fantastic event.

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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