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Sens 21/08/10
23rd August 2010
The first National NPO Young Bird race took place on Saturday 21st August a distance of 414 km to Nieuwendijk. A small team was enetered due to the last few weeks difficulties and it was very pleasing to get to early birds in the overall result.
Club 329 birds...2nd,3rd,4th
C.C. A&R 1402 birds...3rd,4th,12th
Combine 4919 birds... 9th,10th,28th
Nat.NPO 19019 birds...42nd,45th
First bird is a real super this year NL10-1818108 that has scored 5 times in 6 races in this very tough season. 2nd,5th,7th,7th and 14th. He is from the original Ganus/Weijst bloodlines.
Second bird was NL10-1818119 bred from a brother of Wizard (Favorite Son x Blondie) x a daughter of Kaanibal King.
Third bird was NL10-1818231 a previous winner of 3rd St.Quentin and he is a son of 'Matador' (Drum x Agent Starling) x 'Blauwe Helena' bred by Maurice Hasendonckx of Antwerp and is inbred to his Kleine Blauwe winner of 1st As Duif Hafo Lier 1999.
Next week NPO Sezanne.
Doonan and McGuinness, Dromore.
21st August 2010
Doonan and McGuinness fly a small team with top results. It is not enough to have good birds, they have to be prepared and raced with some skill also and this partnership can certainly do that.
Flying in Section D of the N.I.P.A. :-
1st section D 3512 birds Roscrea - G.son 'Dutch Master'
1st section D 1000 birds Fermoy - Gson 'Dutch Master'
3rd section D 3344 birds Clonmel - G.son 'Zabel'
4th section D 3512 birds Roscrea - G.son 'Zabel'
4th section D 3344 birds Clonmel - G.son 'Matador'
5th section D 1000 birds Fermoy - G.son 'Conimix Prince'
6th section D 3344 birds Clonmel - G.son 'Dutch Master'
7th section D 3353 birds Clonmel - G.son 'Zabel'
10th section D 3344 birds Clonmel - G.son 'Drum'
11th section D 1000 birds Fermoy - G.son 'Zabel'
13th section D 1000 birds Fermoy - G.son 'Genie'
14th section D 1000 birds Fermoy - G.son 'Favorite Son'
17th section D 3344 birds Clonmel - G.son 'Dutch Master'
20th section D 3622 birds Fermoy - G.son 'Drum'
3rd section D 368 birds 51st open Fermoy 5 bird championship 2366 birds -G.son 'Zabel'
5th N Section 15th open Skibbereen National 3,754 birds - G.son 'Dutch Master'
11th N Section 23rd open Skibbereen National 3,754 birds - G.son 'Drum'
25th N Section 40th open Skibbereen National 3,754 birds - G.son Matador'
79th N Section 106th open Skibbereen National 3,754 birds - G.son 'Genie'
Very well done indeed.
Update
19th August 2010
The last couple of weeks has seen hard races and big losses for the young bird program races in Holland. There is also no obvious reason why. It is the same for most fanciers in all parts of the country so no one area is experiencing it more than any other. We decided to keep most of the team home in the last few weeks and continue with short tosses every day to prepare for the Natonal NPO races. These races start next Saturday from Sens, so we will have to see if things improve.
The final of the Belgian Masters One Loft Race took place on Tuesday 17th August from Tours 460 km, and again this was a very erratic affair. We are very pleased with our 43rd position with a young hen from the Martin Van Zon lines. The base of these birds is Kees Bosua 'Porky' and 'Miss Marbella' crossed with the original H&O '699' and 'Mickey' bloodline. They like a bit of distance and headwind.
Thursday 19th August was the first Hot Spot Race of the South West One Loft Race from Portsmouth a distance of 140 miles. Birds were liberated into a light headwind with showers en route and another very testing race was experienced. Again we were very pleased to win this race with a young hen bred from 'Warlord' a yearling son of the 'Young Couple' paired to 'Heidi' bred from the Andreas Drapa super pair 'Konig' and 'Konigin' the parents of Olympiade Ace 'Carl' and 'Champ' 1st German Ace Pigeon All Round 2004.
Clennan and Hanson
8th August 2010
It is always nice to hear of the succes of others with our bloodline and it was very pleasing to hear from Brian Clennan who flies in the Staithes H.S. in the partnership of Clennan and Hanson.
Brian and Frank exchanged some birds with their good freind Steve Price of Stourport and included was a young cock bred from Steve's great racing hen a winner of 20 prizes in three seasons at all levels of competition being a daughter of Steves top breeding daughter of Hannibal and Genie.
The young cock in his first race won 1st Staithes H.S. , 1st East Cleveland Federation and 1st Section 6 in the Up North Combine young bird race from Bubwith against more than 6000 birds.
We hope this serves as a 'pick me up' for Frank Hanson who has not been in the best of health.
Very well done indeed.
St.Quentin
8th August 2010
The St.Quentin young bird race was flown on 31st July, a distance of 244 km to Nieuwendijk.
Club 507 birds...3rd,4th,6th,7th,10th
CC A&R 2024 birds...7th,8th,10th,15th,21st
Combine 7388 birds...27th,28th,30th,50th,63rd
First bird was NL10-1818231 a son of 'Matador' (Drum x Agent Starling) x 'Blauwe Helena' bred by Maurice Hasendonckx of Antwerp and is inbred to his Kleine Blauwe winner of 1st As Duif Hafo Lier 1999.
Second bird was NL10-1818171 bred from the old Ganus -Van der Weijst bloodline.
Third bird was NL10-1818123 bred from 09-688 one of the prize winning children of Golan (Young Couple) x Steffi (Dtr.Golden Gaby) when he was paired to '304' a daughter of Kannibaal King (Young Couple)
Fourth bird was NL10-1818162 bred from a son of Kannibaal King when he was paired to a daughter of 'Aviator' Olympiade Champion.
Fifth bird was NL10-1818169 another one bred from the original Ganus-Van Der Weijst bloodline.
