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‘Lindsay’s Delight’ creates history for Donnelly, Son & Hudson North of England Homing Union Clermont Queens Cup 2010
First Donnelly, Son & Hudson, Ormesby Progressive, UNC, 1509.1; 2nd S Watson & Son, Sou ...
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MICHAEL & ANN PEARSON MAKE NIPA HISTORY The heading says it all, and what an achievement by a loft flying within Section C of the mighty Northern Ireland Provincial Amalgamation of Racing Pigeons to just not take the first three positions i ...
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The 65th Anniversary of Remembrance
The 65th Anniversary of Remembrance
NORMANDY 6th June 2009
Over the past seven or eight years I have reported ...
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Methods of the Master METHODS OF THE MASTER
Danny Vagenende
of Smetledge, Belgium
1st Belgian National, 1st International Hens 6,520 birds
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Going The Distance with John Halstead
GOING THE DISTANCE
With John Halstead ...
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Trichomoniasis in Pigeons Trichomoniasis in Pigeons
Trichomonas (also known as trichomonads) are single-celled parasites that, owing to presence of ...
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PIGEON RACING IN THE USA The biggest Combine in America is the vast Central Jersey Combine in the state of New Jersey, known as the ‘Garden State’ located on the eastern seaboard of the USA. The CJC, as it is comm ...
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THE GOLDEN BOY VAN HOVE-UTTERHOEVEN
1st Semi National Argenton 2008
During the autumn of 2008 I had the pleasure of once again travelling over to Belgium to meet up w ...
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FORMULA 1 LOFTS TRIUMPH FROM BICC TOURS The BICC moved on to Tours last weekend and recorded another excellent entry with 405 members sending 3,693 birds. These were liberated at 6.30am in a light westerly wind turning south-westerly in the ...
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DREAMS DO COME TRUE Dreams do come true. Ask Frank Bristow, winner of the North Road Championship Club Blue Riband race from Lerwick last Saturday. He has been dreaming of this day for more than 50 years, since his schoo ...
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PARASITE CONTROL The parasitic worms drain the birds of nutrition, in the process compromising both health and race performance. External parasites such as lice and mites directly damage the feathers. Control of paras ...
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PREMIER DIVISION FANCIERS George McAloney & son, Coatbridge, Scotland
Whilst there may be other pigeon fanciers in the UK who are as capable as George & Willie Mc ...
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HANNES VAN DER MERWE Introduction
Hannes van der Merwe is 80 years old and lives in a town called Riversdale in the Southern Cape of South Africa. This part of South Africa is well ...
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LIKE WINNING THE LOTTERY When asked to do a report on a local successful small team fancier, it didn’t take long to come up with Geoff Gosden & son of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire. Geoff successfully races just 12 W ...
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A RARE TREAT – PORTERS & STEVENS AND ‘THE VILLAGE LAD’ Once upon a time there was a young man who was asked to write about the Up North Combine, and the brilliant fanciers and pigeons that flew up here, he accepted the challenge and now, exactly forty yea ...
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THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS PIGEON FANCIERS - JANSSEN BROTHERS Henk van Limpt de Prut is a champion pigeon fancier in his own right, by profession he is the manager of the Racing Pigeon Division of Pantex Holland BV, a leading company in the field of animal healt ...
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THE PROFESSIONAL ALAN DARRAGH of Cullybackey, Northern Ireland
5x1sts Irish National (INFC)
Five times Section B Fancier of
the Year (NIPA)
In any walk of life you normally have to pay to
see or indeed talk to a ...
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A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
It has been my pleasure to have known the subject of this article, Richard Howey of Kislingbury, for a number of years. Our first encounter being at the NFC dinner at Bournemouth. At that time I ...
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