BORDEAUX NATIONAL
29th July 2012
For this, our Bordeaux National, we had a total of 156 members sending 775 birds, with section breakdown as follows:
Section A 26 members sent 111 birds
Section B 26 members sent 147 birds
Section C 37 members sent 185 birds
Section D 36 members sent 189 birds
Section E 4 members sent 14 birds
Section F 0 members sent 0 birds
Section G 9 members sent 49 birds
Section H 17 members sent 79 birds
Raceday: The birds were held over on the Saturday and liberated at 0625hrs on Sunday 29th July 2012. Weather maps indicated a very tricky race for all UK entries, which would be won over on the Eastern side of the UK with sections D & G taking advantage. An excellent race it turned out to be with five of the seven section winners appearing in the top ten open positions.
1st Open 1st Section D to Charlie Simmons, Basildon timing a 5yr old at 16 09 08 for a velocity of 1399.264
Charlie's champion 5 year old blue pied cock, winner of the BBC from Bordeaux, also won the BICC Agen International race on the 30th of June. This widowhood cock of Soontjen origin contains Mr & Mrs Clayburn’s Black Ring pair and Mardon’s Geschifte bloodlines. He has been a consistent racer and has a number of previous wins to his credit. Mated in mid-ebruary, he was allowed to rear a single young bird before being placed on widowhood. At the start of the season the widowers are allowed free exercise once daily but as the season progresses they go out twice a day and are allowed to do as they please with no forcing. Charlie does not use a breakdown mixture but prefers to feed the cocks Versele Laga Super widowhood mix after each exercise period.
Charlie Simmons - 1st open BBC Bordeaux
2nd Open 1st Section G, Mr & Mrs J B Langbridge of Chichester timing a 2yr old at 15 05 08 for a velocity of 1373.821
Blue Cock, GB10 P 13414 (The double unlucky cock) a winner of:-
2011 2ND CLUB, 2ND SOLENT S R FEDERATION FOUGERES 1,593 BIRDS BEATEN BY LOFTMATE.
2012 3RD CLUB FOUGERES.
2012 1ST SECT G, 2ND OPEN BBC BORDEAUX BIRDS.
The Langbridges say: 'HE IS FROM OUR JANSSEN FAMILY WHICH IS A BLENDING OF PERFORMANCE BLOOD FROM VARIOUS GOOD FANCIERS. HIS SIRE IS FROM A JOHN MUNNS, EX-CHATTERIS NOW SPAIN, PAIR WHICH BRED SIDLESHAM SID - TWICE 1ST UK PIGEON IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN MILLION DOLLAR RACES. THIS PAIR ARE THE BASE OF OUR JANSSENS AND WE HAVE SEVERAL USEFUL RACERS & BREEDERS FROM THEM. THE SIRE OF 13414 WAS HIMSELF 3RD SECT 19TH OPEN BBC BORDEAUX AS A YEARLING LATE BRED. THE DAM OF 13414 IS FROM A SON OF DERECK REID OF WEYBRIDGE'S 1ST OPEN NFC ST NAZAIRE WHEN PAIRED TO A SISTER TO KHAN BROS OF KINGSTON'S 2ND OPEN NFC BORDEAUX WHO WE PAIRED TO A DAUGHTER OF ONE OF ERNIE SMITH & DARREN BAKER'S CLASSIC WINNERS, WHICH THEY LOANED TO US. OUR 2ND BIRD 11 B 06157 IS A SON OF DERECK REID'S NATIONAL WINNER ABOVE WHEN PAIRED TO A SISTER TO A SISTER TO 1ST CSCFC O/H WINNER OF P & D OVERTON. WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO CHARLIE SIMMONS. IT WAS FAR LESS PAINFUL TO BE BEATEN BY SUCH A CLASS ACT. PERHAPS 3RD TIME LUCKY. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME WE HAVE BEEN 2ND OPEN BBC.'
2nd open Bordeaux
3rd Open 2nd Section G, W Edwards of Bognor Regis, timing a 3yr old at 15 22 36 for a velocity of 1329.206
W. Edwards
4th Open 1st Section A, Derek Human of Petersfield, timing a yearling at 15 47 50 for a velocity of 1322.631
'I was very pleased to hear that I had won section A from Bordeaux. I've named my bird Stanley's Son and he is from my Cattryse family. He was sitting 3 day old babies, arriving home during a passing heavy rain and thunderstorm. He had 3 races before Bordeaux and he was the second pigeon home each time winning the Brian wall nom from C.S.C.F.C. I sent him to 1 training toss to the New Forest with Rodney Broon training & I feed Versele-Laga prestige in the hopper. I would like to thank Mark and Clare, our new secretaries, for all their hard work.'
5th Open 2nd Section A, S & K Brimecome & Son of Portsmouth, timing a yearling at 15 36 9 for a velocity of 1315.901
6th Open 3rd Section G, Crammond & Langstaff of Fontwell, timing a 2yr old at 15 37 52 for a velocity of 1310.433
3rd Sect G 6th open is Crammond & Langstaff of Fontwell. The partnership had a good race with eight of their twelve birds home on the day. All bar two of their entries flew Tarbes with the NFC this year. Their 1st bird taking 6th open is full of distance blood (Van De Wegen x Jan Aarden lines). This is the first time this cock has scored but his father is a full brother to Green & Hilson’s bird of the year in the Lancashire Social Circle in 2011. His dam is a full sister to a cock that bred Green & Hilson’s Tyson that flew NFC Saintes 550 miles on the day four consecutive years on the trot. Ian and Nigel would like to say a big well done to Joe, Bill and Tony all club mates that ended up 2nd 3rd and 7th open in the result.
Crammond & Langstaff
7th Open 4th Section G, Mr T & Mrs C Welch of Chichester, timing a yearling at 15 41 49 for a velocity of 1297.104
'The pigeon i clocked was raced last year as a youngster across the channel on three occasions. This year she was lightly raced as she was hawked quite badly about 8 weeks ago. She recovered well and I decided to send her to Bordeaux.'
Mr Welch
8th Open 5th Section G, Don Harvey of Dover, timing a 2yr old at 16 23 11 for a velocity of 1296.957
Don Harvey
9th Open 1st Section C, Mr & Mrs G G & C J Cooper of Peasedown St John, timing a 3yr old “SCOTTY” at 16 40 41 for a velocity of 1290.977
Geoff and Catherine Cooper clocked a three year old widowhood cock called “Scotty” to win 1st C section, 9th National Bordeaux BBC. Having battled for over ten hours in strong westerly winds “Scotty” landed looking like he had only had a quick fly around the loft. “Scotty” is a brilliant racer having now won three 1st Sections in National racing. He has won 1st Section from Falaise BICC National, 1st Section, 5th National from Bordeaux/Agen International BICC and now 1st Section, 9th National Bordeaux BBC. He has also won 12th National Fougeres BBC Charity race. He is named “Scotty” after Scott Stevens, a young fancier from Midsomer Norton.
The sire of “Scotty” is “Georgeson” a son of “George” 1st Tarbes Grand National plus many other top prizes. “George” is sire and grandsire to many top pigeons. He is breeder of ‘Pearl’ - mother to amazing ‘Farmer George’- 1. Int. Bordeaux 2011 – 10,622 birds, 1. Int. Bordeaux 2011 overall – 22,029 birds, 3. Nat. WS Tours, 135. NFC Saintes – 3,484 birds, 150. Open Fougeres – 2,161 birds, ‘George’ is breeder of ‘Georgeson’ – breeder of ‘Scotty’, 1st National C section, 9th National Bordeaux BBC, 1. National W Section Bicc Falaise, 5th Bicc Pau National/International 1st Bicc WS (prov) Pau National/International, 4th Nat. prov., Fougeres, 15. Nat. Fougeres, ‘George’ is breeder of “Double 7” mother of “Georgia Jean” WS Pau International/National 1st. ‘George” is breeder of Darkie’ – breeder of 2. Int. Bordeaux yearlings, 3.Int. Bordeaux hens. The Dam of “Scotty is a daughter of “Southfield Supreme” 1st International Dax for Mark Gilbert. Geoff and Catherine clocked five out of their six pigeon sent. This family of pigeons have proved time and time again that they are equal to any long distance family in Europe. Their family of birds can be traced back in just a couple of generations to Geoff's 1980 imports from Deweerdt of Belgium. They have been winning for the Cooper's and many others at the highest level for over 30 years. The Coopers have now won 6 x 1st National Section prizes in the 2012 old bird season, plus many other top ten National and section prizes.
10th Open 1st Section B, Bryan Woods of Shaftesbury, timing a 3yr old at 16 10 30 for a velocity of 1287.930
'Andrew, my 3 year old mealy cock, is bred from a Fear Brothers cock and a Sid Miles hen. This pair was given to me by Andrew Tarmas of Radstock 10 years ago. They have always produced some consistently good pigeons. To start the season he spent 3 days out from Eastborne on the bad weekend when everyone lost many good pigeons. He went on to fly 5 races with the BBC, NFC and CFCSC the best being Tarbes with the CSCFC where he took 102nd Open 26th SW section arriving on the second day, these were all flown on the celibate system. After that he was re paired and after 2 training tosses was sent to Bordeaux feeding small youngsters.'
Bryan Woods
Andrew
Section A Positions
1 A666 Derek Human Petersfield GB 11 N 21151 1322.631
2 A358 S & K Brimecome & Son Portsmouth GB 11 J 05331 1315.901
3 A358 S & K Brimecome & Son Portsmouth GB 09 S 86138 1283.34
Derek Human
Section B Positions
1 B684 Bryan Woods Shaftesbury GB 09 N 81432 1287.930
2 B85 Mr & Mrs M Gower Fordingbridge GB 08 N 70151 1264.259
3 B85 Mr & Mrs M Gower Fordingbridge GB 11 J 13242 1264.116
Both are full sisters and come from a son of Vale Cahors (Belgium national winner) when paired to a Frans Rigole hen. 70151 is a round-about hen and has been a really consistent racer scoring 2nd open CSCFC Bergerac in 2009. Her preparation this year was two short inland races, Carentan (115 miles), Saintes 364 miles (10 hours on the wing), a 4 week rest then Bordeaux. 13242 was raced over the channel 3 times as a young bird and scored on two occasions. This year she went to Exeter, Carentan, Messac where she came back after 4 days with half her tail missing. She was left to exercise around the loft for a month and sent to Fougeres 3 weeks before Bordeaux.
Mr & Mrs Gower's 2nd Section
Mr & Mrs Gower's 3rd Section
Section C Positions
1 C778 Mr & Mrs G G & C J Cooper Peasedown St J GB 09 N 02295 1290.977
2 C1140 Chris Howse & David Parsons Devizes GB 09 N 22842 1198.929
3 C778 Mr & Mrs G G & C J Cooper Peasedown St J GB 10 N 2678 1182.465
Geoff & Catherine's second bird timed was a grandson of JW, winner of 1st National 7th National etc and Farm Boy winner of 12th International, 3rd National Dax, 7th National Dax etc. plus sire of 1st International Bordeaux Farmer George. He is called Warren, after Warren March, a good friend from Australia. Warren has previously scored from Lyndhurst 44 miles and Alencon with the BICC.
Warren
Section D Positions
1 D329 Charlie Simmons Basildon GB 07 N 73565 1399.264
2 D678 Mr & Mrs D.J.Newman & Aylesbury GB 10 J 04564 1278.576
3 D558 Mr & Mrs Jeff Hull Luton GB 10 X 13062 1274.147
Section E Positions
1 E131 E Jones Telford GB 09 Z 16665 973.40
Attached photo of Eric Jones (middle), with his brother Barry Jones (left) and Graham Bayley (right) and three of their successful BBC pigeons. Yet again Eric has topped section E with a blue cock GB09Z16665, bred from pigeons from Dave Ellam's lines. The same pigeon was 6th section E in the BBC three weeks ago and his brother won the BBC Messac race this year.
2 E327 G A Baker Shifnal GB 08 B 16220 957.37
3 E339 P. & S. Harris & Daughter Telford GB 10 N 7193 955.03
E. Jones
Section G Positions
1 G807 Mr & Mrs J B Langbridge Chichester GB 10 P 13414 1373.821
2 G1234 W Edwards Bognor Regis GB 09 N 33322 1329.206
3 G206 Crammond & Langstaff Fontwell GB 10 N 22427 1310.433
Mr & Mrs J. Langbridge
Section H Positions
1 H341 R.Legg & Sons Guernsey GB 10 F 22044 950.617
'My bird is a two year old blue hen of my own family that goes back to a gift bird from a Scottish fancier called David Jack of Fife. She had flown two St Malo races and Messac earlier in the season before being re-paired and sent sitting.'
2 H1078 Stubbs & Pereira St Peter, Jersey GB 09 K 36713 932.344
3 H1078 Stubbs & Pereira St Peter, Jersey GB 08 T 48721 931.45
Nigel Legg
Secretaries Notes:-
Anything relating to the British Barcelona Club, please post to:- Mark & Clare Brown, 16 Inholmes Common, Woodlands St. Mary, Hungerford, RG17 7SX. We still have a lot of info going to past secretaries, which just delays things.
We have struggled to get hold of a few of the winning fanciers and some have not been able to get their notes to us in time. Please if you do finish in the first ten open or first three of your section in the provisional results, send us some information and pictures to get your rightful rewards in the reports
Don’t forget to order your tickets for our annual dinner/dance evening.
Regards
Mark Brown
Press Officer
British Barcelona Club
