President: Nigel Rigiani Chairman: Mike Shepherd Patron: Mark Gilbert BRITISH BARCELONA CLUB’S 50 ANNIVERSARY (Part 21) BRITISH BARCELONA CLUB CHAMPIONS (PHOTOS) . ‘AMIGO’: NU 70 T 17125: RED GRIZZLE COCK. Raced by R. Trueman-Dickin. 1972: 2 open British Section Barcelona International (715 miles). 1974: Flew Palamos (698 miles) and then retired to stock. ‘THE BERWICK HEN’: NU 69 11627: BLUE HEN. Raced by T. W. Hodges of Taunton, bred by D. Coleman. 1974: 1 open BBC Palamos (694 miles) 1,023â¦
Source: British Barcelona Club
President: Nigel Rigiani Chairman: Mike Shepherd
Patron: Mark Gilbert
BRITISH BARCELONA CLUB’S 50
ANNIVERSARY (Part 21)
BRITISH BARCELONA CLUB CHAMPIONS (PHOTOS) .
‘AMIGO’: NU 70 T 17125: RED GRIZZLE COCK.
Raced by R. Trueman-Dickin.
1972: 2
open British Section Barcelona International (715 miles).
1974: Flew Palamos (698 miles) and then retired to stock.
‘THE BERWICK HEN’: NU 69 11627: BLUE HEN.
Raced by T. W. Hodges of Taunton, bred by D. Coleman.
1974: 1
open BBC Palamos (694 miles) 1,023 birds.
1975: 2
open BBC Palamos (694 miles) 835 birds.
1969: Flew Berwick (333 miles) as a young bird.
1971: 34
section, 94
open NFC Pau (541 miles) 4,219 birds.
1972: 29
section, 242
open NFC Pau (541 miles) 4,356 birds.
1973: 47
section, 291
open NFC Pau (541 birds) 4,957 birds.
The winning velocity from Palamos of 1007ypm put up by the ‘The Berwick Hen’ in 1974 was a record at that time
for the British Barcelona Club Palamos race and the only other pigeon to record 1000 ypm was the one that was 2
open in that same 1974 race.
‘CONQUEROR’: SU 72 A 9522: RED CHEQUER COCK.
Raced by A. Reasider.
The British record holder for over 1,000 miles in the fastest time. ‘Conqueror’ was liberated at 06.00hrs on the Friday
in Palamos, Spain and arrived at his loft in Scotland at 16.30hrs on the Sunday. He smashed the previous record of
five days and five hour in half and then was retire to the stock loft.
1975: 3
section E, 455
open BBC Palamos (1,012 miles) velocity 675ypm / 923 birds.
‘WELLBANK ENDURANCE’: SU 69 T 4981: RED PIED COCK.
Raced by John Ellis of Wellbank.
1973: 1
section E, 27
open BBC Palamos (1,044 miles).
1972: 2
section E, 84
open BBC Palamos (1,044 birds).
As a two year old ‘Endurance’ flew Avranches (546 miles) and Beauvais (531 miles) and was retired to the stock loft
in 1973. Won Gold Medal, Harker’s Rosebowl, Hare Trophy and Bartlett Sheild.
‘KNIGHTSDALE LADY’: NU 66 N 28449: DARK CHEQUER HEN.
Bred & raced by R. Churchill of Weymouth.
‘Knightsdale Lady’ was the winner of six consecutive prizes from Palamos (657 miles). She also won an RPRA
South West Region Meritorious Award and Gold Medal, plus the Lt. Col. Osman Memorial Trophy and was retired
to the stock loft in 1973.
1973: 1
section, 1
open BBC Palamos (657 miles).
1971: 6
open BBC Palamos (657 miles).
1970: 10
open BBC Palamos (657 miles).
1969: 15
open BBC Palamos (657 miles).
1968: 17
open BBC Palamos (657 miles).
1972: 57
open BBC Palamos (657 birds).
1967: 3
club (only three birds on the day), 10
Dorset Federation, 11
Wessex Combine La Reole (450 miles).
‘LIONHEART’: SU 69 A 4480: RED CHEQUER COCK.
Bred & raced by Henry Mair.
1973: 3
Pigeon Scotland Palamos (1,009 miles).
1974: Retired to the stock loft.
‘PIXIE’: NU 73 T 86506: BLUE CHEQUER PIED HEN.
Raced by T. J. Perrett of Mere.
1976: 1
section, 1
open BBC Palamos (694 miles) velocity 741 / 1,144 birds.
‘ROMONA’: NU 70 N 11221: BLUE HEN.
Raced by R. Trueman-Dickin.
1972: 1
open British Section Barcelona International (715 miles).
1973: 1
section, 2
open BBC Palamos (698 miles).
‘Romona’ was presented in 1972 with the Belgium President’s Prize Cureghem Centre and RNHU South West
