The Joe Murphy Column
I have been busy in the loft with nearly all my birds’ eggs being full, so therefore these youngsters have been given to friends. With one friend entering 8 of them into a One Loft Race competition, so I will enjoy following their progress. While 2 other friends have given me 2025 rings to put on some babies for them also to race; which is great. As I used to breed the babies and give them to Kevin to race; but alas he is no longer with us. So at least this year I will have something to look forward to during the young bird racing season. It has been good spending more time with the birds during this rearing season, and to see the youngster develop each day has given me a lot of pleasure. So, I will just have to see how these babies turn out and hopefully I can breed another Scottish national winner; which will give me great pleasure.
Race Results
The new season will soon be upon us so if you wish your club or federation results publicised in my column; then I require your results by Tuesday. I send my column to the papers on Wednesday morning so therefore I do not have time to type any late reports. These will just have to go in the following week. You will not get better publicity than adding your results to my column. As you can see the paper is now a bigger issue just like a newspaper, so therefore there are less pages per copy. It is up to you and if you wish your clubs reports added. If you have a photograph of your club winner (either pigeon or fancier) then you can send it along with your email.
Fife Federation
News from Geordie Todd with the result of the first old bird race of the new season; which was held from Berwick on the 19th of April with the 1049 birds liberated at 10-45am into an East Wind. A Ritchie of Dunfermline club takes top honours with the only pigeon in the race doing a velocity of 1727.5. He is also 2nd section with C Buchanan of the same club winning 3rd 4th & 9th positions. Eddie McWilliams of the same club wins 5th place and J Hynd & son of Lochgelly are 6th 7th & 8th with A Simpson of Dunfermline taking the 10th spot. The East section is won by Brian Kinnear of Kennoway club with J D Armour of Methilhaven club winning 2nd & 6th section. Jim & Gary Peggie of Methilhaven club win 3rd 4th & 5th section with Jocky Scott of Kennoway winning 7th 8th & 10th positions. Methilhaven’s Clark & son win 9th section. Novar & Leslie is won by Turpie & McCord with St Andrews club won by John Harcus.
This week’s Photos
I have added a photo of ‘Margaret’s Delight’ winner of the SNFC Gold Cup for winning 1st open Alencon race in 2023 flying a distance of 533 miles for the father and son partnership of Willie McCormack & son of Tranent in East Lothian.
Sorry, this is short and sweet this week, but both Margaret and I have not been a 100% as we received our Covid jag at the doctor’s surgery, so have been taking it easy.
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