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ALAN PARKER OF DOWNHAM
52
Bred & raced by Alan Parker. 1st North East Lancs 2B Nantes, winning over £1,000 as a yearling; 2nd Club, 4th Fed, 53rd Lancs Combine Sartilly 357 miles, 70 members sent 5,380 birds; 4th Club, 18th Fed Niort 530 miles; 8th Lancs & Yorkshire CC, 39th Section, 307th Open NFC Saintes 568 miles on day, 4,159 birds; 113th Section L, 348th Open NFC Nantes, 19th North- East Lancs 2B Nantes 461 miles; 3rd Club, 8th Blackburn Fed Niort, 530 miles; 19th Section North West National Sartilly 357 miles; 3rd Lancs & Yorkshire CC, 19th Section L, 224th Open NFC Nantes 461 miles, 11,670 birds; 4th Section North West, 113th Open North West Region Centenary Open Nantes, 5,640 birds; 10th Open North West National Nantes, 1145th Open Centenary Nantes smash 65.000 pigeons; 34th Open Padiham Open Sartilly 357 miles; 13th Open North East Lancs Nantes 461 miles; 146th National Sartilly; 6th Open Pennine 2B Sartilly; 1st yearling & nom and cup Sartilly; 1st North East Lancs Fed £100 & pair of pigeons donated by Louella Pigeon World. 52 also won 1st prizes in Club racing on land and best in show. He won over £3.000 racing and is sire & g.sire to winners. He flew 500 miles on the day three times and 568 miles on the day once. Breeding is Jack Roberts Delbar & Mr & Mrs Brian Fisher of Todmorden.
Little Miss Titmuss
Bred & raced by Alan Parker. She won 2 RPRA Awards. 1st Lancs & Yorkshire CC Saintes, 568 miles on day; She scored in the young bird National St Malo, 365 miles on day; 2 x 1st Nantes; scored at NFC Pau 734 miles, NFC Bordeaux & NFC Nantes; 1st Blackburn Fed Open 3 bird Telegraph Cup Nantes 461 miles; flew Channel 20 times, sixteen times on day the day; was certified three times for outstanding performances. Full performances: 8th Lancs & Yorshire CC, 428th Open NFC St Malo, 9,368 pigeons 362 miles on day as a youngster, over 11 hours on the wing; a week later she was 21st North East Lancs 2B Guernsey, 303 miles on the day; 2nd Open North East Lancs Four Bird Classic, 1st Barnoldswick PFC nom special Sartilly 357 miles; 2nd Clitheore HS, only three on day in Club, 9th Fed, 75th Lancashire Combine Nantes 461 miles 3,267 pigeons; 1st Blackburn Fed Yearling Nantes; 2nd Club Gloucester 139 miles; 9th Fed Gloucester; 1st Club, 2nd Fed Nantes, beaten by Lancashire Combine winner; 23rd Open Lancashire Combine Nantes, 1,886 birds; 2nd Club, 9th Fed Rennes 400 miles; 2nd Club, 5th Fed Niort, 530 miles on day; 1st Club, 5th Fed Cheltenham 137 miles; 9th North East Lancs 2B Nantes; 17th North East 2B Nantes; 4th Section L, 51st Open NFC Saintes, 568 miles on day; also reorded 1589ypm in another Nantes National but Alan cannot find position; 1st Club Mangotsfield 166 miles; 5th Lancs &Yorkshire CC, 26th Section L, 609th Open NFC Pau, 734 miles, 3,817 pigeons - her last race. Won over £2,800. Bloodlines: Peter Titmuss x Desbuquios Bros blood.
Archie
Archie, bred by Archie Jamieson, Scotland & raced by Alan Parker. 99th Open Pau National 2002, 734 miles; 402nd Open San Sebastian 730 miles. 2001; 6th Open Lancashire Combine Niort 530 miles 2000. Also won other races. Killed by a sparrowhawk.
Bill
Bred by Bill Edwards, Gosport & raced by Alan Parker. 2nd Open North West National Sartilly. Scored at 530 miles & 568 miles, both on the day.
Franny
Bred by Fran Howarth, Clitheroe & raced by Alan Parker. Bought in a breeder/buyer. She is a grand daughter of Chris Gordon’s famous Pau Hen x Hinchcliffes Bros blood. 1st Clitheroe breeder/buyer Weymouth; 1st Messac 420 miles; 1st Niort 530 miles only bird in race time; 2nd Niort 530 miles. Bird of the year 2002. Like Archie, also killed by a sparrowhawk.
Halesy
Bred by David Hales, Hockley, Essex. Janssen x W. Geerts x Hales blood. Raced by Alan Parker. 1st Club, 1st Blackburn Fed Portland; 1st Club, only bird on day, also 2nd Fed Picauville 316 mils as young bird. Lost from 75 miles.
Lucky Dip
Bred by George Burgess, Wraysbury. Titmuss x Venner x Fear x Burgess blood. Raced by Alan Parker. 1st Club, 1st Fed, 3rd Lacashire Combine Niort 530 miles on day as a yearling. Came back from Nantes centenary and died, completely flown out.
Noblehead
1st Blackburn Fed Niort 530 miles on day. Bred & raced by Alan Parker being a g.daughter of the Sutton Pair (Delbar). She also won 1st Fed Mangotsfield & T3 Clock; 1st Yeovil; 1st Nantes 460 miles; 5th Lancs & Yorkshire C/C Saintes 568 miles, vel 1090.46, hard race. RPRA award winner.
Pau Hen
2nd Club 3rd Fed Niort 530 miles on day, 44th Open Three Counties Combine Niort 2,659 birds; 438th Open NFC Saintes 568 miles on day; 10th Open NFC Pau 734 miles; 2nd Open Evening Telegraph Cup Rennes 400miles; 2nd Club 4th Fed Rennes; 6th Fed Cheltenham; 3rd Section Pau 734 miles 1999; 44th Section Pau 2000. RPRA award winner. Represented GB in the Olympiad. Direct daughter of the Sutton Pair (Delbar) also full sister to Palomas cock, bred by Alan Parker & raced by Berry & Farrell, Blackburn to win 1st Section, 31st Open BBC National Palamos 857 miles, vel 712.03 plus many other wins. Another full sister, Scalpy, won 1st Lancs & Yorkshire C/C Nantes 461 miles, 126th Open National 12,027 pigeons in a north east wind; 105th Open Chris Catterall Open Nantes 9,466 pigeons. Another sister, the Centenary hen, won 294th Open Nantes 65,00 pigeons.
Rob Roy
Bred by Roy Harding, Cheshire. Breed not 100% sure. Won 3 RPRA awards, runner u/p best long distance pigeon in RPRA 1997. Premier award in North West Region. Wins include: 1st Mangotsfield 15th Fed 166 miles; 1st Worcester 9th Fed 120 miles; 1st Stafford 75 miles; 1st Mangotsfeild 166 miles; 1st Cheltenham 137 miles; 1st Cheltenham 137 miles; 1st Cheltenham 137 miles; 1st Kempsey 120 miles; 1st Nantes 460 miles, 1st Fed Nantes only bird on day in Federation, 1st Telegrraph Open Nantes 460 miles. Beat North West National winner liberated same time; 5th Lancs & Yorkshire C/C Nantes 460 miles, 32nd Section L Nantes 460 miles, 797th Open National Nantes 8,475 pigeons; 6th Lancs& Yorkshire C/C Saintes 568 miles on day, 27th Section Saintes, 173rd Open NFC Saintes 4,601 birds; 21st Section Sartilly, 106th Open north west National Sartilly 357 miles; 10th Section Sartilly, 115th Open North West National Sartilly 357 miles; 9th Lancs & Yorkshire C/C Saintes 568 miles, 64th Section Saintes, 870th Open NFC Saintes 568 miles; 5th North West Region Centenary Nantes 5,640 pigeons, 44th Open Centenary Open Nantes 65,000 pigeons flying over 240 miles further than many that beat Rob Roy, 15 hours 41 minutes, furthest flying pigeon on the day in the Open; 17th Section Falaise, 151st Open North West National, vel 1538. Won from 800 to1700 ypm. 1st RPRA Long Distance Category, representing GB in Olympiad Sporting Class. Sired in 2005 only bird on day at Picauville but his g/children are better. Alan says: 'Rob Roy killed himself in his nest box on the bars when he got his head stuck when on the drive in 2005 but I have many happy memories, none more than timing him in the dark at the Centenary smash. This will live with me forever as up to then he had only ever been a sprinter in my eyes but he had it all - the real deal.'
Serto
Bred & raced by Alan Parker. Ko Nipius. 1st Blackburn Fed Penkridge 1,314 pigeons; 1st Blackburn Fed Gloucester 810 pigeons; 1st Blackburn Fed Weymouth 1,083 pigeons. G.son of Paul, Alan’s 1st Section Pau 730 miles winner.
Wildy
Bred & raced by Alan Parker. Frans Van Wildemeersch. 1st Darwin Centenary Open Rennes 400 miles; 1st Nantes 460 miles. Won 7 x 1st prizes in one season.
Palamos Cock
Bred by Ken Croft & raced by Alan Parker. 12th Section, 174th Open BBC Palamos 865 miles.
Big Wattles
Son of the Sutton Pair. Winner of the Channel Averages (4 races) in the club on his own.
Chocolate
Bred by John Stetton. 3 x 1st plus 10th North West National.
Three Times Palamos Hen
Geoff Hunt lines. 9th Section, 161st Open Palamos 865 miles; 21st Section, 228th Open Palamos. Also flown Pau.
