NEWS FROM BALERNO By Norman Dixon MBE The 2017 end of season Prize Presentation nights for the Scottish Central Federation, the North West Federation and the Scottish Central Combine all took place together on Friday 3rd November within the Royal British Legion Club in…

NEWS FROM BALERNO by Norman Dixon MBE The second race for the Scottish Central Federation was from Towlaw on 29th April 2017 when 1,328 birds were liberated at 10:00 hrs into a South East wind. For the second week in a row Henry Borthwick took the first FIVE pigeons in the…

NEWS FROM BALERNO by Norman Dixon MBE The Scottish Central Federation kicked off the 2017 season by sending 1,065 birds to a race from Otterburn in Northumberland. The race started at 10.00 hrs on Saturday 22nd April 2017 when Rab Muir released 1,758 racing pigeons into a North…

Review Of Scottish Central Combine Racing In 2016 When I first thought about writing this report I visited Robert Cormack of Winchburgh who has a lifetime of knowledge of the Scottish Central Combine. Robert was in fact twice the secretary of the Combine, once in 1956 for a year…

NEWS FROM BALERNO by Norman Dixon MBE The Young bird season on 2016 for the Scottish Central Federation started on Saturday 23rd of July when 1,174 pigeons were released at 07.00 hrs into a no wind situation from Stobs Camp in the Scottish Borders. The winning Federation pigeon…