Vauxhall Hs Prize Presentation

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NORTH LIVERPOOL FED

NEWS FROM DARREN SMITH

Vauxhall HS Prize Presentation

Hello folks,
Saturday 23rd February saw my Dad and I attending the Vauxhall Homing Society prize presentation held at the popular Silvestrian Social Club. Early indications pointed to it being a great night as a literal who’s who of the Liverpool fancy made their way through the Silvestrian’s doors. Testament to the lads who are the present incumbents of this fiercely competitive, highly successful racing pigeon club.

A view of the prize-table

The honour of chief guest was bestowed upon Fazakerley’s Davey Burns, a man with strong ties to the Vauxhall and whose name you see cropping up with an increasing regularity in the breeding of winners across the North Liverpool Federation and Liverpool Amalgamation. He knows how to race them too.

The title of premier prize winners for the 2012 season belongs once more to the partnership of Stevie Williamson and John Murphy who amassed 5x1st, 8x2nd, 4x3rd, 6x4th, 2x5th and a total of 83 points. Total winnings of £1,566.20.

Premier prize winners, Williamson & Murphy

Runner-up highest prize-winners is the partnership of Danny Kelly, Sons and Danny Devine with 5x1st, 4x2nd, 5x3rd, 4x4th, 5x5th and a total of 69 points. Total winnings of £1,120.56.

Third highest prize winners is another partnership, namely Kelly Powell & Whelan with 4x1st, 3x2nd, 3x3rd, 4x4th, 4x5th and a points total of 53. Total winnings of £1,051.10.

J McDowell & Son finish 2012 as fourth highest prize-winners with 3x1st, 2x2nd, 3x3rd, 3x4th, 4x5th and a points total of 42. Total winnings of £281.42.

Earley Brothers are next on our list in fifth position with 2x1st, 1x2nd, 1x4th, 2x5th and a points total of 18. Total winnings of £837.30.

6th highest prize winners are the partnership of Taylor & Edwards with 1x1st, 2x3rd, 1x4th and a points total of 13. Total winnings of £253.48.

Seventh highest prize-winner is lone wolf Joe Reed with 1x1st, 1x2nd, 1x5th and a points total of 10. Total winnings of £429.46.

Fellow soloist John Rimmer finishes as eighth highest prize winner with 1x2nd, 1x3rd, 2x5th and a total of 9 points. Total winnings of £125.63.

Gerard Stanton & Son are ninth in our list of winners with 2x3rd and a total of 6 points. Total winnings of £130.34.

J Connor finishes 10th highest prize-winner with 1x2nd and a total of 4 points. Total winnings of £131.36.

Ladd & Murphy end 2012 in 11th position with 1x 3rd, a total of 3 points and total winnings of £115.21.

CJ & T Connor are 12th on our list with 1x4th, a total of 2 points and total winnings of £92.99.

White & Lewis also take 1x4th to also finish on 2 points and total winnings of £6.01.

Douglas Tague & Son take the final prize card with 1x5th and 1 point and total winnings of £66.20.

Other money winners were Rees Brothers & Caples with a total of £22.60 and Connie Gaughan with a total of £10.00.

Entertainment for the evening was provided by the multi talented Simon Maguire and I would like to apologise to Simon for failing to mention he was also headlining the North Liverpool Federation do in a recent article. Then as on this occasion, Simon was a class act and his efforts were very well received.

Congratulations to all our prize-winners, in particular Stevie and John for coming out on top once again in what is a hotbed of a club from first race to finish. The very best of luck to you all in 2013.

Thanks to everybody who donated a youngster for the charity sale which managed to raise a total of. The 2012 RPRA Meritorious Award winner at Middle Distance came from this very sale 2 years ago, here’s hoping another such gem emerges from this year‘s crop.

Thanks must also be extended to the fantastic crowd of people in attendance, pigeon folk from every corner of the city, their partners and friends for making it a brilliant night.

There was a real sense of club spirit amongst the Vauxhall lads and I feel there is much to be admired and even replicated from their manual for any club whose aim is to keep the game fresh and hold onto their members. And as more and more clubs struggle for survival, this ongoing success story could perhaps become a reference point for extending the sport of pigeon racing in our own local areas.

Roughly 90% of the prize-winners took home over £100 at the end of the season while the leading lofts took home considerably more. And while our aims are the racing and hopefully winning pigeon races, it is nice to see nearly all members getting a decent bite of the cherry.

The figure raised for the young bird sale was £1,050 for 15 lots.

I look forward to the return do next season and for those of you who have never attended one of these nights I cannot recommend it enough. Thanks for having us over. And with that, the curtain falls on another instalment.