SOLWAY NEWS
By Jimmy Graham
STAINMORE
Once again the Solway Federation (100/2,857) were down at Stainmore on Saturday 11th August. Liberated at 10.45am into a fresh North-East wind, the birds homed well with velocities into the 2,000s. It was another good race for returns and most fanciers had them all home within the hour, in fact Davy Robinson of Lockerbie had a drop of over forty birds! Springfield had the best of things and the lofts of Gordon Grant & Son cleaned up. They had eight birds in the Federation top ten with six of them having velocities of over 2,000 (only eight birds in total managed this)! W.F.Van Nuil and D.& P.Skelton, both from Springfield as well, filled the Fed’s top ten.
Springfield H.C. 9/324
Gordon Grant & Son take 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th and 10th Club and the same in the Federation. The winner this week for the Grant family is a young Blue Cock of Gaby Vandenbeele breeding; the 2nd and 3rd birds are through the Page Bros of Pickering and the 4th is via John Smith of Fife. Well done!
W.F.Van Nuil takes 5th Club, 5th Fed and D. & P.Skelton are 8th Club, 8th Fed. The velocities ranged from 2009 to 1994.
Hoddam F.C. 8/224
Winning this week is Mr & Mrs J.Graham, my winner being another Ron & Angela Crook youngster bred in my stock loft which was doing a velocity of 1884.
G.Dalgliesh & Son had a good race timing three in the first five and took 2nd, 3rd, 5th doing 1877, 1868 and 1853. Jimmy Dalgliesh takes 4th on 1859.
Brydekirk H.C. 6/197
Rob Renwick timed three good birds to take 1st, 2nd and 4th on velocities of 1971, 1962 and 1899.
Scott Irving ‘Jnr’ nips in with two to take 3rd and 4th on 1945 and 1906.
Annan H.C. 15/393
Striking gold once again are R.S.R.Rome & R.J.Rome; they timed to take 1st Club on 1946.
Angus Simmons was in next taking 2nd, 3rd and 4th on 1930, 1924 and 1913. J.F.McCarton is 5th doing 1911.
Lockerbie H.C. 9/273
Davy Robinson had some race getting a drop of around forty birds; he grabbed three to take the leading three spots on velocities of 1896, 1869, 1834. (Davy doesn’t use the E.T.S. system). Evans & Campbell are 4th doing 1811.7 and Kenny Thomson 5th on 1811.2.
Michael Currie and Ewan Hind, Lockerbie.
Eastriggs H.C. 9/220
Well done to Mr & Mrs Mark Goldie taking 1st, 3rd and 4th doing 1905, 1869 and 1860.
A.Dunlingson is 2nd on 1874. J.Martin 5th doing 1818.
Langholm H.C. 4/127
D.Nordon times the leading three here on velocities of 1774, 1768 and 1761.
R.V.Graham follows on taking 4th and 5th on 1748, 1739.
Nith Valley H.C. 14/420
Topping the West Section for the second week running is Albert Russell; he takes 1st, 6th Club, 1st, 6th Section. His winner this week had a velocity of 1911, both birds being young Blue hens.
T.E.Vargoe comes in 2nd Club, 2nd Section doing 1907. Skachill & McCormack are 3rd and 7th Club as well as 3rd and 7th Section on 1897 and 1886. J. Russell is 4th Club, 4th Section on 1893. R. Burgess 5th Club, 5th Section doing 1892. R. Stewart is 8th Club, 8th Club, and 8th Section on 1884.
The West Section took eight out of the ten diplomas with 1,064 birds competing.
Dumfries F.C. 15/456
Mr & Mrs Karl Guenther had another fine race having a drop of eleven birds. They take the first five in the Club as well as 9th and 10th West Section on velocities of 1884, 1884, 1883, 1882 and 1881. Well done Karl! 456 birds from the Club.
Dalbeattie H.C. 7/167
Taking the Red this week is D.McDonald timing a young Tom Gilbertson bird doing a velocity of 1589.
G.Milligan takes 2nd spot on 1583 and N.McCulloch & Son take 3rd and 4th.
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