The South West of England Lerwick Club
The SWELC second race was being flown from Coventry on the 3/5/25 and at 06.30am into north west wind the birds were liberated by Carl and Peter on their way.
The top twenty to report on are as follows claiming top spot of 1st open was Robert Light flying 81 miles with a 1y blue hen being a Staff Van Reet bred and gifted to him by fellow club friend Adrian Bishop Robert's winning velocity was 1676.484.
Robert Light
2nd open was Adrian Bishop who bred the winner and was pipped for a close 1st open to win the open by friend Robert with Adrian flying 84 miles doing 1676.064 Adrian's bird a 1y blue cock being a Jella Jemella strain being bred by Dave Wyatt.
3rd, 4th, 6th and 13th open was Chris and John Adams flying 79 miles with 3 x yearling cocks and a yearling hen of wall Lunt and Green based breeding lines on the widowhood system with velocities of 1671, 1670.942 1669 and 1653.
5th and 10th open was Jim Monks flying 88 miles the first a gift pigeon bred by Stuart Luff of a 2y blue cock followed by a 1y blue own strain hen with velocities of 1670.173 and 1664.
7th, 16th and 17th open was Andrezj Stanowski flying 87 miles the first a 1y chequer cock being a Van Den Bulk crossed a UK team of Nottingham bird the next a 2y chequer hen of UK team of Nottingham direct and the final a 1y blue hen of Leon Bores crossed August Jansen crossed R & D Faber flown on the roundabout system with velocities of 1668.628, and 2 x 1637.
8th open was Stuart Luff flying 65 miles with a 1y chequer cock being a Hardy Kruger crossed Ben Oakley bird flown on the widowhood system doing 1668.249.
9th open was Steve Bennett flying 79 miles with a 3y blue cock being of Porche 911 bloodlines sent sitting 10 day old nest eggs with a velocity of 1666.
11th open was Paul Gudge flying 87 miles with a 1y chequer cock being bred by Chris Howse down from Foxy Lady with a velocity of 1659.
12th and 18th open was Steve Robbins flying 83 miles his first a 2y mealy cock being purchased and bred by John Andrews of Barry south Wales and his next a 3y blue hen being a Van Loon with velocities of 1656 and 1636.
14th open was Peter Harkness flying 85 miles with a 1y chequer hen that flew south road as a young bird being a Bushart flown on the round about system with a velocity of 1651.
15th open was Robert Organ flying 73 miles with a 2y dark cock of Bushart based breeding with a velocity of 1645.
19th open was Szmaglik & Humphries flying 81 miles with a 1y blue hen being bred by Tony Coombs of Pontypridd Wales and being a Staff van Reet on a friendship exchange of 2024 young birds she was sent on the natural system with a velocity of 1631.
20th open was Andrew George flying 87 miles with a 3y blue hen of his stock loft breeding for her first race since a young bird her velocity was 1630.
The top twenty of Coventry.
The Rat Man.
