LANARKSHIRE FEDERATION
Tom Corrie jnr
John Lawrie & Son 1st Open Ypres
Its every members desire to achieve the best they can in the biggest race on the calendar of the Lanarkshire federation.
On a cold July evening a dark check cock alighted onto the loft of John Lawrie & Son, like all fanciers the heart beat that little bit harder with the excitement of timing a good yin from France well actually Belgium. The excitement was rewarded with 1st Club,1st sect,1st Open.
It was a good working velocity of 1035 beating the convoy of 715 federation pigeons from around 440 miles.
This being a race we duplicated into the SNFC they also achieved 1st West Section SNFC.
Brilliant lads.
John Lawrie & Son with granddaughter Madison - Jocks Lad, 1st Open Ypres
This small dark check cock has proved to be no shrinking violet, as he had already took 14th Sect as a yearling from Eastbourne from nearly 400 miles and also won a section prize in 2016.
When handling the winner ,the first thing that I thought was, he has class feathering ,balance and a cracking pearl eye,well you could say "violet" Always a good eye for the distance.
You could say he was bred for the job out of a cock from the winning family of Tam Richardson when Tam was winning for fun at the distance and a hen out of the National winning family of John Duthie of Dundee.
The lads would like to thank these guys for their friendship and providing them with the right birds to produce this great winner.
The Lawrie family are a highly respected family of pigeon fanciers who work their socks off working for the fancy,John has been the federation clock setter for more years than i can remember and the secretary of the Cambusnethan/Morningside club for 27yrs. Thats dedication
This is what makes this sport when someone who works as hard gets just rewards.
They loves his federation and national racing and with this duplication race it gave them the chance to compete in both.
John likes any racing but finds the nationals very special and sets his stall out to have his birds right for the big races.
Question time
How long have you been in partnership?
Around 15 years
What clubs are members?
Newmains HC, Cambusnethan/Morningside , Lanarkshire Social Circle, Scottish National Flying Club
Loft size
Wooden structure ,Main racing 24ft with four sections Stock loft 16ft
Ventilation louvers bottom front and mesh doors which are fitted when needed
Pigeon Strains
Eadie & Kelly Newmains
Tam Richardson Newmains
Jock Duthie Dundee
Jock Allison Ravenstruther/Lanark
Thank all for their friendship and quality pigeons
Old bird loft - Stock loft
Racing System
Birds are on traditional roundabout for first 6 or 7 races and then paired for Nationals
Exercise
Cocks out morning and evening
Hens out evening
Both fly well around loft
When paired trained most days from around 25 miles from south east
Racing section
Feed
VL Gerry plus morning
VL All round evening
Build up to National races plenty of peanuts
Daily Matrix grit/mineral available
How do you keep them healthy
Deweerdt product range
Vaccinated annually with Colombovac
1st Open winner race preparation
He raced every race up to Melton Mowbray on roundabout,sent to Kettering driving.Then he missed Billericay and got the comeback race before going to Ypres on a six day youngster.
Daily routine
John is up before 6am to feed birds
He lets out the cocks before going to his work; traps are set to allow cocks to return into loft
Returns from work cocks and hens out evening
Motivates both sexes by allowing time in box section
How many birds 2016
Old bird Racers- 50
Young bird -54
Stock 6 pair
Favourite time of year
Enjoys the racing but also the social side of the sport
Has attended the Blackpool show for thirty years
John will really enjoy this year’s social with this win
What would you like to see?
Like to see the Lanarkshire duplicate races with SNFC next season
Protection to sport from Raptors
The partnership would like to congratulate J & K Miller on winning the club Old bird cup in Newmains HC
They think the Lanarkshire federation is going in the right direction and thank the committee for their work.
Well thats how its done readers
Thanks lads for the report.
Tom Corrie jnr
Lanarkshire press officer
