Yesterday we had the last race of the season from Fougeres with the British International Championship Club.
The birds were liberated at 8.00am under almost clear skies with winds very light southeast at the race point and changing to southerly in the channel and southwest over the mainland.
The conditions were right for a really nice race for the youngsters which was a change from all the terrible weather we have had for channel racing this year.
We thought that as they had made decent work of the bad weather in recent weeks they should take this in their stride with the experience they have had.
We started off the morning with a nice breakfast at our local farm shop and Troy, Darran and I were joined there by Roger Lowe and Luke Oglesby. After much chat about times we decided that a decent pigeon would be just over the 4 hour mark so at 11.00am we headed back home as we also had a club race from Truro with the Berkshire Federation.
With both races being around 216 mile and the Truro birds being released 15 minutes later we realised the birds would be coming home roughly the same time so it would be hard to know which was which before they went through the trap.
Around 12.04 we had birds coming up the field but realised in an instant it was the Truro birds as we sent 58 and had 30 come together and that definitely wasn’t going to happen from fougeres.
We didn’t have to wait long though as at 12.11 we had 6 birds diving all over the sky full of flying heading to the lofts. They were from Fougeres and once they landed all went through the trap in seconds. The second bird clocked two seconds after the first was our all pooler and the third bird clocked again two seconds later was last weeks 1st Section, 3rd National NFC Falaise.
Our first pigeon on the clock provisionally scored 2nd Section, 4th Open British Barcelona Club & 3rd Section, 12th Open British International Championship Club with a velocity of 1509ypm for the 216 mile journey. With the 6 birds being clocked together the other 6 should figure highly in the result too.
We were really pleased how the whole team performed yesterday as we sent 83 and had around 50 in the first hour and 61/83 back in total. Hopefully we will have a few more drop in this morning.
The breeding of the first 6 is as follows:
1 - N53222
Went to the NFC Falaise race and came first thing next morning
Full brother to 3rd National BICC Alencon 4763b 2023
Sire is a son of ‘Rolex’ 1st National NFC Saintes 2015 paired to a daughter of J Hooymans ‘Harry’
Dam is a daughter of ‘Southfield Champ’ 1st National NFC Saintes paired to Mark Williamson’s ‘Lady B’ 1st Open MNFC Bordeaux.
2 - N53242
Been to the channel 4 times this year now having the BICC Guernsey, BBC Guernsey, NFC Falaise and now Fougeres.
Sire is a grandson of Gino Clicque’s ‘Prince Rudy’ 1st National Limoges 6,272b & ‘Golden Prince’ 1st National Ace KBDB Long Distance.
Dam is a daughter of C & G Koopmans ‘Amano Alzina’ and G & S Verkerks ‘Fire Eyes x Flying Wonder’ the parents of our 1st Section, 2nd National NFC Messac 4,563b 2024.
3 - N53180
Had BBC Guernsey, 1st Section, 3rd National Falaise and now Fougeres.
Sire is a son of Marc Pollins ‘Bruce’ 1st National St Vincent
Dam is a daughter of ‘Supreme Junior’ 1st National BICC Pau when paired to a daughter of ‘Southfield Supreme’ 1st International Dax 17,416b.
4 - N53151
12th Section, 17th Open BBC Guernsey and Fougeres.
Sire is a son of C & G Koopmans ‘Amano Alzina’ and G & S Verkerks ‘Fire Eyes x Flying Wonder’ the parents of our 1st Section, 2nd National NFC Messac 4,563b 2024.
Dam is a daughter of ‘Rolex’ 1st National NFC Saintes 2015 paired to a daughter of Gino Clicque’s ‘Golden King’ 1st National Ace KBDB Long Distance and ‘First Lady’ 1st National Ace KBDB Great Middle Distance.
5 - N53118
Went to BBC Guernsey, NFC Falaise came early next morning and Fougeres.
Sire is a son of Gino Clicque’s ‘Devil Prince’ 1st National Montlucon 19,298 yearlings paired to ‘Tina’ the mother of ‘Golden Prince’
Dam is a daughter of T & J Elzinga’s ‘Prince Esmee’ 2 x 1st NPO winner.
6 - N53317
Went to BICC Guernsey, BBC Guernsey and Fougeres.
Sire is a grandson of Joel Verschoot’s ‘Armando’ 1st National Ace KBDB Long Distance 2018 and sold for 1.25 million Euros.
Dam is the nest sister of Gino Clicque’s ‘Gabriella’ 1st National Agen 2,932b and 1st International hens.
A very enjoyable end to our season.
Congratulations to D Bullen and son for winning the BICC and K Wise for winning the BBC.
The birds were liberated at 8.00am under almost clear skies with winds very light southeast at the race point and changing to southerly in the channel and southwest over the mainland.
The conditions were right for a really nice race for the youngsters which was a change from all the terrible weather we have had for channel racing this year.
We thought that as they had made decent work of the bad weather in recent weeks they should take this in their stride with the experience they have had.
We started off the morning with a nice breakfast at our local farm shop and Troy, Darran and I were joined there by Roger Lowe and Luke Oglesby. After much chat about times we decided that a decent pigeon would be just over the 4 hour mark so at 11.00am we headed back home as we also had a club race from Truro with the Berkshire Federation.
With both races being around 216 mile and the Truro birds being released 15 minutes later we realised the birds would be coming home roughly the same time so it would be hard to know which was which before they went through the trap.
Around 12.04 we had birds coming up the field but realised in an instant it was the Truro birds as we sent 58 and had 30 come together and that definitely wasn’t going to happen from fougeres.
We didn’t have to wait long though as at 12.11 we had 6 birds diving all over the sky full of flying heading to the lofts. They were from Fougeres and once they landed all went through the trap in seconds. The second bird clocked two seconds after the first was our all pooler and the third bird clocked again two seconds later was last weeks 1st Section, 3rd National NFC Falaise.
Our first pigeon on the clock provisionally scored 2nd Section, 4th Open British Barcelona Club & 3rd Section, 12th Open British International Championship Club with a velocity of 1509ypm for the 216 mile journey. With the 6 birds being clocked together the other 6 should figure highly in the result too.
We were really pleased how the whole team performed yesterday as we sent 83 and had around 50 in the first hour and 61/83 back in total. Hopefully we will have a few more drop in this morning.
The breeding of the first 6 is as follows:
1 - N53222
Went to the NFC Falaise race and came first thing next morning
Full brother to 3rd National BICC Alencon 4763b 2023
Sire is a son of ‘Rolex’ 1st National NFC Saintes 2015 paired to a daughter of J Hooymans ‘Harry’
Dam is a daughter of ‘Southfield Champ’ 1st National NFC Saintes paired to Mark Williamson’s ‘Lady B’ 1st Open MNFC Bordeaux.
2 - N53242
Been to the channel 4 times this year now having the BICC Guernsey, BBC Guernsey, NFC Falaise and now Fougeres.
Sire is a grandson of Gino Clicque’s ‘Prince Rudy’ 1st National Limoges 6,272b & ‘Golden Prince’ 1st National Ace KBDB Long Distance.
Dam is a daughter of C & G Koopmans ‘Amano Alzina’ and G & S Verkerks ‘Fire Eyes x Flying Wonder’ the parents of our 1st Section, 2nd National NFC Messac 4,563b 2024.
3 - N53180
Had BBC Guernsey, 1st Section, 3rd National Falaise and now Fougeres.
Sire is a son of Marc Pollins ‘Bruce’ 1st National St Vincent
Dam is a daughter of ‘Supreme Junior’ 1st National BICC Pau when paired to a daughter of ‘Southfield Supreme’ 1st International Dax 17,416b.
4 - N53151
12th Section, 17th Open BBC Guernsey and Fougeres.
Sire is a son of C & G Koopmans ‘Amano Alzina’ and G & S Verkerks ‘Fire Eyes x Flying Wonder’ the parents of our 1st Section, 2nd National NFC Messac 4,563b 2024.
Dam is a daughter of ‘Rolex’ 1st National NFC Saintes 2015 paired to a daughter of Gino Clicque’s ‘Golden King’ 1st National Ace KBDB Long Distance and ‘First Lady’ 1st National Ace KBDB Great Middle Distance.
5 - N53118
Went to BBC Guernsey, NFC Falaise came early next morning and Fougeres.
Sire is a son of Gino Clicque’s ‘Devil Prince’ 1st National Montlucon 19,298 yearlings paired to ‘Tina’ the mother of ‘Golden Prince’
Dam is a daughter of T & J Elzinga’s ‘Prince Esmee’ 2 x 1st NPO winner.
6 - N53317
Went to BICC Guernsey, BBC Guernsey and Fougeres.
Sire is a grandson of Joel Verschoot’s ‘Armando’ 1st National Ace KBDB Long Distance 2018 and sold for 1.25 million Euros.
Dam is the nest sister of Gino Clicque’s ‘Gabriella’ 1st National Agen 2,932b and 1st International hens.
A very enjoyable end to our season.
Congratulations to D Bullen and son for winning the BICC and K Wise for winning the BBC.
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