Arrival

                                     A view of my loft.         

This dark chequer cock racing in the L.S.E.C.C. won the south west section in a very hard race frm Vire in France, winning the section and recording a velocity of 925 ypm.

This super racing hen was never positioned out of the first 20 Open postions in all National and Classic races entered. Below some of her postions won recording velocities below 1200 ypm.

LSECC Vire 17th Open, velocity 825 ypm in a north wind.

LSECC Angers 7th Open, velocity 1125 ypm in a north east wind.

NFC Saintes 4th Open, velocity 1158 ypm in a north east wind, 5244 birds. 

This dark chequer pied hen recorded 3rd section "E" from 2,818 pigeons and 182nd Open NFC Nantes with 11,436 birds completing, velocity 1325 ypm.

This game hen recorded 15th Open from Pau on the second day velocity 565 ypm against 583 birds, flying 544 miles. This race flown in 1996 against a north east wind which prevailed for the first two days. A very difficult race with no birds arriving home on the day of liberation. 

This yearling blue chequer pided cock winner of the Brooker Gold Cup 1999 folded in out of the sky like a true winner.

Sky Crusader winner of the Brooker Gold Cup racing from Morpeth on the North Road winner of the Brooker Gold Cup in 2004.

Three weeks after winning the Brooker Gold Cup our little hen was turned round and sent as a single entry to Cholet on the South Road a distance of 289 miles again with the LSECC. She was timed after 9 hours and 21 minutes on the wing winning  94th Open, velocity 947 ypm in a north east wind.