Ending the campaign with a bang was the husband-and-wife partnership of Bridget and Geoff Clare, former members of the club when living in Old Leake, but now racing out of Sloothby.

They squeezed just in front of neighbours Brian Sears and Frank Bartle, who were third and fourth, but the Clares took the next four places, flying a distance of 266 miles.

Results: 1 and 2 Mr and Mrs PG Clare 1341.963 and 1341.835, 3 and 4 Sears and Bartle 1341.750 and 1340, 5, 6, 7 and 8 Mr and Mrs Clare 1323, 1322, 1302 and 1298, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Mr and Mrs B Garnham 1295, 1294, 1293 and 1292, 13 A Kirkman 1291, 14 and 15 Mr and Mrs Garnham 1278 (2), 16 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1268, 17 Mr and Mrs Garnham 1266, 18 Mr and Mrs Clare 1253, 19 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1252, 20 Mr and Mrs B Garnham 1251.

Result of the Futurity Race held in conjunction with the Perth race was:
1 Mr and Mrs PG Clare (buyer), Allen Hall (breeder), 2 Social Pigeon Centre Social Syndicate and Hall and Seabourne; 3 R Knight and Family and the late Carlo Napolitano (Royal lofts), 4 Mr and Mrs B Garnham and Mr and Mrs O King and Sons, 5 Social Pigeon Centre Social Syndicate and Mr and Mrs R Skinner, 6 John Platt and Mr and Mrs Skinner; 7 Hardy Troops, Burt and Son, both buyer and breeder.

Report for September 11

Upsall and Frost clock Dunbar fastest bird

There was another tough battle against a strong wind for pigeons competing in Sunday’s race from Dunbar when the fastest bird into Boston was to the loft of Carl Upsall and Trevor Frost to win in Boston Central RPC.

Had this bird been entered in the North Road Championship Club’s young bird race from the same race-point, it would have taken fourth open. As it was, the honour of being the first Boston fancier in this race fell to Marek Kula, second in Boston Central. Veteran fanciers, Ted and Val Attwater, were the winners in Boston and District FC, denying Ray Knight and family yet another 1-2-3.

Club results from Dunbar were:

Boston Central (6-160): 1 Upsall and Frost 1123; 2 Marek Kula 1122; 3 Upsall and Frost 1082; 4 Marek Kula 1081; 5 and 6 Upsall and Frost 1076 and 1070; 7 and 8 Marek Kula 1069 and 1063.465; 9 Upsall and Frost 1063.026; 10, 11 and 12 D Pelka 1054, 1037 and 1034.

Boston and District RPC (6-155): 1 Mr and Mrs E Attwater 1116; 2, 3 and 4 Mr and Mrs R Knight and Family 1107, 1087.927 and 1087.685; 5 Mr and Mrs R Skinner 1068; 6 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1063; 7 D Peters and Son 1061; 8 Mr and Mrs Skinner 1058; 9 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1042; 10 D Peters and Son 1031; 11 and 12 Mr and Mrs B Garnham 1008.930 and 1008.600.

Alford: 1 Perry and Hunt 1147; 2 Mr and Mrs D Evans 1136; 3 and 4 Perry and Hunt 1129 and 1124; 5 Mr and Mrs PG Clare 1092; 6 Mr and Mrs Evans 1080; 7 and 8 Mr and Mrs Clare 1066 and 1065; 9 Mr and Mrs Evans 1062; 10 Perry and Hunt 1052; 11 Sears and Bartle 1050; 12 Mr and Mrs D Thomas 1043.

The final race of the season will be on Saturday when Boston and District Flying Club will be organising a young bird open race from Perth, marking at their Rasen’s Court, Pen Street, headquarters on Friday from 8.30am to 11.00am.

Report for September 4

Knight is race king with a third 1-2-3 feat

Pigeons competing in the 200-mile young bird race from Berwick on Saturday were put to the test by a stiff south-westerly wind, but that did not stop Ray Knight and family, of Old Leake, from completing a 1-2-3 in Boston and District FC for the third successive week.

There was also another win for Marek Kula in Boston Central RPC where, all season, there has been an intense battle for honours, usually featuring Marek, Dariusz Pelka, Upsall and Frost and Andrew Kirkman. Again all four lofts featured prominently in the results.

Results from Berwick:

Boston and District FC (9 members sent 181 birds): 1, 2, 3 R Knight and Family 1065, 1064 and 1063; 4 Mr and Mrs E Attwater 1044, 5 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1014, 6 and 7 Mr and Mrs Attwater 999 and 985, 8 Mr and Mrs R Skinner 981, 9 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 973, 10 Mr and Mrs B Garnham 967, 11 Mr and Mrs R Skinner 965, 12 Mr and Mrs B Garnham 948.

Boston Central RPC (11-283): 1 Marek Kula 1047, 2 and 3 Upsall and Frost 1042.741 and 1042.692, 4 and 5 D Pelka 1042.348 and 1041, 6 Andrew Kirkman 1039, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Marek Kula 1035, 1034, 1033, 1031.589, 1031.541 and 1031.205.

Alford (9-187): 1 Mr and Mrs D Thomas 1089, 2, 3 and 4 Mr and Mrs PG Clare 1088.88, 1088.82 and 1088.76, 5 Perry and Hunt 1076, 6 Mr and Mrs D Evans 1072, 7 and 8 Perry and Hunt 1062 (2), 9 Sears and Bartle 1040, 10 Mr and Mrs D Evans 1038, 11 and 12 Sears and Bartle 1037 and 1035.

Skegness and District: 1 and 2 M Sharpe 1072 and 1034, 3, 4 and 5 Mr and Mrs R Boulton 1030, 1027.65 and 1027.45, 6 M Sharpe 1027.31, 7 G Balderston 942.

Horncastle (4-27): 1 R Quibell 998, 2, 3 and 4 R Hayes 972, 963 and 938, 5 G Cunningham 902.

Candlesby: 1, 2 and 3 P Whiting 1088.9, 1088.6 and 1051.

Skegness and Wainfleet: 1, 2 and 3 A and J Pinner 1006, 956 and 905.

Report for August 28

Ray is the main man again

Contrary things, racing pigeons! Last week, when competing from Whitley Bay in what was thought to be good flying conditions, they did not perform well into Boston.

At the weekend, in a repeat race from Whitley Bay, when weather was of concern to fanciers, they performed much more consistently. Again, man of the moment, was Ray Knight, of Old Leake, who repeated the previous week’s feat of taking the first three places in Boston and District FC, while Polish fancier Marek Kula won the Boston Central RPC, from fellow countryman, Dariusz Pelek. In fact, these two dominated the race, Andrew Kirkman and Tim Appleby being the only other two to feature in the first 12.

Results from Whitley Bay:

Boston and District FC (10-128): 1, 2 and 3 R Knight and Family 1583, 1545.679 and 1545.385, 4, 5 and 6 Mr and Mrs B Garnham 1524, 1487 and 1485, 7 Mr and Mrs E Attwater 1458, 8 and 9 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1443.723 and 1443.597, 10 and 11 Mr and Mrs Attwater 1429 and 1421, 12 C Collins and Son 1404.

Boston Central (7-236): 1 Marek Kula 1554, 2 and 3 D Pelka 1516.802 and 1516.663, 4 A Kirkman 1506.623, 5 Marek Kula 1505.446, 6 D Pelka 1506.446, 7 A Kirkman 1503, 8 D Pelka 1501, 9 and 10 Marek Kula 1494.452 and 1494.182, 11 Tim Appleby 1487, 12 Marek Kula 1485.

Horncastle (4-33): 1 R Quibell 1544, 2 and 3 R Hayes 1409 and 1408, 4 and 5 R Quibell 1356 and 1391.

Alford (9-188): 1 Perry and Hunt 1565, 2 Mr and Mrs PG Clare 1560, 3 and 4 Perry and Hunt 1544 and 1543, 5 Mr and Mrs Clare 1524, 6 G Crust 1506, 7 Sears and Bartle 1498, 8 G Crust 1488, 9 Mr and Mrs Clare 1482, 10, 11 and 12 Barker and Kingswood 1477.65, 1477.36 and 1470.

Skegness and District (4-48): 1 M Sharpe 1522, 2 Mr and Mrs Boulton 1482, 3 and 4 M Sharpe 1460 and 1449, 5, 6 and 7 Mr and Mrs Boulton 1442.83 (2) and 1418, 8 and 9 G Balderston 1392 and 1242, 10 and 11 R Lancaster 1127 and 1115, 12 G Balderston 1113.

Wainfleet: 1 A and J Pinner 1559, 2, 3 and 4 Mr and Mrs R Knight 1545.7, 1545.1 and 1544, 5 and 6 A and J Pinner 1486 (2).

Candlesby: 1, 2 and 3 P Whiting 1500, 1443 and 1432.

Report for August 21

Slow race returns puzzle pigeon fanciers

Local pigeon fanciers are still puzzled why, on a day that seemed perfect for racing, their birds made such hard work of Saturday’s 150-mile race from Whitley Bay. Returns were slower than expected and, in some cases, erratic.

Ray Knight and family, of Old Leake, were the star performers of the weekend when they finished 1-2-3 in Boston District club, but the fastest birds in the area were those of the Sears and Bartle partnership in the Alford club.

Results from Whitley Bay:

Boston and District (11-282): 1, 2 and 3 R Knight and Family 1267, 1266 and 1264, 4 Mr and Mrs E Attwater 1236, 5 and 6 A Newton and Son 1224 and 1214, 7 D Brackenbury 1183, 8 Mr and Mrs R Skinner 1155, 9 Gough and Reed 1150, 10 Mr and Mrs Attwater 1149, 11 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1147, 12 Mr and Mrs R Skinner 1134.

Boston Central RPC (13-184): 1 Mr and Mrs B Garnham 1216, 2 D Pelka 1214, 3 A Kirkman 1211, 4, 5, 6 and 7 Marek Kula 1210.833, 1210.744, 1210.655 and 1210.567, 8 Upsall and Frost 1182, 9 Marek Kula 1181, 10 and 11 Tim Appleby 1178.849 and 1178.764, 12 Marek Kula 1173.

Horncastle (3-37): 1 and 2 R Quibell 1132 and 1071, 3 T and F Kennedy 1043, 4 R Quibell 1033, 5 and 6 R Hayes 1027.8 and 1027.2, 7 T and F Kennedy 1001, 8 R Quibell 891.

Alford (11-244): 1 and 2 Sears and Bartle 1317.57 and 1317.46, 3 and 4 Mr and Mrs PG Clare 1311 and 1282, 5 Perry and Hunt 1247, 6 Mr and Mrs Clare 1239, 7 Sears and Bartle 1232, 8 Mr and Mrs R Kellett 1189, 10 Mr and Mrs D Evans 1178, 11 Barker and Kingswood 1167, 12 Perry and Hunt 1147.

Skegness and District: 1, 2 and 3 M Sharpe 1284, 1283 and 1231, 4 G Balderston 1149, 5, 6 and 7 Mr and Mrs R Boulton 1115, 1107 and 1019, 8 and 9 G Balderston 1017 (2), 10 R Lancaster 999, 11 Mr and Mrs Boulton 867.

Skegness and Wainfleet (4-102): 1, 2 and 3 Mr and Mrs R Knight 1267 (2) and 1244, 4 A and J Pinner 1228, 5 A Tasker 1207, 6 F and A Tasker 1206, 8 A and J Pinner 1192, 9 F and A Tasker 1187.

Candlesby: 1, 2 and 3 P Whiting 1252, 1181 and 1163.

Boston and District result from Newton Aycliffe (10-250): 1 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1379, 2 Mr and Mrs B Garnham 1366, 3, 4 and 5 1359.212, 1359.075 and 1358, 6 C Collins and Son 1331.566, 7 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1331.527, 8 Mr and Mrs R Skinner 1321, 9 and 10 Mr and Mrs E Attwater 1307 and 1303, 11 Mr and Mrs Garnham 1301, 12 C Collins and Son 1295.

Report for August 14

Andrew emerges as Aycliffe race victor

Andrew Kirkman, of Butterwick, was the winner of Boston Central Racing Pigeon Club’s highly competitive race from Newton Aycliffe on Saturday, with near neighbours, Mr and Mrs Brian Garnham in second place. The in-form lofts of Marek Kula, Upsall and Frost, and Dariusz Pelka, all featured prominently. Dariusz, unfortunately, was denied, by an error in the report, the credit he deserved for having the fastest bird in town last week, and, indeed, winning the strong Peterborough and District Federation for the second time in the first three weeks of the young bird season.

Results from Newton Aycliffe:

Boston Central RPC (12-404): 1 Andrew Kirkman 1408, 2 Mr and Mrs Brian Garnham 1403, 3, 4 and 5 Marek Kula 1390 and 1389.950 (2), 6 Upsall and Frost 1385, 7 and 8 Dariusz Pelka 1383.913 and 1383.207, 9 Upsall and Frost 1375, 10 Terry Appleby and Dtr 1373, 11 D Pelka 1371, 12 A Kirkman 1369.

Alford (10-248): 1 and 2 Mr and Mrs PG Clare 1417 and 1406, 3 Sears and Bartle 1404, 4, 5 and 6 Perry and Hunt 1359.92, 1359.47 and 1354, 7 Mr and Mrs D Evans 1351, 8 Sears and Bartle 1320, 9 Mr and Mrs Evans 1317, 10 Mr and Mrs Clare 1306, 11 Bartle and Sears 1305, 12 Barker and Kingswood 1279.

Skegness and District (4-46): 1 Mr and Mrs R Boulton 1404, 2, 3 and 4 M Sharpe 1371, 1347 and 1319, 5 and 6 Mr and Mrs Boulton 1306 and 1263, 7 R Lancaster 1255, 8, 9 and 10 G Balderston 1224, 1181 and 1146, 11 and 12 R Lancaster 976 and 959.

Horncastle (4-52): 1 R Hayes 1409, 2 R Quibell 1360, 3 and 4 R Hayes 1328 and 1255, 5 and 6 T and F Kennedy 1235 and 1027.

Report for August 7

Poles putting pressure on established names

Two Polish members of Boston Central Racing Pigeon Club are keeping the established stars on their toes this summer.

Marek Kula has been a winner in the past and featured in the result at 10th and 11th in the third young bird race from Bubwith. But it is his young colleague, and interpreter, D Pelka who is setting the pace. He won Saturday’s race and was also third, fourth, ninth and 12th. Squeezing into second place was last week’s winning partnership of Carl Upsall and Trevor Frost.

The fastest pigeon into Boston, however, was the one that won Boston and District Flying Club, and belonged to Russ and Denise Skinner – also first past the post last week.

The race should have been from Newton Aycliffe, but bad weather on Saturday in the north of the country dictated the decision to make it from a shorter distance.

Club results from Bubwith III were:

Boston and District (8-188): 1 and 2 Mr and Mrs R Skinner 1328 and 1327, 3 Mr and Mrs B Garnham 1305, 4 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1298, 5 Mr ad Mrs Garnham 1286, 6 Gough and Reed 1225, 7 Mr and Mrs E Attwater 1198, 8 Mr and Mrs R Skinner 1179, 9 and 10 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1177 and 1175, 11 and 12 R Knight and Family 1141.651 (2).

Boston Central RPC (12-358): 1 D Pelka 1329, 2 Upsall and Frost 1326, 3 and 4 D Pelka 1322 and 1320, 5, 6 and 7 Mr and Mrs B Garnham 1288, 1287 and 1284, 8 G and C Edwards 1238, 9 D Pelka 1214.656, 10 and 11 Marek Kula 1214.182 and 1213, 12 D Pelka 1212.

Horncastle (4-64): 1, 2, 3 and 4 R Hayes 1224, 1164, 1161 and 1140, 5 Mr and Mrs Hobson 1131, 6 and 7 R Quibell 1067 and 940, 8 T and F Kennedy 933.

Alford: 1 Perry and Hunt 1265, 2 and 3 Mr and Mrs D Evans 1223 and 1217, 4 and 5 Perry and Hunt 1206 (2), 6 Mr and Mrs Evans 1185, 7 Sears and Bartle 1180, 8 Barker and Kingswood 1173, 9 T and B Moore 1173, 10 Sears and Bartle 1169, 11 and 12 Mr and Mrs Thomas 1168 and 1167.

Skegness and District: 1 Mr and Mrs R Boulton 1236, 2 and 3 M Sharpe 1221 and 1220, 4 Mr and Mrs Boulton 1219, 5 M Sharpe 1176, 6 G Balderston 1175, 7 Mr and Mrs Boulton 1165, 8 and 9 G Balderston 1146 and 1135, 10 R Lancaster 1102.

Candlesby: 1 P Whiting 1228, 2 K Scholz 1121, 3 P Whiting 1081, 4 K Scholz 1056, 5 P Whiting 1037, 6 K Scholz 939.

Report for July 31

Skinners emerge with fastest return

The second young bird race of the pigeon-racing season was again from Bubwith, a distance just short of 70 miles for Boston fanciers, on Saturday. Husband and wife partnership Russ and Denise Skinner, members of Boston and District FC, had the fastest returns into the town, closely followed by the winners in Boston Central RPC, the partnership of Carl Upsall and Trevor Frost.

Bubwith II results were:

Boston and District (8-179): 1 and 2 Mr and Mrs R Skinner 1556 and 1555, 3 and 4 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1542 and 1538, 5 Mr and Mrs Skinner 1454, 6 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1444, 7 R Knight and Family 1398, 8 Mr and Mrs E Attwater 1390, 9 R Knight and Fmy 1385, 10 Gough and Reed 1381, 11 Mr and Mrs E Attwater 1372, 12 Gough and Reed 1354.

Boston Central RPC (12-393): 1, 2, 3 and 4 Upsall and Frost 1554.905, 1554.237, 1553 and 1552, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 D Pelka 1549, 1543, 1542, 1540 and 1530, 10 and 11 Tim Appleby 1496 and 1495.708, 12 Marek Kula 1495.548.

Horncastle (5-95): 1, 2 and 3 R Hayes 1474, 1404 and 1341, 4, 5 and 6 R Quibell 1297, 1283 and 1276, 7 and 8 G Cunningham 1274 and 1224, 9 Mr and Mrs Hobson 1219, 10 T and F Kennedy 1100, 11 R Quibell 945.

Alford: 1 Barker and Kingswood 1439.9, 2 Perry and Hunt 1439.8, 3 Mr and Mrs D Evans 1409, 4 Mr and Mrs PG Clare 1396, 5 and 6 Barker and Kingswood 1364 and 1361, 7 and 8 Mr and Mrs Evans 1343 and 1319, 9 and 10 Mr and Mrs Clare 1258.5 and 1258.3, 11 and 12 Sears and Bartle 1256 and 1254.

Skegness: 1 R Lancaster 1395, 2 M Sharpe 1354, 3 R Lancaster 1297, 4 G Balderston 1293, 5, 6, 7 and 8 Mr and Mrs R Boulton 1263.77, 1263.29, 1256 and 1251, 9 M Sharpe 1220, 10 R Lancaster 1219, 11 and 12 M Sharpe 1197 and 971.

Skegness and Wainfleet (3-55): 1 F and A Tasker 1430, 2 A Tasker 1429, 3 A and J Pinner 1364, 4 F and A Tasker 1160, 5 and 6 1120 and 1106, 7 F and A Tasker 1097, 8 and 9 A Tasker 1054 and 894.

Candlesby (2-45): 1 P Whiting 1106, 2 and 3 K Scholz 1088 (2), 4 and 5 P Whiting 1068 and 1063, 6 K Scholz 733.

Results from Bubwith I:

Boston Central: 1 D Pelka 1957, 2, 3 and 4 Upsall and Frost 1956, 1954 and 1953, 5 and 6 D Pelka 1953 and 1931, 7, 8 and 9 A Kirkman 1828 and 1827.2375 (2), 10 and 11 N Crozier 1820 and 1720, 12 TJ Appleby and Dtr 1563.

Horncastle: 1 and 2 R Hayes 1685 and 1341, 3, 4 and 5 R Quibell 1057, 1044 and 1039.

*****

Previously, local pigeon fanciers competed with the North Road Championship Club in the longest race of the season – 550 miles from Saxa Vord – and acquitted themselves well. The race was won by Dave Fox, of Norwich, with an amazing velocity of 2063 yards per minute, and locals who will be well placed in the final result are Mr and Mrs Geoff Clare, formerly of Old Leake and now of Sloothby, Dave Brackenbury, Mr and Mrs Brian Garnham (who had three birds arrive together), Carl Upsall and Trevor Frost, Mr and Mrs Russ Skinner, and Andrew Kirkman, all of Boston.

Also on Saturday, the young bird season started with a race from Bubwith, and club results were:

Boston and District FC: 1 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1758, 2 Mr and Mrs E Attwater 1675, 3 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1673, 4 J McFadyen 1577, 5 and 6 Mr and Mrs E Attwater 1440 and 1439, 7, 8 and 9 A Newton and Son 1376 (2) and 1347, 10 Hardy and Troops 1331, 11 and 12 J McFadyen 1273 and 1215.

Alford: 1 Mr and Mrs PG Clare 1827, 2 and 3 Sears and Bartle 1739 and 1738, 4 and 5 Perry and Hunt 1703 and 1701, 6 Mr and Mrs R Kellett 1678, 7 and 8 Barker and Kingswood 1668 and 1667, 9 Perry and Hunt 1652, 10 and 11 Mr and Mrs Clare 1605 and 1602, 12 Sears and Bartle 1495.

Report for July 3

Weather problems force race delay

Biggest race of the season for local racing pigeon fanciers was from Lerwick, in the Shetland Islands, and liberation was delayed until Tuesday because of bad weather. Conditions were good for much of this 500-mile plus race, but at the home end the weather was unkind, with heavy storms proving a hazard to this Blue Riband event organised by the North Road Championship Club. Outright winners were Mr and Mrs Tony Richardson, of Newark, but Boston fanciers – particularly Mr and Mrs Russ Skinner and Mr and Mrs Brian Garnham – will feature prominently in the finalised result.

Local club results from Lerwick were:

Boston and District RPC (8-76): 1 Mr and Mrs R Skinner 1312, 2 Mr and Mrs B Garnham 1309, 3 Mr and Mrs Skinner 1260, 4 Mr and Mrs Garnham 1249, 5 D Brackenbury 1245, 6 LR Manning 1193, 7 D Peters and Son 1174, 8 and 9 Mr and Mrs Skinner 1166 and 927, 10 and 11 D Peters and Son 851 and 832, 12 Mr and Mrs Skinner 828.

Horncastle: 1 and 2 R Hayes 824 and 633.

Alford: 1 Mr and Mrs D Evans 1298, 2 Sears and Bartle 1252, 3 Mr and Mrs Evans 1240, 4 Mr and Mrs PG Clare 1209, 5, 6 and 7 E Lee 1187, 1181 and 1149, 8, 9 and 10 Mr and Mrs Clare 816, 786 and 743, 11 Mr and Mrs Kellett 722, 12 and 13 Mr and Mrs Clare 670 and 634.

Swineshead: 1 and 2 Mr and Mrs TF Welby 750 and 606.

Skegness and Wainfleet: 1 and 2 Mr and Mrs D Evans 1298 and 1240, 3, 4 and 5 Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1089, 804 and 790, 6 Mr and Mrs Evans 588.

Candlesby: 1, 2 and 3 Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1089, 804 and 790, 4 K Scholz 753.

On Saturday clubs were competing from Whitley Bay in near perfect conditions.

Results:

Boston and District FC: 1, 2 and 3 R Knight and Fmy 1526, 1524.866 and 1524.856, 4 Mr and Mrs E Attwater 1530, 5 and 6 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1494 and 1488, 7 Gough and Read 1479, 8 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1468, 9 D Brackenbury 1459, 10 Mr and Mrs B Garnham 1457, 11 J McFadyen 1454, 12 Mr and Mrs Attwater 1443.

Boston Central: 1 Upsall and Frost 1490, 2 G and C Edwards 1471, 3 Upsall and Frost 1466, 4 Appleby and Dtr 1464, 5 and 6 Upsall and Frost 1453.848 and 1453.591; 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 G and C Edwards 1448, 1443, 1440, 1438.813 and 1438.434, 12 Mr and Mrs B Garnham 1430.

Alford: 1 Mr and Mrs D Evans 1537, 2 Perry and Hunt 1502, 3 and 4 Sears and Bartle 1492 and 1474, 5 and 6 Mr and Mrs PG Clare 1472 and 1471, 7 D Page 1466, 8 and 9 Mr and Mrs Evans 1462 and 1461, 10 Mr and Mrs Clare 1459, 11 Sears and Bartle 1431, 12 Mr and Mrs Dennis 1425.

Skegness: 1 and 2 M Sharpe 1441 and 1423, 3 R Lancaster 1419, 4 M Sharpe 1415, 5 and 6 R Lancaster 1386 and 1375.

Horncastle: 1, 2, 3 and 4 R Quibell 1494, 1466, 1454 and 1427, 5, 6 and 7 R Hayes 1422, 1382 and 1381, 8, 9 and 10 T and F Kennedy 1380, 1377 and 1317, 11 and 12 Mr and Mrs Hobson 1288 and 1286.

Candlesby: 1 and 2 A and R McIlwrick 1524 (2), 3, 4 and 5 P Whiting 1499, 1497 and 1486, 6 A and R McIlwrick 1482, 7 Jessica Newbold 1477, 8 Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1467, 9 and 10 Jessica Newbold 1459 and 1458, 11 K Scholz 1447.

Skegness and Wainfleet: 1 Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1488, 2 and 3 F and A Tasker 1470.9 and 1470.7, 4 Mr and Mrs Newbold 1469, 5 F and A Tasker 1468, 6 Mr and Mrs Newbold 1458, 7 A Tasker 1451, 8 A and J Pinner 1440.

Swineshead and District RPC: 1 Mr and Mrs TF Welby 1357, 2 G Wheatman 1356, 3 Mr and Mrs Welby 1348, 4 and 5 G Wheatman 1343 and 1294, 6 Mr and Mrs S Poulter 1285.

Result of Alford’s sweepstake race from Great Driffield, when 13 members sent 154 birds, was: 1 and 2 Perry and Hunt 1079 and 1073, 3 and 4 Mr and Mrs PG Clare 1049 and 1047, 5 and 6 M Sharpe 1045 and 1044, 7 Mr and Mrs Dennis 1035, 8 and 9 Mr and Mrs R Kellett 1026.81 and 1026.44, 10 and 11 P Whiting 1009 and 1003, 12 Mr and Mrs Clare 998.

Results from Bubwith:

Swineshead RPC: 1 and 2 Mr and Mrs TF Welby 1290 and 1285, 3, 4 and 5 JT Thorpe 1096, 1046 and 1042, 6 G Wheatman 972.

Alford: 1 Sears and Bartle 1654, 2 Mr and Mrs D Evans 1629, 3 Mr and Mrs PG Clare 1628, 4 and 5 Mr and Mrs D Evans 1612 and 1576, 6 Mr and Mrs R Kellett 1562, 7 Sears and Bartle 1559, 8 Mr and Mrs Kellett 1545, 9 G Crust 1564, 10 Mr and Mrs Dennis 1452, 11 Sears and Bartle 1391, 12 Barker and Kingswood 1368.

Report for June 19

Weather forces race adjustments

The weather forecast for storms on Saturday resulted in pigeon racing activity being delayed until Sunday, from a shorter race-point at Bubwith. The unsettled weather, however, still delayed liberation until Sunday afternoon.

Results from Bubwith:

Boston Central (9 members sent 174 birds): 1 Appleby and Dtr 1641.414, 2 Upsall and Frost 1641.348, 3 T and C Darrigan 1640, 4 D Pelka 1511, 5 G and C Edwards 1495, 6 and 7 Tim Appleby 1437 and 1436, 8 Appleby and Dtr 1432, 9 Tim Appleby 1393, 10 Upsall and Frost 1361, 11 and 12 G and C Edwards 1356 and 1341.

Horncastle (5-58): 1 R Quibell 1451, 2 and 3 R Hayes 1407 and 1406, 4 R Quibell 1326, 5 and 6 R Hayes 1321 and 1320, 7 R Quibell 1258, 8 Mr and Mrs Hobson 1222, 9 and 10 R Hayes 1199 and 1198, 11 R True 1161, 12 R Quibell 1120.

Candlesby(4-50): 1 and 2 A and R McIlwrick 1495 and 1488, 3 K Scholz 1454, 4 Jessica Newbold 1374, 5 A and R McIlwrick 1341, 6 Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1321, 7 Jessica Newbold 1306.

Skegness and Wainfleet: 1 F and A Tasker 1534, 2 A Tasker 1531, 3 F and A Tasker 1476, 4 and 5 A and J Pinner 1438 and 1382, 6 Mr and Mrs Newbold 1350, 7 P Makepeace 1296, 8 Mr and Mrs R Boulton 1254.

Results from Fraserburgh:

Skegness and Wainfleet: 1 Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1430, 2 A and J Pinner 1367, 3 and 4 Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1333 and 1316, 5 Mr and Mrs D Evans 1077, 6 F and A Tasker 964, 7 and 8 Jessica Newbold 803 and 718.

Candlesby: 1, 2 and 3 Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1430, 1333 and 1316, 4 and 5 Jessica Newbold 803 and 718.

Report for June 12

Boston fanciers among lofty placings

Local pigeon fanciers endured the hardest race of the season when they competed from Fraserburgh on Saturday.

The race was the third “national” of the summer with the North Road Championship Club, and the outright winner, from an entry of 3,151 sent by 342 members, was 53-year-old farmer, Martin Sharpe, of Hogsthorpe.

Second and third places went to Boston fanciers – the John Hardy and John Burt partnership, and the husband and wife team of Brian and Angie Garnham.

The birds obviously hit bad weather during the 340-mile flight, and many were missing at nightfall.

Club results from Fraserburgh were:

Boston and District (8-179): 1 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1453, 2 Mr and Mrs B Garnham 1432, 3 LR Manning 1393, 4 Mr and Mrs R Skinner 1272, 5 Mr and Mrs Garnham 1270, 6 Mr and Mrs E Attwater 1262, 7 D Peters and Son 1256, 8 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1250, 9 D Peters and Son 1246, 10 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1233, 11 and 12 DJ Brackenbury 1184 and 1182.

Boston Central (9-124): 1 Mr and Mrs Garnham 1432, 2 Marek Kula 1349, 3 and 4 Upsall and Frost 1333 and 1294, 5 Mr and Mrs Garnham 1270, 6 Appleby and Dtr 1261, 7 Upsall and Frost 1158, 8 D Pelka 1109, 9 Appleby and Dtr 1103, 10 and 11 G and C Edwards 1075.764 and 1075.525, 12 Mr and Mrs Garnham 1032.

Swineshead: 1 and 2 G Wheatman 1219 and 1115.

Skegness and District: 1 and 2 M Sharpe 1468 and 1021.

Alford: 1 A and J Pinner 1367, 2 Mr and Mrs PG Clare 1308, 3 G Crust 1239, 4 Mr and Mrs Dennis 1204, 5 Ellis Lee 1130, 6 Mr and Mrs Clare 1120, 7 Mr and Mrs R Kellett 1099, 8 Ellis Lee 1085, 9 Mr and Mrs Thomas 1078, 10 Mr and Mrs D Evans 1077, 11 Sears and Bartle 1034, 12 Mr and Mrs Kellett 1018.

Horncastle: 1 R Hayes 1334, 2 G Cunningham 994, 3 R Hayes 991, 4 R Quibell 921, 5 R Hayes 921.

Report for June 05

Hardy and Burt lead way from Bay

Top team performance into Boston on Saturday when pigeon fanciers were competing from Whitley Bay was by the partnership of John Hardy and John Burt who took the first three places in Boston and District Flying Club.

Their three birds arrived together and were separated only by decimals as they sped home at more than a mile a minute, on a velocity of 1,797 yards per minute. But, just when it was thought this was the fastest into town, it turned out that it was not. The in-form loft of Carl Upsall and Trevor Frost stormed to victory in Boston Central RPC, their three-year-old cock bird racing home at an incredible speed of 1801ypm.

Club results from Whitley Bay were:

Boston Central RPC: 1 Upsall and Frost 1801, 2 Mr and Mrs B Garnham 1791, 3, 4, 5 and 6 Tim Appleby 1787, 1786, 1781 and 1742, 7 G and C Edwards 1729, 8 Marek Kula 1718, 9, 10 and 11 Upsall and Frost 1716, 1705.348 and 1705.172, 12 Appleby and Dtr 1699.

Boston and District (10-243): 1, 2 and 3 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1797.410, 1797.214 and 1797.019, 4 Mr and Mrs R Skinner 1790, 5 D Brackenbury 1778, 6 and 7 D Peters and Son 1737.339 and 1737.151, 8 D Brackenbury 1722, 9 D Peters and Son 1721, 10 Gough and Reed 1711.329, 11 Mr and Mrs B Garnham 1711.009, 12 D Brackenbury 1700.

Swineshead: 1 Mr and Mrs S Poulter 1635, 2 and 3 G Wheatman 1621 and 1597, 4 Mr and Mrs Poulter 1593, 5 and 6 J T Thorpe 1592 and 1587, 7 Mr and Mrs T F Welby 1577, 8 G Wheatman 1576, 9 Mr and Mrs Poulter 1574, 10 J T Thorpe 1552.

Horncastle (5-65): 1 and 2 R Hayes 1695 and 1685, 3, 4 and 5 R Quibell 1684, 1681 and 1678, 6 R Hayes 1674, 7 G Cunningham 1661, 8 R Hayes 1621, 9 and 10 T and F Kennedy 1607 and 1584, 11, 12 and 13 Mr and Mrs Hobson 1520, 1417 and 1366, 14 T and F Kennedy 1345.

Alford: 1 Sears and Bartle 1758, 2 D Page 1753, 3 Mr and Mrs D Evans 1710, 4 G Crust 1709, 5 Sears and Bartle 1698, 6 and 7 Mr and Mrs P G Clare 1692 and 1691, 8 Mr and Mrs Evans 1691, 9 Mr and Mrs Clare 1684, 10 Sears and Bartle 1682, 11 Mr and Mrs R Kellett 1682, 12 Mr and Mrs Dennis 1670.

Skegness: 1, 2 and 3 R Lancaster 1690, 1614 and 1604, 4, 5 and 6 G Balderston and Son 1557, 1528 and 1497.

Skegness and Wainfleet (6-73): 1 F and A Tasker 1758, 2, 3 and 4 Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1744, 1716 and 1712, 5 F and A Tasker 1696, 6 and 7 A and J Pinner 1688 and 1677, 8 P Makepeace 1669, 10, 11 and 12 Mr and Mrs R Boulton 1665, 1638 and 1620.

Candlesby (5-79): 1, 2 and 3 A and R McIlwrick 1812, 1810 and 1798, 4 Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1760, 5, 6 and 7 P Whiting 1751 (3), 8 Jessica Newbold 1669, 9 and 10 Mr and Mrs Newbold 1669 and 1584, 11 and 12 K Scholz 1525 and 1475.

Report for May 29

Partnership hits winning groove

The Boston pigeon racing partnership of Carl Upsall and Trevor Frost is in the winning groove again now that the national races are here. They had the first bird into Boston on Saturday (excluding Boston and District club results) when competing in the North Road Championship Club’s race from Perth.

Because of the strong west, south-west wind, the race was, however, dominated by fanciers from Louth and East Lincolnshire, the winning bird flying to the loft of Burtons and Collins in Louth.

Club results from Perth were:

Boston Central (9-138): 1 Upsall and Frost 1377, 2 A Kirkman 1375, 3 Mr and Mrs B Garnham 1371, 4 Upsall and Frost 1366, 5 Mr and Mrs Garnham 1365, 6 Marek Kula 1360, 7 Upsall and Frost 1356, 8 Appleby and Dtr 1351, 9 Upsall and Frost 1347, 10 Mr and Mrs Garnham 1346, 11 G Watts 1345, 12 G and C Edwards 1318.

Horncastle (6-47): 1, 2 and 3 R Quibell 1367, 1364 and 1363, 4, 5, 6 and 7 R Hayes 1358, 1318 (2) and 1307, 8 and 9 T and F Kennedy 1268 and 1201, 10 G Cunningham 1161.

Alford: 1 Mr and Mrs D Evans 1458, 2, 3 and 4 Mr and Mrs R Kellett 1438, 1418 and 1415.68, 5 Mr and Mrs PG Clare 1415.28, 6 Perry and Hunt 1405, 7 A and J Pinner 1402, 8 and 9 Mr and Mrs Clare 1396.47 and 1396.40, 10 and 11 Mr and Mrs Evans 1386 (2), 12 Perry and Hunt 1363.

Skegness and District: 1, 2 and 3 M Sharpe 1425, 1414 and 1363, 4 and 5 R Lancaster 1313 and 1249, 6 and 7 G Balderston and Son 1237 and 1202, 8 R Lancaster 1148.

Swineshead: 1, 2, 3 and 4 G Wheatman 1188, 1178, 1172 and 1169, 5 and 6 Mr and Mrs S Poulter 1163.9 and 1163.8.

Report for May 22

Horror as predator strikes on race day

The harsh reality of pigeon racing in the current era hit home to a local fancier on Saturday. As he was waiting for his birds to arrive home from the race from Newton Aycliffe, he received a telephone call to tell him that one of his entries had been found dead. The caller had witnessed a peregrine falcon attack on a batch of pigeons just north of the liberation point, picked up the pigeon that had been killed, read its identification marks and contacted the owner. What happened to the rest of birds terrified by this ordeal is unknown, but it is likely that many will have been lost.

Those that avoided these now frequent attacks, faced a stiff south-west wind on the way home. Boston winners were Upsall and Frost, for the second successive week (Boston Central) and Dave Brackenbury (Boston District). Fastest bird into the area, and likely Federation winner, belonged to Frank and Ann Tasker, of Wainfleet.

Results from Newton Aycliffe:

Boston Central (12-304): 1 Upsall and Frost 1266, 2 Tim Appleby 1259, 3 and 4 Upsall and Frost 1233 and 1218, 5, 6, 7 and 8 Tim Appleby 1216.758, 1216.11 (2) and 1211, 9 and 10 Upsall and Frost 1209 and 1207.670, 11 Marek Kula 1207.360, 12 Tim Appleby 1200.

Boston District (11-281): 1 D Brackenbury 1265, 2 Gough and Reed 1229, 3 and 4 Mr and Mrs R Skinner 1222 and 1211, 5 Gough and Reed 1208, 6 Mr and Mrs Skinner 1207, 7 Gough and Reed 1206, 8 and 9 R Knight and Family 1202 and 1201, 10 and 11 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1200 and 1198, 12 J McFadyen 1196.

Candlesby (5-89): 1 A and R McIlwrick 1283, 2 P Whiting 1261, 3 and 4 Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1256 and 1255, 5 and 6 A and R McIlwrick 1246 and 1239, 7 Jessica Newbold 1215, 8 K Scholz 1194.

Skegness and Wainfleet (7-127): 1 F and A Tasker 1297, 2 Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1275, 3 and 4 F and A Tasker 1254 and 1251, 5 Mr and Mrs Bob Boulton 1232, 6 Mr and Mrs Newbold 1230, 7 P Makepeace 1210, 8 A and J Pinner 1210, 9 A Tasker 1161, 10 J Shields 1125.

Report for May 15

It’s a 1-2-3 for race ace Bob

Local pigeon fanciers held their club races in conjunction with the first national event of the season, organised by the North Road Championship Club, on Saturday. The race was from Dunbar, a distance of 230 miles to Boston, and the birds romped home at a mile-a-minute plus in the strong west wind.

Outright winner was 65-year-old retired miner, Bob Kellett, of Mablethorpe, who took the first three places.

Top two Boston fanciers, who will have a healthy position in the national result, were two former national winning partnerships, Carl Upsall and Trevor Frost, and husband and wife team Brian and Angie Garnham.

Club results from Dunbar were:

Boston Central : 1 Upsall and Frost 1824, 2 Mr and Mrs B Garnham 1816, 3 Upsall and Frost 1810, 4 Marek Kula 1805, 5 Upsall and Frost 1801, 6 D Pelka 1781, 7 Upsall and Frost 1779.557, 8 and 9 Mr and Mrs Garnham 1779.446 and 1777, 10 Upsall and Frost 1770, 11 Appleby and Dtr 1758, 12 Mr and Mrs Garnham 1757.

Swineshead: 1 Mr and Mrs S Poulter 1621, 2, 3 and 4 G Wheatman 1617, 1579 and 1535, 5 Mr and Mrs Poulter 1492, 6 G Wheatman 1468.

Horncastle: 1, 2 and 3 R Quibell 1803, 1766 and 1757, 4 R Hayes 1725, 5 R Quibell 1725, 6, 7 and 8 R Hayes 1695, 1693 and 1517, 9 T and F Kennedy 1319.

Alford: 1, 2 and 3 Mr and Mrs R Kellett 1938, 1914 and 1912, 4, 5 and 6 Barker and Kingswood 1907.65, 1907.02 and 1906, 7, 8 and 9 Mr and Mrs PG Clare 1905.17 (2) and 1886, 10 Sears and Bartle 1871, 11 Barker and Kingswood 1870.

Skegness and District: 1 M Sharpe 1903, 2 R Lancaster 1900, 3 G Balderston and Son 1871, 4 M Sharpe 1844, 5 and 6 R Lancaster 1841 and 1828, 7 M Sharpe 1824, 8 G Balderston and Son 1767.

Skegness and Wainfleet: 1 A and J Pinner 1860, 2 F and A Tasker 1859, 3 J Shields 1851, 4, 5 and 6 Mr and Mrs D Evans 1848 (3), 7 Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1831, 8 Jessica Newbold 1817, 9 A Tasker 1813.

Candlesby: 1 and 2 A and R McIlwrick 1856 and 1837, 3 Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1831, 4 Jessica Newbold 1817, 5 A and R McIlwrick 1816, 6 Mr and Mrs Newbold 1814, 7 P Whiting 1810, 8 K Scholz 1808.

Report for May 8

New partnership off to a flying start

The recently formed partnership between John Hardy and John Burt incorporates two experienced pigeon fanciers who have enjoyed a lot of success over the years. They were rejoicing again on Saturday when they timed the fastest bird into Boston in the race from Whitley Bay to top the list in Boston and District Flying Club.

Another prolific winning partnership, Carl Upsall and Trevor Frost, took the first two places in Boston Central RPC. But the fanciers heading for Federation honours look to be Paul and Jayne Newbold, of Friskney, who won in the Skegness and Wainfleet club with the fastest bird into the area.

Results:

Boston and District FC (11 members sent 272 birds): 1 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1223, 2 LR Manning 1208, 3 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1193, 4 Gough and Reed 1182, 5 6 and 7 D Peters and Son 1181, 1180.705 and 1180.532, 8 D Brackenbury 1178, 9 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1164, 10 D Brackenbury 1160, 11 and 12 J McFadyen 1158.706 and 1158.541.

Boston Central (11-260): 1 and 2 Upsall and Frost 1202 and 1188, 3 Appleby and Dtr 1185, 4 and 5 Upsall and Frost 1179 and 1177.752, 6 Appleby and Dtr 1177.298, 7 Marek Kula 1176, 8 D Pelka 1171, 9 Upsall and Frost 1170, 10 and 11 Tim Appleby 1167 and 1161, 12 Marek Kula.

Candlesby (5-97): 1 and 2 Paul Whiting 1207 and 1194, 3 and 4 A and R McIlwrick 1181.9 and 1181.0, 5 P Whiting 1179, 6 Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1178, 7 Jessica Newbold 1166, 8 K Scholz 1146.

Skegness and Wainfleet (6-129): 1 and 2 Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1258 and 1254, 3 A and J Pinner 1173, Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1166, Mr and Mrs R Boulton 1156 and 1137, 7 F and A Tasker 1135, 8 P Makepeace 1098, A Tasker 970.

Skegness and District: 1 and 2 M Sharpe 1216 and 1124, 3 R Lancaster 1121, 4 M Sharpe 1120, 5 and 6 R Lancaster 1079.84 and 1079.46.

Alford (13-270): 1, 2 and 3 Mr and Mrs D Evans 1194, 1182.96 and 1182.21, 4 Mr and Mrs PG Clare 1172, 5 and 6 Barker and Kingswood 1169.27 and 1169.18, 7 Mr and Mrs Clare 1164.66, 8 and 9 Sears and Bartle 1164.59 and 1163, 10 Perry and Hunt 1159, 11 D Page 1156, 12 J Gray 1152.

Swineshead: 1, 2 and 3 G Wheatman 1112, 1095 and 1077, 4 Mr and Mrs T Welby 1054.955, 5 Mr and Mrs S Poulter 1054.657.

Report for May 1

Poulter pair’s bird sets the pace

Husband and wife pigeon racing partnership, Mr and Mrs Steve Poulter, from the small Swineshead club, took advantage of the favourable strong east wind, to set the pace from Newton Aycliffe on Saturday. Their yearling hen bird was the fastest among the entry from local clubs, and now the Poulters must wait to see the position earned in the widespread Peterborough and District Federation. Next fastest was a bird belonging to Polish fancier, Marek Kula, competing with Boston Central RPC, while internationally successful racer, Darren Peters, of East Heckington, took the first three places in Boston and District FC.

Russell Hayes, fresh from winning the Peterborough Federation the previous week, was first in the Horncastle club for the third successive week. First two places in the strong Alford club went to Mr and Mrs Dave Evans who were so successful in last year’s North Road Championship Club young bird national.

Over at Candlesby there was a 1-2-3, for the second successive week, for A and R McIlwrick, while Mr and Mrs Paul Newbold won in the Skegness and Wainfleet club.

Results:

Swineshead (4-66): 1, 2 and 3 Mr and Mrs S Poulter 1494, 1470 and 1381 yards per minute, 4 and 5 Mr and Mrs T Welby 1370 and 1349, 6, 7 and 8 G Wheatman 1292, 1236 and 1223.

Boston Central ( 10-264): 1 Marek Kula 1464, 2, 3 and 4 Upsall and Frost 1451, 1444 and 1430, 5 A Kirkman 1413, 6 and 7 Tim Appleby 1412 and 1411, 8 Appleby and Dtr 1408, 9 Marek Kula 1405, 10 and 11 Upsall and Frost 1404.669 and 1404.232, 12 K Ward 1395.

Boston and District FC (10-287): 1, 2 and 3 D Peters and Son 1463, 1462 and 1454, 4 and 5 LR Manning 1447 and 1445, 6 Mr and Mrs R Skinner 1443, 7 J McFadyen 1425, 8, 9 and 10 D Brackenbury 1397, 1394.400 and 1394.114, 11 Mr and Mrs B Garnham 1389, 12 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1377.

Horncastle (4-59): 1 and 2 R Hayes 1417 and 1410.3, 3 R Quibell 1410.1, 4 T and F Kennedy 1393, 5, 6 and 7 1391, 1390 and 1381, 8 and 9 R Quibell 1373 and 1369, 11 T and F Kennedy 1303, 12 G Cunningham 1296.

Candlesby (5-100): 1, 2 and 3 A and R McIlwrick 1451, 1372 and 1369, 4 Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1367, 5 P Whiting 1365, 6 Mr and Mrs Newbold 1361, 7 Jessica Newbold 1335, 8 K Scholz 1285.

Skegness and Wainfleet (3-68): 1 Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1361, 2 and 3 A and J Pinner 1336 and 1275, 4 and 5 Mr and Mrs Newbold 1272 and 1262, 6 A and J Pinner 1239, J Shields 1211.

Alford (12-280) 1 and 2 Mr and Mrs D Evans 1408 and 1407, 3 and 4 D Page 1380 and 1379, 5 Mr and Mrs D Evans 1336, 6 J Gray 1308.58, 7 D Page 1308.40, 8 Mr and Mrs PG Clare 1307, 9 and 10 Perry and Hunt 1284 and 1283, 11 and 12 G Crump 1281.56 and 1281.04.

Results from Driffield II:

Skegness and Wainfleet (9-134): 1, 2 and 3 F and A Tasker 1435, 1427 and 1409, 4 J Shields 1408, 5 and 6 Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1396 (2), 7 A and J Pinner 1391, 8 Mr and Mrs R Boulton 1380, 9 P Makepeace 1340, 10 A Tasker 1298.

Candlesby (5-95): 1, 2 and 3 A and R McIlwrick 1464 (2) and 1454, 4 K Scholz 1436, 5 Jessica Newbold 1411, 6 P Whiting 1405, 7 Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1397.

Report for April 24

Appleby sets the pace again

For the second race of the season, local pigeon fanciers were again competing from Driffield and – also for the second successive week – Terry Appleby was the man setting the pace in Boston, with first and second places in Boston Central RPC. Upsall and Frost, and Tim Appleby, were the only other fanciers to feature in the first 12 of the result.

Experienced former national winner, Dave Brackenbury, won Boston and District FC’s race. There was another outstanding performance by Russell Hayes who took the first four places in Horncastle club, including the two fastest velocities in the results so far available for publication. Winners in the strong Alford club were Mr and Mrs Dave Evans, continuing the good form they showed at the end of last season. Mr and Mrs Terry Welby had a clear win in the Swineshead club.

Results:

Boston Central: 1 and 2 Appleby and Dtr 1441 and 1440; 3, 4 and 5 Upsall and Frost 1439, 1438 and 1437; 6 Tim Appleby 1433.394; 7 Appleby and Dtr 1433.393; 8, 9 and 10 Upsall and Frost 1431, 1430 and 1429; 11 Appleby and Dtr 1424.309; 12 Upsall and Frost 1424.037.

Boston and District (99-189): 1 D Brackenbury 1446; 2 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1433; 3 Mr and Mrs R Skinner 1424; 4 Gough and Reed 1421; 5, 6 and 7 Mr and Mrs Skinner 1417.839, 1417.039 and 1410.266; 8 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1409; 9 C Collins and Son 1403; 10 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1401; 11 Gough and Reed 1400; 12 D Brackenbury 1384.

Horncastle: 1, 2, 3 and 4 R Hayes 1495, 1493, 1473.06 and 1473.06; 5, 6, 7 and 8 R Quibell 1427, 1406, 1397 and 1390; 9 G Cunningham 1370; 10 and 11 T and F Kennedy 1241 and 1175.

Alford (15-312): 1 Mr and Mrs D Evans 1484; 2 Sears and Bartle 1479; 3 Mr and Mrs D Thomas 1475; 4 Sears and Bartle 1459; 5 Mr and Mrs PG Clare 1453; 6 and 7 Mr and Mrs Evans 1451 and 1450; 8 Mr and Mrs Clare 1449; 9 Perry and Hunt 1448; 10 and 11 Mr and Mrs Thomas 1439 and 1438; 12 J Gray 1435.

Skegness (3-43): 1, 2 and 3 M Sharpe 1383, 1363 and 1359; 4 G Balderston and Son 1356; 5, 6 and 7 R Lancaster 1328, 1327 and 1324; 8 and 9 Balderston and Son 1289 and 1265.

Swineshead (4-44): 1 Mr and Mrs T Welby 1347; 2 and 3 G Wheatman 1142 and 1112; 4 Mr and Mrs S Poulter 1076.

Report for April 17

Karl off to a flyer as season begins

The new pigeon racing season started in ideal weather on Saturday, when local members of the Peterborough and District Federation competed from Great Driffield, a distance of 70 miles to Boston. Fastest bird on the day belonged to experienced fancier Karl Scholz, of Wainfleet, on a velocity of 1576 yards per minute.

Frank Tasker, who has fought valiantly against the effects of a severe stroke last summer, proved that he is still a threat by winning the Skegness and Wainfleet club, while Geoff and Bridget Clare, in what is expected to be their last season before they emigrate to Australia, took the first two places at Alford. Terry Appleby turned in a fine performance with a clear win in Boston Central FC, while veterans, Mr and Mrs Ted Attwater, were the winners in Boston and District FC.Russell Hayes dominated the Horncastle result by taking the first six places.

Results

Boston and District (10 members sent 178 birds): 1 Mr and Mrs E Attwater 1527 ypm; 2 Gough and Reed 1501.273; 3 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1501.135; 4 Mr and Mrs Attwater 1500; 5 Hardy, Troops, Burt and Son 1499; 6 Mr and Mrs Attwater 1492; 7 D Brackenbury 1487; 8 and 9 Mr and Mrs R Skinner 1476 and 1470.953; 10 Gough and Reed 1470.632; 11 Mr and Mrs R Skinner 1466.196; 12 Gough and Reed 1466.115.

Boston Central (9-220): 1 Appleby and Dtr 1545; 2 G and C Edwards 1529; 3 and 4 Upsall and Frost 1480 and 1479; 5 G and C Edwards 1455; 6 and 7 Marek Kula 1450 and 1446.865; 8 A Kirkman 1446.291; 9 T and C Darrigan 1442; 10 A Kirkman 1438; 11 Upsall and Frost 1434; 12 Appleby and Dtr 1432.

Horncastle (5-75): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 R Hayes 1516, 1508, 1506, 1476 (2) and 1475; 7 R Quibell 1444; 8 G Cunningham 1424; 9 R Quibell 1400; 10 T and F Kennedy 1318; 11 R Quibell 1291; 12 G Cunningham 1260.

Alford (13-300): 1 and 2 Mr and Mrs G Clare 1547.38 and 1547.01; 3 Mr and Mrs R Kellett 1546; 4 Mr and Mrs D Evans 1543; 5 D Perry and A Hunt 1535; 6 Barker and Kingswood 1532; 7 Mr and Mrs Clare 1531; 8 Mr and Mrs Kellett 1516; 9 Barker and Kingswood 1501; 10 Mr and Mrs Evans 1499; 11 B Sears and F Bartle 1485; 12 Mr and Mrs Evans 1480.

Skegness and Wainfleet (6-68): 1 F and A Tasker 1558; 2 A and J Pinner 1554; 3 F and A Tasker 1500; 4 Mr and Mrs R Boulton 1489; 5 A and J Pinner 1484; 6 F and A Tasker 1482; 7 D Makepeace 1474.7; 8 Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1474.6.

Candlesby (4-48): 1 K Scholz 1576; 2 and 3 A and R McIlwrick 1570 (2); 4 and 5 K Scholz 1546 and 1545; 6 A and R McIlwrick 1526; 7 Jessica Newbold 1507; 8 Mr and Mrs P Newbold 1489.