Blue Riband Pau Race

1st Open 1st SE Section

Paul Ayling from Gosport

with “Tony’s Tribute”

The Classic’s “Blue Riband” race saw 136 members sending 604 birds. With the

heat so very hot through France Nigel made sure the birds had a good drink then cut

the strings and got the birds away at the earliest possible moment, liberating at

5.30am in to a South wind turning South Westerly up through France.

Richard Green paid a visit to Nigel and Bill on site and very kindly filmed the

liberation. If you would like to see it, visit www.youtube.com and enter CSCFC Pau

Racing Pigeon Liberation June 2015. Thank you Richard.

Out of the 5 gallant birds who were timed on the winning day, 3 of these members

were previous winners of Pau/Tarbes Classic.

Winner of the 40th Blue Riband race is top long distance fancier Paul Ayling from

Gosport 1st Open 1

st South East Section. Firstly I would like to congratulate all the

section winners and the CSCFC for the condition of the birds on their return from

the race, getting two of my three entries home. The winning pigeon now named

"Tony's Tribute", is named in memory of my father in law, who sadly passed away

in the early hours of Saturday morning and who always took a keen interest in my

pigeons.

The winning pigeon was bred for the job. The sire being a son of Joe Raeburn's

Gwen, 1st NFC San Sabastian. The dam being a sister to Home Alone, 1

st NFC Pau

only bird on the day. He is a very consistent pigeon, his most notable performances

being 43rd

Open NFC Tarbes and 36th Open BICC Perpigan. He was flown on

roundabout all season. His last race was Tours with the BICC, then a few 50 mile

tosses and a 50 mile single up five days before basketing. His hen went to the Pau

International and on her return Saturday evening they were left together until

basketing Tuesday afternoon.

A special mention for the other day birds and the ones early next morning that hadn't

quite made it home on the night, but had been given the opportunity to fly 500+

miles on the day. Finally, a big thank you to Clare for keeping me updated and to

everyone who has contacted me to offer their congratulations.

Paul Ayling

In 2nd

Open 2nd

South East Section we have Steve Benham from Portsmouth

timing a pigeon that has now won a “Blue Riband” Certificate.

Firstly, I would like to congratulate Paul Ayling the winner of the race.

My history is as follows:

It all started when I was about 8 years old and kept pigeons at my aunties house in

Hilsea. I was born and raised in a flat with no garden at Crasswell Street Portsmouth.

The birds I had caught or given to me from Hilsea flyers.

I have Raced Pigeons for 43 years now but distance racing has been my passion for

the last 35years. I have bred and won with many strains including: Southwells

(E.Deacon), Jimmy Shepherd and the last 8 years Mr Tony Cripps.

I have timed in on the day from 9am Lib times from Pau, Tarbes and Dax on various

years which I am very proud of.

I have raced widowhood in the past and won the The Sholing Open , but it did not

give me the thrill of distance racing!!!!!!

The hen that I timed which I have named “EllieJack” after my grandchildren in the

past has been 132nd

Tarbes, 13th

Tarbes, 19th Pau and now 2

nd Pau.

She is 3/4 Southwell, 1/4 tony Cripps. She was sitting 12 days and hopper fed

mostly beans with an open loft with no training and natural...... nice and simple. I

spend hours in my garden studying my birds and pooled her for the car and all pools.

Good Luck to all Distance flyers.

Steve Benham

3rd

Open is the 2007 Pau Winner Tony Hounsell from Portsmouth. Firstly, I

would like to congratulate all that timed in on the day and all those the next day.

Also a special well done to Steve Benham, he's timed his bird in 3 times to be in the

the top 20 in this Blue Riband race.

Also, thank you to Gordon Lawrence, Lee Patterson & Mike Moon for taking my

birds to marking for me and a well done to all the race team. My birds came back in

excellent condition.

My first bird is a Van Wanroy “Black Giant” lines the parents I purchased from

Ponderosa UK Stud for stock in 2010.

Tony Hounsell with Grandchildren Evie and Austin

4th

Open is John Tyerman from Bracklesham Bay our 2011 Tarbes Classic. My

provisional 4th

Open pigeon GB 13P 27992 is a blue white flight hen flown on a

celibacy system. This year due to ongoing health issues I parted all my birds and

have been racing them on a celibacy type system. 27992 was not raced as a young

bird but as a yearling flew north road to Stratford and then south to Messac.

This year as a 2 year old she flew BICC Alencon, NFC Fougeres and Messac with

the South Coast Fed, she has always been fairly consistent but not won anything

previously.

She is bred from my old distance family of well tried and tested,

Carmichael/Kirkpatrick/Cannon blood lines and is a grand daughter of my 4th

and 7th

Open BICC Barcelona cock, so she contains all my best distance lines going back to

Dorking Supreme and Decimal Lady, all birds that previously won top prizes in

distance racing. She is closely related to "Brackbay Star" my 2011 CSCFC Tarbes

winner and strangely enough she arrived around 8.25pm which was the same time as

my previous winner, when again there were very few day birds. 27992 also carries

similar blood lines to my 'Barcelona Challenge' one-loft race winner. She was quite

wet on arrival and seemed 'stunned' by her 515 miles fly and 15 hours on the wing,

so I had to put a couple of cocks out to move her from the top of the loft. She had

lost a fair bit of body weight but the following morning she was fine. As most

members will know the channel closed in from around 7pm and it was very overcast

with storm clouds and poor visibility along this part of the Solent which no doubt

prevented more day pigeons.

Well done to the winner Paul Ayling and the other 3 owners who clocked birds on

the winning day.

John Tyerman

5th

Open 1st North East Section is someone with a great character Peter Entwistle

from Aylesbury timing his 3 year old chequer cock at 5.41 am on the Saturday

morning flying 587 miles.

This saga starts in 2012 when an American mink got into my lofts and killed 22

birds of my original Wegge family. Naturally I was devastated and went into shock.

Only 8 birds were left to try to rebuild my shattered family. Offers of help came

from all sides but I have very high opinions of the quality of birds I was looking for.

Whilst talking to Eamon Kelly of Steventon, who runs the NFC marking station at

the Fox Inn, he said “bring your basket round and I will let you have a few YB s to

get restarted with”. I turned up with my 40 bird basket and said “fill her up Eamon”.

Cutting a long story short I came away with 7 birds which was much appreciated.

Relentless training was given to these birds so that in the end I finished up with one

that came up to my high standard. I trained to late November and restarted in April.

In 2013 I decided to send him to Tarbes with the CSCFC on fitness as part of the

team. 3rd

NE Section 37th Open yearling flying 594 miles. No mention or write up

about this magnificent performance, turned down by the Southern Region for an

outstanding performance. At the end of that year he smashed his legs, opening cuts

that exposed the sinews. In addition his chest was cut deep right across so that water

gushed out of him at the drinker. I decided to give him a full year off resisting all

urges to train or basket the bird. Patience has its own reward and in 2015 I resumed

training. He was sent to Poole, West Bay and CSCFC Guernsey 180 miles and

trained lightly to the coast. Owing to his hen being barren I only just got him to sit

on eggs 12 days. The night before marking I slipped him an 8 day old YB. The hen

wouldn’t let him sit and kept turning him off. I penned the hen for an hour in a spare

box, the cock sat ok. I let the hen loose when she soon turfed him off again. At least

he knew that a YB was there. This was only the second YB that he had seen in his

life. I am confident that he could have won the race if he were in a more favourable

condition.

I have renamed the pigeon “Steventon Rocket” after Eamon Kelly for his

outstanding generosity in presenting me with some of his YBs. Wonderful that a top

class fancier can be so sporting, it certainly helps to lift one’s spirits in times of

uncertainty. Thank you.

I would also like to thank the Long Crendon Pigeon Club for inspiring me to make

the effort to take part in this truly remarkable performance. As long as your

membership remains static you will always stay a third rate club. Exceptional

members are John and Terry Mauger and, of course, Dave Newman.

Peter Entwistle

6th

Open is Alan Holdaway from Emsworth who won Tarbes Classic in 2013.

First of all I would like to congratulate, Paul Aying and the rest of the day birds in

which turned out a very testing day.

My chequer hen "Dinx" due to her size is from a long line of Pau / Tarbes winners.

Her dam was 4th

Open Pau Classic for me at my old address, being of my old

Southwick based family. She only just made it on the day as it was so dark when she

dropped in, I had to push her through the trap.

My birds are all feed on Gem corn comprising of two mixes put together as much as

they require plus fresh water twice a day. She was on her 4th race of the season,

having had Alencon, Tours & Carentan and then Pau.

This was her 4th time at Pau/Tarbes.

Alan Holdaway with Grand daughter Harper

7th

Open 2nd

North East Section is Dave Hawthorne from Tadley. Dave is a great

worker for the Classic normally being the last one at Southampton marking station

helping to load the lorry.

Firstly, I would like to congratulate Paul Ayling on winning Pau and the four other

fanciers who clocked birds on the same day. Also well done to Peter Entwistle on

winning the North East Section timing early Saturday morning.

I have now named the dark chequer hen “Pamber Sunrise” as she was obviously up

bright and early. She was sent to the race sitting a four day old baby. So far this year

she has had two inland races, a Guernsey with the CSCFC, Fougeres and Messac

with the Southampton & District Fed.

As a young bird she went missing in July 2012 and returned the following May. Her

breeding is Southwell x George Burgess blood lines with the Southwells originating

from Ray Fossey and Tony Leggatt.

My birds are raced natural and have an open loft during the day and are fed a

mixture of farm tic beans, maple peas, green peas and popcorn maize from SSS.

Dave Hawthorne

Pamber Sunrise

8th

& 11th

Open 1st & 2

nd North West Section is Steve Slade from Calne. Steve

has gone from strength to strength over the last few seasons. Out of the 5 races so far

with the CSCFC and BBC he has 2 Sections wins under his belt.

My 1st pigeon is a cock flown on the roundabout system. It is bred from a John

Halstead distance family cross with a Van Lint also purchased from John Halstead

cross Janssen hen responsible for at least 4 section winners.

My 2nd

pigeon is a hen flown on the roundabout system bred from Patrick brothers

stock.

I would like to congratulate the winner and also to Nigel and Bill for a good race.

Steve Slade

9th

, 10th

& 12th

Open 1st, 2

nd & 3

rd South West Section is one man who times

pigeons from the distance like you would a sprint race the “Japanese Sniper” himself

Andy Parsons from Salisbury. First of all I would like to congratulate Mr Ayling

and the fanciers who had day birds, also Nigel and Bill giving us the opportunity to

clock on the day.

My 1st Section winner is a daughter of Dancer she was 12

th Classic as a 2 year old

from Tarbes and she was also in the first 150 National Tarbes last year.

My 2nd

Section winner is again from the Dancer but with my good Keith Bush hen

as dam.

My 3rd

Section winner is from my 2nd

Open winner from Tarbes CSCFC in 2010,

when paired to a daughter of my 5th

Palamos BBC and to my 1st Section 7

th Open

Tarbes CSCFC 2010.

Andy Parsons

Runners up to Andy in the South West Section is Dave Newman and Chris

Sevier from Salisbury who were 2nd

Open from Tarbes Classic in 2009.

Our 1st bird was a Mealy cock and is the same way bred as the Palamos bird clocked,

he is from a Mealy gift bird from Andy Parsons crossed with a good Jan Aarden

from Dave's brother Paul, he was sent on 7 day eggs.

Our second bird was also a gift from Andy Parsons being a full sister of Monty

and his 1st Section 3

rd Open Pau Classic 2014. She was sent on 7 day eggs both had 2

short channel races as preparation.

We would like to congratulate all winners and the convoyers for looking

after the birds so well.

Dave Newman and Chris Sevier

Next to Steve Slade in the North West Section is one of my favourite ladies in the

sport Janet Wilcox from Midsomer Norton. This is the 4th

season this 6 year

chequer hen has flown the Classic’s longest race: - 2012, 124th

Open Tarbes, then 3

weeks later 1st NW Section 3

rd Open Bergerac. 2013, 13

th NW Section 57

th Open.

2014, 4th NW Section 34

th Open. 2015, 3rd NW Section 21

st Open ( provisional).

Sent sitting 14 days she had 6 inland races a Guernsey and Messac previously.

For several years no old bird training has been given just sent to races every week if

possible. The reason being a hawk strike is almost impossible to avoid with as many

as 30 nesting pairs in the Mendip Hills between Frome and Cheddar recorded by

alocal twitcher.

Her breeding is 100% Geoff Kirkland the sire bred by him from the late Roy

Harding of Tarporley stock. The dam is Alfons Bauwen from birds obtained from

Geoff over the last 30 years. These have bred many prize winners including

"Thermal King" 3 times Pau classic on the day,

We have always kept the family together and selecting just certain ones for stock.

Very few new introduction are made because we have the saying “you don’t only

bring to pigeon but other thing it may carry with it” and we find far more satisfaction

from our own family of birds, many that can be traced back 40 or 50 years.

No medication other than compulsory vaccination is used unless absolutely

nessesary. Feeding is kept very simple "Gems" breeding mixture, evenings diet mix

with Carrs oil added in the morning and after races, only additives used are twice

weekly cider vinegar with crushed garlic in water on Sundays.

Congratulations to the 5 gallant day birds, on a day that looked on the morning of

liberation an easier race with southerly winds most of the way home. Some hazard

on route forcing the convoy to take a more easterly route.

Janet and Ken Wilcox

Janet and Ken’s hen.

Convoyers report

At Dawn we went.

Tuesday 23rd

June

Having loaded the 604 classic birds we made our way to the docks arriving at 16.30,

once booked in I then fed and watered the birds before the 22.45 sailing.

Wednesday 24th June

Arrived at Quistreham docks 05.30 after disembarkation the birds were watered for

one hour before we made our way to Pau. Left the docks at 07.00 heading for our

first stop at Bain- de- Bretagne near Messac, the birds were watered and rested for

one hour before moving on to our final stop for the day at the Bordeaux lib site, the

journey down saw clear skies with very good visibility all the way and temperatures

rising to the high 20’s.

Thursday 25th

June

Having spent a very uncomfortable night with the temperature not dropping below

24 degrees all night we got up early and with the water off and everything packed

away we were on the road by 06.30, this leg of the journey was only 140 miles and

with only one quick stop for a cup of tea we were at the International Pau lib site by

10.30.

The site was easy to find as it was the over flow car park for the Hameau Rugby

stadium, the site for liberations is very good but for the convoyers not so good with

no toilets, shower facilities or water.

Once we were set up and the water on we had a few hours rest before feeding the

birds at 3 o'clock. With the water back on I began making the calls to the UK for the

weather update in conjunction with a very good French paper that I use which has a

very detailed three day forecast including wind direction and strength which I have

always found to be accurate. The information received was that the rain in the north

of France should clear by late afternoon as the birds were reaching the channel

helped along with a southerly wind for the first leg of the journey turning south

westerly after Nantes.

At six o'clock my good friend Richard Green arrived on site after a twelve hour

drive up from his new home in Portugal to see us and to watch the lib on the

following day, having spent the evening discussing pigeon politics and putting the

world to rights Richard and his friend headed of the their hotel and we both got are

heads down as an early morning lib was on the cards.

Friday 26th

June

I got up at 04.00 and with it still being dark I put the lights on in the transporter so

that they had an hour and a half to drink before liberation at 05.30, Richard arrived

at 04.30 just as it was beginning to get light, having positioned the lorry the previous

day with the tail end facing north no more needed to be done than cut the strings and

wait for the sun to rise. With the sun casting a shadow the birds were up at 05.30 and

away to the north without any hesitation and could be seen for at least 3 to 4 miles

with the clear skies and perfect visibility and the temperature at 19 degrees already

with a light southerly wind.

With everything packed away and having said our goodbyes to Richard and Kevin

we got under-way at 07.00 the temp had climbed to 24 by this time. By the time we

reached Bordeaux the temp was now 29 perfect visibility and a moderate southerly

wind. At Saintes it was now 34 degrees with a south wind all the way up to Nantes

where the wind now turned westerly, with driving hours running out we stopped just

short of Messac for the night the time was now 5.30 in the afternoon and the temp

was still 31 so I knew this would take a lot out of the birds and the numbers making

it on the day would be reduced. During the night we had rain and at dawn it was

miserable to say the least with fine rain and very low cloud from Messac all the way

to Vire some 100 miles with very poor visibility even the tops of the wind turbines

could not be seen it was that bad. But after the St-Lo turning it began to clear with

bright patches and a northerly wind and the channel crossing was lumpy to say the

least but visibility was good.

Nigel Rigiani

Telephone and website verifications which may be subject to change.

Open Mem No Flying Name Town Ring Number A-A-T Velocity

1 SE343 P Ayling Gosport GB09N81492 19 52 53 1060.62 2 SE975 S A Benham Portsmouth GB09N14980 19 54 54 1057.98 3 SE50 A J Hounsell Portsmouth GB11V24695 20 25 10 1024.16 4 SE447 J Tyerman Bracklesham GB13P27992 20 29 42 1008.07 5 NE502 P J Entwistle Aylesbury GB12N35332 5 41 11 990.896 6 SE522 A Holdaway Emsworth GB10N98403 21 30 20 956.448 7 NE497 D Hawthorne Tadley GB12S17973 6 11 57 909.653 8 NW350 S Slade Calne GB13N23555 6 57 50 894.410 9 SW938 A Parsons Salisbury GB11N61042 6 9 48 889.417 10 SW938 A Parsons Salisbury GB13S10207 6 19 37 881.353 11 NW350 S Slade Calne GB12C10400 7 43 29 859.407 12 SW938 A Parsons Salisbury GB13N46312 6 52 41 855.231 13 SE334 L F Kidd New Milton GB12S31328 6 5 26 854.649 14 SE432 T Leggatt Havant GB10V02377 7 17 14 806.160 15 SE26 S & L Harris Havant GB11A26174 7 56 15 780.433 16 SE874 Mr & Mrs Bunney Paulsgrove GB13Z25835 8 21 3 763.154

17 SE315 K & J Zerafa Portsmouth GB13J14670 8 16 16 761.331 18 SW166 Newman & Sevier Salisbury GB13S69866 9 32 54 746.566 19 SE784 Wearn Brothers 1 & Ramsdean GB12N63636 9 13 24 744.946 20 SE108 Wilson & Gee Portsmouth GB12N28464 9 2 55 735.878 21 NW489 Janet Wilcox Bath GB09N25929 10 38 59 734.252 22 SE50 A J Hounsell Portsmouth GB13N09658 9 6 14 733.887 23 SE334 L F Kidd New Milton GB12S31350 9 2 20 733.245 24 SE1275 P J Nightingale Portsmouth GB13N22190 9 6 28 731.935 25 SE334 L F Kidd New Milton GB13B41155 9 34 28 714.801 26 SE686 J & T Austin Portsmouth GB10N01392 9 50 52 705.597 27 NE573 Lloyd & Kelly Steventon GB13D21061 12 15 12 705.047 28 SE162 R Harbour Newport GB11E34131 9 41 3 704.751 29 SE53 Mr & Mrs B Wall Havant GB14N62478 10 3 40 703.440 30 SE42 Mr & Mrs J B Langbridge Chichester GB10N33722 9 55 21 699.670 31 SE159 G Wood Ventnor GB13R40486 9 28 37 699.576 32 NE573 Lloyd & Kelly Steventon GB13D07310 12 27 33 699.045 33 SE50 A J Hounsell Portsmouth GB11N03569 10 10 50 697.802 34 SE26 S & L Harris Havant GB13N01043 10 21 16 694.970 35 SW90 Cottrell Richmond & Son Wimborne GB12N98218 10 34 39 689.632 36 SE26 S & L Harris Havant GB13N01045 10 35 27 687.606 37 SE42 Mr & Mrs J B Langbridge Chichester GB13P27887 10 18 30 687.414 38 SE1012 B Hayles & Son Calbourne GB12J04931 10 8 10 686.688 39 SW938 A Parsons Salisbury GB13N46305 11 31 55 684.032 40 SE686 J & T Austin Portsmouth GB12P10042 10 41 56 678.805 41 NE115 Mr & Mrs C Merrills Swindon GB12N09578 13 12 59 678.000 42 SE1540 D Human Petersfield GB14N95322 11 23 14 677.074 43 SE37 F Smith Portchester GB13P39518 10 54 50 676.895 44 SW938 A Parsons Salisbury GB13N46304 11 48 14 676.123 45 SE236 R K Goble Waterlooville GB12N98668 10 55 6 675.187 46 SW166 Newman & Sevier Salisbury GB10N32068 11 50 11 674.041 47 NW148 P Newton Weston-Super GB13V27764 13 8 56 671.566 48 SW938 A Parsons Salisbury GB13N46361 12 19 20 661.544 49 SE1267 D Wells Bordon GB14N87293 12 12 49 661.505 50 SE1734 L Patterson Portsmouth GB11N57462 11 25 15 660.554 51 SE425 R Duffield Lymington GB12B41830 11 28 9 656.899 52 SE777 Peter Fyfield Borden GB09N18571 12 26 58 655.870 53 SE176 P A Woods Gosport GB13N40440 11 31 36 654.948 54 SE937 R Thomas Portsmouth GB13N47904 11 48 57 650.854 55 SE686 J & T Austin Portsmouth GB13N06520 11 42 12 649.693 56 SE312 C Lakeman New Milton GB10B45812 11 41 42 649.559 57 SW90 Cottrell Richmond & Son Wimborne GB12N58727 12 7 48 644.734 58 SE1643 T J Adams Fareham GB09N85275 12 2 15 642.737 59 SW90 Cottrell Richmond & Son Wimborne GB12N58723 12 28 51 635.387 60 SW90 Cottrell Richmond & Son Wimborne GB13N53755 12 29 22 635.161 61 NW350 S Slade Calne GB13N23557 14 35 42 635.006 62 NW887 K E Haines Frome GB12N44398 14 7 22 632.772 63 SE53 Mr & Mrs B Wall Havant GB14N62409 12 31 50 631.799 64 SE53 Mr & Mrs B Wall Havant GB14N62470 12 35 7 630.376 65 SE447 J Tyerman Bracklesham GB13N55742 12 21 37 627.823 66 SW110 K Land Bournemouth GB12S30974 12 41 30 625.066 67 SE432 T Leggatt Havant GB13V06188 12 53 18 622.645 68 SE255 G Matthews Fareham GB12N23988 13 5 44 618.222 69 SW173 M Ayles Weymouth GB08N61873 12 46 9 617.720

70 SE50 A J Hounsell Portsmouth GB12V22981 13 8 50 614.543 71 NW278 A Hofton & Son Gloucester GB10N9439 16 55 2 613.728 72 SW653 B Woods Shaftesbury GB10N43175 14 12 47 609.490 73 SE272 G Rann & Daughters Ventnor GB13N55864 12 58 48 603.205 74 NE115 Mr & Mrs C Merrills Swindon GB12V14359 16 26 7 600.477 75 NW275 G Bridges Radstock GB09T22838 16 9 8 589.247 76 SE1276 G C Kingswood Cox Southampton GB11J27980 14 25 37 589.164 77 NW139 B & S Price Hereford GB10H19659 19 2 3 585.462 78 SW138 I Mills Winterborne GB12N64917 14 55 8 581.176 79 SE52 D Staddon Southampton GB11T12069 15 2 10 579.463 80 SE432 T Leggatt Havant GB10V02368 15 2 48 572.432 81 SE50 A J Hounsell Portsmouth GB12N34389 15 31 27 560.920 82 NW148 Padfield Family Abertillery GB13N85210 19 55 15 553.997 83 NW294 A Smith & Son Wotton Under GB10N58585 19 24 12 549.209 84 SE1276 G C Kingswood Cox Southampton GB11S93212 16 26 28 547.021 85 SE324 B & M Wiggins Portsmouth GB13P37852 16 30 5 543.039 86 SE507 J Bowen Waterlooville GB13L17266 16 58 16 535.076 87 SW537 J Fisher & Son Poole GB12N73263 16 56 0 531.160 88 SW154 Harrison & Fournier Dorchester GB13N65616 17 10 41 530.514 89 SW165 Corey & Roger Owers Crewkerne GB12C17258 18 4 14 528.367 90 SW516 A Stephens Parkstone GB14N45559 18 4 28 511.935 91 SW516 A Stephens Parkstone GB14N45578 18 5 28 511.648 92 SE2 B Bate Lovedean GB13N48591 20 21 34 481.332 93 NW129 B Simmons Bristol GB10N11351 6 55 44 459.359 94 NW581 M Rakes Paulton GB13X36194 7 29 53 452.208 95 NE183 M/M J F Mauger Aylesbury GB11N79836 10 19 33 438.765 96 SE496 L Staddon & Family Southampton GB10S21179 7 1 13 430.673 97 NE157 A Davis Marlborough GB11J33900 10 28 42 420.230 98 SW782 C A J Riley Blandford GB11N33442 8 6 23 415.135

Award Winners from the Messac Race flown Saturday 30th

May 2015.

S & L Harris (SE26) – The Nantes Cup, Reg & Rene Heynes Memorial Trophy,

SE Section Trophy, a replica and a framed photograph of the winning pigeon.

Mr & Mrs M Gower (SW1071) – The Runners Up Trophy, SW Section Trophy

and replica.

S Slade (NW350) – NW Section Trophy and replica.

E Ilsley (NE240) – NE Section Trophy and replica.

Messac Yearling Derby winner

S & L Harris (SE26) Wins the Yearling Rose Bowl.

Charity Cup Winners.

1. T Cooke (NW142) Charity Cup.

2. D Johnson (SE1363) Charity Cup.

3. W Woods (SW590) Charity Cup.

Dinner & Prize Presentation 2015 to be held at The Days Hotel now back to its

original name of (The Marsham Court Hotel), Russell Coates Road, East Cliff,

Bournemouth, BH1 3AB on Saturday 24th October. Tickets are £35 per person.

Please book your accommodation direct with the Hotel on 01202 552111. Mention

the CSCFC as there are special rates.

Bergerac

Bergerac is just around the corner on Friday 17th

July with marking on Tuesday 14th

July. Your last posting date is Saturday 11th July.

Clare Norman. Tel: 023 8057 3919 Email: secretary@cscfc.com