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SINCE he started taking pigeon racing seriously Graham Best has become a fancier to contend with in the Derwent Valley Federation.
He was on top of the sheet for the third time on Saturday and the ninth altogether as he’s been in previous winning loft partnerships.
The latest winning bird for the Salterbeck loft is a yearling chequer cock flying on the widowhood system.
“He wasn’t among my fancied pigeons. Of the seven widowhood pigeons I sent he was the only one that hadn’t been in the clock.
“Having said that he’s bred through two of my best pigeons – an RPRA award winner and a Gold Award winner.
“Although he had never been clocked before he had never been absent or never been late, and like all my yearling cocks only had two Flookburgh races last year before they were put away for the winter,” he says.
The winning bird is a mixture of popular leading bloodlines – Marcelis, Van Reet, Wildemeersch and Janssen.
This has been a particularly poor season for west Cumbrian fanciers with high losses in the three previous races. Saturday’s race from Wollaston had much better returns.
Graham sent 17 to the race and got 16 of them but like most fanciers in the area he has lost more pigeons than normal this year.
The birds were liberated at 10-45am with no wind and the winner was clocked after the 160 mile flight at 2-05pm.
For good measure Graham’s second pigeon took tenth in the Federation, and the previous week had been ninth.
*Flimby West Coast FC show race will be Marlborough. All fully completed entry forms have to be with the secretary before the birds are liberated.
DERWENT VALLEY
FEDERATION (1381 birds): 1, G. Best (Workington SL) 1407; 2, Hucknall bros (Workington SL) 1405; 3, Evans and Abraham (Workington Victoria) 1392; 4, Walters and son (Workington Victoria) 1383.3; 5, M and L Cape (Workington Victoria) 1383.2; 6, L. Turner (Harrington Central) 1382.
ELLENBOROUGH FC (8 sent 120): 1, 2, J. Whitehead 1365, 1359; 3, Barker, Charlton and Brown 1336; 4, D. and J. Reay 1324; 5, Sanderson and grandson 1314; 6, Barlow, son and grandson 1305.
FLIMBY HS (10 sent 205): 1, Tinnion brothers and Aitken 1376.3; 2, 5, Nicholson and Crellin 1376.1, 1372; 3, 4, E. Hodgson and son 1374, 1373; 6, Hunter bros 1371.
FLIMBY WEST COAST FC (6 sent 93): 1, J and D. Hine and grandson 1376.6; 2, Harrison, Hodgson and Fearon 1376.1; 3, Ellwood and co 1374; 4, Mr and Mrs Proctor 1373; 5, A. Hayton 1330.
HARRINGTON CENTRAL FC (11 sent 140): 1, 3, 5, L. Turner 1382, 1368.1, 1364; 2, Telford and Pooley 1368.2; 4, 6, Sleightholm and Broatch 1367, 1348.
WORKINGTON VICTORIA FC (16 sent183): 1, G. Best 1413; 2, Evans and Abraham 1391; 3, Walters and son 1390.3; 4, M. and L. Cape 1390.2; 5, Fulton and Metherell 1389.77; 6, Blacklock and sons 1389.74.
SEATON RBL (6 sent 79, sponsored by Metropolitan Racing): 1, 6, Mr and Mrs Dustin 1391, 1353; 2, 5, F. Scott 1363, 1356; 3, 4, P. T. Dobie 1362, 1361.
MARYPORT HS (5 sent 46): 1, 2, 3, Todhunter and Ismay 1383, 1379, 1338; 4, D. Manchester 1306; 5, T. Fox and grand-daughter 1285; 6, M and E Burgess 1284.
WORKINGTON SOCIAL LIMIT (8 sent 91): 1, 4, 5, G. Best 1407, 1378, 1369; 2, 6, Hucknall bros 1405, 1365; 3, M and L Cape 1382.
NETHERTON HS (12 sent 186): 1, 3, Ward and son 1381, 1379; 2, K. Rafferty 1380; 4, M. Cartwright 1374; 5, R. Fisher 1372.9; 6, Hodgson and son 1372.03.
WEST CUMBERLAND
CLEATOR MOOR CENTRAL (415 birds): 1, 4, 5, 6, Nolan, Hetherington, Coultas and Easdon 1461.2, 1459.9, 1459.6, 1458; 2, Fewsdale, Dobson and Byers 1461.1; 3, Graham and co 1461.07.
DISTINGTON HS: 1, 2, R. McAvoy and son 1467, 1458; 3, J and D. Harrison 1377; 4, Lynch and co 1339.
EGREMONT RANGERS: 1, 2, Mr and Mrs D. Wilson 1453, 1445; 3, I. Sharples 1442; 4, Mr and Mrs Scurr and son 1439; 5, J. L. Wilson and sons 1438; 6, D. Harrison and son 1418. (Stafford 2): 1, Marr and Scott 2201; 2, Mr and Mrs D. Wilson 2182; 3, 4, 5, 6, Mr and Mrs Trodden 2180, 2175, 2171, 2056.
FRIZINGTON HS (7 sent 54): 1, R. J. Reeves 1341; 2, T. Scott and sons and Sim 1328; 3, 6, McSherry and Nicholson and son 1319, 1219; 4, D. and K. Mingins and son 1287; 5, J. Mossop and son 1277. (Stafford 2 – 6 sent 94): 1, 4, 5, T. Scott and sons and Sim 2114, 2070, 2056; 2, McSherry, Nicholson and son 2089; 3,D. and K. Mingins and son 2070; 6, Mr and Mrs Burns 2050.
KEEKLE HS (8 sent 162): 1, 4, D. Buchanan and son 1459, 1456.6; 2, 6, S and E. Chambers and daughter 1458, 1437; 3, Mr and Mrs W. Garner 1457; 5, Waddington and McLaughlin 1456.6.
MIREHOUSE: 1, Blaney bros 1461; 2, B. Irving 1460; 3, Trodden and son 1455; 4, McGrady and son 1438.
SANDWITH FC: 1, 4, Scurr and Parry 1457, 1415; 2, 5, 6, McGrady and son 1439, 1393.8, 1393.2; 3, V. Raby and co 1424. (Stafford 2): 1, 2, 4, Scurr and Parry 2224, 2216, 2204; 3, 6, Maudling bros 2207, 2197; 5, McGrady and son 2202.
EAST CUMBERLAND
ANGLO SCOTTISH (Uttoxeter 382 birds): 1, B. Pirie 1339; 2, L. Todd 1337; 3, 4, 5, A. J. Fletcher 1333, 1332, 1327; 6, Brown and Ward 1322.
ANGLO SCOTTISH (Leyland 793 birds): 1, 4, G. Grant junior 1351, 1322; 2, L. Todd 1344; 3, G. Grant and son 1341; 5, L. Smith and son 1317; 6, Mr and Mrs J. Graham 1307.
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