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Tinnion brothers and Aitken had pigeon fanciers reaching for the record books after Saturday’s Derwent Valley Federation race from Marlborough.
The Flimby partnership took the first four positions in the Federation, something which does not appear to have been done in an old bird race in living memory.
The four pigeons were clocked in the space of two minutes and the first home became the loft’s sixth Federation winner.
Lawrence and Geordie Tinnion and Bill Aitken have been flying together since 2000, although the brothers were in partnership four years earlier. They come from a well-established pigeon racing family and Lawrence describes his elder brother, the late John James as his “mentor in the sport.”
The partnership first topped the Derwent Valley Federation from Wollaston in 2004 and in 2006 won three Feds in a five week spell – Portsmouth twice and Cheltenham. Last year they won from Portsmouth.
Bill has been ill recently and has just finished a course of treatment, so Lawrence has dedicated this latest win to him.
“He finished his treatment on Friday and this Fed win has really given him a lift,” he said.
The winning bird is a yearling blue hen which, along with the second and fourth pigeons, was bred off two pairs Lawrence bought from Keith Rafferty four years ago. They are the Carl Boeckx breed and have blended well into the partners’ breeding programme. Runner-up was a chequer hen, off the same pair as the winner (but a different nest) while the fourth bird, a chequer white flight, was bred off the other pair bought off Keith Rafferty.
The third pigeon is a four-year-old blue hen which Lawrence bought at the Lowca Breeder/Buyer sale and it was entered by Peter Rushford, the highly successful Flimby fancier who left the sport last year.
That pigeon was 2nd Fed, 2nd Combine from Marlborough and then 4th Fed 16th Combine from Le Mans, earning a meritorious award off the Cumberland Social Circle.
The loft was winning for the fifth time this season in the strong Flimby HS club and of the 27 birds sent, only two are unaccounted for.
The four ticketing birds were all raced on the roundabout system with the winner clocked at 2-02pm following the liberation at Marlborough at 8-45am.
Sean and Linda Trodden enjoyed their best race of the season on Saturday, capped by their fifth win in the West Cumberland Federation.
Racing 224 miles from Marlborough to their Egremont loft, they had 20 of their 28 entry back inside ten minutes.
Not only were they Federation winners but also had three others in the top 20 – at 3rd, 9th and 20th.
“We’ve had a good season, even though this was our first win, but it’s always very competitive in the Egremont club. They dropped in really well on Saturday and we couldn’t have been more pleased with them,” said Sean.
The birds were liberated at Marlborough as part of the Cumbria Combine at 8-45am and the Trodden’s Fed winner was clocked at 1-39pm.
The winner is a two-year-old chequer white flight hen who has had her moments before. She was third club, ninth Fed the previous week from Cheltenham and was 9th Fed last year from Portsmouth.
“She’s a direct Theo Rutten pigeon from Holland, a breed I introduced to the loft about four years ago. We fly them on roundabout.
“The second bird, close behind was also a two-year-old chequer white flight hen but she’s a Staff Van Reet out of pigeons I obtained from the north east,” he says
West Cumberland Federation members were to the fore in the Marlborough show race organised by Flimby West Coast FC.
The result was as follows: (15 sent 62): 1, C. Davidson 1317 (£62); 2, K. Todd and son 1303 (£46.50); 3, 4, B. Trodden and son 1294 (£31), 1287 (£15.50); 5, J and D. Hine and grandson 1267; 6, J. Devlin 1244.
This week’s race is from Fareham because the Cumbria Combine changed the programme from Portsmouth so the second show race will be staged then, and again completed sheets have to be with the secretary before the birds are liberated.
West Cumbria Fed members can send their entry forms via transporter to Flimby. All bird times to secretary as early as possible.
Any members who entered a bird in the £1 single bird nom must mark on entry form which bird is the nomination. Only ring numbers entered in the show will be eligible for the race.
DERWENT VALLEY
FEDERATION (789 birds): 1, 2, 3, 4, Tinnion bros and Aitken (Flimby HS) 1322, 1321, 1313, 1311; 5, Graham and daughters (Netherton) 1309; 6, J. Whitehead (Ellenborough) 1305.
WORKINGTON SOCIAL LIMIT (4 sent 37): 1, 2, 4, 5, G. Best 1275, 1274, 1246, 1199; 3, Hill, son and Smith 1268; 6, M. and L. Cape 1173.
FLIMBY WEST COAST (4 sent 47): 1, 2, 3, 4, J. and D. Hine and grandson 1287, 1282, 1267, 1260; 5, A. Hayton 1256.
HARRINGTON CENTRAL (10 sent 68): 1, Mr and Mrs I. and D. Wood 1297; 2, 4, 5, Sleightholm and Broatch 1276, 1242, 1238.7; 3, 6, J. Devlin 1244, 1238.5.
WORKINGTON VICTORIA (15 sent 116): 1, Walters and son 1297; 2, Steele and Lawman 1289; 3, 4, 6, G. Best 1278, 1277, 1250; 5, K. Harper 1259.
ELLENBOROUGH FC (5 sent 54): 1, 3, J. Whitehead 1305, 1277; 2, 4, Barker, Charlton and Brown 1296, 1257; 5, J. Scott and son 1192; 6, D. and J. Reay 1178.
FLIMBY HS: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, Tinnion bros and Aitken 1322, 1321, 1313, 1311, 1285; 5, Nelson and Crellin 1287.
SEATON RBL (6 sent 56 – sponsored by Metropolitan Racing): 1, 2, A. Parker and son 1289, 1287; 2, 6, Scholey and Gale 1276, 1240; 4, 5, Mr and Mrs Dustin 1242, 1241. (Cheltenham 6 sent 80, sponsored by Metropolitan Racing): 1, 3, A. Parker and son 1425, 1417.6; 2, 6, Mr and Mrs Dustin 1422, 1400; 4, Scholey and Gale 1417.5; 5, F. Scott 1414.
CUMBERLAND SOCIAL CIRCLE (23 sent 46): 1, McAvoy and son 1335; 2, Mr and Mrs Tomlinson 1316; 3, Tinnion bros and Aitken 1313; 4, K. Todd and son 1303; 5, Hill, son and Smith 1268; 6, Mr and Mrs I. and D. Wood 1236.
WEST CUMBERLAND
FEDERATION (800 birds): 1, 3, Mr and Mrs Trodden (Egremont Rangers) 1345.1, 1344; 2, Marr and Scott (Egremont Rangers) 1345.08; 4, B. Irving (Mirehouse) 1343.8; 5, D. Buchanan and son (Keekle) 1343.77; 6, Blaney bros (Mirehouse) 1343.72.
CLEATOR MOOR CENTRAL (260 birds): 1, 2, 6, K. Todd and son 1344, 1343.8, 1336; 3, 4, 5, Nolan, Hetherington, Coultas and Easdon 1343.7, 1342.2, 1341.
EGREMONT RANGERS: 1, 3, 4, 6, Mr and Mrs Trodden 1345.18, 1344, 1343, 1335.4; 2, Marr and Scott 1345.04; 5, J. L. Wilson and sons 1335.7.
FRIZINGTON HS (6 sent 41): 1, 4, McSherry and Nicholson and son 1327, 1259; 2, 5, 6, T. Scott, sons and Sim 1271, 1252, 1250; 3, Mr and Mrs Burns 1264.
KEEKLE HS (7 sent 99): 1, 3, 4, 5, D. Buchanan and son 1343, 1336, 1329, 1316; 2, Mr and Mrs W. Garner 1338; 6, Waddington and McLaughlin 1310.
LOWCA HS (3 sent 31): 1, R. Ennis and sons 1327; 2, 3, 4, Holliday and Dixon 1326, 1295, 1284.
MIREHOUSE HS: 1, 3, B. Irving 1343.8, 1342; 2, Blaney bros 1343.7; 4, Trodden and son 1338.
SANDWITH FC (10 sent 99): 1, 3, 5, 6, Scurr and Parry 1320.4, 1320.2, 1316, 1308; 2, McGrady and son 1320.23; 4, C. Davidson 1317.
EAST CUMBERLAND
ANGLO SCOTTISH (Stafford 272 birds): 1, 2, D. Graham 1215.6, 1215.5; G. Grant and son 1208.5; 4, 5, R. Wilkinson 1208.3, 1208.2; 6, T. Skelt
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