Race delayed by 24 hours vote was 3 to 0
Update Saturday

Alan Brown

Well the race point was amended due to traffic delays and birds went to Worksop but even though the weather was good the members reported that returns were split up for some and others had multiple batches together but most had good returns at clocks.
1st G/Borough Welsh and son (A)——1713ypm
2nd 3rd and 4th with his B team was G/Borough again well done James and Ali 1711,1711 and 1711ypm
5th was Smith /OVington—1710 ypm
6th Fedor Babak—1710ypm
7th G Marshall and son (B)—1709ypm
8th G Fisher—1708ypm
And to round it off in 9th and 10th G Marshall and son(A)

26 LOFTS SENT 497 BIRDS / LIGHT VARIABLE WIND

1ST A MIDDLETON 1598.8
2ND SHIELDS / SON / MURPHY 1597.0
3RD A MIDDLETON 1587.5
4TH A MIDDLETON 1585.4
5TH C BROWNE 1585.2
6TH C BROWNE 1584.8
7TH A MIDDLETON 1578.3
8TH C BROWNE 1578.1
9TH J ATKINS 1577.1
10TH SHIEILDS/ SON /MURPHY 1573.6

Birds at thorsby hall approx 120 miles liberated at 3.25

Cockfield federation
Racepoint -MAIDSTONE 12-5-19 527 BIRDS
1ST-Mrs B Matthews &Son 17 X 2463 BC 12 57 08 1637.443 257/1470 C
2ND-Mrs B Matthews &Son 17 X 2445 CC 12 57 10 1637.010 257/1470 C
3RD- N Collinson 17 CF 668 BH 12 57 40 1620.972 255/1290 WA
4TH-Breeze &Son 18 CF 872 BC 12 49 20 1616.394 247/629 S
5TH-M Denham &Son 18 CF 444 BWC 12 59 34 1613.664 256/2 WA

Fri 7,20 spoke to Stephen and Martin vote was 3 to 0 not to go

Sat 7.20 spoke to Stephen and Martin vote was 3 to 0 to go

Sat morning spoke to Alan about possibility of bringing pick up times forward to see if we could get to Maidstone earlier,he said yes if we can get agreement with lakes people to open gates , spoke to an agent at lakes and he agreed to open gates at about 11pm so we could get on site to have a possibility of an early liberation, Alan sent message to Feds to change pick up times

6 lofts sent 118 birds
1/ Grimley son & Dtr 1604.5
2/ Grimley son & Dtr 1585.7
3/ Grimley son & Dtr 1581.4
4/ Young & Smith 1556.0
5/ Grimley son & Dtr 1554.8

1 pinkerton/craik 1615/290
2 fantarrow/green 1612/356
3 fantarrow/green 1605/650
4 pinkerton/craik 1602/241
5 fantarrow/green 1601/240
6 wright/draper/wright 1596/289
7 fantarrow/green 1592
8 wright/draper/wright 1585
9 wright/draper/wright 1585
10 fantarrow/green 1585
well done all fanta

1st Gilbert Bros 1618.931
2nd Gilbert Bros 1617.463
3rd Gilbert Bros 1616.271
4th Gilbert Bros 1609.251
5th Gilbert Bros 1606.894
6th Sayers & Thwaites 1606.335
7th Lawson Bros 1602.245
8th Lawson Bros 1601.347
9th Lawson Bros 1601.078
10th Sayers & Thwaites 1599.319

8 lofts sent 161 Birds

Well done Les & Steven great flying