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REPORT ON TRAININGRACE 7 & CAR RACE 3.     

More daily trainingcontinued after TRAININ G RACE 6 before the basketing list appeared on theSCMDPR web site on Tuesday 22nd November for TRAINING RACE 7, which was due tobe held on Wednesday 24th November from 81km (approx. 50 miles) and this showeda total of 3,282 pigeons had been entered, which was made up by 2,807International and 475 South African entries and included 324 from the UnitedKingdom Team and also 45 from our Irish counterparts. However because of a badweather forecast the convoy were liberated from 52km (32 miles) at 08-30 inovercast and cool conditions, 21C (70F), with light head wind and a good racewas anticipated by the loft managers and Zandy Meyer (Race Director).

CONGRATULATIONS onwinning 1st OPEN went to GANUS FAMILY LOFT from UNITED STATES OF AMERICA withpigeon named LAUGHING JEWEL which was clocked at 09-12-15.10 to record 1341ypm(43mph), performances so far were 615th, 1018th, 1904th, 1455th, 3396th,1196th, 935th, 838th and now 1st in the last 9 races, then 2nd Open went toLuis Llorens from United States Of America, 3rd Open to SchlaggemeinschaftPrimes from Austria, 4th Open to Willi Ferchen from Germany, 5th Open toAtlantis Family Loft from United States Of America, 6th Open to Team SA –Gladdin-Stender from South Africa, 7th Open to Gleeson - Lucas from Ireland, 8thOpen to Manfred Kock + Ubbo Schroeder from Germany, 9th Open to MAD Kev fromUnited Kingdom, 10th Open to Sundicate 5501 from South Africa, 11th Open toJanusz Popiol from Poland, 12th Open to Club Medpet Kouga Combine from SouthAfrica, 13th Open to a Defaulter Pigeon, 14th Open to Gerhard Fix from Germany,15th Open to Kuwait Loft from Kuwait, 16th Open to Premier Stud UK Syndicatefrom United Kingdom, 17th Open to Gisela u Hermann Schillling from Germany,18th Open to Premier Australia Van Boxmeer from United Kingdom, 19th Open toJon Dagel from United States Of America and then 20th Open to Club LichtenburgPrestige Resiesduifklub from South Africa. These top 20 pigeons were allclocked within 10.50 seconds of the race winner and 8 different countries wererepresented in the top 20. The top 100 pigeons were all clocked within 39.55seconds of the race winner. A total of 1,711 pigeons were officially recordedby 09-21 and this included 172 from the UK and 25 from Ireland. A later reportshowed 3,070 pigeons had been recorded by 09-42 and this included 312 from theUK and 44 from Ireland. Next report showed 3,143 clocked by 09-55 with no moreUK or IRISH pigeons being clocked. Then 3,222 by 10-23, leaving 60 to return,then 3,240 by 12-06. Final report of the day showed 3,252 pigeons home by 17-23and this included 321 UK and 45 Irish birds, leaving 30 still to make it back tobase camp and this included 3 UK pigeons. A total of 99% returns from thisrace.

CONGRATULATIONS forwinning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 9th OPEN went to MAD KEV and the winning pigeon wasnamed GABBY bred by KEVIN EARL which was clocked at 09-12-21.25, just 06.15seconds behind the actual race winner, this pigeon had previously won 281st,1318th, 1281st, 3091st, 24th, 288th, 182nd, 931st and now 9th in the last 9races, then taking 2nd & 10th UK, 16th & 74th Open for Premier Stud UKSyndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet with 2 pigeonsbred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 3rd UK, 18th Open goes to PremierAustralia Van Boxmeer with another pigeon bred by Premier Stud, 4th UK, 25thOpen went to Brammer and Nasha with pigeon entered by Frank Brammer fromHempsted and bred by John Nash from Ireland, 5th & 17th UK, 31st &133rd Open went to Fenland Lofts with 2 pigeons bred by Darren Peters from EastHeckington, 6th UK, 36th Open went to Paul Smith Syndicate, administered by himand with a pigeon bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon, 7th & 8th UK, 40th &42nd Open went to Manchester Maestros with 2 pigeons bred by Davies, Crehan& O’Conner, 9th UK, 51st Open went to Dean Pallet from Shearsby, 11th UK,75th Open went to Premier Kelly Van Boxmeer with another pigeon bred by PremierStud, 12th UK, 79th Open for Frank Quinlan from Leeds, 13th UK, 81st Open wentto Syndicate Lofts UK with pigeon bred by Peter Fox from Bangor, 14th UK, 118thOpen went to The Royal Lofts (Her Majesty The Queen) and bred by CarloNapolitano from Sandringham who is the Royal Lofts Manager, 15th UK, 129th Openwent to Leech and Co with pigeon bred by JL Leech & Son from Featherstone, 16thUK, 132nd Open went to Twelve Wisemen Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith andwith an entry bred by The Royal Lofts and entered by Peter Bourner fromSandringham, 18th UK, 142nd Open went to Baddeleygreen Boys  with a pigeon bred by them, 19th UK,144th Open went to Smith – McAllister Syndicate with a pigeon bred by BruceMcAllister from Furneaux Pelham and then 20th UK, 148th Open went to GallowsHill Kid with a pigeon bred by Dave Murphy from Ripon. ALL THESE PIGEONS WERECLOCKED WITHIN 53.20 SECONDS OF THE RACE WINNER. A total of 172 UK pigeons wereofficially clocked by 09-21, then 312 by 09-42, then 317 by 10-14, 320 by12-06, then 321 by nightfall, which meant 3 were still missing. I am sure someof these will work back during the day and then be ready for CAR RACE 3 onSaturday. Another excellent race for the UNITED KINGDOM TEAM.

CONGRATULATIONS forwinning 1st IRELAND, 7th OPEN goes to GLEESON - LUCAS with pigeon named ACHTUNGBABY which was clocked at 09-12-21.00, just 05.90 seconds behind the racewinner, this pigeon had previously won 2390th, 3463rd, 2877th, 79th, 2450th,198th, 2060th, 1337th and now 7th in the last 9 races, this pigeon had alsopreviously won 1st Ireland, 79th Open in Car Race 1, 2nd Ireland, 61st OpenKarl Donnelly, 3rd & 5th Ireland, 288th & 346th Open for Paul Poole andSon, 4th Ireland, 307th Open for Philip + Mark Smith and then 6th Ireland,388th Open for The Beaumont Birds. The Irish Team had a total of 25 pigeonsclocked by 09-21, still 44 by 09-42, then 45 by 10-00, which meant all weresafely home. Another good result for the IRISH TEAM.

THE OVERALL SUN CITYGRAND AVERAGES after 9 races was as follows:- 1st is ITALIAN TEAM - CALTAVITUROfrom ITALY with pigeon named MAREMOLA 691 which has won 41st, 1063rd, 64th,215th, 792nd, 79th, 170th, 31st and now 1649th in the first 9 races, with a flyingtime 11-07-21.75, leading by a clear 7 minutes and 13 seconds, 2nd AntoniusRuesing from Germany with Just A Thought, 3rd Ahmad A Al-Juwaisri from Kuwaitwith Abdulla 3, 4th Greatwall - Drapa from Germany with Mausy, 5th KoopmanRacing Team from Netherlands with Ginger Spice, 6th Josef Lang from Germanywith Isabella, 7th Frank Brieskorn from Germany with Skyjack, 8th Mathias uOtmar Theisen from Germany with Amauri, 9th Vincent Rooney from United StatesOf America with Bartell from Germany and 10th Noriega Loft from United StatesOf America with Super Charlie. Great to see 5 different countries representedin the top 10 with just over 19 minutes between them all.

The top five pigeons inthe UNITED KINGDOM TEAM in this category are as follows:- 11th PREMIER STUD UKSYNDICATE administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET with PREMIERPAULA bred by PREMIER STUD from PATRINGHAM HAVEN, with a flying time of11-27-03.58 which has won 773rd, 1084th, 453rd, 156th, 448th, 827th, 80th,413th & 531st in the first 9 races, 34th Planet Brothers with Planets Pridebred by Planet Brothers from Noak Hill, 43rd was another for Premier Stud UKSyndicate with Premier Alison, 47th Premier Kelly Van Boxmeer with another bredby Premier Stud then 65th Manchester Maestros with Illustrious bred by Davies,Crehan & O’Conner. Another 13 UK pigeons in the top 191 in this categoryand then, which is a great result with so many top class pigeons competing.

The top three pigeonsin the IRISH TEAM in this category are as follows:- 50th MORAN FAMILY with TINYTEGAN, with 948th, 1373rd, 783rd, 725th, 385th, 92nd, 1235th, 1802nd and now1691st in the first 9 races, flying time 11-44-09.95, 93rd Karl Donnelly withRiley and then 162nd Philip + Mark Smith with Irish Sparky.

More training tosses onThursday and Friday and then the basketing list appeared on the web site lateron Friday 26th November for CAR RACE 3 which was due to take place on Saturday27th November from Wolmaranstad 253km (157 miles). A total of 3,269 pigeons andincluded 2,796 International and 473 South African, with 322 from UnitedKingdom and 45 from Ireland. All were liberated at 06-00 in clear, partlycloudy conditions, light head wind and with a temperature of 21C (70F) and asteady race was anticipated by the loft managers and Zandy Meyer (RaceDirector). This was followed by a further update for Koster at mid morning andthis showed moderate head winds, few clouds and 26C (79F). The mid day Sun Cityweather was cool and humid, little to no wind, 27C (81F) and overcastconditions. The afternoon weather in Sun City was for it to get even hotter andrising as the afternoon progressed. By late afternoon it was fine and hot inSun City, a few clouds with a light head wind and with a temperature of 30C(86F). A mid morning report issued Sunday morning showed it clear skies, fineand hot 28C (83F) and once again getting hotter as the progressed, finallyreaching 38C (104F) in mid afternoon.

CONGRATULATIONS forwinning 1st OPEN goes to a DEFAULTER PIGEON which means the owner has not paidfor this pigeon and that has now cost him winning a Brand New Motor Car and ofcourse a US$1,000 cash prize, but as usual that is always good news forsomebody else and 2nd OPEN goes to GARENTOWN SYNDICATE from AUSTRALIA withpigeon named UNGUARDED MOMENT bred by PAT MURPHY from QUEENSLAND which wasclocked at 09-20-58.00 to record 1375ypm (47mph), only 00-45 second from taking1st Open, this pigeon had previously won 162nd, 2867th, 1080th, 34th, 2998th,245th, 413th, 277th, 1812th and now and now 2nd in its last 10 races, with34th, 245th and now 2nd in the 3 CAR RACES held so far, 3rd Open went to AliAhmed Al Kooheji from Bahrain, 4th Open went to Ganus Family Loft from UnitedStates Of America with the same pigeon that won 1st OPEN in the previous race,5th Open went to Team Internet-taubenschlag from Germany, 6th Open went to SGJammer+Reinhard from Germany, 7th Open went to Skubal Loft from United StatesOf America, 8th Open went to Hok M Reijnen 1 from Netherlands, 9th Open went toMario Schroeter from Germany, 10th Open went to Guys Lofts from United Kingdom,11th Open went to Anneliese Zikeli from Germany, 12th Open went to Leon vanRooyen from South Africa, 13th Open went to Haji Al-Hadya from Kuwait, 14thOpen went to Claude Rothgiesser from Canada, 15th Open went to Mathias u OtmarTheisen from Germany, 16th Open went to Homoud J Alazme from Kuwait, 17th Openwent to Wilhelm Stoll from Germany, 18th Open went to Nova Club from Belgium,19th Open went to Dean Pallett from United Kingdom and then 20th Open went toTeam LBS from Germany. These top 20 pigeons were all officially clocked within04.00 seconds of the race winner with 10 different countries being representedin this top 20 and the top 100 were all clocked within 3 minutes and 20 secondsof the winning pigeon. A total of 160 pigeons were officially clocked by 09-25,then 301 by 09-30, 499 by 09-35, 675 by 09-40, 972 by 09-48, 1,188 by 09-54,1,527 by 10-03, 1,743 by 10-13, 2,423 by 11-12, 2,535 by

11-53, 2,576 by 12-19,then 2,815 by 17-37, then finally 2,879 making it by 19-27 leaving 390 pigeonsstill to make it back to base camp by nightfall. Once again as there was quitea few pigeons still missing the clock was left on and by 09-39 a further 132had been officially clocked, making 3,011 in the lofts, plus another 31 made itby 10-18 and by nightfall a total 3,082 had been officially clocked and thistotal included 302 UK and 42 Irish pigeons, which meant that 187 were stillmissing. At the Monday morning loft check this showed 3,117 pigeons had returnedto the lofts, leaving 152 still to return to the lofts. This total included2,669 International and 448 South African pigeons with 304 UK and 42 Irish includedin what had made it back to the lofts. This represented a 95.35% return ratefrom the longest race so far. By basketing for the next race 3,147 pigeonswhich showed that 96.27% had returned to the lofts, leaving just 122 stillmissing.

THE BRAND NEW CARWINNER FOR CAR RACE 3 went to the pigeon that actually won 2nd Open forGARENTOWN SYNDICATE from AUSTRALIA with pigeon named UNGUARDED MOMENT bred byPAT MURPHY from QUEENSLAND. This is a great result for Australia and their teamwho have been great supporters of the SCMDPR and it was fantastic to seesomebody winning the car in this race. John Koster emailed me bright and earlyto give me the fanciers name, who unfortunately they had been able to contact himand congratulate him up to the time of the email being sent to me. It shouldalso be mentioned that the pigeon that actually won 1st OPEN was a DEFAULTERPIGEON, which means it has not been paid for by the owner, so was not eligibleto win any prizes or prize money. When will these guys that enter pigeons anddo not pay for them ever learn?

The US$20,000 CAR RACE3 CASH PRIZES (20 x US$1,000) went to the pigeons that won 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th,7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 19th & 20th. The pigeonsthat took 1st, 3rd, 12th, 13th & 18th which were a Defaulter Pigeon plusone pigeon from Bahrain, one from South Africa, one from Kuwait and one fromBelgium were “NOT-ACTIVATED” so did not win any of the US$1,000 cash prizes fortheir efforts, which once again shows the importance of paying for all yourentries. So the extra 5 x US$1,000 cash prizes went to the following:- 21stHenrik Meldgaard from Denmark, 22nd Jiri Svoboda from Czech Republic, 23rdCertain Loft USA from United States Of America, 24th Lighthouse Road from SouthAfrica and 25th Fareed Kathrada – Turf Pet from South Africa. CONGRATULATIONSTO ALL THESE CASH WINNERS.

TWO PIGEON CHALLENGEresults for CAR RACE 3 was as follows:- GANUS FAMILY LOFT from UNITED STATES OFAMERICA won the US$2,000 cash first prize in this competition with pigeonsnamed LAUGHING JEWEL & JIGSY.

UNITED KINGDOM fanciersfaired well with 14th DEAN PALLET from SHEARSBY with SADDINGTON & AMESBY,43rd SJD Syndicate, administered by Paul Stokes from Broughton Astley withBuzzlord bred by Paul & Roland Stokes & Lightening Speed bred by JohnDearden from Rochdale, 57th, 82nd & 97th Premier Stud UK Syndicate,administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet with Premier Martin &Premier James, Premier Susan & Premier Marion and then Premier Simon &Premier Neil, all 6 pigeons bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven and then94th NFC Nom Team – Cowan with Marion & El Syd both bred by Tony Cowan fromHamble. IRISH fanciers did not have any teams in the top 100.

CAR RACE OVERALL AVERAGESwhich carries a US$5,000 1st Prize at the end of the 5 x CAR RACES shows thatafter 3 races the standings are as follows:- 1st GUYS LOFTS with TONYS CHOICEbred by GRAHAM GUY shows that after three races with 07-20-19.25 on the wingand leads by just 4 minutes and 13 seconds, after taking 8th, 19th and now 10thin the first three races. WHAT A FANTASTIC PIGEON. 2nd Certain Loft USA fromUnited States Of America with pigeon named Jessy Maries Cruiser after taking15th, 58th and now 23rd, 3rd Dean Pallett from Shearsby with pigeon namedSaddington which has 353rd, 30th and now 28th, 4th Premier Stud UK Syndicate,administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet with Premier Martin bredby Premier Stud, Patringham Haven that has now won 100th, 9th and 88th in the 3races so far and then 5th Wilhelm Stoll from Germany with Hatatitla which haswon 4th, 157th and now 17th in this category. FANTASTIC TO SEE 3 UNITED KINGDOMPIGEONS IN THE TOP 4 POSITIONS, SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE IN ANYOF THE PREVIOUS 14 RACE SERIES. UNITED KINGDOM standings are as stated above,plus they also have another 14 pigeons in the top 192 in this category and the IRISHstandings are as follows:- 12th GLEESON – LUCAS with ACHTUNG BABY which hastaken 79th, 198th and now 44th in the 3 races that count.

KNOCKOUT COMPETITIONwhich carries a US$25,000 (approx. £16,130) 1st Prize was in its second roundand from record 2,983 “ACTIVATED” pigeons, a total of 1,939 pigeons were stillin the running at the beginning of this race and this total included 1,707International (203 UK and 30 IRISH) and 232 South African entries. This wouldnow be reduced to 1,067 pigeons (55%) and these will now go through to Round 3on CAR RACE 4 from Bloemhof 310km (193 miles) on Saturday 18th December. Theresults have now been declared on the SCMDPR web site and from the 1,067pigeons that have made it through to the next round there are 938International, 129 South African and included in this total are 108 UnitedKingdom pigeons and 15 from Ireland that have gone through to Round 3 when thisfigure will be reduced to 374 pigeons (35%). GOOD LUCK TO ALL CONCERNED.

THE OVERALL SUN CITYGRAND AVERAGES are as follows after 10 races:- 1st ANTONIUS RUESINGfrom GERMANY with pigeon named JUST A THOUGHT with a flying time of14-46-11.65, 1 minutes 4 seconds in front, this pigeon has won 57th, 451st,818th, 19th, 358th, 885th, 111th, 37th, 423rd & now 353rd after the first10 races, 2nd Italian Team - Caltavituro from Italy with Maremola 691, 3rdNoriega Loft from United States Of America with Super Charlie, 4th Greatwall-Drapa from Germany with Mausy, 5th Frank Brieskorn from Germany with Skyjack, 6thJohannes Bussmann from Germany with Mummys Pet, 7th Vincent Rooney from UnitedStates Of America with Bartell, 8th Ahmed and Newman from South Africa with Joe,9th Jiri Svoboda from Czech Republic with Lenka and 10th Bionic Syndicate fromUnited States Of America with Super Bionic. There was 5 different countriesrepresented in the top 10 and these were covered by 14 minutes 49 seconds. 

The top five in theUNITED KINGDOM TEAM in this category are as follows:- 12th PREMIER STUD UKSYNDICATE, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET with PREMIERPAULA bred by PREMIER STUD, PATRINGHAM HAVEN with a flying time of 15-02-30.33,this pigeon has won 773rd, 1084th, 453rd, 156th, 448th, 827th, 80th, 413th,531st and now 543rd in the 10 races that count, 36th Manchester Maestros withIllustrious bred by Davies, Crehan & O’Conner, 39th another for PremierStud UK Syndicate with Premier Alison and bred by Premier Stud, PatringhamHaven, 60th SJD Syndicate with Lightening Speed bred by Paul & RolandStokes from Broughton Astley and then 77th Frank Quinlan from Leeds with Elle.United Kingdom fanciers have another 11 pigeons in the top 187 in thiscategory, which is great flying against such strong competition.

The top three in theIRISH TEAM in this category are as follows:- 92nd PHILIP + MARK SMITH withpigeon named IRISH SPARKY, flying time 15-47-48.40, this pigeon has won 1492nd,272nd, 2764th, 1264th, 675th, 1440th, 1275th, 1013th, 307th and now 617th inthe 10 races that count, 104th Philip & Mark Smith with Gr Nos Na Gaoitheand then 292nd H Kallmeyer with Dubz.

CONGRATULATIONS forwinning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 10th OPEN went to GUYS LOFTS with winning pigeonnamed TONYS CHOICE and bred GRAHAM GUY and clocked at 09-21.01.55, just 04.00seconds behind the actual race winner, this pigeon had previously won 3095th,1755th, 24th, 8th, 3035th, 19th, 62nd, 32nd, 840th and now 10th in the last 10races, this outstanding pigeon has already won 2 x 1st, 2 x 2nd & 3rd UKand over US$13,000 (£8,400) in the last 4 Nomination races, plus US$3,000(£1,940) Car Race Cash Prizes. Then 2nd & 4th UK, 19th & 28th Open wentto Dean Pallett from Shearsby, a great performance to get two pigeons in thisresult, 3rd UK, 26th Open went to Nigel Morton from Ecclesfield, 5th & 15thUK, 62nd & 267th Open went to Premier Australia Van Boxmeer with 2 pigeonsbred by Premier Stud, Patringham Haven, 6th, 10th & 19th UK, 88th, 190th& 313th Open went to Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smithfrom Stansted Mountfitchet and with 3 more pigeons bred by Premier Stud, 7thUK, 165th Open went to Twelve Wisemen Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith andwith a pigeon bred by Jos Reilly from Ireland, 9th UK, 178th Open went toPremier Kelly Van Boxmeer with yet another pigeon bred by Premier Stud, makingit 6 pigeons in the top 19 in the UK, 9th UK, 181st Open went to The PlymouthRock Hoppers with a pigeon bred by Robbie/Jan Prettejohn from Plymouth, 11thUK, 208th Open went to Scotlands Own Syndicate with a pigeon bred by William& Barry Kinnear from Edinburgh, 12th UK, 237th Open went to  MNFC Sponsor Nom Bergerac with a pigeonbred by D. Gruzelier, 13th UK, 241st Open went to Red Star Lofts with pigeonbred by Alun Jones from Rhyl, 14th UK, 256th Open went to SJD Syndicate,administered by Paul Stokes from Broughton Astley and with a pigeon bred byJohn Dearden from Rochdale, 16th UK, 271st Open went to Manchester Maestros andwith a pigeon bred by Davies, Crehan & O’Conner, whose pigeons are alsoscoring well in the early races, 17th UK, 281st Open went to The Royal Lofts (HerMajesty The Queen) and bred by Carlo Napolitano (Royal Lofts Manager) fromSandringham, 18th UK, 285th Open went to P and D Clarke from Sevenash and then20th UK, 319th Open for Wombles with pigeon bred by A. Smith from Ashbourne. Firstresult showed that 6 UK pigeons were clocked by 09-25, then 18 by 09-30, 31 by 09-35,53 by 09-40, 80 by 09-48, 107 by 09-54, 137 by 10-03, 148 by 10-13, 219 by11-12, 239 by 11-53, 242 by 12-19, then 269 by 17-37 and finally 277 by 19-27,leaving45 pigeons still to return to base camp on the day. Another 16 UK pigeonswere officially clocked by 09-39 on Sunday making 293 recorded, 5 more clockedbefore 09-39. A total of 302 pigeons were clocked by 18-22 leaving 20 still tomake it back to the lofts. The Monday morning loft check showed 304 UK pigeonshome, leaving 18 still to return.

CONGRATULATIONS forwinning 1st IRELAND, 44th OPEN went to GLEESON - LUCAS with pigeon namedACHTUNG BABY which was clocked at 09-21-16.85, just 19.30 seconds after therace winner, this pigeon has now won 2390th, 3463rd, 2877th, 79th, 2450th,198th, 2060th, 1337th, 7th and now 44th Open in the 10 races so far and this isthe second race running it has won 1st IRELAND, 2nd Ireland, 126th Open went toMick Feeney and Sons, 3rd Ireland, 359th Open went to Mousies, 4th Ireland, 464thOpen went to Philip + Mark Smith, 5th Ireland, 486th Open went to Karl Donnellyand then 6th Ireland, 497th Open went to Up The Irish Syndicate. A total of 2Irish pigeons were clocked before 09-25, then 6 before 09-35, 10 by 09-40, 12by 09-48, 14 by 09-54, 20 by 10-03, 22 by 10-13, 29 by 11-12, 30 by 12-19, then35 by 17-37, then 38 by 19-27 leaving just 7 to return to the lofts by darkness.Another 3 pigeons were clocked on Sunday morning by 09-39, another one wasclocked before nightfall, leaving 3 still missing by nightfall. At the Mondayloft check a total of 42 Irish pigeons had returned, leaving 3 still to maketheir way back to the lofts.

NOMINATION RACES willbe held on the following TRAINING RACES 2, 6, 9, 11, 14, 15 and 18, plus ofcourse the CAR RACES 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and “THE FINAL RACE”. All these raceswill have US$1, US$2, US£5, US$10, US$20, US$50 & US$100 REGIONAL and US$1,US$2, US$5, US$10, US$20, US$50 & US$100 GLOBAL NOMINATIONS which can beplaced on the Sun City Million Dollar Web Site. If you wish to enter any ofthese NOMINATIONS, you will have to have credit in your ASI Master Account. Ifyou do not have credit then please forward funds to your Race Shipper so thatthis can be transferred to your Master Account in time to get your NOMINATIONSplaced. Please do not leave it to the last minute to transfer funds as thetransfer may not go through in time and this could result in your pigeon orpigeons not winning what they should be rewarded with.

GLOBAL NOMINATIONRESULTS for CAR RACE 3 showed there was a total of 490 pigeons entered and thisincluded 40 UK and 5 IRISH pigeons and in total there was 1,801 nominations,which meant US$14,901-40c was up for grabs and UK Team members won thefollowing:- 10th Open was GUYS LOFTS with TONY’S CHOICE bred by GRAHAM GUY andwas once again pooled all the way and won US$3,196. This great pigeon has alsowon US$3,111, US$2,346 and US$3,196 in the previous 3 Nomination races. Welldone to the owner of this superb pigeon to have the confidence to once again poolit all the way against the best pigeons in the world.

UNITED KINGDOM REGIONALNOMINATIONS for CAR RACE 3 showed that only 9 pigeons and 26 Nominations were placedand they were flying for US$112-20c and the only winner was as follows:- 10thOpen for GUYS LOFTS with TONY’S CHOICE bred by GRAHAM GUY winning US$112-50c toadd to the money won in the last 3 Nomination races. Keep up the winning waysmy friend and it is great to see a UK pigeons picking up the nomination moneyon a regular basis.

The CASCADE CHALLENGEwas a new competition introduced last year and it created a great deal ofinterest. It is basically a SINGLE BIRD NOMINATION and any pigeon can beentered for just US$10 (approx. £6-66p) but the “POT OF GOLD” can only be wonif one of the NOMINATED PIGEONS actually wins 1st OPEN, if not its like theNational Lottery, it just rolls over to the following week until somebodyfinally wins the jackpot. You do not have to enter the same pigeon every race,the choice is yours. The Sun City Million Dollar web site will give you all theinformation you need to enter this competition. There was a starting fund of US$3,028-50(approx. £2,020) which was carried over from the 2009/10 race series. You canenter this competition starting on TRAINING RACE 2, then 6, 9, 11, 14, 15 &18, plus CAR RACES 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 and of course the FINAL RACE. SO WHY NOTHAVE AN EXTRA BIT OF FUN AND A LITTLE GAMBLE?

CASCADE CHALLENGE resultfor CAR RACE 3 had a total of 139 entries and this included 18 pigeons enteredfrom the UNITED KINGDOM and 3 from IRELAND and a total of US$7,865-00c wasflown for and GUYS LOFTS with TONY’S CHOICE came 10th OPEN and just missed outby 04.10 seconds to scoop the jackpot. This is one of the toughest competitionsto win because the single pigeon nomination means the pigeon has to win 1stOpen to walk off with the cash prize. This fund will now carry over to TRAININGRACE 9 on Saturday 4th December. GOOD LUCK TO ALL THAT TAKE PART IN THIS EXCITINGCHALLENGE.

*****THE REMAINING SLIGHTLYREVAMPED RACE PROGRAMME***** Training Race 8 from81km (approx. 50 miles) on Wednesday 1st December, then Training Race 9 from135km (approx. 84 miles) on Saturday 4th December, then Training Race 10 from81km (approx. 50 miles) on Wednesday 8th December, followed by Training Race 11from 135km (approx. 84 miles) on Saturday 11th December, then Training Race 12from 81km (approx. 50 miles) on Wednesday 15th December. We then have CAR RACE4 from near Bloemhof 310km (approx. 193 miles) on Saturday 18th December, thenTraining Race 13 from 81km (approx. 50 miles) on Monday 20th December, thenTraining Race 14 from 135km (approx. 84 miles) on Wednesday 22nd December. Notraining on Christmas Day on Saturday 25th December or Boxing Day on Sunday26th December. Then we have CAR RACE 5 from near Christiana 350km (approx. 218miles) on Wednesday 29th December. Then we move into the New Year of 2011 andhave Training Race 15 from 135km (approx. 84 miles) on Wednesday 5th January,followed by Training Race 16 from 81km (approx. 50 miles) on Saturday 8thJanuary, then Training Race 17 from 81km (approx. 50 miles) on Wednesday 12thJanuary, with Training Race 18 from 135km (approx. 84 miles) on Saturday 15thJanuary, then Training Race 19 from 81km (approx. 50 miles) on Wednesday 19thJanuary and then of course “THE FINAL RACE will take place from 560km (approx. 348miles) on Saturday 22nd January. Of course the weather conditions will have tobe right for all these races to take place, if not they will not be basketedand then they will be basketed and liberated on another day when the weatherforecast is better and the Race Director’s decision will be final. The objectof this great race from day one has to get as many pigeons as possible to “THEFINAL RACE” on Saturday 22nd January and give fanciers/competitors and entrantsa fair chance. Only races over 50km (31 miles) will count towards THE SUN CITYOVERALL ACE PIGEON AVERAGES, which has three cash prizes of US$10,000 (£6,666),US$5,000 (£3,333) and US$2,500 (£1,666) for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in this category.  

GOOD LUCK TO ALLCONCERNED AND REGULAR “PRESS RELEASES”, “NEWSLETTERS” AND “UPDATES” WILL BESENT OUT TO ALL COMPETITORS/ENTRANTS AND SYNDICATE SHAREHOLDERS ON A WEEKLYBASIS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. ALSO WEEKLY “PRESS RELEASES” WILL BE SENT OUTTO BOTH OUR PIGEON PUBLICATIONS NAMELY THE “BHW” AND “”RP” PLUS IT WILL ALSO BEON OUR WEB SITE www.scmdpr.comFOR ALL TO VIEW.

*****ACTIVATION OF YOURRESERVES***** Please get in touch with me as soon aspossible on 01279-812005 or my mobile 07860-568216 or email reglofts@aol.comand tell me which ones you want to “ACTIVATE”. If you want all your pigeons tobe eligible to fly for all the “Special Prize Money” and “Special Awards”during the 5 x CAR RACES, then it really was advisable to have done them beforethe CAR RACE 1 but if not it can be done anytime up to CAR RACE 5, or two weeksafter this race. After that date these “UN-ACTIVATED” pigeons will be offeredfor sale on the SCMDPR web site to anybody that wants to purchase them. Seeabove for information as you really have nothing to lose.

I would also just liketo notify fanciers that my weekly “INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE”, “NEWSLETTERS”and “UPDATES” can now also be seen on the following pigeon web sites:- www.iprr.co.uk    www.elimarpigeons.comwww.pigeonportal.com   www.pigeonglobe.co.uk   www.cyberpigeon.co.uk  www.pigeonbasics.com www.pigeoncare.nlwww.star-pigeons.comwww.pigeonnetwork.complus of course they will also be in the “”BRITISH HOMING WORLD” and “THE RACINGPIGEON” for all to see.

If you have anyquestions about any aspect of the SUN CITY MILLION DOLLAR PIGEON RACE, thenplease contact me as soon as possible on 01279-812005 or my mobile 07860-568216or email me on reglofts@aol.comand I will do my best to answer any of your questions or queries.

IF ANY PIGEON FANCIER INTHE UNITED KINGDOM OR IRELAND WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE MY WEEKLY “INTERNATIONALPRESS RELEASES”, “NEWSLETTERS” AND “UPDATES” BY EMAIL, THEN ALL THEY HAVE TO DOIS EMAIL ME THEIR ACTUAL EMAIL ADDRESS AND I WILL FORWARD THEM ALL THEINFORMATION BY EMAIL ON A REGULAR BASIS.

Unfortunately, I can’tmention all the pigeons clocked but any entrant/competitor or pigeon fanciercan just log onto www.scmdpr.com and hit the Results & Listingsbutton on the top left hand side of the home page and this will give you allthe past racing results of this 2010/11 race series. SURE YOU WILL ENJOY THEEXPERIENCE.

GOOD LUCK to allconcerned in TRAINING RACE 8, which takes place on Wednesday 1st December from 50miles, followed by TRAINING RACE 9 on Saturday 4th December from 84 miles backto Sun City.

For those interested inseeing what Sun City looks like and what the pigeons see on a daily basis whenflying around this resort, tune in and watch the 30th NEDBANK GOLF CHALLENGE onthe Gary Player Course, next Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday (2nd to 5thDecember) on Sky Sports, when some of the top players in the world play for aUS$2 million American dollars first prize in this the 30th anniversary of thisfantastic event.

Paul Smith.

United Kingdom RaceTeam Shipper & International Race Co-ordinator for The 15th Sun CityMillion Dollar (The Greatest & Biggest One Loft Pigeon Race In The WorldToday! and also “The Race With The Proven Track Record”;), which is due to beheld in Sun City Resort, South Africa on Saturday 22nd January 2011.

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When award winning documentary filmmakers Craig and JarrodBoord embarked on an ambitious project to capture the passion and dedication ofpigeon fanciers across the globe, they knew they needed to interview the bestof the best.

Seven months later and they have done just that, havingcaptured a rare candid and in depth conversation with the last surviving memberof pigeon racing’s most famous family, the 98 year-old legend Louis Janssen.

Add to that interviews and loft tours with four-time worldchampion Jos Thoné, as well as Carlo Napolitano, manager of Her Majesty’s theQueen of England loft, UK national winner Mark Gilbert and Belgian championracer Marc de Cock, and the project looks to be tracking very nicely indeed.

Speaking from his editing studio, Director Craig Boord saysthat quality has been his number one priority while making the full lengthfeature documentary Little Ripper - Fast,Feathered and Fearless, which is being shot across four continents.

“The film’s backers are all passionate and very successfulpigeon flyers, who are all very concerned about protecting the future of thesport by spreading the word and getting more youngsters involved,” explainsCraig.

“To get the interest of young people we needed to ensurethat everything was spot on, with the highest quality production values andediting, and that we got access to the superstar racers.”

To give passionate pigeon fanciers an insight into themethods and lofts of the sport’s elite flyers, Craig and his brother Jarroddecided to expand the original scope of the project, producing a series of Racing Champion DVD releases.

“The interviews we got with Louis, Carlo and Mark– as wellas the great footage we got of their lofts and on race days – were justfantastic, but there was a limit to how much we could include in the movie”Craig says.

“We couldn’t stand the idea of just losing all this amazingstuff on the cutting room floor, so we decided to bite the bullet and puttogether these DVDs that are squarely aimed at the passionate racer who wantsto learn about how these guys have become so successful.”

The resulting four RacingChampion DVDs each contain extensive interviews, as well as loft tours,with Louis Janssen, Carlo Napolitano, Mark Gilbert and Marc de Cock.

In the Janssen DVD, Louis has clearly lost none of hisenthusiasm for, or knowledge of, every aspect of what makes a champion bird.

He talks at length about the pigeons that helped to makeJanssen the most famous name in pigeon racing, from the “blue female with thedark red eyes” which was paired with a “blue shelled one from Schoeters”,producing the “young white-eyed one”, to his all time favourite “De Rappe, thequick one”.

Those looking to discover the magic secret of success won’t bedisappointed, because Janssen does give some clues: “Three or four flights peryear and they are good pigeons … The pigeon fancier needs to talk about whatthe pigeon needs. If they don’t talk then it doesn’t work. If he needs to restthem or if they are bad ones he needs to get rid of them and keep the others.

And letting them fly as much as possible, as long as theweather is good. “Let them loose a lot.”

Perhaps the most telling part of the Janssen DVD is the tourof his legendary Arendonk loft.

As long-time Janssen family friend and accomplished flyerAndre Roodhoof puts it: “Normally nobodycan come in the lofts, he gives permission to nobody except for his very bestfriends.”

The Boord brothers knew they were incredibly privileged tofilm in such a sanctified space, a loft that is exactly the same as it wasalmost 100 years ago.

It is here where the viewer instantly realises Janssen istelling the absolute truth when he says, “(the birds) were looked after, youknow …winter and summer, you know, the pigeons always came first. That’s how itwas.”

And it was here where the Janssen system evolved. “Whereyoung hens, if they had for the second time babies, then they had babies fortwo weeks, then on Friday we would take them off, so that they could have arest. Take the male off the nest too, so he would not chase her. The male offthe nest so the female could race.”

But it might never have led to the great success that hasinfluenced pigeon racing in every country where the sport is practised, if theJanssens had not had some luck with birds that had: “A good shape. Soft, goodfeathers and clever.” But you can’t see that!

Racing Champion SeriesCollector’s Edition box set is available from WWW.PIGEONDVDS.COM includes the rare Janssen interview and loft tour, also included is a free Louis Janssen poster for your loft!