Willsbridge Bergerac Race
1st Open 1st SE Section
Dave and Lisa Waterhouse from Portsmouth
with “Lone Soldier”
Bergerac was the Classic’s last old bird race of the season with another good entry of 990
birds sent by 185 members. With four other organisations on board with us, the total birdage
was approximately 1,450.
All prospects looked good the evening before for a Friday liberation and we were only waiting
for dawn to rise, but unfortunately when it did it was to show full cloud cover and mist likened
to pea soup. It was forecast to clear quite soon with the north westerly winds blowing, but as
the winds were light this didn’t happen in time to liberate early enough.
Next morning the site weather was completely different and Nigel liberated the whole
consignment of pigeons at 6.05am with the birds clearing well and heading north. The winds
up through France were west north westerly but light.
Thank you to everyone concerned at the marking stations, as I know we were a bit thin on the
ground due to people waiting for their Tarbes birds.
The race turned out to be very testing but one gallant pigeon, who was determined to make it
home on the day belongs to our winners Dave & Lisa Waterhouse from Portsmouth. 1st
Open 1st SE Section. Dave and Lisa have been flying a cracking pigeon for the last few
seasons and this win is truly deserved to a lovely couple. Dave races with the Channel Flying
Club and only flies a small team of pigeons and the saying “quality not quantity” certainly
rings true in Dave’s case.
“Lone Soldier” as his is now named is a 3 year old blue cock and is bred from my good pair
which is called “The Ace Pair” bred by Jacob Poortvliet. He was sent sitting 10 day eggs.
Feeding consists of Verse Laga Super Widowhood as much as needed and peanuts every
afternoon.
Three weeks previous he was 2nd Club, 13th Solent Federation from the new race point NortSur-Erdre.
Dave Waterhouse.
2nd, 3rd & 9th Open 1st, 2nd & 5th NW Section are Colin, Henry, John & Leigh Preece
(Preece Brothers & Sons) from Abertillery. What a fantastic performance put in by this
family with the wind totally against them (5 pigeons verified so far).
1st bird is a Gwasted Mottle, a two year old mottle blue roundabout cock. He has had a few
minor positions in the BICC and WSR National before today. This was his fourth channel race
of the season with his last race 300 miles with the WSR National where he was our second
bird home.
He is a Lefrabre/Dhaenen and contains all the best of our channel family. His sire is a top
stock cock being the sire of numerous top racers for us up to 600 miles and is the nest mate to
Gwasted Mon Mome our Queens Cup winning cock. The dam was lent to us by good friend
Geoff Davies, containing all the best of his old Lefrabre/Dhaenen family. She bred a number
of top birds for Geoff before he lent her to us a few years ago. Since we have had her she has
bred numerous top racers for us. She is now 13 years old and he has been unable to get her
back from us. (Thanks Geoff).
The 2nd bird is a 2 year old dark Deweerdt roundabout cock. This was his first top result as lst
year he snapped his end flight and was only lightly raced. This year he has had four channel
races, his last race was from Poitiers with the BICC some 400 miles to us where in a tough
race he was up with our leading birds.
His sire was a gift to us from Andy Gregson from his number 1 pair of Deweerdts. The Dam
was another Deweerdt gift from our good friends Geoff and Catherine Cooper, being a direct
daughter of their champion Wriggler paired to a daughter off Farm Boy. We would like to
thank both Andy and Geoff for these gifts.
Our 3rd bird is a 3 year old blue roundabout cock Gwasted Rowens Lad. He is a son of our
number 1 grizzle stock cock and to High a daughter of One Legs and winner of 2nd and 8th
National before being put to stock. Rowans Lad has won numerous prizes before, including 4th
BICC Alencon, 17th BBC Bordeaux, and 7th WSR National Bordeaux.
We would like to congratulate the winner and also our good friends Pat and John Webber on
their fantastic result of also timing on the day, being the only bird in to Wales on the day.
Preece Brothers & Sons.
Preece Brothers & Sons.
Preece Brothers & Sons.
Preece Brothers & Sons.
Winner of the NE Section and 4th Open is Tony Waite from Whitchurch with a 7 year old
blue cock timed at 06.16 hrs on Sunday morning, obviously not being too far away from home
on the day.
The pigeon is a pure Jim Biss bird from my old partnership as Biss/Waite. It was bred at the
stock lofts at Whitchurch. He had in preparation for this race 4 Purbeck’s with the Club and 2
National Flying Club channel races.
This pigeon was 1st NE Section 2nd Open in 2012 from this same Bergerac race with the
CSCFC. He is raced on widowhood semi bull system paired to 2 different hens and has 3 nest
boxes. He has been fed on Versele-Laga and Willsbridge mixtures.
Tony Waite with Grandsons Archie & Toby.
The “Japanese Sniper” is up there again. Following on from his 3rd Open Pau Classic and 2nd
Open Tarbes NFC this week Andy Parsons from Salisbury has another top performance to
add to his collection, this time 1st & 2nd SW Section 5th & 6th Open.
Firstly I would like to say well done to the winner having the only day bird. My 1st bird is
from my distance family of Cannon/Burgess birds but with a direct Deweerdt and my friend
Keith Bush's blood being 2 of the Grandparents. He was unraced as a young bird but trained
and in this year, his first of racing he has had 4 channel races up to Bergerac including NFC
Cholet and NFC Messac where he was my first bird out of 6 sent. He was sent, looking at the
first hen of his life which made him a happy boy.
My second bird has helped make this year very special, he is the bird I clocked from Pau
Classic, winning 1st Section & 3rd Open. His best positions to date are, 1st Section, 3rd Open
Pau, 2nd Section, 6th Open Bergerac and 3rd Section, 10th Open Tarbes. He was basketed for
Bergerac knowing his hen had laid her 1st egg the night before and after flying my celibate
type system for the last three and a half months.
Andy Parsons with Grand Children Charlotte & Sam.
7th & 8th Open we have last year’s winners Chris Howse & David Parsons from Devizes
also 3rd & 4th NW Section. The first bird is bred from a brother to my NFC Merit Winner and
a hen that is a daughter of Brian Sheppard’s 2nd Open International Winner. They were both
on their sixth channel race of the season. “98” was previously 6th Section last year from NFC
Messac.
My second bird was “Jalta” previously 1st Open Bergerac last year. He has flown his last race,
as he is now going in to the stock loft.
Chris Howse & David Parsons with Layla and Archie.
2nd SE Section 10th Open is a member who I wrote about in my Pau report that saying that
over the last 5 seasons he has rarely been out of the top 20 in the open from Tarbes/Pau now
he can add Bergerac to his list. I think it won’t be long and we will see his name on that 1st
Open position. Lee Patterson from Portsmouth. Firstly, let me congratulate Dave & Lisa
Waterhouse on their only pigeon on the day. A wonderful achievement.
The bird I timed is a yearling chequer white flight cock and is a cross of my old R O Jones
family and Steve Wright of House of Arden lines. He was sent sitting 4 day old eggs, having
previously been on roundabout. Earlier in the season he returned hawked and needed to be
rested up for 4 weeks. He has only been in the basket twice since, having been sent to Nortsur-Edre with the Solent Fed where he was early next morning in another tough race, and to
this Bergerac race.
Lee Patterson’s Cock Bird.
3rd SW Section 11th Open is Mike and Lin Rumbold from Dinton, near Salisbury. For
anyone who has attended the Classic dinner they will tell you that Mike is very good
entertainment value with some of the stories that he comes out with especially when teamed
up with his good friend Andy Parsons.
First of all I would like to say well done to Mr & Mrs Waterhouse on winning the race and to
Andy for topping the SW Section.
My bird is a 5 year old Hienbach x Hagen red cock and has been a very reliable pigeon for
me. This year he has been 8th Section B NFC Cholet, 36th Section B BBC Niort and now 3rd
Section Bergerac Classic. He is flown naturally and sent sitting on day eggs.
Mike Rumbold.
Next we have our third member in the South West Section, another well established name
Bryan Woods from Shaftesbury 4th SW Section 12th Open. This 5 year old Mealy cock
“Andrew” was flown on the celibate system. He is bred from a Fear Brothers cock and a Sid
& Val Miles hen. This pairing given to Bryan by Andrew Tarmas of Radstock a few years
ago. He has produced some outstanding results in the last three seasons alone. In 2012 CSCFC
Tarbes 102nd Open 26th SW Section and 10th Open 1st Section B BBC Bordeaux. 2013, 79th
Open 17th SW Section CSCFC Tarbes and 70th Open 3rd Section B BBC Bordeaux and this
season 41st Open 14th SW Section CSCFC Messac and 153rd Open 30th Section B BBC
Messac.
Bryan Woods.
Ivan Hofton (A Hofton & Son) from Gloucester was our third member in the North West
Section to time in taking 6th NW Section. Ivan races in the very strong Gloucester & District
Flying Club where competition is rife. The pigeon timed who was sent sitting 4 days has been
very consistent over the channel and is normally home within the first few pigeons every time.
Her breeding is completely long distance from a chequer white flight Stan Dangerfield hen
and a Ken Hine red cock. One of her previous performances from last year was 6th Section
275th Open Tarbes.
3rd SE Section is one of the sports real gentleman who spent many years convoying the Isle of
Wight fanciers pigeons to the relevant marking stations George Wood from Ventnor. This
pigeon has been a class pigeon for George and only 3 years old. She is a mixture of George’s
own family with other long distance blood lines. Her previous record is 81st Open 42nd Section
CSCFC Tarbes, 24th Open 9th Section CSCFC Bergerac and 81st Open 10th Section A BBC
Bordeaux in 2013 as a 2 year old and this year 20th Open 16th Section CSCFC Pau.
George Wood.
For our next members it was like waiting a long time for a bus and then two turn up as both
pigeons arrived within 5 minutes of each other. 2nd & 3rd NE Section are Brian & Linda
Dixon from Milton Under Wychwood.
My first bird, a medium size chequer hen bred from my own line of stock birds which I have
had for many years.
This hen had three previous races this year prior to Bergerac these being Exeter, Guernsey and
Messac and had flown Bordeaux in 2013. She was sitting fourteen days and paired up third
week of March with Classic Bergerac in mind.
My second bird a blue bar hen and as with the previous pigeon bred from my own family of
stock birds. The dam was 5th Section and 48th Open Tarbes in 2013. This hen was paired up
the third week of March and sent sitting eggs for twelve days. She had three races this season
prior to Bergerac these being Exeter, Carentan and Messac.
Brian Dixon and Badger.
Steve Stokes from Wantage was the third member to time in for the North East Section to
take 4th NE Section. Steve timed a 3 year old Mealy cock bird, who was sent with a 14 day
youngster, He was 78th Open 6th Section NE Section CSCFC 2013 and 2nd Club with the
Didcot and Wantage Club who also sent with the Classic.
Steve Stokes.
Convoyers Report TO FOLLOW SEPARATELY.
Telephone and website verifications which may be subject to change.
Open Mem No Flying Name
Town
Ring Number
A-A-T
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Portsmouth
Abertillery
Abertillery
Whitchurch
Salisbury
Salisbury
Devizes
Devizes
Abertillery
Portsmouth
Salisbury
Shaftesbury
Gloucester
Ventnor
Chillerton
GB11N56303
WHU12N11455
WHU12N11477
GB07N85325
GB13N46391
GB09N39878
GB12J03598
GB09N22805
WHU11N12110
GB13N41015
GB09N81613
GB09N81432
GB10N9451
GB11E34048
GB09N52579
18
7
7
6
6
6
7
7
9
6
7
7
10
6
6
SE310
NW174
NW174
NE508
SW938
SW938
NW106
NW106
NW174
SE1734
SW113
SW653
NW278
SE159
SE620
M/M D Waterhouse
Preece Bros & Son
Preece Bros & Son
A S Waite
A Parsons
A Parsons
C Howse & D Parsons
C Howse & D Parsons
Preece Bros & Son
L Patterson
M/M M & L Rumbold
B Woods
A Hofton & Son
G Wood
E Rann
55
12
42
16
1
15
0
26
49
26
45
57
28
28
53
1
35
33
45
14
0
24
59
13
40
12
7
56
13
53
Velocity
961.718
821.210
799.071
773.281
773.208
762.813
759.666
741.240
717.328
713.192
703.802
692.066
691.067
687.309
677.942
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
NE396
NE396
NW581
NE268
SE255
SE1246
NW174
NW165
SE220
NW174
NW209
SE1015
SE686
SE432
SW173
SW107
SE54
NW489
NE115
SE620
SE188
SE686
NW426
SE975
NW467
SW165
SE360
NW5
SW154
SE591
SW653
SE70
SE686
SE1363
SE50
SW110
Mr & Mrs B Dixon
Mr & Mrs B Dixon
M Rakes
S Stokes
G Matthews
I & S Smith
Preece Bros & Son
Mr & Mrs K Davey
M Skidmore
Preece Bros & Son
J Ludlam
S Waters
J & T Austin
T Leggatt
M & G & M Ayles
Mr & Mrs L Cowley
Mr & Mrs D Graham
Janet Wilcox
Mr & Mrs C Merrills
E Rann
M Moon
J & T Austin
R J Rome
S A Benham
P Holley
Corey & Roger Owers
R Pegler and Son
A Gibb
Harrison & Fournier
K Davison
B Woods
E Harris
J & T Austin
D Johnson
A J Hounsell
K Land
Milton-UnderMilton-UnderPaulton
Wantage
Fareham
Eastleigh
Abertillery
Bristol
Havant
Abertillery
Nelson
Southampton
Portsmouth
Havant
Weymouth
Grimstone
Portsmouth
Bath
Swindon
Chillerton
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Cheltenham
Portsmouth
Frome
Crewkerne
Salisbury
Gloucester
Dorchester
Southampton
Shaftesbury
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Southampton
Portsmouth
Bournemouth
GB11V17974
GB11V17954
GB12X35510
GB11S78784
GB11N49578
GB08X48274
WHU11N12105
GB10S30382
GB12A17258
WHU11N12104
WHU11T05416
GB10S32340
GB13P44931
GB12V08341
GB10N24395
GB13D34889
GB08C80111
GB09N25929
GB12V14333
GB12N21126
GB10N19773
GB13P44960
SU12S6450
GB13N45238
GB10J21783
GB12C17258
GB12N81305
GB07S68091
GB10N48422
GB11N32505
GB06N88440
GB13N44815
GB13P44924
GB11N89326
GB11V24694
GB11T06999
11
11
10
11
9
9
14
13
10
14
14
11
11
11
11
11
11
14
15
11
12
12
17
13
15
14
14
18
14
13
15
14
15
16
17
18
47
52
53
17
7
47
7
26
22
39
37
13
3
13
21
50
34
12
4
49
57
51
33
3
31
46
24
7
13
55
22
47
11
37
24
24
30
37
31
11
32
4
55
3
11
51
33
54
54
38
48
9
15
20
45
49
56
21
47
53
20
40
14
19
3
50
33
3
23
14
10
2
641.289
638.880
630.592
629.304
621.348
615.011
593.358
583.064
581.999
580.964
577.527
567.784
559.717
559.379
558.575
557.303
551.905
544.895
540.658
530.294
517.481
517.375
516.585
514.080
511.533
509.113
507.433
505.897
501.749
500.550
494.327
481.657
470.944
456.166
436.122
424.800
Pau Blue Riband Race. Flown on Friday 20th June 2014. Trophy, Prize and Nomination
Winners.
C Ret (SE321) – The Gordon Richards Trophy, The Major Buckingham Memorial Trophy, The Presidents
Blue Riband, The Truckline Ferries Trophy, SE Section Trophy, The C Lowe Trophy (longest flying bird on
winning day), £150 Ponderosa UK Stud voucher, a replica and a photograph of the winning pigeon.
P A Woods (SE176) – The Runner Up Trophy and replica.
A Sinclair (NW1098) – The NW Section Trophy and replica, Messrs Fear, Fear, Payne, Hunt and Robson
Trophy.
A Parsons (SW938) – SW Section Trophy and replica, The Mr Fry Trophy (winner of SW Section).
J Baden (NE248) – The M A Smith Trophy, NE Section Trophy and replica.
K & J Zerafa (SE315) – The Mr Bundy Trophy (1st yearling in to Hampshire).
G Wood (SE159) – The Frank Roome & Roy Reed Memorial Trophy (highest velocity onto the Isle of
Wight).
Mrs Janet Wilcox (NW489) – The Mr Wilcox Trophy (highest velocity into NE Somerset).
Harrison & Fournier (SW1549) – The W Bainton Trophy (highest velocity into Dorset).
T Leggatt (SE432) – The Hopper Brothers Shield (best 2 bird average) and The Speedbird Challenge Trophy
(best 3 bird average).
Lloyd & Kelly (NE573) – The Oxfordshire Trophy (best velocity in to Oxfordshire).
A Hofton & Son (NW278) – The C Churchill Trophy (best velocity in to Gloucestershire),
Our next race is the Stour Print Young Bird/Old Hens race and Breeder/Buyer from Guernsey
on Saturday 23rd August 2014. Marking to take place Thursday 21st August.
Classic Dinner and Presentation Saturday 25th October
In August I will be sending out tickets for the Annual Dinner to those of you that have already
paid. If you would like to order tickets, please let me know. We are limited to 150 seats so
please book early. We have a smashing weekend in Bournemouth, so why not come and let
your hair down and join us! Price per ticket is £35. Rooms can be booked at the Queens Hotel,
Meyrick Road, Bournemouth, BH1 3DL telephone 01202 554415, please mention the Classic
when booking.
Date for your diary: Annual Late Bred Sale Tuesday 23rd September at Sarisbury Social
Club, Southampton. A chance for you to pick up a nice quality pigeon for your stock loft.
More details on birds in sale to follow.
Trophies. All trophies from 2013 must be returned to me before September 13th 2014. If you
wish to bring your cleaned trophies to the young bird marking to be passed on to me you may
do so. Thank you.
Clare Norman - 023 8057 3919
Email: secretary@cscfc.com