Storrs first back from France
Published Date:
20 June 2008
EIGHT members of the Whitby Premier Invitation Club sent 60 birds to race from Clermont, France, a distance of 375 miles.
The winning pigeon took 9 hours 26 minutes.
Result: Storr bros and son 1-6-8 (1172.669, 1082.432, 992.391); A Richardson 2-7 (1170.503, 1079.682); S Mallinson and son 3-4 (1136.378, 1094.194); RW Winspear, 5 (1085.260).
* TEN members of Whitby and District North Road Homing Society sent 113 pigeons to race from Thurso.
Results: 1 Hutchinson/ McClure (995.969); 2 M Dobson (990.967); 3 A Readman and son (984.816); 4 J Douglass and son (980.982); 5-6-12 W Stewert (937.523, 930.475, 877.170); 7-9 Les Winspear (930.068, 927.393); Dave Winspear 8-11-13 (929.210, 886.458, 856.930); 10 Williamson and Mason (903.083.
* TEN members of Whitby and District North Road Homing Society sent 190 pigeons to race from Alnwick.
Results: 1-11-12 Mr and Mrs Lightfoot and son (2163.61, 2032.86, 2025.75); 2-3-5-6-7-8-9 J Douglass and son (2128.69, 2118.08, 2077.21, 2070.82, 2064.46, 2061.30, 2059.72); 4 M Dobson (2092.77); 10 W Stewert (2049.24).
The full article contains 217 words and appears in Whitby Gazette Friday newspaper.
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Last Updated:
19 June 2008 12:03 PM
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Source:
Whitby Gazette Friday
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Location:
Whitby
