“SIXTH INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE”.
ON
THE 23rd SOUTH AFRICAN MILLION DOLLAR PIGEON RACE
(THE BIGGEST & GREATEST PIGEON RACE IN THE WORLD!)
(THE RACE WITH THE PROVEN TRACK RECORD)
(THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN THE PIGEON WORLD)
DUE TO BE HELD AT
HERON BANKS GOLF & RIVER ESTATE,
SOUTH AFRICA
ON
SATURDAY 2nd FEBRUARY 2019.
ANOTHER RACE SEASON STARTS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN SUNSHINE.
RESULTS FOR
TRAINING RACE 10, TRAINING RACE 11 & HOT SPOT CAR RACE 5.
FANTASTIC RESULTS IN HOT SPOT CAR RACE 5.
THE UNITED KINGDOM TEAM WIN 11th, 23rd, 37th, 42nd, 53rd, 58th & 66th OPEN.
THE SOUTHERN IRELAND TEAM ALSO TOOK 4th, 90th, 94th, 96th & 97th OPEN.
THE UNITED KINGDOM TEAM ARE CURRENTLY HOLDING 5th, 8th, 26th, 57th & 91st POSITIONS IN THE OVERALL AVERAGES AFTER 16 RACES.
THE SOUTHERN IRELAND TEAM ARE CURRENTLY HOLDING
49th & 73rd POSITION IN THE OVERALL AVERAGES AFTER 16 RACES.
THE UNITED KINGDOM TEAM WON 22nd, 32nd, 36th & 70th POSITIONS IN THE HOT SPOT CAR RACE AVERAGES AFTER ALL THE 5 RACES.
THE SOUTHERN IRELAND TEAM WON 22nd, 32nd, 36th & 70th POSITIONS IN THE HOT SPOT CAR RACE AVERAGES AFTER ALL THE 5 RACES.
THE UNITED KINGDOM TEAM ALSO WON THE 2-BIRD AVERAGE & $2,000 (£1,600) CASH PRIZE IN HOT SPOT CAR RACE 5.
THE REMAINING PROPOSED RACE PROGRAMME IS AS FOLLOWS:- Training Race 12 on Tuesday 22nd January 2019 from 62km (39 miles), followed by Training Race 13 on Thursday 24th January 2019 from 62km (39 miles), followed by Training Race 14 on Sunday 27th January 2019 from 114km (71 miles). More short training tosses will then take place over the next few days with basketing taking place on Thursday 31st January 2019. Then the Final Race takes place from 521km (324 miles) on Saturday 2nd February 2019.
The Race Organisers (Air Sport Internationale) and all the Official Loft Staff in South Africa wish all fanciers/entrants/syndicates and competitors from literally all over the world the best of luck during the forthcoming 2018/19 race series.
LIVESTREAM was up and running for TRAINING RACE 10, which took place on Tuesday 15th January 2019 and the 2,521 pigeons were liberated all together at 07.15 from Koppies 62km (39 miles) in fine and cool conditions with a light head wind, with a temperature of 23c (74f) and a good steady race was anticipated. As the day progressed the temperature would rise 31c (90f) by 10.00 and at midday it would rise to 36c (100f) and then rising to 38c (104f) by 15.00. This total was made up by 1,948 International pigeons, which included 140 pigeons from the United Kingdom and 59 pigeons from Southern Ireland, plus 573 pigeons from the host country South Africa. The Hold-Back List showed 29 pigeons and this included 3 from the United Kingdom and 1 from Southern Ireland.
I logged on bright and early to watch the pigeons return to the race loft and it was a beautiful morning in South Africa and all of all of a sudden a big gang of about 60 pigeons approached the loft bang on line at 08.03 a bit earlier than expected and swung round the loft and were then immediately joined by numerous much bigger groups, they all landed and then started to trap and as usual it was the first through the traps was the winner. Within a few minutes literally hundreds had returned home and all looked good for excellent race and good returns.
CONGRATULATIONS for winning 1st OPEN goes to TEAM KRUEGER – KLAAS from GERMANY with pigeon named SELLAOMI bred by HARDY KRUEGER, which was officially clocked at 08.03.39.94 to record a winning velocity of 1410ypm (1273.98m/m), (21.233m/s) or 48 mph, this same pigeon has been flying very well and already won 2nd, 81st, 59th, 84th, 84th and now 1st OPEN. 2nd Sauer-Wang from Germany, 3rd Mayer Vom Kreuttal from Austria, 4th John Leggio from United States Of America, 5th Soud Al-Braiky from Kuwait, 6th Nabeel Albaker from Kuwait, 7th Ali Mutlaq Al-Maiea from Kuwait, 8th Loft Al-Baker from Kuwait, 9th Team Brandy from Germany, 10th Sunshine Loft 2 from United States Of America, 11th Casselmann – Seitz from Germany, 12th Rune Rasmussen from Denmark, 13th Team Islwyn from United Kingdom, 14th Ali Barrak Albadhani from Kuwait, 15th Al Khaleej Loft from Kuwait, 16th Ahmed Al Malki from Qatar, 17th Ahmed Mohamed Fahmy from Egypt, 18th Filipi Team from Czech Republic, 19th Dr Mildner – Riemekasten from Germany and 20th Rainer+Raiko+Lilly Marien from Germany. The top twenty in this result were separated by just 06.56 seconds and had a total of 9 different countries represented and a total of 15 different countries in the top 50, with 50th being 23.79 seconds away from the actual race winner. A total of 500 pigeons were officially clocked by 08.06, then 1,000 by 08.07 and 1,500 by 08.08 and then 2,000 recorded by 08.10, then 2,500 by 09.28 and finally 2,505 by 16.17 and this total included 139 pigeons from the United Kingdom and 59 pigeons from Southern Ireland. This meant that just 16 pigeons were still missing.
GLOBAL NOMINATIONS for TRAINING RACE 10 amounted to US$3,655.00c (approx. £2,924) and had a total of 150 pigeons entered which included 5 from the United Kingdom and none from Southern Ireland and there were a total of 427 Nominations. There were no United Kingdom or Southern Ireland winners. WELL DONE TO ALL THE WINNERS.
CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 13th OPEN went to the TEAM ISLWYN with pigeon named ROSA which was bred by ROBERT JONES from PORT TALBOT, which was officially clocked at 08.03.44.34, just 04.40 seconds after the actual race winner. This pigeon has been flying well and has taken quite a few prominent Open positions and it is currently holding 2nd UK, 3rrd OPEN in The Overall Averages. Taking 2nd UK, 25th Open Guys Loft with pigeon bred by Tony Guy from Wolverhampton, 3rd UK, 67th Open Dyserth + Backpath Lofts with pigeon bred by Mark Williams from Prestatyn, 4th UK, 80th Open Obelisk Syndicate with pigeon bred by Derek Nicholls from Barry and entered by Clive Barrett from Taunton, 5th UK, 86th Open Berkshire Boys, 6th UK, 101st Open John Cooper with pigeon bred by John Cooper from Pontypridd, 7th UK, 107th Open Bet-Right Lofts with pigeon bred by M Betts and enter by Jerry Wright from Lutterworth, 8th UK, 108th Open Zandys Dream Team with pigeon bred by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet, 9th UK, 131st Open Millys Loft with pigeon bred by Michael Mellor from Crewe, 10th UK, 136th Open another for the Berkshire Boys, 11th UK, 137th Open Fosters Sons & Daughter with pigeon bred by Miles Foster & Sons from Liss, 12th UK, 173rd Open another for Millys Loft with a second pigeon bred by Michael Mellor from Crewe, 13th UK, 187th Open Paul Smith Syndicate with pigeon bred by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet, 14th UK, 246th Open Tim Atkin with pigeon bred by Tim Atkin from Rugby, 15th UK, 249th Open Chris Turner with pigeon bred by Chris Turner & Debbie Neale from Coventry, this pigeon is currently holding 1st UK Country Challenge Averages, 1st UK, 1st OPEN Overall Averages and 1st UK, 1st OPEN Hot Spot Car Race Averages, 16th UK, 276th Open Team Lincs with pigeon bred by Paul & Tracey Stacey from Sleaford, 17th UK, 285th Open another for Paul Smith Syndicate with a pigeon bred by Kevin Hibbert from Rotherham, 18th UK, 311th Open Mr & Mrs Andy Mabin with pigeon bred by this partnership from Totnes, 19th UK, 313th Open Nigel Templar with pigeon bred by Nigel Templar from Bristol and then 20th UK, 329th Open Planet Brothers with pigeon bred by Gary & John Squibb from Romford. A total of 50 pigeons being officially clocked by 08.06, then 100 by 08.08 and then 137 by 08.32 and 139 by 16.17, leaving just 3 pigeons to return to the race loft.
UNITED KINGDOM COUNTRY/REGIONAL NOMINATIONS for TRAINING RACE 10. There were no entries.
UNITED KINGDOM COUNTRY CHALLENGE AVERAGES has a total of 73 pigeons entered and after 14 races holding 1st CHRIS TURNER with pigeon named PEBBLES bred by CHRIS TURNER & DEBBIE NEALE from COVENTRY with a combined flying time of 19.43.09.61 holding onto same position as previous race,
2nd BERKSHIRE BOYS with pigeon named JAMIES GIRL with a combined flying time of 20.54.38.35 holding onto the same position as the previous race and 3rd MILLYS LOFT with pigeon named CATCH ME IF YOU CAN bred by MICHAEL MELLOR from CREWE with a combined flying time of 21.04.42.88 holding onto same position as the previous race.
CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st SOUTHERN IRELAND, 109th OPEN went to GERRY McCOURT with pigeon named ADAMS CHOICE, bred by GERRY McCOURT which was officially clocked at 08.04.15.70, just 35.76 seconds after the actual race winner. This pigeon has now won 3 x 1st Southern Ireland. Taking 2nd Ireland, 129th Open Kallmeyer & Partners with pigeon bred by HDA Kallmeyer,
3rd Ireland, 138th Open Donnelly & Kirkwood with pigeon bred by Karl Donnelly,
4th Ireland, 141st Open Maurice O’Donnell with pigeon bred by Maurice O’Donnell,
5th Ireland, 236th Open another for Kallmeyer & Partners with a second pigeon bred by HDA Kallmeyer and then 6th Ireland, 301st Open Moran & Bowden with pigeon bred by Andy Moran. A total of 50 pigeons being officially clocked by 08.09, then 59 by 08.14, leaving no pigeons to return to the race loft.
SOUTHERN IRELAND COUNTRY/REGIONAL NOMINATIONS in TRAINING RACE 10. There were no entries.
SOUTHERN IRELAND COUNTRY CHALLENGE AVERAGES has a total of just 8 pigeons entered and after 14 races holding 1st PHILIP & MARK SMITH with pigeon named FLORANCE bred by this partnership with a combined flying time of 21.49.31.72 holding onto the same position as the previous race, 2nd PHILIP & MARK SMITH with pigeon named RHYS and bred by this partnership with a combined flying time of 23.39.44.97 holding onto the same position as the previous race and then 3rd PAT MAHER with pigeon named MIGHTY MOUSE bred by PAT MAHER with a combined flying time of 28.25.06.56 holding onto the same position as the previous race.
THE OVERALL AVERAGES are now up and running and after 14 races stands as follows:- 1st OPEN goes to CHRIS TURNER from UNITED KINGDOM with pigeon named PEBBLES bred by CHRIS TURNER & DEBBIE NEALE from COVENTRY, with a combined flying time of 19.43.09.61 holding onto the same place from the last race. 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 1st OPEN is mentioned above. 2nd UNITED KINGDOM, 3rd OPEN goes to TEAM ISLWYN with pigeon named ROSA bred by ROBERT JONES from PORT TALBOT with a combined flying time of 19.53.06.23 holding onto same position as the previous race. 1st SOUTHERN IRELAND, 16th OPEN goes to MORAN & BOWDEN with pigeon named BIG ROBERTO bred by ANDY MORAN with a combined flying time of 20.10.31.33 up 2 positions as the previous race. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THESE FANCIERS.
A full Loft List was published on the SAMDPR website on Wednesday 16th January 2019 and it showed 2,583 pigeons in the race loft and that total included 1,996 International pigeons which included 144 United Kingdom pigeons and 61 Southern Ireland pigeons, plus 587 pigeons from the host country South Africa.
LIVESTREAM was up and running for TRAINING RACE 11, which took place on
Thursday 17th January 2019 and the 2,576 pigeons were liberated all together at
07.15 from Koppies 62km (39 miles) in fine and warm conditions with a strong head wind, with a temperature of 20c (68f) and a good steady race was anticipated.
By 10.00 the temperature was already 30c (88f) and once again as the day progressed the temperature would rise to 36c (100f) by 14.00. This total was made up of 1,991 International pigeons, which included 143 pigeons from the United Kingdom and 61 pigeons from Southern Ireland, plus 585 from the host country South Africa. The Hold-Back list only showed 16 pigeons and this included 2 pigeons from the United Kingdom and none from Southern Ireland.
Once again I was up bright and early to watch the pigeons return to the race loft and it was another beautiful morning in South Africa and an ideal racing day and I predicted the first arrival about 08.10 and then all of a sudden bang on line a gang of about 200 pigeons approached the race loft bang on line, swung round a couple of times and then they hit the trapping area and within a few minutes literally hundreds of pigeons had been officially recorded.
CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st OPEN goes to LOFT AL-BAKER from KUWAIT with pigeon named ALZAYED 2 bred by LOFT A-BAKER, which was officially clocked at 08.07.59.63 to record a winning velocity of 1295ypm (1169.94m/m), (19.499m/s) or 44mph. This pigeon had previously won 1st OPEN TR01, 123rd OPEN TR3, 153rd OPEN TR4, 19th OPEN TR09, 8th OPEN TR10 and now 1st OPEN TR11 seems to just love this 62km race distance. Taking 2nd Holts Loft from United States Of America, 3rd Du Preez – Deetlefs from South Africa, 4th Robert Darr – Donald Bicknell from United States Of America, 5th Grande Loft from United States Of America, 6th Ali Barrak Albadhani from Kuwait, this pigeon has won 2 x 1sts, 14th and now 6th OPEN, 7th Hussain Alowda from Kuwait, 8th Adbullah Al-Heraan from Kuwait, 9th Sandstorm Brothers Loft from United States Of America, 10th Team Didden – Cipriani from Belgium, 11th Dutch Quarantine & Vet Service from Netherlands, 12th Team Meteor from Netherlands, 13th Mayer Vom Kreuttal from Austria, 14th Team Pulverturm from Germany, 15th Bader Zaben from Kuwait, 16th G De Neker + J Gomes from South Africa, 17th TNT Lofts from South Africa, 18th Mohamed Salem Al-Mansoori from United Arab Emirates,
19th Al Khaleej Loft from Kuwait and 20th H+C Thorpe – McMorrow from Southern Ireland. The top twenty in this result were separated by just 09.38 seconds and had a total of 9 different countries represented and a total of 17 different countries represented in the top 50, with 50th being 14.28 seconds away from the actual race winner. A total of 1,000 pigeons were officially clocked up to 08.11, then 2,000 by 08.13, then 2,500 by 08.25 and 2,534 then by 09.33 then finally 2,540 by 17.10. This left only 42 to return to the race loft.
GLOBAL NOMINATIONS for TRAINING RACE 11 amounted to US$3,001.35c (approx. £2,401) and had a total of 111 pigeons entered which included 5 from the United Kingdom and 1 from Southern Ireland and there were 357 Nominations. There was no United Kingdom or Southern Ireland winners. WELL DONE TO ALL THE WINNERS.
CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 26th OPEN went to FOSTER SONS & DAUGHTER with pigeon named VET EM which was bred by MILES FOSTER SONS & DAUGHTER from LISS, which was officially clocked at 08.08.09.98 just 14.35 seconds after the actual race winner. This pigeon has won 9th, 103rd, 48th, 137th and now 26th OPEN. Taking 2nd UK, 89th Open Scotlands Own Syndicate with pigeon bred by Sean Trodden and entered by Barry Kinnear from Edinburgh, 3rd UK, 104th Open Millys Loft with pigeon bred by Michael Mellor from Crewe, 4th UK, 108th Open Team Lincs with pigeon bred by Paul & Tracey Stacey from Sleaford, 5th UK, 139th Open Guys Loft with pigeon bred by Tony Guy from Wolverhampton, 6th UK, 165th Open Bet-Right Lofts with pigeon bred by M Betts and entered by Jerry Wright from Lutterworth, 7th UK, 189th Open Paul Smith Syndicate with pigeon bred by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet, 8th UK, 194th Open Brian Clayburn with pigeon bred by Brian Clayburn from Ackworth, 9th UK, 240th Open Planet Brothers with pigeon bred by Gary & John Squibb from Romford, 10th UK, 253rd Open another for Paul Smith Syndicate with pigeon bred by Kevin Hibbert from Rotherham, 11th UK, 276th Open Zandys Dream Team with pigeon bred by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet, 12th UK, 319th Open another for Zandys Dream Team with a second pigeon bred by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet, 13th UK, 320th Open Team Ettrick with pigeon bred by Bobby Dalziel from Selkirk, 14th UK, 348th Open Viking Loft Jackson Mob with pigeon bred by James Jackson from Widnes,
15th UK, 350th Open another for Millys Loft with a second pigeon bred by Michael Mellor from Crewe, 16th UK, 353rd Open another for Planet Brothers with a second pigeon bred by Gary & John Squibb from Romford, 17th UK, 380th Open Mr & Mrs Andy Mabin with a second pigeon bred by partnership from Totnes, 18th UK, 406th Open Team Fev Flyers with pigeon bred by Stephen Bannister from Wetherby, 19th UK, 412th Open Chris Turner with pigeon bred by Chris Turner & Debbie Neale from Coventry, this great pigeon Pebbles is currently holding onto 1st UK, 1st OPEN in the OVERALL AVERAGES and also 1st UK COUNTRY CHALLENGE AVERAGES and 20th UK, 417th Open Nigel Templar with pigeon bred by Nigel Templar from Bristol. A total of 50 United Kingdom pigeons were officially clocked by 08.11, then 100 by 08.13 and then 137 by 08.23, then 139 by 08.28 and finally 139 by 17.10, leaving just 5 to return to the race loft.
UNITED KINGDOM COUNTRY/REGIONAL NOMINATIONS for TRAINING RACE 11. There were no entries.
UNITED KINGDOM COUNTRY CHALLENGE AVERAGES has a total of 73 pigeons entered and after 15 races holding 1st CHRIS TURNER with pigeon named PEBBLES bred by CHRIS TURNER & DEBBIE NEALE from COVENTRY with a combined flying time of 20.37.48.86 holding onto same position as previous race,
2nd BERKSHIRE BOYS with pigeon named JAMIES GIRL with a combined flying time of 21.50.21.88 holding onto the same position as the previous race and 3rd MIILYS LOFT with pigeon named CATCH ME IF YOU CAN bred by MICHAEL MELLOR from CREWE with a combined flying time of 22.00.46.64 holding onto the same position as the previous race. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THESE WINNERS.
CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st SOUTHERN IRELAND, 20th OPEN went to H+C THORPE – McMORROW with pigeon named TAYLOR bred by this partnership, which was officially clocked at 08.08.09.01 just 09.38 seconds behind the actual race winner. Taking 2nd Ireland, 56th Open Gerry McCourt with pigeon bred by Gerry McCourt, this pigeon had already won 3 x 1st Southern Ireland, 3rd Ireland, 82nd Open Jos Reilly – Team Ireland with pigeon bred by Jos Reilly, 4th Ireland, 198th Open another for H+C Thorpe – McMorrow with a second pigeon bred by this partnership, 5th Ireland, 248th Open Sean Donnelly with pigeon bred by Karl Donnelly and 6th Ireland, 282nd Open Moran & Bowden with pigeon bred by Andy Moran. A total of 50 Southern Ireland pigeons were officially clocked by 08.13, then 58 by 08.17 and 59 by 08.37, then still 59 by 17.10, leaving just 2 to return to the race loft.
SOUTHERN IRELAND COUNTRY/REGIONAL NOMINATIONS for TRAINING RACE 11 had no pigeons entered.
SOUTHERN IRELAND COUNTRY CHALLENGE AVERAGES has a total of just 8 pigeons entered and after 15 races holding 1st PHILIP & MARK SMITH with pigeon named FLORANCE bred by this partnership with a combined flying time of 22.46.20.39 holding onto the same position as the previous race, 2nd PHILIP & MARK SMITH with pigeon named RHYS and bred by this partnership with a combined flying time of 24.37.36.92 holding onto the same position as the previous race and the 3rd PAT MAHER with pigeon named MIGHTY MOUSE bred by PAT MAHER with a combined flying time of 29.20.38.41 holding onto the same position as the previous race. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THESE WINNERS.
THE OVERALL AVERAGES are now up and running and after 15 races stands as follows:- 1st OPEN goes to CHRIS TURNER from UNITED KINGDOM with pigeon named PEBBLES bred by CHRIS TURNER & DEBBIE NEALE from COVENTRY, with a combined flying time of 20.37.48.86 holding onto same position from the last race. 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 1st OPEN is mention above. 2nd UNITED KINGDOM, 3rd OPEN goes to TEAM ISLWYN with pigeon named ROSA bred by ROBERT JONES from PORT TALBOT, with a combine flying time of 20.48.32.61 holding onto same position from the last race. 1st SOUTHERN IRELAND, 15th OPEN goes to MORAN & BOWDEN with pigeon named BIG ROBERTO bred by ANDY MORAN with a combined flying time of 21.05.15.99 up 1 positions from the last race. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THESE FANCIERS.
LIVESTREAM was up and running for HOT SPOT CAR RACE 5, which took place on Saturday 19th January 2019 and the 2,533 pigeons were liberated all together nice and early at 06.00 from VERKEERDERLE 264km (164 miles) in fine and cool conditions with a light moderate tail wind, with a temperature of 19c (66f) and a fast race was anticipated. As the day progressed the temperature would rise to 34c (96f). This total was made up of 1,953 International pigeons, which included 139 pigeons from the United Kingdom and 60 pigeons from Southern Ireland, plus 580 pigeons from the host country South Africa. The Hold-Back List showed 31 pigeons and this included 6 from the United Kingdom and none from Southern Ireland.
Once again I was up bright and early in Blackpool as I was there for our National Trade Show. I just love to watch the pigeons return to the race loft and it was another beautiful morning in South Africa and an ideal racing day and I knew it would be a fast race after looking at the weather forecast the night before. I thought the winners would do about 70mph because they had quite a strong tail wind. Then all of a sudden at 08.03 a gang of about 50 pigeons approached the race loft bang on line, swung round a couple of times and then they hit the trapping area and within a few minutes literally hundreds of pigeons had been officially recorded.
CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st OPEN goes to H+S+J GOEBEL from GERMANY with pigeon named ROTE HEXE bred by this partnership, which was officially clocked at 08.03.00.90 to record a winning velocity of 2,346ypm (2146.08m/m), (35.768m/s) or 80mph. This is the fastest winning velocity ever recorded in the 23 year history since the SCMDPR or SAMDPR has been running. Taking 2nd Dhiab Al-Jwaisri from Kuwait, 3rd Maria+Hubert Bramkamp from Germany, 4th Curtin Brothers from Southern Ireland, 5th Johannes Rimmele from Germany, 6th Aclo Racing from United States Of America, 7th Piot Pepel i Leoni 666 from Poland, 8th Urszula + Krzysztof Mazepa from Poland, 9th David Trunnell Lofts from United States Of America, 10th G De Becker + J Gomes from South Africa, 11th Berkshire Boys from United Kingdom, 12th Samual Lofts from South Africa, 13th FW Munnik from South Africa, 14th Mohamed Assad from Kuwait, 15th Senekal Duiwe Klub from South Africa, 16th Team Die Zemsdorfer from Germany, 17th Jian Zhang from China, 18th Las Vladimir from Slovakia, 19th Club KOSH from South Africa
and 20th Rudolf Struzyna from Germany. The top twenty in this result were separated by just 26.68 seconds and had a total of 9 different countries represented and a total of 11 different countries represented in the top 50, with 50th being 1 minute 02.10 seconds away from the actual race winner. A total of 1,000 pigeons were officially clocked up to 08.15, 1,500 by 08.34, then 2,000 by 08.59, the 2,416 by 09.11. A further 42 were clocked on Sunday at 16.23 taking the total up to 2,458 pigeons and this total included 133 pigeons from United Kingdom and 59 pigeons from Southern Ireland, leaving 75 pigeons to return to the race loft.
The Basket List for TRAINING RACE 12 showed 2,494 pigeons were still in the race loft.
THE NEW MOTOR CAR WINNER FOR HOT SPOT CAR RACE 5 was won by the 1st OPEN winner H+S+J GOEBEL from GERMANY with pigeon named ROTE HEXE bred by this partnership. CONGRATULATIONS on winning the fifth New Motor Car of the 2018/19 race series and what a great New Year Present.
THE 19 x US$1,100 CASH PRIZES IN HOT SPOT CAR RACE 4 were won as follows:- By the pigeons that took 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd & 23rd OPEN. All these were ACTIVATED and won the US$1,100 Cash Prizes. This meant that 3 pigeons in the top 20 were NOT-ACTVATED, so those in 7th, 13th & 17th gave their winnings away to pigeons lower down in the race result. Once again showing that you should ACTIVATE your pigeon/s before HSCR1. WELL DONE TO ALL THE WINNERS.
2-BIRD AVERAGE WINNER & US$2,000 (£1,600) was 1st PAUL SMITH SYNDICATE (TEAM 4) from UNITED KINGDOM with their pigeons named STANSTED FORTUNE (42nd OPEN) and STANSTED MYSTERY (53rd OPEN) both bred by DAVE STONE from BELPER with a combined velocity of 70.867m/s, these two pigeons are nestmates. 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 1st OPEN was PAUL SMITH SYNDICATE as mentioned above. 1st SOUTHERN IRELAND, 4th OPEN was MAURICE O’DONNELL (TEAM 3) with pigeons named LIADAIN 8 and LIADAIN 7 both bred by MAURICE O’DONNELL with a combined velocity of 70.335m/s. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THESE WINNERS.
3-BIRD AVERAGE WINNER & US$3,000 (£2,400) was 1st FW MUNNIK (TEAM 2) with pigeons named SAP BEST, BLACK JNR 1 and BLACK 2 all bred by FW MUNNIK with a combined velocity of 103.379m/s. 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 55th OPEN was MILLYS LOFT (TEAM 8) with pigeons named DUNDEES SECRET WEAPON, OUR DEAR QUEEN and JIGGAS DUNDEE all bred by MICHAEL MELLOR from CREWE with a combined velocity of 89.799m/s. 1st SOUTHERN IRELAND, 7th OPEN was MAURICE O’DONNELL (TEAM 3) with pigeons named LIADAIN 8, LIADAIN 7 and LIADAIN 5 all bred by MAURICE O’DONNELL with a combined velocity of 100.773m/s. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THESE WINNERS.
THE HOT SPOT CAR RACE OVERALL AVERAGES has a US$5,000 (£4,000) Cash Prize for the best pigeon after the 5 x Hot Spot Car Races was won by MARZOOQ AL-ASFAR from KUWAIT with pigeon named AL-ASFAR 66 bred by MARZOOQ AL-ASFAR with a combined flying time of 12.22.31.43 up 9 places from HSCR4. Performances for this outstanding pigeon were 179th HSCR1, 43rd HSCR2, 419th HSCR3, 57th HSCR4 and now 179th HSCR5. Taking 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 22nd OPEN is CHRIS TURNER with pigeon named PEBBLES bred by CHRIS TURNER & DEBBIE NEALE from COVENTRY with a combined flying time of 12.43.20.74 down 21 places from HSCR4. Taking 1st SOUTHERN IRELAND, 60th OPEN is MAURICE O’DONNELL with pigeon named LIADAIN 9 bred by MAURICE O’DONNELL with a combined flying time of 12.57.45.20 up 101 places from HSCR4. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THESE WINNERS.
GLOBAL NOMINATIONS for HOT SPOT CAR RACE 5 amounted to US$24,594.75c (approx. £19,676) and had a total of 458 pigeons entered which included 20 from the United Kingdom and 4 from Southern Ireland and there were 1,792 Nominations. There were no United Kingdom or Southern Ireland winners. WELL DONE TO ALL THE WINNERS.
THE KNOCKOUT COMPETITION offers a US$25,000 (£20,000) First Prize and only fully paid up pigeon before basketing of Hot Spot Car Race 1 are eligible to compete for this great cash prize. This fantastic competition offers the following conditions and one lucky winner will walk away with “THE POT OF GOLD” after the Final Race. These rules are as follows:- This competition will take place over the last four Hot Spot Car Races and the Final Race, if however any Hot Spot Car Race are cancelled the race committee can use a Training Race to replace any Hot Spot Car Race. As usual this competition is very well supported and this year was no exception as there was a total of 2,208 pigeons entered, which was made up of 1,839 International pigeons, which included 156 from the United Kingdom and 43 from Ireland, plus 369 pigeons from South Africa. KNOCKOUT ROUND 1 took place on HOT SPOT CAR RACE 2 on Friday 28th December 2018 and 1,436 (65%) of the entered pigeons will move forward to the next round and this total contained 96 pigeons from the United Kingdom and 27 pigeons from Southern Ireland. KNOCKOUT ROUND 2 took place on HOT SPOT CAR RACE 3 on Sunday 6th January 2019 and 790 (55%) of the entered pigeons will move forward to the next round and this total contained 54 pigeons from the United Kingdom and 16 pigeons from Southern Ireland. KNOCKOUT ROUND 3 took place on HOT SPOT CAR RACE 4 on Saturday 12th January 2019 and 277 (35%) of the entered pigeons will move forward to the next round and this total contained 16 pigeons from the United Kingdom and 3 pigeons from Southern Ireland. KNOCKOUT ROUND 4 took place on HOT SPOT CAR RACE 5 on Saturday 19th January 2019 and 56 (20%) of the entered pigeons will move forward to the next round and this total contained just 2 pigeons from the United Kingdom and no pigeons from Southern Ireland. Then KNOCKOUT ROUND 5 will take place on THE FINAL RACE on SATURDAY 2nd FEBRUARY 2019 and just 56 top class pigeons will be competing and the first pigeon clocked of these remaining 56 KNOCKOUT PIGEONS will walk away this coveted First Prize of US$25,000 (£20,000). THIS REALLY IS A GREAT INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION THAT CREATES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INTEREST AND EXCITEMENT THROUGHOUT THE RACE SERIES. GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE PIGEONS IN THE NEXT ROUND.
CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 11th OPEN went to BERKSHIRE BOYS with pigeon named JAMPOT, which was officially clocked at 08.03.21.24 just 19.69 seconds after the actual race winner. Taking 2nd UK, 23rd Open Millys Loft with pigeon bred by Michael Mellor from Crewe, 3rd UK, 37th Open Taffy T Syndicate with pigeon bred by Taffy Thomas from Newmarket, 4th UK, 42nd Open Paul Smith Syndicate with pigeon bred by Dave Stone from Belper, 5th UK, 53rd Open another for Paul Smith Syndicate with a second pigeon bred by Dave Stone from Belper, the previous two pigeons clocked are nestmates, 6th UK, 58th Open Scotlands Own Syndicate with pigeon bred Barry Kinnear from Edinburgh, 7th UK, 66th Open Brian Clayburn with pigeon bred by Brian Clayburn from Ackworth, 8th UK, 136th Open Dyserth & Backpath Lofts with pigeon bred by Mark Williams from Prestatyn, 9th UK, 166th Open Tim Atkin with pigeon bred by Tim Atkin from Rugby, 10th UK, 178th Open another for Millys Loft with a second pigeon bred by Michael Mellor from Crewe, 11th UK, 217th Open another for Millys Loft with a third pigeon bred by Michael Mellor from Crewe, 12th UK, 218th Open Team Lincs with a pigeon bred by Paul & Tracey Stacey from Sleaford, 13th UK, 302nd Open John Cooper with a pigeon bred by John Cooper from Pontypridd, 14th UK, 328th Open Tadt T with pigeon bred by Crossley & Truszkowski from Melton Mowbray 15th UK, 334th Open another for Paul Smith Syndicate with a third pigeon bred by Dave Stone from Belper, 16th UK, 370th Open Alistair Hogg with pigeon bred by Alistair Hogg from Winchburg, 17th UK, 375th Open Berkshire Boys, 18th UK, 399th Open Zandys Dream Team with pigeon bred by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet, 19th UK, 405th Open another for Zandys Dream Team with a second pigeon bred by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and 20th UK, 430th Open another for Dyserth & Backpath Lofts with a second pigeon bred by Mark Williams from Prestatyn. A total of 50 United Kingdom pigeons were officially clocked by 08.15, then 100 by 09.02 and then 127 by 15.42. By nightfall on Sunday another 3 UK pigeons had returned, making the total up to 130, leaving 9 still to return to the race loft.
UNITED KINGDOM COUNTRY/REGIONAL NOMINATIONS for HOT SPOT CAR RACE 5. There were no pigeons entered.
UNITED KINGDOM COUNTRY CHALLENGE AVERAGES has a total of 73 pigeons entered and has 3 cash prizes and these were won as follows:- 1st US$2,680 (£2,144) BERKSHIRE BOYS with pigeon named JAMPOT with flying velocity of 35.67m/s, 2nd US$1,608 (£1,286) MILLYS LOFT with pigeon named DUNDEE BABE bred by MICHAEL MELLOR from CREWE with a flying velocity of 35.634m/s and 3rd US$1,072 (£858) PAUL SMITH SYNDICATE with pigeon named STANSTED FORTUNE bred by DAVE STONE from BELPER with a flying velocity of 35.545m/s. WELL DONE TO ALL THESE WINNERS.
UNITED KINGDOM COUNTRY CHALLENGE AVERAGES has a total of 73 pigeons entered and after 16 races holding 1st CHRIS TURNER with pigeon named PEBBLES bred by CHRIS TURNER & DEBBIE NEALE from COVENTRY with a combined flying time of 23.11.47.03 holding onto the same position as previous race, 2nd BERKSHIRE BOYS with pigeon named JAMIES GIRL with a combined flying time of 24.24.07.69 holding onto the same position as the previous race and 3rd MILLYS LOFT with pigeon named CATCH ME IF YOU CAN bred by MICHAEL MELLOR from CREWE with a combined flying time of 24.33.57.85 holding onto the same position the previous race.
CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st SOUTHERN IRELAND, 4th OPEN went to CURTIN BROTHERS with pigeon named GRUNTEN bred by this partnership, which was officially clocked at 08.03.07.83, just 06.93 seconds behind the actual race winner. Taking 2nd Ireland, 90th Open Moran & Bowden with pigeon bred by Andy Moran, 3rd Ireland, 94th Open Maurice O’Donnell with pigeon bred by Maurice O’Donnell, 4th Ireland, 96th Open Kallmeyer & Partners with pigeon bred by HDA Kallmeyer, 5th Ireland, 97th Open another for Maurice O’Donnell with a second pigeon bred by Maurice O’Donnell and 6th Ireland, 170th Open another for Maurice O’Donnell with a third pigeon bred by Maurice O’Donnell. A total of 50 Southern Ireland pigeons were officially clocked by 10.20, then 59 by 18.00. None returned during Sunday making 59 home, leaving just 1 still to return to the race loft.
SOUTHERN IRELAND COUNTRY/REGIONAL NOMINATIONS for HOT SPOT CAR RACE 5. There were no entries.
SOUTHERN IRELAND COUNTRY CHALLENGE AVERAGES has a total of just 8 pigeons entered and the winners were as follows:- 1st and US$405 (£324) PHILIP & MARK SMITH with pigeon named RHYS bred by this partnership with a flying velocity of 34.985m/s, 2nd and US$243 (£195) GERRY McCOURT with pigeon named ADAMS CHOICE bred by GERRY McCOURT with a flying velocity of 34.414m/s and then 3rd and US$162 (£130) MAURICE O’DONNELL with a pigeon named LIADAIN 5 bred by MAURICE O’DONNELL with a flying velocity of 30.438m/s. WELL DONE TO THE WINNERS.
SOUTHERN IRELAND COUNTRY CHALLENGE AVERAGES has a total of just 8 pigeons entered and after 16 races holding 1st PHILIP & MARK SMITH with pigeon name RHYS bred by this partnership with a combined flying time of 26.43.23.09 up 1 position from the previous race, 2nd PHILIP & MARK SMITH with pigeon named FLORANCE and bred by this partnership with a combined flying time of 27.07.36.16 down 1 position from the previous race and the 3rd PAT MAHER with pigeon named MIGHTY MOUSE bred by PAT MAHER with a combined flying time of 32.03.12.94 holding onto the same position as the previous race.
THE OVERALL AVERAGES are now up and running and after 16 races stands as follows:- 1st OPEN goes to MOHAMED ASSAD from KUWAIT with pigeon named ROLEX bred by MOHAMED ASSAD, with a combined flying time of 23.01.46.69 up 8 places from the last race. 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 5th OPEN goes to CHRIS TURNER with pigeon named PEBBLES bred by CHRIS TURNER & DEBBIE NEALE from COVENTRY, with a combined flying time of 23.11.47.03 down 4 places from the last race. 1st SOUTHERN IRELAND, 119th OPEN goes to H+C THORPE – McMORROW with pigeon named BILLYS GIRL bred by this partnership with a combined flying time of 23.58.48.61 up 42 places from the last race. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THESE FANCIERS.
We now move on to TRAINING RACE 12, TRAINING RACE 13 and TRAINING RACE 14 all during the last few days of January 2019.
Numerous “Loft Reports”, “Updates”, “Photographs” and “Videos” have been placed on the informative SAMDPR website for all to see and these are all available now on the dedicated website www.samdpr.com
GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU AND THANKS AGAIN TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, I CAN ASSURE YOU IT REALLY IS GREATLY APPRECIATED BY ME AND OF COURSE THE RACE ORGANISERS.
Although the race is now named THE SOUTH AFRICAN MILLION DOLLAR PIGEON RACE, the total to be paid out in cash and prizes in the 2018/19 race series exceeds US$2.2 Million American Dollars or approximately £1.76 Million Pounds Sterling. No other one-loft race in the world today can boast of such massive pay outs and this race is now in its twenty second year and has for the last twenty-one years paid out all of its projected prize money, that is why its reputation of this great race has increased, plus it has already paid out in the last twenty one races, prize money in excess of US$38 Million American Dollars (£26 Million Pounds Sterling), which is a remarkable achievement in itself in one loft racing and one that the race organisers are very proud of. It should also be mentioned that the Prize Money and Awards in THE 23rd SOUTH AFRICAN MILLION DOLLAR PIGEON RACE will be the same as paid out for THE 22nd SAMDPR.
As mentioned earlier only races of 50km (approx. 31 miles) will count towards The 23rd South African Million Dollar Overall ACE PIGEON Averages, which has a total of three superb cash prizes of US$10,000 (approx. £7,692), US$5,000 (approx. £3,846) and US$2,500 (approx. £1,923) for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in this category after The Final Race has been completed.
NOMINATION RACES will be held and officially start on TRAINING RACE 1, plus the HOT SPOT CAR RACES 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and of course the FINAL RACE. See SAMDPR Web Site for full details. All these races will have US$1, US$2, US$5, US$10, US$20, US$50 & US$100 COUNTRY/REGIONAL and US$1, US$2, US$5, US$10, US$20, US$50 & US$100 GLOBAL NOMINATIONS which can be placed on THE SOUTH AFRICAN MILLION DOLLAR Web Site. If you wish to enter any of these NOMINATIONS, you will have to have credit in your ASI Master Account. If you do not have any credit in your own personal Air Sport Account then please forward funds to your Country Race Co-ordinator/Shipper so that this can then be transferred to your Master Account in time to get your NOMINATIONS placed. Please do not leave it to the last minute to transfer funds as the transfer may not go through in time and this could result in your pigeon or pigeons not winning what they should be rewarded with.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL CONCERNED AND REGULAR “INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASES”, “NEWSLETTERS” AND “UPDATES” WILL BE SENT OUT TO ALL COMPETITORS/ENTRANTS AND SYNDICATE SHAREHOLDERS ON A WEEKLY BASIS BY EMAIL OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. ALSO WEEKLY “PRESS RELEASES” WILL BE SENT OUT TO BOTH OUR TWO PIGEON PUBLICATIONS NAMELY THE “BRITISH HOMING WORLD” AND “”THE RACING PIGEON” PLUS IT WILL ALSO BE ON MY REGENCY LOFTS WEB SITE www.regencylofts.com FOR ALL TO VIEW.
***WHAT CAN BE WON DURING THIS 2018/19 RACE SERIES*** Prizes and awards now add up to a staggering US$2.2 Million American Dollars £1.70 Million Pounds Sterling) and these include 5 x Brand New Motor Cars valued at US$16,000 (£12,308), 1 for the First Activated Pigeon in each of the 5 x Car Races, also plus 95 x US$1,100 (£846) Hot Spot Cash Prizes (it should be noted that the Motor Car Winner does not receive a US$1,100 Cash Prize), these 95 x US$1,100 Cash Prizes are split into 19 x US$1,100 (£846) Cash Prizes for each of the 5 x Car Race Hot Spots, a US$5,000 (£3,846) Car Race Hot Spot Ace Pigeon Award for the best pigeon in these 5 races, A Two-Bird Average Competition and a US$2,000 (£1,538) Cash Prize in each of the 5 x Car Race Hot Spots & The Final Race, A Three-Bird Average Competition and a US$3,000 (£2,308) Cash Prize in each of the 5 x Car Race Hot Spots & The Final Race, The South African Million Dollar Ace Pigeon Award carries US$17,500 in Prize Money, split into three cash prizes with 1st US$10,000 (£7,692), 2nd US$5,000 (£3,846) and 3rd US$2,500 (£1,923) Cash Prizes for the 3 pigeons with the best overall average in all the Official Training Races over 50km (31 miles) and 5 x Car Race Hot Spots and the Final Race. There will also be an overall Knockout Winner Competition and US$25,000 (£19,231) Prize Money, which starts on the Car Race Hot Spot 2 and the winner is the first one to be clocked in the “FINAL RACE” (over the past few years there has been around 40/60 pigeons still left in this competition). There will also be 3 x Country Cash Prizes of US$125 (£96), US$75 (£58) and US$50 (£39) in each of the first 4 x Car Race Hot Spots (1 to 4). In the 5th Car Race Hot Spot US$70 (£54) from every entry will be added to the starting Prize Money of US$250 (£192) for the Country Challenge. All the Prize Money will be paid out to the first three Country Challenge entered pigeons in a ratio of 50%, 30% & 20%. The SAMDPR website will have an up to the date listing of which pigeons are entered and how much Prize Money will be flown for, plus and an ACE Pigeon Country Challenge which will be won on the FINAL RACE. There is an Entry Fee of US$120 (£98) per pigeon to enter these Country Challenge Competitions and this has to be paid for before the basketing for the 3rd Hot Spot Car Race. The COUNTRY CHALLENGE ACE PIGEON, all countries participating will be given a US$200 (£160) starting Prize Money and US$40 (£32) from each Country Challenge entry fee goes to the “WINNER TAKES ALL” cash prize, which will be awarded to the first Country Challenge pigeon which is clocked in THE SOUTH AFRICAN MILLION DOLLAR PIGEON FINAL RACE. The pigeon that wins this award will be named the COUNTRY CHALLENGE ACE PIGEON. It should also be mentioned that during the 2016/17 race series the UNITED KINGDOM COUNTRY CHALLENGE paid out £14,777 in PRIZE MONEY. Then in the “FINAL RACE” on the 2nd February 2019 there are also 10 magnificent gold pendants to be won worth well over US$1,000 (£770) each and now over US$1.02 Million American Dollars in Prize Money (£1.70 Million Pounds) and 300 cash prizes being on offer.
THE ZANDY MEYER MEMORIAL RACE & US$1,000 (approx. £770) NOMINATION will also take place on the “FINAL RACE” and the winning will be A BRAND NEW MERCEDES BENZ SLK 555 MOTOR CAR, worth a staggering US$85,000 (approx. £65,400). (ONLY “ACTIVATED” PIGEONS ARE ELIGIBLE TO COMPETE FOR ANY OF THESE SPECIAL CASH PRIZES OR AWARDS). This new competition was very well supported in its first year and had over 160 entries and was so successful that it also paid out a staggering 2nd prize of US$54,000 cash. Do not miss this fantastic opportunity to win a fabulous new car. The 19th SAMDPR attracted about 140 entries and two staggering prizes were once again won by two worthy winners. The 20th SAMDPR attracted over 100 entries and the US$85,000 (£68,000) was won by Lloyd & Kelly from the UK, who actually won 37th OPEN in the FINAL RACE. It was the first Activated pigeons and walked away with the top award. In The 21st SAMDPR Michael Mellor from Crewe was the runner-up for this prestigious award, with over 100 entries, which once again just goes to show that the UK pigeons will hold their own against the best pigeons in the world. In The 22nd SAMDPR, Karl Donnelly from Ireland won this fantastic prize, when his pigeon won 5th OPEN.
PRIZE MONEY ALLOCATED TO THE 23rd SOUTH AFRICAN MILLION DOLLAR FINAL RACE, WILL NOW BE AS FOLLOWS:- 1st US$200,000 (approx. £154,000), 2nd US$125,000 (approx. £96,000), 3rd US$75,000 (approx. £58,000), 4th US$50,000 (approx. £39,000), 5th US$35,000 (approx. £27,000), 6th US$20,000 (£15,000), 7th US$17,500 (£13,500), 8th US$15,000 (£11,500), 9th US$12,500 (£9,600), 10th US$10,000 (approx. £7,700), 11th/15th US$7,000 each (approx. £5,385), 16th/20th US$5,000 each (approx. £3,846), 21st/30th US$3,500 each (approx. £2,692), 31st/40th US$3,000 each (approx. £2,307), 41st/50th US$2,500 each (approx. £1,923), 51st/70th US$2,000 each (£1,538), 71st/100th US$1,750 each (£1,346), 101st/150th US$1,500 each (£1,154), 151st/200th US$1,100 each (£846) and then 201st/250th US$1,000 each (£770), 251st/300th US$500 each (£385). (Subject to terms and conditions of entry). The actual cash prizes stated above represent exchange rates (1.30) at the current time and may of course change at the time of each race depending what the currency exchange rate is on the actual race day. A total of US$1,002,500 Million American Dollars (£772,000 Pounds Sterling) Prize Money will be paid out in this FINAL RACE.
Something else worth mentioning that seven brand new motor cars have been won by fanciers representing the United Kingdom Team in the last seven years, Richard Elliott/Robbie Prettejohn and Chris Gordon both won new motor cars during the 2005/6 race series and Paul & Dave McCarthy won one a new motor car during the 2006/7 series. During the 2011/12 race series fanciers from the UK won a staggering 3 x brand new motor cars and these were won by Nev & Angi Evans & Steve Cuthbert, Robert & Peter Montila and then Phil Bond. Alistair Hogg also won a brand new motor car during the 2017/18 race series. This in itself was an outstanding team performance. No other country has ever won three cars on the trot. Also an Irish fancier named John Nash also won a brand new motor car in the 2008/9 race series. I am very hopeful that somebody from the United Kingdom or Ireland will also win one or maybe more brand new motor cars during the 2018/19 race series. GOOD LUCK TO ALL COMPETITORS.
I would also just like to notify fanciers that my weekly “INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE”, “NEWSLETTERS” and “UPDATES” can now also be seen on the following pigeon web sites:- www.regencylofts.com www.iprr.co.uk www.elimarpigeons.com www.pigeonportal.com www.pigeonglobe.co.uk www.cyberpigeon.co.uk www.pigeonbasics.com www.starpigeons.com www.pigeonpixels.co.uk www.theloftreport.com www.oneloftracing.com www.ukpigeonracing.co.uk www.AvianExportServices.com www.pigeonnetwork.com plus of course they will also be published in the “BRITISH HOMING WORLD” and “THE RACING PIGEON” weeklies and many other international world pigeon publications for all to see, read and enjoy.
The race date for THE 24th SOUTH AFRICAN MILLION DOLLAR PIGEON RACE has already been provisionally agreed and confirmed by the race organisers as SATURDAY 1st FEBRUARY 2020. (However, this date is still awaiting final confirmation).
If you are interested in participating, helping us or acting a Country Race Team Co-ordinator/Shipper, then please telephone me as soon as possible on 01279-812005 or my mobile 07860-568216 or SMS or email on reglofts@aol.com and I will give you all the information you require. My two proposed shipping dates for THE 24th SAMDPR will take about the middle of MAY 2019 and then the second one should be around the middle of JUNE 2019. Of course these two dates will be confirmed nearer the time. I strongly recommend that you try to ship your race entries on the 1st shipping date as this then gives these pigeons much more time to settle into the race loft.
If you have any questions about any aspect of THE SOUTH AFRICAN MILLION DOLLAR PIGEON RACE, then please contact me as soon as possible on 01279-812005 or my mobile 07860-568216 or by SMS or email at reglofts@aol.com and I will do my best to answer any of your questions or queries about this great race.
These “INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASES” do take a lot of my time to prepare and I try to get as much into them as possible as I know fanciers and entrants like to know what is happening, unfortunately some time, some information will not be to hand when the print deadline is reached so can’t be included in that report. I can only apologise if I leave something or somebody out but I can assure everybody that I do my best to get as much information as possible to put into each of these international reports and give credit to those that deserve it.
IF ANY PIGEON FANCIER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR IN FACT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE MY WEEKLY “INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASES”, “NEWSLETTERS” AND “UPDATES” BY EMAIL, THEN ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS EMAIL ME THEIR ACTUAL EMAIL ADDRESS I WILL PUT THEM ON MY EMAIL DATABASE AND I WILL THEN FORWARD THEM ALL THE INFORMATION BY EMAIL ON A REGULAR BASIS.
BEST OF LUCK TO ALL THE PIGEON FANCIERS/ENTRANTS AND SYNDICATES WORLDWIDE DURING THE 2018/19 RACE SERIES.
THIS PHOTOGRAPH ABOVE SHOWS THE COMPLETED BRAND NEW 370 FOOT (113 METRES) STATE OF THE ART RACING LOFT WHICH IS SITUATED IN STUNNING SURROUNDINGS ON THE OUTSTANDING HERON BANKS GOLF & RIVER ESTATE, VAAL RIVER, SOUTH AFRICA. IT HAS THE TRAPPING/CLOCKING SECTION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LOFT, WHICH IS BELOW THE ADMINISTRATION CENTRE AND HAS 44 EQUAL SIZED SECTIONS (22 EACH SIDE) THAT ARE ALL ACCESSED FROM A FULL LENGTH CORRIDOR THAT RUNS ALONG THE BACK OF THIS FABULOUS PIGEON LOFT. ALL THE 44 SECTIONS HAVE GRILLED FLOORING AND THE LOFT HAS A TOTAL PERCH CAPACITY FOR WELL OVER 9,500 PIGEONS IN COMFORT.
If you wish to know any more information on this prestigious international pigeon race please contact me ASAP:-
Paul Smith, United Kingdom Race Team Co-ordinator/Shipper and International Race Co-ordinator for The 23rd South African Million Dollar Pigeon Race, which is due to be held at Heron Banks Golf & River Estate and Emerald Resort, Casino & Hotel, South Africa on Saturday 2nd February 2019. Regency Lofts Limited,
2, Highmead, off Coltsfield, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex. CM24 8LJ. England. Tel/Fax:- 01279-812005. (Int. Code:- +44-1279-812005). Mobile:- 07860-568216. Email Address:- reglofts@aol.com Regency Lofts Website:- www.regencylofts.com Skype Address:- talbot7944 Twitter Address:- PaulSmith@SmithReglofts
The South African Million Dollar Pigeon Race Website:- www.samdpr.com]]>