NINE members sent 139 birds to Maidstone on June 27, liberated at 13.30 hrs, distance 198+

This week’s race point should have been Eastbourne, but due to the weather again they were brought to Maidstone.

First: Sam Jackson NEHV06 Soontjen bred by G Lynn, the sire twice winners from Bourge, winning its 3rd card. 1355.567.

2nd Pete Dixon 03D BC cock bred from Pete Chapman’s Scarborough Bourge winning hen - 1344.581.

3rd Pete Dixon 06D BC cock Janssen x Flor Engels off D Stevenson Market Weighton stock - 1334.485.

4th P & A Woodmansey 06D B cock widowhead cock taking its third prize this year - 1333.058.

5 Sam Jackson 1328.806; 6 Sam Jackson1327.634; 7 Lance Sedman 1324.226; 8 Pete Dixon 1322.368; 9 D & J Kirkup 1317.084; 10 Ken Gladstone 1314.997; 11 Lance Sedman 1310.737; 12 Peter Dixon 1272.773; 13 Sam Jackson 1269.476; 14 C & K Pallant 1268.255; 15 Pete Dixon 1232.603; 16 J W Hubbard & son 1224.946.

No times to hand: G & G Ringrose.

Pools winner P & A Woodmansey and S Jackson. Bonus ball no winner again.

Driffield Wolds Way Flying Club

FIVE members sent 17 birds on Saturday, June 28 to the longest race point of the season, Lerwick - a distance of 425 miles.

Winner and second place went to the lofts of E Potter and Son with their two entries - in first place was a 050 blue bar hen, second place going to a yearling, another blue bar hen.

G W Acey finished third with a cheq cock bird off Gaden and Kent bloodlines, this bird won Thurso this year.

All three birds were clocked on Sunday morning, the only three birds recorded in race time.

Result : 1 E Potter and son 553; 2 E Potter and son 544; 3 G W Acey 534.

E Potter and son win the Lerwick Trophy, first nominated pigeon and a bag of corn sponsored by Mrs Sue Blades and the prize for first pigeon sponsored by Mr Billy Meek.

Bonus ball was not won.

Hutton Cranswick Homing Society MEMBERS raced from Lerwick on June 28.

It was always going to be the hardest race of the season, needing a very good type of pigeon so the members sent only 11 pigeons. Nobody was more surprised than Colin Sedman when he got the first bird home on the scond day with one of his Roland Janssen grizzles. Malcolm Mason had the other of only two birds clocked in race time with a home bred Red Fox Janssen.

Result: 1 C Sedman 580, 2 M J Mason 512.