Currently the main goal and focus at APC is an ongoing refinement of high quality families of racing pigeons. Needless to say I wrote about Andrew in, I believe 2002, and his photographic ability, the article was published around the world and was read in the American Racing Pigeon Digest by, you guessed it, Mr. George Rankin. It is suited well fordistance or inclementweather conditions on race day. ONLY HEITZMAN SIONS are kept. Hull South Road Federation race from Maidstone on 12th July 2021, The race that change my life by Richard Scott - 09-08-21, The Yorkshire Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire SR Combine - 09-08-21, From The Chair By Chris Williams - 09-08-21, South West Cheshire Federation - Cheltenham YB2 Result 07-08-21, Hull & District Federation - Sleaford YB Result 07-08-21, Burton & South Derbyshire Federation - 09-08-21, Lanarkshire Federation - Dalziel Club Prize winners 2020 - 06-08-21, Mid Cheshire Federation Worcester YB1 Result 31-07-21, Kelso 2 - Lanarkshire Federation - 05-08-21, The Welsh North Road Federation - 05-08-21, The New North Road Amalgamation 2 Bird - 03-08-21, NIPA Report by Homer - Section A, B, E & H- 03-08-21, Updated - South West Cheshire Federation - Cheltenham YB1 Result 31-07-21, Hull & District Federation - Sleaford YB Result 31-07-21, The South West of England Lerwick Club - 02-08-21, Lanarkshire Federation - Kelso 1 Young Bird race - 02-08-21, The Nottingham North Road Federation - 29-07-21, The New North Road Amalgamation 2Bird - 28-07-21, NIPA Report by Homer - Sect A, B, E & H - 27-07-21, East Coast Continental Combine 2021 - Final OB Points. Along the way I was awarded the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Thayer Engineer Of The Year award in 2005 and in that same year I was also the recipient of the US Waterjetting Technologies Pioneer award given for contribution to the High Pressure Waterjetting Industry.During a trip to Europe in 2000 and while visiting old friends and relatives for a few days in Scotland I was looking out of the window of a cousins living room at a neighbor across the street pruning roses in his front garden. Lelton Morse races homing pigeons in Central Texas. APC is best described as a combination pigeon racing and breeding loft housed in a 2 storey 160 foot long by 24 foot wide building which has an attached separately air conditioned 36 foot wide by 40 foot long management working and entertainment facility complete with sitting room, washrooms, kitchen and an office. Here is what George had to say: The Kleine Figo purchase by Jennifer Rankin in December 2008 at the dispersal of Kees Boua ($80,000.00) as a big surprise on Christmas morning and the magnitude of the purchase took my breath away until I grasped the commercial potential of my present and the deal with Jos. Attention all pigeon writers: If you would like your reports/articles featuring on Elimar, please forward them to us at This email address is being protected from spambots. Typcally the Gordons are medium/smaller built birds, have an inate homing ability, and thedesire to not give up coming home. After the 5th Hot Spot Maddiston finished 7th and Sheena was 14th.Georges sister was born in Maddiston on Sept 19/1940.George was quoted as saying Loving pigeons lifelong as I have nothing accomplished in life beforehand quite equaled the thrill and anticipation I experienced following that SCMDPR 4th Hot Spot.Sadly Maddiston did not return from the final SCMDPR race but it will hold a place in his memory on a par with Dr. Andersons Bricoux.. The ban has cost the sport millions in wasted infrastructure underused lorry transporters, for example. He sends his birds hundreds of miles away, waits and watches, and knows they're flying home. Chris Gordon Racing Pigeons - UK Masters 4 ukpigeons 5.01K subscribers Subscribe 137 194K views 15 years ago In this programme Rob visits the amazing Chris Gordon's yorkshire racing lofts.. THE RACE THAT CHANGED MY LIFE & More by JIM EMERTON. You will be impressed with our service and quality! Your friend Jimi, What a surprised New Years gift from you guys. In this programme Rob visits the amazing Chris Gordon's yorkshire racing lofts. I am a florist by trade, but racing is my life, really. The long distance. Lofts, national racing is our goal so we only try to buy either national winners or from national winners. Exercise In the last 6 or 7 days before basketing for Nantes the birds will be exercising around the shed for 2 hours a day. HAVING won OVER 1,000 FIRST places with racing pigeons in his life, including NATIONAL TITLES, ROBBIE ROBBINS / "NO SWEAT" needs no introduction to the sort. One problem I overcame was getting the heavy hard to handle coal dust clay from the quarry to the work shed by slurrying it in the quarry then pumping it downhill to a holding pit set up next to the workshop. Some of the common diseases that occur to racing pigeons include: 1. Hull South Road Federation YB race from Sleaford on 31st July 2021. The advantage is that the winner is known there and then, first past the post. Hull & District Federation - Maidstone Results 29-05-21, From The Chair - The season with St Leonards and ST IVES RPC By Chris Williams 28-05-21, The Welsh North Road Federation - 27-05-21, YORKSHIRE MIDDLE ROUTE COMBINENEWS WITH SUE - 27-05-21, Amended - Mid Cheshire Fed - Yeovil OB1 Result - 22-05-21, Lanarkshire Federation - Ripon Race - 27-05-21, From The Chair by Chris Williams - 26-05-21, The South West of England Lerwick Club - 25-05-21, Hull & District Federation - Billericay Result 23-05-21, Yorkshire Middle Route Combine Billericay Results - 23-05-21, South West Cheshire Fed - Frome OB Result 22-05-21, Burton & South Derbyshire Federation - 24-05-21, Lanarkshire Federation - Catterick Race - 21-05-21. George started racing pigeons in Houston in 1961 while he was still in college and became friends with Kenneth Warren who also raced pigeons. Lofts is a joint breeding programme between James and Pete Parker who race in Reading, and Ian Stafford who races in the name of Stafford and Wilson of Skinningrove. When I got back to Houston I called Jos Thone and told him of my meeting with Mr Fleming and we arranged for Jos to have a proven pair of long distance birds delivered to Mr Fleming. One company offering a summer job manufactured oil field pumps in Houston and I got the job that summer and for 4 additional summers worked in the Engineering department of the Continental Emsco Company. 27-10-21, From The ChairByChris Williams - 27-10-21, Lewis McCalley - 1st & 2nd Open Lanarkshire Federation Young Bird Open winner - 27-10-21, TRIBUTE TO CHARLIE CUDMORE OF HANWORTH - 25-10-21, The Welsh North Road Federation - 25-10-21, Enfield Continental Flying Club - 25-10-21, The South West of England Lerwick Club - 23-10-21, All the latest from Jim Emerton - 23-10-21, Ray Lunt at Endfield lofts with Les J Parkinson - 21-10-21, A TRIBUTE TO RAY HAMMOND OF ALBURY - 20-10-21, Enfield Continental Flying Club - Young Bird Review 2021 - 19-10-21, The Yorkshire Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire SR combine - 19-10-21, On the banks of the Lee by Alan Busteed - 19-10-21, HOMERS ODYSSEY 2021 INFC Skibbereen Old Bird Clubs, Feds & Combines - 18-10-21, Brian Lee of Congleton with Les J Parkinson - 14-10-21, YORKSHIRE MIDDLE ROUTE COMBINE NEWS WITH SUE - 14-10-21, NIPA News Update - October 2021 - 12-10-21, INFC Skibbereen YB Inland National Result 18-09-21, INFC Skibbereen Double for Derek Walsh of Tower Invitation A Record 3 x 1sts in 2021 - 12-10-21, The Nottingham North Road Federation - 11-10-21, YORKSHIRE MIDDLE ROUTE COMBINE NEWS WITH SUE - 08-10-21, From The Chair "The Next Step" By Chris Williams - 07-10-21, ON THE ROAD WITH KEITH MOTT. Ed Minvielle - Paramyxovirus (PMV) Ed Minvielle - Pre-Race Season Canker Medication. Powering the pump for about an hour every day I later theorized helped build muscle which probably made me run better. You have to get them fit with lots of flying, perhaps round the shed or releasing them some way from home. 3K views 1 year ago #RacingPigeon #BioPigeons #MorrisGordon iTUKLASIN ang isa nanamang linyada na makikita sa Bio Research Bio Pigeons ang paguusapan natin. Price is $50 plus shipping, Medium/smaller built bibrd that has a light orange/yellow eye and down from the best of my Gordon line. Bred and raced by Chris Gordon of Old Snydale, Pontefract, Yorkshire. A sump and pump dispense lower floor washed waste beneath shrubbery surrounding property the loft is built on. It is not surprising that the scientific method permeates everything that George does, how could it be otherwise for that approach in fact is the habit of a lifetime of training. Jennifer Rankin has the credentials, she has the contacts, she and George have the savvy and yes they have the quality of pigeon which makes their new enterprise a guarantee that all sides will prosper! McLaughlin Lofts guarantees every pigeon sold. by boyd Tue Jan 05, 2010 7:59 pm. ************************************************, UPDATED:Click here for Sales information 2021. The upper floor is covered by a patented commercial chicken farming plastic grid floor which is low in thermal conductivity and resistant to bacteria growth. His loft was awarded the First All-American Award five times. - 28-09-21, Lanarkshire Federation - Champion Young Bird Loft 2021 - Barclay McCrindle & Son 27-09-21, The Welsh North Road Federation - 23-09-21, A new name to North Road pigeon racing! Copyright 2021, McLaughlin Lofts. Well it now turns out that it is just possible that another new racing pigeon breeding operation has been brought to life in that great state of Texas that, some say, may soon have the depth to rival the dominance of the former Oak Haven Farms. TheNO SWEATHEITZMAN SION COLONY in 2018is comprised of FIVE lofts and a dozen individual breeding pens as well as a feed room, etc. Location: llanelli south wales. From fantastic National Winning pigeons like National Beauty, Little Finn, Pennine heights, Big Smithy Mukin Fagic and Withering Hope Star, we breed, race and sell only supreme quality specimens, testing all our stock to the limits. Elimar lead the way where others only follow. Separate upstairs air conditioned compartments serve as feed storage and hospital rooms and an internal 8 foot by 12 foot hydraulic lift platform and stair raises personnel, feed and supplies from ground level to the upper floor. It is interesting to contemplate how people come into and out of ones life. Pigeon Fanciers Everything you need to know about pigeons. Prior to this they will have been doing perhaps half an hour twice a day. Late hatch from last year that I think is a cock, and is medium built with an orange/yellow eye. I had given away all but one bird before leaving for North America but there was one bird I had become attached to that I could not part with until the night before leaving which I took to Mr Flemings house hoping he would like to have Dr. Andersons Bricoux. I now average about 20 winners a year, and last year in a race in South Africa I won a car and about 3,300. Many strains come and go but the original Paul Sions have now lasted 100 years. Newer Post Older Post Home. Our experience and reputation for producing foundation breeders is not equaled in the sport. A number of unique designs were used to saved money in the long run and the birds like them too. HE WON EVERY WEEKPath: https://www.clayhavenfarms.com/pigeons/for-sale. Chris Gordon Racing Pigeons Posted by Jamie Quinn at 09:29. There was research at Lancaster University on the use of deterrents. Maddistons Thone bred mother was 12 years old and its Thone bred father was 10 years old. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with this bird flu scare, won't allow liberating in Europe, through fear of importing infection. Well this is precisely the area that was chosen by George and Jennifer Rankin to become their country retirement refuge after they sold their extremely successful engineering manufacturing business in 2006. Ever growing business demands forced George to let his pigeons go in 1979 but he maintained contact with Dr Warren over the next 20 years during which time he boughtJanssen Bros birds from Mike Ganus and according to Kenneth the increase in performance of the Janssen competing in races up to 600 miles at the local level was even more remarkable than the performance increase they experienced with the Dordins.