Pigeon race reports
Published at 09:09, Monday, 23 July 2012
Tynedale Homing Society held a race on Sunday from Folkestone, when six members sent 35 birds.
It was a good race for Newbiggin’s Peter Jackson as his birds took the first three positions.
Tyne Valley members sent 74 birds a distance of 300 miles where the birds had to work hard with a north-west wind. Hindmarsh and Telfer took first, P. Telfer second and S. Ridgeway third.
Published by http://www.hexhamcourant.co.uk
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