Tipplers

I see that three more results for the NTU competitions this year have been posted at their website. http://ntu.tipplers.org.uk Also that Brian Rose will no longer be Secretary of the NTU in September. It appears that Paul Unsworth will be the new Secretary.

One of my baby pilots has fell out the nest box injured its self badly so I had to put it out of its missery so strugling now if any body got a kit they really dont need let me know ill get them collected might give me some time to fly them before the season ends the way things are going im wondering weather to carry on or just pack it it all in

Today is the NTU Old Cock fly. I with the best for all participating that they have a successful fly today. May you have a free day from the BOP http://ntu.tipplers.org.uk

Young birds ready to go out 2moro for the first time so everthing crossed hope fully ill be ready for the first young bird fly in july and all the hawks are resting keep you all informed of my progress speak soon

Had a kit of young birds up today let them go for 4 hours I think they would of gone a lot longer but dont want to push them to hard it was very hot and that the longest they flown up till now

Been out of the loop for a little while due to the fact that my brother was diagnosed with a brain tumor and died on March 22, 2016. The family emergency put me out of the loop for a few months and now I'm just getting back to my work and pigeon matters. I will be posting a few things for sale in the near future. At the moment I have a book entitled "Breeding Better Pigeons" by G. H. T. Stovin published in 1964 that is a must for any pigeon breeder. I have an extra copy in GREAT condition and will let it go postage paid throughout North America for $50. postage paid.

Last night I was reading Nino's nostalgic post that reminded me of a photo that I just came across yesterday. I've been sorting and organizing lately and stumbled across these three fellas. I was having a senior moment and the location escaped me for a time before I recalled the location that brought these three together. I think it was the Louisville Young Bird show around 20 years ago (Oct 1997).

The other day I posted some very interesting information about Wilf Lovatt who was the first man to reach 20 hours. However, David Fuller brought to my attention that there was certainly a lot more information regarding this man's birds and his wonderful times. According to the obituaries of Albert Hartshorne, Wilf had flown some birds that were bred by Albert. The obituary stated: "Albert supplied Wilf with a lot of pigeons that he flew big times with, including one in the 20 hour kit". This is not the first time this sort of arrangement has existed and this is obviously something that often works.

Who was the first man to fly 20 hours in competition? I believe it was Wilf Lovatt of Stoke-on-Trent