Club Winners are as follows;
Arniston 271 birds; 1st 2nd & 3rd W Pryde & son
Castlebrae 122 birds; 1st & 2nd L Mitchell 3rd Willis
Woodburn 162 birds; 1st & 2nd Brown & Black 3rd Allen
Danderhall 719 birds; 1st & 2nd Nolan 3rd Porter
Sighthill 167 birds; 1st & 2nd Girdwood 3rd Miller
Edinburgh Premier 218birds; 1st Dick 2nd & 3rd Gilchrist
Edinburgh West 155 birds; 1st & 2nd C Bennett 3rd Verth
Easthouses 259 birds; 1st Bertram 2nd Ferguson 3rd Sanderson
Bonnyrigg 271 birds; 1st Watson 2nd Neill 3rd Stark
Loanhead 134 birds; 1st Simpson 2nd Anderson 3rd Murray
Rosewell 89 birds; 1st Cunningham & Ness 2nd G Tytler 3rd W Tytler
Peebles 37 birds;
Traprain 519 birds; 1st 2nd & 3rd Thomson
New Lothian 84 birds;
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New Lothian RPC had 66 lofts sending 1927 birds to Wakefield liberated at 09-30 hours into a south east wind. Taking the number one spot winning £182 is John Robertson of New Lothian. Willie Pryde & son John from Arniston are 2nd & 4th winning £296. L Mitchell of Castlebrae is 3rd & 7th, with the Brown & Black partnership from Woodburn in 5th & 6th places T Nolan & son of Danderhall club are 8th & 9th with D & J Allen of Woodburn wining the 10th open place.
North of Scotland Federation
Had 75 members sending 1650 birds to Alnwick liberated into a blue sky with
No wind at the race point. Topping the federation and 1st west section is J Abel
of Devern Valley club, club mates Fulton & Ritchie are 2nd 3rd 8 & 21st open and 2nd 3rd 5th & 7th west section. 4th west section and open is I Coull of Buckie & District With G Findlay of Peterhead & District winning 1st 2nd 5th 6th east section and 5th 6th 10th & 11th open. C McRae of Fraserburgh & District is 3rd east section 7th open with club mate J (Ian) Gibb in 4th section 9th open. R Barclay of Fraserburgh West End club is 7th & 13th east section 12th & 20th open. B Geddes of Fraserburgh & District is 8th & 9th east section 13th & 14th open with A Higgins of Fraserburgh West End club In 10th east section 15th open Name sake R Higgins takes the next 2 places to win 11th & 12th east section 16th & 17th open. The East section had 35 members sending 936 birds. The west section had 40 members sending 714 birds; I’ve covered the top 7 places above so start with A Milne of Devern Valley club In 8th west section 32nd open with club mate A Wilson winning 9th & 10th section 33rd & 34th open. West Section had 39 members sending 724 birds;
Clubs First Bird
Devern Valley winner J Abel; Buckie & District winner I Coull; Peterhead & District winner G Findlay; Fraserburgh & District winner C McRae. Fraserburgh West End winner R Barclay; Inverurie winner J S Robertson; Keith winner G R Duncan; Elgin & District winner W Ritchie. Well done to J Able on topping the federation and also well done to G Findlay on winning the East section; cheers Joe yours George Duthie race secretary.
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