FED WINNERS...
2007.
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The VRPU's first Fed Winner for the season
from Stawell 1@215 ks, is Ray Ciappara -PascoeVale club.He is pictured here with his winning pigeon, a 2yo "Dordin" cock..clocking in at a velocity of 868.57mpm. .This pigeon has been very good for Ray, with him being in the clock on three previous occassions, (just missing the fed) and always being in amoungst the first 5 birds home..Well done Ray...!!
whilst at Rays, I came across a sight you dont see very often.......
Rays clubmate, Joe Denaro admiring a red pigeon..........!!!he really loves the reds..!!
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STAWELL 2..30/06/07..
Pictured above, is Colin Cox,( Regent Club) with his 1st Fed Stawell 2.. winner...a smart blue bar hen, that he bred down from Mark Tungs "Houben" imports.. she clocked in doing a sprightly 1602 mpm..winning the Fed by a comfortable 21meters...
Congratulations Colin..!!
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ARARAT..07/07/2007
Here is this weeks fed winning pigeon.
Held here by its owner /trainer, breeder, Barry Dodds of the Glenroy Club.
Barry's pigeon clocked in from Ararat ( brought back from Stawell due to inclement weather) doing a velocity of 1208 m p m, 13 meters in front of the 2nd place getter.
She is a little blue chequer hen , down from the Fred Chadwick- Jansens.(the ones imported into Australia in 1988).
Her dam, is a beautiful blue bar hen , which has produced 3 x1st Feds,2 x 2nd feds and 3 x3rd Fed spots......a cracker little stock hen for Barry.......!! Well done..!
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DIMBOOLA 1.......15/07/2007
John Floros of the Northcote club....is very proud of his blue bar cock that he clocked in the 1st Dimboola on 15/07/2007.
what started out as an ordinary Saturday, soon turned into a disappointing one, with it being declared a holdover...but getting the birds up first thing on Sunday, was he start of Johns good fortune......his pigeon was first bird in the Fed and was clocked in doing velocity of 1415.39..good trapping is important, although John said he did lose about a minute,, lucky it was no longer as the first two fed places were separated by a split of a second, as the second place getter was doing 1415.00...............close!!!!
Johns fine cockbird was bred for him by his good friend and clubmate Leo Fyffe..and is down from Ray Boynes line of pigeons..
Congratulations and Well done John........!!
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Dimboola-2 21/07/2007
Barry Dodds here for the second time this season, with his fed winning hen, almost the same way bred as his last one,(Fred Chadwick-Jansen) but with a little bit of Desmet Matthys thrown in for good measure..
this little blue chequer hen was clocked in 3 meters in front of the second place getter doing a velocity of....1208mpm......thats exactly the same as Barry's other fed winner two weeks ago...!!
Congratulations, again Barry.......!!
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DIMBOOLA..3..28/07/07
Pictured below is John Floros, of the Northcote club.. this is John's second time on this page, and if what we have seen today is any indication it wont be his last......John is a very amicable man and a lot of people might not have heard a lot of him, but I can assure you that will change...He has already won 2 Feds this year...after moving into his own place last year and settling his birds into a larger loft and getting all the conditions right, his birds are now blooming..
This week he clocked a nice blue bar cock, bred by himself (John is a Goodger/Pryor man)from a little meulemans hen. .As well as breeding the Dimboola Fed winner this week , she has produced also 3rd fed Produce last year for John. Well done John......!!
here he is with the Dimboola 3 fed winner......below he is pictured with one of his favourites..and a hopefull for the"500".... a lovely little hen she is too.
Well done again John.....!!!!
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WOLSELY......04/08/2007
Here is the very proud fed winner of the Wolseley event...clocking in at a spritely 1775mpm, a good 30 meters in front of the second place bird.
Terry Varelas, racing as Terry Varelas& Sons of the Northcote club..
Terry's little blue bar hen , is a little late bred down from the Late Tommy Richards (Geelong) pigeons .....and Harold Hartley on the otherside..
Great effort Terry...Congratulations..!!!!
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Hopetoun......11/08/2007
Stan Prior here with the Fed winner from Hopetoun, a blue chequer cock , bred for him by his mate Alan Moore,,believed to be from his top pair of Jansens.!!!Clocking in at a fast rate of 1800.14 mpm,giving Stan his first fed winner for the 2007 season....
Stan has had 16x 2nd fed spots and with this one, he has 17x first feds....a tremendous effort (he races in partnership with his son Greg) with the Regent club....and has been racing from the same back yard since 1948.....Stan is a well respected "stalwart"of the VRPU. Holding the position of Secretary for 16 years..!!..Previously renowned for racing his grizzles, but only has one in the loft at the moment, which he clocked and gained 3rd Fed with from Wolsley..!!
Stan is pictured here with his lovely wife, Betty...
Congratulations and well done Stan...!!
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Tintinarra 18/08/2007
Pictured
left is Colin Cox , Regent club, being congratulated for his 2x 1st Fed for the
season from Tintinara, by secretary of the VRPU , Tony Price..
Colin clocked another Houben, down from Neil Maccas on the cocks side and from a hen that Colin gained 2nd Fed 400 in the VHA when he landed 2 together gaining the first two fed positions,,,the hen is down from Dave Finertys lines..
Congratulations Colin.....!!
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Tintinara 2 ..25/08/2007
Here is the second Tintinara Fed winner,,Yurek Grzegorzek of the PascoeVale club.
With the Fed winning pigeon now known as
"The Lone Ranger"
as this pigeon was out in front of the fed clocking in at 1723.39 mpm..a comfortable 50 meters infront of the second place getter..
it is a blue chequer pied cock of VanLoon xJansen blood lines..a family that has produced already other federation positions for Yurek....
Congratulations and well done!!
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"THE PRODUCE"
Tintinara 3..01/09/07..
George Borg, who now races with the Footscray Club,,,,is the proud winner..
After a short break and a move from Essendon to Williamstown, George was very happy to christen his loft with a fed win in the Tintinara Produce...
Owing to a late decision to race the 2007 season, George had to acquire his race team through the generosity of his fellow flyers & friends. He thanks them all greatly for this..
The fed winner was actually bred by Robert Ziaja , off a hen provided to him by George Lup, both of the WPF....
Congratulations and well done , George...!!!
George here with the dark chequer cock, that gave him his first Fed win this season.......by a whisker..!!
the cock clocked in @1556.78 mpm with the second place getter clocking in @ 1556.21 mpm... thats close eh George.......!!!!
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MURRAY BRIDGE 1 ..08/09/07
He
was busy waiting for his breeders plate race birds form Murray Bridge with the
GMPF....
but Joe Denaro had a little time to show me his most favorite hen....
"the Two Birder" hen...
She is responsible for fed positions and the breeders of fed positions to numerous to mention....
a real foundation hen in his stock loft....
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Joe won the Fed from Murray Bridge, with a blue bar hen from a father daughter pairing..clocking in a 1257 mpm ..
Congratulations Joe.......!!!!
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Murray Bridge 2 ..15/09/07
"The Whaley Memorial"
Yurek Grzegorzek..from the Pascoe Vale club for the second time this season....with the fed winner from Murray Bridge 2.
"The Whaley Memorial"
this little hen is all heart , and all Goodger..
She clocked in
@ 1501mpm...a full 20 meters in front of the second fed place getter.
Her Dam is pictured below, and what a lovely hen she is too....she has been responsible for two other fed spots this year, being a 5th Fed Dimboola and a 13th Fed in the Produce.....this hen herself was clocked 3rd Fed 600 clocking on the Monday in 2002.......
Congratulations Yurek on another great win.......!!
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Railton..(Tazzy)..15/09/07
Here they are......with one of their favorite events....Tazzy.!!
Mark Cavanagh and Keith Anderson.......with the two pigeons that came both together from Railton..the blue chequer was actually the pigeon clocked...she is a hen down from a DeWeerdt cock bred by brother Dale..
and off of good mate Joe Denaro's lines being the the "two birder hen". She clocked in with a flying time of 6hrs 43 mins doing 1072...4 meters in front of the 2nd fed place spot..
These two really have a passion for their birds and although partners enjoy some friendly rivalry..
Mark's dad Joe...would have been as proud as punch to see the two boys get such a tremendous result......
well done guys,,,,,,keep it up...!!
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MURRAY BRIDGE..3...22/09/07
The winner of the 3rd Murray Bridge, Dennis Brown, being congratulated on his win by Union President John Share and Secretary, Tony Price....
Dennis clocked a Jansen hen...clocking in doing 1134mpm... 1 meter in front of the 2nd fed place......close one Dennis...!! The dam of this hen has done well for Dennis also giving him a 3rd Fed produce....
Congratulations again Dennis..!!
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George -"Ricky"- Rayner Memorial..
Morgan..1 29/09/07
Brian Riley here ...with his granddaughter Shelby and Grandson Blake.... and of course his winning pigeon...a Desmet Matthys x Jansen blue bar cock.....
Brian and his wife Dot have been racing pigeons from their present location for about 6 years...and this is the second time he has taken out 1st Fed in the George "Ricky" Rayner memorial event....his first time was in 2001 from Cobar..
Yesterday he was lucky enough to do it again...this is one of Brians favourite races on the VRPU calander..
The pigeon he clocked this
week won the event by 10 meters clocking in doing 1544 mpm
Brians wife, Dot is responsible for the immaculate gardens
..which compliment the loft.
These gardens are a real credit to Dot, there is not a blade of grass out of place.......
Well done Brian , and Dot on an excellent result....................!!!
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Morgan..2..Barney Cotton Memorial..6/10/07
Wayne Williams here.. with his Fed winner.
Clocking in doing 1098 mpm, 4 meters in front of the second place getter..
This little blue bar hen he bred is off a cock bird loaned to him by his club mate Steve Cini and is a Houben off his imports..
The hen is a Des Sippets Jansen..
This pairing has produced for Wayne this year a 1st , 5th and 11th Fed...nice work.
Wayne races with the Thomastown Club, in parnership with his son Christian,, but Christian missed all the fun because of the fact that he is in the USA on a scholarship with his basketball..
well maybe Christian can keep up with all the goss by logging onto the VRPU webiste..
Well done Wayne...& Christian..!!
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MORGAN-"NATIONAL"..13/10/2007
Rod Simmons and his two sons Leigh (holding the Fed Winner) and Michael..
This weeks Fed Winner of the Morgan "National"...is Rod Simmons & Sons from the Thomastown Club.... Leigh and Michael are quite often at the club filling in for Rod when he has his work commitments....so a first fed win is well deserved.
The little hen clocked in doing the 660klms in 1261mpm.. she is a Jansen/Goodger x Goodger/Pryor...so very well bred for the hard stuff.. the parents have also produced 2nd Fed 600 last year from Collerenebri, and we all know how hard that one was.. and 9th Fed from Hay.
To top it all off.. Rod had his good clubmate Pip Nakos clock for him as no-one was home....Good onya Pip.....a job well done....!!
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P . Stokoe Memorial, Carrieton "500"
John races with the PascoeVale club, he is pictured here with the "500" mile fed winner a blue bar hen...
Desmet Matthys x Dordin on the dams side,,,with a Robbie Taylor Jansen x Wickham on the sire side..
the nestmate sister to this hen was 6thFed in the National and 4th fed in the Morgan 1 event...also landing just behind the winner (in fed time) of one of the YoungBirds Feds earlier this year.. John actually pulled this particular hen out of his National team so as she could race the "5"....good decision John............
Look
at the size of this egg, laid by Johns 400 mile fed winner from 2000..now that's
an egg..!! ...ouch..!!
The Dimboola "5 Birder".........
this race was also won by John Dismore...... so that makes it back to back wins for John........this time he clocked a little blue bar hen..pure VanLoon......from Grenville Evans ref A on the sires side,,, and off his Condobolin Fed winner on the Dams side.. areal winning combination as the cock has produced 3 few wins and the hen herself has produced 2......!!! what a great effort John............
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"BOOKALOO"..600mile..Union Cup 05/11/2007
John Floros,being congratulated by fellow Union Member Joe Denaro, on his great win in the Bookaloo 600mile event.
If I remember correctly I stated earlier on this year that we would be seeing a lot more of John this season....and that exactly how it panned out.....
John won a total of 3 Feds this year and the last one being the coveted Union Cup. the 600 mile race.....this years being a very hard event and it took a courageous type of pigeon to make it through.
John was training 7 pigeons for this race and only handpicked three to send...he got to of these home ...a great effort ..!!
The hen he clocked and the second bird home are cousins,, the clock bird is off one of Jack Vanderlinden hen (1995 rung) from John Pryor blood lines..................and the sire is a full Pryor cock of his own from a brother x sister mating. He is a Grandson of the 500mile Morunda Fed winner.
Here they are, "THE GRADUATES of 2007"
three of the regular tossing group on a Saturday morning........Joe is famous for his "Mystery Tosses".......we never knew where the birds were going to get tossed from..........it was a matter of faith...but still the season paid off with fed positions spread all through the group....Thanks Joe...!!!!
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Well the season has now come to an end........with a few of us a little worn around the edges,,, but still keen for next years racing......already some of us have little ones out on the boards already.......the Young Bird season for next year is looking good with a lot of members from both the VRPU and the WPF putting their hands up for the competition.....
A Reminder regarding the Squeaker sale set down for the 30th November (Friday night) with some quality squeakers on offer from various feds and interstate flyers..
Please keep this night free and come along for a good social night..!!!! & BBQ provided.......!!
any enquiries to Pat 0408 690 996
or Pauline ...0425 781570......
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