Anthony pigeon takes race
D. Anthony owned the first bird home in the Christchurch Pigeon Federation’s Kaikoura to Christchurch race on Saturday.
- Birds were liberated in fine conditions and the first one home took Ihr 57min for the 155 km. There were 1633 birds entered.
, Results:— Anthony, 1282.098m/min, 1; D. O’Hare, 1277.654, 2; A.
Wyatt, 1273.316, 3; T. Bar, 1273.307, 4; R. Spain, 1271.032, 5; N. C. Courtier, 1271.022, 6; R. Kyle, 1270.061, 7; D. Myall, 1269.713, 8; T. McDonald, 1269.675, 9; M. Cross, 1269.320, 10. A bird owned by R. Anderson won the Levin to Christchurch race during the weekend. The winning bird covered the 390 km in shr 43min. There were 508
pigeons liberated in fine conditions. Results:— R. Anderson, 1160.350, 1; N. Coker, 1158.908, 2; D. O’Hare, 1158.181, 3; T. Bar, 1157.350, 4; D. Anthony, 1156.969, 5; W. Le Gros, 1155.315, 6; D. and G. Fry, 1154.289, 7; C. Aislabie, 1153.323, 8; S. Morris, 1152.851, 9; B. Partridge, 1145.439, 10.
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