Racing Pigeon Pictorial International – June 2018

I

first visited this
successful partnership a
couple of years ago
following on from their
highly successful
season’s racing with the
Welsh North Road Fed
and National. This
phenomenal success has
continued right up to
the present day when, during
the 2017 young bird season, the
partners won a further two
National races from Maidstone
and Folkestone when racing
with the Welsh NRNFC. As a
result I contacted Kim Coombs to
see if he could provide me with
the partners’ 2017 racing results.
These are appended later in this
article and are, I’m sure you will
agree, quite outstanding. So
we’ll start this report with a
recap of the loft report I
completed in 2016.

The above partnership was
formed in 1993 when David
Davies and Kim Coombs decided
to pool together their extensive
experience and knowledge of
the sport. In the intervening
twenty three years their
partnership has achieved many
memorable performances
including National and Combine
wins and in addition many other

fanciers have also gained success

with their pigeons. This fact

certainly isn’t surprising as the

partners’ knowledge of the

Continental racing scene and

their ability to identify the top

fanciers and select the “best

from the best” before they

become household names is

uncanny.

On a recent visit to the partners’

very impressive set up I was

immensely impressed with the

loft set up, the pigeons housed

therein and also David and Kim’s

in depth knowledge of the top

European fanciers, their pigeons

and their families background.

In short, Dave and Kim are

“walking encyclopaedias” with

regard to the top bloodlines

available in Continental Europe.

During my visit I handled what

must be one of the rarest

pigeons in the UK – a

magnificent chequer cock (see

Davies & Coombs’ YB loft.