I
was highly delighted when I
received my Three Borders
Federation result for the
Kingsdown race and saw my
good friends, Steve & Annett
Appleby, had won 1st & 2nd in
the Guildford club and 1st & 7th
Federation. Steve is great
worker for the sport and it is
always great to see one of the
workers win something good at
the top level.Steve and Annette sent six
pigeons to Kingsdown and
clocked five birds in eight
minutes. The partners won the
Federation with their yearling
blue hen ‘Blue Diamond’ and
she was raced on the celebrate
system, to be 52ymp in front of
the next pigeon in the
Guildford club. She was very
consistent racing as a young
bird and was bred from DaveWaterhouse stock birds. One
minute after clocking ‘Blue
Diamond’ from Kingsdown,
Steve got his good yearling blue
pied cock, ‘Sky Master’ and he
recorded 2nd Club, 7th
Federation. He was bred from a
Dave Waterhouse hen and a gift
Gaby Vandenbeele cock from
Steve’s pigeon fancier
neighbour, Russell Ayres. This
game cock also won 1st Club,STEVE & ANNETTE
APPLEBY
Text & Photos by Keith Mott
OF ASH
Steve Appleby’s loft.