MONTANA LOFTS RICHARD BALCKE AUCTION - SUNDAY 10TH JULY 2011VIEWING 9.30AM SALE – 10.30AM LOGAN CITY PIGEON CLUB, BURCHILL ST.LOGANHOLME.
THE MEMBERS OF THE LOGAN CITY PIGEON CLUB WOULD LIKE TO THANK MARY, AND RICHARD’S SONS COLIN AND TREVOR FOR THEIR DONATION OF A SELECTION OF RICHARDS YOUNG BIRDS TO THE CLUB FOR AUCTION. STICHELBAUT LINE OF PIGEONS, IN BELGIUM IS THE BASE OF MANY LONG DISTANCE LOFTS - VAN HASTENS,VAN HEE, BOSTIN, VEREEKE, DENYS, TOYE, DE KONING TO NAME A FEW. RICHARD FAVOURED THE STICHELBAUT FOR THEIR TOUGHNESS TO HANDLE THE HARD DAYS AND THE VITALITY HE REQUIRED OF HIS BIRDS. HE ACQUIRED HIS ORIGINAL STOCK FROM WELL KNOWN BREEDERS –RICHARD CLINGHAN, KEITH SAGGERS AND BAYVIEW LOFTS TO NAME SOME. BETTER RESULTS WERE OBTAINED WHEN OUT-CROSSES WERE INTRODUCED TO HIS LOFT NAMELY- HERBOT, VEREEKE HOUBENS AND SILVER SHADOW-VAN LOON BLOOD. ONE OF RICHARDS BETTER DAYS IN RACING OCCURRED ON 16/10/04 WHEN HE WAS PLACED 4TH FED WINDORAH AND 9TH FED MORNEY, ONE OF ONLY 4 FLYERS TO PRESENT HIS CLOCK FOR THE BOTH HARD RACES IN RACE TIME.
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