The Pigeons in Kingsmead School Team In South Africa this

year are:

 

• Kingsmead Paul

• Kingsmead Sims

• Kingsmead Gordon

• Kingsmead Holmer

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Race 1 - 100 miles  

​Race 2 - 131 miles

Race 3 - 155 miles

Race 4 - 192 miles

Race 5 - 208 miles

Race 6 - The SAMDR - 3rd February

 

To see how the Kingsmead pigeons are doing in these races just go to the link below

 

www.samdpr.com

 

1. Then click on the race result

2. Then Click on the result you wish to view

3. Then type in KINGSMEAD in the search box

 

Positions Achieved in the South African Million Dollar Race

 

• 25th October 2014      -    26 Miles = 7th UK   -  107th Open (KINGSMEAD PRINCE)

• 31st December 2014   -    92 Miles = 10th UK - 141th Open (KINGSMEAD PRINCE)

• 30th November 2016  -    71 Miles = 12th UK -  267th Open (KINGSMEAD HAMPLETT)

• 10th December 2016   -  101 Miles = 12th UK - 216th Open (KINGSMEAD HAMPLETT)

• 17th December 2016   -  131 Miles = 18th UK - 187th Open (KINGSMEAD COLLIN)

• 08th January 2017        -  192 Miles =  7th UK -     94th Open (KINGSMEAD ROSE)

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Articles featuring Kingsmead School

 

25th October 2014

 

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 12th OPEN went to S BANNISTER and LJ LEECH with their pigeon named RAFAEL bred by STEPHEN BANNISTER from FEATHERSTONE which was officially clocked at 08.35.28.80, just 13.10 seconds behind the race winner, 2nd UK, 34th Open Lucky Devils Syndicate administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Bob Fenech from Attleborough, 3rd UK, 35th Open Paul Smith Syndicate administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon, 4th UK, 52nd Open a second for Lucky Devils Syndicate and with another pigeon bred by Bob Fenech from Attleborough, 5th UK, 56th Open Alan Richardson from Whitby, 6th UK, 92nd Open a third for Lucky Devils Syndicate again bred by Bob Fenech from Attleborough, 7th UK, 107th Open Kingsmead School and bred by the pupils at the School with Mr Chambers at the helm, well done to all concerned, 8th UK, 120th Open R Bartley and W Gardner from Garstang, 9th UK, 137th Open Carlos Dream Syndicate administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with a fourth pigeon bed by Bob Fenech from Attleborough, 10th UK, 141st Open a fourth for Lucky Devils Syndicate with a fifth pigeon bred by Bob Fenech from Attleborough, 11th UK, 164th Open a second for Paul Smith Syndicate with another pigeon bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon, 12th UK, 180th Open Crammond and Langstaff from Fontwell, 13th UK, 190th Open Pieter Oberholster from Keysoe, 14th UK, 196th Open Qwestair Loft with pigeon bred by Ian Freeman from Trowbridge, 15th UK, 223rd Open JEM with pigeon bred by S. Knowles and entered by WJ Bradbury from Glazebury, 16th UK, 256th Open Ian Stafford from Saltburn, 17th UK, 257th Open a second for Crammond and Langstaff from Fontwell, 18th UK, 282nd Open Durkan Brothers from Ripon, 19th UK, 302nd Open Zandys Dream Team administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Terry Robinson from Goffs Oak and 20th UK, 304th Open Ticket Collectors from the North East. A total of 259 UK pigeons were officially recorded by 17.42, leaving 21 still to make it back to the lofts. The Monday Loft Listings still showed only 259 UK pigeons in the lofts, which meant that 21 were lost in this training race.

 

31st December 2014

 

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 13th OPEN went to CARLOS DREAM SYNDICATE, administered by PAUL SMITH from STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET with pigeon named CARLOS VICTORY bred by TERRY ROBINSON from MELBA LOFTS, GOFFS OAK which was officially clocked at 09.05.01.48 just 21.25 seconds away from the actual race winner, 2nd UK, 18th Open Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 3rd UK, 32nd Open Zandys Dream Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Fenech Brothers from Attleborough, 4th UK, 35th Open Lucky Devils Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with a second pigeon bred by Fenech Brothers from Attleborough, 5th UK, 38th Open another for Lucky Devils Syndicate, with a fourth pigeon bred by Fenech Brothers from Attleborough, this outstanding pigeon has now won 365th, 2325th, 856th, 375th, 143rd, 50th, 29th, 84th, 45th, 133rd, 2088th, 208th, 30th, 2491st, 5th and now 38th OPEN, plus US$9,696 (£6,464) in nomination winnings, 6th UK, 56th Open another for Lucky Devils Syndicate, with a fifth pigeon bred by Fenech Brothers from Attleborough, 7th UK, 64th Open Questair Loft with pigeon bred by Ian Freeman from Trowbridge, 8th UK, 90th Open Alan Richardson from Whitby, 9th UK, 138th Open Paul Bamford from Pembroke Dock, 10th UK, 141st Open Kingsmead School from Hednesford and entered by Mr Chambers & the students of the school, this was a Free Entry given to the school by the SAMDPR to encourage youngsters to get interested in the sport, 11th UK, 177th Open another for Lucky Devils Syndicate, a sixth pigeon bred by Fenech Brothers from Attleborough, 12th UK, 179th Open another for Premier Stud UK Syndicate, bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven, 13th UK, 186th Open Mr & Mrs Brian & Mavis Clayburn from Ackworth, 14th UK, 189th Open Signalmen from the North East with pigeon bred by P. Turner, 15th UK, 199th Open Willy & Ian Gray from Birgham, Coldstream, 16th UK, 215th Open Gorse Syndicate with pigeon bred by Mr & Mrs J & T. Tweats from Congleton, 17th UK, 261st Open another for Lucky Devils Syndicate, a seventh pigeon bred by Fenech Brothers from Attleborough, 18th UK, 265th Open Joe Leech and Stephen Bannister with pigeon bred by Joe Leech & Son from Featherstone, 19th UK, 268th Open R. Bartley and W. Gardner from Garstang with pigeon bred by W. Gardner and 20th UK, 275th Open Ben and Sally Gray with pigeon bred by Gray and Atkin from Bridlington. A total of 160 UK pigeons were officially clocked by 17.18, leaving just 3 still to return to the lofts.

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30th November 2016

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CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 66th OPEN went to LES GREEN GB, with his pigeon named IRLAM MAGIC which was bred by LES GREEN from IRLAM, which was officially clocked at 07.33.41.79 just 1 minute 01.84 seconds away from the actual race winner. 2nd UK, 73rd Open John Cooper from Pontypridd, 3rd UK, 138th Open Crammond, Langstaff & Gilbert from Fontwell, 4th UK, 146th Open Zandys Dream Team, administered and with pigeon bred by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet, 5th UK, 186th Open Millys Loft with pigeon bred by Michael Mellor from Crewe, 6th UK, 190th Open Paul Smith Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon 7th UK, 220th Open another for Zandys Dream Team, 8th UK, 240th Open Estuary Syndicate with pigeon bred by this syndicate, 9th UK, 253rd Open Syndicate Lofts UK with pigeon bred by Peter Fox from Bangor, 10th UK, 257th Open a third pigeon for Zandys Dream Team, 11th UK, 259th Open Mr & Mrs Clayburn from Ackworth, 12th UK, 267th Open Kingsmead School from Hednesford with pigeon bred by Johnathon Hamplett from West Midlands, 13th UK, 306th Open Paul Bamford from Pembroke Dock, 14th UK, 315th Open another for Crammond, Langstaff & Gilbert from Fontwell, 15th UK, 322nd Open another for Les Green from Irlam, 16th UK, 345th Open Gran Canaria One Loft with pigeon bred by Phil Bates & Son, 17th UK, 347th Open Tim Atkin from Rugby, 18th UK, 348th Open Jutla Brothers from Upton Park, 19th UK, 351st Open Laurens Londt from Cannock and 20th UK, 352nd Open a fourth pigeon for Zandys Dream Team. A total of 232 pigeons from the United Kingdom were officially recorded up to 08.11. A later update loft list issued showed 271 UK pigeon had returned to the lofts by 10.52 and by nightfall a total of 277 had been officially recorded, leaving 29 still to return to the lofts, however I am sure a few more will work back in the next few days. The Thursday loft list showed 299 UK pigeons were still in the loft.

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10th December 2016

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 10th OPEN went to MILLYS LOFT and with their pigeon named DUNDEES BACK which was bred by MICHAEL MELLOR from CREWE, which was officially clocked at 07.58.50.65, just 12.34 seconds away from the race winner. 2nd UK, 28th Open Crammond, Langstaff & Gilbert Mark Gilbert GB from Fontwell & Windsor, 3rd UK, 38th Open Mr & Mrs Clayburn from Ackworth, 4th UK, 56th Open Speedbird Strain - Aylesbury Bucks, entered by the late Peter Entwistle from Aylesbury and with pigeon bred by Keith & Graham Jones from Aylesbury, 5th UK, 66th Open Syndicate Lofts UK with pigeon bred by Peter Fox from Bangor, 6th UK, 74th Open Alan Richardson from Whitby, 7th UK, 150th Open R Bartley & W Gardner from Lancaster, 8th UK, 165th Open another for Millys Loft with pigeon bred by Michael Mellor from Crewe, 9th UK, 178th Open another for Speedbird Strain - Aylesbury Bucks, entered by the late Peter Entwistle and with a pigeon bred by Jones & Redman,10th UK, 201st Open Sue Bennett from Darlington with pigeon bred by Woodroffe Brothers, 11th UK, 211th Open Grumpy Old Men with pigeon bred by Tony Kent from Wareside, 12th UK, 216th Open Kingsmead School from Hednesford with pigeon bred by Johnathon Hamplett, it is great to see this school doing so well, 13th UK, 222nd Open Carlos Dream Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet with pigeon bred by Jos Reilly from Dublin, 14th UK, 238th Open Tim Atkin from Rugby, 15th UK, 247th Open Rutland Loft with pigeon bred by AJ Whithouse, 16th UK, 267th Open Bartley & Tweats with a pigeon bred by this partnership, 17th UK, 281st Open a third pigeon for Millys Loft with another pigeon bred by Michael Mellor from Crewe, 18th UK, 283rd Open Farm Faster with pigeon bred by Geoff & Catherine Cooper from Peasedown St John, 19th UK, 292nd Open Guys Lofts Elite with pigeon bred by Graham Guy from Wolverhampton and then 20th UK, 293rd Open another for Tim Atkin from Rugby. All these 20 UK pigeons were clocked within 6 minutes and 17.00 seconds of the race winner. Another great race with 54 UK pigeons being officially clocked by 08.09, then 109 up to 08.17 and then 256 by 10.52, then 268 by 18.40, which left just 17 to return to base camp. The Monday morning Loft Listing showed 293 UK pigeons in the loft.

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GLOBAL NOMINATIONS on HOT SPOT CAR RACE 1 amounted to US$12,507.75c (£10,423) and there was a total of 433 pigeons actually entered which included 35 from the UK and 3 from IRELAND and there was 1,347 nominations and all this money in this race was won by pigeons in the top 221 positions. There were no UK winners. UNITED KINGDOM NOMINATIONS amounted to $345.10c (£287) and there was a total of 15 pigeons entered and there was 44 nominations. There was two winners as follows:- KINGSMEAD SCHOOL from HEDNESFORD with their pigeon named KINGSMEAD HAMPLETT bred by JOHNATON HAMPLETT which took 216th OPEN winning US$26.35c (£22) for its efforts, well done to Mr Chambers and all the school kids, keep up the excellent work, then Guys Lofts Elite with pigeon named De Vinchie Code bred by Graham Guy from Wolverhampton which took 292nd Open winning US$318.75 (£266) for its efforts. 

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17th December 2016

CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 5th OPEN went to K CONSULTANCY and with their pigeon named BLACK DOT which was bred by PIETER OBERHOLSTER from KEYSOE, which was officially clocked at 08.37.08.29, just 10.64 seconds away from the race winner. 2nd UK, 16th Open Speedbird Strain - Aylesbury Bucks, entered by the late Peter Entwistle from Aylesbury and with a pigeon bred by Keith & Graham Jones from Aylesbury, 3rd UK, 28th Open The Royal Lofts (Her Majesty The Queen) from Sandringham with a pigeon bred by Peter Farrow (Loft Manager), 4th UK, 38th Open Crossley & Truszkowski from Melton Mowbray,5th UK, 52nd Open J & J Syndicate with pigeon bred by Joe Kennedy & Son from Belfast, 6th UK, 82nd Open Grumpy Old Men entered by Tony Kent from Wareside and with a pigeon bred by J Dixon, 7th UK, 84th Open another for J & J Syndicate with a second pigeon bred by Joe Kennedy & Son from Belfast, 8th UK, 95th Open Paul Smith Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon, 9th UK, 105th Open Zandys Dream Team with a pigeon bred by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet, 10th UK, 107th Open Sue Bennett from Darlington with pigeon bred by Woodroffe Brothers, 11th UK, 123rd Open Lloyd & Kelly from Didcot, 12th UK, 132nd Open Hilamb Syndicate, administered by Ken Ambler from Keighley and with pigeon bred by Ron Hillcoat from Sheffield, 13th UK, 138th Open Les Green GB from Irlam, 14th UK, 141st Open Gary & Annette Tomlinson from Blackbrook, 15th UK, 160th Open Smith - McAllister, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Bruce McAllister from Furneaux Pelham, 16th UK, 161st Open another for Paul Smith Syndicate with a second pigeon bred by Jimmy Richards from Laindon, 17th UK, 168th Open UK Elite Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Lee Fribbins from Frating, 18th UK, 187th Open Kingsmead School from Hednesford with pigeon bred by C Rose & Son, 19th UK, 213th Open Guys Lofts Elite with pigeon bred by Graham Guy from Wolverhampton and then 20th UK, 225th Open Premier Stud UK Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet and with pigeon bred by Premier Stud from Patringham Haven. Another great race with 131 UK pigeons being officially clocked by 09.14, then 162 up to 09.34 and then 168 by 09.40, then 197 by 10.41, 214 by 14.49 and then they last list showed 224 UK pigeons were in the loft by 19.12 which left 59 to return to base camp. Sunday morning the missing pigeons started to roll in and a further 30 UK pigeons returned to base camp, leaving 20 pigeons still missing. The Monday morning Loft Listing showed 270 UK pigeons in the loft.

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8th January 2017

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CONGRATULATIONS on winning 1st UNITED KINGDOM, 7th OPEN went to HILAMB SYNDICATE, entered by KEN AMBLER from KEIGHLEY and RON HILLCOAT from SOWERBY BRIDGE with their pigeon named THISTLECRACK which was bred by KEN AMBLER from KEIGHLEY, which was officially clocked at 10.53.47.34 just 11.55 seconds away from the actual race winner. 2nd UK, 11th Open The Royal Lofts (Her Majesty The Queen), with pigeon named Royal Norfolk that was bred by Peter Farrow (Loft Manager) from Wolverton, this pigeon has flown very well so far and won 55th TR1, 82nd TR2, 151st TR3, 28th HSCR2, 152nd HSCR and now 11th HSCR4 and is now holding onto 1st UK, 7th OPEN in the OVERALL AVERAGES and 1st UK, 6th OPEN in the HOT SPOT CAR AVERAGES after 4 races, 3rd UK, 26th Open Guys Lofts Elite with pigeon bred by Graham Guy from Wolverhampton, this pigeon won 1st UK, 10th OPEN in HSCR3, Graham fancied this pigeon and won a cool US$1,496 (£1,247) in pool money, 4th UK, 55th Open Lucky Devils Syndicate, administered by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet with pigeon bred by Bob Fenech from Attleborough, this pigeon is the same way bred as Lucky Countess a big winner two years ago in the 19th SAMDPR and already proving to be an outstanding breeder, 5th UK, 68th Open Zandys Dream Team with pigeon bred by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet, this pigeon is bred from Lucky Countess mentioned above, 6th UK, 85th Open Team Lincs with pigeon bred by Paul & Tracey Stacey from Sleaford, 7th UK, 90th Open Syndicate Lofts UK with pigeon bred by Peter Fox from Bangor, 8th UK, 107th Open Kingsmead School from Hednesford with pigeon bred by C Rose & Son, great to see this pigeon doing well, the kids at the school are over the moon with how their pigeons a flying in this race series, hope it continues, 9th UK, 119th Open J & J Syndicate with pigeon bred by Joe Kennedy & Son from Belfast, 10th UK, 157th Open Andy Gregson from Preston, 11th UK, 176th Open Crammond, Langstaff & Gilbert from Fontwell and Windsor, 12th UK, 180th Open Tim Atkin from Rugby, 13th UK, 182nd Open another for The Royal Lofts (Her Majesty The Queen) with a second pigeon bred by Peter Farrow (loft Manager) from Wolverton, 14th UK, 185th Open Millys Loft with pigeon bred by Michael Mellor from Crewe, 15th UK, 205th Open another for Zandys Dream Team with a second pigeon bred by Paul Smith from Stansted Mountfitchet, another one from Lucky Countess, 16th UK, 223rd Open another for Crammond, Langstaff & Gilbert from Fontwell and Windsor, 17th UK, 225th Open another for Hilamb Syndicate, entered by Ken Ambler from Keighley and Ron Hillcoat from Sowerby Bridge with a pigeon bred by Ron Hillcoat, 18th UK, 228th Open Orbital Lofts with pigeon bred by Roger Lowe from Reading, 19th UK, 246th Open another for Millys Loft with a second pigeon bred by Michael Mellor from Crewe and 20th UK, 247th Open Robbo with pigeon bred by Norman Robinson from Bridlington. A total of 50 pigeons from the United Kingdom were officially recorded up to 11.41, with 100 up to 12.36. A later update loft list issued showed 142 UK pigeons had returned to the lofts by 14.20 and then 160 by 15.27 and by 19.15 a total of 196 had been officially recorded, leaving 54 UK pigeons still to return to the loft. Monday dawned and by 18.27 a total of 218 UK pigeons had returned, leaving 32 UK pigeons to return to the loft. However I am sure a few more will work back in the next few days. The Tuesday loft list showed that 220 UK pigeons were still in the race loft.

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UNITED KINGDOM NOMINATIONS amounted to US$1,109.25c (£925) and showed 22 pigeons with 97 nominations and the winners were TEAM LINCS taking 85th OPEN with their pigeon named GRANTHAM, bred by PAUL & TRACEY STACEY from SLEAFORD which won US$229.50c (£191) for its efforts and then 107th OPEN for KINGSMEAD SCHOOL from HEDNESFORD with pigeon named KINGSMEAD ROSE bred by C ROSE & SON from the MIDLANDS winning US$5.95c (£7) for its efforts and 

then lastly MANCHESTER MAESTROS taking 414th OPEN with pigeon named LADY LOIS 2, bred by JOHN CREHAN from MANCHESTER winning US$873.80c (£727) for its efforts. WELL DONE TO ALL CONCERNED.