SU 25 4595 Mealy “Cherry Tree 95” winner of 28th Open Final Race Ballygawley 275 miles and 312th HS1, 339th HS2, 190th HS3, 146th HS4 and 63rd Semi-Final for ‘Cherry Tree Lofts’
This was bred by Douglas Owen, who has been fortunate to be friendly with Nigel Langstaff and the late Ian Crammond. He obtained some Jan Aarden based pigeons from Ian and Nigel in 2004 and then some Vandenabeele’s from their stock birds in 2008. They come through the M & D Evans lines of Shadow, Carrie, Jester, Eisenhower etc. He also obtained a full brother to ‘Crackerjack’ that won 1st Open L&SECC Bergerac for Ian and Nigel.
These and his old family, largely based on the birds of Alan Wilson, Locharbriggs, John Tyerman, Brackesham and Mr & Mrs Eric Cannon of Godalming have served him well over the years.
SIRE
SU 24 2829 Cheq he is a grandson of ’09 S4371’ a consistent racer up to 300 miles winning 7th Ypres SNFC 399 miles before retiring to stock bred from the old family.
The grand dam of 4595 is a Vandenabeele X The old family.
DAM
SU 18 S4988 Mealy Hen, she was a gift from Ryan Campbell, Langholm and comes from the distance lines of Bobby Adair of Flimby in Cumbria.