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Racing pigeons back in the air

Old Shildon Homing Society’s racing season is back underway with the first race having taken place on Saturday 8th April, when the birds were released in Wakefield, for a 67-mile sprint back home.

The birds were liberated at 9am and first bird, belonging to Gray Bros, arrived back in Shildon at 10.15am.

Second home was T&J Brown with Gray Bros also filling the next two places.

Fifth was W Stott & Son and sixth was Smith, Alderson & Spark.

The second race of the season, on Saturday 15th April, saw the birds liberated at Thoresby Hall, 100 miles from home, at 9am.

The first three home all belonging to T&J Brown.

Smith, Alderson & Spark returned in fourth and sixth positions, while sandwiched between was T&J Brown who also took fifth.

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