TYNEDALE Homing Society held a race from Leicester, eight members sending 162 birds. The winner, by just nine seconds, was a blue pied hen raced by Hexham's Gordon Dodd.

Prudhoe and District Homing Society were also off from Leicester with Brian Leech‘s bird first home.

Results

Tynedale: 1, 3, 7 & 8, G. Dodd, 1521.6, 1482, 1458 & 1455; 2, 5 & 6, P. Jackson, 1520.4, 1472 & 1471; 4, D. Bennet, 1478. Prudhoe: 1 & 6, Brian Leech, 1495 & 1471; 2, 3, 4 & 5, Hindmarsh & Telfer, 1490, 1487, 1479 & 1472.