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Durban North Squeaker Sale - Sunday 4 November 201822 October 2018 To all Combine Members,
The DNRPC annual sale is taking place on Sunday 4th November 2018 at our club house in Durban North. Durban North Sale - 5 November 20174 October 2017 To all Combine Members,
Please find below the rules for the 2017 DNRPC Sale available to download. Durban North Sale - 2nd Leg Results Marble Hall26 September 2017 To all participants in the Durban North Sale,
Below find the provisional results for the second leg of the Durban North Sale (Race 33, Marble Hall). Durban North Sale - 1st Leg Results Petrusburg11 September 2017 To all participants in the Durban North Sale,
Below find the provisional results for the first leg of the Durban North Sale (Race 30, Petrusburg). Durban North Sale Noms4 September 2017 To all participants in the Durban North Sale Race, Races 15 July 2017 postponed by a week13 July 2017
As per a decision by Reg Zammit and the weather commity: Auction of Kitchenbrand lofts birds donated to the Alliance Sale25 October 2016 Dear Fanciers,
We have received a pair of Stock birds and 20 Racing pigeons from Mark Kitchenbrand to auction at the Alliance Sale and to offer to fanciers nationally.
The Alliance Sale Committee has decided to offer these highly prized and sought after birds initially and only to KZN Combine members up until
the Alliance Sale which takes place on 13th November 2016 at PRPC Clubhouse in New Germany.
If you are looking to improve your blood lines in your stock loft from pigeons with a proven track record of winning over medium and long distances
then you cannot miss the opportunity to acquire birds from the renowned Kitchenbrand lofts.
This loft has raced in both Germany and RSA and has the honour of winning the National German Averages Championship. Notice: Alliance Sale 201613 October 2016 Dear Combine Members,
The Alliance Clubs will be holding their 5th sale on Sunday 13th November 2016 at the new premises of PRPC.
Please download below the notice for full details and rules of the sale.
Again we offer prize money of R 60,000 including 2 hotspots and a R 10,000 Nomination race prize.
This year Kitchenbrand lofts will be donating 20 top quality Race birds that flew as Yearlings this year as well as two pairs of stock birds donated by the renowned Kitchenbrand Lofts.
Mark Kitchenbrand will be in attendance at the sale to talk about the heritage and pedigrees of the donated birds.
Here is a terrific opportunity for fanciers to acquire much sought after quality racing pigeons and breeding stock. Alliance Sale/Nomination 2016 Results and Prize Money13 September 2016 To all participants in the Alliance Sale Races,
Find below for download the results of the Marble Hall segment of the Alliance Sale race, the total points accrued between the two races
as well as the Alliance Nom results. Combine Sale/Nomination Results - Luckhof13 September 2016 To all members of the Combine,
Find below available for download the results of the Combine Sale and Combine Nomination for the Luckhof section.
Congratulations to all the winners. Champions Race Results and Prize Money13 September 2016 To all participants in the Champions race,
Once again thank you for supporting the Champions Race fundraiser. Total revenue was R 36,000.
I have rounded up the prize money to be Grand prize of R 15,000 and R 3500 prize money for the winner of the West route
and R 3500 for the winner of the North route with the balance to Combine funds.
The fundraiser was moderately supported and prize money was well down on last year's 67 participants.
Part of the reason was that there were insufficient pigeons available to offer non Combine members a team ( as we did last year) in the race. Durban North Sale - Luckhof Race Results13 September 2016 To all participants in the Durban North Sale,
Below find the provisional results for the first leg of the Durban North Sale (Luckhof). Durban North Sale: List of Sale Birds and number of nominations7 September 2016 To all participants in the Durban North Sale,
The document available for download below contains a list of the DBN NORTH sale ring numbers and the number of nominations each flyer has. Durban North Sale: Nomination List22 August 2016 To all participants in the Durban North Sale,
The document available for download below contains a list of the Flyer and number of DBN NORTH SALE NOMINATIONS
that each member is entitled to enter, for race 30 Luckhof and race 33 Pietersburg. Combine Race Programme: Standerton/Winburg Yearling Races25 July 2016 To all members of clubs in the KZN Combine,
Due to the severe flooding in Durban it was not possible for the Combine Management to meet at its scheduled meeting tonight.
A key issue for discussion was the Race programme and whether we move the programme up by one week or we stay with the same programme
and lose the Yearling races from Standerton and Winburg. All Affiliate club representatives were consulted by phone and asked for their
decision on the race programme. With the exception of one Club all the other clubs voted that the Combine flies the Yearling
Standerton/Winburg races on 30th July 2016 and that the race programme continue thereafter with each race being moved up by one week.
The proposal to fly Yearlings on 30th July 2016 instead of the Messina/ Groblershoop Open race was accordingly adopted.
The last race of the season will be the Pietersberg/Kimberley Yearling races as per the race programme but raced on the 24th September 2016
as opposed to the 17th September. All Sale races and Competitions will be as per the published programme. Alliance Sale 2015: Sunday 15th November 201521 October 2015 To all members of clubs in the KZN Combine,
The annual Alliance Club sale takes place on Sunday 15th November 2015 at Pinetown Racing Pigeon Club penning starts at 10:00 AM.
All members are welcome to participate and place squeakers on the sale. The Sale offers total prize money of R 60,000 with hotspots
paying R 5,000 per race and a nomination race with prize money of R 10,000 on a winner takes all basis. There will be food and drinks
provided plus raffles and auctioning off of excellent quality stock birds as well as free entries into national one loft race competitions.
The proceeds are used to help rural clubs stay in Pigeon Racing by helping to cover their transport costs. Durban North Racing Pigeon Club - 2015 Squeaker Sale - Sunday 11th October 201529 September 2015 To all members of the DBN Fed, Combine and Affiliated Clubs,
Please find available for download here the DBN North Racing Pigeon Club’s 2015 Squeaker Sale Notification. Alliance Sale 3rd Leg Results (Lichtenburg)23 September 2015 To all Alliance Sale flyers,
Congratulations to Lee, Mike, Ivan & GK loft for winning the Grand prize of R40,000 as well as the 3rd leg hotspot
which adds another R5,000 to their total winnings. Please find full results available for download below. Alliance Sale 2nd Leg Results (Marble Hall)10 September 2015 To all Alliance sale Participants,
On behalf of Reg and the Alliance sale committee I want to congratulate mike/Ivan/Lee on winning the second leg of the Alliance Sale.
Obviously the result is open for queries and objections but we try our utmost to provide accurate results.
There is a one week window period where objections etc can be lodged. Alliance Sale 1st Leg Results (Bothaville)27 August 2015 To all Alliance sale Participants,
Below please find the results of the 1st leg of the Alliance Sale - available for download.
Our apologies for getting the results out only on Thursday, but we are dependent on a computer programme
which extracts all Alliance birds from the Combine DB files and this only became available today.
We will strive to get the second leg results out by the Tuesday after the race. Champions Race Competition 2015 - Results27 August 2015
To all participants in the Champion’s race,
Congratulations to all the winners. Champions Race Competition 2015 - Update 321 August 2015
To all participants in the Champion’s race,
You are reminded that you need to phone in/sms/email the clocking time of your team or teams, within one hour of your first team bird arriving, to:
As this is essentially a team race, please wait a while after your first bird arrives before phoning in,
as it would be more efficient to report both team birds rather than one at a time. Champions Race Competition 2015 - Update 219 August 2015
To all participants in the Champion’s race,
Nominations are coming in at a steady rate and most people but not all have paid for their teams. Payments are due by basketing night
and if someone wants to pay in cash at the club he can give the cash to his club Chairman who should immediately advise me of the transaction.
Any changes to nominations must be advised to me by noon on Friday 21st August and we will then finalize the Master register.
Please do not forget to phone in your clocking times.
This could get a bit confusing with the first leg of the Alliance Sale taking place from Bothaville this weekend. Champions Race Competition 2015 - Update 131 July 2015
To all Combine Members, Race week 9 postponed by 1 week23 July 2015 Racing has been cancelled the weekend of 23-25 July 2015 due to bad weather. Champions Race Competition 201514 July 2015 The KZN Combine will run the Race of Champions this year as part of its fundraising programme.
Essentially it is an open competition between lofts throughout the Combine where for the cost of R1,000 a loft (or any individual)
may nominate 2 birds, one flying the North route and the other the North West route. The two races will be on the same race weekend.
There will be a North route winner, a North West route winner and the highest average velocity between the two birds will win
the Grand Prize and a trophy for the race of Champions. We are aiming to have sold at least 50 nominations of
two birds each thus making a total pool of R50,000 with prize money of R30,000. Hopefully we will sell more than 50 nominations,
thus adding to the prize money. Change to Basketing on Friday 26th June 2015: Inclement weather forecast24 June 2015 To all Chairmen of Combine Clubs, Passing of Henry Robertze18 June 2015 To all members of the KZN Combine, Combine Sale Sunday 5th October 201425 September 2014 To all Combine members, The Combine Sale takes place on SUNDAY 5th OCTOBER 2014 at Pinetown Racing Pigeon Club and all Combine members are invited to attend. Below you will find full details of the sale. Henry Robertze will be the auctioneer with penning starting at 10.00am and the auction starts at 12 noon. All Combine members who flew in the 2014 Combine Race Programme are expected to place one Squeaker on the sale. If you support the Combine sale you will contribute to the future security of the KZN Combine and the future of the sport in KZN. Regards Alliance sale - 4th Leg results22 September 2014 To all participants in the Alliance Sale Races, Herewith please find the results of the Alliance Sale Race final leg and Grand prize for total points earned. We congratulate Gilbert & Bruin lofts for winning the Grand Prize of R 40,000 with bird HHC 9806, securing 590 points over the 4 legs. This is a true measure of a quality pigeon to win over 2 legs North and 2 legs North West. Well done! Gilbert & Bruin also won the final hot spot from Marble Hall winning R 5,000 with bird no HHC 09805, with a velocity of 1,470.35 mpm. The nomination results are not shown here but with the voluntary withdrawal from these results of the 1st placed bird flown by Reg Zammit means that Gilbert & Bruin also win the Nomination race prize of R 10,000 with bird HHC 09806, with a velocity of 1,440.997 mpm. Congratulations to Gilbert & Bruin for their clean sweep in winning all except the 3rd leg hotspot (Won by Hilton Campbell of Tree Tops lofts) and winning total prize money of R 61,000 between the hot spot wins and the two main prizes. These results remain provisional for a period of 7 days. Thank you for supporting the Alliance races in 2014 and we look forward to your continued support at the next Alliance Sale which takes place on SUNDAY 9th NOVEMBER 2014. Please put this date in your diary. Alliance Sale Results for Marble Hall Alliance Sale Total Points After Marble Hall Regards Combine Sale & Nomination Dealesville leg / Yearling Nom Marble Hall & Dealesville19 Sep 2014 Herewith the results and Prize money for the Combine Sale and Combine Nom Dealesville leg. We congratulate the following prize winners:
Total Prize money for the North West route: R 44,000
Total revenue raised for Nom races = R 16,400 Regards DNRPC Squeaker Sale11 Sep 2014 To all KZN Combine members, Please take note of Durban North Squeaker Sale on 12 October 2014. Please download information brochure here. Regards, Alliance Sale Theunissen Results and Points9 September 2014 Dear Alliance flyers, Herewith the latest provisional results for the Theunissen leg of the Alliance Sale races. We congratulate Hilton Campbell of “Treetops loft” on a superb win of the third leg. There is a seven day window period for objections before we publish the final results. Alliance Sale Results for Theunissen Alliance Sale Total Points After Theunissen Regards Passing of Dennis Abbott31 August 2014 To all KZN Combine members, It is with great regret and sorrow that we record the passing on Saturday 30th August of Dennis Abbott, the recent Chairman of East Griqwaland Racing Pigeon Club. Dennis died in hospital after a short illness. Dennis was an avid pigeon fancier and a stalwart member of EGRPC. Our thoughts and prayers go to Dennis’s wife June and his family and club mates. He will be sorely missed in our sport. Yours in sport Alliance Sale Bethal Provisional Results and Points20 August 2014 Dear Alliance flyers, Herewith the latest provisional results for the Bethal leg of the Alliance Sale races. Once again we congratulate Dave Gilbert on a superb win from Bethal with a velocity of 1462 mpm. It could have been the first four birds for Dave if Mark Arendse had not spoilt the party. Dave’s superb two legs of the Alliance is reflected in his dominance of the points ladder. For the rest of us don’t despair we still have the last two legs to race and anything can still happen and that is why the Alliance Race format is so exciting and the best race format in the Combine. There is a seven day window period for objections before we publish the final results Alliance Sale Results for Bethal Alliance Sale Total Points After Bethal Regards Results of the One Loft Race24 May 2014 To all race participants, Congratulations to the S Leigh Group for winning the first prize of R 30,000 in the One Loft Race competition with pigeon number NJ 3038. Second prize of R 3,000 went to Reg Zammit with Pigeon HHC 8903 and third prize of R 2,000 went to Linesh Kulasar with pigeon number HHC 8450. The function was well attended by both pigeon fanciers and non-fancier ticket holders. The weather was excellent, the food and refreshments were great and the facilities were even better than excellent. The birds came on time and to the uninitiated spectator it was a first time opportunity to enjoy the excitement of a pigeon race. As a fundraiser it was very successful. From reports given to me it was a most enjoyable day and many people asked me to repeat the event. I would like to thank Lee Scribante and his family for making their lovely home available for this event and for the work Lee and Michael put into preparing the 150 pigeons for this race. Thank you all for making the One Loft Race such a successful event. Regards SANPO Race Rules21 May 2014 Please find here a copy of the latest updated SANPO Race Rules to download: One Loft Race Draw14 May 2014 To all Race Participants, Please download from the link below the results of the draw for the One loft pigeon race. Thank you for supporting the new and exciting One Loft pigeon race which will take place at the home and loft of Lee Scribante on Saturday 24th May 2014. You are invited to watch the birds come home and enjoy a braai and some refreshments at Lee’s lofts whist enjoying the social occasion. Don’t forget that the winning pigeon will win his/her ticket holder R 30,000 and the second and third bird will pay R 3000 and R 2000 respectively. Access to the property will be restricted to ticket holders only, one ticket per person. If you have not taken possession of your ticket then please print the attachment of the draw and identify yourself from the schedule of names and you will be given access to the parking area. Whilst one cannot easily predict the arrival time of the first pigeon we plan to release the birds in Harrismith at 9.00am and given fair weather we can expect the birds to take about two and a half hours to Lee’s loft. However they could come home in two hours or less depending on wind conditions so those of you attending the race should get there about 10.00 am. Lee has one of the finest collections of motor cars/racing cars in South Africa and those of you who are interested in cars can view the collection. Those of you who are keen on Race horses are invited to visit the stables before the pigeon race. I need to draw up a Guest list of those ticket holders who will be attending the function so please RSVP me if you intend to be at the function on the 24th. I need to know for catering purposes your attendance by the 19th May 2014. I can be contacted by email or on 0826553559. The function will be held at 101 Hawkstone Road Summerveld (D391 for GPS purposes). Directions:
There are still a number of ticket holders who have not yet made payment for their tickets. It would be appreciated if this could be done as soon as possible and to avoid any embarrassment not be left for the race day. I look forward to seeing you on the 24th May and good luck for the winning pigeon Regards KZN ONE LOFT RACE FUNDRAISER5 March 2014 To All Combine Members, I am pleased to advise a pre-season function that combines both a one loft race and a social function plus the opportunity to win a large cash prize. The KZN Combine will be offering a one loft race on Saturday 24th May 2014 using Lee Scribante's loft in Shongweni. The race will be from Harrismith and Lee will make up to 150 birds available from his loft for this race. Combine members and the general public can buy a pigeon from this loft for this race at a cost of R 500 per bird. A ticket will be issued for each bird purchased for this race. All ticket holders are invited to watch the birds arrive at Lee's loft and enjoy a braai and refreshments as part of their purchase of a ticket. Prize money will be based on total number of birds sold with a minimum requirement of 120 birds sold.
Total prize money will be R 30,000 split as follows: I can advise that 75 tickets have already been sold before we officially publicized the launch of this one loft race. We anticipate this to be a very popular event so those of you who want to support the Combine in promoting the pigeon sport, want to enjoy a few drinks and socialize with your friends over a braai plus stand a great chance to win a big cash prize as you watch the birds come home need to buy a ticket. It is R 500 well spent. Please contact me by phone or e mail and I will record your entry in the master register for the race.
You can deposit the amount owed for the purchase of the ticket/s into the KZN Racing Pigeon Combine account at: Regards Reg Zammit Combine Prize giving Function 1 December 2013To all Combine members The Combine Prize giving function will take place on Sunday 1st December 2013 at the Shongweni Club CNR of Kassier & Cliffdale Road Assagay. Braai fires and Braai packs will be supplied by the Combine along with pre-braai snacks, salads, rolls and a desert. A cash bar will also be available. The function starts at 12.30 pm for 1.00 pm Combine members and their wives/partners are invited to attend the prize giving function and enjoy the camaraderie of socializing with Combine members from various clubs making up the Combine as well as applauding the prize winners of this year’s championship. The Combine has only catered for couples attending the function and not families. If you intend to bring your family to the function then you will need to bring their Braai meat to the function as we will be distributing only one braai pack to each member and one to his partner attending the function. It is important that you confirm your attendance at the function as well as the numbers accompanying you by no later than Monday 25th of November so that we can correctly cater for the event. Please confirm your attendance to either Reg Zammit, Dave Gilbert or Peter Morgan by either phone or e mail. We look forward to seeing you at the prize giving. Cell numbers:
Alliance Club SaleThis year the Alliance sale is going to be bigger and better than last year and last year we paid out more prize money than any other sale. On auction we have free entries to Dinogeng Lofts, Carnival City and the SANPO North West National lofts. Gilbert &Bruin have kindly donated a squeaker from their loft to the fancier coming second in any of the four hotspot races. There will be raffles and lucky draws throughout the auction with lunch and drinks tickets included with your bid card so come and support the Alliance Sale and have a fun filled Sunday on the 10th November 2013. I can also advise that a representative from Dinogeng lofts will be at the Alliance Sale as they are sponsoring 2 free entries into their lofts. Dinogeng advise that they will be in a position to take birds back to Dinogeng that fanciers may wish to enter into their lofts . So if you are planning a Dinogeng entry and have the birds available Barney from Dinogeng can take them back to Dinogeng for you. Click Here to download brochure for the sale - please note the date is wrong in this brochure Regards 2013 Combine SaleSale Date: Sunday 6th October 2013 Penning from 10 am and the Auction starts at 12.00 noon Please Click Here to download a copy of the sale rules. Yearling Nomination Race Competition 2013 - Change of Dates22 August 2013 To all Club Chairmen and Club Secretaries, Due to time constraints it has become necessary to change the liberation dates for the new Yearling Nomination Fundraiser races from the 31st August 2013 to the 14th September 2013. The races will now take place from Marble Hall and Dealesville as opposed to the original venues of Middleburg and Theunissen. This should give us sufficient time to organise the races and collect the money for the additional nominations bought by fanciers. A copy of the amended rules with the new race points are included here for your convenience. Prize money will be determined by the number of nominations sold and it is hoped that every Combine member will buy at least one additional nomination of 2 birds over and above the free nomination of 2 birds each member will receive from the Combine. Additional nominations cost R200 each and members may purchase up to nine additional nominations. Club Chairmen are reminded that it is critical to the success of the fundraiser that they be actively involved in publicising the nomination races to club members, registering the number of additional nominations each club member would like to purchase and assist where necessary with the collection of cash where members do not pay direct. Thank you for your assistance and lets have a great fundraiser for the Combine and another exciting race weekend for our members. Regards Yearling Nomination Race 2013 Rules Combine Recruitment campaignTo all Members of the Combine, The KZN Combine is actively recruiting members and has a starter pack to induct new recruits into our sport. To publicize our recruitment campaign your Combine has had a video professionally made to be sent to potential new members. Our target market is anyone who is interested in taking on a dynamic, exciting and demanding sport that gives people in all walks of life the opportunity to race competitively and at the same time enjoy the camaraderie of being a club member. If you know a person who might have raced before and may be interested in coming back to the sport or someone who is just interested in racing pigeons then send them a copy of this video by referring them to this page and link. Alternatively you can e-mail them the Youtube link below. You can send this link to a smart phone, tablet, IPad, lap top or any computer that can play a video. Obviously the experience is enhanced if one has sound on your device. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTnTHICehF4 Enjoy the video and do your bit for the sport by sending it on to people you believe may be interested in our sport. Yours in sport The Race of Champions Competition 2013The KZN Combine will again run the Champion’s Race Competition this year as part of its fundraising programme. Essentially it is an open competition between lofts throughout the Combine where for the cost of R 1000 a loft may nominate 2 birds, one bird flying the North route and the other the North West route. For more details and the competition rules, please click on the link below. Race of Champions Competition 2013 Yearling Nomination Race Competition 2013The Combine is launching its new competition the Yearling Nomination race competition where every flying member of the Combine gets a free nomination into the races and will compete for potentially a large money prize. Details are contained in the rules which can be downloaded from the link below. Yearling Nomination Race 2013 Rules Combine AGM - New Constitution/Grievance procedure and Committee.The inaugural Combine AGM was held on Saturday 18 May 2013. The Combine constitution and Grievance procedure were approved during the AGM without amendment. Please click here to download the new constitution, as approved. The Office bearers elected at the AGM are as follows:
For contact details of these new office bearers, please view the “Contact Us” page on this site. NOTICE OF INAUGURAL COMBINE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN OF THE ABOVE MEETING TO TAKE PLACE:
Each Affiliate club or Affiliate organization is to elect 2 representatives as Combine Delegates. Where Affiliate clubs have not as yet appointed/elected Combine Delegates, they must do so. Please notify the secretary of the names of these 2 representatives prior to the meeting. It is important that all Affiliate Clubs and Affiliate Organizations delegates attend this inaugural Combine Annual General Meeting. Individual members are welcome to attend in their personal capacity, but will not be eligible to vote. To view the agenda vir the AGM, please click here. Open Challenge Race 20122 September 2012 To all participants in the race, Thank you for supporting the Open Challenge race 2012. The draw for the Open challenge is shown in the attachment (click here), where you can see the pigeon you have drawn and to which loft it will fly home. This year the race will take place on 15th September from Marble Hall, a distance of about 550 kms from home lofts. We had hoped to sell 700 tickets this year but only achieved 455 sales. This means that in terms of the race rules prize money will be reduced as follows:
This is not a proportional reduction as provided in the rules, but the race committee felt that prize money should be kept as close as possible to the amounts originally published. The attached schedule is likely to change over the next week as pigeons do get lost or injured during training and racing but a final schedule will be published on Friday 14th September just before the race. The results of the race will be published as soon after the race as possible, possibly by Tuesday 18th September. Winners will be contacted by phone/e-mail and the winners will also be published on the KZNRPU website. I will request that all Combine members who sold tickets to 3rd parties to please forward this e mail to their ticket buyers. I wish you all good luck and a great race on the 15th September. Yours in sport Marshall Rossouw - Missing Birds - Tugela Plaza 24 June 201228 June 2012 Hi Reg As per discussion with Marshall hereby find attached list of birds lost from Tugela Plaza on the 24/06/2012. Please circulate above to your members and if possible, please place on your union web site. Many thanks. For list of birds, please click here:
Lost and Found28 June 2012 Hi I am Mark Clayton a pigeon fancier from Ladysmith and i belong to the Hauser Park pigeon club. I lost 2 pigeons from Sundays race from Senekal(24/6/2012), the ring details are as follows: 2 strays have landed at my loft on the 27/6/2012. They are both in good health. Thanks Weekend Weather - 23 & 24 June 201221 June 2012 To all clubs Unfortunately the weather will not be kind to us for pigeon racing on Saturday 23rd June as widespread rain is predicted. Accordingly the Weather committee has recommended that we basket Saturday night for Sunday liberation which is expected to be clear for racing. This recommendation has been accepted and the Combine/Fed will basket on Saturday 23rd June for both Winburg and Ermelo races with liberation at the programmed times on Sunday 24th June. The Combine training toss to Harrismith will now take place on Monday 25th June with pick up of birds taking place from usual pick up points on Sunday night when members are ringing off. Yours in sport Postponement of the Senekal /Amersfoort races on the 9th June 20127 June 2012 To all Combine and Fed members, After consulting with the Combine Weather committee made up of Alf August, Dave Gilbert and Wim Conradie their latest predictions indicate severe and extensive weather conditions extending over the whole weekend and extending into Lesotho and the Free State. This latest forecast has nullified our contingency plan to basket normally and hold the birds in Ladysmith for feeding and watering with a release on Sunday from the race points. Accordingly the risk is far too great to use the contingency plan and the decision has been made not to fly pigeons this weekend of the 9th June 2012. The Senekal and Amersfoort races will be carried over to next weekend with the whole race programme moving up a week and ending the race programme on the 29th September and not the 22nd September as originally programmed. We will continue to have a full 36 race programme and by not sending the trucks this weekend we will not incur costs on what in all probability would be an abortive weekend of racing. This may not be a popular decision with some members of the Combine and Fed but given the available information on the severity and extent of the bad weather it is the right decision taken in the interests of the pigeons. Yours in sport Year Book and Combine results on the website5 June 2012 Gentlemen, I have had numerous requests from Combine members as to when the Yearbook will be coming out as well as when can we expect to see the Combine results for Volksrust/Kestell races published on the web site. The Yearbook has been delayed because all the information did not get to the Year book Co-coordinator timeously and it is a herculean task for one person to handle a publication of this size. However the final touches have been made and I am advised that the year book should be back from the printers in about 2 weeks time and will be distributed. The input from the Fed clubs was sent on time but information from some Combine clubs was very slow in coming forward resulting in the delay we have experienced. As far as the publication of the results of the first two races are concerned I am advised that first there were incorrect coordinates used for the Volksrust race which needed to be rectified by some clubs and then there appears to be a problem with the velocities of either one or both clubs on the South Coast. No one can tell me the nature of the problem with the velocities and my reaction has been that we should publish a provisional result leave out the clubs experiencing the problem and include them as soon as the problem has been resolved. We should not unnecessarily delay the publication of known and valid results. I have asked the Combine Velocity Calculator to attend to this post haste as it is extremely frustrating for Club/Combine members to go well into the second week after the race and not know even a provisional result for the first two races. On behalf of the Combine Executive I do apologise to all Combine and Fed members for the delay in posting the Combine race results, we are equally frustrated at this unfortunate delay and look forward to having the results posted within the next couple of days. Regards THE RACE OF CHAMPIONS COMPETITION29 March 2012 The KZN Combine will introduce a new competition this year as part of its fundraising programme. Essentially it is an open competition between lofts throughout the Combine where for the cost of R 1000 a loft may nominate 2 birds, one bird flying the North route and the other the North West route. The two races will be on the same race weekend and the two birds producing the highest average velocity between the two races will win their nominator (The person or syndicate who has paid the R1000 and who has nominated the birds in a particular loft) prize money calculated to be 65% of the total takings with 35% going to the Truck fund. The prize money will be on a winner takes all basis but allowing for 10% of the prize money going to the breeder/loft owner. If the winner is the loft owner/breeder then he will receive 100% of the prize money. We are aiming to have sold 100 nominations of 2 birds each thus making a total pool of R 100,000 with the prize money being 65% of the total. This is a great value competition where a person can win a large monetary prize for a reasonable outlay and where any of the participants in the competition has a good chance of winning. The competition is open to anyone prepared to outlay R 1000 as long as the birds racing come from a loft registered in the Combine Race programme. This means that non- fanciers such as family members or friends and even members of the public can become involved with pigeon racing and have their two nominated birds racing for them on the race weekend. This competition is in keeping with the Combine's philosophy of providing exciting racing for our members and at the same time publicizing our sport. The rules of the competition are as follows:
Reg Zammit Combine Management Appointments 20127 March 2012 To all Members of the Combine, I am pleased to announce that the following members have accepted nomination to the key management posts in the KZN Combine: Chairman: Reg Zammit These appointments are subject to ratification at the next Combine Management Committee meeting and will be effective from 1st April 2012. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the previous Management team for their dedication and hard work over the past two seasons and on behalf of all members of the KZN Combine to wish the new Management team every success for the future. Yours in sport Reg Zammit KZN Combine Prize Giving function - 201131 Oct 2011 To all Members of the Combine, This year the annual Combine Prize Giving function will take place on Sunday 13th November 2011 from 12.30 pm at the Shongweni Polo Club, Kassier Road Shongweni. The function will be less formal than in previous years and will be in the form of a Braai. The Combine will provide a braai pack plus salads for each Combine flying member and one braai pack for his/her partner. A cash bar will be available. You are cordially invited to attend our year end function and we ask that you contact your Club secretary or Chairman by 8th November to confirm your attendance. This is important as we will be ordering Braai packs based on confirmed attendance. We look forward to seeing you on the 13th November at the Shongweni Polo Club. Best regards Important change to Transport Arrangements28/8/2010 To all Chairmen of Combine and Fed Clubs, In order for the Truck drivers to maintain the watering regime we have used for the past many races ( where the trucks stop at Marble Hall and Kimberley for a period of at least 1.5 to 2 hours for watering the birds and then proceeds to race point to arrive by 4.00 pm and more watering) it has become necessary to switch the Fed Truck to the North west and the Combine Truck to the North route. This change will take effect with the Louis Trichardt and Griekwastad races on 4th September 2010 and will remain the arrangement for all races to the end of the season. The Fed truck is much slower than the Combine truck but the road distance is somewhat shorter on the NW route and the terrain much flatter allowing the truck to make up the necessary time to accommodate the watering. The one serious problem could arise that basket allocators could get North birds into North West baskets which would be a disaster. This must not happen and specific care must be taken by all clubs to ensure that the birds go into their correct baskets. Best regards Reg Zammit COMBINE COSTS FOR 2010Available Schemes:
CHANGE OF DATES FOR OPEN CHALLENGE 2010To all participants in the Open Challenge Pigeon Race The Open Challenge Pigeon Race first leg was scheduled to take place on the 26th June 2010 with Brandfort as the liberation point. The second leg was scheduled to take place on 10th July 2010 with liberation from Petrusburg. If circumstances dictate the rules of the race allow for the postponement of the race dates. Due to logistical issues the Open Challenge Race is being re-scheduled with the first leg now moving to the Petrusburg liberation on the 10th July 2010 and the second leg will now take place on the 22nd July 2010 from the Kimberley liberation point. The delay is necessary to give the race convenors sufficient time to do the necessary audit of all the ticket holders, payment receipts and bird entries into the race. We thank you for your continued support. Reg Zammit BASKETING DATE FOR OPEN CHALLENGE 20 JUNE 2009PLEASE NOTE: The basketing date for the Open Challenge 600 Race on 20 June 2009 has CHANGED - it is no longer Friday, but rather THURSDAY 18 June 2009. COMBINE COSTS FOR 2009
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 2008Year 2008 was indeed the worst the combine has experienced in terms of transport. with the truck blowing its engine, that was one problem but then the trailer became non roadworthy. Thanks to the kind assistance of the Armstrong family of Pietermaritzburg who provided us with both transport and drivers we overcame the problem and were able to continue. We had a full season of racing of both routes. We cannot thank you guys enough for what you did for us last year. We also thank Keith Parkinson, Rob Heerman, south coast club and Peter Scott who also helped with transport and trailers etc.
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