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The Last Hurrah.
Well if there is one thing my friends at the North Star Invitational Racing
Pigeon Club know, in a word -- SPORTSMAN. More politically correct,
SPORTSPEOPLE ? Every year about this time, this group of individuals gathers
for their annual banquet and awards ceremony.
Saturday night (Nov. 13, 1999) was an exceptional evening of
sportsmanship, firsts galore (more later) and was a truly gala event, this year
held at Delhi's Hungarian House. The MC for the evening, Mr. Roland Paret, a
true diplomate and gentleman of the sport, spent the best part of the social
hour making sure everyone attending was welcomed.
After eating "weigh" too much, it was time to get down to the business of
pigeon racing - passing out the accolades. There clearly was no shortage of
beautiful clocks, trophies, plaques and figurines filling several tables in
front of the stage. Mr. Nick Oud, was called upon to recognize the generous
donations of all the sponsors involved. Luckily, Roland had a list of those
sponsors available for him!
Vandenbussche Irrigation - Delhi
Adiel Spriet Trophy - Langton
G.R. Paret Realty Ltd. - Tillsonburg
Ralph Moore & Sons Ltd. - Norwich
Norfolk Co-Op Grainery - Simcoe
Scholten's Farm Equipment - Courtland
Joe McClure - Simcoe
Verhoeve Funeral Homes - Tillsonburg & Langton
Cold Spring Farms Agri. Services - Norwich
Thournout Insurance Agencies - Delhi
C.I.B.C. Bank - Delhi
Scotland Agromart Ltd. - Scotland
Steve Scheers - Delhi
John Reynaert - Delhi
Agrospray Limited - Tillsonburg
Millard Rouse & Rosebrugh - Simcoe
Vandenbrink Farm Equipment - Sparta
Murphy Funeral Home - Delhi
Phil Engell Custom Spraying - Simcoe
R. & A. Signs - Delhi
Wind Walker Bird Feed - Delhi
Beselaere Cartage & Fuels Ltd. - Delhi
W.E. Sutherland & Sons Ins. - Delhi
Rick McCall Pontiac Buick Ltd. - Simcoe
VanMaele & Associates Ins. - Delhi
Speedy Electric - Otterville
Elnorox Backhoe Service Ltd. - Otterville
Manchester Tank Canada Ltd. - Tillsonburg
J.E. Bearing Machine Ltd. - Tillsonburg
Prouse Electric Ltd. - Tillsonburg
Dynamic Fluid Products - Tillsonburg
McFarlan Rowlands Ins. Brokers - Tillsonburg
O'Grady & Associates Ins. Services Inc. -
Tillsonburg
De Groote Hill Pontiac Buick - Norwich
Scotlynn Investments Inc. - Simcoe
Dave Lippert Fuels Ltd. - Langton
Ross Leedham Farms - St. Williams
Ruel Foods - Delhi
Blue Star Ford Sales Ltd. - Delhi & Simcoe
Pollock Truck Rentals - Strathroy
The club wishes to extend sincere thanks to all those that help make the awards
something the members treasure every year.
Several members were then recognized for the performance and achievements of
their pigeons. In this highly competitive club there would be no shortage of
awards to hand out.
T. & S. Humberstone
First - Oshawa May 1 - Old Birds
First - Oshawa May 1 - Yearlings
First - St. Jerome - June 5 - Old Birds
King Yearling
Donated by: C.I.B.C. Bank Delhi
Good luck in Florida Terry.
Joe Jacobs
First - Oshawa - May 8 - Yearlings
Donated by: Ralph Moore & Sons Ltd. - Norwich
Camiel Crombez
First - Cobourg - May 8 - Old Birds
First - Kingston - May 29 - Old Birds
First - Brockville - June 5 - Old Birds
Donated by: G.R. Paret Realty Ltd. - Tillsonburg
Dickson & Heys
First - Belleville - May 15 - Old Birds
First - Cobourg - May 15 - Yearlings
First - Brockville - May 22 - Old Birds
First - Belleville - May 22 - Yearlings
First - Cobourg - June 11 - Yearlings
Donated by: Norfolk Co-Op Grainery - Simcoe
Four Aces
First - Cobourg - May 29 - Yearlings
Donated by: Scholten's Farm Equipment - Courtland
Verhoeve Funeral Homes - Tillsonburg & Langton
Nick & Enna Oud
First - Brockville - June 5 - Yearlings
First - Arnprior - June 19 - Old Birds
First - Belleville - June 26 - Old Birds
First - Brockville - July 3 - Old Birds
Champion Old Birds
King Old Birds
'97 CU NSI 13470 - Best Old Bird
Champion Yearlings
'98 CU 1826 - Best Yearling
First - Lindsay - July 17 - Young Birds
Champion Young Birds
King Young Birds
'99 CU 24914 - Best Young Bird
Donated by: Joe McClure - Simcoe
John Farkas
First - Belleville - June 11 - Old Birds
Donated by: Scotlynn Investments Inc. - Simcoe
Mike Jackson
Yearling Classic
First - Arnprior - June 19
Donated by: Manchester Tank Canada Ltd. - Tillsonburg
Roland Paret
First - Cobourg - June 26 - Yearlings
First - Brockville - July 3 - Old Birds
First - Grand Mere - July 17 - Old Birds
Champion Long Races
King Long Races
'94 CU 39304 - Best Bird - Long Races
First - Madoc - Sept 11 - Young birds
First - Smith Falls - Sept 18 - Young Birds
Donated by: John Reynaert - Delhi
Gus Vanbesien
First - St. Jerome - July 3 - Old Birds
Donated by: Coldspring Farms Agri. Services - Norwich
Steve Scheers
First - Stouffville - July 10 - Young Birds
Donated by: Speedy Electric - Otterville
Joe Jacobs
First - Lindsay - July 24 - Young Birds
Donated by: Thournout Insurance Agencies Delhi
Camiel Crombez
First - Lindsay - July 31 - Young Birds
First - Peterborough - Aug 7 - Young Birds
Donated by: Wind Walker Feeds - Delhi
Gus Vanbeisen
First - Woodview - Aug 14 - Young Birds
Donated by: De Groote Hill Pontiac Buick - Norwich
Roland Paret
First - Smith Falls - Sept 18
Donated by: John Reynaert - Delhi
Frank Schroyens
Memorial Race
First - Bancroft - Aug 21 - Young Birds
Donated by: The Adiel Spriet Family - Langton
Z. & J. Vanhuyl
First - Peterborough - Aug 28
Donated by: Rick McCall Pontiac Buick Ltd. - Simcoe
Pete Sloan
Breeders Cup
First - Arnprior - Sept 4 - Young Birds
Donated by: R. & A. Signs - Delhi
With the business portion of the evening out of the way, entertainment was
provided by the "Blue Waves". The accordion player, in a more humorous moment
of dialog with the audience, "reflected" on one individual in the crowd with a
receding hair line, stating "that it was the sign of a thinking person". This
accordion player then noted that the same person also had a "chrome dome" and
that this was known "to be the sign of a good lover". It was soon concluded
that this individual must have "thought he was a good lover". Likely as a
result of both attributes being true! It was not until later in the evening
that the true nature of this individual was revealed when he was seen dancing
arm in arm with a chair. This again drew the attention of the band, and almost
everyone else in attendance, well I guess you had to be there..
Throughout the evening, there were numerous draws for door prizes. In fact over
50 such prizes were available. Additional activities included a 50/50 draw, and
some form of card game with the winner at each table receiving the table's
center piece. It was noted that during the door prizes some of "the men" would
quickly hand winning tickets to their wives depending on what the prize was.
What is that all about ? Roland had a difficult time keeping a straight face
during some of these drawings, and for that, well I guess you had to be there..
Special Birthday wishes went out to Joe and Roger. But folks don't give up your
day jobs or come out of retirement for a singing career.
All in all, I believe everyone had a great time, and all appear to be looking
forward to a great season next year. The first of the new millenium by the
way.. So Good Luck and thank you everyone.
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