Welcome to the new era of Racing Pigeons Worldwide
I'm coming back to Ireland! I’ll be in Dublin 3rd -5th August covering Sean Hunt’s Wild Atlantic One Loft Race and Arklow 6th-7th visiting Sheldon Leonard and Karl Donnelly .
I’m looking forward to meet many more people at the race.
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Mark Lyford
My first charity sale and I need help and donations. Plus my plans to offer ALL charity sales free selling on my new forthcoming sales and auction sale. Watch for more info, see how you can get involved, help mental health charities and if you have a charity auction what I can so to help.
I'll be very honest about why my foundation MusicIsLife.org was created. I have been effected by mental health and I know many who are.
The stigma needs to go and people need to understand it more. Keeping it real always.
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Mark Lyford
I was lucky enough to interview a man who I had been looking forward to meeting for many months. I first spoke to Brian May a few months ago. I was inspired after our 45 minute call. That conversation was one of the most interesting I have ever had. Brian is one of the most captivating, inspiring and knowledgable men I have ever met.
I plan to do some more with Brian if his health allows.
I hope you enjoy the video
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Mark Lyford
Check out my update video above. Lots going on and I'm excited for the coming months 🙂
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Mark Lyford
Selling livestock on FB is always going to cause problems. I'm working on a free solution to help solve the problem.
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Mark Lyford
4 weeks ago I had a message on Facebook from Sheldon Leonard. Instantly I liked this guy. Over the course of a few weeks we spoke a great deal on the phone and then he invited me over to Ireland to visit him and see his setup and Ireland. Before I went I knew enough about what he and his racing partner Yannick Deridder had achieved. I knew I was going to enjoy this trip and once I booked my flights I was excited to get over there.
Within an hour of meeting Sheldon I knew he was a good guy and could tell within the first day he was extremely knowledgeable about racing pigeons.
I spent three days with Sheldon and my eyes were opened to the level these guys operate at during this time. Check out my videos and photos below.
Sheldon has a regimented routine when it comes to race day and how he treats his birds.
Basketing birds for race day.
During my stay I was lucky enough to handle some of the top birds in the stock loft. This was one.
Herbies White Kittel - 1st National Skibbereen.
Jack Daniels.
What a bird. Eye opening to see what these guys have managed to put together.
One of the things I was struck by is how ballsy these birds were. Checkout the Inbred Goede Rode - What a character!
Here is a tour of the race loft. It's simply amazing. What a loft!
Sheldon & Yannick have a shop in Arklow which houses their best stock birds. See the video below.
So as you will see these guys have got an amazing setup, amazing birds and amazing results!
Check out FBI Pigeons website here.
After my trip and many late night discussions with Sheldon there are some amazing opportunities that have presented themselves. Sheldon and Yannick know everyone there is to know in the pigeon game. I have already been invited over to Belgium with them and I look forward to meeting Yannick and seeing his setup.
I'm very excited at what the future holds as a result of my new friendship with Sheldon.
Keep Flying!
Mark Lyford
Karl Donnelly has put together an amazing stud loft of the best one loft race breeding birds around. Check out my video and see for yourself.
Check out Karls website here for more information.
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Mark Lyford
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Mark Lyford
Check out my visit to see Sean Hunt at the Wild Atlantic Way One Loft Race. In it's first year Sean has got 1180 birds entered into the race and training starts next week.
The location of this race is stunning, the setup is top notch and I know this race is going to go from strength to strength. Sean has a top class loft manager running the race and this race has a guaranteed €100,000 prize pot with a guaranteed €50,000 first prize!
Check out more details of the race here
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Mark Lyford
Over the coming months I am preparing to launch the Racing Pigeon International Magazine. This magazine will be a FREE monthly publication available online. It will be translated into English, Chinese, French, German, Dutch, Filipino, Polish, Portuguese, Romania, Arabic, Spanish and Thai. We will be looking to feature news and reports from: Albania ,Argentina ,Australia ,Belgium ,Brazil ,Bulgaria ,Canada ,China ,Taiwan ,Costa Rica ,Croatia ,Cuba ,Czech Republic ,Denmark ,France ,Great Britain ,Germany ,Hungary ,Ireland ,Iraq ,Italy ,Japan ,Kuwait ,Latvia ,Lithuania ,Malta ,Mexico ,Morocco ,Netherlands ,Norway ,Philippines,Poland ,Portugal ,Qatar ,Romania ,Saudi Arabia ,Scotland ,Slovakia ,Slovenia ,South Africa ,Spain ,Thailand ,United Arab Emirates ,USA ,Wales.
Realistically I am looking to launch this towards the end of the year. But, I NEED HELP. I am not looking for this to be a regular boring publication full of the same old news and reports. This will be different. I want unique and new content. Not just written content but video content too (Its a digital publication so we have lots of potential).
I am looking to work with people from the countries above. We need reporters, agents and promotion people in each of the countries. We need people to work with on this to build up the publication. I will be working on an incentive program to reward contributors over the coming months too. If you are interested in getting involved in anyway I want to hear from you.
The concept and vision of this publication is toe provide a monthly free online magazine that is truly global. It will feature news from around the world and be translated into all the languages above. The potential of tis publication is immense. It has the power to truly unite the world of racing pigeons.
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Mark Lyford
English
Arabic
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Dutch
Filipino
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Slovak
Spanish
Thai
Turkish
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