LUDLOW Homing Society raced from West Bay on Saturday and liberated at 11.50 in a south-west wind. The first birds home made easy work of the 112 miles despite flying through heavy storms averaging just under a mile a minute.

The Pitt fanciers had a good day with Trevor and Mark just beating Colin and Eugene by 120 yards, and Charles Pitt.

Results: 1 T Pitt, 1719; 2 C Pitt & son, 1717; 3 C Pitt, 1692; 4 D Weaver 1672; 5 - T Hughes 1657; 6 - M Tipton, 1649.