The race was put back 24 hours to Sunday, June 7, due to the heavy rain in England.
Sunday dawned a better day and the convoy of 1,048 birds were liberated by the North of Scotland Federation at 8am into a East North East wind.
This was the f
irst time this season that the birds had to face a headwind and thus a difficult race was on the cards.
Making it three wins on the trot and five for the season so far were Maskame & Mackie who timed a two-year-old cock after seven hours and 40 minutes to take the red card and lift the Rotherham Trophy.
Clint Williams timed a yearling cock six minutes later to win the trophy for first yearling. The sad faces at clcok checking told the real story with many a bird missing, with most members reporting less than 50 percent returns.
Results as follows in yards per minute:
1 Maskame & Mackie (1081), 2 Clint Williams (1053), 3 George Taylor (1043), 4 Irvine Buchan (1037), 5 Harry Hailwood (1035), 6 George Taylor (1028), 7 George Taylor (0124), 8 Chris Donaldson (1012), 9 Irvine Buchan (995), 10 Irvine Buchan (992), 11 Dave Wright (935), 12 Robert Whyte (914).
