The Tom Lock Legacy continues with Gilbert & Bruin. HHC Club Champions 2013
Hi Egbert
This past weekend we had our club prizegiving so I can now officially share the following with you:
2013 was the first year that I joined Dave and we flew in partnership - we combined our Tom Locks together and the rest is history:
We fly in the HHC - an extremely strong club with 16 flying members , we achieved the following:
Gilbert & Bruin: HHC
Club Champion Hillcrest Homing Club
All Bird Averages - HHC Champion
Yearling Averages - HHC Champion
Under 500km Averages - HHC Champion
West Route - HHC Champion
North Route - 3rd
Over 500km - 3rd
4th Ace pigeon yearling is a pure Tom Lock
In the Combine we fly in the KZN Combine - with over 200 flying members and a TOUGH triangle split of 300km , we achieved the following:
West Route - KZNRPC Champion
5th KZNRPC Averages
5th All Birds Averages
6th Yearling Averages
6th Over 500km Averages
7th Under 500km Averages
8th Open Races Averages
20th North Route Averages
Our Tom Lock family also achieved the following achievements in 2013 in the Sale Races:
1st Durban North Sale
2nd HHC Sale
4th Zululand Sale - these races where smashes and overnight races- tough tough races Our latest achievement is the Carnival Summer International Final Race 2014 - our Tom Lock achieved 15th in the Main Race , with only 23 birds back on the day. This bird was the 7th SA bird back and was the 11th Best Bird Overall and 2nd best SA pigeon -this bird is currently on your website -LOT 95
Lastly I would personally like to take this opportunity in thanking you for allowing us to purchase many of our Tom Locks from you , we now in return would also like to place some of our Tom Locks on your website for the new owners to have just as much fun with this family of birds as what we have - from the LOFT of GILBERT AND BRUIN