Australia: Melton – Melbourne – Monday, 9th September 2019. In a backyard in the city of Melton, Pigeon flyers and members of the Melton invitation racing Pigeon club, D. HUNTER & R. BOLTON stitched up and won a first prize purse of $30,000 in the annual, western Pigeon Federation $30,000 breeders plate race.
This year the race was from Murray Bridge a distance of 550 kilometers from Melton. Their winning bird was traveling at a speed of 1197.134 Metres per minute, clocking the bird at 15:12:44 with a flying time of 7hours,42 minutes and 44 seconds to win the first prize of $30,000. what a great sport where you can be at home, in your backyard and win $30,000.
The Melton Invitation racing Pigeon club wishes to congratulate our members, D. HUNTER & R. BOLTON, for winning the great $30,000 race.
The club also wishes to give member Ivan Fonti a special mention and congratulations for gaining 10th and 18th place in the race