Crehan John

04/10/2019 - John Crehan and Jan Hooymans, the fanciers behind Team Hooymans UK, and racing as Crehan & O'Conner, can look back on another highly successful season. They won for instance a 1st National Carentan with Lilly Bear, and that was just one of many highlights for Team Hooymans UK.

01/07/2018 - Adding another fantastic result to his already spectacular season, John Crehan of Salford wins first Three Counties Combine against 3,887 pigeons and 442 competing lofts. The winner was yet another of his direct Jan Hooymans’ pigeons.

20/06/2018 - Six hundred and twenty-nine members entered five thousand, one hundred and sixty pigeons into the National Flying Club race from Ancenis on 16th June 2018. They were liberated at 07.10CEST and the winner was clocked seven hours, twenty-nine minutes and forty-six seconds later at the Salford loft of John Crehan, also known as The Manchester Maestro.

16/09/2019 - The final race of the season for the Midlands National Flying Club took place on the 14th of September from Carentan in France. A total of 201 members entered 1947 young birds which were liberated at 9:30am into a light east north east wind. The forecast was for good visibility up to the French coast and throughout the English channel.