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- ↑ "Bobby's the lad to fly home with the honours". Sunderland Echo. 3 January 2000. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ↑ "Up north combine Reims result". UK Pigeon Racing. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2018.