BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION. Brilliant race out of Marlborough sees Glyn & Glenda Stone of Holbrook take 1st Fed. Saturday May 30th was another beautiful racing day, blue sky; sunshine and gentle winds. 66 members from 8 clubs sent 1190 birds and Alys had them away at…

BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION. A great win for Alan & Liz Houldsworth of Chaddesden Jubilee out of Exeter. Saturday May 23rd saw 60 members from 8 clubs enter 878 birds for the first trip to the Devon city of Exeter. Birdage was down a bit this week, as it coincided with…

BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION. Mark Nesbitt wins 1-2-3 fed out of Yeovil, with “Ada” taking joint 1st Fed. Saturday May 16th saw 63 members from 8 clubs enter 1207 birds for the race from Yeovil. Alys cut the strings and liberated our birds at 09-55 in light WSW wind. The…

BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION. Mark Nesbitt goes seven up out of Frome (1). I, like many, was looking at the forecast for the weekend of May 9th and 10th, and at the start of the week prospects looked bleak for a race at all. As the week went on the forecast improved and…

BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION. Alan Stretton of Swadlincote Town takes 1st Fed out of Marlborough (1). Saturday May 2nd was another lovely racing day for our birds out of the Wiltshire town of Marlborough, warm sunshine and a light Southerly wind gave us a very good race…