BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION - 26-08-24

BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION.

Ronnie Dakin & Son of Stretton take 1^st fed in a strange race out of Marlborough (1).

Saturday August 10^th saw 50 members enter 1194 birds for the youngster’s first visit to Marlborough in Wiltshire.                                                               

Alys had to wait for the weather conditions to improve, the liberation finally taking place at 1-35 in a South West wind. The forecast was for cloud all day, but actually the afternoon turned out very pleasant and quite warm too with plenty of sunshine. It turned out to be one of them days, the leading birds didn’t quite make the expected speeds, but it was the returns that were the worrying factor. There were large gaps between timings and birds were coming all afternoon and into the evening; also nice to hear that quite a few got home safely the following day. 

As with young bird racing, some fanciers had very good returns, even though gappy, and other lofts had a right old struggle. What was noticeable was the lack of pigeons seen in the sky, once again the weather didn’t seem to be the reason for the erratic race?

Every cloud has a silver lining, and hearty congratulations go out to “Rocket Ronnie” Dakin & Son of Stretton, Ron takes 1^st fed on 1598 with a Blue Lambrecht cock bred by club mate Phil Whetton. His sire is a brother to Ron’s runner up in the Birch Coppice open race, he’s out of a Dark Cheq cock that the late Trevor Bird purchased in a NMCC sale, that went on to win 1^st club; 4^th fed Carentan, when paired to a granddaughter of “De Zot”. His dam is a Stu Wiskin Lambrecht, she’s a sister to Phil’s 8^th open NMCC Guernsey winner. 

Rocket Ronnie Dakin celebrating his 1st fed Marlborough

2^nd and 3^rd fed on 1588; 1568; were Ken & Hilda Salt of Holbrook with a cheq hen and a cheq cock, both out of Kevin Lawson stock.

Debbie Fearn of Swadlincote Town was 4^th fed on 1532.6 with a Lavender Pied hen, her sire is out of the “Hideaway” and “Sweetie” lines, her dam is a daughter of “Hideaway” when paired to a daughter of “31616”, she’s a winner of 2^nd club, 3^rd fed Carentan, and 1^st club 12^th fed Carentan.

Debbie Fearn with her Marlborough winner at Swadlincote Town

Davis, Wright & Sons; also of Swadlincote town were 5^th fed on 1532.0 with a blue hen, her sire is a multi prize winning son of “31616” when paired to a daughter of A & L Painter’s “Van Persie”, her dam is “Golden Eggs” the top Kris Wijnant hen from the Gordon Bros.

John & Steve Hicks of the Osmaston Park club in Derby were 6th fed on 1531with a blue Jansenne hen.

John & Steve Hicks

Swadlincote Town birds fill the remainder of the fed top ten, Mr & Mrs Trevor Collins & Son were 7^th; 8^th and 9^th on 1530; 1528; 1525; the first a dark pied Lambrecht hen, a grand daughter of Adam Wealthall’s “Snowball”. She was followed by two blue hens, the first off Chris Parker, she’s a sister to the bird that did well for them in the RPRA one loft race, followed by another Lambrecht, she’s a sister to their first bird that took 7^th fed.

Mr & Mrs Lee Clamp & Sons were 10^th fed on 1524 with a blue Vandenabeele hen out of the “Shadow” lines of M & D Evans.

Around the clubs;

Starting at Stretton, 6 sent 110 and you wont get a more popular winner anywhere in the country, members were delighted when it was announced that Ron Dakin & Son had taken 1^st place on 1598 with a blue Lambrecht cock, that was well out on his own. There will be a few Abbott’s downed on the next marking night when Ron’s announced as the 1^st fed winner; absolutely delighted for you Ronnie, you always have a go, and are always willing to help anyone out, you deserve it mate. 

Runner up on 1512 was Phil Bourke with a grizzle hen bred by the Gordon Bros in Ireland, the sire off The Flanders Collection out of a Blizzard x Kittel” cock when paired to a Sylvain Verhestraetan hen. The dam is a direct Dirk Van den Bulck.

Phil Whetton was 3^rd on 1503 with a dark cheq Lambrecht x van den Bulck hen, the sire out of his good “NWHU” cock; the dam from Bob Fenech.

Alan Brassington was 4^th on 1493 with a grizzle Zwols x Leo van Rijn hen.                                                                 

At Stretton the 2 lofts that sent for their first yb race of the season got 16/30 at clocks, the other 4 lofts that had sent to the previous two Stow on the Wold races fared much better, getting74/80 at clocks.

At Osmaston Park, 16 sent 258 and John & Steve Hicks had a comfortable win on 1531 with a blue Jansenne hen.

Paul & Lynda Todd were runners up on 1484 with a blue Lambrecht hen. Mick Stone was 3^rd club on 1480 with a blue Eric Ceuleman cock and Stan Hall was 4^th on 1479 with a cheq pied hen out of Tony Mather x Russ & Denise Skinner stock.

Up at Holbrook, 6 sent 263 and Ken & Hilda Salt were 1^st & 2^nd on 1588; 1568; both out of Kevin Lawson stock.

Ken & Hilda Salt of Holbrook

Fred Turner was 3^rd on 1501, the sire a double grandson of Clive Yates “Euro Diamond”, the dam a direct daughter of Dave Stone’s “Alfie”.              

Kev Matthews was 4^th on 1498 with the Jos Cools hen that was 2^nd club 8^th fed the week before, her sire is a grandson of “King Balthazar” when paired to “Super Cools Lady”, her dam a grand daughter of “Cher Ami” and “Remco”.

At Winshill, 4 sent 71 and Jack Sawrasewicz was 1^st & 2^nd on 1520.8; 1520.6; with a red wf hen and a blue cock, both Carl & Cyriel Lambrechts, these were a very respectable 11^th & 12^th fed.

Jack Sawrasewicz's Winshill winner

Liam Clamp was 3^rd on 1514 with a blue Van den Bulck hen and Melv Willis was 4^th on 1395 with another blue Van den Bulck hen.

At Etwall, 5 sent 80 and Pete & Shirley Harrison were 1^st & 3^rd on 1422; 1196 with a blue hen and a blue cock. Steve Billings was 2^nd on 1204 with a blue hen and Alan Peach 4^th on 115 with a blue Jansenne cock.

Finally, at Swadlincote Town, 13 sent 412 and Debbie Fearn wins a photo finish on 1532.6. Details of the top six appear in the fed open result above.

Just some news of where some of the birds have been reported over the days following the race, Halesowen; Wolverhampton; Birmingham; Telford; Cannock; Cheshire; Leek; Hertfordshire; Abergavenny and Yorkshire. Like I said earlier, a strange old day; a mixed bag return wise, some returns were very good, some unfortunately weren’t.

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