BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION - 29-05-25

BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION.

Brilliant race out of Blandford sees Dave “Waddo” Waddington of Derby take 1^st Fed.

First of all, the scheduled race from Blandford on Saturday May 17^th had to be cancelled due to the transporter breaking down, luckily the lorry failed to start at the home end, so no birds were on board, it could have been a lot worse, if it had happened with the birds on board and the lorry on the way down to the liberation site?

Thanks to Cottons transport on solving and repairing the problem. The following weekend we rescheduled for Blandford, but with the forecast for Saturday May 24^th not too good, the fed made a great decision and put back marking by 24 hours.

62 Members from 8 clubs sent 1119 birds which were liberated by Alys at 10-15 in a Strong WNW wind, veering Strong West on the way home. The wind was really strong, but the birds made light work of it, with excellent returns and the leaders reaching close on 54mph.

Congratulations to Dave Waddington of Osmaston Park Homing Society in Derby, “Waddo” took 1^st fed on 1571 with a 2yo Blue cock, this cock bred out of “The Bat” x Alan Brassington stock also topped our fed last year out of Yeovil, well done Dave.

Dave Waddington 1st Fed Blandford (1)

S & H W Hall, also of Osmaston Park took 2^nd & 3^rd fed on 1567.8; 1567.4; Stan timing in a yearling Cheq hen, ¾ Van den Bulck x ¼ “Pitbull” lines; she was closely followed by a 2yo Cheq Van Den Bulck cock.

Stan Hall with grandson Sebastian, 2nd & 3rd fed Blandford

Davis, Wright & Sons of Swadlincote Town were 4^th fed on 1566 with a yearling Blue cock; his sire is “Fat Grizzle”; he won 2 x 6^th open NMCC and 5^th Section 33^rd Open MNFC.  “Fat Grizzle” is out of a son of the top Kris Wijnant pairing of “Champ” and “Golden Eggs” when paired to a daughter of “31616” x with a daughter of Tony & Lee Painters “Van Persie”. His dam is off the “No2 cock”; another Wijnant originating from the Gordon Brothers in Northern Ireland; when paired to a daughter of “31616”; she’s a winner of 1^st fed Portland and 3^rd fed Kingsdown.

Debbie Fearn, also of Swadlincote Town was 5^th fed on 1561.6 with a yearling Blue Pied cock. He’s out of “King of the Rode” who’s a son of the Gordon Bros top Van den Bulck breeder “Dream Rode”; when paired to Debbie’s good Stefaan Lambrecht hen. This Stefaan Lambrecht hen of Debbie’s is some bird; she has bred winners with 5 different cocks whilst at Debbie’s. 

Debbie Fearn of Swadlincote Town

Mick Harvey of Swadlincote was 6^th fed on 1561.3 with a 3yo cheq pied Cuester cock, bred by son Neil off his Chris Vasey x Gary Cox pair.

Mick Harvey

Alan Stretton of Swadlincote Town kept up his good form taking 7^th & 9^th fed on 1559.5; 1559.2; first over the pad was a 3yo blue cock out of Alan’s good Louis Thijs when paired to a Geoff Farmer Hereman. He was followed by the 3yo Blue wf Stefaan Lambrecht x Hereman hen which won the season opener from Cheltenham, her sire out of “Sultan” and “Rosse Gwerte”; her dam out of a nephew of “Olympic Bolt” when paired to Stefaan Lambrecht “Paris”.

Given the strength of the West wind, nobody would have given the Rugeley lofts a snowflake in hell chance of appearing on the fed sheet. But Mark Nesbitt defied the odds stacked against him to gain 8^th & 10^th fed on 1559.3; 1558.9; two brilliant birds on the day, well done Mark. Both these hens are the same way bred, they are out of a son of Adam Wealthall’s great Lambrecht “Snowball”, when paired to Mark’s top Cheq Hereman hen, she’s a winner of 4 x 1^st fed and was Bird of the year in our fed three years running. The winner was a yearling Blue hen; the runner up is the good 2yo cheq hen “D 57”, she’s one of the three sisters who ALL topped our fed in 2024. One of the sisters also topped the Worcester fed this year.

Mark Nesbitt outstanding effort out of Blandford in the strong West wind.

Around the clubs,

Starting at Stretton, 8 sent 162 and Daniel Kurylo made it 3 x 1^st club in the opening five races, all won with the same 2yo Hereman cock bred by his friend Rafal Andrzejczaik, this cock also winning out of Cheltenham and Marlborough in the opening two races. Well done, Daniel.

Phil & Jack Bourke were runners up on 1521 with a 2yo Hereman hen, bred by Excelsior Stud out of a son of “Better than Bolt” when paired to “Bluer Beth” a sister of “Super 65”.

Pete Cox was 3^rd on 1519 with a 3yo cheq cock; he’s out of the best from Ann Smith of Ashbourne; from her “Best Kittel” and Cuester “Rossi” line.    

Alan Brassington was 4^th on 1517 with a yearling Blue wf cock; he’s a grandson of “T3”.

At Winshill, 7 sent 101 and Melv Willis took 1^st & 4^th on 1545; 1518; his winner a well fancied yearling blue Staf Van Reet x hen; she was followed by a yearling Dark wf Wildie hen; well done Melv.  

A big well done to David Neculai, David took the runners up spot on 1536 with a 5yo Blue Pied Staf van Reet cock.                                                           

Jim Parker was 3^rd on 1520, timing in a yearling Cheq wf Hereman cock.

Up at Holbrook, Ken & Hilda Salt took 1^st; 3^rd & 4^th club on 1554; 1541; 1540; the first two yearling cocks out of their Kev Lawson stock, followed by a 3yo blue Lambrecht hen off Tony Webster.  

Ken & Hilda Salt of Holbrook

Russ Bailey was 2^nd club on 1551 with a 2yo hen off his good M/M K Lycett x Tom Burkill pairing, she has also won this season; I know Tom Burkill had some of the best from Les Green.

At Swadlincote Town, 14 sent 328 and details of their leading birds appear in the fed report above.

At Osmaston Park, 14 sent 155 and the top three birds filled the top three in the fed, details above. 

Taking 4^th club on 1542 was Mick Stone with a yearling Cheq wf Van Den Bulck hen.

At Etwall, 7 sent 129 and Alan Peach continues on his merry way taking 1^st; 3^rd and 4^th on 1497; 1482.6; 1482.1; all Jansennes.

Mick Leszczyszak was runner up on 1484.

Over at Hill Ridware, 4 sent 53 and Mark Nesbitt took the top three, details of his first two appear above in the fed result. Mark’s 3^rd on 1501 was a 2yo Blue Hereman hen, and Mr & Mrs Jim Whitehouse & Sons took 4^th on 1496 with a 2yo blue Johan Den Hartog cock.

Finally, at Castle Gresley, Mr & Mrs Graham Evans were 1^st & 2^nd on 1539; 1536; Keith Burton took 3^rd spot on 1529 and Ray & Jean Lees were 4^th on 1510.

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