BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION - 11-07-25

BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION.

Graham Evans takes top spot out of a testing Weymouth race to conclude the 2025 OB season.

For the final race of the 2025 Old Bird season, once again, due to a poor forecast, racing was put back 24 hours. 50 Members from 8 clubs sent 834 birds to Weymouth which were liberated by Alys at 11-20 in a North West wind, there was plenty of North in it and the birds had a testing flight home. Speaking around the fed, returns were gappy, but very good; but like I said, it was a testing day.

Congratulations to Graham Evans of the Castle Gresley club on taking 1^st fed on 1375 with a 4yo Pencil Wildemeersch cock; he’s a grandson of “Firecracker”; this pencil cock also won the Fed Truro race this season; this cock covered the 150 mile trip in 3 hours 12 minutes; well done Graham.

Graham Evans 1st Fed Weymouth (3)

A good effort by Mr & Mrs Lee Clamp & Sons of Swadlincote Town; they took  2^nd; 3^rd ; 4^th  & 6^th fed on 1372.7; 1372.6; 1372.4; 1368. The runner up was a yearling red Van Den Bulck cock out of stock from Ann Smith of Ashbourne; this cock was 3^rd club from Weymouth (2). 3^rd Fed was a yearling blue Vandenabeele hen off M & D Evans stock. 4^th fed was a 3yo blue wf Vandenabeele cock off the Mr & Mrs K Lycett “Eddie” line; and 6^th fed was another yearling blue hen; this one a Vandenabeele x Van den Bulck.

Mr & Mrs Clamp & Sons top 4 Swadlincote

5th fed on 1372.2 was Mick Stone of Osmaston Park in Derby, timing in a yearling blue Eric Ceuleman cock, bad luck Mick, excellent pigeon this on the day, flying  nearly 12 miles farther than the fed topper.

Mick Stone well clear at OPHS

Completing the top ten, were four excellent birds flying to Holbrook at the top end of the fed; good birds these all flying around 170 miles.

7^th fed on 1366 was Mr & Mrs Darren Johnson timing in a yearling blue William De Bruijn x Sagan cock; this young cock is brother to 3 different fed toppers.

Darren & Vicky Johnson winners at Holbrook

8^th & 9^th fed on 1364.9; 1364.9; was Kev Matthews signing off his last Old Bird in style. Kev’s first over the pad was a yearling blue Jos Cools hen; she’s a double granddaughter of “Super Cools Lady”. Hot on her tail was a 2yo blue Leo Hereman cock; he’s a winner of 3 x 1^st and multiple other prizes; he’s a grandson of “Den Euro”. He’s one to look out for in Kev’s sale.

Kev Matthews

Russ Bailey was 10^th fed on 1362.7; with a 2yo cheq wf hen off Richard Wolverson; and Russ was also 11^th fed on 1362.2 with a 3yo cheq pied cock; this one off a M/M K Lycett x Richard Wolverson pairing.

Russ Bailey

Around the clubs,

Starting at Stretton, 6 sent 102 and Daniel Kurylo signs off an excellent Old bird season taking 1^st & 2^nd on 1351; 1348; the winner was a 2yo cheq cock, bred off a Phil Bourke x Adam Drinkell pairing, this cock had 2 x 2^nd and 1 x 3^rd on his CV, so gets a deserved red card. He was 2^nd club the week previous out of Salisbury. Runner up was a 2yo Staf van Reet cock out of stock from Pete Norton of Walsall.

Phil & Jack Bourke were 3^rd & 4^th on 1344; 1305; first home was a 2yo blue cock off “Mealy Mick” x “Blauwe Pitbull” from Adam & Mick O’Hara of Liverpool. He’s a Van Den Bulck x Pitbull off Johan Van Herck stock. Next was a yearling blue cock from Tony & Lee Painter of Willenhall, he’s out of the Colin Lloyd Cattrysse, from the “Taffy” and “King Arthur” lines.

Up at Holbrook, 9 sent 225 and details of their top four all appear in the fed report above.

At Winshill, 5 sent 54 and Jim Parker was 1^st & 2^nd on 1346; 1341; both 3yo Hereman cocks out of his Curtis; Wall & Lunt stock.

Debbie Fearn was 3^rd on 1313 with a 2yo red cock; his sire is a son of “Tiger”; his dam a Stefaan Lambrecht.                                                             

David Neculai was 4^th on 1247 with a 4yo Jansenne cock out of stock from Romania.

At Osmaston Park, 11 sent 109 and Mick Stone had a great winner, his yearling Eric Ceuleman cock well clear on 1372.

John & Steve Hicks were 2^nd & 3^rd on 1301; 1287; with two blue Jansenne cocks.                  

Stan Hall was 4^th on 1284 with a 2yo blue Van Den Bulck cock.

At Etwall, 4 sent 44 and Alan Peach took the top four on 1309; 1303.6; 1303.0; 1267; all Jansennes.

Over at Hill Ridware, 4 sent 82 and Mark Nesbitt took the top four on 1313.4; 1313.0; 1313.0; 1311; the winner a 2yo blue hen is a granddaughter of “Isla”. Runner up was a yearling cheq hen bred by Adam Wealthall. The good 2yo cheq hen “D57” was 3^rd club; she’s a Lambrecht x Hereman out of a son of “Snowball” and the good cheq Hereman hen that topped the fed 4 times.        4^th was a 2yo blue hen; another granddaughter of “Isla”.

At Swadlincote Town, 9 sent 176 and Mr & Mrs Lee Clamp & Sons took the top four, all appear in the top six of the fed; details above.

Finally, at Castle Gresley, Mr & Mrs Graham Evans were 1^st & 2^nd   on 1375; 1352; the winner is the 4yo Pencil Wildemeersch cock that won the Truro race this season; he’s a grandson of Porter & Richardson’s “Firecracker”; he went on to top the fed also. Runner up was another Wildemeersch cock; this 2yo Cheq wf cock has won twice this season. He’s out of the good NEC Dark hen from Dixon & Sons when paired to a grandson of “Firecracker”; he went on to take 12^th fed.

Ray & Jean Lees were 3^rd & 4th on 1306; 1292.

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