BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
Stretton Flying Club
STRETTON FLYING CLUB HELD THEIR 2016 PRIZE PRESENTATION NIGHT ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 11TH AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS, STRETTON BOWLS CLUB.THIS YEAR THE CLUB PAID OUT £52-93 A RACE
MEMBERS AND GUESTS WERE TREATED TO A FREE FISH ‘N CHIP SUPPER, FOLLOWED BY THE PRIZE PRESENTATION. THE FOLLOWING PRIZES WERE PRESENTED BY TREVOR BIRD, TREVOR HAS RECENTLY REJOINED OUR CLUB, AND HAS BEEN A BIG HELP TO OUR SECRETARY DAVE JOHNSTON WITH THE BRICON ETS.
SEAN & IVAN SMITH UNFORTUNATELY COULDN’T MAKE THE PRESENTATION, BUT THEY WON £13-78 PRIZEMONEY, SEAN AND IVAN DIDN’T COMPETE IN TOO MANY RACES, BUT WHEN THEY DO, THEY ARE ALWAYS A THREAT.
CLUB STALWART PETE WAIN WAS NEXT UP, PETE IS THE CLUBS CLOCKSETTER, AND IN 2016 HE DID THIS SERVICE FOR FREE, HIS HONORARIUM WAS RETURNED TO CLUB FUNDS. PETE WON £31-23 PRIZEMONEY AND HE ALSO WON THE LADIES RACE; PETYE’S DAUGHTER MARGARET COLLECTED THE CUP.
RON DAKIN & SON WERE NEXT UP, THEY FLY MAINLY AT TUTBURY, BUT ALWAYS COMPETE IN THE FED SPECIAL RACES, THEY WON £38-12 PRIZEMONEY AND ALSO PICKED UP THE TROPHY FOR RUNNER UP AT NIORT.
SECRETARY DAVE JOHNSTON WAS NEXT, DAVE WON £59-31 PRIZEMONEY, AND ALSO PICKED UP HIS WELL EARNT HONORARIUM, PART OF HIS HONORARIUM WAS ALSO RETURNED INTO CLUB FUNDS.
DUE TO ILLNESS, JOHN GENDERS COULDN’T MAKE IT, BUT JOHN HAD A GOOD SEASON WINNING £68-84 PRIZEMONEY, JOHN AND HIS WIFE ALSO DO A STERLING JOB, CLEANING OUT THE CLUB CRATES EACH WEEK. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND GET BETTER SOON JOHN.
PHIL BOURKE WAS NEXT, PHIL WON ONE RACE IN 2016 AND PICKED UP £74-13 PRIZEMONEY. PHIL IS A BIG THREAT WITH HIS VAN REETS, DIDN’T COMPETE IN ALL THE RACES, AND UNFORTUNATELY COULDN’T MAKE IT ON THE NIGHT. WE MISSED YOUNG SOPHIE AND JACK DOING THE RAFFLE.
ALAN BRASSINGTON TOP PRIZEWINNER 2016 - COLIN CROOK CLUBMAN OF THE YEAR - DAVE JOHNSTON (L)
DIANE GREEN WITH TREVOR BIRD - JIM AND MATT PARKER RUNNERS UP 2016 - MARGARET WAIN WITH TREVOR BIRD
PETE WIGHTMAN (L) - RAY AND JEAN GRIMSDELL - RON DAKIN (L)
RAY AND JEAN GRIMSDELL WERE NEXT, THEY WON £104-30 PRIZEMONEY PLUS £25 PHOTO MONEY FOR WINNING THE NIORT RACE.THEY ALSO PICKED UP THE FOLLOWING SILVERWARE; OB AVERAGE WINNERS; CHANNEL AVERAGES; MESSAC CUP; FIRST YEARLING MESSAC; LONGEST OB RACE (NIORT) CUP; AND THE LONGEAT OB AND YB RACE AVERAGE CUP. RAY AND JEAN GOT THE ONLY BIRD ON THE DAT FROM NIORT, AND WON TWO RACES IN 2016.
BARRY ODOM WAS NEXT; BARRY SPENDS HIS WINTERS IN THAILAND, AND HIS SPRING AND SUMMER OVER HERE IN NOT SO SUNNY BURTON. BARRY WON £111-19 PRIZEMONEY AND PICKED UP THE TROPHY FOR 1ST YEARLING OUT OF CARENTAN.
TONY & DIANE GREEN WERE NEXT TO BE CALLED; THEY WON £137-66 PRIZEMONEY, WINNING THREE RACES IN 2016.
PETE WIGHTMAN & SON WERE NEXT, WINNING £152-97 PRIZEMONEY, WINNING THREE RACES, A GOOD EFFORT AS THEY ONLY FLEW THE OB PROGRAMME, SADLY HAVING A DISASTEROUS FIRST TOSS WITH THEIR YOUNGSTERS. PETE ALSO PICKED UP HIS HONORARIUM FOR TREASURER, AGAIN RETURNING HALF BACK TO THE CLUB
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RUNNERS UP IN 2016 WERE JIM & MATT PARKER, JIM AND MATT ONLY JOINED THE CLUB IN 2016, ALSO FLYING AT WINSHILL. THEY CERTAINLY MADE AN IMPRESSION, ESPECIALLY OVER THE CHANNEL AND WITH THEIR YOUNG BIRDS. THEY WON £173-59 PRIZEMONEY, PLUS £25 PHOTO MONEY FOR WINNING THE YB SPECIAL RACE FROM KINGSDOWN. THEY WON FIVE RACES IN 2016 AND PICKED UP THE FOLLOWING SILVERWARE; YB POINTS; LONGEST YB RACE; PENULTIMATE YB RACE; CHANNEL POINTS; CARENTAN CUP; PIGEON MOST POINTS OVERSEAS; RUNNER UP LONGEST YB RACE; AND THE LOWEST WINNING VELOCITY.
TOP PRIZEWINNER YET AGAIN WAS ALAN BRASSINGTON. ALAN WON TEN RACES AND PICKED UP £338-77 PRIZEMONEY. HE ALSOP COLLECTED THE FOLLOWING SILVERWARE; YB AVERAGES; OB POINTS; INLAND OB POINTS; YK KNOCKOUT CUP; COMBINED POITS; 2 BIRD POINTS CUP; COMBINED AVERAGES; COMBINED INLAND AVERAGES; PIGEON OF THE YEAR GB 13 S 36155; AND THE INLAND OB AVERAGES. WELL DONE ALAN.
FINALLY, WE CAME TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE CLUBMAN OF THE YEAR CUP, THIS WAS WON BY COLIN CROOK, COLIN IS ALWAYS THEIR TO HELP OUT, ESPECIALLY ON MARKING NIGHT, EVEN WHEN HE DOESN’T SEND. THIS WAS A POPULAR CHOICE, WELL DONE COLIN.
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