BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
2016 PRIZE PRESENTATION
SATURDAY OCTOBER 8TH SAW MEMBERS AND GUESTS ATTEND THE 2016 PRIZE PRESENTATION OF THE BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION AT THE GRESLEY INDOOR BOWLS CENTRE.
GUESTS FOR THE EVENING WERE GEOFF SYLVESTER AND SON
WHO CONVOYED OUR BIRDS OVER THE CHANNEL THIS YEAR,
ACCOMPANIED BY GEOFF'S DAUGHTER CHERYL.
PRESIDENT JIM SUMMERS WELCOMED EVERYONE AND SAID GRACE, BEFORE WE ENJOYED A 5 COURSE MEAL.
IT WAS THEN TIME TO ASK GEOFF SYLVESTER JUNIOR TO PRESENT THE PRIZES;
GUESTS ON THE NIGHT GEOFF SNR. GEOFF AND CHERYL SYLVESTER
TOP PRIZE WINNER IN 2016 WAS ROB HORTON WITH £357-53 PRIZE MONEY AND £710 POOLS, A TOTAL OF £1067-53, ALL WON AT THE YB SPECIAL RACE FROM KINGSDOWN, DISAPPOINTINGLY ROB WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE PRESENTATION.NOW
GEOFF SYLVESTER AND ALAN PEACH - GEOFF SYLVESTER AND ALAN STRETTON - GEOFF SYLVESTER AND ALYS EVANS
GEOFF SYLVESTER AND DEAN ELMORE - GEOFF SYLVESTER AND GARY COLLINS - GEOFF SYLVESTER AND GERALD THORPE
GEOFF SYLVESTER AND JEAN LEES - GEOFF SYLVESTER WITH DAZ BARKS - GEOFF SYLVESTER WITH KEITH BURTON
GEOFF SYLVESTER WITH MALC WRIGHT - GEOFF SYLVESTER WITH RAY JEAN GRIMSDELL - GEOFF SYLVESTER WITH RICH JONES
TO THOSE MEMBERS WHO WERE PRESENT ON THE NIGHT;MASON & JONES WERE RUNNERS UP IN 2016; THIS HILL RIDWARE LOFT WON BOTH CARENTAN & MESSAC SPECIAL RACES, WINNING £238-36 PRIZE MONEY, £636-50 POOLS, A TOTAL OF £874-86.THE EVER PRESENTS SPINK & BARKS, ALSO OF HILL RIDWARE WERE NEXT WITH £168-55 PRIZE MONEY, £199 POOLS, TOAL OF £367-55.KEITH BURTON OF CASTLE GRESLEY WAS AGAIN PROMINENT IN THE OB CHANNEL RACES, KEITH WON £147-48 PRIZE MONEY AND £455-50 POOLS, A TOTAL OF £692-98.DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE NEXT, WINNING £144 PRIZEMONEY. THEY WON THE INLAND OB SPECIAL RACE FROM KINGSDOWN, ALSO WINNING THE LADIES RACE THE SAME DAY, WITH THE SAME PIGEON.RAY & JEAN GRIMSDELL OF STRETTON WON £81-04 PRIZE MONEY AND £547-50 POOLS, THE MAJORITY OF THIS AT NIORT. ADD TO THIS £97-40 FOR BREEEDING THE 4TH PLACE BIRD IN THE BREEDER BUYER RACE, MEANING A TOTAL OF £680-94.FED SECRETARIES GRAHAM & ELEANOR EVANS WERE NEXT WITH £72-67 PRIZE MONEY, £301-50 POOLS, TOTAL OF £374-17.ELMORE & SMITH OF BIRCH COPPICE WON £38-14 PRIZE MONEY AND £52-50 POOLS AT THE KINGSDOWN YB RACE, A TOTAL OF £90-64.MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON WON £33-37 PRIZE MONEY AND £22-50 POOLS AT CARENTAN, TOTAL OF £55-87.LEES & MILLER COLLECTED £194-80 FOR WINNING 3RD IN THE BREEDER BUYER RACE, THE BIRD WAS BRED BY ALAN PEACH, ALAN ALSO PICKED UP £194-80 PLUS £36 POOLS FROM NIORT, MEANING ALAN PICKED UP A TOTAL OF £230-80.TOP CLUB IN 2016 WAS BIRCH COPPICE, AND THEIR CHAIRMAN GERALD THORPE COLLECTED THE TROPHY.PETE WIGHTMAN THEN THANKED GRAHAM AND ELEANOR EVANS FOR THEIR HARD WORK IN 2016, PETE SAID THAT THE 2016 CHANNEL RACING WAS HIT VERY HARD BY THE WEATHER, GIVING RACE CONTROLLERS; CONVOYERS, MEMBERS AND THEIR BIRDS A DIFFICULT SET OF RACES. ADD TO THIS, THE YB LOSSES AGAIN IN 2016, SOME PEOPLE WERE FORTUNATE, BUT MANY WERE NOT.PETE WIGHTMAN THEN INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT ROB HORTON WAS THE WINNER OF THE MALTSTERS TROPHY IN 2016 FOR HIS BRILLIANT YB SEASON, WHERE HE WON 4 X FIRST FEDS AND WON 38 TOP TEN POSITIONS. HE ALSO SAID THAT MASON & JONES WERE VERY UNLUCKY, AS WINNING 2 CHANNEL RACES IN THE SAME SEASON COULD HAVE GIVEN THEM THE TROPHY? OTHER LOFTS IN CONTENTION WERE; I & B JONES; SPINK & BARKS; JOHN GILBERT; MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON, TREVOR & GARY COLLINS AND CLIVE YATES.
DEBBIE FEARN MATT WRIGHT - GARY & TREVOR COLLINS
MALC & MICHAEL WRIGHT - ALAN STRETTON
FED SECRETARY GRAHAM EVANS - PRESIDENT JIM SUMMERS
I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGISE TO ALAN SMITH OUR RACE CONTROLLER, I FORGOT TO THANK ALAN ON THE NIGHT FOR ALL HIS HARD WORK; PASSION AND COMMITMENT HE SHOWED IN HIS ROLE. THANKS ALAN, YOU DID A GREAT JOB IN A SEASON WHERE THE WEATHER PLAYED HAVOC WITH OUR RACING.
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