BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
CLIVE YATES TAKES TOP TWO OUT OF FROME(1)
SATURDAY AUGUST 21ST SAW 105 MEMBERS SEND 1918 BIRDS TO THE FIRST OF TWO FROME RACES. THE BIRDS WERE LIBERATED AT 2-00 INTO A STRONG WEST WIND, AND IT TURNED OUT AN EXCELLENT RACE VELOCITY WISE, BUT THERE WERE A FEW EMPTY PERCHES AT NIGHTFALL, BUT I BELIEVE MOST RETURNED SUNDAY?
OBVIOUSLY THE WEST WIND PUSHING THE YB’s ACROSS AND OVER ONTO STRANGE GROUND?
CLIVE YATES ROB HORTON
CONGRATULATIONS TO CLIVE YATES OF THE BELGRAVE CLUB IN TAMWORTH ON TAKING 1ST & 2ND FED ON 1743; 1737; BOTH CHEQ COCKS. CLUBMATE ROB HORTON HAD HIS TEAM IN FINE FETTLE, ROB HAD EIGHT ARRIVE TOGETHER, GOING OVER THE ETS PAD IN 24 SECONDS TO TAKE 3RD; 5TH; 6TH; 7TH; 8TH ;9TH; 10TH AND 11TH FED ON 1735; 1732.6(2); 1732.1; 1731.8; 1731.5; 1731.0; AND 1728. SPLITTING ROBS’ WERE ELMORE & SMITH OF BIRCH COPPICE, THEY GOT A CUESTER COCK DOING 1733 TO TAKE 4TH FED.
AROUND THE CLUBS,
AT STRETTON, 7 SENT 173 AND ALAN BRASSINGTON TOOK 1ST & 2ND ON 1718; 1714; HIS WINNER A GOOD DE MEYER X SOONTJEN COCK OFF ERNIE RIGBY STOCK, FOLLOWED BY A MARCELIS X SYNDICATE LOFT HEN. JIM & MATT PARKER WERE 3RD & 4TH ON 1701; 1693; WITH A WALL, LUNT & GREEN HEREMAN, A G/SON OF “GREY GEM”, FOLLOWED BY A C.W.L. HUYBRECHT.
AT BIRCH COPPICE, 8 SENT 161 AND ELMORE & SMITH GOT THE WINNER ON 1733 WITH A CUESTER COCK. GERALD THORPE & PARTNER WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1719 WITH A CUESTER COCK OFF ELMORE & SMITH. JOHN GILBERT TOOK 3RD & 4TH ON 1714; 1710; WITH HIS FVW X LAMBRECHTS.
AT WINSHILL, 7 SENT 100 AND JIM OTTEWELL TOOK THE FIRST FOUR ON 1675; 1649; 1648; 1632; JIM HAS SOME GOOD CAMPHIUS JANSENNES.
AT ETWALL, 9 SENT 108 AND ALAN & LIZ HOULDSWORTH TOOK THE RED CARD ON 1680; WITH MR & MRS TONY WHITEHURST TAKING THE NEXT THREE ON 1677; 1668 (2); THEIR FIRST TWO ERIC CEULEMANS.
AT TUTBURY, 8 SENT 240 AND ALBERT BABBINGTON WON A VERY TIGHT FINISH, TAKING 1ST & 3RD ON 1705.98; 1691; PHIL WHETTON WAS RUNNER UP ON 1705.93; AND F.RICHARDSON & SON 4TH ON 1685.
ALBERT BABBINGTON
AT THE NELSON, DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS TOOK TOP SPOT ON 1719, WITH TREVOR & GARY COLLINS TAKING THE NEXT THREE SPOTS ON 1717; 1714(2).
AT SWADLINCOTE TOWN, 8 SENT 115 AND TREVOR & GARY COLLINS TOOK THE FIRST THREE ON 1727; 1718; 1714. DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE 4TH ON 1694.
TREVOR AND GARY COLLINS
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