BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
ROB HORTON TAKES TOP TWO OUT OF HULLAVINGTON
AS TAMWORTH LOFTS DOMINATE
101 MEMBERS SENT 1945 BIRDS TO THE FIRST OF TWO HULLAVINGTON RACES IN SUCESSION. ANOTHER PERFECT DAY WEATHERWISE GAVE THE YB’s AN IDEAL RACE. THE STRINGS WERE CUT AT 08-15 IN A LIGHT WEST WIND, AND MY PREDICTION OF 1600YPM FED TOPPER WAS NEARLY REACHED AS THE TAMWORTH LOFTS AT THE SOUTH END OF THE FED DOMINATED.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ROB HORTON OF THE BELGRAVE CLUB, HE TOOK 1ST & 2ND CLUB ON 1585.9; 1585.0; TIMIMG IN TWO CHEQ COCKS IN 3 SECONDS. THESE TWO COCKS WERE 48 SECONDS CLEAR OF THE FIELD. ELMORE & SMITH OF BIRCH COPPICE WERE 3RD FED ON 1571 WITH A BLUE KERRY MELLONDBY BRED BLUE CUESTER HEN RACING BACK TO HER EGGS. CLIVE YATES OF THE BELGRAVE CLUB TOOK THE NEXT THREE TO TAKE 4TH; 5TH; AND 6TH FED ON 1567; 1566; 1565.ALAN & LIZ HOULDSWORTH HAD THE BEST BIRD INTO THE CITY OF DERBY, THEIR DARK WF HEN TAKING 7TH FED ON 1560 WAS BRED BY ROB PEARSON.OLLIE NICHOLLS BROS OF BIRCH COPPICE WAS 8TH FED ON 1558 WITH A BLUE HEN, OLLIES BIRDS ARE BRED OFF DISTANCE STOCK. JAMES HORNE OF THE NELSON WAS 9TH FED ON 1553 WITH A MEALY LAMBRECHT COCK. KEN & KATH LYCETT OF HILL RIDWARE HAD THE BEST BIRD ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE FED TO TAKE 10TH FED ON 1553 WITH THEIR VANDENABEELE X. COCK.
ROB HORTON 1ST AND 2ND FED HULLAVINGTON
AROUND THE CLUBS,
STARTING AT STRETTON,6 SENT 143 AND TONY & DIANE GREEN TOOK 1ST & 2ND ON 1540; 1533; WELL CLEAR. THEIR WINNER WAS OUT OF A GRANDSON OF “HANNIBAL” FROM ALAN BRASSINGTON X M & D EVANS VANDENABEELE. THE RUNNER UP WAS THE SAME JOOP MERCKX X PETER FOX X HOFKEN THAT WAS 3RD THE PREVIOUS WEEK. ALAN BRASSINGTON WAS 3RD & 4TH ON 1496; 1495; THE FIRST A SOONTJEN X DAUGHTER OF M/M K LYCETTS “EDDY”, THEN A M/M K LYCETT VANDENABEELE X.
AT BIRCH COPPICE, 8 SENT 202 AND ELMORE & SMITH WERE TOP OF THE PILE ON 1571 WITH A MELLONDBY CUESTER HEN.ALAN & DEAN WERE ALSO 3RD & 4TH ON 1517; 1516; AGAIN BOTH CUESTERS, THE LAST BEING A YONG COCK OUT OF THEIR BEST HEN, WINNER OF 9 X 1ST, WHEN PAIRED TO A COCK, A WINNER OF 4 X 1ST. OLLIE NICHOLLS WAS RUNNER UP ON 1558 WITH A YOUNG HEN OUT OF HIS DISTANCE STOCK.
AT THE NELSON, JAMES HORNE TOOK THE RED CARD ON 1553 WITH A LAMBRECHT COCK, WITH TREVOR & GARY COLLINS TAKING THE NEXT THREE ON 1535; 1528; 1527; THE FIRST BRED BY GRAHAM EVANS, THE NEXT TWO BRED BY MARTIN HOOGENDYK.
AT SWADLINCOTE TOWN, MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON TOOK THE FIRST THREE ON 1537 (3); THE WINNER OFF A LOUIS THIJS X W.L.G. “GREY GEM”, WHEN PAIRED TO A FRANZ VEHEYEN X HOFKEN; THE NEXT TWO OFFLOUIS THIJS X W.L.G. “SIRIUS”LINES. TREVOR & GARY COLLINS WERE 4TH ON 1536 WITH A BILLY CALVERT LAMBRECHT.
ALAN AND LIZ HOULDSWORTH WITH MICKEY LENNON - ELMORE AND SMITH WITH MICKEY LENNON
CLIVE YATES - KEN LYCETT - JAMES HORNE
AT WINSHILL, 3 SENT 40 AND RON TILT GOT THE WINNER ON 1333 WITH A HERMAN X VAN KOPPEN COCK. ALAN WOOD TOOK THE NEXT THREE ON 1326; 1301; 1280; ALL HUYBRECHTS X.
AT APPLEBY MAGNA, MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY WERE 1ST; 2ND; AND 4TH ON 1492 (2); 1438; THE WINNER OUT OF GEOFF KIRKLANDS “THE SNAKE” LINES, FOLLOWED BY A FLOR ENGELS AND A FLOR ENGELS X THE SNAKE, AGAIN OUT OF KIRKLAND STOCK. ALAN PASSEY & SONS WERE 3RD ON 1461 WITH A VANDENABEELE HEN.
AT ETWALL, 12 SENT 193 AND ALAN & LIZ HOULDSWORTH TOOK THE FIRST FOUR ON 1560; 1493 (3), THE WINNER A GIFT FROM ROB PEARSON; FOLLOWED BY THREE JIMMY & LISA GREEN LAMBRECHTS.
AT TUTBURY, 7 SENT 149 AND F RICHARDSON & SON WERE 1ST; 3RD AND 4TH ON 1546; 1538; 1532. ALBERT BABBINGTON WAS RUNNER UP ON 1545
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