BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
JOHN CRAVEN OF TAMWORTH, 1ST FED FROM BLANDFORD
SATURDAY JUNE 18TH SAW MEMBERS ENTER BIRDS FOR THE RACE FROM BLANDFORD. THE BIRDS WERE RELEASED AT 08-30 INTO A N.N.W. WIND, IT TURNED OUT TO BE A NICE STEADY RACE,
PERHAPS A BIT SLOWER THAN WE THOUGHT, BUT THERE WAS NO HELP FOR THE BIRDS, JUST A GOOD WORKING DAY. ONE THING NOTICEABLE WHEN FLYING FROM THE LIKES OF BLANDFORD
AND PORTLAND, WITH THEM BEING MORE SOUTHERLY THAN SOUTH WESTERLY, THE RESULT ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE SPREAD ABOUT THE FEDERATION?
PETE WIGHTMAN and SON - MICK and NEIL HARVEY
ROB HORTON
CONGRATULATIONS TO JOHN CRAVEN OF THE BEGRAVE CLUB IN TAMWORTH, HE TOPPED THE FED ON 1295 WITH A 2YO BLUE COCK AND ALSO TOOK 7TH FED ON 1280.8 WITH A 3YO BLUE COCK.
RUNNERS UP ON 1291 WERE MR & MRS KEN LYCETT OF HILL RIDWARE, THEY TIMED IN “LEE” A FULL BROTHER TO “EDDY”.THIS 2 YO COCK TOPPED THE FED EARLIER ON IN THE SEASON OUT
OF KINGSDOWN, HE IS A VANDENABEELE X KOEN MINDERHOUT X FLOR VERVOORT X CATTRYSSE X VAN REET X SOONTJEN X BUSCHEART. THE DAM CAME AS A GIFT FROM LEE PAINTER OF WILLENHALL. PETE WIGHTMAN & SON OF STRETTON WERE 3RD FED ON 1285 WITH A 2YO SOOONTJEN COCK. THE EVER PRESENT I & B JONES OF HILL RIDWARE TOOK 4TH FED ON 1282.4
WITH A 2YO CHEQ HEN, MORE THAN LIKELY A VAN ELSACKER? MICK & NEIL HARVEY OF THE NELSON WERE 5TH FED ON 1282.0 WITH A YEARLING VANDENABEELE COCK.
SPINK & BARKS OF HILL RIDWARE WERE 6TH FED ON 1281 WITH A YEARLING JANSENNE HEN.F.RICHARDSON & SON OF TUTBURY WERE 8TH FED ON 1280.7 WITH A 3YO VAN DEN BRANDE COCK AND CLUBMATE ALBERT DAVIS WAS 9TH FED ON 1280.3 WITH A YEARLING HEN. ROB HORTON OF BELGRAVE WAS 10TH FED ON 1277 WITH A YEARLING COCK.
MR and MRS KEN LYCETTS "LEE" SEE TEXT
AROUND THE CLUBS
STARTING AT STRETTON, 10 SENT 149 AND PETE WIGHTMAN & SON WERE 1ST & 3RD ON 1285; 1254; THE WINNER A 2YO SOONTJEN COCK OFF RAY FORBES X ANSLOW FARRAR STOCK, HE WAS FOLLOWED BY THEIR TOP 6YO SOONTJEN COCK, OUT OF ANSLOW FARRARS “BUSTER” FAMILY, ORIGINATING FROM BRIAN CLAYBURNS “RED RING” LINES. ALAN BRASSINGTON WAS RUNNER UP ON 1256 WITH A YEARLING SON OFF “MR BEAN”, SO A G/SON OF “PREMIUM BOND”, TONY & DIANE GREEN WERE 4TH ON 1253 WITH A 4YO SYNDICATE LOFTS COCK OFF ALAN BRASSINGTON.
AT ETWALL, 10 SENT 120 AND PAUL WILLIAMS WAS 1ST & 2ND ON 1242; 1230; WITH MR & MRS ALAN HOULDSWORTH WERE 3RD & 4TH ON 1223; 1222.
DOWN AT BIRCH COPPICE, 8 SENT 133 AND ELMORE & SMITH WERE 1ST & 4TH ON 1252; 1223, BOTH CUESTERS. JOHN GILBERT WAS 2ND ON 1228 WITH A WILDIE AND MR & MRS DEN NEALE WERE 3RD ON 1227 WITH A WIDOW HEN, POSSIBLY A WALTER DOCX?
UP INTO DERBY NOW, AND AT OSMASTON PARK, 12 SENT 135 AND MICK STONE TOOK THE FIRST THREE ON 1272.7; 1272.5; 1239; ALL CEULEMAN COCKS, WELL DONE MICK. JOHN & STEVE HICKS WERE 4TH ON 1209.
AT THE CORNISHMAN, 4 SENT 36 AND CONGRATULATIONS TO REUBEN HOUGH WHO TOOK THE FIRST THREE ON 1106; 1091; 1084; THE WINNER A YEARLING COCK OFF JOHN FRETWELL STOCK, HE WAS FOLLOWED BY A YEARLING HEN OFF REUBENS OLD FAMILY, THE SOONTJEN X CASSEART X VAN REET, WHEN CROOSED WITH A CEULEMAN. “THE DART” REUBENS GOOD 4YO COCK WAS 3RD. ALAN BEASTALL WAS 4TH ON 1022 WITH A 2YO HAELTERMAN COCK OFF JASON PHILLIPS. CONGRATULATIONS TO REUBEN HOUGH ON HIS 93RD BIRTHDAY ON JUNE 21ST, HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR FISH ‘N CHIPS REUBEN?
AT WINSHILL, 7 SENT 65 AND JIM & MATT PARKER WERE 1ST & 2ND ON 1265; 1243; THEIR WINNER A YEARLING C.W.L. DRAPA X HUYBRECHTS HEN, THEN A 2YO C.W.L. COCK. MELV WILLIS WAS 3RD & 4TH ON 1239; 1238; BOTH YEARLING JANSENNE X HUYBRECHT X WILDEMEERSCH HENS.
AT THE NELSON, MICK & NEIL HARVEY TOOK THE FIRST FOUR ON 1282; 1266; 1249; 1236; THE WINNER WAS A YEARLING VANDENABEELE COCK, FOLLOWED BY A YEARLING VANDENABEELE X BARKER COCK; THEN TWO VANDENABEELE X SYNDICATE LOFTS COCKS, A 3YO AND A YEARLING.
THE CLUB ALSO ENTERED THEIR BIRDS IN THE M.N.F.C. FOUGERES RACE, THE RACEPOINT WAS CHANGED TO MAYENE, THEN AFTER 9 NIGHTS IN THE BASKETS, THEY WERE LIBERATED ON THE SATRURDAY MORNING FROM BEDHAMPTON. TREVOR & GARY COLLINS WERE 1ST & 3RD ON 1136; 1101; AND DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE 2ND & 4TH ON 1135; 1081.
AT SWADLINCOTE TOWN, MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON WERE 1ST & 2ND ON 1270 (2), THE WINNER A 3YO FRANZ VERHEYEN X BRIAN KEEGAN HOFKEN PIED HEN; SHE WAS CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY A 2YO WALL, LUNT & GREEN HEN. DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE 3RD ON 1259 WITH THE SAME 2YO VAN REET HEN THAT TOPPED THE FED OUT OF KINGSDOWN. T & D FEARN WERE 4TH, DEBBIE TIMED IN A YEARLING VANDENABEELE COCK.
AT THE MINERS ARMS, 6 SENT 77 AND MR & MRS GRAHAM EVANS GOT THE WINNER ON 1271WITH A 2YO JOS THONE COCK, THE DAM PURCHASED AT THE ARMSTRONG & WHEATLEY SALE. MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1248 AND BRIAN AYRE 3RD ON 1217.
AT TUTBURY, 7 SENT 78 AND F.RICHARDSON & SON WON A TIGHT FINISH ON 1280.7 WITH A NEHU RUNG VAN DEN BRANDE COCK. ALBERT DAVIS WAS 2ND & 3RD ON 1280.3; 1270. PETE & JACKIE COX WERE 4TH ON 1266 WITH A JOHN SHEASBY VAN REET; THIS COCK WAS ONLY HAVING ITS 3RD RACE, AFTER BEING HAWKED IN HIS 2ND. SORRY TO HEAR THAT JOHN SHEASBY HAS BEEN IN HOSPITAL, HOPE YOUR ON THE MEND JOHN, GET WELL SOON FROM ALL IN THE FED.
ACROSS AT APPLEBY MAGNA, ROBERT BURBRIDGE TOOK THE RED CARD ON 1257 WITH A YEARLING WIM MOENS COCK OFF P.COOPER & SON STOCK, WELL CLEAR. GERALD WOOD WAS RUNNER UP ON 1206 WITH A YEARLING VAN DEN BOSCHE COCK; GEOFF BUCK 3RD ON 1205 AND MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY 4TH ON 1199 WITH A YEARLING KIRKLAND FLOR ENGELS COCK.
FINALLY, CONGRATULATIONS TO SPINK & BARKS OF ARMITAGE, THEY WERE 1ST SOUTH SECTION; 4TH OPEN NORTH MIDLAND CONTINENTAL CLUB RACE FROM FOUGERES, THEY TIMED IN A YEARLING JANSENNE DE BRUIN HEN, THAT WAS 3RD FED OUT OF CARENTAN THIS YEAR.
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