BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
MASON & JONES MAKE IT BACK TO BACK WINS FROM OVER THE CHANNEL
SATURDAY JUNE 25TH SAW OUR FEDERATION SEND TO MESSAC ON THE STAFFORDSHIRE MOORLANDS FED TRANSPORTER. THIS RACE WAS ADDED TO THE ORIGINAL PROGRAMME TO REPLACE THE FOUGERES RACE, WHEN THE BIRDS WERE RETURNED BACK TO THE FEDERATION H.Q. DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER.MEMBERS SENT BIRDS AND THESE WERE RELEASED AT 07-15 INTO A WESTERLY WIND, AS WITH THE INLAND RACE, THESE BIRDS ALSO HIT SOME HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS HERE IN THE UK. YOU CANNOT CALL IT A GOOD RACE; RETURNS WERE NOT VERY GOOD ON THE DAY, NO IDEA AS YET WHETHER MANY RETURNED SUNDAY OR NOT? CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MASON & JONES PARTNERSHIP FROM HILL RIDWARE, THEY FOLLOWED UP THEIR 1ST FED FROM CARENTAN WITH ANOTHER FED TOPPER FROM MESSAC, THEIR YEARLING SOONTJEN X COCK WELL CLEAR ON 1240, ALSO NOMINATED TO WIN £100, THEY ALSO PICKED UP ANOTHER £35 POOLS ON 1099.0 RUNNERS UP ON 1199 WERE HOOGENDYK & PARKER OF THE MINERS ARMS, THEIR 3YO WILDIE X DE VADDER HEN WELL FANCIED, PICKING UP £247-50 POOLS. FED SECRETARIES GRAHAM & ELEANOR EVANS WERE 3RD FED ON 1176 WITH A 2YO BLUE WF COCK OFF MICK HARVEY X ALAN BRASSINGTON STOCK, ADD TO THIS THEY ALSO PICKED UP £184 POOLS WITH A 2YO HEN ON 1110. 4TH FED WAS JIM WHITEHOUSE & SON OF HILL RIDWARE ON 1171, THEIR 2YO CHEQUER HEN OFF RICH JONES, POOLED TO WIN £147-50. MICK LESZCYSCAK OF DERBY SR WAS 5TH ON1162 WITH A YEARLING RED COCK. MICK & NEIL HARVEYS WINNER AT SWADLINCOTE TOWN EARNED THEM 6TH FED ON 1161WITH A 2YO DARK COCK. MICK WOOD OF BARTON WAS 7TH ON 1148 WITH A 2YO BLUE PIED COCK. SPINK & BARKS OF HILL RIDWARE TOOK 8TH SPOT ON 1145 WITH A YEARLING HEN OFF ALAN WHITE STOCK, WINNING £22-50 POOLS, AND ANOTHER £22-50 WITH THEIR NEXT BIRD ON 1121. STEVE REDFERN & FAMILY OF ETWALL WERE 9TH FED ON 1144 WITH A YEARLING BLUE COCK.RAY & JEAN GRIMSDELL OF STRETTON WERE 10TH ON 1135 WITH A YEARLING WILLY THAS X MEULEMAN HEN.
OTHER NOTABLE POOL WINNERS WERE; ALAN BRASSINGTON £91-50; KEITH BURTON £63; BARRY ODOM £22-50. TOTAL POOLS PAID OUT £936-50.
RICH JONES.1ST FED CARENTAN AND MESSAC 2016
AROUND THE CLUBS,
STARTING AT STRETTON, 9 SENT 63 AND RAY & JEAN GRIMSDELL WON A PHOTO FINISH ON 1135.9 WITH A YEARLING WILLY THAS X MEULEMAN HEN. AFTER CLOSE ON TO 9 HOURS ON THE WING SHE WON THE RACE BY 12 SECONDS FROM BARRY ODOM, BAZ TIMED IN A YEARLING CHEQUER HEN OFF STEVE BURKE X JOHN McPHILLIPS STOCK. ALAN BRASSINGTON WAS 3RD ON 1117 WITH A 3YO SYNDICATE LOFTS COCK AND RONNIE DAKIN & SON WERE 4TH ON 1111 WITH A 3YO PETER VAN DE MERWE X COCK, THE SIRE OFF MALC McDONALD.
AT BIRCH COPPICE, 7 SENT 59 AND DAVE OSBORNE BROS WON THE RED CARD ON 1050 WITH A 3YO COCK, TED JACKSON WAS RUNNER UP ON 1032; CLIFF SANDERS 3RD ON 1022 AND OLLIE NICHOLLS BROS 4TH ON 1019.
AT THE MINERS ARMS, HOOGENDYK & PARKER TOPPED THE LIST ON 1199 WITH A 3YO FVW X DE VADDER WIDOW HEN.MR & MRS GRAHAM EVANS WERE 2ND & 4TH ON 1176; 1134; AND MICK & NEIL HARVEY WERE 3RD ON 1161.
AT WINSHILL, 2 SENT 13 AND JIM PARKER & SON WERE 1ST & 4TH ON 1090, 932, THE WINNER WAS THE SAME 2YO JANSENNE X HUYBRECHT COCK THAT WON CARENTAN. THEIR NEXT WAS A 2YO
JANSENNE X HUYBRECHTS HEN. BRIAN & LESLIE STONE WERE 2ND & 3RD ON 1017; 968; THEIR FIRST A 2YO FORMANUS X HUYSKEN VAN RIELHEN, THEN A 2YO DE CLERQ COCK.
AT ETWALL, 6 SENT 30 AND MR & MRS STEVE REDFERN & FAMILY WERE 1ST; 2ND; AND 4TH ON 1144; 1077; 1027. GOOD FLYING BY THIS N.F.C. ORIENTATED LOFT. SAM PHILLIPS WAS 3RD ON 1052.
AT HILL RIDWARE, MASON & JONES GOT THE WINNER WITH THEIR FED TOPPER ON 1240, A SOONTJEN X COCK. JIM WHITEHOUSE & SON WERE 2ND ON 1171 WITH A RICH JONES HEN, COULD BE A SOONTJEN? SPINK & BARKS WERE 3RD & 4TH ON 1145; 1121; BOTH HENS OFF ALAN WHITE STOCK.
AT TUTBURY, BARRY ODOM WAS 1ST AND 3RD ON 1135; 1080; THE WINNER OFF STEVE BURKE X JOHN McPHILLIPS, RON DAKIN & SON WERE 2ND & 4TH ON 1111; 1041.
AT OSMASTON PARK, 7 SENT 51 AND DAVE GLEW TOOK THE RED CARD ON 1039 WITH A 2YO COCK. JAKE HARCUP WAS 2ND & 3RD ON 1022; 1006; THE FIRST A YEARLING NWHU RUNG, THEN A 3YO GRIZZLE HEN. STAN & H.W. HALL WERE 4TH ON 1002 WITH A 2YO SCOTTISH RUNG HEN, I BELIEVE THIS WAS PURCHASED AT THE WHO DARES WIN SALE?
MARTIN HOOGENDYK - GRAHAM EVANS
MICK LESZCZYSCAK
GEOFF BUCK & SON OF APPLEBY MAGNA, 1ST FED OUT OF KINGSDOWN.
SATURDAY JUNE 25TH SAW 108 MEMBERS ENTER 1316 BIRDS FOR THE KINGSDOWN (3) RACE, THEY WERE RELEASED AT 08-30 INTO A LIGHT W.N.W. WIND, WE THOUGHT WE WERE IN FOR A GOOD DRY RACE FOR A CHANGE, BUT ALAS SOME OF OUR BIRDS CAUGHT SOME REALLY HEAVY RAIN TOWARDS THE END OF THEIR FLIGHT HOME. PERSONALLY, OUR BIRDS CAME HOME DRENCHED, BUT WERE ALL BACK WITHIN 40 MINUTES. OTHER LOFTS REPORTED THAT THEIR BIRDS WERE DRY, SO LIKE THE WEATHERMEN SAID, IF YOU CATCH A SHOWER, IT COULD BE LOCALLY HEAVY, THEY WEREN’T WRONG.
CONGRATULATIONS TO GEOFF BUCK & SON OF THE APPLEBY MAGNA CLUB, THEY TOPPED THE FED ON 1496 WITH A 4YO DARK CHEQ COCK, FLOWN ON THE ROUNDABOUT. GEOFF ALSO TOPPED THE FED OUT OF FROME TWO WEEKS EARLIER. SPINK & BARKS WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1487 WITH THEIR 2YO JANSENNE DE BRUIN HEN, KNOWN AS THE “UNLUCKY HEN”, SHE HAS WON 4 X 1ST THIS YEAR, AND HAS NOW WON 6 X 2ND FED, AND SHE HAS PICKED UP 7 X FED CARDS THIS YEAR!! JOHN CRAVEN FOLLOWED UP THE PREVIOUS WEEKS FED TOPPER, WITH A 3RD FED ON 1485 WITH A YEARLING BLUE COCK. IVOR & BARRY JONES OF HILL RIDWARE HAVE HAD A TREMENDOUS OB SEASON; THEY WERE 4TH FED THIS WEEK ON 1472 WITH A YEARLING HEREMAN CUESTER COCK. ROB HORTON OF BELGRAVE WAS 5TH & 10TH FED ON 1471.3; 1459; BOTH BLUE COCKS, A 2YO AND A YEARLING.KEITH BURTONS WINNER AT CASTLE GRESLEY, A 2YO BLUE WF COCK TOOK 6TH FED ON 1471.2. SID WINCUP HAD TWO HENS TOGETHER AT THE BELGRAVE CLUB, TAKING 7TH & 8TH FED ON 1463.7; 1463.4; AND MARK LEARS WINNER AT TUTBURY TOOK 9TH FED ON 1462.
GEOFF BUCK.2 X 1ST FED IN 2016
AROUND THE CLUBS,
STARTING AT STRETTON, 9 SENT 96 AND TONY & DIANE GREEN HAD A CLEAR WINNER ON 1444 WITH THEIR GOOD 4YO SYNDICATE LOFT COCK OFF ALAN BRASSINGTON, THIS COCK ALSO WON THE FROME RACE EARLIER IN THE SEASON. PHIL BOURKE WAS RUNNER UP ON 1429 WITH A YEARLING STAF VAN REET COCK, PETE WIGHTMAN & SON WERE 3RD ON 1414 WITH A 4YO LAMBRECHT COCK AND ALAN BRASSINGTON WAS 4TH ON 1409 WITH A YEARLING SOONTJEN X COCK, THIS COCK WON THE OPENING 2 RACES OF THE SEASON.
AT BIRCH COPPICE, 8 SENT 116 AND JOHN GILBERT WON A BLANKET FINISH ON 1454.6 WITH A WILDIE COCK. ELMORE & SMITH WERE 2ND & 4TH ON 1454.03; 1453; BOTH KERRY MELLONDBY CUESTER HENS. TED JACKSON SPLIT THESE 2 HENS TO TAKE 3RD CLUB ON 1454.01WITH AYEARLING COCK.
AT THE MINERS ARMS, MICK & NEIL HARVEY WERE 1ST; 2ND & 4TH ON 1454; 1453; 1448.0; THE FIRST TWO WIDOW HENS. HOOGENDYK & PARKER WERE 3RD ON1448.1 WITH A YEARLING VAN DEN BOSCHE X JANSENNE HEN, SHE WON OUT OF KINGSDOWN EARLIER THIS YEAR.
AT WINSHILL, 7 SENT 73 AND JIM & MATT PARKER TOOK THE TOP TWO SPOTS ON 1445; 1439.9; THEIR WINNER A 2YO C.W.L.COCK WINNING HIS 2ND RED CARD OF THE SEASON. RUNNER UP WAS YEARLING C.W.L. HEN. THESE TWO ARE BROTHER AND SISTER OUT OF A G/SON OF “MISS MAGIC” X DAUGHTEROFF “PRETTY BOY". JIM OTTEWELLWAS 3RD ON 1439.6 WITH A YEARLING CAMPHIUS COCK, AND TO TOP HIS DAY OFF WON 1ST & 2ND IN THE CLUBS GOLD RING WINNING £105. MELV WILLIS WAS 4TH ON 1419 WITH A YEARLING WILDIE X HEN.
AT THE NELSON, MICK & NEIL HARVEY WERE 1ST; 2ND; AND 4TH ON 1457; 1454; 1438. DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE 3RD ON 1442.
AT ETWALL, 11 SENT 115 AND STEVE BILLINGS WIN S YET AGAIN THIS TIME TAKING 1ST & 3RD ON 1441; 1409. PAUL WILLIAMS WAS 2ND & 4TH ON 1415; 1392.
AT TUTBURY, 7 SENT 102 AND MARK LEAR TOOKTHE FIRST THREE ON 1462; 1454; 1453. F. RICHARDSON & SON 4TH WITH A 2YO VAN DEN BRANDE COCK.
AT APPLEBY MAGNA, GEOFF BUCKS FED TOPPER DID THE DAMAGE ON 1496, ALSO WINNING THE REG GOTHARD £100 NOMINATION, THAT’S WHAT I CALL A GOOD DAYS WORK. GERALD WOOD TOOK THE NEXT THREE SPOTS ON 1455; 1443; 1441; ALL WIDOW COCKS.
AT HILL RIDWARE, SPINK & BARKS HAD A GOOD WIN, THEIR JANSENNE DE BRUIN HEN WINNING HER 4TH X 1ST OF THE SEASON, SHE TOPPED THE FED FROM FROME AND HAD 5 X 2ND FEDS. I & B JONES WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1472 WITH A HEREMAN CUESTER COCK, AND MR & MRS KEN LYCETT WERE 3RD & 4TH ON 1450 (2), BOTH VANDENABEELES.
AT THE CORNISHMAN, 4 SENT 27 AND REUBEN HOUGH TOOK 1ST & 2ND ON 1317; 1302; THE WINNER A KEV SPIERS CEULEMAN, WINNING IT’S 3RD X 1ST. RUNNER UP WAS OFF REUBENS OLD FAMILY X CEULEMAN.WOOLLEY & ROGERS WERE 3RD & 4TH ON 1295; 1229.
AT OSMASTON PARK, 10 SENT 86 AND DAVE WADDINGTON HAD TWO TOGETHER ON 1425 TO TAKE 1ST & 2ND, BOTH YEARLING COCKS. MICK FEARN WAS 3RD ON 1416 WITH A YEARLING STAF VAN REET COCK, AND MICK STONE 4TH ON 1410 WITH A 3YO CEULEMAN COCK.
FINALLY, IN THE CONVOYERS TROPHY FROM BLANDFORD, MR & MRS GRAHAM EVANS WERE 1ST ON1262; JOHN CRAVEN RUNNER UP ON 1257; AND PETE WIGHTMAN & SON 3RD ON 1250.
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