BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
GREAT RACE OUT OF FROME SEES MR. & MRS. JOHN DOWD TAKE TOP TWO
SATURDAY JULY 2ND SAW THE LAST INLAND RACE OF WHAT HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT AND FRUSTRATING OLD BIRD SEASON. THE BIRDS HAD A DRY RUN FOR A CHANGE, AND WITH A W.S.W. WIND THEY MADE LIGHT WORK OF THEIR FLIGHT HOME, MOST LOFTS WERE SHUT UP IN NO TIME WITH 100% RETURNS. IT WAS ALSO NICE TO SEE THE NORTH END OF OUR FED DOMINATING THE RESULT FOR A CHANGE.
108 MEMBERS ENTERED 1313 BIRDS AND THEY WERE RELEASED AT 08-15 INTO A W.S.W. WIND.CONGRATULATIONS TO MR & MRS JOHN DOWD OF THE BULLS HEAD CLUB IN ILKESTON, THEY TOOK 1ST; 2ND; 6TH; AND 10TH FED ON 1731; 1729; 1717; 1707. JOHN TIMED IN THREE 2YO AND A YEARLING IN 112 SECONDS, THE FED TOPPER WAS A BLUE HEN. WELL DONE JOHN. MICK STONE HAS HAD A VERY GOOD SEASON AT OSMASTON PARK IN DERBY, HE TIMED IN TWO OF HIS ERIC CEULEMAN YEARLING COCKS TO TAKE 3RD & 4TH FED ON 1728; 1727. DAVE WADDINGTON, ALSO OF OSMASTON PARK TOOK 5TH FED ON 1726 WITH A YEARLING CHEQ COCK. ALAN & LIZ HOULDSWORTH OF ETWALL WERE 7TH FED ON 1715 WITH A YEARLING CHEQUER COCK. ROGER & MARK DUFFIELD OF THE BULLS HEAD WERE 8TH FED ON 1713 WITH A YEARLING BLUE COCK, AND JIM & MATT PARKER OF WINSHILL COMPLETE THE TOP TEN BY TAKING 9TH FED ON 1708 WITH A YEARLING CURTIS, WALL & LUNT CHEQ HEN.
ALAN and LIZ HOULDSWORTH WITH MICKEY LENNON - ROGER and MARK DUFFIELD
MATT AND JIM PARKER
AROUND THE CLUBS,
STARTING AT STRETTON, 11 SENT 120 AND PHIL BOURKE TOOK THE RED CARD ON 1699 WITH A 2YO STAF VAN REET COCK, MOST OF PHILS VAN REETS ORIGINATE FROM KEITH ARNOLD OF LEAMINGTON SPA. ALAN BRASSINGTON WAS 2ND & 3RD ON 1696; 1693; WITH HIS TWO BEST COCKS, “MR BEAN” THE 3YO SON OFF “PREMIUM BOND”; AND HIS YEARLING SOONTJEN COCK. PETE WIGHTMAN & SON WERE 4TH ON 1692 WITH A 5YO VANDENABEELE X SOONTJEN, HIS SIRE “PORTLAND BILL”.
AT THE NELSON, DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE 1ST & 4TH ON 1693; 1632; THE WINNER A YEARLING CHEQ COCK BRED BY T & D FEARN, THE SIRE A SON OUT OF “HIDEAWAY X MARCELIS”; THE DAM A JANSENNE. THEIR SECOND ALSO BRED BY T & D FEARN, CONTAINING THE BEST OF TERRYS OLD FAMILY; “BROKEN WING”; “BOMBER”; MARCELIS AND JAN THEELAN. MICK HARVEY & SON WERE 2ND & 3RD ON 1680; 1639; BOTH VANDENABEELE X SYNDICATE LOFTS COCKS.
THE PREVIOUS WEEK FROM KINGSDOWN, MICK & NEIL HARVEY WERE 1ST; 2ND; AND 4TH WITH 3 YEARLING COCKS. DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE 3RD WITH A YEARLING VANDENABEELE COCK OUT OF MR & MRS KEN LYCETTS “SUPER FRANK” X GOLDEN GABBY.THE CLUB ALSO HELD A RACE FROM ANCENCIS IN LINE WITH THE M.N.F.C. DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE 1ST & 4TH ON 1308; 1240; WINNING £72 POOLS & NOM WITH THE WINNER. MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON WERE 2ND & 3RD ON 1247; 1243.
AT SWADLINCOTE TOWN, FROME SAW DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS COME OUT ON TOP ON 1696 WITH A 3YO VANDENABEELE X VAN REET HEN, THIS HEN HAS NOW WON 4 X 1ST.THE SIRE IS “31616”; THE DAM OFF BERT HESSION.TREVOR & GARY COLLINS WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1693 WITH A YEARLING LAMBRECHT COCK OUT OF THEIR BEST LAMBRECHT HEN WHO HAS WON 7 X 1ST AND A FIRST FED, THIS YEARLING COCK WON EARLY ON IN THE SEASON TAKING 2ND FED. MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON WERE 3RD ON 1690 WITH A 2YO COCK OFF “BLUE GEM” X KOOPMAN & “MISS MAGIC” LINES. T & D FEARN WERE 4TH ON 1687 WITH A YEARLING RED COCK OUT OF “PATCHWORK”, CONTAINING ALL THE BEST OF TERRYS OLD FAMILY.
THE WEEK BEFORE FROM KINGSDOWN, C MURFIN TOOK TOP SPOT ON 1451.4 WITH A 2YO JANSENNE HEN, A MULTIPLE PRIZEWINNER. T & D FEARN WERE 2ND & 4TH ON 1451.3; 1441; THE FIRST A YEARLING COCK OUT OF “HIDEAWAY x “BOMBER” & MARCELIS, THEN A 2YO MEALY COCK OFF “BROKEN WING” X JAN THEELAN”, THIS COCK HAS WON 2 X1ST THIS SEASON. DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE 3RD ON 1449 WITH A YEARLING VAN REET HEN, SIRE OFF BERT HESSION, DAM OFF JOHN MUNNS X DEREK WILSON. ON THE SAME DAY FROM MESSAC, MICK HARVEY & SON TOOK 1ST & 3RD ON 1161; 1055; BOTH 2YO COCKS. TREVOR & GARY COLLINS WERE 2ND & 4TH ON 1058; 1035; WITH A 3YO COCK AND A 2YO HEN.
AT BIRCH COPPICE, 8 SENT 107 AND JOHN GILBERT TOOK THE FIRST THREE ON 1685; 1682; 1653; TWO LAMBRECHT COCKS SPLIT BY A LAMBRECHT X WILDIE COCK. DEN NEALE WAS 4TH ON 1645WITH A YEARLING DOCX HEN.
AT ETWALL, 12 SENT 117 AND MR & MRS ALAN HOULDSWORTH TOOK THE FIRST FOUR ON 1715; 1694; 1693; 1692; GOOD FLYING ALAN.
AT OSMASTON PARK, 10 SENT 85 AND MICK STONE TOOK 1ST & 2ND ON 1728; 1727; BOTH YEARLING CEULEMAN COCKS. DAVE WADDINGTON WAS 2ND & 4TH ON 1726; 1695; BOTH YEARLING COCKS.
AT THE CORNISHMAN, 4 SENT 33 AND REUBEN HOUGH TOOK THE FIRST THREE ON 1686; 1598; 1597; THE WINNER A 3YO CEULEMAN OFF KEV SPIERS, FOLLOWED BY TWO OFF HIS SOONTJEN X CASSEART X VAN REET FAMILY.WOOLLLEY & ROGERS WERE 4TH ON 1515.
AT WINSHILL, 5 SENT 54 AND JIM PARKER & SON TOOK THE FIRST THREE ON 1708; 1663; 1657; ALL CURTIS; WALL & LUNT HENS. MR & MRS STRINGER WERE 4TH ON 1624 WITH A 2YO LEEN BOOERS X VAN REET HEN.
OVER AT APPLEBY MAGNA, GERALD WOOD WAS 1ST & 4TH ON 1684; 1618; THE WINNER A 3YO VAN DEN BOSCHE COCK, THEN A YEARLING VAN DEN BOSCHE X KIRKLAND COCK. ALAN PASSEY & SONS WERE 2ND & 3RD ON 1651; 1619; BOTH OFF GEOFF KIRKLAND STOCK.
AT TUTBURY, 7 SENT 96 AND PETE & JACKIE COX WERE 1ST & 3RD ON 1705; 1698; THE WINNER A VANDENABEELE OFF ANN SMITH STOCK, FOLLOWED BY A MARCELIS X VANDENEABEELE. F. RICHARDSON & SON WERE 2ND ON 1701 WITH A VAN DEN BRANDE AND PHIL WHETTON 4TH ON 1697 WITH A JIM DUTTON LAMBRECHT.
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