BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
MAURICE ELSMORE OF HILL RIDWARE,
1ST FED FROM NIORT, YET ANOTHER DIFFICULT CHANNEL CROSSING FOR OUR BIRDS
SATURDAY JULY 9TH SAW THE FINAL RACE OF THE 2016 OB SEASON, THE LONGEST RACE ON OUR PROGRAMME FROM NIORT.YET AGAIN POOR WEATHER IN FRANCE DELAYED THE LIBERATION, AND THE STRINGS WERE FINALLY CUT AT 11-00 IN NO WIND, TURNING SW. IT WAS DECIDED THAT ALL THE FEDERATIONS THERE, LIBERATE TOGETHER, DUE TO THE LATENESS OF THE LIBERATION. IT SEEMED A GOOD IDEA, BUT TO BE HONEST IT WAS ANOTHER POOR RACE. THEIR WAS ONLY 3 GALLANT BIRDS HOME ON THE DAY, AND THEY AND THEIR OWNERS DESERVE GREAT CREDIT. TO THIS DAY, THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF BIRDS THAT HAVE NOT RETURNED, AMONGST THESE, BIRDS THAT HAVE BEEN OVER AND WON MANY PRIZES BEFORE.
Maurice Elsmore 1st Fed Niort 2016
CONGRATULATIONS TO MAURICE ELSMORE OF HILL RIDWARE, MOGGY TIMED IN HIS 4YO JANSENNE COCK, BRED BY CLUBMATES SPINK & BARKS At 9-05 PM TO RECORD A WINNIG VELOCITY OF 1304. THIS WAS A VERY POPULAR WIN AT THE CLUB, SO ONCE AGAIN MAURICE, CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT PERFORMANCE.RUNNERS UP ON 1294 WERE STEVE REDFERN & FAMILY OF DERBY, AND MEMBERS OF ETWALL F.C. STEVE HAS HAD A GREAT CHANNEL SEASON, A REGULAR SENDER IN THE N.F.C. HAVING ALL THE FEDS LIBBED TOGETHER DIDN’T PHASE HIS YEARLING CHEQ HEN, SHE WAS TIMED AT 9-20 PM.THE LAST OF THE DAY BIRDS WAS TIMED AT 9-30PM TO THE STRETTON LOFTS OF RAY & JEAN GRIMSDELL, YET ANOTHER REGULAR SENDER IN THE N.F.C. RAY & JEANS WINNER AT STRETTON ON 1263 WAS A 4YO BRIAN DENNEY X JIM EMERTON STICHELBAUT BASED COCK, BRED BY GOOD FRIEND STEVE WAIN . TO PUT THE ICING ON THE CAKE, THIS COCK WAS POOLED ALL THE WAY TO PICK UP £427-50, WELL DONE RAY & JEAN. THE FIRST OF THE 2ND DAY BIRDS WAS TIMED IN BY MR & MRS JOHN DOWD OF THE BULLS HEAD, THEY TIMED IN A 3YO COCK AT 05-25 TO RECORD 1165 AND TAKE 4TH FED, A REALLY EARLY BIRD THAT ONE. 5TH FED ON 1160 WERE MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY OF APPLEBY MAGNA, THEY TIMED IN A YEARLING GEOFF KIRKLAND COCK AT 04-52, NOW THAT MUST HAVE BEEN ONLY DOWN THE LANE AT NIGHTFALL? TAKING 6TH & 8TH FED ON 1141; 1087; WAS KEITH BURTON OF CASTLE GRESLEY, KEITHS FIRST A 4YO COCK WAS FANCIED TO WIN £237-50 POOLS, AND THEN HIS BLUE HEN FOLLOWED UP, ALSO POOLED TO PICK UP £147-50, A COMBINED TOTAL OF £385. SPLITTING KEITHS TWO, AND TAKING 7TH FED ON 1123 WAS STEVE STONE OF OSMASTON PARK, STEVE TIMED IN A 4YO PIED COCK. STEVES’ CLUBMATES MICK WILLIS & FAMILY WERE 9TH FED ON 1079 WITH 5YO BLUE HEN. TAKING 10TH FED ON 998 WERE HOOGENDYK & PARKER OF THE MINERS ARMS, TIMING IN A 2YO WIDOW HEN, BRED BY GEOFF BUCK AND PURCHASED AT THE DONISTHORPE BREEDER BUYER IN 2014. OTHER NOTABLE POOL WINNERS WERE; FED SECRETARIES GRAHAM & ELEANOR EVANS WITH £117-50, RON DAKIN & SON £45; ALAN PEACH £36; TOTAL POOLS PAID OUT £1028-50.
RAY & JEAN GRIMSDELL
KEITH BURTON - MARTIN HOOGENDYK
AROUND THE CLUBS
A BIT LIKE THE RETURNS, NEWS FROM THE CLUBS WAS SPARSE TOO!
STARTING AT STRETTON, 6 SENT 35 AND M/M RAY GRIMSDELL GOT THE ONLY DAY BIRD ON 1263, ONE BRED BY STEVE WAIN AND WINNING 3RD FED, SEE ABOVE. RON DAKIN & SON WERE 2ND & 3RD ON 967; 895; BOTH YEARLING WALL, LUNT & GREEN HENS. MR & MRS DAVE JOHNSTON WERE 4TH ON 735 WITH A 4YO JANSENNE X COOREMAN COCK.
AT BIRCH COPPICE, 2 SENT 13 AND OLLIE NICHOLS BROS GOT THE ONLY BIRD IN RACE TIME, A 2YO WHITE COCK ON 843.
AT APPLEBY MAGNA, MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY TOOK THE FIRST THREE ON 116; 919; 883; TWO YEARLINGS AND A 5YO ALL OFF GEOFF KIRKLAND STOCK. GERALD WOOD WAS 4TH ON 793 WITH A 2YO BLUE COCK.
AT ETWALL, 8 SENT 31 AND MR & MRS STEVE REDFERN & FAMILY WERE 1ST & 4TH ON 1294; 793; THEIR WINNER TAKING FED RUNNERS UP SPOT. DAVE WILLIAMS & SON WERE 2ND CLUB ON 881 AND ALAN PEACH 3RD ON 841.
AT HILL RIDWARE, TAKING 1ST CLUB AND 1ST FED WAS MOGGY ELSMORE ON 1304 WITH A 4YO JANSENNE COCK. IT WAS DINNER TIME ON THE 2ND DAY WHEN THE NEXT BIRDS ARRIVED, SPINK & BARKS WERE 2ND WITH AN ALAN WHITE HEN, MASON & JONES 3RD WITH ONE OFF ALEX STEWART, AND MR & MRS KEN LYCETT 4TH WITH A VANDENABEELE X.
FINALLY, AT THE MINERS ARMS, MARTIN HOOGENDYK & CHRIS PARKER WERE 1ST & 3RD ON 998; 905; BOTH 2YO HENS, THE WINNER BRED BY GEOFF BUCK & SON, THE NEXT A JANSENNE X VANDENABEELE. MR & MRS GRAHAM EVANS WERE RUNNERS UP ON 985 AND M.LLOYD 4TH ON 779.
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