BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
KEN & CATH LYCETT CLEAR WINNERS OUT OF KINGSOWN.
SATURDAY MAY 14TH SAW 136 MEMBERS SEND 2325 BIRDS TO KINGSDOWN FOR THE FIRST COASTAL RACE OF THE YEAR.ANOTHER COLD START TO THE DAY MEANT AN EARLY LIB WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION,
THE STRINGS WERE CUT AT 10-15 AND THE BIRDS WERE RELEASED INTO A LIGHT N.N.E. WIND.
THREE AND A HALF HOURS WAS MY ETA INTO BURTON, THIS WAS NEAR ON SPOT ON, BUT THAT WASN’T GOOD ENOUGH AS KEN & CATH LYCETT HAD A SCREAMER INTO RUGELEY DOING 1380. THEIR 2YO BLUE COCK, A YOUNGER BROTHER THEIR CHAMPION “EDDY”, WON HILL RIDWARE AND THE FED BY OVER THREE AND A HALF MINUTES.
MR MRS KEN LYCETTS KINGSDOWN WINNER LEE
THIS COCK 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, HENCE HIS LOFT NAME OF “LEE”. 2ND FED ON 1355 WAS ALAN BRASSINGTON OF STRETTON WHO HAS MADE AN EXCELLENT START TO THE SEASON, ALANS FIRST WAS “MR BEAN”, A SON OFF “PREMIUM BOND”. HE WAS FOLLOWED BY A MARCELIS X, WHICH TOOK 8TH FED ON 1347. TREVOR & GARY COLLINS ARE ANOTHER LOFT IN GOOD FORM, THEY HAD THREE TOGETHER ON 1352 TO TAKE 3RD; 4TH; AND 5TH FED.THEY WERE A VAN REET HEN, A CUESTER COCK AND A VAN DEN BOSCHE HEN. I & B JONES ARE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AGAIN, HAVING ALREADY TOPPED THE FED TWICE THIS YEAR, THEY TOOK 6TH FED WITH THEIR RUNNER UP AT RIDWARE ON 1351. DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE 7TH FED ON 1349 WITH A STAF VAN REET HEN. T & D FEARN OF SWADLINCOTE WERE 9TH FED , DEBBIE TIMED IN A YEARLING VANDENABEELE COCK ON 1346. ELMORE & SMITH HAD THE FIRST BIRD IN THE TAMWORTH AREA, THEY WERE 10TH FED ON 1345 WITH A GUST JANSENNE COCK.
KEN LYCETT
AROUND THE CLUBS,
AT STRETTON, 11 SENT 152 AND ALAN BRASINGTON WAS 1ST & 2ND ON 1355; 1347; THE WINNER WAS “MR BEAN” A SON OFF “PREMIUM BOND”, THIS COCK HAS NOW WON 7 X 1ST. ALANS NEXT WAS A 2YO MARCELIS X . PETE WIGHTMAN & SON WERE 3RD ON 1331 WITH A 5YO VANDENABEELE X SOONTJEN, SON OFF “PORTLAND BILL”. JOHN GENDERS WAS 4TH ON 1329 WITH A 2YO CHEQ COCK.
ALAN BRASSINGTON
AT THE CORNISHMAN , 6 SENT 81 AND BRIAN DYJAS TOOK THE TOP THREE ON 1294; 1292; 1263, THE WINNER THE YEARLING VAN LOON X VANDENABEELE HEN WHO WON BLANDFORD THE WEEK PREVIOUS. RUNNER UP WAS A 3YO COCK, OFF ALAN BRASSINGTONS “BROADBAND” LINES. THIRD WAS A 3YO BRADLEY VAN LOON X ALAN BRASSINGTON “SUPER 33” COCK. MR & MRS JASON PHILLIPS WERE 4TH ON 1258 WITH A 3YO JANSENNE X JAN AARDEN OFF TOM CHADWICK.
AT ETWALL, 11 SENT 131 AND ALAN PEACH TOOK THE RED CARD ON 1318 WITH A R & B SMITH OFF BILL DICKENSON FROM CANNOCK WOOD. MR & MRS ALAN HOULDSWORTH WERE 2ND & 3RD ON 1304; 1300; AND P & S HARRISON WERE 4TH ON 1287.
AT BIRCH COPPICE, 10 SENT 190 AND ELMORE & SMITH TIMED IN THEIR TOP RICKY MELLONDBY GUST JANSENNE COCK ON 1345 TO TAKE A COMFORTABLE WIN. JOHN GILBERT TOOK THE NEXT THREE ON 1327; 1322; 1318; ALL YEARLING WILDEMMERCH X LAMBRECHTS.
ELMORE SMITH WITH MICKEY LENNON
INTO SOUTH DERBYSHIRE NOW,
AT THE NELSON, MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON WERE 1ST & 4TH ON 1352; 1312; BOTH VAN DEN BOSCHE BRED BY ALBERT BABBINGTON. MICK & NEIL HARVEY WERE 2ND & 3RD ON 1339; 1313; THE FIRST A 3YO CORKETT HEN BRED BY ALAN SHINTON, THEN A 2YO VANDENABEELE HEN.
AT SWADLINCOTE TOWN, TREVOR & GARY COLLINS CAP A GREAT DAYS RACING BY TAKING 1ST & 2ND ON 1352 (2), THE WINNER A STAF VAN REET HEN, A GRAND DAUGHTER OFF “THE BLACKPOOL COCK”, SHE WAS FOLLOWED BY A CUESTER COCK, BRED BY THE SOMERS BROS. DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE 3RD ON 1349 WITH THE 2YO VAN REET HEN THAT WON OUT OF BLANDFORD THE WEEK BEFORE. T & D FEARN WERE 4TH ON 1346 WITH A YEARLING VANDENABEELE COCK, A CLUB BREEDER BUYER OFF DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS, OFF “WESTAKAPELLE”; “DE BANDIET”; “CARRIE 2000”; “GOLDEN GABBY” AND “SAFFRON” LNES.
GARY COLLINS PLENTY TO SMILE ABOUT
AT THE MINERS ARMS, MARIN HOOGENDYK & CHRIS PARKER WERE 1ST & 2ND ON 1313; 1311; THE WINNER A 2YO VAN DEN BOSCHE X CUESTER HEN, FOLLOWED BY A 2YO VANDENABEELE X JANSENNE HEN. MICK HARVEY & SON WERE 3RD ON 1306 WITH A VANDENABEELE COCK AND BRIAN AYRE WAS 4TH ON 1304 WITH A YEARLING KOPMAN COCK.
AT OSMASTON PARK, 11 SENT 145 AND MICK STONE WAS 1ST & 4TH ON 1334; 1325; BOTH CEULEMAN COCKS. STEVE STONE WAS 2ND & 3RD ON 1328; 1326; BOTH OFF JACK WHITEHOUSE STOCK.
AT APPLEBY MAGNA, 6 SENT 108 AND MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY WERE 1ST; 3RD; AND 4TH ON 1330; 1317(2); ALL FLOR ENGELS OFF GEOFF KIRKLAND STOCK. GERALD WOOD WAS RUNNER UP ON 1323 WITH A 3YO VAN DEN BOSCHE COCK OFF HIS GOOD 8YO COCK.
AT WINSHILL, 5 SENT 90 AND JIM & MATT PARKER TOOK THE TOP FOUR ON 1327; 1324; 1304; 1289. THE WINNER WAS A YEARLING CURTIS, WALL & LUNT X GREY GEM; THE DAM IS A GRAND DAUGHTER OFF “GREY GEM” BRED BY DEREK FLOWERS FOR STOCK. RUNNER UP WAS A 2YO JANSENNE X HUYBRECHTS HEN; THEN A YEARLING HEREMANS COCK AND A 2YO CWL X HUYBRECHTS COCK.
AT TUTBURY, ALBERT DAVIS TOOK THE RED CARD ON 1341 WITH A 5YO JANSENNE COCK OFF STEVE DUGGAN. MICK SALE WAS RUNNER UP ON 1330 WITH A MATTHEUWS X MEULEMAN OFF JOHN SHEASBY X WLG OFF DVE ATKIN. PHIL WHETTON WAS 3RD ON 1329 WITH A LAMBRECHT; AND F.RICHARDSON & SON 4TH ON 1327 WITH A VAN DEN BRANDE OFF GEORDIE JIM?
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