BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS OF HARTSHORNE MAKE HAY ON A DIFFICULT DAY FROM KINGSDOWN
DUE TO A POOR FORECAST FOR SATURDAY JUNE 4TH, THE FEDERATION PUT BACK THE KINGSDOWN RACE 24 HOURS. IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION AS SATURDAY PROVED A NO GOER FOR BIRDS RACING FROM THE SOUTH COAST UP INTO THE MIDLANDS. SUNDAY DAWNED A MUCH BETTER DAY IN THE MIDLANDS, BUT LOW CLOUD AND POOR VISIBILITY WAS STILL PROVING A STUMBLING BLOCK IN THE SOUTH WEST. ALTHOUGH SOME FEDS WHO HAD BEEN THERE SINCE SATURDAY MORNING MOVED AWAY FROM KINGSDOWN, AND BROUGHT THEIR BIRDS NEARER TO HOME ON SUNDAY. WE STAYED, AS THE FORECAST IN THE AFTERNOON WAS FOR THE SUN TO BURN AWAY THE CLOUD AND MIST. AT 1PM THE STRINGS WERE CUT AND 1553 BIRDS ENTERED BY 112 MEMBERS WERE RELEASED INTO A VERY LIGHT SOUTHERLY WIND, QUICKLY TURNING TO E.N.E. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM FOR THE BIRDS WAS GOING TO BE THE HEAT, IT REALLY WAS A HOT AFTERNOON WITH LITTLE BREEZE. I DON’T THINK THE BIRDS HAD A GREAT START TO THE RACE, WITH SOME OF THE FEDS TOP LOFTS HAVING AN EARLY BIRD, THEN WENT ANYTHING FROM 12 TO 20 MINUTES BEFORE GETTING THEIR NEXT. SAYING THAT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, RETURNS WERE VERY GOOD, THOSE THAT WERE OUT ON SUNDAY NIGHT, MOST RETURNED ON THE MONDAY MORNING. OTHER LIBERATIONS DID TAKE PLACE IN THE SAME AREA, AROUND THE SAME TIME, AND THEN ANOTHER PLANNED LIBERATION WAS CALLED OFF DUE TO THE LOW CLOUD MOVING BACK IN, THAT WAS AT HONINTON. AT THE END OF A HARD DAY FOR THE BIRDS, WE GOT AWAY WITH IT, AND A LOT OF FANCIERS WERE PLEASED THAT WE DIDN’T START MOVING THE BIRDS AROUND THE COUNTRY, LOOKING FOR A LIBERATION, ALWAYS DISTURBING FOR THE BIRDS, ESPECIALLY IF THE DECISION WAS PUT OFF TILL AFTERNOON TIME.
DAVIS WRIGHT AND SONS
CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS OF HARTSHORNE, THEY WON AT BOTH SWADLINCOTE TOWN AND THE NELSON CLUBS, TAKING 1ST; 3RD; AND 8TH FED ON 1318.5; 1318.3; 1300. THE FED TOPPER WAS A 2YO STAF VAN REET HEN, THE SIRE A JOHN MUNNS X BERT HESSION, THE DAM OFF DEREK WILSON, SHE HAS WON 5 X 1ST, WAS BIRD OF THE YEAR IN 2015 AT SWADLINCOTE, SHE HAS NOW WON 2 X 1ST THIS YEAR, AND A 1ST AND 2 X 7TH FED. TO PUT THE ICING ON THE CAKE, SHE ALSO WON THE INLAND SPECIAL RACE AND LADIES RACE. THEIR 3RD FED WAS A 2YO VANDENABEELE X VAN REET HEN, HER SIRE IS 31616, THE DAM A HOME BRED OFF BERT HESSION STOCK.SHE WON AT DONISTHORPE THE WEEK PREVIOUS AND IS A PREVIOUS WINNER OF 1ST FED PORTLAND AND 16TH OPEN M.N.F.C MESSAC, BOTH IN 2015. THEIR 8TH FED BIRD, THE WINNER AT THE NELSON, WAS A YEARLING VANDENABEELE HEN, HER SIRE IS A SON OFF “JONGE BITJER” X “GARBO”, AND HER DAM IS THEIR N.M.C.C. MESSAC WINNER.
ALAN BRASSINGTON OF STRETTON, WAS A WHISKER AWAY, HIS GOOD 3YO SON OFF “PREMIUM BOND” WAS 2ND FED ON 1318.4, THIS COCK “MR BEAN” HAS NOW WON 8 X 1ST PRIZES. ELMORE & SMITH OF BIRCH COPPICE WERE 4TH FED ON 1306 WITH A YEARLING CUESTER HEN OFF KERRY MELLONDBY STOCK. CLUBMATES MR & MRS DEN NEALE WERE 5TH FED ON 1305 WITH A YEARLING WALTER DOCX COCK. HOOGENDYK & PARKER GOT THE WINNER AT THE MINERS ARMS, THEIR YEARLING VAN DEN BOSCHE X JANSENNE HEN WON 6TH FED ON 1301.4. OVER AT HILL RIDWARE, SPINK & BARKS GOT THE WINNER, THEIR 2YO JANSENNE DE BRUIN HEN “THE UNLUCKY HEN” WAS 7TH FED ON 1301.1, WITH THE EVERPRESENT IVOR & BARRY JONES IN 10TH FED ON 1297 WITH A VAN ELSACKER X CUESTER 2YO COCK. COMPLETING THE TOP TEN WAS C. MURFIN OF SWADLINCOTE TOWN; HE TOOK 9TH FED ON 1299 WITH A YEARLING JANSENNE COCK.
THE FED HELD THEIR INLAND S.R THE SAME DAY, MEMBERS HAVE THE OPTION TO ENTER THEIR BIRDS AT £1 A PIGEON, 27 ENTERED 118 AND DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS FED TOPPER ON 1318.5 TOOK THE HONOURS, THEY WERE ALSO THIRD ON 1318.2. ALAN BRASSINGTON WAS RUNNER UP ON 1318.4 AND 9TH ON 1236.8 ; SPINK & BARKS 4TH ON 1301; M/M KEN LYCETT 5TH ON 1294; M/M JIM WHITEHOUSE & SON 6TH ON 1258 AND 8TH ON 1252.2; I & B JONES 7TH ON 1252.7; AND KEITH BURTON WAS 10TH ON 1236.2.
PREMIUM BOND. SIRE OF ALAN BRASSINGTONS MR BEAN
AROUND THE CLUBS,
STARTING AT THE NELSON, AND DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS TOOK 1-2-3 ON 1300; 1255; 1251; WITH A VANDENABEELE HEN; A 3YO VANDENEABEELE X VAN REET HEN AND 4YO COCK OFF GEORGE LITHERLANDS “TRUE GENT” X TERRY FEARNS “BROKEN WING”. MICK HARVEY & SON WERE 4TH ON 1246 WITH A 4YO HEN OFF SYNDICATE LOFTS “DRUM LINES X “CORKY” LINES, SHE IS A WINNER OF 5 X 1ST.
AT SWADLINCOTE TOWN, DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS TOOK THE TOP TWO WITH THEWIR 1ST & 3RD FED WINNERS. C. MURFIN WAS 3RD ON 1299 AND MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON 4TH ON 1269 WITH A 3YO HEN OFF BRIAN KEEGANS HOFKENS X ALANS ORIGINAL BABBINGTON X HOFKEN LINES.
AT WINSHILL, 6 SENT 66 AND JIM & MATT PARKER TOOK THE FIRST FOUR ON 1238; 1233; 1233; 1223; THE WINNER A YEARLING HEREMANS COCK THROUGH “OLYMPIADE 033”, THIS COCK HAS NOW WON 2 X 1ST THIS SEASON. HE WAS FOLLOWED BY THREE OF THEIR CURTIS, WALL & LUNT HENS.
AT STRETTON, 12 SENT 135 AND ALAN BRASSINGTON TOOK THE FIRST THREE ON 1318; 1245; 1236; THE WINNER “MR BEAN”, FOLLOWED BY A MARCELIS X, AND ONE OFF THE “SUPER 33” STOCK. PETE WIGHTMAN & SON WERE 4TH ON 1235 WITH THEIR TOP 6YO VANDENABEELE X SOONTJEN COCK.
AT BIRCH COPPICE, 6 SENT 94 AND ELMORE & SMITH WON A CLOSE FINISH ON 1306 WITH A YEARLING CUESTER HEN, DEN NEALE WAS RUNNER UP ON 1305 WITH A WALTER DOCX COCK, JOHN GILBERT 3RD ON 1292 WITH A YEARLING LAMBRECHT X FVW COCK, AND BRIAN WINSTON WAS 4TH ON 1253 WITH A 3YO BUSCHEART COCK.
OVER AT APPLEBY MAGNA, MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY TOOK THE RED CARD ON 1276 WITH A 2YO KIRKLAND FLOR ENGELS COCK THAT TOPPED THE FED FROM KINGSDOWN LAST YEAR.GERALD WOOD WAS 2ND ON 1263 WITH A YEARLING VANDENABEELE COCK, ALAN PASSEY & SONS WERE 3RD ON 1254 WITH A 4YO KIRKLAND COCK THAT HAS ALSO WON OUT OF SAINTES. GEOFF BUCK & SON WERE 4TH ON 1204 WITH A 3YO COCK.
AT THE CORNISHMAN, 4 SENT 51 AND BRIAN DYJAS WAS 1ST & 2ND ON 1252; 1199; THE WINNER A 3YO COCK OFF ALAN BRASSINGTONS “BROADBAND”, FOLLOWED BY A YEARLING VAN LOON X VANDENABEELE HEN. WOOLLEY & ROGERS WERE 3RD ON 1137 WITH THEIR 6YO “RUNAWAY COCK”, AND RUEBEN HOUGH WAS 4TH ON 1104 WITH A 2YO SOONTJEN X VAN REET X CASSEART.
AT ETWALL, 10 SENT 105 AND MR & MRS ALAN HOULDSWORTH WON A CLOSE FINISH ON 1271; ALSO 3RD ON 1265. STEVE BILLINGS WAS 2ND & 4TH ON 1270; 1245.
AT TUTBURY, 8 SENT 132 AND F. RICHARDSON & SON TOOK 1ST & 4TH ON 1283; 1245; THE WINNER A VAN DEN BRANDE, FOLLOWED BY A FRANZ ZWOLSX VAN DEN BRANDE. PETE & JACKIE COX WERE 2ND & 3RD ON 1265; 1248; THE FIRST A MARCELIS X VANDENABEELE, THEN A BRASSINGTON VAN DEN BOSCHE X SHEASBY VAN REET.
AT THE MINERS ARMS, HOOGENDYK & PARKER TOOK TOP SPOT ON 1301WITH A YEARLING VDB X JANSENNNE HEN. MICK & NEIL HARVEY WERE 2ND & 3RD ON 1231; 1217; AND MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON WERE 4TH ON 1204.
HOOGENDYK AND PARKER
AT HILL RIDWARE, 10 SENT 166 AND SPINK & BARKS WERE 1ST & 4TH WITH TWO JANSENNE X DE BRUIN HENS ON 1301; 1297.0; I & B JONES TOOK 2ND & 4TH ON 1297.8; 1297.2, BOTH ELSACKER X CUESTER COCKS.
PETE AND JACKIE COX
FINALLY, CONGRATULATIONS TO PETE & JACKIE COX OF HATTON, THEY WERE 2ND SOUTH SECTION, 8TH OPEN IN THE NORTH MIDLAND CONTINENTAL CLUBS OPENING RACE OF 2016 FROM CARENTAN.
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