BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
JOHN GILBERT TAKES 1 & 2 OUT OF FROME
SATURDAY APRIL 30TH SAW 148 MEMBERS SEND 2895 BIRDS TO FROME; I THINK RACE CONTROLLERS WILL SLEEP A LOT BETTER WHEN OUR WEATHER SETTLES DOWN? SATURDAY DAWNED WITH TEMPERATURES WELL DOWN AGAIN, WITH RURAL FROSTS.THE CHOICE WAS LIBERATE IN CLEAR AND COLD CONDITIONS, OR WAIT TILL IT WARMED UP AND DODGE POSSIBLE SHOWERS NEARER HOME.IT PANNED OUT THAT WE WERE THE LAST TO LIBERATE FROM FROME AT 10-45 INTO A LIGHT W.N.W WIND. IT WAS A GOOD RACE WITH EXCELLENT RETURNS, AND THE EXPECTED VELOCITIES ACHIEVED BY THE LEADING BIRDS. PERSONALY, I GAVE THEM 2 HOURS 22 INTO BURTON THAT WAS ROUGHLY 1450 YPM. ABOUT HOUR AND A HALF BEFORE WE TIMED IN, WE HAD A TORRENTIAL HAIL SHOWER WHICH TURNED OUR LAWN WHITE OVER. I KNEW THAT THE BIRDS HAD A DRY RUN ALL THE WAY INTO THE MIDLANDS; I JUST HOPED THEY MISSED THESE SHOWERS. ABOUT HALF HOUR BEFORE TIMING IN, THE SKIES WERE BLUE AGAIN, AND OUR BIRDS ARRIVED JUST PAST MY PREDICTED TIME, WE HAD 13 OUT OF 14 IN 7 MINUTES. THE IN FORM LOFTS WERE AT THE FRONT AGAIN, WITH THE LIGHT WESTERLY ENSURING THE EAST SIDE LOFTS CAME OUT ON TOP.
JOHN GILBERT 1ST AND 2ND FED FROME
CONGRATULATIONS TO JOHN GILBERT OF BIRCH COPPICE, JOHN TOOK 1ST & 2ND FED ON 1474.9; 1474.1; BOTH YEARLING WILDEMEERSCH HENS. MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON GOT THE LEADING BIRDS INTO SOUTH DERBYSHIRE, THEY HAD THREE COCKS ARRIVE TOGETHER TO TAKE 3RD; 4TH; AND 5TH FED ON 1466 WITH A 2YO WLG KOOPMAN X “GREY GEM”; 1465.8 WITH A YEARLING LOUIS THIJS X VAN DE MERWE; AND 1465.7 WITH A 2YO LOUIS THIJS X WLG “SIRIUS”.
MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON WERE 6TH AND 8TH FED ON 1458; 1454; THEIR FIRST A YEARLING NEHU LAMBRECHT HEN. SHE WAS FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER NEHU YEARLING, A LAMBRECHT COCK. MARTIN HOOGENDYK WAS 7TH FED ON 1456 WITH A 2YO VAN DEN BOSCHE X CUESTER HEN. MICK HARVEY & SON WERE 9TH FED ON 1453 WITH A YEARLING HEN AND SPINK & BARKS BROKE THE EAST SIDE DOMINATION, TAKING 10TH FED ON 1451 WITH A JANSENNE X DE BRUIN HEN.
AROUND THE CLUBS,
STARTING AT STRETTON, 12 SENT 162 AND ALAN BRASSINGTON CONTINUED HIS PERFECT START TO THE SEASON, TAKING THE RED CARD ON 1424 WITH A 2YO RED CHEQ MARCELIS X SYNDICATE LOFT COCK. THIS COCK WON 2 X 1ST LAST YEAR, AND HAS BEEN IN THE TOP FOUR IN ALL 3 RACES THIS YEAR. PETE WIGHTMAN & SON WERE 2ND & 4TH ON 1416; 1409; THEIR FIRST A 2YO RAY FORBES SOONTJEN COCK, THEN A 5YO VANDENABEELE COCK, A SON OFF “PORTLAND BILL”. JIM AND MATT PARKER WERE 3RD ON 1411 WITH A YEARLING HEREMAN COCK.
AT OSMASTON PARK, 10 SENT 195 AND YULE & INGER GOT A GOOD UN, THEIR 2YO RED COCK TAKING THE RED CARD ON 1439.DAVE WADDINGTON WAS RUNNER UP ON 1432 WITH A 2YO CHEQ HEN OUT OF “THE BAT”, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT , “THE BAT” WAS A SOONTJEN OFF LOUELLA ? MICK FEARN WAS 3RD & 4TH ON 1394; 1392; BOTH VAN REET COCKS.
MICK and NEIL HARVEY
AT THE NELSON, 6 SENT 140 AND MICK HARVEY & SON CAME OUT ON TOP ON 1395 WITH A YEARLING VANDENABEELE COCK. DAVIS & WRIGHT & SONS WERE 2ND & 3RD ON 1384; 1382; THE FIRST A YEARLING HEN OFF A VAN REET X DUTCH HEN, FOLLOWED BY A YEARLING VANDENABEELE HEN. TREVOR & GARY COLLINS WERE 4TH ON 1379 WITH A VAN REET.
AT SWADLINCOTE TOWN, MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON CONTINUE THEIR BRILLIANT START TO THE SEASON, THEY TOOK THE FIRST THREE ON 1466; 1465 (2); THE WINNER A WALL, LUNT & GREEN KOOPMAN X “GREY GEM” COCK, THIS COCK WAS RUNNER UP FROM HULLAVINGTON.THE NEXT TWO WERE A LOUIS THIJS X VAN DE MERWE COCK AND A LOUIS THIJS X WALL, LUNT & GREEN “SIRIUS” LINES COCK. WELL DONE ALAN. MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON WERE 4TH ON 1458 WITH A LAMBRECHT HEN OFF BILLY CALVEART STOCK.
MARTIN HOOGENDYK
AT THE MINERS ARMS, THE FIRST TWO WERE CLEAR, HOOGENDYK & PARKER WERE 1ST & 4TH ON 1456; 1388.1, MARTINS FIRST ARRIVAL WAS A 2YO JANSENNE VAN DEN BOSCHE X HEREMAN CUESTER WIDOW HEN, A 2YO JANSENNE X VANDENABEELE HEN FOLLWED HER HOME. MICK & NEIL HARVEY WERE 2ND ON 1447, AND MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON 3RD ON 1388.9.
AT TUTBURY, 13 SENT 249 AND F. RICHARDSON & SON WERE WINNERS ON 1419 WITH A 2YO VAN DEN BRANDE COCK, THIS COCK ALSO WON FROME LAST YEAR IN THE SAME WIND CONDITIONS. MR & MRS PETE COX WERE 2ND & 4TH ON 1415; BOTH 2YO COCKS OFF THEIR ALAN BRASSINGTON X ANNE SMITH LINES.1400. ALBERT BABBINGTON WAS 3RD ON 1402 WITH A 2YO VAN DEN BOSCHE COCK, THIS COCK HAS A 2ND OPEN M.N.F.C ON HIS CV.
AT ETWALL, 14 SENT 212 AND ALAN PEACH MADE IT BACK TO BACK WINS, ON 1406 WITH ONE OFF R & B SMITH STOCK FROM BILL DICKENSON OF CANNOCK WOOD. ALAN WAS ALSO 3RD ON 1379 WITH A ROLAND JANSENNE. MR & MRS ALAN HOULDSWORTH WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1402 AND DAVE WILLIAMS & SON 4TH ON 1371.
DOWN AT BIRCH COPPICE, 10 SENT 190 AND JOHN GILBERT HAD TWO WILDEMEERSCH HENS WELL CLEAR, JOHN WAS 1ST & 2ND ON 1474.9; 1474.1. ELMORE & SMITH WERE 3RD ON 1419 WITH A WELL FANCIED RICKY MELLONDBY CUESTER COCK, AND JOHN GILBERT BACK AGAIN FOR 4TH CLUB ON 1406 WITH A WILDIE COCK.
GARY COLLINS
AT WINSHILL, 6 SENT 121 AND BRIAN & LESLIE STONE TOOK THE RED CARD ON 1387 WITH A 2YO VANDENABEELE COCK. JIM PARKER & SON WERE 2ND ON 1385 WITH A 2YO CURTIS, WALL & LUNT X HUYBRECHTS COCK. JIM OTTEWELL WAS 3RD ON 1380 WITH A CAMPHIUS COCK AND RON TILT WAS 4TH ON 1377.
AT APPLEBY MAGNA, 5 SENT 92 AND MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY TOOK THE FIRST THREE ON 1387 (2); 1385; THE WINNER OFF RAY MASSEY X GEOFF KIRKLAND FLOR ENGELS, FOLLOWED BY TWO VANDENABEELES. LITHERLAND & BAILEY WERE 4TH ON 1353 WITH A 3YO PIED UNPAIRED JAN AARDEN X WILDIE HEN, THIS HEN HAS WON SEVERAL M.N.F.C. CARDS AND ALSO A WINNER OF A DOSTHILL OPEN RACE.
AT THE CORNISHMAN, 7 SENT 112 TO HULLAVINGTON, BRIAN DYJAS TOOK THE FIRST THREE ON 1302; 1229; 1227. THE WINNER A YEARLING COCK OFF A NEIL BRADLEY VAN LOON X ALAN BRASSINGTON “BROADBAND” LINES. RUNNER UP WAS A 3YO JANSENNE COCK OFF KEN HODGESON; THEN A CHEQ HEN BRED BY CLUBMATES MR & MRS JASON PHILLIPS.
FROM FROME, 7 SENT 107 AND BRIAN DYJAS TOOK THE FIRST THREE AGAIN, THE WINNER ON 1377 WAS THE SIRE OF THE PREVIOUS WEEKS WINNER. RUNNER UP WAS THE SAME JANSENNE COCK THAT WAS RUNNER UP OUT OF HULLAVINGTON, THEN A YEARLING JOS THONE X BUSCHEART COCK BRED BY TOMMY WAINWRIGHT OF ASHBY. WOOLLEY & ROGERS WERE 4TH ON 1300 WITH A SOONTJEN X COOREMAN COCK.
FINALLY, AT HIILL RIDWARE, 19 SENT 401, A HUGE SEND, AND SPINK & BARKS GOT THE WINNER ON1451 WITH A DARK HEN OUT OF A BRIAN MURRAY JANSENNE COCK AND A WILLEM DE BRUIN HEN. THIS HEN WON KINGSDOWN LAST YEAR AND HAS HAD 3 X 3RD FEDS. I & B JONES TOOK THE NEXT THREE SPOTS ON 1446; 1445; 1443.
DAZ BARKS
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