Burton S. Derby Fed. Blandford

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BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION

by Pete Wightman

EAST WIND TAKES ITS TOLL OUT OF BLANDFORD, AS I & B JONES OF HILL RIDWARE COME OUT ON TOP.

SATURDAY MAY 7TH SAW 153 MEMBERS SEND 2844 BIRDS TO BLANDFORD, AGAIN OUR RACE CONTROLLER HAD TO WAIT FOR THE WEATHER TO IMPROVE, BEFORE A LIBERATION WAS POSSIBLE. EAST WINDS WERE PREVAILING AND TEMPERATURES ROSE, THE STRINGS WERE CUT AT 11-00 AND THE BIRDS WERE RELEASED INTO A LIGHT E.S.E. WIND. AT THE HOME END THEY WAS NO SOUTH IN THE WIND, VIRTUALLY E.N.E. I THINK THE E.S.E. WIND DOWN SOUTH HAD MOST OF US THINKING THE BIRDS WOULD DO QUICKER THAN THEY ACTUALLY DID, IN THE END, THE FED TOPPER NEAR ON MADE THE 1400 YPM MARK, BUT THE EAST WINDS TOOK ITS TOLL, ESPECIALLY ON YEARLINGS.

FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS SEASON I & B JONES OF RUGELEY, FLYING IN THE HILL RIDWARE CLUB, TOPPED OUR FEDERATION. THIS WEEK THEY TIMED IN A 2YO BLUE COCK TO TAKE THE HONOURS ON 1399. THEY WERE ALSO 4TH FED ON 1373WITH A YEARLING CHEQUER HEN. CLUBMATES D.J.HARVEY & SONS WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1395 WITH A YEARLING DARK CHEQ COCK. ALAN BRASSINGTON OF STRETTON WAS 3RD FED ON 1379 WITH HIS GOOD 2YO MARCELIS X RED CHEQUER COCK. JOHN GILBERT COULDN’T QUITE FOLLOW HIS 1-2 FED OUT OF FROME, BUT HE WAS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AGAIN, TAKING 5TH FED ON 1371 WITH A YEARLING WILDIE HEN.BARRY ODOM OF STRETTON WAS 6TH FED ON 1370, ANOTHER YEARLING HEN, THIS ONE BRED OUT OF JOHN GENDERS AND JOHN McPHILLIPS STOCK. BEST BIRD INTO SOUTH DERBYSHIRE THIS WEEK BELONGED TO DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS, NTHEIR WINNER AT SWADLINCOTE TOWN, A 2YO STAF VAN REET HEN, TOOK 7TH FED ON 1363. THIS YEARS TOP LOFT SO FAR, HAS TO BE THAT OF MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON OF NEWHALL, THEIR WINNER AT THE MINERS ARMS, A 3YO HEN, WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO TAKE 8TH FED ON 1357. TWO TUTBURY BIRDS COMPLETE THE TOP TEN, PETE & JACKIE COX WERE 9TH FED ON 1353 WITH A 2YO COCK OFF ALAN BRASSINGTON X ANNE SMITH STOCK, AND MARK LEAR TOOK 10TH SPOT ON 1352 WITH A 2YO VAN LOON COCK.

AROUND THE CLUBS,

AT STRETTON, 13 SENT 219 AND ALAN BRASSINGTON CONTINUED HIS PERFECT START, MAKING IT FOUR WINS ON THE TROT, HIS WINNER ON 1379 WAS HIS GOOD 2YO RED CHEQ MARCELIS X SYNDICATE LOFT COCK, THAT HAS NOT BEEN OUT OF THE TOP FOUR THIS SEASON. BARRY ODOM WAS RUNNER UP ON 1370 WITH A YEARLING HEN OUT OF JOHN GENDERS AND JOHN McPHILLIPS STOCK. JOHN GENDERS WAS 3RD & 4TH ON 1333; 1329; HIS FIRST A MEULEMAN, THEN “500” THE SON OUT OF STEVE & MATT BURKES “SUPER BLUE”.

JOHN GENDERS 3RD and 4TH STRETTON FC BLANDFORD

AT THE CORNISHMAN, 6 SENT 86 AND BRYAN DYJAS GETS ANOTHER RED CARD, ON 1307 WITH A YEARLING VAN LOON X VANDENABEELE HEN. MR & MRS JASON PHILLIPS WERE 2ND & 4TH ON 1263; 1233; THE FIRST A 3YO JANSENNE X JAN AARDEN, A BROKEN PIGEON FROM TOM CHADWICKS “TOMMY GUN”. HE WAS FOLLOWED BY A YEARLING MEALY BUSCHEART X VAN LOON COCK, ANOTHER BROKEN PIGEON, BRED BY STEVE STONE. TERRY BUDD WAS 3RD ON 1246 WITH A 3YO COCK OUT OF PETE INCKLES “HAYMAKER” LINES. WELL DONE TO ALAN BEASTALL WHO WON THE SHOW NOM, BRED BY JASON PHILLIPS.

AT THE NELSON, MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON WERE 1ST & 2ND ON 1314; 1310; THE WINNER A SOONTJEN X VAN REET HEN, FOLLOWED BY A 2YO VAN REET, THE SIRE OFF BERT HESSION STOCK, KNOWN AS “THE BLACKPOOL COCK”, HE HAS BRED NUMEROUS WINNERS; THE DAM A VAN REET, OFF DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS STOCK. DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE 3RD ON 1294 WITH A 3YO VAN REET X VANDENABEELE HEN, A WINNER OF 3 X 1ST.JAMES HORNE WAS 4TH ON 1290 WITH A VANDENABEELE HEN OUT OF “ROLLS ROYCE” LINES.

DAVIS WRIGHT and SONS

AT SWADLINCOTE TOWN, DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE 1ST & 2ND ON 1363; 1349; THE WINNER A 2YO VAN REET HEN, A WINNER OF 4 X 1ST AND BIRD OF THE YEAR IN SWADLINCOTE LAST YEAR. RUNNER UP WAS A 3YO VANDENABEELE X VAN REET HEN OFF “31616” X HESSION VAN REET, SHE HAS WON 2 X 1ST. MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON WERE 3RD & 4TH ON 1325; 1322; THE FIRST A YEARLING VAN REET COCK, BRED BY DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS AND PURCHASED AT THE FED BREEDER BUYER. NEXT WAS A BILLY CALVERT YEARLING LAMBRECHT COCK.

AT BIRCH COPPICE, 10 SENT 213 AND JOHN GILBERT WAS 1ST & 2ND ON 1371; 1343; THE FIRST A WILDEMEERSCH HEN, THEN A WILDEMEERSCH COCK. ELMORE & SMITH WERE 3RD & 4TH ON 1333; 1308; FIRST THEIR GOOD GUST JANSENNE COCK, THEN A YEARLING CUESTER HEN.

AT ETWALL, 14 SENT 193 AND STEVE BILLINGS GOT THE RED CARD ON 1302. PAUL WILLIAMS WAS RUNNER UP ON 1287; P & S HARRISON WERE 3RD ON 1256 AND ALAN PEACH 4TH ON 1255 WITH A JOHN STRETTON JANSENNE.;

AT THE MINERS ARMS, 7 SENT 120 AND MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON WERE 1ST & 3RD ON 1357; 1311. HOOGENDYK & PARKER WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1333 WITH A 2YO VANDENABEELE HEN OFF JAMES HORNE. MICK HARVEY & SON WERE 4TH ON 1308.

AT OSMASTON PARK, 13 SENT 203 AND MICK FEARN HAD A CLEAR WINNER ON 1315, A 3YO VAN REET COCK. DAVE GLEW WAS 2ND & 3RD ON 1277; 1275; BOTH YEARLING COCKS, THE FIRST OFF FARRAR & PETERS, THE SECOND A JANSENNE. JOHN & STEVE HICKS WERE 4TH ON 1273 WITH A YEARLING CAMPHIUS JANSENNE.

ACROSS AT APPLEBY MAGNA, 6 SENT 118 AND LITHERLAND & BAILEY CAME OUT WELL IN FRONT ON 1316 WITH A 2YO HEN. PHIPPS & BETTERIDGE WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1278 WITH A WELL FANCIED GRIZZLE HEN OFF ALAN PASSEY. MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY WERE 3RD ON 1268 WITH A YEARLING FLOR ENGELS COCK OFF GEOFF KIRKLAND STOCK. ALAN PASSEY & SONS WERE 4TH ON 1247, ANOTHER KIRKLAND FLOR ENGELS COCK.

AT WINSHILL, 6 SENT 128 AND JIM & MATT PARKER WERE 1ST & 4TH ON 1289; 1250; THE WINNER A 2YO CURTIS, WALL & LUNT X HUYBRECHTS HEN. THEIR SECOND WAS A 2YO JANSENNE X HUYBRECHTS HEN. RON TILT WAS 2ND & 3RD ON 1272; 1256.

PETE AND JACKIE COX

AT TUTBURY, 13 SENT 263 AND PETE & JACKIE COX WERE 1ST & 3RD ON 1353; 1319; THE WINNER OFF ALAN BRASSINGTON X ANNE SMITH STOCK, THEIR NEXT OFF JOHN SHEASBY X ALAN BRASSINGTON STOCK. MARK LEAR WAS RUNNER UP ON 1352 WITH A VAN LOON, AND RON DAKIN & SON WERE 4TH ON 1312 WITH A WALL, LUNT & GREEN .