Burton2014 P R E S

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BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION

by Pete Wightman

2014 PRIZE PRESENTATION

SATURDAY OCTOBER 11TH SAW THE ANNUAL PRIZE PRESENTATION EVENING FOR THE BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION. MEMBERS AND GUESTS GATHERED AT THE GRESLEY INDOOR BOWLS CENTRE FOR A FOUR COURSE MEAL, FOLLOWED BY THE AWARDS PRESENTATION. GUESTS FOR THE EVENING WERE MR & MRS ROY HIDE. ROY IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GRESLEY OLD HALL TRUSTEES.

TOP PRIZEWINNERS FOR 2014 WERE MICK & NEIL HARVEY OF GRESLEY. THEY WON £256 POOLS AT CARENTAN, WITH A FURTHER £140 AT SAINTES. ADD TO THIS THE PRIZEMONEY OF 250-74, GIVING THEM A TOTAL OF £646-74. THEY WERE 1ST, 2ND AND 6TH FROM CARENTAN, AND 3RD AND 8TH FROM SAINTES. THEY WON THE CARENTAN TROPHY AND THE LONGEST OB & YB AVE.

RUNNER UP AS TOP PRIZEWINNER WAS THE 2014 YB CHAMPION ROB HORTON OF BELGRAVE CLUB IN TAMWORTH. ROB WON £195-90 PRIZEMONEY AND £137-50 POOLS FROM THE YB PORTLAND RACE, GIVING HIM A TOTAL OF £333-40. HE PICKED UP THE PORTLAND YB SPECIAL RACE TROPHY, TOP LOFT TROPHY, TOP LOFT YB TROPHY, YOUNG BIRD OF THE YEAR AND INLAND BIRD OF THE YEAR.

ROB PEARSON OF THE BULLS HEAD WAS NEXT WINNING £168-44 FROM THE PORTLAND YB RACE, ALSO WINNING £102-50 POOLS, A TOTAL OF £270-94. ROB ONLY FLEW YBS AS DID ROB HORTON AND THESE TWO LOFTS VIRTUALLY DOMINATED THE YB SEASON.

J.MADGIN & SON (LEE) OF HILL RIDWARE WERE NEXT. THEY WON £125-37 PRIZEMONEY AND £197-50 POOLS FROM MESSAC. THIS LOFT WON THE DIFFICULT MESSAC RACE AND WERE 8TH FED CARENTAN.

THE EVER PRESENTS MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON WERE NEXT. THEY WON £109-68 PRIZEMONEY AND £683 POOLS, GIVING THEM A GRAND TOTAL OF £792-68, THE HIGHEST AMOUNT FOR ANY LOFT THIS SEASON. THEY WERE 6TH FROM MESSAC AND 6TH, 7TH AND 10TH FROM SAINTES. THEY PICKED UP THE SAINTES 2 BIRD TROPHY AND THE CHANNEL BIRD OF THE YEAR TROPHY.

JOHN GILBERT OF BIRCH COPPICE WAS NEXT. JOHN WON THE HARD SAINTES RACE WITH HIS INCREDIBLE WILDEMEERSCH COCK “THE SAINT”. HE WAS POOLED ALL THE WAY WINNING £520-45 AND THE SAINTES TROPHY.

PAUL WILLIAMS OF ETWALL WAS RUNNER UP IN THE SAINTES RACE AND WAS ALSO 7TH FROM MESSAC. HE WON A TOTAL OF £101-19. PAUL ALSO WON THE CHANNEL AVERAGE AND MESSAC AND SAINTES AVERAGE. WELL DONE PAUL.

ROGER & MARK DUFFIELD OF THE BULLS HEAD WON £82-26 PRIZEMONEY IN WINNING 8TH, 9TH AND 10TH FROM MESSAC.

SPINK & BARKS OF HILL RIDWARE ARE ANOTHER LOFT THAT ARE ALWAYS THERE OR THEREABOUTS FROM THE CHANNEL. THEY WERE 2ND FED FROM MESSAC. THEY WON £58-76 PRIZEMONEY, ALSO PICKING UP POOL MONEY FROM CARENTAN, MESSAC AND PORTLAND, TOTAL WINNINGS OF £378-76.

NEXT WAS M. YATES & SON OF TAMWORTH. THEY WERE 4TH & 5TH FED FROM MESSAC WINNING £58-76 PRIZEMONEY AND THE MESSAC 2 BIRD TROPHY.CLIVE ALSO WON THE YB LADIES TROPHY.

FED SECRETARIES GRAHAM & ELEANOR EVANS WON £54-84 PRIZEMONEY IN TAKING 9TH CARENTAN, 11TH & 12TH MESSAC AND 5TH SAINTES, ADD TO THIS £52-50 POOLS, A TOTAL OF £107-34. THEY ALSO WON THE CONVOYER’S TROPHY.

DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS OF THE NELSON WON £39-18 PRIZEMONEY AND £387-50 POOLS, MOST OF THAT WITH THEIR 3RD FED MESSAC WINNER. THEY WALKED AWAY WITH A TOTAL OF £426-68.

OTHER NOTABLE MONEY WINNERS WERE:

MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY WITH £480, PICKING UP POOL MONEY FROM CARENTAN, MESSAC AND PORTLAND.

ALAN BRASSINGTON WON £367-42 FROM CARENTAN AND MESSAC.

MR & MRS JOHN DOWD OF THE BULLS HEAD WON £362 POOLMONEY FROM CARENTAN AND MESSAC.

ALAN PASSEY & SONS WON £267-42 FROM CARENTAN, SAINTES AND PORTLAND.

ROB FORD OF OSMASTON PARK WON £178-84 IN PRIZE AND POOLS FROM SAINTES.

MR & MRS JIM WHITEHOUSE & FAMILY OF HILL RIDWARE PICKED UP £145-50 IN POOLS FROM PORTLAND.

LITHERLAND & BAILEY WON £131-34 FROM CARENTAN.

TOTAL PRIZEMONEY AND POOLS PAID OUT FOR THE FOUR SPECIAL RACES WAS £6418-03.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING FANCIERS WHO ALL TOPPED THE FED DURING 2014: ROB HORTON (4 TIMES), ROB PEARSON (TWICE), MICK HARVEY & SON (TWICE), JOHN GILBERT (TWICE), WALKER & WAITE (TWICE), M.YATES & SON, SHEASBY & WATSON, SPINKS & BARKS, ALAN PRESTON, ALAN BRASSINGTON, MR & MRS KEN LYCETT, BRIAN WINSTON, PETE & JACKIE COX, J.HICKS & SON, ROY GREGORY & SON, DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS, AND FINALLY J.MADGIN & SON.

CLUB OF THE YEAR WAS WON BY BELGRAVE THANKS TO THE EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCES BY ROB HORTON WITH HIS YBS, WITH CLIVE YATES AS BACK UP, SOTHERE WAS NO REAL SURPRISE THERE. JOHN ORTON RECEIVED THE SHIELD ON BEHALF OF BELGRAVE.

WALKER & WAITE WON THE FRED CLARK TROPHY, SHEASBY & WATSON THE OB LADIES TROPHYAND ELMORE & SMITH WON THE INLAND OB OF THE YEAR TROPHY. KEITH BURTON WAS RUNNER UP IN THE CONVOYER’S TROPHY WITH BRIAN AYRE THIRD.

THE OB PORTLAND SPECIAL RACE WAS WON BY DOUG NESBITT & SONS OF HILL RIDWARE, WITH CLUBMATES MR & MRS KEN LYCETT 2ND. DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS OF THE NELSON WERE 3RD AND DOUG NESBITT & SONS 4TH. HOPEFULLY THE FED WILL CARRY ON WITH THIS RACE NEXT YEAR?

THE MALTSTERS TROPHY FOR THE FANCIER(S) OF THE YEAR WAS WON BY THE LICHFIELD PARTNERSHIP OF SHEASBY & WATSON. NOT ONLY DID THEY TOP OUR FED FROM PORTLAND, BUT IN THE NORTH MIDLAND CONTINENTAL CLUB THEY PRODUCED SOME FANTASTIC PERFORMANCES IN WINNING 1ST FOUGERES OB, 1ST CARENTAN YB, 2ND CARENTAN OB, AND 7TH MESSAC OB. UNFORTUNATELY PETER WATSON HAS CALLED IT A DAY, SO THEY HAVE DECIDED TO REDUCE THEIR TEAM FOR NEXT SEASON. ANYBODY WHO WANTS SOME WINNING BIRDS AT WORKING MANS PRICES, THEN CONTACT JOHN ON 01543-300092. HE HAS ABOUT 20 PAIRS OF WINNING STAF VAN REETS TO GO, STARTING AT £25 EACH. WHAT BARGAINS. THEY WILL SOON GO!!