BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
SID WINCUP OF BELGRAVE TAKES 1ST FED IN A DIFFICULT BLANDFORD RACE.
SATURDAY MAY 5TH SHOULD HAVE SEEN US RACING FROM BLANDFORD, WITH LOW CLOUD ; RAIN AND STRONG EAST WINDS FORECAST FOR THE SATURDAY, THE FEDERATION DELAYED MARKING 24 HOURS WITH THE BIRDS MARKED SATURDAY FOR A SUNDAY RACE. THE 2547 BIRDS WERE LIBERATED AT 09-25 INTO A LIGHT NORTH WIND. OUR BIRDS STRUGGLED, AND WERE 200YPM BEHIND THE SPEEDS PIGEONS RELEASED LATER ON IN THE MORNING ACHIEVED. UNFORTUNATELY THERE WERE QUITE A LOT OF BIRDS MISSING AT NIGHTFALL TOO, YEARLINGS TAKING A HIT. ANYWAY BACK TO THE RACE, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO SID WINCUP OF THE BELGRAVE CLUB IN TAMWORTH, SIDS FED TOPPER ON 1184 WAS A 3YO BLUE HEN. T & D FEARN OF SWADLINCOTE TOWN HAD A GOOD DAY, DEBBIE WAS 2ND; 6TH; 18TH & 19TH FED, THE FIRST TWO WERE A 2YO COCK OUT OF TERRYS “BROKEN WING” LINES X STAF VAN REET ON 1180. THEN A 2YO COCK OUT OF TERRYS “HIDEAWAY” X JANSENNE ON 1173.2. GOOD PERFORMANCE DEBBIE.CLIVE YATES OF BELGRAVE WAS 3RD FED ON 1178 WITH A 3YO HEN, CLIVE ALWAYS SEEMS TO GET EM OUT OF BLANDFORD. HAROLD ABBOTT OF CASTLE GRESLEY WAS 4TH FED ON 1174 WITH A 3YO BLUE HEN. JOHN GILBERT OF BIRCH COPPICE WAS 5TH FED ON 1173.9 WITH A 3YO WILDIE X LAMBRECHT HEN. DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS OF SWADLINCOTE TOWN WERE 7TH ON 1171 WITH A YEARLING STAF VAN REET COCK. MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON OF SWADLINCOTE TOWN WERE 8TH FED ON 1168 WITH A YEARLING LAMBRECHT X VAN REET COCK, TREVOR AND GARY HAD TWO MORE IN 16TH & 17TH FED ON 1147.MR & MRS RICK SHELTON OF THE BULLS HEAD WERE 9TH FED ON 1164 WITH A YEARLING COCK. A GOOD BIRD TO THE LOFT OF PHIL WHETTON IN ROLLESTON, PHILS WINNER AT TUTBURY A 2YO VANDENABEELE COCK WAS 10TH FED ON 1161, WITH ANOTHER GOOD BIRD TO THE PREVIOUS WEEKS FED TOPPERS MASON & JONES OF HILL RIDWARE, THEY WERE 11TH FED ON 1154 WITH A YEARLING VANDENABEELE COCK, THESE 2 BIRDS BUCKED THE TREND, BEING THE ONLY TWO BIRDS IN THE FED TOP TWENTY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE FEDERATION.
DEBBIE FEARN - CLIVE YATES - PHIL WHETTON
DAVIS, WRIGHT AND SONS - GARY AND TREVOR COLLINS
AROUND THE CLUBS:
STARTING AT STRETTON, 13 SENT 233 AND A MASSIVE WELL DONE TO JOHN “THE BREAD” GENDERS WHO WAS 1ST & 3RD ON 1128; 1103; THE WINNER A YEARLING COCK OUT OF A PHIL BOURKE VAN REET X TONY McCOMISH HEN, THIS COCK WAS 3RD OUT OF FROME. JOHN SECOND BIRD WAS A 3YO COCK, OUT OF TONY McCOMISH COCK X STEVE BURKE HEN. WELL DONE JOHN. ALAN BRASSINGTON HAD TO BE CONTENT WITH RUNNERS UP SPOT THIS WEEK, HIS 2YO SYNDICATE LOFT COCK “WENDY” OUT OF THE SUPER 33 LINES RECORDING 1118.THIS IS THE COCK THAT SPENT TIME IN A WENDY HOUSE IN BRIERLEY HILL LAST YEAR.TONY & DIANE GREEN WERE 4TH ON 1101.
AT BIRCH COPPICE, 10 SENT 206 AND JOHN GILBERT WAS 1ST & 3RD ON 1173; 1074; THE WINNER A 2YO LAMBRECHT X WILDY HEN, FOLLOWED BY A 3YO MEALY LAMBRECHT COCK.TED JACKSON WAS 2ND CLUB ON 1103 AND DAVE OSBORNE BROS & PARTNER 4TH ON 1060, BOTH YEARLING HENS.AT WINSHILL, 4 SENT 52 AND MELV WILLIS TOOK 1ST; 3RD AND 4TH ON 1123; 1078; 1044; ALL 2YO COCKS; THE WINNER A WILDIE, FOLLOWED BY TWO WILDIE X JANSENNES.JIM & MATT PARKER WERE 2ND ON 1080WITH A YEARLING JANSENNE X CWL HEN.
INTO SOUTH DERBYSHIRE NOW, FIRSTLY AT THE MINERS ARMS, OUT OF FROME MICK & NEIL HARVEY TOOK 1ST & 2ND ON 1613; 1471; WITH MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON 3RD & 4TH ON 1407; 1393. FROM BLANDFORD, MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON WERE 1ST & 4TH ON 1147; 1121; WITH MICK & NEIL HARVEY 2ND & 3RD ON 1130; 1126.
AT THE NELSON, MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON WERE 1ST & 3RD ON 1125; 1085; THE WINNER A YEARLING COCK BRED BY CLUBMATE STEVE ELEY, FOLLOWED BY A YEARLING LAMBRECHT COCK. DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE 2ND ON 1120 WITH A YEARLING VANDENABEELE HEN, THE SIRE IS A SON OUT OF “JONGE BITJER” X “GARBO”; THE DAM OFF “GOLDEN GABBY” X “BAND OF GOLD”.MICK & NEIL HARVEY WERE 4TH ON 1072 WITH A 4YO HEN OFF JEFF GREENAWAY AND GEORGE LITHERLAND STOCK, THIS IS ONE OF THEIR GOOD CHANNEL BIRDS.
AT SWADLINCOTE TOWN, T & D FEARN WERE 1ST & 2ND ON 1180; 1173; THE WINNER A 2YO COCK OUT OF “BILL” OFF “BROKENWING” WHEN PAIRED TO A VAN REET HEN BRED BY JIM AND DORIS EAMES OUT OF TREVOR COLLINS & SON “BLACKPOOL COCK”. DEBBIES 2ND WAS ANOTHER 2YO COCK; OFF “HIDEAWAY” X JANSENNE/BOMBER HEN. THIS PAIR HAS BRED LOADS OF PRIZEWINNERS. WELL DONE DEBBIE, TWO GOOD BIRDS THERE. DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE 3RD ON 1171 WITH A YEARLING VAN REET COCK OFF A JOHN MUNNS COCK WHO IS SIRE AND GRANDSIRE TO 3 X 1ST FED WINNERS. THE DAM IS OFF SHEASBY & WATSON STOCK, AND SHE HAS BRED A FED TOPPER TOO. MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON WERE 4TH ON 1168 WITH A YEARLING LAMBRECHT X VAN REET COCK.A GOOD CLUB RESULT THIS ON A POOR DAYS RACING.
AT TUTBURY, 11 SENT 259 AND PHIL WHETTON HAD A GREAT DAY, TAKING 1-2-3 ON 1161; 1130.3; 1130.0; PHILS WINNER AND THIRD BIRD BOTH VANDENABEELE COCKS. THE RUNNER UP BRED BY PHILS FRIEND IN BRISTOL.PETE & JACKIE COX WERE 4TH ON 1126 WITH ONE OUT OF ANNE SMITH STOCK, SO PROBABLY ANOTHER VANDENABEELE?
AT ETWALL, 13 SENT 220 AND MR & MRS ALAN HOULDSWORTH WERE 1ST & 2ND ON 1153; 1135; WELL DONE ALAN. PAUL WILLIAMS WAS 3RD ON 1111 AND STEVE BILLINGS 4TH ON 1104.
OVER AT APPLEBY MAGNA, GERALD WOOD GOT A CLEAR WINNER ON 1154 WITH YEARLING VAN DEN BOSCHE COCK, THIS COCK WAS A LATE BRED IN 2016 AND HAS THE MAKINGS OF A GOOD BIRD. MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY WERE 2ND ON 1094 WITH A 2YOCOCK OUT OF RAY MASSEY X KIRKLAND FLOR ENGELS STOCK. THIS COCK ALSO HAS A 3RD & 4TH UNDER HIS BELT. BAILEY & HARRISON WERE 3RD & 4TH ON 1084; 1082; WALLA & DAVE TIMIMG IN TWO ROUNDABOUT HENS.
ACROSS AT HILL RIDWARE, MASON & JONES MADE IT BACK TO BACK WINS WITH ANOTHER CLEAR WINNER. THEIR PAUL STOKES BRED VANDENABEELE RECORDING 1154. PAUL HAS BRED THEM 6 X 1ST CLUB AND 3 X 1ST FED TOPPERS. MR & MRS KEN LYCETT WERE 2ND & 3RD ON 1128; 1125; BOTH VANDENABEELES. EDDIE FROGGATT WAS 4TH ON 1124 WITH ONE OF HIS OWN NATIONAL FAMILY.
FINALLY, AT OSMASTON PARK IN DERBY 16 SENT 242 AND MICK FEARN KEPT UP HIS GOOD RUN TAKING THE RED CARD ON 1130 WITH A 2YO STAF VAN REET COCK. STAN HALL WAS RUNNER UP ON 1112 WITH A YEARLING COCK AND BRIAN DYJAS WAS 3RD & 4TH ON 1106; 1105; WITH TWO N.W.H.U.RUNG COCKS.
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