BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
THREE GALLANT BIRDS MAKE IT HOME ON THE DAY FROM A DIFFICULT SAINTES RACE AND “THE SAINT” DOES IT AGAIN FOR JOHN GILBERT
MEMBERS SENT 250 BIRDS TO SAINTES, CONVOYED BY THE NORTH DERBYSHIRE FED, AND LIBERATED ON FRIDAY JULY 11TH AT 06-05 IN A LIGHT NW WIND. LIKE THE MESSAC RACE 4 WEEKS PREVIOUS THIS AGAIN TURNED OUT TO BE A DIFFICULT RACE, WITH RETURNS ONLY AROUND 20% AFTER 3 DAYS.
THREE GALLANT BIRDS MADE IT HOME ON THE DAY, AND THE FED WAS TOPPED BY A TRUE CHAMPION, “THE SAINT” RACED BY JOHN GILBERT OF THE BIRCH COPPICE CLUB. THIS 4YO WILDIE COCK HAS WON SAINTES 4 YEARS ON THE TROT IN HIS CLUB, WINNING 20TH, 3RD, 1ST AND NOW 1ST AGAIN IN THE FED. LAST YEAR HE WAS THE ONLY BIRD HOME ON THE DAY IN THE FED. HE WAS TIMED AT 8-41 PM RECORDING A VELOCITY OF 956. NOT SURPRISINGLY, THIS COCK WAS POOLED IN EVERYTHING, AND TAKES HOME £422-50 .
2ND FED ON 935 WAS PAUL WILLIAMS OF STRETTON, AND A MEMBER OF THE ETWALL CLUB. PAUL HAS WON ALL THREE CHANNEL RACES IN HIS CLUB THIS YEAR AND I WAS NOT SURPRISED TO HEAR OF PAULS TIMING, AS IT WAS JUST THE KIND OF RACE FOR HIS BIRDS. PAUL HAS PIGEONS GOING BACK TO THE TRUMAN-DICKENS, VENNER OF STREET, SPANGLES, AND DELBARS, TO NAME A FEW. SO HE HAS THE HORSE FOR THE COURSE, ADD TO THIS, THE IMMACULATE CONDITION THEY ARE ALWAYS SENT IN. PAULS TIMING WAS A 4YO CHEQ COCK, TIMED AT 9-30 PM RECORDING A VELOCITY OF 935 YPM, WINNIG £15 POOLS.
3RD FED ON 931 WERE MICK & NEIL HARVEY OF THE NELSON, THEY TIMED IN THEIR GREAT LITTLE 5YO “UNDER THE LOFT” HEN. THIS HEN OFF GEORGE LITHERLAND STOCK HAS WON 8 X 1ST RANGING FROM CHELTENHAM TO SAINTES. SHE WAS POOLED TO WIN £52-50.
4TH FED ON 841, AND THE FIRST BIRD ON THE SECOND DAY, WAS ROB FORD OF OSMASTON PARK IN DERBY. I BELIEVE ROB TIMED IN THE SAME BUSCHEART COCK THAT WAS 2ND FED LAST YEAR, AGAIN TIMING IN VERY EARLY ON THE SECOND DAY? HE WAS POOLED TO WIN £147-50.
5TH FED ON 832 WERE FED SECRETARIES GRAHAM AND ELEANOR EVANS, THEIR WINNER AT CASTLE GRESLEY, A 3YO CHEQ HEN, WAS OFF M HARVEY & SON X ALAN BRASSINGTON STOCK. THE SIRE WAS CALLED THE “5 O’CLOCK” COCK, DUE TO HIS REPEATED ARRIVAL TIME ON RACEDAYS AT 5PM. HE WAS STOPPED RACING AND PUT TO STOCK AND IS PRODUCING THE GOODS. THIS HEN WON THE ANCHOR BREEDER BUYER RACE PICKING UP £800 AND HER SISTER WON OUT OF CARENTAN.
M/M TREVOR COLLINS & SON GARY OF THE NELSON HAD THREE GOOD BIRDS IN THE TOP TEN. THEY HAD TWO TOGETHER JUST AFTER 6AM TO TAKE 6TH & 7TH FED ON 819.7, 819.6. THE FIRST A 3YO SOONTJEN COCK WAS POOLED TO WIN £247-50, HE WAS FOLLOWED BY A 3YO COCK THAT WAS GIFTED TO THEM BY CLUBMATE STEVE ELEY, THIS COCK ORIGINATES OFF STOCK FROM DAVE STONES “HARTSHAY LOFTS”, HE WAS POOLOED TO WIN £64-50. THEIR THIRD ARRIVAL WAS A YEARLING COCK OFF MONTY BUXTON OF DENBY, HE WAS BROUGHT AT A BREEDER BUYER AND IS OFF MONTYS DISTANCE STOCK, HE RECORDED 786 AND TOOK 10TH FED.
8TH FED ON 818.8 WERE MICK AND NEIL HARVEY, THEIR 4YO JANSENNE COCK, UNCLE TO “CORKYS PRIDE” HAS PREVIOUSLY WON 1ST CLUB SAINTES AND 3RD OPEN N.M.C.C. HE WAS POOLED TO WIN £37-50.
9TH FED ON 791 WAS A. J. PASSEY & SONS OF APPLEBY MAGNA, THEIR 2YO CHEQ WF COCK NO DOUBT GOES BACK TO GEOFF AND BARBARA KIRKLAND STOCK?
OTHER POOL WINNERS WERE AS FOLLOWS, MICK & NEIL HARVEY WITH £50 IN 15TH SPOT, GEOF BUCK & SON WITH £20 IN 16TH SPOT, AND DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WITH £90 IN 17TH SPOT. TOTAL POOLS PAID OUT WAS £1147-00.
AROUND THE CLUBS NEWS THIS WEEK IS A BIT SPARSE, ALL I HAVE IS STRETTON, WHERE 5 SENT 31 AND 3 MADE IT HOME IN RACE TIME, SECRETARY M/M DAVE JOHNSTON TOOK THE RED CARD ON 711 WITH A 2YO JAN THEELAN COCK. DAVE WENT ON TO WIN THE CLUBS OB AND CHANNEL AVERAGES. ALAN BRASSINGTON WAS 2ND ON 387 WITH A SISTER TO “BROADBAND” AND TONY & DIANE GREEN WERE THIRD ON 300.
AT WINSHILL, BRIAN & LESLIESTONE GOT THE ONLY TWO BIRDS BACK IN RACE TIME ON 495, 477, BOTH 5YO FORMANUS HENS, THE RUNNER UP ALSO WON MESSAC.
AT ETWALL, 6 SENT 27 AND PAUL WILLIAMS WAS 1ST & 2ND ON 935, 552. MR & MRS TONY WHITEHURST WERE 3RD & 4TH ON 429, 392.
AT THE NELSON, 5 SENT 33 AND THE FIRST SEVEN ALL APPEAR IN THE FEDS TOP17, SO WELL DONE TO THE NELSON LADS.
JOHN GILBERT WITH THE SAINT
PAUL WILLIAMS - 2ND FED SAINTES
MICK AND NEIL HARVEY
GRAHAM EVANS
TREVOR AND GARY COLLINS
THE MALTSTER
01283-568000
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