BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
ALAN BRASSINGTON TAKES 1ST FED OUT OF A CRACKING FROME RACE
FOR THE FINAL INLAND RACE OF THE OB SEASON, 94 MEMBERS SENT 954 BIRDS TO FROME. PATIENCE WAS A VIRTUE FOR THE RACE CONTROLLER AND CONVOYER, AND EVENTUALLY THE RAIN AROUND THE CHELTENHAM AREA CLEARED AND THE BIRDS WERE LIBERATED AT 1PM INTO A LIGHT W.S.W. WIND. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A CRACKING RACE, SO WELL DONE TO ALL CONCERNED.
ALAN BRASSINGTON OF STRETTON TOOK 1ST FED ON 1559 WITH HIS GOOD YEARLING BLUE COCK, A SON OUT OF “PREMIUM BOND”. THIS WAS HIS THIRD RED CARD OF THE SEASON; HE ALSO PICKED UP OVER £300 OUT OF CARENTAN. MR & MRS KEN LYCETT OF HILL RIDWARE WERE 2ND FED ON 1547 WITH A 2YO VANDENABEELE X STAF VAN REET X CATTRYSE. DAVE WILLIAMS & SON OF ETWALL WERE 3RD FED ON 1545 WITH A 2YO WALTER DOCX. ROGER & MARK DUFIELD OF THE BULLS HEAD WERE 4TH, 5TH AND 10TH FED ON 1542, 1540, 1528 WITH A 2YO COCK AND TWO YEARLING HENS. THE EVER PRESENTS, SHEASBY & WATSON OF TUTBURY WERE 6TH FED ON 1534 WITH A 2YO VAN REET COCK. PETE WIGHTMAN & SON OF STRETTON WERE 7TH FED ON 1532 WITH A VANDENABEELE COCK. ELMORE & SMITH OF BIRCH COPPICE WERE 8TH FED ON 1531WITH A 2YO HEREMAN CUESTER COCK AND CLIVE YATES OF BELGRAVE WAS 9TH FED ON 1529. AS YOU CAN SEE THE TOP TEN WERE WELL SPREAD, WITH THE SHORTEST FLIERS IN THE FED AT BIRCH COPPICE, THE LONGEST FLIERS AT THE BULLS HEAD, THE WEST SIDE IN RUGELEY AND LICHFIELD, AND THE MIDDLE FLIERS AT STRETTON, ALL TO THE FRONT OF THE FIELD.
ALAN BRASSINGTON
DAVE WILLIAMS
ROGER & MARK DUFFIELD
PETE WIGHTMAN & SON
AROUND THE CLUBS
STARTING AT STRETTON WHERE 7 SENT 83 AND ALAN BRASSINGTONS FED TOPPER TOOK THE RED CARD ON 1559, THIS YEARLING BLUE COCK EVENTUALLY ENDED UP AS OB OF THE YEAR, JUST PIPPING PETE WIGHTMAN & SONS 4YO SOONTJEN COCK. ALAN WAS ALSO 4TH ON 1516 WITH HIS GOOD 5YO COCK “BROADBAND”. PETE WIGHTMAN & SON WERE 2ND & 3RD ON 1532, 1523 WITH A 3YO VANDENABEELE COCK, A SON OUT OF “PORTLAND BILL”, AND A 3YO LAMBRECHT COCK OFF M/M JIMMY GREEN.
AT BIRCH COPPICE 7 SENT 79 AND ELMORE & SMITH TOOK TOP SPOT ON 1531 WITH A HEREMAN CUESTER COCK OFF RICKY MELLONDBY STOCK.GEORGE COLLETT WAS RUNNER UP ON 1500, DAVE OSBORNE BROS WERE 3RD ON 1499 WITH A 2YO LAMBRECHT COCK AND BRIAN WINSTON WAS 4TH ON 1498 WITH A 6YO BUSCHEART COCK.
AT THE NELSON 6 SENT 52 AND MICK HARVEY & SON WERE 1ST ON 1523. DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE 2ND & 3RD ON 1502, 1501, WITH A YEARLING HESSION X MUNNS VAN REET COCK AND A YEARLING VANDENABEELE X VAN REET HEN. SHE HAS WON 2 X 1ST AND IS OUT OF “31616” A WINNER OF 4 X 1ST. DEBBIE FEARN WAS 4TH ON 1500.
AT THE MINERS ARMS MICK & NEIL HARVEY WERE 1ST & 2ND ON 1517, 1515. ALAN & HELEN STRETTON WERE 3RD & 4TH ON 1503, 1497.
AT THE SILVER GHOST F.C. 6 SENT 60 AND RUEBEN HOUGH TOOK THE FIRST THREE ON 1504, 1503, 1502, ALL SOONTJEN X VAN REET X CASSEARTS. THE WINNER WAS THE SAME HEN THAT WON OUT OF PORTLAND THE WEEK PREVIOUS AND “THE DART” HIS GOOD 2YO CHEQ COCK WAS RUNNER UP. ERNIE BARKER WAS 4TH ON 1441 WITH A YEARLING COCK.
OVER AT HILL RIDWARE, FROM PORTLAND DOUG NESBITT & SONS WERE 1ST ON 1409 WITH A HEREMAN CUESTER FROM CIS JONES. KEN & CATH LYCETT WERE 2ND ON 1408 WITH A VANDENABEELE X SOONTJEN. C LEADBEATER & SONS WERE 3RD & 4TH ON 1407, 1403, BOTH FROM BRIAN FELLOWES STOCK.
FROM FROME, KEN & CATH LYCETT WERE WELL CLEAR ON 1547 WITH A 2YO COCK. THE SIRE A VANDENABEELE THAT WAS BROUGHT IN FROM THE EAST DOWN COMBINE INLAND AND YB CHAMPIONS GORDON BROS & SONS. THIS TOP IRISH LOFT PURCHASED “PALE RIDER” FROM THE LYCETTS ENTIRE CLEARANCE SALE. THE DAM IFROM TONY & LEE PAINTER OF WILLENHALL, SHE’S A NIECE OF “OLYMPIC TAFFY” A STAF VAN REET X CATTRYSSE A WINNER OF 18 X 1ST. KEN & CATH PURCHASED TWO HENS OFF THE PAINTERS, BOTH BRED WINNERS, THE OTHER HEN BRED THEIR TOP 2YO COCK “EDDY” A WINNER OF 12 X 1ST. DOUG NESBITT & SONS WERE 2ND & 3RD ON 1511, 1507, BOTH VAN REET X SOONTJENS. SPINK & BARKS WERE 4TH ON 1504 WITH A BRIAN MURRAY JANSENNE COCK.
AT WINSHILL 5 SENT 53 AND JIM OTTEWELL TOOK 1ST & 2ND ON 1503, 1492, THE WINNER A YEARLING MEALY VAN REET COCK, FOLLOWED BY A 3YO CAMPHIUS COCK. BRIAN & LESLIE STONE WERE 3RD ON 1476 WITH A 5YO JANSENNE HEN AND T & P LOFTS WERE 4TH ON 1475 WITH A ROLAND JANSENNE HEN.
AT ETWALL 8 SENT 59 AND DAVE WILLIAMS & SON HAD A REAL GOOD UN THAT NOT ONLY WON THE CLUB BUT ALSO TOOK 3RD FED ON 1545. THIS 2YO CHEQ WF WALTER DOCX COCK WAS BRED BY JOHN ROBERTS OF WALSALL, AND HAS NOW WON 5 RACES. DAVE WAS ALSO 4TH ON 1489. MR & MRS ALAN & LIZ HOULDSWORTH WERE 2ND & 3RD ON 1523, 1496, A GOOD RUN OF LATE BY THIS LOFT, ONLY RACING 6 COCKS.
AT TUTBURY 7 SENT 63 AND SHEASBY & WATSON TOOK THE FIRST THREE ON 1534, 1500, 1490, THEIR WINNER WAS THE 2YO STAF VAN REET COCK THAT HAS NOW WON 5 X 1ST THIS YEAR, AND 11 X 1ST IN HIS SHORT CAREER. THE RUNNER UP WAS A MUELEMAN COCK THAT WON PORTLAND THE WEEK BEFORE, AND ANOTHER MUELEMAN COCK WAS 3RD. MICK SALE WAS 4TH ON 1480 WITH A DAVE ATKIN WALL- LUNT & GREEN X TREVOR COLLINS & SON SOONTJEN.
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