BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
J.MADGIN & SON OF HILL RIDWARE WIN A DIFFICULT MESSAC IN STYLE
MEMBERS SENT 638 BIRDS TO MESSAC ON SATURDAY JUNE 14TH, THEY WERE LIBERATED AT 07-30 IN LIGHT N.E. WINDS BY THE NORTH DERBYSHIRE FED. IT PROVED TO BE A VERY DIFFICULT RACE WITH POOR RETURNS. AFTER MOSTLY HELPFUL WINDS IN THE INLAND RACES, THE BIRDS WERE GREETED WITH A HEAD WIND ALL THE WAY HOME, AND IT PROVED DIFFICULT. WITH THE MIDLAND NATIONAL HOLDING ON THE SAME DAY, FANCIERS QUITE RIGHTLY ASKED THE QUESTION OF WHY LIBERATE, BUT THE MIDLAND NATIONAL WERE VIRTUALLY ON THEIR OWN IN HOLDING. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS IN ENGLAND, BUT THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORMANDY AREA EARLY ON IN THE DAY, WHICH WERE EXPECTED TO HAVE CLEARED BY THE TIME OUR BIRDS REACHED THAT AREA. MANY BIRDS NIGHTED OUT AND RETURNS WERE SPARSE ON THE SUNDAY MORNING, LEADING TO SPECULATION THAT MANY BIRDS DIDN’T CROSS THE CHANNEL?
CONGRATULATIONS TO J.MADGIN & SON OF HILL RIDWARE, JACK AND LEE PRODUCED A FANTASTIC WINNER, A 2YO BLUE PIED COCK ON 1131 POOLED AND NOMINATED TO WIN £197-50. THIS COCK WAS NEAR ON 20 MINUTES CLEAR OF THE FIELD. SPINK & BARKS ALSO OF HILL RIDWARE WERE 2ND FED ON 1088 WITH A 2YO BLUE HEN OFF ALAN WHITE STOCK, ALONG THE “GIZMO” LINES, SHE WAS POOLED TO WIN £90.
THE DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS PARTNERSHIP OF HARTSHORNE HAD THE BEST BIRD INTO SOUTH DERBYSHIRE, THEIR 3YO VANDENABEELE COCK RECORDED A VELOCITY OF 1085 AND WAS HIGHLY FANCIED WINNING £297-50. THIS COCK IS OFF KEN & CATH LYCETTS “SUPER FRANK” WHEN PAIRED TO A DAUGHTER OFF “GOLDEN GABBY” X “BAND OF GOLD”. HE HAD PREVIOUSLY WON 1ST CLUB 4TH FED CARENTAN AS A YEARLING AND WON £165 OUT OF MESSAC LAST YEAR.
CLIVE YATES OF TAMWORTH WAS 4TH & 5TH FED ON 1079, 1075, WITH A YEARLING HEN AND A 2YO COCK.
MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON OF THE NELSON HAVE HAD A LEAN TIME INLAND THIS SEASON, THEY HAD A GOOD RACE HERE THOUGH, TAKING 6TH FED ON 1061.7 WITH A 3YO PIED COCK POOLED TO WIN £147-50, AND WON A FURTHER £223-50 WITH ANOTHER 3YO PIED COCK IN 15TH SPOT.
PAUL WILLIAMS OF ETWALL WAS 7TH FED ON 1061.0 WITH A 4YO CHEQ COCK. PAUL IS ALWAYS A DANGER ON THE CHANNEL RACES, HIS BIRDS ARE ALWAYS IMMACULATE.
ROGER & MARK DUFFIELD OF THE BULLS HEAD HAD THREE IN JUST OVER A MINUTE TO TAKE 8TH, 9TH, AND 10TH FED ON 1059, 1057(2). A FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE FROM THIS TOP PARTNERSHIP, FLYING CLOSE ON 360 MILES.
OTHER NOTABLE POOL WINNERS WERE MR & MRS JOHN DOWD OF THE BULLS HEAD WON £258-50 POOLS, MARTIN HOOGENDYK & CHRIS PARKER WON £82-50 AND GRAHAM & ELEANOR EVANS THE FED SECRETARIES WERE 11TH & 12TH FED WINNING £52-50. TOTAL POOLS PAID OUT WERE £1402-50.
TREVOR AND GARY COLLINS
ROGER AND MARK DUFFIELD
AROUND THE CLUBS
AT STRETTON, 8 SENT 67 AND ALAN BRASSINGTON WAS 1ST & 2ND ON 982, 967, THE WINNER A YEARLING VERBREE COCK, FOLLOWED BY A 2YO VAN DEN BOSCHE X MARCELIS HEN. MR & MRS DAVE JOHNSON WERE 3RD ON 937 WITH A JAN THEELAN COCK AND TONY & DIANE GREEN WAS 4TH ON 908 WITH A PETER FOX COCK OFF ALAN BRASSINGTON STOCK.
AT THE NELSON, 7 SENT 61 AND DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS TOOK THE RED CARD ON 1085 WINNING £84 POOLS AND NOMINATION. MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON WERE 2ND & 4TH ON 1061, 1046. MICK & NEIL HARVEY WERE 3RD ON 1047.
AT BIRCH COPPICE, 6 SENT 41 AND DAVE OSBORNE BROS TOOK THE RED CARD ON 962 WITH A 2YO COCK. THE NICHOLLS BROS TOOK THE NEXT THREE CARDS ON 957, 948, 945, ALL COCKS.
AT THE SILVER GHOST, 6 SENT 28 AND ERNIE BARKER TOOK THE RED CARD ON 924 WITH A 4YO MEALY IMBRECHT HEN. REUBEN HOUGH WAS 2ND & 3RD ON 752, 605, HIS FIRST A 2YO MICK FERN VAN LOON X DAVE WILLIAMS & SON, FOLLOWED BY A YEARLING SOONTJEN X SVR X CASSEART HEN. TERRY BUDD WAS 4TH ON 594 WITH A RED HEN OFF PETE INCKLE.
AT APPLEBY MAGNA, 6 SENT 40 AND GERALD WOOD WAS 1ST & 4TH ON 927, 873, BOTH VAN DEN BOSCHE COCKS. MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY WERE RUNNERS UP ON 907 WITH A YEARLING KIRKLAND FLOR ENGELS HEN. WALLA BAILEY WAS 3RD ON 892 WITH A 2YO COCK OFF THE LATE TOM LITHERLAND STOCK.
AT ETWALL, 8 SENT 51 AND PAUL WILLIAMS TOOK 1ST, 3RD AND 4TH ON 1061, 819, 745. ALAN PEACH WAS RUNNER UP ON 845 WITH ONE OFF RAY & JEAN LEES, PURCHASED AT THE 2012 FED BREEDER BUYER SALE.
AT WINSHILL, 6 SENT 25 AND BRIAN & LESLIE STONE TOOK 1ST & 3RD ON 945, 813, THE WINNER A 5YO FORMANIER HEN, THIS HEN HAS PREVIOUSLY WON 2 X1ST’S AND 1X2ND FROM SAINTES. SHE WAS FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER 5YO FORMANIER HEN. DARREN GODFREY WAS 2ND & 4TH ON 944, 812, BOTH JANSENNES.
AT TUTBURY, 6 SENT 41 AND F RICHARDSON & SON HAD AN EASY WIN ON 1004 WITH A MICKY BETTS STAF VAN REET. P & S HARRISON WAS 2ND ON 863 AND RON DAKIN & SON TOOK 3RD & 4TH ON 837, 762, THE FIRST OFF STAN MELLOR OF BUXTON, THEN A WALL- LUNT- GREEN OFF JOHN McPHILLIPS.
OVER AT HILL RIDWARE, J MADGIN & SON WERE 1ST, 3RD & 4TH, THE WINNER A WORTHY FED TOPPER ON 1131 WAS ONE OF LEE’S SPECIALS, A CROSS BREED. HE WAS FOLLOWED BY TWO JANSENNE X. SPINKS & BARKS WERE 2ND CLUB, 2ND FED ON 1088 WITH A GOOD HEN OFF ALAN WHITE STOCK, SHE ALSO WON 5TH CLUB, 14TH FED CARENTAN THIS YEAR.
PHIL SPINKS
KEN & CATH LYCETTS “EDDY” DOES IT AGAIN FROM FROME, WINNING HIS FOURTH X 1ST FED
116 MEMBERS SENT 1236 BIRDS TO FROME ON THE SAME DAY AS THE MESSAC SPECIAL RACE. THE BIRDS WERE LIBERATED AT 09-00 INTO A LIGHT N.N.E. WIND. THE HILL RIDWARE LADS AGAIN HAD A GREAT RACE, TAKING 7 OUT OF THE TOP TEN POSITIONS. THREE BIRDS WERE TWO MINUTES CLEAR OF THE REST, WITH KEN & CATH LYCETTS GREAT 2YO VANDENABEELE X SOONTJEN COCK “EDDY” WINNING THE FED FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS, LAST SEASON HE TOPPED THE FED IN AN EAST WIND, A WEST WIND, AND A TAIL WIND, AND NOW A HEAD WIND, RECORDING 1338, SOME PIGEON. C.LEADBEATER & SONS WERE 2ND, 5TH, & 8TH FED ON 1335, 1310, 1296. I & B JONES WERE 3RD FED ON 1333, D. NESBITT & SONS WERE 4TH ON 1315, AND YOUNG LAWRENCE McCANN WAS 9TH FED ON 1294, THAT COMPLETES THE RIDWARE DOMINATION. ALAN PRESTON WON AT THE BELGRAVE CLUB IN TAMWORTH AND TOOK 6TH FED ON 1300, WITH CLUBMATE CLIVE YATES TAKING 7TH FED ON 1298. FED SECRETARIES GRAHAM & ELEANOR EVANS HAD THE BEST TWO BIRDS INTO SOUTH DERBYSHIRE, GOOD ENOUGH FOR 10TH & 11TH FED ON 1290, 1289.
KEN LYCETT
AROUND THE CLUBS
STARTING AT STRETTON, 8 SENT 87 AND PETE WIGHTMAN & SON WERE 1ST, 2ND, AND 4TH ON 1271.5, 1271.0, AND 1260.0, THEIR WINNER THE GOOD 4YO SOONTJEN COCK OFF ANSLOW FARRARS “BUSTER” LINES, FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY A 2YO LAMBRECHT COCK, WHO JUST BEAT HIS SIRE, THE 3YO OFF M/M JIMMY GREEN OF BIRMINGHAM. ALAN BRASINGTON WAS 3RD ON 1260.2 WITH HIS GOOD YEARLING COCK OFF “PREMIUM BOND”, THIS COCK HAS WON TWICE THIS YEAR AND ALSO PICKED UP £300 FROM CARENTAN.
AT THE NELSON, 7 SENT 77 AND MARTIN HOOGENDYK & CHRIS PARKER FINALLY REACH TOP SPOT, NOT CONTENT WITH THAT, THEY ALSO TOOK RUNNERS UP ON 1289, 1266. A GOOD PERFORMANCE THIS ONLY SENDING 4 BIRDS. MICK & NEIL HARVEY WERE 3RD & 4TH ON 1263, 1257.
AT BIRCH COPPICE, 9 SENT 138 AND ELMORE & SMITH TOOK THE TOP TWO ON 1275, 1267, BOTH HEREMAN CUESTERS. MICK MORRIS WAS 3RD ON 1246 AND NICHOLL BROS 4TH ON 1235.
AT THE MINERS ARMS, MICK & NEIL HARVEY WERE 1ST, 3RD AND 4TH ON 1288, 1257, 1256. MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1284.
AT THE SILVER GHOST, 7 SENT 52 AND RUEBEN HOUGH TOOK 1ST & 2ND ON 1223, 1192, BOTH SOONTJEN X SVR X CASSEART, THE WINNER HIS GOOD 2YO CHEQ COCK. BRIAN DYJAS WAS 3RD & 4TH ON 1166, 1164.
AT WINSHILL, 9 SENT 96 AND JIM OTTEWELL GOT A VERY GOOD WINNER ON 1285, A YEARLING CAMPHIUS COCK. MELV WILLIS WAS 2ND ON 1252 WITH A 4YO JANSENNE HEN, AND JIM & MATT PARKER WERE 3RD & 4TH ON 1250, 1229, THEIR FIRST OFF CURTIS, WALL, LUNT & GREEN STOCK, FOLLOWED BY A CURTIS, WALL & LUNT X DRAPA COCK.
AT APPLEBY MAGNA, 6 SENT 60 AND MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY WERE 1ST & 4TH ON 1208, 1193, THE WINNER A GRIZZLE COCK OFF “CHLOES BOY” X KIRKLAND, THEN A FLOR ENGELS COCK. WALLA BAILEY WAS 2ND ON 1198 AND GERALD WOOD 3RD ON 1194 WITH A VAN DEN BOSCHE COCK.
AT ETWALL, 9 SENT 60 AND MR & MRS CHILDS & SON TOOK THE FIRST FOUR ON 1249, 1227, 1206, 1194.
FINALLY AT TUTBURY, 10 SENT 111AND SHEASBY & WATSON CONTINUE TO RULE THE ROOST TAKING THE FIRST THREE ON 1276, 1275, 1265, ALL THREE STAF VAN REET BROTHERS. F RICHARDSON & SON WERE 4TH ON 1254 WITH A WILDIE OFF FRANKIE FAULKENER STOCK.
FINALLY, OVER AT HILL RIDWARE, KEN & CATH LYCETTS “EDDIE” DID IT AFAIN TAKING YET ANOTHER RED CARD, THIS ONE ON 1338. THIS 2YO COCK IS OFF STOCK FROM THE McGIMPSEY BROS IN IRELAND X TONY & LEE PAINTER, AND IS A VANDENABEELE X SOONTJEN. C LEADBEATER & SONS WERE 2ND ON 1335 WITH ONE OF THEIR “LEBBY SPECIALS”. I & B JONES WERE 3RD ON 1333 WITH A WALLY MELLOR JANSENNE, AND D NESBITT & SONS WERE 4TH ON 1315 WITH A STAF VAN REET.
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