BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
WALKER & WAITE MAKE IT BACK TO BACK WINS AS THE WEST SIDE DOMINATE IN HULLAVINGTON BLOW HOME
SATURDAY APRIL 26TH SAW OUR BIRDS AT HULLAVINGTON (1). FRESH SOUTH EAST WINDS MADE IT A SHORT FLIGHT HOME FOR OUR BIRDS, WITH THE WESTERN SIDE LOFTS DOMINATING THE RESULT. 131 MEMBERS ENTERED 1906 BIRDS WHICH WERE LIBERATED AT 09-45 IN A STRONG SOUTH WIND, TURNING S.E. EN ROUTE. CONGRATULATIONS TO WALKER & WAITE OF HILL RIDWARE WHO MADE IT BACK TO BACK 1ST & 2ND FED POSITIONS, WITH THE SAME 2YO BLUE VAN ECKHOUT JANSENNE COCK “2BOB” TAKING TOP SPOT FOR THE SECOND WEEK RUNNING, IN FACT IT WAS EQUAL 1ST FED WITH A LOFTMATE FROM SPINK & BARKS, A BRIAN MURRAY JANSENNE, WELL DONE ROB. THE RIDWARE LADS TOOK 8 OUT OF THE TOP TEN AND 13 IN THE TOP TWENTY, SO THEY CERTAINLY MADE THE MOST OF THE FAVOUIRABLE CONDITIONS. WALKER & WAITE WERE 1ST & 2ND ON 2149.0 WITH BOTH BIRDS CROSSING THE PADS TOGETHER. SPINK & BARKS WERE 3RD ON 2148.9, HOW MUCH CLOSER COULD THEY HAVE GOT? MAURICE ELSMORE WAS 4TH ON 2130 WITH ANOTHER BRIAN MURRAY JANSENNE FROM SPINK & BARKS. MR & MRS GEORGE HODGKINSON WERE 5TH ON 2127, J.MADGIN & SON 6TH ON 2118, KEN & CATH LYCETT 8TH ON 2116.4 AND HICKMAN, MASON & JONES 10TH ON 2116.0. BREAKING THE RIDWARE DOMINANCE WERE PETE & JACKIE COX OF TUTBURY, THEY TOOK 7TH & 9TH FED ON 2116.9 AND 2116.0, BOTH VANDENABEELE COCKS.
AROUND THE CLUBS
AT STRETTON, 11 SENT 182 AND PHIL BOURKE TOOK THE RED CARD ON 2053 WITH A 2YO STAF VAN REET COCK, THIS COCK ALSO WON A BLOW HOME AS A YOUNGSTER FROM BATH TAKING 2ND FED, WELL DONE PHIL. ALAN BRASSINGTON TOOK THE NEXT THREE ON 2051 WITH A 3YO GRANDSON OFF “PREMIUM BOND”, THIS COCK HAS HAD A 1ST & 2ND OUT OF CARENTAN, 2047 WITH MARCELIS X STAF VAN REET HEN, AND 2044 WITH A SILVER HEN OUT OF SYNDICATE LOFTS “SUPER 33” LINES.
AT DOSTHILL, 10 SENT 153 AND JOHN GILBERT TOOK THE FIRST FOUR WITH HIS LAMBRECHTS FROM JIMMY DUTTON OF BURNTWOOD. THE WINNER ON 2093 WAS WELL CLEAR OF THE NEXT THREE ON 1965, 1964, 1962.
AT WINSHILL 5 SENT 81 AND MELV WILLIS TOOK 1ST & 2ND ON 2009, 2007, THE WINNER A 5YO JANSENNE HEN FOLLOWED BY A 2YO WILDIE COCK.JIM & MATT PARKER WERE 3RD & 4TH ON 1990, 1987, WITH A JANSENNE X HUYBRECHTS HEN AND A CURTIS, WALL & LUNT X HUYBRECHTS COCK.
SOME NEWS FROM THE MINERS ARMS, FROM CHELTENHAM ALAN STRETTON WAS 1ST & 3RD WITH MICK HARVEY & SON 2ND AND BRIAN AYRE 4TH. FROM HULLAVINGTON HOOGENDYK & PARKER TOOK TOP SPOT ON 1995 WITH MR & MRS GRAHAM EVANS 2ND ON 1948, BRIAN AYRE 3RD ON 1913 AND LITHERLAND & BAILEY 4TH ON 1898.
AT THE NELSON, 8 SENT 120 AND DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS TOOK 1ST, 3RD, AND 4TH ON 2005 WITH A YEARLING COCK OFF BERT HESSION VAN REET X DUTCH HEN, HE WAS 5TH TAMWORTH FED AS A YB. 3RD ON 1967 WITH 2YO VAN REET OFF MUNNS X HESSION LINES, AND 4TH ON 1967 WITH A VANDENABEELE COCK, THIS COCK TOPPED THE FED IN THE VOIDED FED RACE LAST YEAR FROM KINGSDOWN AND IS OUT OF THE COCK THAT WAS 4TH FED CARENTANIN 2012 AND WHO ALSO PICKED UP £165 FROM MESSAC LAST YEAR. JAMES HORNE KEEPS UP THE PRESSURE TAKING 2ND ON 1975.
AT THE SILVER GHOST FC (FORMERLY THE CORNISHMAN HS), 11 SENT 110 AND BRIAN DYJAS CAME OUT ON TOP ON 2014 WITH A LUC GEERINCK OFF CLUBMATE BILLY BEASTALL. BRIAN WAS ALSO 3RD ON 1931 WITH A VAN LOON X JANSENNE COCK. RUEBEN HOUGH WAS RUNNER UP ON 1946N WITH THE SAME SOONTJEN X CASSEART X STAF VAN REET COCK THAT WAS RUNNER UP THE WEEK PREVIOUS. TOM CHADWICK WAS 4TH ON 1926 WITH A DE KLAK COCK OFF MICK WILLIS.
OVER AT HILL RIDWARE, WALKER & WAITE TAKE 1ST & 2ND IN THE TIGHTEST FINISH POSSIBLE, THEIR WINNER A VAN ECKHOUT JANSENNE COCK ON 2149 WENT OVER THE PADS WITH A LOFT MATE, THESE TWO PUSHING SPINKS & BARKS INTO 3RD SPOT ON 2148.9, PHIL & DARREN TIMED IN A . MAURICE ELSMORE WAS 4TH ON 2131. ALL FOUR BIRDS BRED OFF SPINK & BARKS STOCK.
AT TUTBURY,13 SENT 232 AND PETE & JACKIE COX WERE 1ST & 2ND ON 2116 BOTH VANDENABEELES OFF ANN SMITH, THE WINNER TAKING THE £26 NOM. ALBERT BABBINGTON WAS 3RD ON 2103 WITH A JANSENNE VAN DEN BOSCHE AND NOBBY PRESTIDGE 4TH ON 2086 WITH A CAMPHIUS X JAN KUYSER JANSENNE FLOWN ON THE NEIL SMITH SYSTEM.
AT ETWALL, 11 SENT 152 AND STEVE BILLINGS CAME OUT ON TOP ON 2065, STEVE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE EAST IN THE WIND TO TAKE 3RD & 4TH TOO ON 2027, 2026. LAST WEEKS WINNER ALAN PEACH HAD TO BE SATISFIED WITH RUNNER UP THIS WEEK ON 2039 WITH A ROLAND JANSENNE.
OVER AT APPLEBY MAGNA, 6 SENT 93 AND GERALD WOOD TOOK THE RED CARD ON 2026 WITH A YEARLING COCK OFF GEOFF KIRKLAND STOCK, THIS WAS ONLY ITS 4TH RACE. WALLA BAILEY WAS 2ND ON 1979 WITH A YEARLING HEN OFF HIS LATE FATHER IN LAW, TOMMY LITHERLAND STOCK. GEOFF BUCK & SON WERE 3RD ON 1971 WITH A FANCIED 2 YO BUSCHEART COCK, THIS COCK WON LAST YEAR AND IS OUT OF GEOFFS BEST HEN. ALAN PASSEY & SONS WERE 4TH ON 1961 WITH A 2YO KIRKLAND COCK.
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01283-568000
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