Stretton Pres13

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BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION

by Pete Wightman

STRETTON F.C. 2013 PAYOUT

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 30TH SAW THE PRIZE PRESENTATION EVENING FOR STRETTON FLYING CLUB. IT WAS A LOW KEY AFFAIR, SAD REALLY WHEN YOU THINK OF THE GREAT NIGHTS WE HAD NOT TOO LONG AGO WHICH INCORPORATED A CABARET EVENING, AND NUMBERS REACHED THE 100 MARK. AFTER A FREE FISH AND CHIP SUPPER, CHAIRMAN RAY GRIMSDELL PRESENTED THE FOLLOWING PRIZES.

STEVE & MATT BURKE WERE FIRST UP. SAD TO SEE THESE LADS PACKING UP THEIR BIRDS IN THE AUTUMN. THEY ONLY SENT ON THE ODD OCCASION AND PICKED UP £3-59.

NEXT UP WAS OUR SECRETARY DAVE JOHNSTON, DAVE PICKED UP £50-35 PRIZEMONEY PLUS THE CARENTAN TROPHY; FIRST YEARLING CARENTAN; MESSAC TROPHY AND THE TROPHY FOR PIGEON WINNING THE MOST POINTS IN OVERSEAS RACES.

PRESIDENT AND CLOCKSETTER PETE WAIN WAS NEXT UP, PETE WON £67-84 PRIZEMONEY PLUS THE TROPHY FOR RUNNER UP SAINTES.

PHIL BOURKE WAS NEXT PICKING UP £69-62.

PETE WIGHTMAN & SON HAD AN EXCELLENT SEASON WITH THEIR WIDOWHOOD COCKS INLAND PICKING UP £132-08 PRIZEMONEY PLUS THE INLAND OLD BIRD POINTS CUP; INLAND OLD BIRD AVERAGE AND PIGEON OF THE YEAR TROPHY.

RUNNERS UP WERE RAY & JEAN GRIMSDELL, THEY WON £146-92 PRIZEMONEY PLUS THE LONGEST OB RACE TROPHY; LOWEST WINNING VELOCITY; LONGEST OB AND YB AVERAGE; THE CHANNEL AVERAGE AND £25 PHOTO MONEY FOR THEIR SAINTES WINNER.

TOP PRIZEWINNER AGAIN WAS ALAN BRASSINGTON, HE PICKED UP £309-53 PRIZEMONEY PLUS THE FOLLOWING SILVERWARE; YB POINTS; YB AVERAGE; LONGEST YB CUP; PENULTIMATE YB RACE; OB POINTS; CHANNEL POINTS; YB KNOCKOUT CUP; OLD BIRD AVERAGE; COMBINED POINTS; 2 BIRD POINTS CUP; COMBINED AVERAGE; COMBINED INLAND AVERAGE; FIRST YEARLING MESSAC; R/U LONGEST YB; ALAN ALSO WON THE RING SPECIAL AND PHOTO MONEY FOR HIS YELVERTON YB WINNER.

LAST UP WAS GLENYS BRASSINGTON TO PICK UP THE LADIES RACE TROPHY.

DAVE JOHNSTON; PETE WAIN AND PETE WIGHTMAN COLLECTED WELL EARNT HONORARIUMS.

SADLY TONY & DIANE GREEN COULDN’T MAKE IT DUE TO ILLNESS, THEY WON £93-45 PRIZEMONEY AND DIANE WON THE CLUBMAN OF THE YEAR TROPHY.

THANKS ALSO TO TONY GREEN AND JOHN GENDERS FOR CLEANING OUT THE CRATES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.