BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
Federation 2013 Presentation Night
SATURDAY OCTOBER 26TH SAW 70 MEMBERS, FAMILIES AND GUESTS ATTEND THE 2013 PRIZE PRESENTATION EVENING AT THE CASTLE GRESLEY INDOOR BOWLS CENTRE, A GREAT TURNOUT IN THE CURRENT CLIMATE.
GUESTS FOR THE EVENING WERE GRAHAM WILKES AND HIS WIFE EDNA. GRAHAM IS A FELLOW BHW SCRIBE, COVERING THE NORTH BIRMINGHAM AREA, AND ALSO GIVES US ALL AN INSIGHT INTO THE BARNSLEY MILER SCENE.
AFTER A WELL PRESENTED SPEECH GRAHAM PRESENTED THE FOLLOWING PRIZES TO THOSE MEMBERS PRESENT.
JAMES HORNE WAS FIRST UP RECEIVING HIS TROPHY FOR TOPPING THE FED FROM TAUNTON.
PETE WIGHTMAN & SON WERE NEXT UP, AGAIN RECEIVING THEIR TROPHY FOR TOPPING THE FED FROM TAUNTON.
RAY & JEAN GRIMSDELL WERE NEXT, PICKING UP POOLS AND PRIZE MONEY OF £46-22.
FEDERATION CHAIRMAN DAVE JOHNSTON WAS NEXT BEING CALLED, WINNING £50-83 PRIZEMONEY, WON BY THE SAME PIGEON FROM CARENTAN AND MESSAC.
ELMORE & SMITH WERE NEXT. ALAN AND DEAN WON £67-33 PRIZEMONEY, AND THE RUNNER UP CONVOYERS TROPHY, INLAND BIRD OF THE YEAR AND INLAND OLD BIRD OF THE YEAR, WON BY THEIR CRACKING GUST JANSENNE HEN AND THEY ALSO TOPPED THE FED THREE TIMES THIS SEASON.
TED JACKSON WAS NEXT. TED WON THE YELVERTON YB SPECIAL RACE AND £84-72 IN PRIZEMONEY. A SPECIAL MENTION FOR TED TOO, AFTER HIS BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE LAST YEAR IN WINNING THE M.N.F.C. RACE FROM BORDEAUX, HE FOLLOWED IT UP THIS YEAR BY TAKING 2ND OPEN IN THE SAME RACE, SO CLOSE TO A REMARKABLE DOUBLE.
KEN & CATH LYCETT WERE NEXT UP, THEY WON £87-50 IN PRIZE AND POOLS, AND THEY ALSO WON THE CONVOYERS TROPHY. THEY WERE SO UNLUCKY NOT TO WIN THE INLAND BIRD OF THE YEAR WITH THEIR GREAT YEARLING COCK “EDDY” WHICH TOPPED THE FED THREE TIMES. IN TOTAL, THEY TOPPED THE FED FOUR TIMES IN 2013.
THE HICKMAN, MASON & JONES PARTNERSHIP WERE NEXT UP; THEY TOPPED THE FED FROM CARENTAN AND WON £93-22 IN PRIZE AND POOL MONEY.
JOHN ORTON OF THE BELGRAVE CLUB WAS NEXT, JOHN PICKED UP £102-50 IN POOL MONEY.
ROGER & MARK DUFFIELD OF THE BULLS HEAD WON THE MESSAC TROPHY, AND THE MESSAC 2 BIRD TROPHY, AND THEY ALSO PICKED UP £154-66 IN PRIZE AND POOL MONEY.THEIR TOTAL OF £132-16 PRIZE MONEY WAS IN FACT THE HIGHEST PRIZE WINNINGS OF THE SEASON FROM THE FOUR SPECIAL RACES.
FED SECRETARIES GRAHAM & ELEANOR EVANS WERE NEXT UP, THEY WERE 4TH IN THE FED BREEDER BUYER WITH MR & MRS D. WILSONS BIRD FROM EGREMONT H.S. IN CUMBRIA, IN TOTAL THEY WON £166-91.
MICK HARVEY & SON WERE NEXT; THEY WON £173-33 IN PRIZE AND POOL MONEY.
JOHN GILBERT WAS NEXT; JOHN TOPPED THE FED FIVE TIMES THIS SEASON, INCLUDING WINNING SAINTES WITH THE ONLY BIRD ON THE DAY. JOHN PICKED UP THE SAINTES TROPHY; LONGEST OB & YB AVERAGE TROPHY; MESSAC & SAINTES AVERAGE; CHANNEL AVERAGE; TOP LOFT TROPHY; TOP LOFT YB TROPHY; AND THE YB OF THE YEAR TROPHY. ADD TO ALL THIS SILVERWARE, £208-44 IN PRIZE AND POOL MONEY. LATER ON IN THE EVENING, IT WAS NO GREAT SURPRISE TO SEE JOHN ALSO PICK UP THE MALTSTERS TROPHY FOR FANCIER OF THE YEAR.
GEOFF BUCK & SON WERE NEXT. THEY PICKED UP £294-94 IN PRIZE AND POOL MONEY.
F. RICHARDSON & SON WERE NEXT. THEY PICKED UP £572-76 IN THE BREEDER BUYER RACE; THEY WERE THIRD WITH THEIR OWN BIRD.
BRIAN AYRE WAS NEXT TO BE CALLED. BRIAN BRED THE RUNNER UP IN THE BREEDER BUYER RACE WHICH EARNT HIM £429-57, ADD TO THIS POOL MONEY FROM MESSAC AND SAINTES OF £204, TOTAL OF £633-57.
BILL OSBOURNE WAS NEXT UP. HE REPRESENTED THE DAVE OSBOURNE BROS & PARTNER LOFT. THEY PICKED UP £147-50 POOLS FROM CARENTAN, £476-50 POOLS FROM YELVERTON AND £111 PRIZEMONEY, A TOTAL OF £735.
MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON WERE NEXT. THIS LOFT ARE ALWAYS UP AT THE TOP. THIS YEAR THEY WERE SECOND IN THE BREEDER BUYER WINNING £429-57, ADD TO THIS POOLS FROM THE THREE CHANNEL RACES TOTALING £420; AND PRIZEMONEY OF £58-53; A GRAND TOTAL OF £908-01.
LAST UP WAS KEITH BURTON; KEITH HAD A FANTASTIC PICK UP IN THE DIFFICULT SAINTES RACE OF £630, ADD TO THIS POOL MONEY FROM CARENTAN AND MESSAC OF £235, AND PRIZEMONEY OF £57-61, A GRAND TOTAL OF £922-61.
NOTABLE ABSENTEES WERE; LITHERLAND & BAILEY, THEY WON THE BREEDER BUYER WITH THEIR OWN BIRD WINNING £1145-52; A.J.PASSEY & SONS WHO WON £351-55; DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WON £336-22; ALAN BRASSINGTON £286; AND MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY WHO WON £176.
TOTAL PAID OUT ON THE SEASON WAS £8740-28.
EDNA WILKES WAS THEN PRESENTED WITH A BOUQUET AND SOME CHOCOLATES BY ELEANOR EVANS.
A SUCCESSFUL RAFFLE WAS HELD WITH BILL “BOOMERANG” OSBOURNE ENJOYING THE DRAW. THE REASON FOR THE NICKNAME “BOOMERANG” WAS EARNT BECAUSE BILL KEPT COMING BACK TO THE PRIZE TABLE. NICE ONE BILL.
ROGER & MARK DUFFIELD FLANKING GRAHAM WILKES
JOHN GILBERT (R)
KEN LYCETT (R)
KEITH BURTON (R)
MICK HARVEY (R)
PETE WIGHTMAN (R)
JOHN GILBERT (R) WITH THE MALTSTERS TROPHY
RAY & JEAN GRIMSDELL
ELMORE & SMITH
GARY COLLINS (R)
GEOFF BUCK (R)
HICKMAN, MASON & JONES (R)
DAVE JOHNSTON (R)
BILL OSBORNE (R)
BRIAN AYRE (R)
GERALD THORPE (R)
JAMES HORNE (R)
TED JACKSON (R)
JOHN ORTON (R)
STAN & RHIANNA RICHARDSON FLANKING GRAHAM WILKES
ELEANOR EVANS (R)
EDNA WILKES
RHIANNA RICHARDSON AND HER NEW JUMPER
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