BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
FROME PROVES DIFFICULT AGAIN, BUT WHY?
MASON & JONES TOP THE FED WITH ONLY BIRD DOING OVER 1800YPM
SATURDAY APRIL 29TH SAW OUR BIRDS AT THE FROME FOR THEIR FIRST VISIT OF 2017. THE RACEPOINT AND A LOT OF THE COUNTRY WAS 100% CLOUD COVER, ALSO THERE WAS STILL A NIP IN THE AIR. 10-00 SAW CONDITIONS IMPROVE, AND LIBERATIONS FROM THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY COMMENCED.
2771 BIRDS ENTERED BY 136 MEMBERS WERE RELEASED AT 11-30 INTO A S.S.E. WIND, MILE A MINUTE WAS THE ESTIMATED SPEED BY MANY, THIS WAS ACHIEVED BY THE LEADERS BUT FOR SOME REASON A LOT OF BIRDS STRUGGLED, AND THERE WAS A FEW EMPTY PERCHES COME NIGHTFALL.
ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE ASKING WHY, AS FAR AS I KNOW, EVERY FEDERATION LIBERATED ON SATURDAY IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND? CLASHING IS A POSSIBILITY, WITH LOTS OF FEDS LIBERATING IN THE 2 HOUR WINDOW BETWEEN 10-00 AND NOON, THE CLOUD COVER AND COLD WIND IS ANOTHER POSSIBILITY, AND OF COURSE PEREGRINES COME INTO THE EQUATION, THERE WERE REPORTS THAT CONVOYERS WERE PICKING UP PIGEON CARCASSES AT THE RACEPOINT FROM PREVIOUS WEEKS LIBERATIONS?
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HILL RIDWARE PARTNERSHIP OF MASON & JONES, THEIR YEARLING CHEQ VANDENABEELE COCK FROM PAUL STOKES STOCK WAS THE ONLY BIRD TO EXCEED 1800 YPM, DOING 1805, WELL DONE RICH AND GORDIE. ROB HORTON OF THE BELGRAVE CLUB IN TAMWORTH WAS 2ND & 3RD FED ON 1783; 1780; WITH TWO YEARLING HENS. MICK FEARN OF OSMASTON PARK WAS 4TH FED ON 1775 WITH A 2YO STAF VAN REET COCK. MR & MRS JOHN DOWD OF THE BULLS HEAD HAVE MADE A GOOD START TO THE SEASON, THIS WEEK SAW THEM TAKE 5TH & 6TH FED ON 1771.5; 1771.3. JOHN GILBERTS WINNER AT BIRCH COPPICE, A YEARLING WILDIE X LAMBRECHT HEN WAS 7TH FED ON 1769. ALAN PRESTON OF THE BELGRAVE CLUB WAS 8TH & 11TH FED ON 1768; 1762; WITH TWO YEARLING HENS. S & H W HALL OF OSMASTON PARK WERE 9TH FED ON 1763.4, STAN TIMING IN A YEARLING COCK WHICH JUST PIPPED CLUBMATES FARRAR & PETERS YEARLING VAN DE MERWE COCK, WHO WAS 10TH FED ON 1763.0.
GORDIE JONES & RICH JONES
ROB HORTON
AROUND THE CLUBS,
STARTING AT STRETTON, 13 SENT 231 AND ALAN BRASSINGTON TOOK THE TOP 2 POSITIONS, MAKING IT A HAT TRICK OF WINS TO START THE SEASON, WELL DONE ALAN. ALANS WINNER ON 1759 WAS HIS GOOD 4 YO COCK “MR BEAN” A SON OFF “PREMIUM BOND”, THIS MADE IT BACK TO BACK WINS FOR THIS COCK. RUNNER UP WAS A YEARLING DE MEYER COCK ON 1748.JOHN GENDERS WAS 3RD ON 1747 WITH A YEARLING COCK OFF A PHIL BOURKE STAF VAN REET X TONY McCOMISH HEN. JIM & MATT PARKER WERE 4TH ON 1744 WITH A 3YO JANSENNE HUYBRECHT HEN.
DOWN AT BIRCH COPPICE, 10 SENT236 AND JOHN GILBERT WAS 1ST; 3RD; AND 4TH ON 1769; 1705(2); TWO YEARLING LAMBRECHT X WILDIE HENS SPLIT BY A 2YO LAMBRECHT X WILDIE COCK. GERALD THORPE WAS RUNNER UP ON 1711 WITH A CUESTER COCK OFF ELMORE & SMITH.
AT ETWALL, 14 SENT 276 AND PAUL WILLIAMS TOOK THE RED CARD ON 1640.MICK LESZCYSZAK WAS 2ND ON 1632; ALAN & LIZ HOULDSWORTH 3RD ON 1626 AND STEVE BILLINGS 4TH ON 1587.
AT WINSHILL, 4 SENT 51 AND JIM PARKER & SON TOOK TOP SPOT ON 1671 WITH A HEREMANS X HUYBRECHT HEN. MELV WILLIS WAS RUNNER UP ON 1663 WITH A WILDIE COCK, AND ANDY WOOD WAS 3RD & 4TH ON 1521; 1434; BOTH JANSENNE X HUYBRECHT COCKS.
UP INTO DERBY NOW, AT OSMASTON PARK, 15 SENT 250 AND MICK FEARN GOT A GOOD WINNER ON 1775 WITH A 2YO VAN REET COCK. STAN HALL WAS 2ND ON 1763.4 WITH A YEARLING COCK, JUST PIPPING FARRAR & PETERS WHO WERE 3RD ON 1763.0 WITH A YEARLING VAN DE MERWE COCK. JOHN & STEVE HICKS WERE 4TH ON 1750 WITH A YEARLING CUSTER COCK.
ACROSS AT APPLEBY MAGNA,GEOFF BUCK & SON WERE 1ST & 2ND ON 1746; 1735; A BUSSCHEART X TAKING THE HONOURS, FOLLOWED BY A YEARLING CUESTER COCK. GEOFF WOULD LIKE TO THANK JOHNNY HOWARD FOR LOOKING AFTER HIS BIRDS WHILST GEOFF WAS ON HOLIDAY IN SCOTLAND. JOHNNY IS TAKING BOOKINGS FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON IF REQUIRED. LITHERLAND, BAILEY & HARRISON WERE 3RD ON 1734WITH A 2YO ROUNDABOUT HEN, SHE WAS ALSO 6TH CHELTENHAM AND 2ND HULLAVINGTON. MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY WERE 4TH ON 1638WITH A 5YO CEULEMANS COCK OFF GEOFF KIRKLAND STOCK.
INTO SOUTH DERBYSHIRE NOW, AT THE NELSON, DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS TOOK TOP SPOT ON 1724 WITH A YEARLING VAN REET X VANDENABEELE HEN, THE SIRE OFF BERT HESSION, THE DAM IS THEIR NMCC WINNER. MICK & NEIL HARVEY WERE 2ND & 4TH ON 1712; 1581; THEIR FIRST A 4YO HEN OFF CORKY X DRUM X MICK CARRICK NATIONAL LINES, SHE IS A WINNER OF 4 X 1ST. THEIR NEXT ARRIVAL WAS A 2YO HEN OFF JEFF GREENAWAYS “BLUE SAVANNAH” X CORKY & DRUM LINES. “CORKY” OF COURSE WAS THE LOFTS MIDLAND NATIONAL WINNER OUT OF BORDEAUX. TREVOR & GARY COLLINS WERE 3RD ON 1588 WITH A YEARLING COCK BRED BY TOMMY WAINWRIGHT.
AT SWADLINCOTE TOWN, TREVOR & GARY COLLINS WERE 1ST & 3RD ON 1744; 1733; THE WINNER A YEARLING COCK OFF SYNDICATE LOFT BLOODLINES, THE SIRE ON LOAN FROM PETE WATSON. HE WAS FOLLOWED BY A YEARLING LAMBRECHT HEN OFF THEIR “GOOD HEN” A WINNER OF MANY 1ST INCLUDING 1ST FED. LITHERLAND, BAILEY & HARRISON WERE 2ND ON 1734 WITH A 2YO BUSCHEART COCK. ALAN “CAP” NEAL WAS 4TH ON 1650 WITH A YEARLING MEALY COCK BRED BY T & D FEARN, THE SIRE A JAN THEELAN X JANSENNE, THE DAM IS A SISTER TO “TIGER”, OUT OF DEBBIES NO 1 STOCK PAIR.
AT HILL RIDWARE, MASON & JONES GOT THE FED TOPPER ON 1805 WITH A PAUL STOKES VANDENABEELE. MR & MRS KEN LYCETT WERE 2ND ON 1713 WITH “LEE” A VANDENABEELE X CATTRYSSE, A FULL BROTHER TO THEIR CHAMPION COCK “EDDY”. “LEE” HAS WON TWICE BEFORE TAKING A 1ST & 2ND FED. SIRE FROM McGIMPSEY BROS, DAM FROM TONY & LEE PAINTER. SPINK & BARKS WERE 3RD & 4TH ON 1662; 1658; WITH THEIR GOOD JANSENNE X KOOPMAN HEN THAT WON CHELTENHAM, THEN A YEARLING COCK OUT OF ALAN WHITE STOCK.
FINALLY, AT TUTBURY, 11 SENT 277 AND F. RICHARDSON & SON TOOK 1ST & 4TH ON 1753; 1721; THEIR WINNER A VAN DEN BRANDE X LAMBRECHT, FOLLOWED BY A WILDIE X VAN DEN BRANDE. ALBERT BABBINGTON WAS 2ND CLUB ON 1750 WITH A CORNIEL BERTELS; AND PETE & JACKIE COX WERE 3RD ON 1740 WITH ONE OUT OF JOHN SHEASBY STOCK.
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