BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
THE STONES OF DERBY LEAD THE WAY OUT OF HULLAVINGTON
SATURDAY APRIL 22ND SAW OUR BIRDS AT HULLAVINGTON, DUE TO LOW TEMPERATURES, THE LIBERATION WAS HELD BACK UNTIL 11-00, THE 2759 BIRDS WERE THEN RELEASED INTO A N.N.W. WIND. ANOTHER GOOD RACE FOLLOWED WITH THE LEADING BIRDS GETTING CLOSE TO THE 49 MPH MARK.
CONGRATULATIONS TO MICK STONE OF OSMASTON PARK IN DERBY, MICK TIMED IN THE FED TOPPER ON 1429, A 2YO CEULEMAN COCK. CLUBMATE STEVE STONE WAS 2ND & 7TH FED ON 1427; 1412.7 WITH 2 HENS, A 3YO AND A YEARLING, BOTH ORIGINATING FROM JACK WHITEHOUSE STOCK. OSMASTON PARK HAD 5 BIRDS IN THE FED TOP TEN, COMPLETING THER QUINTET WERE DAVE GLEW IN 5TH SPOT ON 1413.5 WITH A 3YO COCK; AND DAVE WADDINGTON IN 9TH ON 1410 WITH A YEARLING COCK. AN EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE FROM SPINK & BARKS OVER IN ARMITAGE SAW THEIR WINNER AT HILL RIDWARE TAKE 3RD FED ON 1425, THEIR 3YO CHEQ JANSENNE DE BRUIN HEN WAS BIRD OF THE YEAR IN 2016. CLUBMATES DOUG NESBITT & SONS WERE 10TH FED ON 1403 WITH A LEO HEREMANS HEN. COMPLETING THE TOP TEN WERE A TRIO OF BIRDS INTO THE TAMWORTH AREA, ALBERT BABBINGTON OF ELFORD GOT THE WINNER AT TUTBURY ON 1414, HIS 4YO CUESTER COCK TAKING 4TH FED. ROB HORTON WON BELGRAVE ON 1413.2 WITH A YEARLING COCK, GOOD ENOUGH FOR 6TH FED, AND ELMORE & SMITHS WINNER AT BIRCH COPPICE ON 1412.6, TOOK 8TH FED, WITH ANOTHER YEARLING CUESTER COCK.
ALBERT BABBINGTON - DAZ BARKS, DAUGHTER MAISIE AND GRANDAD PHIL - DOUG NESBITT
AROUND THE CLUBS,
STARTING AT STRETTON, 14 SENT 245 AND ALAN BRASSINGTON MADE IT BACK TO BACK WINS, HIS TOP 4YO COCK “MR BEAN” TAKING TOP SPOT ON 1396, THIS COCK IS A SON OUT OF “PREMIUM BOND”. IM PARKER & SON WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1383 WITH A 2YO MATTHEUWS X CURTIS, WALL & LUNT COCK, THE DAM OUT OF THE “GREY GEM” LINES. PETE WIGHTMAN & SON WERE 3RD & 4TH ON 1380.4; 1380.0; WITH THEIR TOP 7YO SOONTJEN COCK OUT OF ANSLOW FARRARS “BUSTER” ORIGINATING FROM BRIAN CLAYBURNS “RED RING”. HE WAS CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY A 6YO SON OFF “PORTLAND BILL”.
AT TUTBURY, 11 SENT 247 AND ALBERT BABBINGTON WAS 1ST & 3RD ON 1414; 1363, BOTH CUESTER COCKS, THE WINNER A 4YO WAS WELL CLEAR. PHIL WHETTON WAS 2ND CLUB ON 1379 WITH A 2YO WILDY COCK AND MARK LEAR WAS 4TH ON 1354 WITH A 3YO VANDENABEELE COCK.
AT BIRCH COPPICE, 8 SENT 188 AND ELMORE & SMITH WERE 1ST & 3RD ON 1413; 1385; THE WINNER A YEARLING CUESTER COCK, FOLLOWED BY A YEARLING CUESTER HEN. JOHN GILBERT WAS 2ND & 4TH ON 1391; 1363; BOTH WILDY X LAMBRECHTS.
ACROSS AT HILL RIDWARE, SPINK & BARKS OPEN UP WITH TWO WINS ON THE BOUNCE, THIS WEEK THEY WERE WELL CLEAR ON 1425 WITH A JANSENNE DE BRIUN HEN, THIS HEN WAS BIRD OF THE YEAR IN THE CLUB IN 2016. PHIL & DAZ WERE ALSO 4TH ON 1393 WITH THE SAME LES GREEN HEN THAT WAS 3RD CLUB OUT OF CHELTENHAM, SHE WON TWICE AS A YB AND ALSO WON THE HILL RIDWARE OPEN.DOUG NESBITT & SONS WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1403 WITH A LEO HEREMANS HEN, THIS HEN WAS 5TH SECTION, 5TH OPEN MCC IN 2016 WINNING THE PARTNERSHIP AN ETS SYSTEM.MR & MRS KEN LYCETT WERE 3RD ON 1396 WITH A VANDENABEELE X JOHN BRADLEY X DE MEYER HEN, SHE IS A DIRECT DAUGHTER OUT OF PETE WIGHTMAN & SONS “PORTLAND BILL”, WHO WAS OUT OF THE CREAM OF THE LYCETT VANDENABEELES IN 2007. THE DAM IS A DIRECT DAUGHTER OF TONY & LEE PAINTERS “VAN PERSIE” AN RPRA WINNER AND BREEDER OF NUMEROUS WINNERS. THIS HEN HAS WON 5TH BURNTWOOD, 11TH WOLVES MIDWEEK FED; 3RD CLUB HULLAVINGTON AND 3RD BURNTWOOD MIDWEEK, ALL IN 7 DAYS.
AT WINSHILL, 4 SENT 54 AND MELV WILLIS WON A CLOSE RACE OB 1343 WITH A 2YO WILDIE COCK, JIM & MATT PARKER WERE 2ND & 3RD ON 1341, 1339.9, BOTH YEARLING COCKS OUT OF THEIR CURTIS, WALL & LUNT STOCK. ANDY WOOD WAS 4TH ON 1339.3 WITH A YEARLING JANSENNE HUYBRECHTS X CURTIS, WALL & LUNT COCK.
INTO DERBY NOW, AT OSMASTON PARK 2 CRACKING BIRDS LEAD THE PACK, MICK STONE GOT THE WINNER ON 1429 WITH A 2YO CEULEMAN COCK, STEVE STONE WAS RUNNER UP ON 1427 WITH A 3YO JACK WHITEHOUSE HEN. DAVE GLEW WAS 3RD ON 1413 WITH A 2YO PIED COCK, AND STEVE STONE COMES BACK FOR AFTERS, TAKING 4TH ON 1412 WITH A YEARLING GRIZZLE HEN, AGAIN OUT OF JACK WHITEHOUSE STOCK.
AT ETWALL, 12 SENT236 AND TONY & JUNE WHITEHURST TOOK THE RED CARD ON 1375 WITH A CEULEMAN OFF KEV SPIERS. ALAN PEACH WAS RUNNER UP ON 1373 WITH A JOHN STRETTON JANSENNE. ALAN & LIZ HOULDSWORTH WERE 3RD & 4TH ON 1372 (2).
INTO SOUTH DERBYSHIRE NOW, AT THE MINERS ARMS, MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON TOOK 1ST & 4TH ON 1400; 1356; THE WINNER A YEARLING HERMAN X WILLY THAS HEN, SHE ALSO WON AS A YB. SHE WAS FOLLOWED IN BY A 4YO HEN OUT OF CURTIS’ WALL & LUNT 2GREY GEM” LINES. MICK & NEIL HARVEY WERE 2ND ON 1370 AND MARTIN HOOGENDYK & CHRIS PARKER WERE 3RD ON 1357 WITH A YEARLING GEOF KIRKLAND X DE VADDER HEN.
AT THE NELSON, MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON TOOK 1ST & 2ND CLUB ON 1398; 1396; THE WINNER A YEARLING COCK OUT OF “THE BLACKPOOL COCK” A BERT HESSION VAN REET.THE DAM A TOM WHITEHEAD VAN REET, A PREVIOUS FED TOPPER. RUNNER UP WAS A YEARLING LAMBRECHT HEN OUT OF “THE GOOD HEN” A WINNER OF MANY 1sts INCLUDING A FED TOPPER. 3RD & 4TH WERE DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS ON 1387; 1386; THEIR FIRST A YEARLING VANDENABEELE HEN, SHE IS OUT OF “31616” WHO IS SIRE TO 12 X 1ST INCLUDING A FED TOPPER. THE DAM FROM JOE BOOTH, A DAUGHTER OUT OF “PERCY” JOES MCC LESSAY WINNER. NEXT WAS A YEARLING VAN REET X VANDENABEELE HEN, THRE SIRE OFF BERT HESSION STOCK, AND A SIRE OF TWO FED TOPPERS, THE DAM FROM TONY & LEE PAINTER.
AT SWADLINCOTE TOWN, DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE 1ST AND 3RD ON 1399; 1393.8, THEIR WINNER A YEARLING DE MEYER X VAN REET COCK. THE SIRE FROM McGIMPSEY BROS, THE DAM HOME BRED AND MOTHER TO A FED TOPPER. THEIR NEXT WAS A 2YO VAN REET HEN, THE SIRE OFF BERT HESSION STOCK, HE HAS BRED BIRDS TO WIN 8 X 1ST , THE DAM IS ONE OF THEIR ORIGINAL VAN REETS, SHE HAS BRED BIRDS TO WIN 5 X 1ST. TREVOR & GARY COLLINS WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1397 WITH A 2YO LAMBRECHT HEN OFF BILLY CALVERT STOCK. T & D FEARN WERE 4TH ON 1393.3 WITH A YEARLING COCK, A GRANDSON OFF “HIDEAWAY X DAVIS, WRIGHT & SON VAN REET. THE SIRE HAS BRED 8 WINNERS WITH DIFFERENT HENS.
OVER AT APPLEBY MAGNA, LITHERLAND, BAILEY & HARRISON WERE 1ST & 2ND ON 1386; 1381; BOTH ROUNABOUT HENS OFF TOMMY LITHERLANDS OLD STOCK. MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY WERE 3RD & 4TH ON 1367; 1366; BOTH FLOR ENGEL COCKS OUT OF GEIF KIRKLAND STOCK, BOTH PREVIOUS WINNERS, THE SECOND WINNING THE FED OUT OF KINGSDOWN.
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