BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
Tony & Diane Green Win A Thriller Out Of Blandford
SATURDAY JUNE 17TH SAW 120 MEMBERS SEND 1534 BIRDS TO BLANDFORD; THEY WERE RELEASED AT 09-00 IN A LIGHT WSW WIND.IT TURNED OUT BE A GREAT RACE, WITH A BLANKET FINISH, WITH SECONDS SEPERATING THE TOP 10. CONGRATULATIONS TO TONY AND DIANE GREEN OF STRETTON, THEY TOPPED THE FED ON 1571 WITH A YEARLING COCK OUT OF TONY AND MAXINE McCOMISH X PETER FOX STOCK.WELL DONE TONY AND DI FROM ALL AT STRETTON.RUNNERS UP ON 1567 WERE MR & MRS JOHN DOWD OF THE BULLS HEAD, THEY TIMED IN A YEARLING CHEQUER HEN .PETE WIGHTMAN & SON OF STRETTON WERE 3RD FED ON 1566.8 WITH THEIR GOOD 6YO VANDENABEELE COCK, A SON OFF “PORTLAND BILL”. THEY WERE ALSO 13TH FED WITH THEIR 2ND BIRD SOME 26 SECONDS LATER, SHOWING HOW CLOSE THE RACE WAS? BACK TO THE TOP END OF THE FED AGAIN, AND ROGER AND MARK DUFFIELD OF THE BULLS HEAD TOOK 4TH SPOT ON 1566.5 WITH A YEARLING CHEQ COCK. NOW WE COME TO THE BATCH OF BIRDS THAT HIT THE RUGELEY AREA, THIS KIT OF 7 MUST HAVE HIT THE TOWN TOGETHER? MASON & JONES GOT THE BEST TO TAKE 5TH FED ON 1565, A YEARLING VANDENABEELE HEN. THEY WERE ALSO 10TH FED ON 1563 .1, WELL DONE RICH AND GORDIE. SPINK AND BARKS TOOK 6TH AND 7TH SPOTS ON 1564.7(2), PHIL AND DAZ TIMED IN A JANSENNE COCK AND A JANSENNE DE BRUIN HEN. CEC LEADBEATER & SONS WERE 9TH FED ON 1563.2 WITH A YEARLING HEREMANS COCK; DOUG NESBITT & SONS WERE 11TH FED ON 1563.0 AND MR & MRS KEN LYCETT 12TH FED ON 1562.9. SPLITTING THE RIDWARE BIRDS TO TAKE 8TH FED WAS MICK STONE OF OSMASTON PARK, MICK TIMED IN A YEARLING DARK CHEQ COCK ON 1563.7.
DIANE GREEN OF STRETTON - PETE WIGHTMAN OF STRETTON
AROUND THE CLUBS,STARTING AT STRETTON, 9 SENT 113 AND TONY & DIANE GREEN TOOK THE TOP SPOT ON 1571 WITH A YEARLING COCK OUT OF A TONY & MAXINE McCOMISH COCK AND A PETER FOX HOFKEN HEN. PETE WIGHTMAN & SON WERE 2ND & 3RD ON 1566; 1562; WITH THEIR 6YO SON OFF “PORTLAND BILL” AND A 3YO VANDENABEELE X SOONTJEN X LAMBRECHT. ALAN BRASSINGTON WAS 4TH ON 1549 WITH “WENDY” HIS 2YO COCK OFF HIS “SUPER 33” STOCK.
AT BIRCH COPPICE, 5 SENT 76 AND JOHN GILBERT TOOK THE FIRST THREE ON 1541; 1527; 1517; ALL WILDEMEERSCH X LAMBRECHTS, THE FIRST TWO WIDIW COCKS, THE THIRD A WIDOW HEN.MICK MORRIS WAS 4TH ON 1487 WITH A 2YO COCK.
AT OSMASTON PARK, MICK STONE TOOK THE FIRST THREE ON 1563; 1561; 1558; NO DETAILS BUT MICK HAS BEEN FLYING REALLY WELL WITH HIS ERIC CEULEMANS? DAVE WADDINGTON WAS 4TH ON 1551.
AT WINSHILL, 5 SENT 87 AND JIM & MATT PARKER TOOK THE FIRST FOUR ON 1545; 1536; 1534; 1532; WITH THEIR YEARLINGS.THE WINNER WAS A HEREMANS X CWL HEN; THEN TWO DRAPA X CWL X HUYBRECHTS HENS, AND FINALLY A CWL X HUYBRECHTS COCK.
AT ETWALL, 11 SENT 129 AND TONY AND JUNE WHITEHURST GOT THE WINNER ON 1547 WITH A KEV SPIERS CEULEMAN. ALAN & LIZ HOULDSWORTH WERE 2ND & 3RD ON 1522; 1512. ALAN PEACH TOOK 4TH ON 1505 WITH A ROLAND JANSENNE.
OVER AT APPLEBY MAGNA, FROM FOUGERES, AUBREY PHIPPS AND CRAIG BETTERIDGE TOOK THE FIRST THREE ON 1757; 1612; 1338; THE WINNER WAS A 2YO CELIBATE HEN OFF TED JACKSON STOCK, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER 2YO CELIBATE HEN, THIS ONE A GRIZZLE OFF ALAN PASSEY & SONS, THEN A 2YO COCK OFF SCOTT JACKSON STOCK.OUT OF FROME THE SAME DAY, GERALD WOOD TOOK 1ST & 2ND ON 1945; 1941; THE WINNER A YEARLING VANDENABEELE COCK WHICH IS A NESTMATE TO GERALDS COUTANCES WINNER, HE WAS FOLLOWED BY A 6YO VAN DEN BOSCHE COCK, A MULTIPLE PRIZE WINNER. PHIPPS & BETTERIDGE WERE 3RD ON 1790 WITH A 3YO COCK AND ROBERT BURBIDGE TOOK 4TH ON 1774 WITH A WALL, LUNT & GREEN X CUESTER, RACED ON ROBERTS NEGLECT SYSTEM?FROM BLANDFORD, GERALD WOOD TOOK 1ST & 3RD ON 1528; 1513; THE WINNER A 4YO VAN DEN BOSCHE COCK, NO STRANGER TO TOP SPOT, HE WAS FOLLOWED BY THE YEARLING VANDENABEELE COCK THAT WON FROME THE WEEK BEFORE. MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1515 WITH A 2YO KIRKLAND FLOR ENGELS COCK, AND LITHERLAND, BAILEY AND HARRISON WERE 4TH ON 1512 WITH A YEARLING HEN.
AT TUTBURY, 7 SENT 85 TO BLANDFORD AND PETYE & JACKIE COX TOOK THE FIRST THREE TO CONTINUE THEIR RECENT GOOD FORM. THE WINNER ON 1547 WAS OFF SHEASBY & WATSON STOCK, FOLLOWED BY ONE OFF ANN SMITH X ALAN BRASSIN GTON STOCK ON 1541; AND THEN ONE OFF ANN SMITH X DRUM LINES ON 1538. PHIL WHETTON WAS 4TH ON 1536 WITH A LAMBRECHT.ON THE SAME DAY, THE CLUB HELD A RACE FROM FOUGERES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE N.M.C.C. ALBERT BABBINGTON CAME OUT ON TOP ON 1283 WITH A VAN DEN BOSCHE. NIGEL CAWSER WAS RUNNER UP ON 1251 WITH A GASTON VAN DE WOUWER COCK; ALABERT DAVIS 3RD ON 1213 AND MICK SALE 4TH ON 1210.INTO SOUTH DERBYSHIRE NOW WHERE TREVOR AND GARY COLLINS BIRDS ARE IN GOOD NICK.
AT THE NELSON, TREVOR AND GARY WERE 1ST AND 2ND ON 1559; 1553; THE WINNER THEIR WELL FANCIED 2YO BILLY CALVERT LAMBRECHT COCK, HE WAS FOLLOWED OVER THE PADS BY A YEARLING LAMBRECHT HEN OFF THEIR “GOOD HEN”. DAVIS, WRIGHT AND SONS WERE 3RD ON 1552 WITH A YEARLING VAN REET X DE MEYER HEN, AND MICK HARVEY AND SON TOOK 4TH ON 1547 WITH A 2YO VANDENABEELE COCK, THIS COCK HAS WON THIS YEAR AND IS NESTMATE TO THEIR COUTANCES FED TOPPER.
AT SWADLINCOTE TOWN, TREVOR AND GARY AGAIN TOOK THE TOP TWO SPOTS, THE WINNER A 2YO BILLY CALVERT LAMBRECHT COCK; FOLLOWED BY A YEARLING COCK, BRED OFF A SYNDICATE LOFT COCK LOANED TO THEM BY PETE WATSON, BOTH THESE COCKS RECORDED 1559. C MURFIN WAS A WHISKER AWAY, TAKING 3RD AND 4TH ON 1558(2).
AT HILL RIDWARE, IT WAS A REAL CLOSE AFFAIR.16 SENT 185 AND MASON & JONES CAME OUT ON TOP ON 1565 WITH A PAUL STOKES YEARLING VANDENABEELE HEN, THIS HEN HAS NOW WON A 1ST; 2ND; AND 3RD THIS YEAR. SHE HAS NOW BEEN NAMED “ELLIE” AFTER RICHS’ GRANDAUGHTER, WHO’S BIRTHDAY IT WAS THE SAME DAY. SPINK & BARKS WERE 2ND & 3RD ON 1564; 1563 WITH A YEARLING JANSENNE COCK AND A JANSENNE DE BRUIN HEN, BOTH NO STRANGERS TO THE PRIZE LIST, ESPECIALLY THE 3YO DE BRUIN HEN, SHE HAS WON A SHED LOAD OF PRIZES. C LEADBEATER & SONS WERE 4TH ON 1563 WITH A LEO HEREMANS COCK. THERE WAS ONLY 17 SECONDS SPLITTING THE TOP 7 AT HILL RIDWARE!!
ANDY HYDEN TUCKING IN A HUNGRY DAZ BARKS LOKING ON - BARRY MANTON - GORDIE JONES AND PHIL SPINK WAITING FOR THE BUS HOME FROM STRETTON CHIPPY - JIM WESTERLY WHITEHOUSE
RICH MASON ENJOYING THE PRE SPECIAL RACE FISH N CHIP SUPPER - JENNY PAGE
PHOTOS SHOWING SOME OF THE RIDWARE LADS (AND LADY JENNY PAGE, THEIR HARD WORKING SECRETARY) ENJOYING THEIR FISH ‘N CHIP SUPPER AT STRETTON, AFTER BRINGING THEIR BIRDS OVER TO THE MARKING STATION FOR THE FOUGERES RACE.
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