BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
CRACKER OF A RACE FROM KINGSDOWN SEES ROB HORTON TAKE 1-2-3
SATURDAY JULY 1ST SAW THE FINAL INLAND RACE FOR OUR OLD BIRDS, 102 MEMBERS SENT 1284 BIRDS TO KINGSDOWN AND AFTER A WAIT UNTIL THE WEATHER WARMED UP AND THE RISK OF CLASHING MINIMIZED,THE BIRDS WERE RELEASED AT 11-00 IN A NW WIND. THE WIND MUST HAVE SWUNG ROUND TO WEST EN ROUTE AS THE BIRDS WERE A LOT QUICKER THAN MOST OF US THOUGHT?
ROB HORTON
CONGRATULATIONS TO ROB HORTON OF THE BELGRAVE CLUB IN TAMWORTH, ROB TOOK 1ST; 2ND; AND 3RD FED ON 1600.4; 1600.1; 1599; THE WINNER A YEARLING HEN FOLLOWED BY A 2YO AND A 3YO, BOTH COCKS. JAMES HORNE GOT THE BEST BIRD INTO SOUTH DERBYSHIRE, HIS YEARLING COCK WINNING THE NELSON AND TAKING 4TH FED ON 1596.DAVE WADDINGTON GOT THE BEST TWO BIRDS INTO DERBY, THEY TOOK 5TH & 8TH FED ON 1594; 1590.9; THE FIRST A YEARLING COCK, THEN A 2YO COCK. GERALD WOOD OF APPLEBY MAGNA WAS 6TH FED ON 1591 WITH A YEARLING VANDENABEELE COCK. FEDERATION SECRETARIES GRAHAM & ELEANOR EVANS GOT THE WINNER AT CASTLE GRESLEY, THEIR YEARLING COCK TAKING 7TH FED ON 1590.9. PETE WIGHTMAN & SON OF STRETTON HAD THEIR 7YO VANDENABEELE X SOONTJEN COCK BOWING OUT IN STYLE, TAKING 9TH FED ON 1590.6 AND HOOGENDYK & PARKER WERE 10TH FED ON 1590.4 WITH THEIR GOOD 3YO VAN DEN BOSCHE X CUESTER HEN. JUST A NOTE, DAVE WADDINGTONS’ 2ND BIRD AND MR & MRS EVANS BIRD BOTH HAD THE SAME VELOCITY TO THE THIRD DECIMAL POINT 1590.959, ONLY FAIR TO SAY THEY WERE EQUAL 7TH?
JAMES HORNE
AROUND THE CLUBS,
AT STRETTON, 11 SENT 137 AND PETE WIGHTMAN & SON TOK THE TOP TWO SPOTS ON 1590; 1589; THE WINNER WAS THEIR GREAT 7 YO VANDENABEELE X SOONTJEN COCK “GEORGE” WINNING HIS FINAL OUTING BEFORE HIS RETIREMENT. HE IS A G/SON OF “THE FIGHTER” WHO WAS NESTMATE TO “PORTLAND BILL”; THESE GO BACK TO THE M/M C LYCETT & SONS VANDENABEELES OFF “MERLIN”; “JUMPING JACK FLASH”; AND “PLAYYFUL” LINES. HIS MOTHER WAS OUT OF THE ANSLOW FARRAR SOONTJENS WHICH WERE OFF “BUSTER”, THESE ORIGINATED FROM BRIAN & MAVIS CLAYBURNS “RED RING”.RUNNER UP WAS A 5YO LAMBRECHT COCK OFF THE JIMMY &LISA GREEN LINES. ALAN BRASSINGTON WAS 3RD ON 1585 WITH “ERNIE” HIS GOOD YEARLING SOONTJEN X DE MEYER COCK OFF ERNIE RIGBY. TONY & DIANE GREEN KEPT UP THEIR RECENT GOOD FORM, TAKING 4TH ON 1584 WITH ONE OFF TONY & MAXINE McCOMISH X PETER FOX / HOFKEN STOCK.
GEORGE RACED BY PETE WIGHTMAN AND SON 1ST CLUB KINGSDOWN IN HIS LAST RACE AT 7 YO
AT BIRCH COPPICE, 5 SENT 63 AND JOHN GILBERT TOOK THE FIRST THREE ON 1577; 1576; 1567; THE FIRST TWO WILDIE X LAMBRECHTS, FOLLOWED BY A LAMBRECHT COCK. GERALD THORPE WAS 4TH ON 1549 WITH A CUESTER OFF ELMORE & SMITH.
AT ETWALL, 11 SENT 131AND MR & MRS ALAN HOULDSWORTH WERE 1ST & 3RD ON 1563; 1538. STEVE BILLINGS WAS 2ND & 4TH ON 1555; 1533.
INTO DERBY NOW, AND AT OSMASTON PARK, DAVE WADDINGTON HAD A GOOD DAY WITH HIS COCKS TAKING 1ST; 2ND; AND 4TH ON 1594; 1590; 1567; THE WINNER A YEARLING, FOLLOWED BY TWO 2YO. MICK STONE WAS 3RD ON 1586 WITH A YEARLING COCK, PROBABLY A CEULEMAN?
AT WINSHILL, 6 SENT 72 AND JIM & MATT PARKER GOT THE WINNER ON 1563 WITH A YEARLING CWL X HUYBRECHT COCK. MELV WILLIS TOOK THE NEXT THREE SPOTS ON 1560; 1548; 1543; ALL 2YO, THE FIRST AND THIRD WILDIE X. HENS; SPLIT BY A WILDIE COCK.
AT THE MINERS ARMS, HOOGENDYK & PARKER GOT THE WINNER ON 1590, A VAN DEN BOSCHE X CUESTERS HEN, SHE TOPPED THE FED FROM KINGSDOWN EARLIER THIS SEASON. MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1562, MICK HARVEY & SON 3RD ON 1561 AND MR & MRS GRAHAM EVANS 4TH ON 1547.
OVER AT APPLEBY MAGNA, GERALD WOOD TOOK THE FIRST THREE ON 1591; 1561; 1552; ALL WIDOW COCKS. THE WINNER WAS A YEARLING VANDENABEELE, THEN THE YEARLING VAN DEN BOSCHE THAT WAS 2ND THE WEEK PREVIOUS, THEN A 2YO VANDENABEELE. ROBERT BURBIDGE WAS 4TH ON 1534 WITH HIS GOOD 2YO COOPER WIM MOENS COCK, HE WON THE PREVIOUS KINGSDOWN RACE.
A TUTBURY, 7 SENT 110 AND PETE & JACKIE COX CONTINUE THEIR FINE FORM OF LATE, TAKING 1ST; 3RD; AND 4TH ON 1570; 1563; 1559; MOST OF PETES BIRDS ARE BASED AROUND THE ANN SMITH STOCK, BLENDED IN WITH STOCK OFF ALAN BRASSINGTON AND SHEASBY & WATSON.PHIL WHETTON WAS RUNNER UP ON 1565 WITH A VANDENABEELE.
OVER AT HILL RIDWARE, 11 SENT 131 AND SPINK & BARKS TIMED IN THEIR GREAT 3YO JANSENNE DE BRUIN HEN ON 1573 TO WIN HER THIRD RED CARD OF THE SEASON, SHE HAS ALSO BEEN OUR FEDERATION BIRD OF THE YEAR.MR & MRS JIM WHITEHOUSE & SONS WERE 2ND ON 1555 WITH A VAN REET OFF JOHN SHEASBYS “ONE EYED COCK” LINES. MR & MRS KEN LYCETT WERE 3RD ON 1552 WITH A DAUGHTER OFF CHAMPION “EDDY”. B. HYDEN & SON WERE 4TH ON 1549 WITH A MANDELARTZ HEN, THESE ORIGINATE FROM GERMANY. THIS HEN HAS ALSO WON THE BURNTWOOD MIDWEEK THIS SEASON AND HAD A 4TH FED.
JUST TO CONFIRM THAT MR & MRS KEN LYCETT WON THE FEDERATIONS CONVOYERS TROPHY OUT OF BLANDFORD WITH “HAMMERTIME” ON 1562. THIS COCK HAS WON 2 X 1ST CLUB AND A 1ST FED THIS SEASON, AND ORIGINATES FROM A GIFT EGG FROM TONY & LEE PAINTER OF WILLENHALL. HIS SIRE IS A 2012 COCK CALLED “LAZY” A WINNER OF 2 X 1ST AND 1 X 2ND WOLVERHAMPTON FED. THE SIRE OF “LAZY” IS “VAN PERSIE” A WINNER OF 10 X 1ST AND 2 X 1ST AND 1X 2ND WOLVES FED.THE DAM OF “HAMMER TIME” IS A DIRECT DAUGHTER OFF “OLYMPIC TAFFY” A WINNER OF 18 X 1ST AND TWICE WINNER OF WEST MIDLANDS RPRA SPRINT AWARDS IN 2007 AND 2009.
AT THE NELSON, JAMES HORNE GOT THE WINNER ON 1596, A YEARLING STEFAAN LAMBRECHT OF GIBB & BYRNE. TREVOR & GARY COLLINS WERE 2ND ON 1585 WITH A 2YO PIED HEN, MICK HARVEY & SON WERE 3RD ON 1574 AND DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS 4TH ON 1571 WITH A 4YO VANDENABEELE HEN BRED OFF A BROTHER TO 31616.
AT SWADLINCOTE TOWN, DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE 1ST ON 1580 WITH A YEARLING DE MEYER X VAN REET HEN THAT HAS WON BEFORE. HER SIRE IS “TED” AND COMES FROM McGIMPSEY BROS STOCK, THE DAM IS A HOME BRED HEN. TREVOR & GARY COLLINS TOOK THE NEXT THREE SPOTS ON 1575(2) AND 1574, THEIR FIRST A 2YO BILLY CALVERT LAMBRECHT COCK.
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