BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
THE WEEKEND OF JUNE 10TH / 11TH SAW A DOUBLE HEADER FOR OUR FEDERATION, ON THE SATURDAY OUR BIRDS WERE AT FOUGERES FOR THE SECOND OF FOUR CHANNEL RACES FOR OUR OB’s. THEY WERE LIBERATED AT 10-20 INTO A SOUTH SOUTH WEST WIND, WHICH WAS BRISK ALL THE WAY, AND THE LEADING BIRDS WERE AROUND THE 1900 YPM MARK, WITH MANY SHOOTING PAST THEIR LOFTS, PROBABLY WITH THE CHESHIRE AND LANCASHIRE BIRDS ON THE SAME CONVOY THAT WERE LIBERATED EITHER SIDE OF OUR FED BIRDS? OUR INLAND RACE FROM FROME WAS PUT BACK 24 HOURS TO THE SUNDAY, DUE TO THE POOR FORECAST FOR THE SATURDAY, AND A MUCH IMPROVED SUNDAY. WHAT DIDN’T CHANGE WAS THE WIND DIRECTION AND STRENGTH, AGAIN OUR BIRDS WERE MET WITH A STRONG SSW WIND, THEY WERE LIBERATED AT 09-30; AND THE LEADING BIRDS EXCEEDED 2050 YPM. SURPRISINGLY, THE LEADERS WERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE FEDERATION, THEIR MUST HAVE BEEN MORE SOUTH IN THE WIND?
ALAN BRASSINGTON 1ST FED FOUGERES - DAZ BARKS DAUGHTER MAISIE AND GRANDAD PHIL
ALAN BRASSINGTON 1ST FED FOUGERES.
72 MEMBERS SENT 533 BIRDS TO FOUGERES, LIBERATED AT 10-20 IN A SSW WIND. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALAN BRASSINGTON OF STRETTON WHO TOOK 1ST FED ON 1914 WITH A 2YO SOONTJEN X M/M LYCETT HEN. SPINK & BARKS OF HILL RIDWARE WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1901 WITH A 2YO JANSENNE COCK. G SMITH OF THE BELGRAVE CLUB IN TAMWORTH WAS 3RD FED ON 1899 WITH A 2YO COCK. BRIAN & LESLEY STONE OF WINSHILL HAD A CRACKING DAY, TAKING 4TH & 6TH FED ON 1898.95; 1897; THEIR FIRST WAS “STONEYS HEN” THEIR GOOD 8YO BLUE HEN, SHE WAS FOLLOWED BY A YEARLING VANDENABEELE X HEN. OLLIE NICHOLLS BROS OF BIRCH COPPICE WERE 5TH & 11TH ON 1898.92; 1868, THEIR FIRST A YEARLING RED PIED COCK. CLUBMATE TED JACKSON WAS 7TH FED ON 1890 WITH A 4YO DARK CHEQ COCK. J HARCUP OF OSMASTON PARK WAS 8TH FED ON 1885 WITH THE SAME 3YO BLUE HEN THAT DRAGGED £247-50 OUT OF THE COUTANCES RACE. NOT SURPRISINGLY SHE WAS FANCIED AGAIN, TO PICK UP A FURTHER £322-50. BRILLIANT, THAT MEANS THIS HEN HAS WON £570 IN 2 WEEKS. MASON & JONE SOF HILL RIDWARE WERE 9TH FED ON 1883 WITH A YEARLING PAUL STOKES VANDENABEELE; SHE WAS POOLED TO WIN £147-50. MORE FISH ‘N CHIP MONEY FOR RICH AND GORDIE? LEES & MILLER OF CASTLE GRESLEY WERE 10TH FED ON 1879 WITH A 2YO BLUE COCK. OTHER POOLS WON WERE AS FOLLOWS:FED SECRETARIES GRAHAM & ELEANOR EVANS WON £238-50 ; MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON £112-50; RAY & JEAN GRIMSDELL £30-50 AND MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON £20-00. TOTAL POOLS PAID OUT WAS £871-50
STEVE BILLINGS 1ST FED FROME.
102 MEMBERS SENT 1329 BIRDS TO FROME; THEY WERE LIBERATED AT 09-30 INTO A BRISK SSW WIND. CONGRATULATIONS TO STEVE BILLINGS OF ETWALL, STEVE TOPPED THE FED ON 2055 WITH A 3YO BLUE COCK. I BELIEVE THIS IS STEVES FIRST EVER FED TOPPER? WELL DONE STEVE. PETE & JACKIE COX OF TUTBURY WERE RUNNERS UP ON 2052 WITH A 3YO ANN SMITH X ALAN BRASSINGTON BLUE COCK. PETE & JACKIE LIVE NEXT DOOR TO STEVE BILLINGS IN HATTON, MUST HAVE BEEN EXCITING ON THE DAY, BET THEY DIDN’T REALISE THEY WERE FIGHTING OUT FOR FIRST FED? KEN & CATH LYCETT OF HILL RIDWARE WERE 3RD FED ON 2048 WITH A 2YO VANDENABEELE X SVR X CATTRYSSE COCK. ROGER & MARK DUFFIELD WERE 4TH FED ON 2039 WITH A YEARLING COCK. ALAN BRASSINGTON CAPPED A GOOD WEEKEND TAKING 5TH & 7TH FED ON 2038; 2036.9; HIS FIRST A YEARLING SOONTJEN X DE MEYER COCK, THEN A 3YO “BOND” X SOONTJEN COCK. SPINK AND BARKS WERE ANOTHER LOFT HAVING A GOOD WEEKEND, THEY WERE 6TH & 8TH FED ON 2037; 2036.3; PHIL AND DAZ TIMING A 3YO JANSENNE HEN AND A 2YO VANDENABEELE X COCK. MASON & JONES ALSO OF HILL RIDWARE WERE 9TH FED ON 2031WITH A 3YO I & B JONES COCK. COMPLETING THE TOP TEN WERE MR & MRS JOHN DOWD OF THE BULLS HEAD ON 2028, TIMING IN A YEARLING COCK. SO, THE DUFFIELDS AND DOWDS BIRDS BUCKED THE TREND, THESE TWO FLYING TO THE TOP END OF OUR FED ON THE EAST SIDE, THE OTHERS ON THE WEST SIDE OF BURTON.
FINALLY, A CORRECTION TO THE COUTANCES RESULT, WELL DONE TO GARY SMITH OF SWADLINCOTE, HE TOOK 7TH FED ON 1756 WITH A YEARLING HEN. SO EVERYONE AFTER WALKER & WAITES DUO ON THE ORIGINAL RESULT WILL MOVE DOWN A PLACE. POOL MONEY WAS NOT AFFECTED. THIS WAS DOWN TO A FEW PROBLEMS WITH THE RESULT SOFTWARE, FOR SOME REASON THE SWADLINCOTE MEMBERS WERE NOT BEING RECOGNISED??
BRIAN STONE WINNER AT WINSHILL - KEN LYCETT - PETE AND JACKIE COX
RICH JONES
AROUND THE CLUBS,
STARTING AT STRETTON, WHERE ALAN BRASSINGTON CONTINUES ON HIS MERRY WAY, HE’S HAVING A FANTASTIC SEASON. OUT OF FOUGERES, 10 SENT 88 AND ALAN TOOK THE RED CARD ON 1914 WITH A 2YO ERNIE RIGBY SOONTJEN X MR & MRS KEN LYCETT HEN. JIM & MATT PARKER WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1865 WITH A 2YOCWL X DRAPA HEN; THIS HEN WON THE COUTANCES RACE AT WINSHILL THIS YEAR. RAY & JEAN GRIMSDELL WERE 3RD & 4TH ON 1831; 1830; THE SECOND WAS THEIR MUCH FANCIED 4YO ROLAND JANSENNE X WILLY THAS HEN.
FROME SAW 10 SEND 126 AND ALAN TOOK THE FIRST FOUR ON 2038; 2036; 2023; 2021; THE WINNER WAS THE UNPAIRED YEARLING COCK OUT OF ERNIE RIGBYS SOONTJEN X DE MEYER LINES. ALAN HAS CALLED HIM “T3” HAS IT HAS NOW WON 3 X 1ST THIS YEAR. HE WAS CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY A 2YO “PREMIUM BOND” X SOONTJEN COCK; THIS COCK WAS BADLY HAWKED LAST YEAR, AND WAS HAVING ITS SECOND RACE OF THIS SEASON. “WENDY” WAS 3RD, THIS 2YO COCK IS OUT OF THE SYNDICATE LOFTS “SUPER 33” LINES, LASTLY WAS A YEARLING DE MEYER COCK. GOOD FLYING ALAN.
DOWN AT BIRCH COPPICE, 5 SENT 44 TO FOUGERES AND OLLIE NICHOLLS BROS TOOK 1ST & 3RD ON 1898; 1870; THE WINNER A YEARLING RED PIED COCK. TED JACKSON WAS RUNNER UP ON 1891 WITH A 4YO COCK AND BRIAN WINSTON WAS 4TH ON 1813.OUT OF FROME, 6 SENT 99 AND MICK MORRIS TOOK 1ST & 2ND ON 1957; 1956. JOHN GILBERT WAS 3RD & 4TH ON 1945; 1924; BOTH WILDIE X LAMBRECHT COCKS.
AT WINSHILL, 3 SENT 22 TO FOUGERES, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO BRIAN AND LESLEY STONE, THEY TOOK 1ST; 2ND; AND 4TH ON 1898; 1897; 1855; THE WINNER WAS “STONEY” A 8YO HEN, FOLLOWED BY A YEARLING VANDENABEELE X STONEY BLUE PIED HEN, AND A 2YO COCK OFF CLIVE YATES STOCK. WELL DONE BUSTER!! JIM AND MATT PARKER WERE 3RD ON 1865 WITH A 2YO CWL X DRAPA HEN.OUT OF FROME, 5 SENT 54 AND MELV WILLIS TOOK TOP TWO SPOTS ON 2009; 2005; THE WINNER A 2YO WILDIE COCK, THEN A 5YO WILDIE HEN.JIM AND MATT PARKER WERE 3RD ON 2003 WITH A 2YO CWL COCK AND JIMMY OTTEWELL WAS 4TH ON 1983 WITH A 2YO CAMPHIUS COCK.
AT THE NELSON, OUT OF FROME, MICK AND NEIL HARVEY TOOK THE RED CARD ON 2003 WITH A 2YO BLUE COCK. MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS AND SON WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1985 WITH A YEARLING LAMBRECHT HEN OUT OF “THE GOOD HEN”, SHE WON THE PREVIOUS WEEK.DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE 3RD ON 1978 WITH A 4YO VANDENABEELE HEN, SHE IS A MULTIPLE PRIZE WINNER, INCLUDING 2 X 1ST, AND HER SIRE IS THE BROTHER TO “31616”. JAMES HORNE WAS 4TH ON 1971 WITH A YEARLING VANDENABEELE HEN.THE MEMBERS SENT TO FOUGERES WITH THE M.N.F.C. WITH THE FOLLOWING RESULT, TREVOR AND GARY COLLINS WERE 1ST AND 4TH; DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE 2ND & 3RD.
AT SWADLINCOTE TOWN, T & D FEARN WON OUT OF FOUGERES ON 1846 WITH A YEARLING HEN OUT OF “HIDEAWAY” WHO WAS A WINNER OF 3 X 1ST AND SIRE TO MANY WINNERS. HER DAM IS A DAUGHTER OF DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS “31616”. TREVOR & GARY COLLINS WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1842 WITH A 2YO BILLY CALVERT LAMBRECHT HEN.MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON WERE 3RD ON 1823 WITH A 3YO HEN AND H SMITH & SONS WERE 4TH ON 1769 WITH A 5YO FRANZ ZWOLS COCK.OUT OF FROME, TREVOR AND GARY COLLINS TOOK THE FIRST THREE ON 2026(2) AND 1985. THE WINNER A 2YO BILLY CALVERT LAMBRECHT COCK, FOLLOWED BY A YEARLING LAMBRECHT COCK AND ANOTHER 2YO BILLY CALVERT LAMBRECHT COCK. GOOD FLYING TREVOR AND GARY!! T & D FEARN WERE 4TH ON 1981 WITH A 2YO OCK OUT OF “HIDEAWAY” X JANSENNE.
AT ETWALL, 7 SENT 49 TO FOUGERES AND THE HARD WORKING SECRETARY ALAN PEACH GOT THE WINNER ON 1865 WITH AN IAN AXE DELBAR. MICK LESZCZYSZAK WAS RUNNER UP ON 1835; SAM PHILLIPS 3RD ON 1833 AND PETE HARRISON WAS 4TH ON 1813. JUST LIKE TO THANK PETE FOR HIS WILLINGNESS TO HELP OUT AT OUT MARKING STATION FOR THESE SPECIAL RACES.OUT OF FROME, 9 SENT 108 AND STEVE BILLINGS HAD A CLEAR WINNER ON 2055.MR & MRS ALAN HOULDSWORTH WERE 2ND & 3RD ON 2023.5; 2023.2 AND ALAN PEACH 4TH ON 2006 WITH A JOHN STRETTON JANSENNE.
AT TUTBURY, 7 SENT 134 TO FROME AND PETE AND JACKIE COX SHOWED EM THE WAY HOME, TAKING THE FIRST THREE ON 2052; 2020.3; 2020.0. THE WINNER OFF ANN SMITH X ALAN BRASSINGTON STOCK, THEN A MARCELIS X ANN SMITH, I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED IF THE MARCELIS ORIGINATED FROM ALAN BRASSINGTON? THIRD WAS OFF “DRUM” X ANN SMITH STOCK. MICK SALE WAS 4TH ON 2015, SO WELL DONE “GAY BOY”, NO NOT YOU MICK!! THIS VAN REET COCK OFF GARY SMITH FROM HULL IS PAIRED TO ANOTHER COCK, HENCE HIS NAME!!FINALLY.
AT HILL RIDWARE, 7 SENT 45 TO FOUGERES AND SPINK AND BARKS TOOK THE TOP SPOT ON 1901 WITH A JANSENNE COCK, NO STRANGER TO THE PRIZE LIST.MASON & JONES WERE 2ND & 3RD ON 1883; 1814; BOTH PAUL STOKES VANDENABEELES. THE FIRST HAS WON 50TH SW SECTION M.N.F.C. CARENTAN. MR & MRS KEN LYCETT WERE 4TH ON 1799 WITH A 3YO BLUE HEN. SHE IS SISTER TO “EDDY” THEIR 2013 RPRA WEST MIDLAND REGION SPRINT CHAMPION.
OUT OF FROME, 12 SENT 142 AND MR & MRS KEN LYCETT TOOK TOP SPOT ON 2049 WITH THEIR GOOD VANDENABEELE X STAF VAN REET X CATTRYSSE COCK, THIS COCK WON OUT OF KINGSDOWN THIS YEAR AND IS OUT OF ONE OF THE LOFTS TOP BREEDING PAIRS. THE SIRE IS “THE IRISH COCK” FROM THE GORDON BROS OUT OF “CHAMPION EISENHOWER” ONE OF M & D EVANS BEST VANDENABEELES. THE DAM IS “THE LYE HEN” OFF TONY & LEE PAINTER OF WILLENHALL, THIS HEN WON ON THE ROAD AND IS A DIRECT DAUGHTER OF “13” WHO WON 7 X 1ST AND 1ST WOLVERHAMPTON FED. SHE IS 75% VAN REET AND 25% CATTRYSSE.THIS PAIR HAS BRED BIRDS TO WIN EVERY TOP TEN POSITION IN OUR FED. SPINK AND BARKS WERE 2ND & 3RD ON 2037; 2036; THEIR FIRST A JANSENNE THAT HAS WON ALREADY THIS SEASON AND TOPPED OUR FED TWICE BEFORE!! THEIR SECOND ARRIVAL WAS A VANDENABEELE OUT OF “PEG LEG” GIFTED TO THEM BY PETE WIGHTMAN & SON, HE IS A SON OFF “THE FIGHTER” WHO WAS NESTMATE TO “PORTLAND BILL”, OFF THE KEN AND CATH LYCETT VANDENABEELES. MASON AND JONES WERE 4TH ON 2031 WITH AN IVOR & BARRY JONES BIRD, THIS BIRD WAS BIRD OF THE YEAR A COUPLE OF SEASONS AGO.
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