BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
MR & MRS JASON PHILLIPS OF DERBY - TOP THE FED OUT OF BLANDFORD (1).
Saturday September 9th saw 75 members send 1158 birds to the first of two Blandford races. With heavy showers forecast for lunchtime, an early lib was on the cards.
Alan our race controller wanted to get them up before the 08-45 lib time, but the weather was not too clever at the race point. The birds were liberated into a light West wind, and we got away with a decent race, with excellent returns.
Unfortunately, one or two areas were in the middle of heavy downpours when their birds arrived, Hill Ridware and Derby being two examples. On the other hand, here in Burton and in Tamworth we had no rain when the birds arrived, and only a little beforehand, that’s what the weather forecasters say about these heavy showers, some will catch one and some wont.
Congratulations to Mr & Mrs Jason Phillips of the Brackens Club in Derby, they topped the Fed for the first time ever on 1628 with a grizzle cock. This cock was bred by Fred Stevenson out of the Jack Whitehouse grizzle family. This cock actually won the clubs gold ring race the week previous. The dam, a white hen, also won for Fred Stevenson.
JASON PHILLIPS 1ST FED BLANDFORD
Rob Horton of Birch Coppice took the next three places on 1627; 1626; 1625; with his Van Den Bulk/Lambrechts?
F.Richardson & Son got the winner at Belgrave to take 5th fed on 1624. Fed Secretaries, Graham & Eleanor Evans were 6th fed on 1616.1 with their winner at the Miners Arms. Mr & Mrs John Dowd of the Bulls Head took 7th fed on 1616.0, with clubmates Roger & Mark Duffield 8th on 1611. Martin Hoogendyk & Chris Parker got the winner at Swadlincote town, to take 9th fed on 1608. Elmore & Smith of Birch Coppice had seven together to take 10th to 16th fed on 1607 down to 1603, all over the pad in 18 seconds, the first a Stefaan Lambrecht cock.
Around the clubs,
Starting at Stretton, 7 sent 120 and Jim and Matt Parker are firing on all cylinders at the moment, for the second week running they totally dominated the result, taking the first four on 1599; 1597(2) and 1596; they actually had 15 birds flying round together, 13 for Stretton and 2 for Winshill. There winner at Stretton was a CWL Drapa x Heremans hen, a daughter out of “Thor and Shelby”, this is her second win at Stretton. Runner up was another hen the same way bred as the winner. Third was another CWL Drapa x Heremans hen, this one a granddaughter out of “Grey Gem” and “Thor and Shelby”, she also won out of Hullavington. Fourth was a Macaloney x CWL hen.
At Birch Coppice, 7 sent 111 and Rob Horton took the first three on 1627; 1626; 1625; probably his Van Den Bulks? Elmore and smith were 4th on 1607 with a border loft Stefaan Lambrecht hen.
At Osmaston Park, 7 sent 110 and Dave Glew took the top two on 1583.8; 1583.5. Dave Waddington was 3rd on 1564 and John & Steve Hicks took 4th on 1560.
At Winshill, 3 sent 41 and Jim and Matt Parker took the top four on 1595(2); 1568; 1565; the winner a CWL Drapa hen, a granddaughter of CWL “Cediz” and their own to stock cock “Thor”. Runner up was a CWL Drapa x Heremans hen, this one a granddaughter out of “Grey Gem” and “Thor and Shelby”. Third another Drapa x Heremans hen, a granddaughter of CWL “Eurovision” and “Thor and Shelby”; fourth was a CWL Drapa x Heremans cock, a grandson of “Miss Magic” and “Thor and Shelby”.
At Etwall, 9 sent 125 and Alan Peach took the first four on 1579 with a Jansenne; 1569 with a Ceuleman off Tony Whitehurst; 1547; 1545; both Jansennes off John Stretton stock.
ALAN PEACH OF ETWALL
Over at Hill Ridware, 5 sent 154 and the ever improving Mr and Mrs Jim Whitehouse and Sons took the top two spots on 1562; 1534; the winner a Van Elsacker off I & B Jones stock. Runner up was a Staf Van Reet hen, a granddaughter of John Sheasbys “One Eyed Cock”. Mr & Mrs Ken Lycett were 3rd and 4th on 1517 with a Vandenabeele hen, half-sister to a fed topper, followed by a Gordon Bros Thijs Peters that was 11th fed the week previous.
JIM WESTERLY WHITEHOUSE
Into South Derbyshire now, starting at The Nelson, where Mick Harvey & Son took the first three on 1563; 1551; 1540. The winner a grizzle hen out of M.Gaunt x Max lines, a full brother won out of Frome(2), three birds bred the same way have all scored in recent weeks. Runner up was a pied hen out of a Steve Foster Lambrecht x a granddaughter off “Corky”; then another hen out of Vandenabeele x Corky x Drum lines. Mr & Mrs Trevor Collins and Son were 4th on 1535.
At Swadlincote Town, Hoogendy & Parker took 1st and 2nd on 1608; 1567; both Van Den Bosch x Jansenne cocks. The winner also won out of Hullavington taking 9th fed. C Murfin was 3rd on 1546 with a black Jansenne hen and Litherland; Bailey & Harrison were 4th on 1545 with a Buscheart cock.
At Tutbury, 4 sent 60 and Pete & Jackie Cox took the first four on 1573; 1545; 1489; 1480; with their blend of Ann Smith; Alan Brassington and John Sheasby stock.
On the same day members send their birds to Carentan with the NMCC, it turned out a difficult race, with lots of birds missing at nightfall. Congratulations to Mark Lester who got the only bird on the day in the club on 755 ypm. Pete & Jackie Cox had two together on day 2 on 467 ypm.
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