Ray & Jean Lees get a flyer out of Hullavington.
Saturday August 22nd saw 10 clubs enter 1635 birds for the second visit to Hullavington this YB season. They were liberated at 11:10 in a fresh w.s.w. wind. After a weeks break due to poor weather, everyone was looking forward to racing again. It turned out to be a fast race with the leading bird exceeding 2000 ypm; but they didn’t tumble in, it was a long afternoon for most lofts. At the end of the day returns weren’t too bad from what I’ve heard?
Congratulations to Ray & Jean Lees of Appleby Magna, flying at Castle Gresley. They took 1st fed on 2003 with a blue Lambrecht cock from Brian Baldwin. From what I have seen from results across the Midlands, flying the south road on this day, this could well be the only bird exceeding 2000 ypm? Ray & Jean also topped the fed out of Honiton with old birds, again in a w.s.w. wind; that day doing 2064 ypm.
RAY LEES 1ST FED HULLAVINGTON
Davis, Wright & Sons of Swadlincote Town took 2nd & 3rd fed on 1956; 1933; the first a bwf hen from a Tony & Lee Painter x Staf van Reet pairing; next was a Cheq pied hen, off a Staf van Reet x Gordon bros pairing.
Mr & Mrs Dave Stone of Holbrook were 4th & 9th fed on 1906; 1883.72; their first was a blue cock called “Damage” Dave’s son picked this YB out whilst in the nest and said to Dave, this is a cracker and will cause some damage, hence the name. He is out of one of Dave’s top breeding pairs; the sire is “Heartbreak” bred by Alfie Hawthorn and a half-brother to Dave’s no 1 stock cock “Alfie”. The dam is a smokey out of the old “Barbry cock; she is half-sister to a hen that won 7 x 1st and 2 x 1st fed.
Dave Stone
A full sister to “Damage” also won 1st fed from Windrush and 4th fed from Carentan as a yb. Dave’s second arrival was a Cheq cock out of “Young Mississippi” who won 4 x 1st and was bred by B & K Hawes. The dam is Dave’s top stock hen “Big Silver” the biggest bird in the loft, she is a mix of the Old Jansenne / Alwyn Paddey de Weyer that won 1st MNMFC for Dave, crossed with a Leo Hereman bred by Ian Vernon out of “The Stoney Pair”.
5th fed on 1898 was Mr & Mrs Paul Todd of Osmaston park with a Lambrecht cock.
Phil Whetton of Stretton was 6th on 1895 with a Bobby Walton Hereman hen.
Stan & H.W. Hall of Osmaston Park was 7th fed on 1885.2 with a young hen out of his own family.
Alan Brassington of Stretton was 8th fed on 1885.0 with a Soontjen x M/M Grimsdell hen.
ALAN BRASSINGTON
Kev Matthews of Holbrook was 10th fed on 1883 with a dark Cheq F & J Vandenheede cock.
KEV MATTHEWS
Around the clubs,
At Stretton, 10 sent 209 and Phil Whetton got a much deserved win, taking top spot on 1895 with a Leo hereman hen off Bobby Walton (the Warley Wizard) stock.
PHIL WHETTON
Alan Brassington was 2nd & 3rd on 1885; 1882; his first a Cheq pied hen off an Ernie Rigby Soontjen when paired to one off club mates Ray & Jean Grimsdell. Alans’ second was the same Jack Walker cock that won the opening race of the YB season out of Tewksbury. Ray & Jean Grimsdell were 4th on 1871 with a blue hen.
At Osmaston Park, 18 sent 310 and Mr & Mrs Paul Todd got the winner on 1897 with a Lambrecht cock. Stan & H.W. Hall was runner up on 1885 with a bwf hen; John & Steve Hicks were 3rd on 1878 with a dark WF Lambrecht hen; and Dave Waddington was 4th on 1870 with a blue Lambrecht x “The Bat” hen.
At The Nelson, Mr & Mrs John Passey were 1st; 3rd and 4th on 1873; 1794; 1792. The winner a Cheq wf cock is a son of John’s NFC section winner, out of the Pat Frisby stock. He was followed by a full brother to John’s NFC section winner and a Vandenabeele hen. Davis, Wright & Sons were runners up on 1869 with a blue pied hen, the sire a Vandenbrande x Vandenabeele, the dam a Staf van Reet, who is a winner of 7 x 1st including 1st fed Kingsdown and 3 x 7th fed.
Swadlincote town, 10 sent 218 and Davis, Wright & Sons took the top five on 1956; 1933; 1862; 1858; 1857. The sire of the winner is “Father Ted” who originates from the McGimpsey bros in Northern Ireland via A & L Painter, the dam is a home bred van Reet who was bred for stock out of the excellent original van Reet stock this loft owns.
Runner up is out of a van Reet cock from their original lines x Bert Hession; the dam is a Roodhoft from the Gordon Bros in Northern Ireland, this hen was runner up in the fed from the final ob inland race this year. The next, a Cheq hen was bred by Debbie Fearn, the sire is “Tiger” who is responsible for many prize winners from 60 to 350 miles; the dam is from the “Broken Wing” x Honeysuckle Jansenne lines.
4th club was a dark pied hen, the sire from Debbie Fearn out of the successful Broken Wing / Hideaway / and Honeysuckle Jansene lines.
The dam is off “Father Ted” when paired to another of their van Reets off the original pair.
Over at Hill Ridware, Spink & Barks filled the podium taking the top three on 1842; 1840; 1839; their winner was an Alan White x de Bruin, followed by two Leo Heremans off Shane Reading of Hull, the runner up has also had a 3rd & 4th out of the two Tewksbury races. Keith “Ringo” Elstone was 4th on 1820 with a Belgian rung sprinter.
At Etwall, 9 sent 165 and Alan Peach took the top three on 1877; 1825; 1822. The winner a grizzle Roland Jansenne hen followed by a white Roland Jansenne hen and a bwf Delbar hen off Ian Axe. Steve Billings was 4th on 1807 with a grizzle cock.
Ending on a sad note, I’ve just been informed that Rueben Hough of Derby passed away this morning, August 30th in hospital aged 96. I’ve known Rueben for a long time, he always rang me on Sunday mornings with details of the previous days racing, he never moaned and always put his pigeons welfare first, and they paid him back with a lot of success. Reuben was a true gentleman, always smartly dressed, and liked by all.
Rest in peace my good friend, you will be greatly missed. Condolences to all his family.
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