Burton & South Derbyshire Federation - 17-09-20

Burton & South Derbyshire Federation.

Cracking race out of Yeovil sees Jim Parker & son of Stretton take top spot.

Saturday September 12^th saw 9 clubs enter 918 birds for the race from Yeovil. There was a lot of liberations on site, so it was a day to be patient. The birds were released at 11-35 in a W.S.W. wind and the patience paid off as a cracking race ensued.

Congratulations to Jim Parker & son of Stretton on gaining 1^st fed on 1696 with a Leo Hereman hen out of their Curtis, Wall & Lunt and Eijerkamp stock.

JIM PARKER 1ST FED YEOVIL

Phil Whetton, also of Stretton took 2^nd & 4^th fed on 1690; 1682.2; with a cheq hen from Stu Wiskin of Northampton, and a Bobby Walton Hereman hen.

PHIL WHETTON 2ND & 4TH FED YEOVIL

Mick Harvey & son loft 2 of Swadlincote town were 3^rd & 5^th on 1682.6; 1682.0; Neil timing in a Jo Gaunt x Garry Cox Ceuster cock and a Stefaan Lambrecht hen.

NEIL HARVEY

The next nine positions were taken by birds from two members of The Nelson. Clive Yates taking 6^th; and 10^th to 13^th; his first bird on 1680 was the blue Micky Betts hen that was 1^st club; 2^nd fed out of Frome, still feeding her baby.  

Clive Yates                                                                                  

Mr & Mrs John Passey & family were 7^th; 8^th; 9^th; and 14^th. The first three on 1679; 1677.6; 1677.4; all containing their very good Geoff Kirkland blood lines.

KIM AND JOHN PASSEY

Around the clubs,

At Stretton, 8 sent 121 and Jim Parker & son got a great winner on 1696 with a cheq Hereman hen out of their “Eurovision” and “Eijerkamp” lines, she was nominated to win the £20 guaranteed nom (kindly guaranteed by Alan Brassington).                                                                                                  

Phil Whetton has been in good form of late, this continued as he took 2^nd & 3^rd club on 1690; 1682; his first was the cheq hen off Stuart Wiskin of Northampton; she also wins 1^st gold ring. Next was the blue Hereman hen off Bobby Walton stock, she won Hullavington (2) and takes 2^nd gold ring, Phil wins £132 gold ring money. Alan Brassington was 4^th club on 1646 with an Ernie Rigby de Meyer x Soontjen hen.                                                 Phil Bourke won the 3^rd gold ring prize of £33.

At Osmaston Park, 15 sent 187 and Dave Waddington took the top three on 1671.8; 1671.1 (2); the winner a blue hen, ¾ “The Bat” x ¼ Alan Brassington lines; runner up was a red Lambrecht x Alan Brassington cock; third was a cock out of “The Bat” x Lambrecht lines. Well done Dave.  

Mr & Mrs Paul Todd were 4^th on 1665 with a Lambrecht

At Etwall, 8 sent 120 and Alan & Liz Houldsworth took the top four on 1601; 1599; 1588; 1587; the winner an Ian Burnett hen off Alan Maul and Steve Foster blood lines. She was followed by a Rob Pearson x Ralph Jepson cock; a David Williams & son x Ian Burnett cock and a Steve Foster Lambrecht hen. That’s three wins on the trot for Alan & Liz, well done.

At The Nelson, 5 sent 100 and Clive Yates won a tight finish to take 1^st club on 1680 with the same Micky Betts hen that won out of Frome.                                                                    

Mr & Mrs John Passey & family filled the next three spots on 1679; 1677.6; 1677.4; the first is a daughter of their N.F.C. Messac section winner x Geoff Kirkland distance family. Second was a grizzle hen out of the Kirkland “Snake” lines x Flor Engels, she was 4^th club 16^th fed Frome (1); third was a red hen from Geoff Kirkland distance stock x Bobby Walton; she was 5^th club; 17^th fed Frome (1) and 2^nd club; 13^th fed Frome (2).

At Swadlincote Town, 8 sent 140 and Mick Harvey & son loft 2 took the top two spots on 1682.6; 1682.0. The first was the same Jo Gaunt x Gary Cox Ceuster cock that was 1^st club; 5^th fed the week before out of Frome. Runner up was a Stefaan Lambrecht hen off James Parker of Reading.           

Charlie Murfin was 3^rd on 1670 with a Jansenne and Mr & Mrs Trevor Collins & son were 4^th on 1666 with a Stefaan Lambrecht out of border lofts and James Horne stock.

At Hill Ridware, 5 sent 80 and the Mark Nesbitt show carries on, he took 1^st & 2^nd club on 1647; 1646; with his Leo Heremans. 

Mark had another cracking weekend, winning the Tividale gold ring and breeder buyer races. That brings marks’ record up to 26 x 1^st this year. 

Spink & Barks pushed mark all the way, taking 3^rd & 4^th club on 1644; 1643; with a cheq wf cock and a blue hen; again both Leo Heremans.

Birdage is now beginning to drop, I know some members would have entered birds in to the N.N.C.C. and Midland National channel races, both having poor returns locally?                                                                                                                             

Add to this some members have now looked at their loft and decided to stop young birds to guarantee numbers in their old bird team for 2021; and of course those young birds not on the darkness are now at the stage of the season where they cannot compete with the darkness teams.                                                                                        

So I can see this weekend’s Honiton special race and breeder buyer race being the last weekend of the season?   

There is a Frome race scheduled for the weekend of September 26^th/27^th but I cannot see it being viable? 

I think we’ve been fortunate in this covid 19 year to get as much racing as we have, I hope the members appreciate the work carried out by those members who have been there; week in, week out, to organise and carry out duties on marking and result nights.                                                                                                                      

Now we have the worrying autumn and winter months to come, keep safe everyone!!

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