DEESIDE & NORTH WALES
with Paul Jabobs
1st & 2nd Shotton Shows
MY LOCAL CLUB, SHOTTON HS HAS RECENTLY BEEN HOLDING THEIR ANNUAL SHOWS WITH THE PARTICIPANTS TRAVELLING FROM FAR AND WIDE. OUR SHOWS ARE HELD AT THE CONNAH’S QUAY LABOUR CLUB AND OVER THE YEARS THEY HAVE PROVED TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL, WHICH I THINK IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS A VERY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT WITH A CRACKING PINT WITH EXCELLENT PARKING FACILITIES AND WHERE EVERYBODY MAKES EACH OTHER WELCOME, ESPECIALLY IN THE “WIND UP CORNER”! THE PRICE PER BIRD IS 50p AND THE NOMINATION IS £1.00 WHICH IS PAID OUT IN ONE PRIZE. IT HAS BEEN KNOWN IN THE PAST FOR SOME WINNERS TO TAKE HOME AROUND £150 IN WINNING THE SHOW AND HAVING YOUR BIRD NOMINATED SO IT IS WELL WORTH A JOURNEY TO THE CONNAH’S QUAY LABOUR CLUB. THE THING WITH THESE SHOWS IS IT GIVES ALL THE FANCIERS A CHANCE TO GET OUT AND HAVE A PINT AND A BIT OF BANTER DURING THE QUIET WINTER MONTHS.
ANYWAY, LESS OF THE CHAT AND ON WITH THE RESULTS. I HAVE THE FIRST TWO SHOWS TO REPORT ON AND WHAT I WILL DO IS I WILL COMPILE A LIST OF THE FIRST FIVE HIGHEST POINTS WINNERS AFTER EVERY SHOW. THE FIRST SHOW TO BE HELD ON THE 30TH OCTOBER WAS OLD HENS THROUGH THE WIRES AND YOUNG HENS THROUGH THE WIRES AND THE JUDGES WERE W. & R. WALLACE OF BROMBOROUGH WHO WON THE SHOTTON GOLD RING RACE FROM PICAUVILLE 2005 WHICH WAS A VERY TESTING RACE WITH ONLY 15 BIRDS ON THE DAY. THE BIRDAGE THIS EVENING WAS SLIGHTLY LOW POSSIBLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT MANY YOUNG BIRDS HAVE BEEN ON THE DARKNESS SYSTEM AND HAVE NOT YET MOULTED OUT YET, BUT IT STILL DID NOT STOP PEOPLE NOMINATING THEIR BIRDS. SO, WITH £199.50 IN PRIZES AND NOMINATIONS IN BOTH SHOWS UP FOR GRABS, HERE ARE THE RESULTS. OHTTW (75 ENTRIES) 1ST AND NOMINATION – DOUBLE CHESTER 2 BIRD WINNER, BATEMAN BROS WINNING £86.00, WELL DONE EDDIE, 2ND – BRIAN WILCOCK OF NESTON £11.25, FORMER CHESTER 2 BIRD NANTES WINNER 3RD – MARK JONES AND SON, AGAIN FROM NESTON £7.50, 4TH AND 7TH – ROY SANDLAND OR IS IT “TAIL WIND CHARLIE” AS NESTONS CHUCK JONES PUT IT! ROY WINS £3.75, ANOTHER DOUBLE CHESTER 2 BIRD WINNER IN THE PRIZES WITH 5TH – FRED TILSTON AND SONS, 6TH – THE HOLDER OF THE MOST POINTS IN THE SHOWS FROM AN OUTSIDE MEMBER FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, LLANDUDNO’S ROB FRYER AND FINALLY 8TH – PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST FEARED MEN FROM ANY TWO BIRD RACE IN THE AREA, GEORGE HARRISON. YHTTW (64 ENTRIES) 1ST AND NOMINATION – SHOTTONS “QUIET MAN” MIKE AMOS WINNING A TOTAL OF £71.80, WELL DONE MIKE, 2ND – BRYMBO’S TONY MURRAY, TONY HAS PUT UP SOME EXCELLENT PERFORMANCES RECENTLY IN THE WELSH SOUTH EAST NATIONAL F.C, TONY PICKS UP £9.60, 3RD AND 6TH – BEBINGTON’S SUPER PARTNERSHIP OF CARL JONES AND ROBBIE THOMAS, LOOKS LIKE ROBBIES CURTAILING HIS RACING AND TAKING UP SHOWING FOR A HOBBY! JONES AND THOMAS WIN £6.40, ENOUGH FOR A COUPLE OF ORANGES, 4TH – YET AGAIN FOR ROY SANDLAND, 5TH – GOES TO SHOTTONS OWN “COPPI COCK”, BILLY HALLIWELL, 7TH – NESTONS SUPER SHOWMAN, NEIL FAVAGER AND 8TH GOES NESTONS, MARK JONES AND SON. ALL IN ALL IT WAS A CRACKING SHOW AND OUR THANKS GO TO THE JUDGES, W. & R. WALLACE FOR DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB. LEADING THE POINTS FOR THE FIRST SHOW IS ROY SANDLAND WITH 12 pts, 2ND – JONES AND THOMAS 9pts, JOINT 3RD – BATEMAN BROS AND W. AMOS AND SON 8pts, JOINT 4TH – M. JONES AND SON, A. MURRAY AND SON AND B.WILCOCK WITH 7pts, JOINT 5TH – F. TILSTON AND SON AND THE “COPPI COCK”.
THE SECOND SHOW THAT WAS HELD ON THE 6TH NOVEMBER WAS OLD COCKS THROUGH THE WIRES AND YOUNG COCKS THROUGH THE WIRES. TRADITIONALLY THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VERY STRONG CLASS AND TO WIN HERE YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL. THE JUDGES THIS WEEK WERE BUCKLEY’S RECENT CHESTER 2 BIRD LITTLEHAMPTON WINNERS MR & MRS B.W. JONES AND SON WHICH CONSIST OF BARRY, MAUREEN AND SON, JASON. BARRY AND MAUREEN DID THE HONOURS FOR US THIS WEEK AND YET AGAIN, DID US PROUD. ALL TOLD, THERE WAS £295.50 TO COMPETE FOR WITH £177.50 IN THE OLD COCKS SHOW AND £118.00 IN THE YOUNG COCKS. AND AS I SAID YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL TO WIN HERE AND I WAS RIGHT AS THE WINNER OF THE OCTTW (101 BIRDS) CLASS WAS A PIGEON WHICH HAS WON NIGH ON £1,000 IN THE SHOTTON SHOWS. IT IS OWNED BY WREXHAM’S FRED TILSTON AND IS AN ABSOLUTE STUNNER. I DON’T THINK I’M WRONG BUT IT MUST HAVE WON AT LEAST ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN TIMES IN SHOTTON. HE IS A VERY HEAVY PENCIL BLUE PIED COCK AND IS SUPERB. I’M NOT SURE ON THE BREED BUT FRED AND HIS SONS RACE THE WILDEMEERSCH AND THE BUSSCHAERTS WITH GREAT SUCCESS SO I ASSUME HE IS ONE OF THESE. FRED PICKS UP A NICE £140 FOR HIS TROUBLES, 2ND – WITH A CHEQ PIED, SANDYCROFTS DICK AND RICHIE PIGGOTT AND £18.75, 3RD – WITH A BLUE WF, NESTONS NEIL FAVAGER PLUS £12.50, NEILS STARTING TO STEP UP THE PACE, 4TH – WITH ANOTHER CHEQ WF, LLANDUDNO’S ROB FRYER AND £6.25, 5TH – WAS OURSELVES V. JACOBS AND SON (BIN BAG BOYS) WITH AN OLD LEGEND, “THE PUTTY BEAK”! JUST ASK BRIAN HODSON WHAT HE THINKS OF THIS BIRD! 6TH – WITH A DARK CHEQ, GOES TO A PARTNERSHIP I’VE NOT HEARD OF BEFORE BUT VERY WELL DONE TO MR & MRS J.HUGHES AND W. TAYLOR WINS THE FINAL POSITIONS OF 7TH AND 8TH WITH A BLUE COCK AND A BLUE CHEQ. YCTTW (80 BIRDS) WINNER OF 1ST AND 3RD PRIZE PLUS THE NOMINATION WITH A DARK CHEQ AND A CHEQ PIED GOES TO ROB FRYER, AN EXCELLENT RESULT MATE, ROB WINS £102.00, FRESH FROM HIS 2ND POSITION LAST WEEK, BRYMBO’S TONY MURRAY WINS ANOTHER 2ND PLACE PLUS 6TH POSITION WITH TWO DARK CHEQ COCKS, TONY PULLS £12, ANOTHER LAD SHOWING WELL IS NESTONS MARK JONES AND SON WHO PICKS UP 4TH AND 8TH PLUS £4.00 WITH A GAY PIED COCK AND A CHEQ WF, PORT SUNLIGHT’S STEVE WILLIAMS PICKS UP 5TH PLACE WITH A RED CHEQUER AND MR & MRS J. HUGHES ROUND OFF THE SHOW WITH 7TH POSITION. LEADING THE POINTS AFTER THE FIRST TWO SHOWS ARE SOME FAMILIAR FACES. 1ST – ROB FRYER 22 pts, 2ND – A. MURRAY AND SON 17pts, 3RD – M.JONES AND SON 13 pts, 4TH – ROY SANDLAND AND F. TILSTON AND SONS 12 pts AND 5TH – JONES AND THOMAS 9pts. SHOTTON HS WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR THANKS TO BARRY AND MAUREEN FOR JUDGING OUR SHOW. THAT’S THE FIRST TWO SHOWS OUT OF THE WAY AND BOTH HAVE BEEN CRACKING NIGHTS WITH NEARLY £500 PAID OUT.
RECENTLY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF JUDGING ONE OF THE NESTON HS SHOWS. I WENT WITH MY DAD AND OUR FITNESS TRAINER, SORRY, PIGEON TRAINER, JEFF LAWLESS. IT WAS CHUCKING IT DOWN BUT JEFF STILL MANAGED TO DO NEARLY TON GETTING THERE, ANYWAY THAT’S WHAT MY DAD THOUGHT AS HE WAS WHITE AS A SHEET AND CLINGING TO HIS SEAT! IT WAS A MISERABLE NIGHT BUT THERE WAS STILL QUITE A GOOD TURNOUT WITH AROUND 75 BIRDS ENTERED. THE CLASS WAS YOUNG COCKS THROUGH THE WIRES AND THERES NO PRIZES FOR GUESSING WHO WON AGAIN, IT WAS NEIL FAVAGER WHO IS HAVING A SUPERB SHOW SEASON IN BOTH HIS OWN CLUB AND SHOTTON HS SHOWS AS WELL. HE WON IT WITH A BELTING BLUE PIED COCK WHICH I COULD NOT WALK PAST. I THINK I DID OK AS ALL NINE CARDS WERE WON BY NINE DIFFERENT MEMBERS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE NESTON MEMBERS AND SECRETARY, JOHN STOKES FOR INVITING US AS WE HAD A GREAT TIME.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANY CORRESPONDENCE THEY CAN CONTACT ME AT 20, LON DDERWEN, CONNAH’S QUAY, FLINTSHIRE. CH5 4WG OR PHONE (01244) 819934. E – MAIL
3/1/07
