Derby Notes. Saturday 18th April saw the opening race of the 2026 season for the Chaddesden Jubilee Homing Society, Holbrook Miners Welfare & Etwall & District Flying Club who fly in the Burton & South Derbyshire Federation. The pigeons were liberated at Cheltenham at 11-25 in a…

Etwall & District Flying Club Presentation 2025 Etwall & District Flying Club recently held their annual prize presentation evening and the venue must be a first as it was held at the home of Neil & Georgenia Crofts who kindly invited the club to their home for the occasion.…

Derby Notes. Sunday November 16th saw the opening show of the series for The Osmaston Park Homing Society. There were three classes, with 124 birds in total. The judge for this show was Mark Darby and with the quality of the pigeons in the pens judging wasn’t going to be an easy…

Derby Notes. Osmaston Park Homing Society Presentation Evening. Saturday December 6th was the evening for the Osmaston Park Homing Society annual prize presentation at its club Headquarters The Chaddesden Jubilee. Unfortunately our original guest of honour Simon Woolley could…

Derby Notes. Saturday 6th September and the Burton & South Derbyshire Federation were at Yeovil with the convoyer getting the pigeons away at 11-20 in a south east wind. The pigeons made light work of the 140 mile plus race back into Derby with the leading pigeons doing in…