Etwall & District Flying Club Presentation Evening 2021.
Etwall & District Flying Club held their annual prize presentation evening on November 27th at the Royal British Legion Club at Repton. Presenting the prizes and guest of honour for the evening was Gerald Hough whose father Reuben was a member of the club before sadly passing away. 
Winners trophies.
Top prize winners for the 2021 season were A.Peach & Son who had an incredible season winning 8x1sts,9x2nds,9x3rds & 8x4ths plus 1 first fed winning Old Bird Inland average cup, Inland average cup, Old Bird average cup, Combine average cup, Mr & Mrs Houldsworth cup & the Golden horseshoe shield with prize money of £217.76,£75.84 specials,£146.85 pools,£13.00 loft pool & £14.00 nominations making a total of £465,45. 
Alan Peach top prize winner for 2021.
Next were Mr & Mrs Houldsworth ( Alan & Liz ) winning 2x1sts,2x2nds,1x3rd & 3x4ths plus 1st fed winning P. Bevan shield, G. Child's nomination shield prize money of £51.84,specials £51.14, pool money £39.86,£4.50 loft pool, & £4.00 nominations making a total of £151.34 and runners up in the ladies race.
Alan Houldsworth.
Kevin Southall came next winning 3x1sts,3x2nds,2x3rds & 3x4ths plus 1st fed winning prize money of £62.70,Specials £49.06 and winning the ladies race.
Moria Patterson collecting Kevin Southalls winnings who also won the ladies race.
Mr & Mrs A J Whitehurst ( Tony & June ) came next winning £12.48 prize money, specials £2.58 making a total of £15.06.
Tony Whitehurst.
Up next was Mick Leszczyszak winning £11.52 prize money & specials of 0.83 making a total of £12.35.
Mick Leszczyszak.
Next was Shaw Brothers winning £2.88 prize money,£0.83 specials making a total of £3.71.
Dennis Shaw 95 years young and still enjoying his pigeons.
Finally it was the turn of Sam Phillips winning £1.92 prize money.
Club person of the year was Steve Redfern which was very well deserved. Steve came down the club every week to help with the marking of the pigeons and loading of the transporter although not sending himself ( Top man ).
Steve Redfern club person of the year.
A thank you to Sam Phillips doing an excellent job once again being the compare for the evening and raising £117 running the raffle.
Sam Phillips.
Runner up for the 2021 season was Steve Billings who along with other members were unable to attend due the covid situation. Steve won 3x1sts,2x2nds,4x3rds & 2x4ths winnings Reuben Hough cup, G. Williams cup, Mr & Mrs Houldsworth cup, J. Childs nominated shield, A & C Perry cup and the silver horse shoe shiels with winnings of £72 prize money,£74.49 specials & £20.88 pool money making a total of £167.37.
After the presentation was over there was an excellent buffet which was prepared once again by Ann Faulkener who always does a first class job.
Ann Faulkner receiving a bouquet of flowers from Gerald Hough.
A big thank you to Alan Peach club secretary for all the hard work he has put in over the season especially with the covid situation making sure there was plenty of sanitizer available on basketing nights and clock opening nights. Also to the rest of the club members for all their hard work all helping out with the loading of the birds cleaning of the crates and tidying up of the headquarters when the transporter left.
A Thank You to Gerald Hough who donated £250 to the club from Reubens legacy (Thank You).
I would like to wish all readers of Derby Notes a very Happy and prosperous New Year. All the very best for the 2022 season.
T.3.
