Saturday June 20th and the Burton & South Derbyshire Federation were at Yeovil and the pigeons were liberated at 11-30 in a south west wind, in bright blue skies and plenty of sunshine. In Holbrook 10 members sent 279 birds with D & A Swift making it a clean sweep taking the first four positions with a two year old chequer cock doing 1850ypm taking the red card followed by a two year old b/w/f cock doing 1848 then a two year old red cock doing 1830 followed by a two year old black cock in fourth doing 1817.
In Osmaston Park Homing Society 18 members sent 299 birds with Paul & Lynda Todd taking two of the first four positions with a three-year-old blue cock taking top spot doing 1842 followed by a two year old chequer cock doing 1811 taking fourth. Dave Waddington took second with a two-year-old chequer cock doing 1830 with John & Steve Hicks in third doing 1817 with a four year old dk pied cock.
In Etwall & District Flying Club 9 members sent 167 birds and Alan & Liz Houldsworth were clear winners with their two-year-old chequer cock doing 1839 and their next pigeon a yearling blue cock doing 1721.7 in third. Their winner was bred of a pigeon gifted to them by Ralph Jepson. Second and fourth positions went to A. Peach & Son with a two-year-old blue hen doing 1734 followed by a yearling blue cock doing 1721.2
In Kilburn Club 6 members sent 160 birds and were at Marlborough with the Derby Burton & District South Road Federation with the pigeons being liberated at 09-10 in a south west wind. Making it a hat trick of wins was Keith Cresswell with a blue yearling hen taking the red card doing 1696 this was followed by a two-year-old chequer cock doing 1679 to take third. In second with a yearling dark cock doing 1689 was Keith Foulke with Hall & Parkin in fourth with a two year old pied hen doing 1669.
Picture shows D & A Swift Holbrook winners.
Picture shows Paul & Lynda Todd Osmaston Park Homing Society Winners.
Picture shows Alan & Liz Houldsworth Etwall & District Flying Club Winners.
Picture shows Keith Cresswell Kilburn winner.
Back in the day. Picture shows Jim Houldsworth (Gypo). Jim will always be remembered for his activity when the floods happened in Derby. There were a boat full of policeman and Jim with a few beers inside him decided to see if they could swim and swam over to the boat and tipped them all in the water.
Picture shows Mick Walsh who served in the navy with Gypo and they were mates right through their lives. Where one went the other went.
The Burton & South Derbyshire Federation pigeons were once again basketed Saturday for their race from Honiton on Sunday 28th June due to the poor weather. The pigeons were liberated at 08-15 in a strong west south west wind.
Having a excellent start to the season and winning their third race out of four was Paul & Lynda Todd who fly in the Osmaston Park Homing Society where 18 members sent 249 birds. Their winner was a three year old blue cock doing 2032ypm .In second with a dk/chequer yearling cock doing 2026 was Mick Stone followed by Mick Willis & Family in third with a three year old b/w/f cock doing 2023.In fourth were Glew & O'Donnell with a yearling blue hen doing 2021.
In Holbrook 9 members sent 199 birds with B & S Stone taking the red card with a two year old blue cock doing 2001.In second & fourth was Trevor Jennings with a three year old red hen doing 1998 & a two year old chequer cock doing 1983 taking fourth. In third with a two year old mealy cock doing 1993 was D & A Swift.
In Etwall & District Flying Club 9 members sent 156 birds with A. Peach & Son taking the top two positions. Taking the red card was a two year old blue hen doing 1970 followed by a five year old grizzle hen doing 1952. In third & fourth was Alan & Liz Houldsworth with a two-year-old chequer cock doing 1932.9 followed by a yearling blue cock doing 1932.3.
The Derby Burton & District South Road Federation were at Salisbury where the pigeons were liberated at 07-30 in a south south west wind. In Kilburn Club 6 members sent 178 birds with Keith Foulke made it a clean sweep taking the top four positions. His winner was a yearling chequer hen doing 1928 followed by a yearling slatey hen doing 1871, then a three-year-old black cock doing 1768 with a three year old dark cock doing 1767.
Picture shows Brian & Sue Stone Holbrook winners.
Picture shows Alan Peach Etwall & District Flying Club winner.
