ACROSS THE MIDDLE
by Gordon Braban & John Wilkie
PETERBOROUGH 2 - JUNE 2012
For the second week running the UP NORTH COMBINE were at Peterborough. This was due to the liberation site at Huntington being closed on a Sunday. Because the weather forecast for the weekend was not that good for a race on Saturday, the decision makers decided to put back 24 hours, but the West Durham Amal had basketed theirbirds for a race the same day as us and they were going to go to Huntington. Is the liberation site not that big? We go where we are told to go by the powers that be and the birds went away as normal on Saturday afternoon, but the only thing is, that the birdage is dropping rapidly for the inland races. This i think is due to the rubbish weather that the country has been having over the past couple of months, so let's get dowt to the results.
Section 2 Gateshead fed 1219 birds/ lib 08-30 hrs west south west wind.
Bensham h s 237 birds. This week Quinn, son, Smith & Noble flew a cracking race timing in 7 birds that made the fed sheet within 5 mins to take 1st, 3rd, 6th, 8th, 10th & 11th club and 1st, 5th, 12th & 19th fed and with another 3 on the fed sheet, also taking 1st & 12th section and with others on the sheet. The first bird was a yearling blue cock that has 2 turns already this year; it was 7th fed from Melton Mowbray 1 and 13th fed from Melton Mowbray 2. This cock took 3hrs 25mins and ended up doing 1495-62. The next bird was a blue cock from South Sheilds timed in 2 mins later and the next bird was a blue cock 3 mins behind the winner doing 1475-88. The Gray bros were next in the club with a yearling SS blue hen doing 1495-42 to be 2nd fed and they also timed a young check wh hen in to be 4th fed doing 1479-21. B. Atkinson & Sarginson were 5th club 11th fed with a young check hen.
Wrekenton h s 301 birds. Big Tommy Laskey & Brian Robinson chalked up their 8th win of the season this week with a yearling blue cock that was doing 1495-24. This young cock now has 3 wins this year to its name and it also wins the 1bird & the2 bird clubs. They were also 3rd & 4th club, 6th & 7th fed with a young cock first and then a yearling pied hen. Elliott & Watson took 2nd spot with a check cock doing 1482-33 to end up 4th fed. Bowman,Scott & Kelly {B,S,K } took 5th club 8th fed with a young check cock.
Highfield h s 212 birds. G Miller took the red card this week with a 3 year old pied hen doing 1477-49 and ended up 10th fed. F Curry & sons were 2nd club 28th fed with a yearling blue hen.
Saltwell hs was won by J Turnbull, Turnbull & Steele with a 3 year old blue cock that was 16th fed and they also timed a yearling pied hen in to take 2nd club 24th fed.
Hulme & Larvin were the winners at the Mount Pleasent club against 110 birds and Morpeth & Scott took top spot at the Dunston club, just making the fed sheet at 29th doing 1460-78.
To be updated ...
