The South West of England Lerwick Club
The SWELC kicked off its 2025 season with a visit to Stratford upon Avon racecourse in Warwickshire on the 27/4/25 at 12.30 into a light south west wind the birds were liberated.
Morning at Stratford upon Avon
The top open 20 positions are as follows sitting at the top of 1st and 2nd plus 14th open was Adrian Bishop flying 61 miles with two 1y cocks the winner being a staff Van Reet via Brian Olver and the second being bred from cow girl lines again via Brian Olver and the final a 1y chequer cock being a new north road amalgamation purchased baby online being bred by Sylwester Kaminski of Worksop his velocities were 1319 ,1315 and 1290.714.
Adrian Bishop
3rd open was Andrew George flying 64 miles with a 1y chequer hen that was purchased at the new north road amalgamation Futurity sale and was bred by Gavin Cooper of Leicester being a Jansen crossed Soojen crossed Lambrechts bred from out Gavin's race team Andy flew for this event on the natural system with a velocity of 1313.
Andrew George & Gavin Cooper
4th open was the Walker brothers flying 42 miles with a 1y chequer pied cock being sent on the natural system sitting 11 day old eggs and is a syndicate lofts line bred from a pair via friend Mick Carrick their velocity was 1311.682.
5th open was Paul Kennington flying 64 miles with a 3y chequer hen sent on the natural system sitting a 15 day old youngster she's carded a few times now for Paul and is bred down from the late Brian Ferris lines and birds via Endevour the 019 hen and Gemini her velocity was 1311.170.
6th and 7th open was Stuart Luff flying 42 miles with 2 x yearling blue cocks flown on the widowhood system and both being gift birds bred by Steve Bennett of Bristol Stuart's velocities were 2 x 1308.
8th, 11th, 19th and 20th open was Andrezj Stanowski flying 64 miles with his roundabout system flown old bird team the first a 2y blue hen of R & D Faber (titan 558 x Tyson) crossed Ausust Jansen the next a 2y blue hen of U & K Mazepa PL and the mother won the south road combine from Eastbourne the next a 1y blue hen of Leon Bores and the final a 3y blue white flight hen originating from Merwick Chwedoruk birds Andrezjs velocities were 1307, 1300, 1287.002 and again 1287.002.
9th, 10th and 17th open was Steve Bennett flying 56 miles the first a 1y blue hen being a pure Verkerk of Tinkerbell lines the second a 1y blue hen again a Verkerk crossed the Shropshire one loft race winner of 2023. And the final a 2y chequer hen of Herman Cuesters all were flown on the mark Sparey system and Steve informs us all the Verkerk birds are obtained through Dirk Klassen of the Netherlands Steve's velocities were 1302, 1301 and 1288.
12th open was D & M Moore flying 69 miles with a 1y blue cock doing 1292.
13th, 15th, 16th and 18th open was Chris & John Adams flying 56 miles with their team of widowhood's consisting of Coremans Hardy Krugers and wall Lunt & Green based birds with velocities of 1291, 2 x 1290.335, and 1287.844.
The Rat Man.
