Burton & South Derbyshire Federation.

Terrific performance by Anthony Probert out of Salisbury (2).

Saturday June 4^th saw 66 members from 8 clubs send 1092 birds to Salisbury (2). The forecast wasn’t great for the morning and most of us were expecting an afternoon liberation with a fresh east wind to boot.    

Saturday morning panned out better than we thought, and Alys cut the strings at 10-15 in a strong E.N.E. wind. It proved a stiff fly, returns were good, but still plenty returning home with signs of peregrine attack!! We all expected the Hill Ridware lofts to fill the fed sheet with the strong easterly wind, and they didn’t disappoint, the first seven in the result all arrived together, with four peeling out to the loft of Anthony Probert and the other three carrying on to the loft of Mark Nesbitt.

Congratulations to Anthony Probert on an absolute terrific performance, he took  1^st; 2^nd; 3^rd; 4^th; 8^th; 9^th; and10^th fed on 1354.4; 1354.2; 1354.0; 1354.0; 1350; 1349.8; 1349.5; timing these seven in a 33 second burst, all yearlings.

ANTHONY PROBERT 1-2-3-4 FED SALISBURY                                   

Anthony’s Leo Heremans are mostly off the Premier Stud direct or from Shane Reading of Hull, Shane was a stock manager at Premier Stud, added to these are more top stock from Mick Bradley of Cumbria and Mark Nesbitt.                                                                                    

The fed winner was a blue cock out of a son of “Houdini” x daughter of “Better than Bolt”.  Runner up was a dark cheq hen; she’s out of “Unbreakable Bolt” x dtr “456” out of the “Daybreak” lines. 

3^rd fed was a cheq hen out of a son of “Unbreakable Bolt” x “Houdini” lines. 

4^th fed was a blue cock, he was 8^th fed the week previous out of Weymouth, his sire is from Mark Nesbitt; his dam a daughter of “Houdini”.

8^th and 9^th fed were two  blue cocks, both off a Leo Hereman from Mick Bradley of Cumbria when paired to a daughter of “Dark Destroyer”.                                                           

10^th fed was a blue hen, her sire is a grandson of “Wild Wind” and “Better than Bolt” when paired to a daughter of “Dark Destroyer”.        

In the last two races Anthony was threatening this, but I wondered if he’d got it in his team to turn the tables on the likes of D. Nesbitt & Sons and the Leadbeaters; well this week he showed he has.                             

MARK NESBITT OF HILL RIDWARE 

Over the last 4 races he has won 6^th fed Salisbury; 7^th; 8^th; and 9^th fed Blandford; 3^rd; 8^th; 11^th; and 12^th fed Weymouth; 3^rd; 5^th; 7^th; and 8^th in the Weymouth special race; and now these seven top ten prizes.                                         

Well done Anthony, thrilled for you, by all accounts a well-liked and respected member of Hill Ridware, so I’m sure everyone is pleased for him?        

Taking 5^th; 6^th; and 7^th fed on 1352; 1351.8; 1351.5; was D. Nesbitt & Sons, Mark never far away, timing in two yearling Hereman hens and a yearling Hereman cock.

Around the clubs,

At Stretton, 8 sent 108 to Salisbury and Phil Bourke made it seven wins on the bounce, this week Phil took the top three on 1217; 1180; 1177; the winner a 2yo nephew of Mr & Mrs K Lycett’s “Eddy”; he was followed by the good 2yo D & G Wright Soontjen cock “Mo” and a 2yo blue hen bred by the Dragonfly Lofts of D & A Swift. Phil Whetton was 4^th on 1169 with a yearling Lambrecht hen of Ian Parsons stock.                                                     

6 members sent 49 birds to Guernsey with the N.M.C.C. and a big well done to Phil Whetton on taking 1^st & 2^nd on 1151; 1119; the winner a yearling Van Den Bulk cock off the late Trevor bird stock, followed by another yearling cock, this one a grandson of Phil’s good Steve Bennett cock “93”. Well done Phil, much deserved.  

Phil Bourke was 3^rd on 1110 with a 2yo Verbree hen off Alan Brassington stock, young Jack was over the moon when she returned, he told his dad all week that she would be first back. 

JACK BOURKE MOMENTS AFTER TIMING IN HIS HEN FROM NMCC GEURNSEY 

Mr & Mrs Pete Cox were 4^th on 1096 with a 3yo Vandenabeele cock off Ann smith x Alan Brassington stock. Pete and Jackie got 5/5 back, which bucked the trend on the day from Guernsey, well done Pete.

At Etwall, 7 sent 112 and Alan Peach was a clear winner on 1200 with a 2yo blue wf Delbar hen off Ian axe stock.  

ALAN PEACH

Kev Southall was 2^nd & 3^rd on 1117.2; 1117.1; both 2yo hens, the first a Vandenabeele followed by one off cooper bros of Kidderminster.

P & S Harrison were 4^th on 1115 with a 3yo cock.

At Osmaston Park, 7 sent 86 and Mick Stone got the winner on 1153 with a 2yo blue cock. 

MICK STONE O.P.H.S. WINNER

The Johnson Family were runners up on 1150.5 with a 2yo Smokey cock, just edging the Shenton Bros into 3^rd on 1150.1 with a yearling blue cock.

Stan & H.W. Hall was 4th on 1143 with a yearling cheq cock.

At Hill Ridware, 9 sent 147 and details appear above in the open result.

At Winshill, 8 sent 138 and Jim Parker & Son took 1^st; 2^nd; and 4^th on 1294; 1278; 1158; all Leo Hereman cocks, the winner his good 3yo blue wf cock “23”.

JIM PARKER WINSHILL WINNER

Melv Willis was 3^rd on 1263 with a yearling hen.

At Swadlincote Town, 15 sent 284 and a good performance by Mr & Mrs Trevor Collins & Son in taking  1^st; 3^rd; and 4^th club on 1287; 1264; 1263; the winner a was their good 4yo blue hen “21” she’s a Premier Stud Heremans Cuester x John Soderlund ; she was followed by a yearling blue cock who is a son of the winning hen “21” when she was paired to  a Premier Stud Heremans Cuester cock, a grandson of “Eurovision”; then came a 4yo blue hen off Syndicate Lofts x Dave Atkin stock.                          

                

TREVOR COLLINS WINNER AT SWADLINCOTE.                                 

Nigel Cawser was runner up on 1280 with a yearling blue Soontjen x Hofken cock.

At Holbrook, 7 sent 120 and a good clear winner to the lofts of Brian & Sue Stone, they timed in a 2yo blue pied hen bred by Purchase & Walker of Lichfield on 1216. Trevor Jennings was 2^nd & 3^rd on 1175; 1174; both yearlings Cooremans; the first was same way bred as Trevor’s “Good Hen”, the second was a daughter of the “Good Hen”. 

BRIAN & SUE STONE HOLBROOK WINNERS

F turner was 4^th on 1163 with a yearling.

I’m ending these notes with two pieces of very sad news, I’m sorry to inform the fancy of the passing of two leading ladies of our sport here in the midlands; in a space of a few days we lost both June Yates and Cath Lycett.

June was the long time secretary of the Derby, Burton & District Federation; in it’s heyday this fed was sending up to 7,000 birds a week.  June was wife of the late Maurice and mother of Clive, M. Yates & Son were one of the top lofts in the Midlands, and Clive has carried on in the same rich vein of success and is now one of the most respected fliers in the UK. Clive lived next door to his mum and over the last few years the pigeons have taken a back seat whilst Clive cared for his mum

Then, a few days later Cath Lycett sadly passed away. Cath was a legend in the midlands region, along with her husband, the late Ken, they carried out the roles as secretaries of the Midland National Flying Club for near on 10 years, and turned the club around, more than doubling the membership. The M.N.F.C will never be as strong as when Cath was at the helm?                                                                                              

With Ken, and her sons, they formed a formidable partnership, again one of the top lofts in the Midlands, producing top performances in every fed they flew in, which most recently was the Burton & South Derbyshire fed.

I never heard a bad word spoken of Cath; everyone who met her came away saying what a wonderful lady. 

They were both lovely ladies, and wonderful mums;  on behalf of the members of the Burton & South Derbyshire Federation condolences to both families; gone but never forgotten, rest in peace June and Cath.

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