Burton & South Derbyshire Federation.

Kev Johnson makes it 3 x 1^st fed this season, as he wins out of Newton Abbott (2).

Saturday July 8^th saw the last race, in what has been a testing season for our old birds. 46 members from 8 clubs sent 563 birds which were liberated by Alys at 11-05 in a southerly wind, it wasn’t a straight forward race at all, with thundery showers forecast, but overall returns were good, leading birds exceeded 56 mph, but strangely there was a lot of birds arriving home around the 4pm mark into Burton?

Kev Johnson of Hill Ridware ended the old bird season where he started it, in pole position; Kev took 1^st & 5^th fed on 1669; 1653.0; the fed topper a yearling blue van den Bulck x Hereman hen; her sire is inbred to “Goede Rode” and “80 Duivin”; her dam is a daughter of “Man o’Chester” when paired to his own granddaughter “Dark Redemption”. The fed topper has had a tough start; she damaged her wing as a yb and was hawked both pre-season and whilst racing this season, she was too quick for Percy this time!!   

KEV JOHNSON 3 X 1ST FED 2023 OB

Kev’s second bird was a 2yo hereman hen bred by David Sara; she’s a granddaughter of “Wild Wind”; “Euro Lady”; “Supersonic Mike” and “Dark Secret”; this hen also spent time in the casualty department after having an argument with a television aerial.

Club mates D. Nesbitt & sons were 2^nd; 3^rd; and 4^th fed on 1656; 1655; 1653.1; the first a yearling cheq pied hen; a daughter off “Old Opal”; followed by two yearling blue hens; the first a granddaughter of “Isla”; she’s had 1 x 2^nd; 2 x 4^th and 1 x 5^th fed this year; then another granddaughter of “Isla” she’s had 2 x 5^th fed this year; these 3 hens have flown well for Mark this season.

MARK NESBITT

Into Stretton next, and Phil Bourke took 6^th fed on 1645 with his good 2yo D & G Wright Soontjen cock, “Mo’s Bro”.

PHIL, SOPHIE AND JACK BOURKE OF STRETTON

Club mate Phil Whetton was 7^th fed on 1643 with a yearling Lambrecht cock off Phil’s good N.W.H.U. cock when paired to a hen off Ian Parsons.

PHIL WHETTON

Jack Sawrasewicz of Winshill was 8^th fed on 1638 with a yearling cheq cock, good bird on the day that Jack.

Another great performance by Trevor Jennings up at Holbrook; Trev took 9^th & 10^th fed on 1627; 1625; with two 2yo Cooreman hens from the Bob Fenech lines; the winner having its second red card of the season, the second a daughter of “The Good Hen”.

TREVOR JENNINGS OF HOLBROOK GREAT OB SEASON 2023

Around the clubs,

At Stretton, 7 sent 77 and Phil Bourke was 1^st & 4^th on 1645; 1617; the winner “Mo’s Bro” followed by the club old bird of the year “Thiago”; the 3yo cock bred of a brother of “Eddy” when paired to an “Assassin” hen. Phil’s first four birds home were his best 4 cocks this year, so he was a happy chappie.                                                   

Chairman Phil Whetton ended his good old bird season in runners up spot on 1643 with a yearling Lambrecht cock.  

Jim Parker & son were 3^rd on 1623 with a 3yo hereman cock out of their Curtis, Wall & Lunt stock.

Across at Hill Ridware, 4 sent 56 and details of their top five appear in the open result above.

Up at Holbrook, 8 sent 94 and Trevor Jennings ended the old bird season in his rightful spot, Trev was 1^st & 2^nd on 1627; 1625; both 2yo Louis Cooreman hens.

Fred Turner was 3^rd club on 1609 with a yearling Leo Hereman cock off the “Faster than Bolt” lines. This cock was bred by STS Lofts in Kings Lynn and raced by Dave Stone, he was Dave’s only bird back from the bad NMCC Guernsey race in 2022. Dave then gifted the cock. Brian & Sue Stone were 4^th on 1596 with a 3yo bred by Purchase & Walker of Lichfield which was 4^th the week before out of Honiton.

At Etwall, 4 sent 59 and Kev Southall took top spot on 1607 with a 3yo dark cheq hen off stock from the Cooper Bros of Kidderminster. 

Secretary Alan Peach took the next three on; 1587 with a 3yo grizzle Roland Jansenne hen; 1575 with a 6yo cheq Jansenne hen; and 1451 with a 3yo black Roland Jansenne cock.

At Swadlincote, 9 sent 108 and Davis, Wright & sons end their great season in top spot on 1599, their winner a 2yo cheq cock called “Nibble”, his sire is off “Nugget” son of the “147” cock of the Gordon bros in Northern Ireland, when he was paired to a daughter of “31616”; who won 1^st fed Portland and 3^rd fed Kingsdown. The dam is an Andre Roodhooft, again from the Gordon bros; she won 2^nd fed out of Frome. “Nibble” also won out of Weymouth in 2022.                                                                                

Mr & Mrs Graham Evans were 2^nd & 3^rd on 1585; 1581; first was a yearling cheq pied hen; a 2022 late bred; her sire is a son of their 2017 Ancenis fed topper, off M Harvey x A Brassington stock, her dam is a Wildemeersch; off a granddaughter “Fire Cracker”; this cheq pied hen also won Yeovil this year.                                                                                          

She was followed by a yearling blue pied hen; her sire is a Wildemeersch bred by Dixon & sons of the NEC fed; he’s out of a daughter of “Dicka”. The dam is a granddaughter of “Firecracker”. 

Davis, wright & sons were back again to take 4^th spot on 1580 with a yearling cheq wf cock; his sire won 1^st fed Hullavington, his dam from T & D Fearn “Hideaway” and Honeysuckle Loft Jansenne lines.

Finally, at Osmaston Park, Stan Hall was another ending the season where he started it, Stan was 1^st & 3^rd club on 1596; 1573; the winner a yearling cheq pied hen off Dave Stone stock; she was followed by a 2yo cheq pied hen; again off Dave Stone stock.                                         

Mick Stone was 2^nd & 4^th on 1578; 1501; both Eric Ceulemans, the first a 2yo cock, followed by a yearling hen.

Of the six clubs covered above, the winner of five of them also won the opening race of the season out of Cheltenham; the only exception being Holbrook, Kev Matthews won the season opener there.

Well now it’s on to the young birds, no doubt there’s been some stressful times already with your babies, good luck to everyone for the yb season.

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