BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION.

BRILLIANT PAYOUT AT THE NELSON S.R.F.C.

 

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9TH SAW THE ANNUAL PRIZE PRESENTATION OF THE NELSON S.R.F.C. IN WOODVILLE, SOUTH DERBYSHIRE. 

 

FLYING WITH THE BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION THIS CLUB HAS BUCKED THE TREND BY ALLOWING MEMBERS FROM OUTSIDE THEIR AREA TO JOIN AND FLY FOR FANTASTIC PRIZE MONEY, RING SPECIALS AND POOLS. 

 

NOT A BIG CLUB MEMBERSHIP WISE, BUT CERTAINLY A STRONG CLUB WITH QUALITY FLIERS, AND EXCELLENT OFFICIALS.  

 

I WAS PRIVILIGED TO BE ASKED TO PRESENT THE PRIZES ALONG WITH MY WIFE LINDA, AND WHAT WAS APPARENT FROM THE START WAS HOW HAPPY THE MEMBERS WERE. 

 

THE CLUB PAID OUT £100 PRIZE MONEY A RACE, FOUR PRIZES OF £40; £30; £20; £10. OLD BIRD GOLD RING WAS £30 A RACE AND £40 FOR THE LAST OB RACE; THE YB GOLD RING WAS £65 A RACE. THERE WAS ALSO POOLS AND NOMINATIONS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. 

 

SECRETARY JAMES HORNE THEN THANKED THE CLUBS HARD WORKERS, THE BACK BONE OF ANY CLUB; GARY SMITH THE BASKET MAN, MATT WRIGHT THE COMPUTER WHIZZ AND CHRIS PARKER THE RACE MARKER. HE NEVER MENTIONED HIMSELF, SECRETARY; TREASURER AND CLOCK SETTER ALL FREE OF CHARGE! CREDIT TO YOU JAMES, WHAT A LUCKY CLUB THE NELSON IS, BUT THE MEMBERS DO APPRECIATE YOUR STERLING EFFORTS JAMES, THAT’S CLEAR TO SEE.   

 

JAMES HORNE & ION PIRVU

 

 

GARY SMITH

 

 

CHRIS PARKER

 

 

JAMES THEN GAVE A RUN DOWN OF THE SEASONS PRIZEWINNERS; STARTING WITH TONY BROWN FROM THE COALVILLE AREA WITH £30 GOLD RING SPECIAL, MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY OF NORTON JUXTA NEAR TWYCROSS WITH £104 PRIZE AND POOL MONEY; SID WINCUP & SON OF WHITTINGTON WON £113 IN PRIZES; POOLS AND RING SPECIALS; MICK HARVEY & SON ONLY COMPETED WITH OB’S AND TOOK AWAY £120 PRIZE MONEY; JAMES HORNE WON £192 IN PRIZE, POOLS AND RING SPECIALS. NEW MEMBER ION PIRVU FROM TAMWORTH WAS NEXT UP COLLECTING £223 IN PRIZE; POOLS AND RING SPECIALS; THE HIGHLIGHT OF IONS’ YB SEASON WAS WHEN HE TOOK THE FIRST FIVE IN THE FED FROM THE TEWKSBURY RACE.    

 

 

MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY

 

 

ALBERT “THE LEGEND” BABBINGTON WAS NEXT; HE TOOK AWAY £492 IN PRIZE; AND POOLS.   

 

  

ALBERT “THE LEGEND” BABBINGTON

 

 

NOW TO THE TOP THREE; AND THE EVERPRESENTS DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS PICKED UP £618 IN PRIZE; POOLS AND RING SPECIALS.

 

LEADING THE WAY IN PRIZE MONEY BUT RUNNER UP IN TOTAL WAS CLIVE YATES OF TAMWORTH, CLIVE WON THE OB INLAND AVERAGE; YB AVERAGE AND COMBINED AVERAGE, PICKING UP £830 PRIZEMONEY; £123 POOLS AND NOMS; AND £220 IN RING SPECIALS, TOTAL PICK UP £1173.    

 

CLIVE YATES

 

 

TOP MONEY WINNERS FOR 2019 WERE MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON, THIS IS THE TOP SOUTH DERBYSHIRE LOFT AND THIS SEASON SAW THEM COLLECT £490 PRIZE MONEY; £643 IN POOLS AND NOMS AND £285 IN RING SPECIALS, TOTAL WINNINGS OF £1418 AND ALSO WINNING THE CHANNEL AVERAGE.YOU CAN CERTAINLY PICK EM TREV AND GAZ.   

 

TREVOR COLLINS

 

 

TOTAL MONEY PAID OUT IN 2019 INCLUDING OFFICIALS SALARIES WAS £4638 A TREMENDOUS EFFORT.

 

LINDA WAS PRESENTED WITH A BOUQUET OF CHOCOLATE BARS AND THE RAFFLE WAS DRAWN.     

 

IT WAS A VERY ENJOYABLE NIGHT AND I’D LIKE TO WISH THE CLUB AND ALL THE MEMBERS A SUCCESFUL 2020.

 

GARY COLLINS

 

MALC WRIGHT

 

 

MATT WRIGHT & DEBBIE FEARN

 

 

TONY BROWN JOHN HAVENS & MICK HARVEY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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