BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
FANTASTIC RACE OUT OF FROME, SEES C. LEADBEATER & SONS OF HILL RIDWARE TAKE 1ST FED, AND 5 IN THE TOP 12.
SATURDAY MAY 4TH SAW 126 MEMBERS ENTER 2380 BIRDS FOR THE RACE OUT OF FROME. IT WAS A COLD START TO THE DAY, WITH A FRESH NORTHERLY WIND, BUT IT WAS A DRY DAY WITH THE SUN COMING THROUGH AND VISIBILITY WAS PERFECT.
ALYS LIBERATED THE BIRDS AT 10-15 IN A STRONG NORTHERLY WIND, MORE N.W. HERE IN BURTON, AND THE BIRDS CAME BRILLIANT, THEY FOLLOWED UP, AND IT WAS A JOY TO SEE THEM FINISH.
CONGRATULATIONS TO C. LEADBEATER & SONS OF HILL RIDWARE WHO TOPPED THE FED ON 1310 WITH A 3YO BLUE COCK; THIS COCK WAS BRED BY MICKEY COLLINS AND IS A LEO HEREMAN VAN DEN BULK. THIS LOFT CERTAINLY HAD EM ON FORM, ADDING 4TH FED ON 1297 WITH A BELGIAN RUNG YEARLING COCK FROM THE PLATTEEUW FAMILY; 9TH FED ON 1289.8 WITH A YEARLING BLUE HEN FROM BARRY JONES; AND 10TH FED ON 1289.5 WITH ANOTHER BELGIAN RUNG FROM THE PLATTEEUW FAMILY, THIS ONE A YEARLING BLUE HEN, THEY HAD ANOTHER BELGIAN RUNG IN 12TH FED, GREAT PERFORMANCE LADS.
CLUBMATES J.K. & L MADGIN WERE 2ND FED ON 1305 WITH A 2YO BELGIAN RUNG BLUE COCK FROM MR HOLLANDERS SPRINT FAMILY; A GREAT START TO THE SEASON, HAVING TAKEN 10TH FED OUT OF EACH OF THE PREVIOUS TWO RACES. JOHN CRAVEN OF BIRCH COPPICE WAS 3RD FED ON 1304 WITH A 3YO BLUE COCK. OVER TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE FED NOW, WHERE MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY TOOK 5TH FED ON 1295 WITH THEIR WINNER AT THE NELSON.
SOUTH DERBYSHIRE LOFTS FILLED THE REST OF THE TOP TEN, MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON WINNING SWADLINCOTE TOWN AND TAKING 6TH FED ON 1294 WITH A 4YO NEHU RUNG BLUE BILLY CALVERT LAMBRECHT COCK. MICK HARVEY & SON OF THE NELSON WERE 7TH FED ON 1292.3 WITH A YEARLING BLUE PIED COCK; AND MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON OF SWADLINCOTE TOWN TOOK 8TH FE DON 1992.1 WITH A 4YO CHEQ PIED VAN DEN BOSCHE COCK.
HILL RIDWARE LOFTS TOOK 12 OF THE TOP 20 FED POSITIONS, SWADLINCOTE TOWN 3; BIRCH COPPICE AND THE NELSON 2 EACH, AND ONE AT APPLEBY MAGNA. THERE WERE 14 COCKS IN THE TOP 20; WIDOW COCKS ALWAYS FLY BETTER ON GOOD RACING DAYS?
AROUND THE CLUBS,
John Passey
AT THE NELSON, 11 SENT 252 AND MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY TOOK TOP SPOT ON 1295 WITH A 2YO KIRKLAND “SNAKE” X FLOR ENGELS HEN RACED ON THE ROUNDABOUT, WINNING £40 PRIZEMONEY.
Mick & Neil Harvey
MICK HARVEY & SON WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1292 WITH A YEARLING PIED COCK WINNING £30 PRIZEMONEY. MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON WERE 3RD & 4TH ON 1278; 1275; BOTH LAMBRECHT HENS, WINNING £30 PRIZEMONEY AND £30 GOLD RING SPECIAL. DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WIN THE £45 POOLS, TOTAL PRIZE FUND THIS WEEK £175.
Phil Whetton
AT STRETTON, 14 SENT 246 AND PHIL WHETTON HAD A FANTASTIC DAY, TAKING 1ST; 3RD; AND 4TH ON 1276; 1261.7; 1261.6; THE WINNER WAS “THE BRISTOL COCK”; A 3YO OFF STEVE BENNETT STOCK, THIS COCK HAS NOW WON 3 X 1ST AND THIS WEEK WON THE £26 NOMINATION. PHIL’S NEXT TWO WERE ANOTHER 3YO COCK SAME WAY BRED AS THE WINNER, FOLLOWED BY A 3YO MATT MUNSLOW LAMBRECHT.
JIM & MATT PARKER WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1264 WITH A 2YO COCK, A GRANDSON OF “THOR” AND “SHELBY” AND CURTIS, WALL & LUNT’S “INDIANNA”.
AT BIRCH COPPICE, 12 SENT 276 AND JOHN CRAVEN HAD A CLEAR WINNER ON 1304 WITH A 3YO COCK. JOHN GILBERT TOOK THE NEXT THREE PRIZES ON 1280; 1264; 1258; HIS FIRST THE GOOD YEARLING MEALY LAMBRECHT X WILDIE COCK THAT WAS YB OF THE YEAR IN THE FEDERATION LAST YEAR. HE WAS FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER YEARLING LAMBRECHT X WILDIE COCK AND A 4YO WILDIE COCK.
AT HILL RIDWARE, C LEADBEATER & SONS WERE 1ST; 3RD AND 4TH ON 1310; 1297; 1289; THE WINNER A LEO HEREMAN VAN DEN BULK COCK; FOLLOWED BY A PLATTEEUW FAMILY COCK AND A HEN OFF BARRY JONES STOCK. J.K. & L MADGIN CONTINUE THEIR GOOD START TO THE SEASON, TAKING RUNNERS UP SPOT ON 1305 WITH ONE FROM A MR HOLLANDER IN BELGIUM.
INTO DERBY NOW, AT OSMASTON PARK WHERE 20 SENT 305 AND MICK WILLIS & FAMILY TOOK THE RED CARD ON 1265.4 WITH A 2YO BLUE COCK. MICK FERN TOOK 2ND SPOT ON 1265.0 WITH A YEARLING CHEQ HEN; MICK STONE WAS 3RD ON 1264 WITH A YEARLING CEULEMAN HEN AND MR & MRS PAUL TODD WERE 4TH ON 1257 WITH A 2YO CHEQ COCK.
Alan Peach
AT ETWALL, 10 SENT 164 AND SECRETARY ALAN PEACH TOOK THE FIRST FOUR ON 1265; 1224; 1223; 1218; THE WINNER WAS BRED BY ALAN BRASSINGTON AND PURCHASED AT A HILL RIDWARE BREEDER BUYER SALE.THE RUNNER UP AN ERIC CEULEMAN OFF MR & MRS TONY WHITEHURST; THIRD WAS A ROLAND JANSENNE AND FOURTH BRED BY PETE HARRISON, THIS ONE WON THE FED BREEDER BUYER RACE IN 2017. WELL DONE ALAN.
AT WINSHILL, 5 SENT 54 AND JIM & MATT PARKER FILLED THE TOP THREE SPOTS ON 1233; 1232; 1224; THE WINNER A YEARLING DRAPA/ HEREMANS COCK OFF CURTIS, WALL & LUNT STOCK. THIS COCK WAS JOINT PIGEON OF THE YEAR AT STRETTON IN 2018; HE IS THIRD GENERATION OFF THE GOLDMINE “THOR” AND “SHELBY” PAIRING. RUNNER UP WAS A YEARLING DRAPA/HEREMANS HEN AND THIRD WAS A YEARLING COCK, FULL BROTHER TO THE WINNER.
OVER AT APPLEBY MAGNA, CHRIS AND CHRISTINE COOPER WERE 1ST & 2ND ON 1279; 1275; WITH THEIR WIM MOENS WIDOW COCKS. THE WINNER A 4YO WHO IS NO STRANGER TO THE TOP SPOT FOLLOWED BY A YEARLING. GERALD WOOD WAS 3RD WITH HIS GOOD 3YO VANDENABEELE COCK THAT HAS WON SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE. MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY WERE 4TH ON 1248 WITH A 2YO KIRKLAND FLOR ENGELS COCK.
Gary & Trevor Collins
FINALLY, AT SWADLINCOTE TOWN, MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON HAD A GOOD RACE TAKING 1ST; 3RD; AND 4TH ON 1294; 1278 (); THE WINNER A 4YO BILLY CALVERT BRED LAMBRECHT COCK. HE WAS FOLLOWED BY A YEARLING PREMIER STUD HEREMAN CUESTER X SYNDICATE LOFTS HEN, AND THEN A 2YO DE MEYER X LAMBRECHT HEN.
MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON WERE RUNNERS UP 1292 WITH A 4YO VAN DEN BOSCHE COCK; THIS COCK SIRES THE WINNER OUT OF TEWKSBURY.
Alan Stretton
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