BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION

by Pete Wightman

PRESENTATION EVENING

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22ND SAW THE FEDERATION HOLD THEIR 2008 PRIZE PRESENTATION AT THE GRESLEY OLD HALL INDOOR BOWLS CENTRE.

GUESTS FOR THE EVENING WERE MR & MRS ANDREW ROWLAND OF WIRKSWORTH, ANDREW IS A STALWART OF THE NORTH DERBYSHIRE FED, WHO CONVOY OUR FEDERATION BIRDS TO FRANCE FOR THE SPECIAL RACES.

46 SAT DOWN TO A VERY ENJOYABLE MEAL, WASHED DOWN WITH PLENTY OF WINE. ANDREW ROWLAND WAS THEN ASKED TO PRESENT THE FOLLOWING PRIZES:

 

MR & MRS CHILDS & SON OF STRETTON WITH £8-70;

ELMORE & SMITH OF DOSTHILL WITH £19-00;

WILLIE HORTON OF ETWALL WITH £19-00;

K.TAYLOR OF HILL RIDWARE WITH £20-00;

TREVOR BIRD OF STRETTON WITH £22-00;

LEES & MILLER OF APPLEBY MAGNA WITH £29-00;

BARRY ODOM OF STRETTON WITH £30-00;

KEITH ELSTONE OF HIL RIDWARE WITH £34-00;

STEVE WAIN OF STRETTON WITH £37-87;

RUEBEN HOUGH OF DERBY WITH £37-87;

MR & MRS PETER COX OF STRETTON WITH £37-87;

P.SMITH OF APPLEBY MAGNA WITH £37-87;

M. LESTER OF WINSHILL WITH £37-87;

MR & MRS BOB CAWLEY OF DOSTHILL WITH £37-87;

BRIAN WINSTON OF DOSTHILL WITH £42-00;

STEVE & LINDA TREECE OF DERBY WITH £42-00;

PHIPPS & BETTERIGE OF ASHBY WITH £49-67;

KEITH BURTON OF APPLEBY MAGNA WITH £66-87;

PAULWILLIAMS OF STRETTON WITH £73-87;

A.J. PASSEY & SONS OF APPLEBY MAGNA WITH £83-00;

EDDIE KEYTE OF DOSTHILL WITH £86-87;

STAN HALL OF DERBY WITH £88-00;

J.CHADWICK OF DERBY WITH £90-00;

NEIL INGER OF THE BULLS HEAD WITH £107-47;

MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS OF THE NELSON WITH £125-85;

LYNDON ROWLAND OF BOLEHALL WAS 1ST FED FROM YELVERTON IN THE YB SPECIAL RACE WINNING £135-25.

JIM & MATT PARKER OF WINSHILL WITH £136-87;

KEVIN & GREGG JOHNSON OF THE BULLS HEAD WITH £136-87;

JACK WHITEHOUSE OF DERBY WITH £178-60;

SPINKS & BARKS OF HILL RIDWARE WITH £180-37;

ALAN BRASSINGTON OF STRETTON WITH £203-55;

MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY OF APPLEBY MAGNA WITH £203-57;

ROB HORTON OF DOSTHILL WON £212-02, TAKING 2ND & 5TH FED FROM YELVERTON WITH TWO LAMBRECHT HENS.

GERALD WOOD OF APPLEBY MAGNA TOOK 1ST FED OUT OF MESSAC AND WON £228-25.

WADSWORTH & SHERRATT OF THE NELSON WITH £288-70;

 

NOW TO THE TOP THREE LOFTS OF 2008

IN THIRD PLACE WE HAD MR & MRS GRAHAM EVANS OF THE NELSON, GRAHAM & ELEANOR ARE THE FEDERATION SECRETARIES, AND THEY ARE ABLY ASSISTED BY JAMES HORNE, IN AND OUT OF THE LOFTS. THEY WON A GRAND TOTAL OF £811-38.THEY WERE 3RD FED OUT OF MESSAC, WINNING £246, THEN TOOK 4TH FROM SAINTES WITH A YEARLING BLUE SOONTJEN HEN POOLED ALL THE WAY, WINNING £199. THEY ALSO WON £229 POOL MONEY OUT OF THE YELVERTON YB SPECIAL RACE.

RUNNERS UP WERE RAY MASSEY & ROSS HOLLIS OF THE NELSON; THEY WON £816-46. THE HIGHLIGHT WAS WINNING 1ST FED FROM SAINTES ON 1239 WITH A 4YO DARK CHEQ DELBAR COCK, POOLED ALL THE WAY AND NOMINATED TO WIN £299.THIS COCK WAS SENT SITTING; HE IS STEEPED IN LONG DISTANCE BLOOD. HIS GRANDFATHER ON THE DAM’S SIDE WON THE M.N.F.C. RACE FROM BERGERAC FOR JOHN BOARDMAN OF MANCHESTER FLYING 616 MILES.

RAY & ROSS’S WINNER IS NOW KNOWN AS “SAINTS EXPRESS”.

THEY ALSO WON £99 OUT OF MESSAC AND £91-60 OUT OF THE YELVERTON YB RACE.

TOP PRIZE WINNERS OF 2008 WERE MICK & NEIL HARVEY OF THE MINERS ARMS WITH A FANTASTIC TOTAL OF £1048-79.

IT ALL STARTED FROM YELVERTON, THIS PROBABLY PROVED TO BE A HARDER RACE THAN THE SCHEDULED RACE FROM LESSAY? DUE TO THE STRONG NORTH EAST WIND, RIGHT ON THE BIRDS NOSES. MICK & NEIL TOOK THE FIRST 6 IN THE CLUB AND 1ST FED ON 1086 WITH  A 2YO DARK W.F. COCK OFF WALL-LUNT & GREEN, AND PETE INCKLE LINES. THE 4TH FED ON 1064.9 WAS A 2YO RED GERVEART COCK OFF PETE INCKLE STOCK, THIS COCK WAS FANCIED, PICKING UP £49 POOLS. THEY ALSO PICKED UP A FURTHER £29 POOLS WITH THEIR FOURTH BIRD, SO ALL IN ALL A GOOD DAY.

NEXT WAS THE FEDERATIONS FIRST CHANNEL CROSSING OF THE SEASON, FROM MESSAC. MICK & NEIL HAD TO BE CONTENT WITH 2ND SPOT THIS TIME, ON 1321, WITH A 2YO COCK OFF PETE INCKLE AND BUSCHEART LINES.THEY ALSO WON £99 POOLS WITH THEIR SECOND BIRD, A 5YO COCK OFF ALAN STRETTON.

FROM SAINTES, MICK & NEIL HAD  FOUR BIRDS ON THE DAY, TAKING  2ND;  3RD;  13TH; AND 16TH  FED, THEIR RUNNER UP ON 1237 WAS A 3YO COCK OFF BOB HUGHES X LUNT-WALL-GREEN STOCK, SENT SITTING 11 DAYS.

3RD FED WAS A YEARLING COCK OFF BOB HUGHES X TOM SHERWOOD JANSENNE, ON 1175, SENT SITTING 10 DAYS.

13TH FED A 4YO JAN AARDEN COCK OFF BOB HUGHES STOCK ON 1062, AND 16TH FED A 2YO COCK OFF BOB HUGHES X TOM SHERWOOD JANSENNE, SENT SITTING 10 DAYS, ON 1046.

BEAR IN MIND ONLY 23 BIRDS MADE IT HOME ON THE DAY IN THE FED.

FINALLY FROM YELVERTON, THEY WON 3RD; 4TH; 6TH; 7TH; 8TH; 9TH; 11TH; FED ON 1428; 1424; 1417; 1415; 1413; 1409; 1405. THEIR THIRD ARRIVAL A VANDENABEELE X KOOPMAN COCK WAS POOLED HEAVILY TO WIN £199.

THE TOP THREE LOFTS WERE THE ONLY LOFTS TO PICK UP IN ALL THE FOUR SPECIAL RACES!!!

TOTAL PAYOUT FOR THE FOUR SPECIAL RACES WAS £5850-30.

THE FEDERATION ALSO RAN A VERY SUCCESSFUL BREEDER / BUYER RACE IN 2008, WITH £2838 BEING RAISED AT THE SALE. THE RACE WAS FLOWN FROM KINGSDOWN ON AUGUST 17TH.

THE WINNERS WERE MR & MRS IAN WORKMAN OF ASHBY WITH THEIR OWN BIRD ON 1722; WINNING £946.

RUNNERS UP WERE PHIPPS & BETTERIDGE, ALSO OF ASHBY, ON 1707. THEIR BIRD WAS BRED BY LYNDON ROWLAND OF BOLEHALL; EACH LOFT WINNING £283.80.

TAKING THE THIRD PRIZE WAS LYNDON ROWLAND ON 1697 WITH A BIRD BRED BY MR & MRS BOB CAWLEY.EACH LOFT WINNING £189-20.

 

GRAHAM EVANS (R) WITH ANDREW ROWLAND

MICK AND NEIL HARVEY

RAY MASSEY AND ROSS HOLLIS

GREGG AND JON, OUR TRUSTY CONVOYER

MR & MRS IAN WORKMAN

 

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