BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION

by Pete Wightman

NEWBURY & PORTLAND

KEVIN & GREGG JOHNSON OF THE BULLS HEAD 5 MINUTES CLEAR FROM NEWBURY

KEVIN (R) & GREGG JOHNSON, 1ST FED NEWBURY

15 CLUBS SENT 1356 BIRDS TO NEWBURY ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH. THEY WERE LIBERATED AT 12-30 IN A N.W. WIND AND IT TURNED OUT A GOOD STIFF RACE FOR THE BIRDS, WITH EXCELLENT RETURNS.

AN EXCEPTIONAL WINNER TO KEVIN & GREGG JOHNSON OF THE BULLS HEAD, ONE OF THE LONGEST FLIERS IN THE FED. THEIR WINNER WAS A CHEQ SOONTJEN HEN ON 1182. SHE WAS 5 MINUTES CLEAR OF THE FIELD, FLYING 20 MILE FURTHER THAN THE RUNNER UP. TO COMPLETE A GOOD DAY, KEVIN & GREGG WERE ALSO 3RD ON 1149 WITH A BLUE PIED VANDENABEELE COCK.

MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY OF APPLEBY MAGNA CAME CLOSE TO MAKING IT BACK TO BACK 1ST FED, BUT THEY HAD TO BE CONTENT WITH THE RUNNER UP SPOT ON 1150.

GRAHAM & ELEANOR EVANS OF THE NELSON CLUB WERE 4TH FED ON 1143 WITH A WILDEMEERSCH COCK, BRED BY M/M YOUNG OF FLINT, FROM THEIR PORTER & RICHARDSON STOCK.

CHRIS GILLIVER OF CASTLE GRESLEY WAS 5TH ON 1142.

MR & MRS CHILDS & SON OF ETWALL WERE 6TH ON 1135.8 WITH A BUSCHEART X JANSENNE HEN.

HARRY SMITH OF CASTLE GRESLEY WAS 7TH ON 1135.4.

LYNDON ROWLAND OF BOLEHALL WAS 8TH ON 1134.

R & J LEES & MILLER OF APPLEBY MAGNA 9TH ON 1132.9 AND MR & MRS GEORGE HODGKINSON OF HILL RIDWARE 10TH ON 1132, A GOOD PIGEON THIS IN A LESS THAN FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS.

AROUND THE CLUBS

STARTING AT THE NELSON, 8 SENT 106 TO NEWBURY, AND GRAHAM & ELEANOR EVANS WERE 1ST, 2ND & 4TH ON 1143; 1129; 1126 WITH THEIR PORTER & RICHARDSON WILDEMEERSCH.

DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE 3RD ON 1128 WITH A JANSENNE COCK. THIS ALSO WON THE CLUBS NOMINATION FUND AND THE YB KNOCKOUT CUP.

TO CAP A FINE DAY'S WORK, GRAHAM & ELEANOR EVANS WON THE WEEKLY BREEDER/BUYER PRIZE, WITH ONE OF THEIR OWN, A NOCE £70 BETTER OFF.

AT ETWALL, FROM LULWORTH, MR & MRS CHILDS & SON WERE 1ST & 3RD ON 1332; 1310. THE WINNER A VAN DE WIEL X VERBRUGGEN, FOLLOWED BY A JAN AARDEN X CATTRYSSE X VIC LOUGH.

MR & MRS TONY WHITEHURST 2ND & 4TH ON 1312; 1308.

FROM NEWBURY, MR & MRS CHILDS & SON TOOK THE FIRST FOUR ON 1135; 1123; 1090; 1089; THE WINNER A BUSCHEART X JANSENNE, FOLLOWED BY A JANSENNE, AND A BUSCHEART.

THE LAST RACE OF THE SEASON FROM PORTLAND ONLY SAW 2 MEMBERS SEND, AND MR & MRS CHILDS & SON TOOK THE FIRST FOUR ON 1424; 1402; 1355; 1317; THE WINNER A JANSENNE, FOLLOWED BY A VAN LOON X VAN DE WIEL X VERBRUGGEN, AND A BUSCHEART X VANDENABEELE.

AT THE BULLS HEAD, KEVIN & GREGG JOHNSON FINISH THE SEASON OFF WITH A BANG. THEY TOOK THE FIRST FOUR FROM NEWBURY ON 1182; 1149; 1118; 1114; THE WINNER A SOONTJEN HEN, FOLLOWED BY A VANDENABEELE COCK; ANOTHER SOONTJEN HEN AND A BUSCHEART HEN.

FROM PORTLAND, KEVIN & GREGG WERE 1ST &2ND, THE WINNER THE SAME VANDENABEELE COCK THAT WAS 2ND CLUB, 3RD FED THE WEEK BEFORE FROM NEWBURY. HE WAS FOLLOWED HOME BY A SOONTJEN COCK, NESTMATE TO THE 4TH FED FROM LULWORTH.

MR & MRS RICK SHELTON WERE 3RD & 4TH WITH TWO HENS.

FINALLY, AT THE NELSON, 7 SENT 60 TO PORTLAND, AND GRAHAM & ELEANOR EVANS FINISH OFF A SUPERB YB SEASON IN STYLE, TAKING 1ST & 3RD ON 1418, 1381. THE WINNER WAS A MEALY COCK, THE DAM, A BUSCHEART X JANSENNE X TERRY FEARN, WON MESSAC THIS YEAR. IN 3RD CLUB, WAS THE WILDEMEERSCH HEN THAT GRAHAM & ELEANOR BROUGHT BACK AT THE CLUBS BREEDER/ BUYER, SHE HAS NOW WON 4 X WEEKLY PRIZES AT £70 EACH. TH CAP A FINE DAY, GRAHAM & ELEANOR ALSO WON THE £100 NOMINATION RACE WITH A BLUE COCK BRED BY TREVOR COLLINS & SON, AND ALSO WINNING THE YB AVERAGE.

RAY MASSEY WAS 2ND & 4TH ON 1407 WITH A RED COCK BRED BY TREVOR COLLINS & SON, AND A WELL FANCIED BLUE HEN, PICKING UP THE POOLS.

AN EXCELLENT SEASON FOR THE NELSON, WHO LOOK LIKE A CLUB ON THE UP?

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