BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION
by Pete Wightman
A. J. PASSEY & SONS OF APPLEBY MAGNA WIN A TIGHT FINISH FROM PORTLAND
SATURDAY MAY 20TH SAW 16 CLUBS SEND 1470 BIRDS TO PORTLAND. BIRDAGE WAS DOWN DUE TO THE POOR RACE THE WEEK PREVIOUS FROM PORTSMOUTH, AND THE FACT IT WAS THE OPENING RACE FOR THE MIDLAND NATIONAL.
THE BIRDS WERE LIBERATED BY DAVE SPENCER AND JOHN BOWMAN AT 10-45 IN A S.W. WIND, TURNING WEST EN ROUTE AND ACTUALLY FINISHING IN A W.N.W. THE WIND WAS BLUSTERY AND THE BIRDS ENCOUNTERED SOME HEAVY SHOWERS EN ROUTE. RETURNS THOUGH WERE VERY GOOD.
AS TO BE EXPECTED, THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE FEDERATION DOMINATED THE RESULT, WITH PRIDE OF PLACE GOING TO A J. PASSEY & SONS OF APPLEBY MAGNA ON 1517.5 WITH A 2YO DARK CHEQ COCK.
SECONDS BEHIND ON 1517.3 WAS EDDIE KEYTE OF FAZELEY, WITH ANOTHER 2YO COCK.
ELMORE & SMITH OF DOSTHILL WERE 3RD ON 1513 WITH A 2YO HEN, THIS HEN ORIGINATES OFF STOCK FROM CHRIS KNOWLES OF MANCHESTER.
JANE LEWIS OF FAZELEY WAS 4TH ON 1509.6, JUST PIPPING BARRY ODOM OF STRETTON. BARRY TIMED IN A 3YO VAN DEN BOSCHE X, OFF ALAN BRASSINGTON STOCK ON 1509.1.
Barry Odom, 1st Club, 5th Fed Portland.
THIS WAS A BRILLIANT BIRD ON THE DAY, DEFYING THE STRONG WESTERLY WINDS, IT WAS THE ONLY BIRD ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIVER TRENT IN THE TOP TWENTY.
ROB HORTON OF DOSTHILL WAS 6TH & 7TH ON 1504; 1503 WITH TWO DUCKWORTH JANSENNE HENS.
KEITH BURTON OF APPLEBY MAGNA WAS 8TH ON 1501, WITH CLUBMATE P.SMITH 9TH ON 1499.
MR & MRS GRAHAM EVANS OF THE NELSON WERE 10TH ON 1498 WITH A 2YO WILDEMEERSCH COCK.
AROUND THE CLUBS
SATURDAY MAY 27TH SAW THE FED AT YELVERTON FOR IT’S FIRST SPECIAL RACE OF THE SEASON. DUE TO POOR WEATHER AT THE RACEPOINT, WITH VISIBILITY ATROCIOUS, THE BIRDS WERE HELD OVER TO THE SUNDAY.
SUNDAY DAWNED A SUPERB MORNING WITH THE N.W. WIND PROVIDING CLEAR SKIES, ALTHOUGH THE WIND WAS ON THE COOL SIDE.
THE BIRDS WERE LIBERATED AT 07-45 IN A LIGHT N.W. WIND, TURNING WEST EN ROUTE. THE LEADING BIRDS MAKING APPROX 49 MPH.
AT STRETTON, 21 SENT 260 AND MR & MRS CHILDS & SON TOOK THE TOP TWO POSITIONS ON 1432; 1431. THE WINNER A 2YO BUSCHEART COCK, FOLLOWED BY A YEARLING BUSCHEART X CATTRYSSE X JANSENNE OFF RICHARD & KIM MOLE. (APOLOGIES TO KIM, FOR CALLING YOU KAREN & CAROL IN THE PAST, ALSO FOR THE MISPRINT HAVING YOU DOWN AS A KARL THE OTHER WEEK.)
John & Tony Childs.
MR & MRS RAY GRIMSDELL WERE 3RD ON 1430 WITH A MEULEMAN X VAN DEN BOSCHE, AND SHAUN & IVAN SMITH WERE 4TH ON 1429 WITH A JANSENNE.
OVER AT HILL RIDWARE, BERT HYDEN & SON WERE 1ST & 2ND ON 1418; 1413. THE WINNER A JANSENNE X. THE SIRE HAS TOPPED OUR FED AND ALSO TOOK 2ND IN THE WORCESTER FED AND ORIGINATES FROM BILL HOCKING STOCK.
THE RUNNER UP WAS A FULL BROTHER TO THE WINNERS SIRE. TWO GOOD BIRDS THESE IN THE WEST WIND.
G.PRINCE WAS 3RD ON 1388 WITH A K.LYCETT X BRIAN DENNY VAN HEE. KEITH “RINGO” ELSTONE WAS 4TH ON 1381 WITH A STAF VAN REET OFF BROWNLEE SON & WARD STOCK.
AT DOSTHILL, 13 SENT 118 AND ELMORE & SMITH WIN THEIR FOURTH RED CARD OF THE CAMPAIGN. THEIR WINNER ON 1451, A CHRIS KNOWLES COCK, MAY WELL TAKE SOME BEATING IN THE FED?
GEORGE COLLETT WAS 2ND ON 1447 WITH A JANSENNE HEN, ROB HORTON WAS 3RD 4TH ON 1425; 1424; WITH TWO DUCKWORTH JANSENNE HENS.
AT THE NELSON, ALAN CLAMP HAD A GOOD DAY, TAKING 1ST; 3RD & 4TH ON 1437; 1418; 1410. THE WINNER A 3YO SOONTJEN HEN OFF ANSLOW FARRAR, SENT SITTING 3 DAYS.
SHE WAS FOLLOWED HOME BY TWO VAN DEN BOSCHE COCKS, THE FIRST “ALFIE” A 3YO THAT HAS WON 9 X 1ST’s, THEN A YEARLING, A HALF BROTHER TO “ALFIE”. BOTH THESE COCKS WERE SENT DRIVING TO THE NEST.
MR & MRS GRAHAM EVANS WERE 2ND ON 1424 WITH A YEARLING WILDEMEERSCH.
AT ETWALL, MR & MRS CHILDS & SON TOOK THE FIRST FIVE.
WITH THEM DUPLICATING INTO STRETTON, THE FIRST TWO’S DETAILS ARE IN THE STRETTON REPORT. THEIR 3RD ARRIVAL ON 1394 WAS A BUSCHEART X CATTRYSSE, THEN A BUSCHEART X NEV LEIGHTON ON 1390.
AT THE MINERS ARMS, MR & MRS ALAN STRETTON HAD ANOTHER RED CARD TO THEIR COLLECTION, ON 1431 WITH A 2YO PETE INCKLE X VAN DEN BOSCHE COCK.
MR & MRS GRAHAM EVANS WERE 2ND ON 1424 WITH A YEARLING JANSENNE COCK. THIS COCK HAS HAD 2 X 4TH’s IN THE WARWICK FED.
NEIL HARVEY WAS 3RD ON 1406 WITH THE BLACK PIED PETE INCKLE HEN THAT SEEMS TO CARD EVERY WEEK?
MICK HARVEY WAS 4TH ON 1405.
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