Burton & South Derbyshire Federation.

D. Nesbitt & Sons make it 2 x 1st fed in 3 races, with a win out of Frome.

Once again the weather was unkind to us, with rain forecast for Saturday May 15^th, the fed delayed marking by 24 hours.

91 members from 10 clubs sent 1802 birds to Frome, with heavy showers moving up from the south, an early lib was on the cards, and Alys cut the strings at 07:05 in a light SW wind, here at home the wind was S.S.E. the leading birds made light work of the journey with the west side lofts dominating the result. It was a strange race with plenty of empty perches, and a lot of the birds again over-shot their lofts and came back out of the north. They must have had a great start to achieve the velocities they did?. 

It’s a possibility that our birds would have been over the Cheltenham area when the Staff Moorlands fed liberated at 08:00? I know that one South Derbyshire loft had a couple of birds in from the Stoke area. 52 miles split Cheltenham and Frome, and there was 55 minutes between the liberations.

Back to the race, and congratulations to D. Nesbitt & Sons of Hill Ridware on taking 1^st; 2^nd; 6^th; 7^th; and 9^th fed on 1779; 1775; 1752; 1751; 1745; the fed topper was a 2yo granddaughter of their champion hen “Isla”; she was 2^nd fed 2 weeks earlier; she is a spare hen, she just would not pair up.


MARK NESBITT 1ST FED FROME

She was followed by 4 more Heremans; 3 hens and a 2yo cock; the 5^th bird, a direct daughter of “Isla” actually came with the first bird but the ETS missed her; it was only when Mark checked his clock he realised it was one time light. These Heremans are flying brilliantly for Mark.                             

Club mates R & G Jones & Batt were 3^rd fed on 1765; Rich & Gordie timing in a yearling slatey cock off Graham Jones of Guisborough.


GORDIE JONES

C. Leadbeater & Sons were 4^th fed on 1756 with a yearling blue cock out of a Belgian specialist sprint family.

Mr & Mrs Jim Whitehouse & Son were 10^th fed on 1743 with a 3yo BWF Manderlartz hen, a previous prize-winner for Jim and Donna.                                                                                 

JIM WHITEHOUSE

Stopping Hill Ridwares total domination was Purchase & Walker of Lichfield, flying at the Nelson; they took 5^th & 8^th fed on 1753; 1749; both yearling cocks.

Around the clubs,

At Stretton, 8 sent 168 and Phil Bourke took the top two spots on 1691; 1684; the winner a yearling cock off the “Donkere Leo” lines from D & A Swift. He was followed by a yearling hen out of a son of Tony & Lee Painters “Frankel” x with a Central Lofts “Kittel” hen. Jim Parker & Son were 3^rd on 1642 with a 3yo Hereman cock and Phil Whetton was 4^th on 1629 with a 2yo Lambrecht cock, a son off Phil’s good NWHU cock.


PHIL BOURKE 1ST CLUB FROME 2021

At Swadlincote Town, 15 sent 328 and Mick Harvey & Son loft 1 took home the red card on 1695 with a 3yo Cheq WF hen, the sire from James Parker’s “Blue Laureate” lines; the dam a double granddaughter of “Corky”. Well done Mick.                           

                                                         
MICK HARVEY WINNER AT SWADLINCOTE TOWN

Mr & Mrs Alan Stretton were runners up on 1693 with a 6yo Cheq Pied cock; he is a multiple first prize winner, he is off the “Babbington Cock” lines x with Alan’s Wall, Lunt & Green stock.                                                                                     

Davis, Wright & Sons were 3^rd on 1683 with a 2yo blue cock. The sire is “Nugget”; son of the Gordon Bros “147”. The dam is “Faith” a Staf van Reet x Vandenabeele; she was 1^st fed Portland and 3^rd fed Kingsdown.                                                                                                                

Melv Willis was 4^th on 1681 with a home bred 2yo BWF hen.


MELV WILLIS GOOD FORM AT SWADLINCOTE

At The Nelson, 8 sent 149 and Purchase & Walker took the top three on 1753; 1749; 1730; all yearling cocks. Sid Wincup & Son were 4^th on 1728 with a 2yo blue cock. He is a Premier Stud Hereman Cuester and nest mate to the previous weeks winner of 3^rd club.

At Etwall, 10 sent 222 and Stevie Billings took top spot on 1706 with a 2yo blue cock.   

Kev Southall was 2^nd & 3^rd on 1675; 1674; the first a yearling Vandenabeele cock having it’s first race; followed by a yearling Cuester x Van Den Bulk cock. Alan Peach was 4^th on 1674 with a 2yo Roland Jansenne hen.

At Osmaston Park, 19 sent 318 and Mick Willis & Family got a clear winner on 1722 with a 3yo Cheq cock, a son off “Bronzey”; he was 2^nd club the week before. Mick Fearn was 2^nd on 1684 with a 2yo Lambrecht hen; Mr & Mrs Paul Todd 3^rd on 1677 with a 6yo Jansenne hen; and the Shenton Bros were 4^th on 1664 with a 3yo Cheq hen off stock from Mr & Mrs Childs & Son of Stretton.

At Hill Ridware, 6 sent 106 and their first 9 all appeared in the top 11 of the fed result.

Well this Saturday (May 22^nd) the forecast is for a dry day with a W.N.W. wind, this should see the birds coming more into the heart of the fed, time will tell? Unfortunately on the way down to Yeovil the transporter had a mechanical failure, which couldn’t be repaired on the Saturday. Repair was carried out on the Sunday morning, and the birds were taken to the nearest racepoint which was Hullavington. They were libbed at 10:50 in a strong S.S.W wind, and they tumbled in. So well done Alys on caring for the birds and giving the members a good race, on a testing and tedious weekend for our convoyer.

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