BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION. Russ Bailey dominates out of Yeovil (2) Saturday September 5th saw the federation at Yeovil for the second successive week, and the penultimate race of the 2026 season. 385 Birds from 34 members of 8 clubs were liberated at 10-10 in a W.N.W.…

BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION. 2026 Futurity race sees Mark Nesbitt take top spot out of Yeovil. The federation’s 2026 Futurity race took place from Yeovil on Sunday August 30th, low pressure and thundery heavy rain put the race back 24 hours. 231 Futurity rings were…

BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION. Phil Bourke of Stretton excels out of a fast Yeovil race. Saturday August 29th should have seen our birds at Yeovil in Somerset, but due to a ridge of low pressure and thundery heavy rain, the fed put racing back 24 hours to Sunday August…

BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION. Kev Matthews of Holbrook takes the top two out of Frome. What a difference a week makes, after the poor race we had from Bath the week earlier, for reasons unbeknown to us all, Saturday August 22nd saw 44 members from 8 clubs enter 750 birds…

BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION. Russ Bailey goes 7 up out of Bath as Holbrook lofts dominate. Saturday August 15th was one of them days; it looked a great day for racing with a light northerly wind, blue skies at the lib site, dry and warm with some cloud, but also some…