BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION - 10-09-26

BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION.

Russ Bailey dominates out of Yeovil (2)

Saturday September 5^th 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. wind by Alys, and the lofts on the East side made hay in the westerly wind.

Congratulations to Russ Bailey of Holbrook who had his team in tip top form timing 15 birds in 14 seconds to take the top 15 in the fed. He had to wait another 42 seconds for his next, and this was good enough to take 16^th fed, brilliant team performance Russ. The fed topper on 1539.3 was a blue pied hen; she’s ¾ Woodroffe bros x John Hodgeson. Runner up on 1539.3 was a Blue wf cock; again Woodroffe bros x John Hodgeson. 3^rd fed on 1539.3 was a blue cock out of stock from M/M Lycett x Kev Matthews. 4^th fed on1539.2 was a Blue hen from Woodroffe Bros stock.  5^th fed on 1539.2 was cheq Pied hen off Glyn and Glenda Stone X M/M Lycett stock. 6^th; 7^th; 8th; and 9^th fed on 1539.0(2); 1538.9(2); was a blue cock and three blue hens all out of the Woodroffe brothers stock. 10^th fed on 1538.6 was a blue hen off Mark Williamson stock.    

Russ Bailey dominant out of Yeovil

That’s the top ten positions covered in 5 seconds, great stuff Russ.

Around the clubs,

At Stretton, 5 sent 55 and Phil Whetton took 1^st and 4^th club on 1478; 1458; the winner a cheq Lambrecht cock; his sire a red cock from the late Trevor Bird off Fred Bloor stock, his dam from Matt Munslow off the “De Zot” line.   4^th club was a Slatey hen off Matt Munslow Stickers -Donkers x Leideman Bros stock.

Phil Whetton winner at Stretton and Runner up in Breeder Buyer

Runner up on 1475 was Jack Bourke with a mealy cock bred by the incredible Gordon Bros of Northern Ireland.  

Phil Bourke was 3^rd club on 1464 with a Cheq hen bred by friend Mark Evans of Denbighshire. Her  sire a Willy Jacobs from Gerald Delaney of Ireland out of “Home Alone” who was a winner of 1^st sec 3^rd open; and “Golden Lady” 1^st open Gold ring and dam of 3 x open winners. Her dam is from Central Lofts; she’s a double granddaughter of “Sunny”. This is the third top five finish for this young cheq hen this season.

At Chaddesden Jubilee; 7 sent 69 and Mick Stone won a photo finish, taking 1^st club on 1523 with a mealy Van den Bulk cock.   

Mick Stone winner at Chaddesden Jubilee

John & Steve Hicks were 2^nd & 3^rd with two Jansenne cocks on 1522.5; 1522.4.  

Stan Hall was 4^th on 1519 with a mealy cock bred by Mick Fearn.

At Winshill, 3 sent 21 and a big well done to David Neculai on taking the top three. The winner on 1485.6 was the blue pied cock that was 5^th in The Anchor breeder Buyer 3 days earlier; he’s bred off stock from Clive Yates the Tamworth ace.  

David Neculai with his Winshill winner and The Anchor Breeder Buyer prize winner

Runner up on 1485.4 was a cheq hen, again off Clive Yates stock. 3^rd club on 1485.3 was a blue cock, his sire off Phil Bourke, and his dam is a Koopman David purchased at the Doncaster Show. 

Liam Clamp Loft 1 was 4^th on 1447 with a blue hen.

At Swadlincote Town, 6 sent 62 and Mark Collins took top spot on 1447 with a blue hen  bred by Kev Matthews and won by Mark in the club raffle after Kev donated it to the club at their presentation night, she also won out of Yeovil (1) the week earlier 

Mr & Mrs Lee Clamp & Sons were 2^nd & 3^rd on 1440; 1403; with a blue cock and a blue hen. 

Debbie Fearn was 4^th on 1400 with a blue wf hen; her sire from Davis, Wright & Sons out of their SVR/ “31616” line; and the dam is a Rondag from Tony & Lee Painter

At Holbrook, 5 sent 118 and details of their top ten appear above, as they totally dominate the fed top twenty.

Finally, at Etwall, 4 sent 34 and Kev Southall makes it fours wins on the bounce. The winner this week on 1413 is off Dave Stone stock; Kev was also runner up on 1391 with a Futurity bird bred by Ian Barnbrook. 

Alan Peach was 3^rd and 4^th on 1382; 1371; with a Roland Janssen; and a Janssen that goes back to the old John Stretton bloodline.

Tony Mather of Holbrook takes top spot in 2026 Breeder Buyer race.

The 2026 federation Breeder Buyer race was raced from Yeovil on Saturday September 5^th. Out of the 26 birds sold; 6 made it to the race, and these were liberated at 09-50 in a W.N.W. wind. It was nice to see all 6 birds made it home and each earnt their owner a slice of the £812 prize money. That’s good prize money for a race with 26 birds in, never mind 6.  

Congratulations to Tony Mather of Holbrook, racing as Mather & Haywood, Tony took 1^st & 6^th prizes on 1217; 531, both cheq hens and both birds bred by himself, earning Tony £335.62, well done Tony.                

Tony Mather of Holbrook winner of fed Breeder Buyer                            

Runner up on 1183 was Phil Whetton of Stretton, again it was bred by himself, and his Slatey hen won £159.70 prize money.  

Alan Peach of Etwall was 3^rd on 971 with a cheq wf hen bred by Russ Bailey; earning both parties £59.55.  

Graham Evans of Castle Gresley was 4^th on 665 with a dark cheq hen bred by Russ bailey, earning both £51.43 each.  

5^th on 567 was Ray & Jean Lees & Millar of Castle Gresley with a blue cock bred by Alan Peach, both taking home £47.36.

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