BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION

by Pete Wightman

2019 PRIZE PRESENTATION.

 

 

SATURDAY OCTOBER 19TH SAW MEMBERS ATTEND THE 2019 PRIZE PRESENTATION AT THE BEECHES IN ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH. A WONDERFUL MEAL WAS ENJOYED BY ALL BEFORE PRESIDENT MIKE WRIGHT OPENED THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE PRIZE PRESENTATION BY THANKING OUR SECRETARY AND CONVOYER ALYS; GRAHAM & ELEANOR EVANS FOR CARRYING OUT THE FEDERATION FEEDER SERVICE AND FOR HELPING DAUGHTER ALYS; RACE CONTROLLER ALAN SMITH, THE WEATHER COMMITTEE AND ALL OTHER FEDERATION OFFICIALS.

 

FIRST UP WAS ALAN STRETTON OF SWADLINCOTE TOWN WHO PICKED UP £245 IN POOLS OUT OF CARENTAN.

Alan Stretton (L)

 

NEXT UP WAS D.NESBITT & SONS OF HILL RIDWARE; MARK WAS PRESENTED WITH THE INLAND OB BIRD OF THE YEAR; YOUNG BIRD OF THE YEAR; INLAND BIRD OF THE YEAR;1ST FED TEWKSBURY OB; 1ST FED BLANDFORD YB;  TWO GOLD COINS FOR WINNING THE FEDERATION BREEDER BUYER RACE WITH ONE OF THEIR OWN LEO HEREMANS, PICKING UP £667-20.

Mark Nesbitt (L)

 

NEXT UP WAS ALAN PEACH OF ETWALL, ALAN WON £14 IN THE KINGSDOWN OB SR AND WAS 3RD IN THE BREEDER BUYER RACE WINNING A FURTHER £166-80; WINNING A TOTAL OF £180-80.

Alan Peach (L)

 

RACE CONTROLLER ALAN SMITH WAS NEXT UP, ELMORE & SMITH WINNING £14 IN THE KINGSDOWN OB SR.

 

Alan Smith (L)

Alan & Maureen Smith

MR & MRS GRAHAM EVANS WON £155 POOLS OUT OF MESSAC AND £37-70 PRIZE MONEY; TOTAL OF £192.70

 

 MR & MRS JIM WHITEHOUSE & SON OF HILL RIDWARE WERE NEXT UP, JIM WON £9 POOLS OUT OF CARENTAN; £162-50 POOLS OUT OF FOUGERES; £37-70 PRIZEMONEY; TOTAL OF £209-20 AND 1ST FED HULLAVINGTON YB.

Jim Whitehouse (L)

 

D & A SWIFT OF HOLBROOK WERE NEXT UP, WINNING THE YB LADIES RACE AND £50; THEY WERE ALSO 1ST FED OUT OF YEOVIL AND HULLAVINGTON WITH THEIR YOUNGSTERS.

Alan Swift (L)

 

DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE UP NEXT, WINNING £20 POOLS OUT OF CARENTAN, £110-70 POOLS OUT OF FOUGERES; £80-79 PRIZE MONEY, TOTAL WINNINGS OF £211-49.

Malc Davis (L)

 

DEBBIE FEARN WAS NEXT UP, DEBBIE WON  1ST FED KINGSDOWN OB AND THE CARENTAN SR, ALSO WINNING £228-50 POOLS OUT OF FOUGERES, PRIZE MONEY OF £164-66; TOTAL WINNINGS £393-16.

Debbie Fern (L)

 

CHARLIE MURFIN WAS NEXT, CHARLIE WON THE MESSAC SR; LONGEST CHANNEL RACE TROPHY; FOUGERES/MESSAC AVERAGE; AND CHANNEL BIRD OF THE YEAR, HE ALSO PICKED UP £172-36 PRIZE MONEY, WELL DONE CHARLIE.

Charlie Murfin (L)

 

NEXT ON THEIR ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE TO THE PRIZE TABLE WERE MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON, WINNING £247-20 POOLS OUT OF CARENTAN; £182-40 POOLS OUT OF MESSAC; £10 POOLS OUT OF KINGSDOWN YB SR; PRIZE MONEY OF £261-19; £500-40 FOR BEING BREEDER AND BUYER OF THE RUNNER UP IN THE BREEDER BUYER RACE. ALSO WINNING BOTH THE OB LADIES RACE AND THE CONVOYERS TROPHY; TOTAL WINNINGS OF £1201-19.

Trevor Collins (L)

 

ANOTHER LOFT ALWAYS KNOCKING AROUND THE TOP OF THE LIST IS THE RUGELEY LOFT OF RICH & GORDIE JONES & BATT.WINNING £192 POOLS OUT OF CARENTAN; £367-30 POOLS OUT OF FOUGERES; £303-60 POOLS OUT OF MESSAC; PRIZE MONEY OF £301-62, TOTAL WINNINGS OF £1164-52. THEY ALSO PICKED UP THE FOUGERES TROPHY; 2 BIRD FOUGERS; 2 BIRD MESSAC AND THE TOP LOFT TROPHY; THEY ALSO TOPPED THE FED OUT OF YEOVIL AND KINGSDOWN WITH THEIR OLD BIRDS.

Geordie Jones (L)

 

CLUB OF THE YEAR UNSURPRISINGLY WENT TO HILL RIDWARE, AND THEIR SECRETARY JENNY PAGE WAS PRESENTED WITH THE TROPHY.

Jenny Page (L)

 

THE MALTSTERS TROPHY WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO CALL THIS SEASON, WITH THE HILL RIDWARE LOFTS OF D. NESBITT & SONS; MR & MRS LYCETT AND JONES & BATT TO THE FORE, WITH C. LEADBEATER & SONS, MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON AND CLIVE YATES PUSHING THEM ALL THE WAY. AFTER A LONG DELIBERATION THE WINNERS AND RETAINING THE TROPHY WERE D. NESBITT & SONS; MARK WAS PRESENTED WITH THE TROPHY BY THE MALTSTER, PETE WIGHTMAN.

Mark Nesbitt recieving the Maltsters Trophy

 

THE RAFFLE WAS TAKEN ROUND BY ELEANOR AND YOUNG MIA, RAISING £150 POUNDS. IRONICALLY THE HILL RIDWARE TABLE AGAIN DOMINATED, TAKING MORE THAN THERE FAIR SHARE OF THE PRIZES, MIRRORING THE RACING SEASON.

 

NOTABLE ABSENTEES WERE AS FOLLOWS; TOP PRIZE WINNER WAS CLIVE YATES WINNING £588-60 PRIZE MONEY; £100 POOLS OUT OF KINGSDOWN YB SR, TOTAL OF £688-60 ALSO WINNING THE TOP LOFT YB TROPHY AND THE YB SR TROPHY OUT OF KINGSDOWN, HIS GOOD YEARLING COCK “5G” ALSO TOPPED THE FED OUT OF BLANDFORD AND KINGSDOWN.

 

C.LEADBEATER & SONS WON £280-50 POOLS OUT OF CARENTAN; £5 POOLS OUT OF KINGSDOWN YB; PRIZE MONEY OF £215-44; TOTAL WINNINGS OF £500-94. THEY TOPPED THE FED THREE TIMES; OUT OF FROME AND KINGSDOWN WITH THEIR OLD BIRDS; AND OUT OF HULLAVINGTON WITH THEIR YOUNGSTERS.THEIR WINNINGS WERE COLLECTED BY ANTHONY PROBERT ON THE NIGHT.

Anthony Probert (L)

 

ROB HORTON WON £38-50 POOLS OUT OF CARENTAN; £97-50 POOLS OUT OF MESSAC AND A HUGE £909 POOLS OUT OF THE KINGSDOWN YB SR; ADD THIS TO THE PRIZE MONEY OF £170-80;GIVING A TOTAL OF £1215-80.

 

P & S HARRISON OF ETWALL WON £155-79; MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY WON £77-59 PRIZE AND POOLS PLUS £166-80 FOR 4TH PLACE IN THE BREEDER BUYER RACE, TOTAL OF £244-39 ALBERT BABBINGTON £140-20; CLIFF SANDERS £130; JIM PARKER & SON £125.

 

£538-63 PRIZE MONEY WAS PAID OUT IN EACH OF THE FOUR SPECIAL RACES; TOTAL PAID OUT ON THE NIGHT WAS £6853-90 IN PRIZE AND POOL MONEY; ADD TO THIS THE BREEDER BUYER RACE PRIZE MONEY OF £1668-00; TOTAL PAID OUT FOR THE YEAR £8521- 90.

Trevor Jennings

 

FINALLY, SOME NEWS FROM HOLBROOK H.S. WHO WILL BE HOLDING A SERIES OF SHOWS OVER THE WINTER MONTHS. THEY WILL ALL BE HELD AT THE HOLBROOK SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB, SHAW LANE, HOLBROOK, DE56 05X. THEY WILL ALL BE HELD ON SUNDAYS, PENNING 11AM TO NOON; ALL BIRDS JUDGED T.T.W. (THROUGH THE WIRES) CLASSES AS FOLLOWS; NOVEMBER 17TH YOUNG COCK. NOVEMBER 24TH YOUNG HEN. DECEMBER 1ST OLD COCK. DECEMBER 8TH OLD HEN. DECEMBER 15TH ANY AGE COCK AND HEN.

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