BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION.

ROB PEARSON TAKES TOP TWO OUT OF FROME.

SATURDAY AUGUST 17TH SAW 89 MEMBERS ENTER 2003 BIRDS FOR THE RACE OUT OF FROME. ALYS CUT THE STRINGS AT 11-30 IN A S.W. WIND AND A GOOD RACE ENSUED.  CONGRATULATIONS TO ROB PEARSON OF HOLBROOK WHO TOOK THE TOP TWO POSITIONS ON 1767; 1758; THE WINNER WAS A BLUE HEN BRED BY MR & MRS KEN LYCETT OF RUGELEY OUT OF A FULL SISTER TO “EDDY”, THIS HEN HAS 2 X 2ND FED TO HER NAME. MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON OF SWADLINCOTE TOWN WERE 3RD & 4TH FED ON 1758.1 (2) WITH A LAMBRECHT COCK AND A TOM WHITEHEAD STAF VAN REET COCK. HINKS & STALEY OF CASTLE GRESLEY WERE 5TH FED ON 1756 WITH A BWF PHIL WHETTON OF STRETTON WAS 6TH & 7TH FED ON 1755; 1753; BOTH LAMBRECHTS, WITH CLUBMATE BARRY ODOM 8TH FED ON 1750 WITH AN OPAL HEN.  CLIVE YATES OF THE NELSON TOOK 9TH & 10TH POSITIONS ON 1747; 1746; WITH TWO WILDIES. MICK AND NEIL HARVEY RACING IN SWADLINCOTE TOWN HAD AN UNFORTUNATE  DAY, THEY RECORDED 1769 ( A FED TOPPER) WITH A CHEQ COCK, A DOUBLE GRANDSON OF THE TWO TIME WINNER OF THE M.N.F.C. “MAX” WHEN PAIRED TO A HEREMAN CUESTER OFF A DIRECT DAUGHTER OF CHRIS VASEY’S UNC WINNER. BUT DUE TO THE BIRD BEING STILL REGISTERED AT MICKS ADDRESS IT WAS OMITTED FROM THE FED RESULT?

Barry Odom Stretton

ONE ALWAYS FEELS SORRY THAT THE PIGEON DOESN’T GET THE CREDIT IT DESERVES WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN! MICK AND NEIL ARE RACING THIS YEARS YBS AT NEILS HOUSE IN OVERSEAL; THIS IS DOWN TO MICKS HEALTH NOT BEING TOO GOOD. THEIR YBS ARE NOT ON THE DARKNESS AND NEIL WAS QUICK TO POINT OUT THAT THEY ARE STILL USING A T3.THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEND A BIG THANKYOU TO ALAN STRETTON, WHO HAS TRAINED THEIR YOUNGSTERS AND ALSO TAKES THE BIRDS DOWN TO THE CLUB, THIS DOWN TO NEIL WORKING REGULAR NIGHTS, WELL DONE ALAN, GREAT SPORTSMANSHIP. NEIL SENT ME AN UP TO DATE PHOTO OF HIM, HIS DAD MICK, AND THEIR FRIEND PETE STORER. NEIL MET PETE ON A COACH TRIP ON THEIR WAY TO WATCH LEEDS UNITED, PETE IS AN EX FANCIER AND CONVOYER, AND NOW PETE WHO SADLY LOST HIS WIFE RECENTLY, GOES ROUND TO WAIT FOR THE BIRDS AND CATCH UP ON THE BHW,NICE TO HEAR THAT PETE HAS FOUND SOME ENJOYMENT AFTER HIS LOSS.

Mick & Neil Harvey & Pete Storer

AROUND THE CLUBS

AT STRETTON, 10 SENT 202 AND PHIL WHETTON WAS 1ST & 2ND ON 1755; 1753; WITH A MEALY PIED LAMBRECHT HEN AND A RED LAMBRECHT COCK.IT WAS A GOOD FEW DAYS FOR PHIL, HE WENT ON TO TAKE 1-2-3 IN THE BIRCH COPPICE 5 BIRD OPEN OUT OF KINGSDOWN THE FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY, WELL DONW PHIL, A GREAT PERFORMANCE. BARRY ODOM WAS 3RD ON 1750 WITH A SLATEY HEN OUT OF THE “WALSALL COCK” AND THE “STOKE HEN”. JIM & MATT PARKER WERE 4TH ON 1739 WITH A CHEQ COCK, A CWL DRAPA/HEREMANS, A GRANDSON OF “THOR” AND “SHELBY”.

Phil Whetton

AT THE NELSON, 8 SENT 233 AND CLIVE YATES TOOK THE TOP FOUR ON 1746; 1745.7; 1745.2; 1744; WINNING £100 PRIZEMONEY AND £65 GOLD RING SPECIAL. THE WINNER WAS A WILDIE HEN; FOLLOWED BY A WILDIE COCK; A BLUE HEN OFF A PAIR FROM RICHARD TURNER AND A BLUE HEN THAT WAS PURCHASED AT THE N.F.C. YB SALE.

AT SWADLINCOTE TOWN, 15 SENT 348 AND MICK HARVEY & SON TAKE 1ST CLUB ON 1769 WITH A YOUNG COCK OFF “MAX” X CHRIS VASEY HEREMAN CUESTER  LINES . MR & MRS TREVOR COLLINS & SON TOOK THE NEXT THREE PLACES ON 1758; 1758; 1742; ALL COCKS; A LAMBRECHT; VAN REET AND A BRIAN BALDWIN LEO VAN RIJN.

Gary Collins

AT ETWALL, 10 SENT 137 AND STEVE BILLINGS TOOK THE RED CARD ON 1721; SAM PHILLIPS WAS RUNNER UP ON 1716; MR & MRS TONY WHITEHURST WERE 3RD ON 1680 AND ALAN PEACH TOOK 4TH SPOT ON 1679 WITH ONE OFF GLYN COOPER PURCHASED AT THE 2018 HILL RIDWARE BREEDER BUYER.

AT OSMASTON PARK, 14 SENT 212 AND PAUL & LYNDA TODD FILLED THE TOP THREE SPOTS ON 1742; 1741; 1727; THE WINNER A BLUE COCK BRED BY K. FOULKE, FOLLOWED BY TWO STEVE FOSTER LAMBRECHTS. DAVE GLEW AND SEAMUS O’DONNELL WERE 4TH ON 1710 WITH ONE OFF JOHN SODERLAND.

AT BIRCH COPPICE, 7 SENT 131 AND ROB HORTON WAS 1ST & 3RD ON 1729; 1710; BOTH VAN DEN BULK HENS. OLLIE NICHOLLS WAS RUNNER UP ON 1724 AND JOHN ORTON 4TH ON 1682.

AT WINSHILL, 6 SENT 77 AND JIM AND MATT PARKER TOOK THE FIRST FOUR ON 1728; 1702; 1701; 1665; THE FIRST THREE ALL CWL DRAPA / HEREMANS, THE WINNER A GRANDSON OFF “THOR” AND SHELBY”. RUNNER UP WAS THE PREVIOUS WEEKS WINNER, THIS CHEQ HEN IS OUT OF A SON OFF “MISS MAGIC” WHEN PAIRED TO “WELSH GEM 89”. THEIR FOURTH WAS A LEO HEREMAN COCK.

AT HILL RIDWARE, D. NESBITT & SONS TOOK THE TOP TWO POSITIONS WITH THEIR LEO HEREMANS ON 1717; 1713. C LEADBEATER & SONS WERE 3RD ON 1697 WITH ONE OF THEIR PLATTEEUW BROS AND SPINK & BARKS WERE 4TH ON 1696 WITH A HEREMAN COCK; A GRANDSON OF “WILD WIND” AND “SAMSON GIRL”.

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