CLEAN SWEEP FOR HILL RIDWARE OUT OF YEOVIL, SEES MR & MRS KEN LYCETT TAKE THE TOP TWO POSITIONS.

 

SATURDAY JUNE 22ND SAW 104 MEMBERS ENTER 1404 BIRDS FOR THE RACE FROM YEOVIL, THE BIRDS WERE AWAY AT 08-45 INTO A VERY LIGHT SOUTH EAST WIND AND THE HILL RIDWARE LOFTS TOTALLY DOMINATE THE FED RESULT TAKING THE TOP 20 POSITIONS, SOMETHING VERY RARELY DONE, AND SOMETHING ONLY A CLUB ON THE EXTREMES OF THE FEDERATION BOUNDARY ARE LIABLE TO DO, ESPECIALLY WITH OLD BIRDS?

Mr & Mrs Ken Lycett's fed topper and below the sire.

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO MR & MRS KEN & CATH LYCETT ON TAKING 1ST; 2ND; AND 6TH FED ON 1640; 1638.75; 1629; AND THEY HAD ANOTHER THREE BIRDS IN THE TOP TWENTY. THEIR WINNER WAS A YEARLING MEALY COCK BRED BY THEIR GOOD FRIENDS THE GORDON BROS FROM NORTHERN IRELAND. THE SIRE IS A BELGIAN RUNG 2YO VAN DEN BULCK, A GRANDSON OF “GREIPEL”; THE DAM IS A HEREMAN CUESTER, SHE IS A NIECE OF “BOLT”.THE RUNNER UP WAS A YEARLING HEN, A DAUGHTER OF “EDDY” WHO WON 11 X 1ST CLUB AND 5 X 1ST FED AND WAS WEST MIDLAND SPRINT CHAMPION IN 2013. THE DAM IS A DAUGHTER OF “THE SANDRA COCK” AGAIN FROM THE GORDON BROS; HER SISTER “SANDRA” WAS MIDDLE DISTANCE CHAMPION OF BELGIUM FOR ANDRE ROODHOOFT. THEIR THIRD BIRD WAS THE 2YO HEN “45” A DAUGHTER OF “SUPER FRANK” WHEN PAIRED TO “THE LUCKY HEN” OF THE GORDON BROS. IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS SHE HAS ALSO WON 3RD FED BLANDFORD AND 5TH FED YEOVIL.

Mark Nesbitt with the Maltster Trophy

D.NESBITT & SONS TOOK 3RD AND 8TH FED ON 1638.74 AND 1618.6; BOTH YEARLING LEO HEREMAN HENS, THEY ALSO TOOK 19TH AND 20TH FED.

Anthony Probert

ANTHONY PROBERT WAS 4TH & 9TH FED ON 1637; 1618.35; BOTH LEO HEREMAN YEARLING COCKS BRED BY MR BRADLEY OF CUMBRIA. R & G JONES & BATT WERE 7TH FED ON 1620 WITH A YEARLING HEN FROM BARRY JONES STOCK, AND THEY HAD A FURTHER FOUR BIRDS IN THE TOP 20. COMPLETING THE TOP 10 WERE C. LEADBEATER & SONS IN 10TH SPOT ON 1615 WITH A 3YO COCK, THEY HAD ANOTHER BIRD IN 14TH SPOT.

 

 

AROUND THE CLUBS,

STARTING AT STRETTON, WHERE 9 SENT 122 AND PETE & JACKIE COX TOOK THE TOP THREE SPOTS ON 1557; 1550; 1549; ALL FROM JOHN SHEASBY’S “TILLY” X WITH ANN SMITH VANDENABEELE COCKS; THE WINNER A 3YO BWF COCK WAS ALSO NOMINATED, WELL DONE PETE. PHIL WHETTON TOOK 4TH SPOT ON 1541 WITH HIS GOOD NWHU RUNG LAMBRECHT COCK FROM MATT MUNSLOW.

Pete & Jackie Cox

 

7 MEMBERS ALSO SENT 50 BIRDS TO MESSAC WITH THE N.M.C.C. AND RAY & JEAN GRIMSDELL TOOK 1ST; 3RD; AND 4TH SPOTS ON 1404; 1322; 1303; TWO 2YO COCKS SPLIT BY A YEARLING COCK. RONNIE DAKIN & SON WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1370 WITH AN IAN AXE DELBAR COCK BRED BY ALAN PEACH AND PURCHASED AT THE FED BREEDER BUYER SALE.

 

AT OSMASTON PARK, 15 SENT 149 AND JOHN & STEVE HICKS HAD A CLEAR WINNER ON 1558 WITH A 3YO BLACK PIED BUSCHEART X LAMBRECHT COCK. MR & MRS PAUL TODD WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1529.8 WITH A 2YO LAMBRECHT COCK AND DAVE WADDINGTON FILLED 3RD & 4TH SPOTS ON 1529.2; 1528; WITH A YEARLING COCK OFF ALAN BRASSINGTON STOCK AND A 4YO COCK OUT OF “THE BAT” LINES.

 

AT BIRCH COPPICE, 10 SENT 160 AND PAUL HITCHES TOOK 1ST & 2ND ON 1573; 1566; BOTH YEARLING VAN DEN BULCK HENS. JOHN GILBERT WAS 3RD ON 1565 WITH A YEARLING LAMBRECHT X WILDIE COCK AND JOHN ORTON WAS 4TH ON 1562 WITH A YEARLING MEALY COCK OFF ANT ARNOLD.

 

AT ETWALL, 11 SENT 118 AND ALAN PEACH TOOK TOP SPOT ON 1542 WITH AN ERIC CEULEMAN OFF MR & MRS TONY WHITEHURST. ALAN & LIZ HOULDSWORTH FILLED THE NEXT THREE SPOTS ON 1534; 1533; 1527.

 

AT WINSHILL, 4 SENT 31 AND JIM PARKER & SON TOOK THE TOP FOUR ON 1541; 1524; 1523; 1520; THE WINNER A 2YO CURTIS, WALL & LUNT X HUYBRECHT HEN; SHE WAS FOLLOWED BY THREE YEARLING CURTIS, WALL & LUNT DRAPA / HEREMANS.

 

AT THE NELSON, 10 SENT 185 AND CLIVE YATES TOOK THE FIRST THREE ON 1579; 1568; 1561.6; THE WINNER A 2YO CHEQ COCK, A HALF BROTHER TO “5G” THE DOUBLE FED TOPPER THIS SEASON, FOLLOWED BY TWO YEARLING COCKS; THE FIRST BRED DOWN FROM DEREK JONES MNFC TOURS WINNER, FOLLOWED BY A GOLDEN GABY VANDENABEELE X WILDIE. MICK HARVEY & SON WERE 4TH ON 1561.0 WITH A YEARLING COCK.

 

AT SWADLINCOTE TOWN, 13 SENT 189 AND TREVOR & GARY COLLINS ADD YET ANOTHER RED CARD TO THEIR COLLECTION IN A TIGHT FINISH; A YEARLING LAMBRECHT X JOHN BRADLEY COCK DID THE DAMAGE ON 1571.9. DAVIS, WRIGHT & SONS WERE RUNNERS UP ON 1571.0 WITH A YEARLING COCK OFF “31616” X TONY & LEE PAINTER. MICK HARVEY & SON WERE 3RD & 4TH ON 1570.4; 1570.1 WITH A YEARLING CUESTER HEN FROM GARY COX AND A 2YO GRIZZLE HEN OFF M & J GAUNT LEEKENS X MAX LINES.

 

OVER AT APPLEBY MAGNA, CHRIS & CHRISTINE COOPER TOOK 1ST; 2ND; AND 4TH WITH THEIR WIM MOENS COCKS, ON 1474; 1473; 1439. MR & MRS JOHN PASSEY & FAMILY TOOK 3RD SPOT ON 1447 WITH A GEOFF KIRKLAND FLOR ENGELS, A PREVIOUS WINNER OF 3 X 1ST.

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