BURTON & SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FEDERATION

by Pete Wightman

Stretton Flying Club 2015 Prize Presentation

SATURDAY JANUARY 9TH SAW STRETTON FLYING CLUB PRESENT THEIR PRIZES FOR THE 2015 SEASON, HELD AT THEIR FANTASTIC HEADQUARTERS, STRETTON BOWLS CLUB, MEMBERS SAT DOWN TO THEIR FREE FISH ‘N CHIP SUPPER PROVIDED BY THE FLYING CLUB.

THE CLUB PAID OUT £45-52PRIZE MONEY PER RACE.

SEAN SMITH WAS THEN ASKED TO PRESENT THE FOLLOWING PRIZES;

FIRST UP WAS BILLY BURRELL WHO WON £2-28 PRIZE MONEY.

RON DAKIN AND SON WERE NEXT TO BE CALLED, RON ONLY SENDS NOW AND AGAIN, WITH TUTBURY BEING HIS MAIN CLUB. RON WON £15-48.

SEAN & IVAN SMITH WERE NEXT, THEY WON £23-67, THEY DIDN’T FLY THE WHOLE OB PROGRAMME, AND NEVER SENT THEIR YB’s, WHEN THEY DO COMPETE THEY ARE ALWAYS A THREAT.

DAVE JOHNSTON WAS NEXT UP, DAVE WON £24-60 PRIZE MONEY, AND HE ALSO COLLECTED HIS WELL EARNT HONORARIUM FOR HIS SECRETARIAL ROLE.

STALWART PETE WAIN WAS NEXT, PETE WON £35-07 PRIZE MONEY, HE ALSO COLLECTED HIS CLOCKSETTERS HONORARIUM, AND HE WAS ALSO VOTED AS CLUBMAN OF THE YEAR BY THE MEMBERS, WELL DONE PETE.

ALAN BRASSINGTON TOP PRIZEWINNER 2015 WITH SEAN SMITH     RUNNERS UP RAY AND JEAN GRIMSDELL

BILL BURRELL AND SEAN SMITH      DAVE JOHNSTON AND SEAN SMITH

IVAN AND SEAN SMITH    JACK AND SOPHIE BOURKE

JOHN GENDERS WITH SEAN SMITH    PETE WAIN AND SEAN SMITH

PHIL AND SOPHIE BOURKE WITH SEAN SMITH    SEAN SMITH AND RON DAKIN

SEAN SMITH WITH PETE WIGHTMAN

PHIL BOURKE WAS NEXT WITH £44-63 PRIZE MONEY, PHIL DIDN’T FLY THE WHOLE PROGRAMME, BUT HE IS ALWAYS A THREAT, PHIL COLLECTED HIS WINNINGS WITH HIS LOVELY DAUGHTER SOPHIE BY HIS SIDE, HIS YOUNG SON JACK WAS ABIT CAMERA SHY, BUT I DID MANAGE TO CATCH HIM LATER ON IN THE EVENING.

JOHN GENDERS HAD HIS BEST SEASON FOR A LONG TIME IN 2015, HE WON £96-99 PRIZE MONEY, AND HE ALSO COLLECTED HIS CRATE CLEANING EXPENSES.

PETE WIGHTMAN & SON HAD AN EXCELLENT OB SEASON ON THE INLAND PROGRAMME, WINNING 5 X 1ST. THEY WON £189-38 PRIZE MONEY, AND ALSO COLLECTED THE INLAND OB POINTS TROPHY; INLAND OB AVERAGE TROPHY; AND THE PIGEON OF THE YEAR WITH THEIR EXCELLENT 6 YO VANDENABEELE X SOONTJEN COCK “86”. PETE ALSO COLLECTED HIS TREASURER HONORARIUM.

RUNNERS UP FOR THE YEAR WERE RAY & JEAN GRIMSDELL, THEY ARE NOW ESTABLISHED AT THEIR NEW ADDRESS, AND HAVE REBUILT THEIR RACING TEAM. THEY ALSO WON 5 X 1ST, AND COLLECTED £237-63 PRIZE MONEY, AND THE FOLLOWING ARRAY OF SILVERWARE; YB AVERAGE; CHANNEL POINTS; YB KNOCKOUT; OB AVERAGE; COMBINED AVERAGE; CHANNEL AVERAGE; RUNNER UP LONGEST OB RACE; FIRST YEARLING MESSAC; RUNNER UP LONGEST YB RACE; LONGEST OB RACE WINNER; LONGEST OB & YB RACE AVERAGE; AND THE MESSAC CUP.

ONCE AGAIN ALAN BRASSINGTON WAS TOP PRIZE WINNER. ALAN WON 12 X 1ST IN 2015 AND COLLECTED PRIZE MONEY OF £314-12, ALAN ALSO COLLECTED THE FOLLOWING SILVERWARE; YB POINTS; LONGEST YB RACE CUP; PENULTIMATE YB RACE TROPHY; OB POINTS; COMBINED POINTS; 2 BIRD POINTS CUP; COMBINED INLAND AVERAGE; CARENTAN TROPHY; FIRST YEARLING CARENTAN; LADIES CUP; LOWEST WINNING VELOCITY TROPHY; AND THE RUNNER UP COMBINED AVERAGE. WELL DONE ALAN.

THE CLUB HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL RAFFLE, WITH YOUNG SOPHIE AND JACK PULLING OUT THE WINNING TICKETS.

THANKS TO ALL THE OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS FOR THEIR STERLING WORK THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, THE CLUB MAY NOT BE THE FORCE IT USED TO BE, BUT IT HAS TREMENDOUS HEADQUARTERS, AND IT IS STILL VERY DIFFICULT TO WIN AT STRETTON.

“THE MALTSTER”