East Midlands & Yorkshire round up.
The first set of the 2021 season old bird results from some of our areas south road flying clubs first up at Selston FC at Upper Heyford (1), 1st & 2nd goes to Mick Jepson with 2x yearling cocks on 1427 & 1424, 3rd & 4th was Darren Oakley with 2x 2y cocks on 1408 & 1405.
Selston FC at Upper Heyford (2) 1st & 2nd goes to Ian Haslam his first a 1y roundabout flown hen on 2029 followed by his next bird a 2y roundabout flown hen two seconds later on 2028, 3rd was Ralph Jepson on 1996 and 4th john Dowd on 1946.
Knottingley FC at Newbold Verdon 1,2,3,4 was Mark & Albert Bainbridge flying 73 miles with 4 x Leo Herman Widowhood Cocks doing 1391, 1389, & 2 x 1388.
Knottingley HS at Newbold Verdon 1st flying 73 miles was Fisher & Titley on 1358 2nd & 4th was Tuningley Brothers on 1357 & 1351, 3rd was Mr & Mrs Marsh on 1355.
Knottingley FC at Rugby 1st was Derek Taylor flying 94 miles with a 1y black cock on 1501. 2nd, 3rd & 4th was Mark & Albert Bainbridge with two birds together on 1449 and then 1448.
Knottingley HS at Rugby 1st & 2nd was Mr & Mrs Marsh flying 96 miles on 1496 & 1483, 3rd & 4th was the Tunningley Brothers on 1452 & 1446.
Selby Unicorn FC at Newbold Verdon 1,2,3,4 flying 80 miles was Wright & Lock doing 1310, 1308, 1288 & 1286. Their first bird a Bushart that’s now won 5 x firsts for them their second a bird bred from their old bird called Dickie that has achieved 2 x 500 mile channel wins for them followed by another two Busharts.
Unicorn FC at Rugby 1,2,3 was P Summers & Partner flying 104 miles doing 1469 & 2x 1459, 4th was M & D Pooley with a 2y mealy cock on 1438.
Leeds Altofts Leebrig FC at Rugby 1,2,3,4 flying 96 miles was AK Grimsill with 4 x cocks on 1968, 1967 & 2x 1961.
Harehills FC at Leicester 1,2,3 was Neil Russell with 3 x cocks flying 86 miles doing 1416, 1415 & 1414, 4th was McCormick & Schofield on 1413.
Harehills FC at Rugby 1st flying 104 miles with a 1y hen was Mr & Mrs Alan Pickles on 1951, 2nd & 4th was Neil Russell on 1934 & 1931, 3rd was McCormick & Schofield on 1932.
Brotherton HS at Newbold Verdon 1,2,3 was John Booth on at 1350 his first a JPS lofts X Raw De Sablon X Dennis Blakey bird the next two birds being bred by A Brewton & Son, 4th was Mick Simpson with a home bred Lambrecht’s.
Brotherton HS at Rugby 1st & 3rd was Keith Brown with a 1y Alan Brassington line bred bird that also won from Ilkeston as a young bird velocities of 1470 & 1446. 2nd & 4th was John Booth With his first a Raw De Sablon X Rob Coney bird his second a JPS lofts X Rob Coney bird velocities of 1461 & 1432.
Horsforth FC at Leicester 1st the Harding Brothers flying 86 miles with a 2y blue pied cock doing 1431. 2nd was Mick McGrath with a 3y blue Foxwood Geerinvkx based cock doing 1413, 3rd & 4th was John McCall doing 1411 & 1410.
Horsforth FC at Rugby 1st was Mason & Son flying 105 miles with a Herman Cuesters hen from Gary Cox lines bred from a full brother to better than bolt. Velocity of 1832. 2nd was the Jackson Brothers with a 2y mealy cock on 1830, 3rd & 4th was the Harding Brothers 1828 & 1827.
Stourton FC at Leicester 1st & 2nd flying 81 miles was Noel & Adam Gaunt doing 2 x 1431 3rd & 4th was Dave Broxup with two Van Hertem Schuurman based birds with both parents originating from national winners velocities of 2x 1426.
Stourton FC at Rugby 1st flying 99 miles was Noel & Adam Gaunt on 1951 2nd was David Crowther on 1944, 3rd was Martin & Christine Cornish with a 2y chequer Dirk Van Den Bulck hen on 1912, 4th was J Jessop on 1883.
Yeadon FC at Leicester 1st flying 92 miles with a 2y blue chequer hen was Mr & Mrs D Whindle & Grandson on 1341, 2nd was Harold Bretterby & Grandson on 1332, 3rd was D Todd on 1331 & 4th was W A Lee’s & Son on 1329.
Yeadon FC at Rugby 1st flying 108 miles was W A Lee’s & Son with a 4y blue cock doing 1849. 2nd was G Oliver & Son with a P Winters bird bred from the New Gem lines X a German Menne & Daughter bird doing 1813. 3rd & 4th was Harold Bretterby & Grandson on 1777 & 1741.
Skipton FC at Leicester 1st & 2nd was S & B Flatley with 2 x cocks flying 100 miles doing 1230 & 1228, 3rd is the Beck Brothers on 1155, 4th was J Mewies on 1152.
Skipton FC at Rugby 1,2,3 was the Beck Brothers with 3 x cocks on 1638, 1622 & 1614, 4th was S & B Flatley on 1577.
Leeds York Road FC at Leicester 1,2,3,4 flying 84 miles with their birds queuing up to get into the loft was Mr & Mrs Andrew Llewellyn doing 2x 1405 & 2x 1401.
Leeds York Road FC at Rugby 1st & 2nd was Chudasama & Beecher with 2x cocks flying 103 miles on 1957 & 1956, 3rd was Paul Faulkner on 1913, 4th was Mr & Mrs Andrew Llewelyn on 1906.
Wadsley Bridge FC at Rugby 1,2,3,4 was Pat Helliwell flying 77 miles his winner a Belgium rung import doing 1362 & 3x 1362.
Colley HS at Rugby 1,2,4 was the Marple Brothers flying 77 miles doing 1355, 1352 & 1311, 3rd was Cawthorne & Eggleston & Son on 1324.
Penistone HS at Rugby 1st flying 85 miles was W & D Upton doing 1299, 2nd & 3rd was A Lindsay doing 2x 1291.551, 4th was J Mellor & Son doing 1291.
Oughtbridge FC at Rugby 1st flying 76 miles was Pete Blinkiewicz with a 1y blue Ceuleman hen she as a YB achieved 4th Stocksbridge Federation from Lyndhurst velocity of 1301, 2nd & 4th was Phil Helliwell doing 1296 & 1279 3rd was M Lake doing 1279.999.
The Rat Man.
Stocksbridge Federation liberation at Rugby