Enfield Continental Flying Club

Young Bird Season Review

The Young bird season soon arrived down at the Cabbage Patch with the first race being missed by all of the members as nobody sent, but the following week 5 Members sent 62 Birds to Blandford. These were then liberated at 8am in a West Wind.

Taking 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd was Steve Holloway with a Jan Aarden Chequer Pied Cock, a Blue Chequer Busschaert x Janssen Hen & a Red Pied Jan Theelen Hen.

4^th Club was Paul Stone with a Chequer Pied Braspenning x Jan Theelen Cock.

5^th place was Geoff Barker with a Chequer Lambrecht Hen. Finally 6^th went to Paul Stone with a Blue Braspenning Hen.

Race 3 was next to be flown from Yeovil, with these up nice & early at 6:15 in a South Wind.

Peter Glass took the first 3 places with a Blue Chequer Hen & 2 Blue Hens all from his own family. Taking 4^th, 5^th & 6^th position was Billy Watkins with a Blue Soontjen Hen from Steve Sheffield stock, a Blue Pied Hen bred my Mark Edwards & a Dark Chequer Jellema x Kenyon Cock.  

Race 4 was flown from Honiton with these being liberated at 9am in a South West Wind, with Billy Watkins taking the First 3 positions with a Blue Cock bred by Mark Edwards, a Dark Chequer Jellema x Kenyon Cock, who took 6^th Club Yeovil the previous week. Bill’s final pigeon was a Chequer Pied Hen bred down from Les Jones & Dave Albon’s national pair on one side, and Bill’s old pied family on the other.

Race 5 was flown from Blandford with these being released at 8.40 in a West Wind.

Continuing the previous weeks form was Billy Watkins taking 1^st Club, 28^th Inter Counties Fed with the Blue Cock, the previous weeks winner from Honiton who’s now been named “Billy’s Bullet” who was bred by Mark Edwards. Bill’s 2^nd pigeon was a Blue Pied Hen also bred by Mark Edwards, previously 5^th Club Yeovil. Bill’s 3^rd bird was a Chequer Cock, a Busschaert x Bill’s old pied family. 4^th Club was Jaio Figueira with a Chequer Pied Bucchaert Hen. Finally taking 5^th & 6^th positions was Peter Twyford with a chequer Pied Cock & a Chequer Hen both bred from Peter’s successful Multi Combine winning Busschaert family.


Billy Watkins holding "Billy's Bullet".  5 x1sts in 5 consecutive weeks.

Race 6 was flown from Yeovil, with the distances flown ranging from 116-122 miles for the members who sent. These were liberated at 10am in a West Wind. Taking the top 3 positions once again was Billy Watkins with “Billy’s Bullet” clocking up his third win in 3 weeks. This Cock was bred by Mark Edwards. Bill’s 2^nd bird was a Blue Pied Hen also Mark Edwards, previously 5^th Club Yeovil & 2^nd Club Blandford. Bill’s 3^rd pigeon was the Blue Chequer Cock, 3^rd Club the previous week from Blandford. Taking 4^th,5^th & 6^th Club was Peter Twyford with a Chequer Hen, a Blue Pied Hen & a Blue Hen which were all Busschaerts.

Race 7 was due to be flown from Honiton, but due to the liberations due to take place that weekend from Yeovil it was decided to race from a shorter race point of Stoney Cross. Taking 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, once again was Billy Watkins with the winner being “Billy’s Bullet” clocking up his 4^th win in 4 weeks. This Cock being bred by Mark Edwards. Billy’s 2^nd Club was a Blue Soontjen Hen, previously 4^th Club Yeovil. 3^rd Club was a Chequer Pied Hen from Bill’s old pied family x with a Busschert. 4^th & 5^th positions went to Peter Glass with 2 Red Chequer Cocks. 6^th position went to Peter Twyford with a Blue Pied Busschaert Hen.

Race’s 8 & 9 were flown the same day, with an inland race from Blandford & a UBI Combine race from Guernsey.

In the Guernsey race the birds were liberated at 8:30 in a West Wind. Billy Watkins did it once again taking a 1^st, 2^nd, & 3^rd with a Blue Pied Hen bred by Mark Edwards taking the winners position, also 26^th Inter Counties Fed as well as 39^th UBI Combine. This Hen’s been consistent all season, being a previous winner of 2^nd Club Yeovil, 2^nd Club Blandford & 5^th Club Yeovil. Second Club was a Chequer Pied Hen bred from from a Steve Sheffield Soontjen who also took 28^th Inter Counties Fed & 41^st UBI Combine. 3^rd Club was a Blue Chequer Cock bred off pigeons gifted to Bill last year by Johnny Chipperfield after finding out that a fox had entered the loft and killed his young bird team. This Cock also took 50^th UBI Combine.

The Blandford birds were liberated at 8am in a West South West wind.

Finishing the season in style was Billy Watkins taking the first 3 positions with “Billy’s Bullet” clocking up his 5^th win in 5 races. This Blue Cock was Bred by Mark Edwards. 2^nd Club was a Blue Soontjen Cock from Steve Sheffield stock. 3^rd Club was a Blue Cock bred by Simon Schofield. 4^th & 5^th Club was Peter Twyford with a Blue Hen & a Blue Pied Hen. Finally in 6^th place is Peter Glass with a Red Chequer Cock from his own family.

In the next write up,

Prize winners for the 2021 season.

Until Next time, Take Care

Jamie T….