Etwall & District Flying Club Presentation Evening.

Etwall & District Flying Club held their annual prize presentation at Hackwood Farm which took place in their fine restaurant. The presentation was held in the afternoon and presenting the prizes was club president Jim Summers. The proprietors of Hackwood Farm are Neil & Georgina Crofts with Neil being a member of Etwall & District Flying Club. Neil is an excellent club member but having a busy workload he cannot always be there on a weekly basis but contributes to the club on a regular basis giving the club some excellent specials to be raced for. Thanks Neil.

Jim Summers guest of honour for the evening.

Top prize winners for the 2024 season were A.Peach & Son having an excellent season once again winning -:

12 x 1st’s, 14 x 2nd’s, 9 x 3rd’s & 11 x 4 th’s winning prize money of £233.12, specials £193.50, pools, £13.50 loft pool plus £21.00 in nominations making their total winnings £652.26.  

Alan Peach Top prize winner in Etwall & District Flying Club 2024.

Also winning old bird inland average cup, inland average cup, old bird average cup, combine average cup, two Mr & Mrs Houldsworth Cups, E.Fowke cup, J.Fowke shield, A & C Perry cup, Reuben Hough cup, T.Farrow shield & the golden horseshoe shield.

Runners up were Peter & Shirley Harrison winning 4 x 1st’s, 2 x 2nd’s, 5 x 3rd’s & 4 x4 th’s winning prize money of £80.24, specials £69.16, pool money £ 144,72 plus £15.00 loft pool making their total winnings £309.12.

Peter Harrison Runner up.

Also winning P.Bevan shield, young bird average cup, ladies race cup & the silver horseshoe shield.

Next was Steve Billings winning 3x 1st’s, 3 x 2nd’s,5 x 3 rd’s & 2 x 4 th’s winning £67.64 prize money, specials £37.51, pool money £47.12 plus £44.80 breeder buyer making a total of £192.12.

Also winning G.Childs nominated shield, N.Kellett shield, Mr & Mrs E Fowke cup, & Mr & Mrs A.Houldsworth cup.

Steve Redfern & Family were next winning £100.80 Breeder/Buyer and plus £1.65 for clocking a breeder buyer pigeon making their total payout £102.45.

Steve Redfern club person of the year

Paul Burton came next winning £12.92 prize money, £2.64 specials, £9.68 pools, and breeder buyer money of £67.20 making a total of £92.44.

Next came Mick Leszczyszak winning 1 x 4th winning prize money of £13.68, specials £2.64. making a total of £16.32.

Mick Leszczyszak.

J & J lofts came next ( Jim Summers & Sam Phillips ) winning prize money £9.98, specials £1.75, & pool money of £3.87 making a total of £15.50.

Jim Summers with Sam Phillips.

Finally, it was the turn of Neil Crofts winning £7.60 prize money plus £1.75 in specials making a total of £9.35.

Neil Crofts with Jim Summers.

Winner of the ladies race was Shirley Harrison.

Second was Mrs Steve Billings.

Third was Karen Leszczyszak.

Karen Leszczyszak with her ladies race prize.

Club person of the year for 2024 went to Steve Redfern.

The raffle raised £75 and the total payout for the season was £1389.56.Excellent effort by the members.

The members would like to thank Neil & Georgina for their very generous hospitality and the excellent buffet which they provided.

Also, Alan Peach club secretary for all his hard work once again over the 2024 season and all the committee for their total support.

I would just like to say if you're thinking of going for a meal Hackwood Farm is definitely the place for a visit.

All the best for the 2025 season and for those of you who did not quite make the top of the prize list ( as my teacher used to say, must try harder ). B.B.F.N.

I would like to thank Alan Peach for the photo’s.

Georgina Crofts presentating Jim Summers with a bunch of flowers.

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