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LEICESTERSHIRE NOTES

by John Ghent

Leicester Continental Club 2014 Young Bird Review and Final Standings

 

The young bird racing is always a little hit and miss in the Leicester area. With a mixture of darkness and natural babies, the dreaded young bird sickness rearing it's head every so often and the mystifying young bird losses that seem to take place year after year with no explanation, it's no wonder more and more people are leaning away from young bird racing.

 

That said, as a duplication club we are there to cater for all members and young bird racing is a big part of the MNFC so here is a summary of the events from Portland and Carentan. The first 10 places in our Portland race, all in the prize money of course, were taken by 5 fanciers. 1st and 2nd went to Mick Lennon, thus extending his lead at the top of the League Table, 3rd and 5th were J & T Gateley, Allen and Hope in 4th and 9th, Crossley and Truszowski in 7th and 10th with John Murphy claiming the remaining 2 places in 6th and 8th.

 

The single bird nomination at Portland very nearly replicated the main result with Mick Lennon in first, the Melton partnership of Crossley and Truszowski in second, Allen and Hope in third with J & T Gateley grabbing the final money position with fourth.

 

Our final race of the season was a real humdinger from Carentan with only 5 birds in race time. 1st place and also 3rd to Mick Lennon again, 2nd place to Mick Beadle and Daughter, 4th to J & T Gateley and lastly 5th place to Crossley and Truszowski. The were no single bird nomination birds timed for this race so that wrapped up the season.

 

The Final League Standings for the season were as follows.

 

 

Member name

Total

1

Mick Lennon

1237

2

John Murphy

711

3

J & T Gateley

678

4

Jeremy Wright

616

5

Chris and Denise Sutton

519

6

Derek Leitch

459

7

Ewart Brothers

444

8

Mick Beadle and Daughter

200

9

R.J Oram

109

10

Allen and Hope

58

11

Crossley & Truszkowski

56

12

Dave Hardy

20

 

A great season from Mick Lennon, finishing over 500 points clear of 2nd place John Murphy with the remaining fanciers bunching in behind them. We then have the final prize money standings. This takes into account all prize money in each individual race as well as league table prize money that was won for performances across the whole season.

 

Member name

Total

Mick Lennon

£435

J & T Gateley

£278

John Murphy

£260

Jeremy Wright

£257

Derek Leitch

£235

Chris and Denise Sutton

£185

Ewart Brothers

£179

Mick Beadle and Daughter

£138

Allen and Hope

£121

R.J Oram

£107

Crossley & Truszkowski

£72

Dave Hardy

£28

 

I'm sure you will agree that for a club with 17 members and just 7 races this is excellent prize money and now we have had one season at it we believe this will only grow as the money was very well spread out across the club membership. The are definitely things which can be improved and if you are not a member we are as keen to hear from you what we could do differently to encourage you to join, as we are our own members. The committee have a few ideas which will be discussed at the general meeting in February which will be after the AGM. Please keep your eyes peeled for dates. Any input into this club would be greatly appreciated, look forward to hearing from you.

 

John Ghent

Leicester Continental Club Secretary and Press Officer

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Leicester

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