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Paul Umney.
Pete Catherwood.
Richard Hazelwood.
Sam Hardy.
Steve & Lexi Birch.
Stuart Bellamy.
3rd September 2009! It’s a little bit blurred, but hopefully you can spot a few of the members on it (I can certainly see Ivan!). And finally, a bit of late sad news, I heard today is that ex fancier John Brownlee who used to fly in Cromford HS (I believe) passed away on Friday evening (13th October 2023), condolences to all John’s family and friends at this very sad time. Well, everyone, that’s about it for this week, before I go and as it is now the winter months, I have started to add the dates for the diaries section to the article, please feel free to let me have any dates that you wish to publicise. Dates for the Diaries Newbold HS, Unstone HS and Spire RPC are holding a joint prize presentation on Friday 24th November 2023 at the clubs headquarters the Victoria Club, event to start at 19:30. Newbold HS are holding their AGM on Friday 1st December 2023 at the Victoria Club starting at 19:00. Please feel free to send me any news, views, results etc to the usual contact details above. Cheers for now, Simeon.
Cromofrd HS Marking – 03-09-2009.
pools and £576 for the ring nom race. £124 went to the Fed funds. I only received two club results for this race, starting with Unstone HS , 8 members sent 89 birds, 1st & 3rd Mr & Mrs Dave Allen, the first bird winning the 3-bird nom and £27.50, 2nd Dave Carline & daughter, Bethany with their bird also being 2nd in the 3-bird nom winning £16.50, 4th Stewart Monks with his bird winning £11.00 by being 3rd in the 3-bird nom club. The members were racing for £55.00 in the 3-bird nom club. Newbold HS , 7 members sent 77 birds, 1st Dave Carline & Daughter Bethany, this bird also won the 2-bird nom winning £7.20, 2nd & 3rd Bob Hearnshaw, the second of these being 2nd in the 2-bird nom winning £4.80, 4th Simeon & John Turner, 5th Mr & Mrs Pete Birch & Son Steve, 6th Mr & Mrs Paul Umney. Before I go, I had a photo sent to me by Darley Dale fancier Ivan Redfern showing the now sadly gone club Cromford HS basketing for the Cherbourg Fed marking on
Spire, 8th & 15th Stewart Bellamy & Son of Shirland, 9th Mr & Mrs John Dowd of Heage, 11th Edward W Young of Kniveton, 12th David Carline & Daughter Bethany of Unstone/Newbold, 14th Mr & Mrs Brian Bowater, Son, Gavin & Grandchildren of Shirland, 16th & 17th Sam Hardy of Kniveton, 18th Mr & Mrs Adrian Duggin of Shirland with a bird that was also 2nd in the ring nom winning £172.80. 19th Mick Smith of Spire with a bird that was also 3rd in the ring nom winning £115.20, 20th & 21st Bob Hearnshaw of Newbold, the bird winning £8.40 in pool money and £57.60 for being 4th in the ring nom, 23rd Steve Williams of Shirland, 25th Stewart Monks of Unstone, 28th Simeon & John Turner of Newbold with a bird that won £46.50 in pool money. The remainder of the pools were won by Rod Smith & Son Rod of Unstone winning £16.50 and Edward W Young with a bird winning £10.00. There were £11 in pools in the West Section that weren’t won. The members were racing for £259 in
Stewart Monks.
Spencer of Kniveton, 6th, 10th, 22nd, 24th & 26th Richard, Allan & Carol Hazelwood of Spire, the first bird winning £166.60 in pools and the second winning the 1st ring nom winning £230.40. 7th Pete Catherwood of
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