Thurs ...vote 3-0 to go forcast good for racepoint and cloud at home end.
Fri went to yard at 4pm 2 wagons and 1 tailor arriving on site for 12.10 am,wagons opened up and watered by 12.40.
Sat up at 6am cloud looking north ,blue South,home end poor
8am clear at racepoint and up to Wakefield,poor home end
10.30 good up to ripon still poor home end full cloud
11.15 clearing well at ripon and starting to clear at home end
11.40 birds up ,clearing well fresh se wind
All wagons back by 5pm
Peter matthews

LEMINGTON 6.00
BENWELL 6.30
SCOTSWOOD 6.50
WINLATON 7.10
GREENSIDE 7.30
HIGHFIELD 7.45
BURNHOPEFIELD 8.05

HEXHAM 6.00
PRUDHOE 6.30
CHOPWELL 6.50
MEDOMSLEY 7.10
LEADGATE 7.20
SHOTLEY BR, 7.40
ANNFIELD PLA. 8.00
SOUTH MOOR 8.20
BURNHOPE 8.30

Birds going on Friday as per weather committee

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK WHO AUTHORISED THE EMERGENCY MEETING AND FOR WHAT REASON.
As Far as I can see there is no emergency for this weekend racing and that WD,CF,DAR,CR,DV feds should all be racing from the proposed race which is BILLERICAY.
This is not a WDA CLASSIC race so is totally irellivent to what other feds race.
TD,AP,CON,NWC FEDS DECIDED where they wanted to race with no interference from the other 5 federations what so ever.
Also the programme which they set out would mean that 5 federations would have had 7 races with only 1 over 200 miles and

WHAT AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE AND SHAMBOLIC NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE.
Consists of 5 members
P MATTHEWS
S MEADOWS
C BEADLE
R WADE
T COILS
MY SELF AND TONY COILS WERE NOT EVEN CONTACTED AND AS FAR AS WE ARE CONCERNED A FULL MEETING NEEDS TO BE CALLED FOR MONDAY NIGHT WITH ALL FEDS PRESENT IN OUR VIEW 3 members cannot change the Race program.

The committee have decided that due to the unprecedented situation we are in and the need to race as an Amalgamation a change to the program has been made.
Sat May 7th HUNTINGDON
Sat May 14th BILLERICAY
Sat May 21st LEICESTER
Sat May 28th MAIDSTONE (1) NATIONAL (SUB ARRAS)

1 Mrs B Matthews & Son 1551.84 C
2 Mrs B Matthews &Son 1546.30 C
3 Mrs B Matthews & Son 1545.91 C
4 M Peart &Son 1543.54 C
5 Mrs B Matthews & Son 1542.50 C
6 Mrs B Matthews & Son 1541.98 C
7 Mrs B Matthews & Son 1540.15 C
8 M Jenkins 1536.70 C
9 R Dixon & Dtr 1534.2 R
10 H Peairs & Son 1529.32 C
11 Mrs B Matthews & Son 1526.71 C
12 J Duggan 1523.62 C

BIRDS 570

18 Members sent 554 birds

1. R Alder 1568.2
2. Hodgson Son & Cowie 1551.9
3. Hodgson Son & Cowie 1551.6
4. Morland & Elliot 1551.5
5. Morland & Elliot 1551.2
6. J McKenna & Sons 1549.7
7. Hodgson Son & Cowie 1548.3
8. J McKenna & Sons 1545.6
9. J Vest 1542.9
10. Hodgson Son & Cowie 1542.7

1 bolam/bros 1597
2 bolam/bros 1569
3 bolam/bros 1568
4 bolam/bros 1553
well done all fanta
asked to put on by fed sec K/R/BARRON

1 bct 1617
2 turnbull/partners 1616
3 turnbull/partners 1614
4 fantarrow/gibson 1613.3
5 fantarrow/gibson 1613,1
6 fantarrow /gibson 1613.1
7 fantarrow /gibson 1613.
8 fantarrow /gibson 1610.3
9 wright /draper /wright 1610.1
10 turnbull/partners 1609
well done all fanta
asked to put on by fed sec K/R/BARRON