BURBURE YB OPEN RACE 2017 23rd September 2017
Brian asked me to post this on his behalf, it has been sent to all Fed Secretaries in the WDA to notify members at marking for Billericay but in case you miss the announcement all details are below.
BURBURE YB OPEN RACE 2017
To be flown on Saturday 23 September.
Basketing Friday 22nd (morning).
This race is open to the whole of the NEHU and is flown on the same lines as the Futurity (band-wise). Entry fee is £5 per bird with a maximum of 10 birds per loft. A £2.50 per bird non-refundable deposit must be paid before SUNDAY 17th SEPTEMBER. No entries will be accepted after SUNDAY evening.
Prize monies will be paid as follows:
There will be £250 given to each band: £200 first, £50 second providing each and has a minimum of 50 birds competing. If your band has insufficient birds you will compete for the prize money in your next nearest band.
50% of the total prize pot, less band money will be paid to the overall winner of the race; 25% for second; 10% third; 5% fourth; 3% fifth, 2% sixth then 1% for 7th - 10th.
There will be nothing taken out of the prize fund or pools apart from transporting costs and pool sheets £90 ,In the event of having 1,000 birds competing we will be flying for a first prize of approx.
£2,500 plus pools.
Pools are 50p; £1; £2; £3; £5 open and section. There will also be a £10 winner takes all pool and a £2 single nomination winner takes all. Each pool will be shared as follows 50% to winner
25% 2nd, 15% 3rd, 4 th & 5th 5%
There are 4 main marking stations at present. Sunderland -The Duck, contact Ronnie Evans on07756 563532 or Dave Middleton on 07714 724834.
WDA The Arch WK club South Moor ,Stanley contact James Whitney on 07961 797987.
Hartlepool Sappers Corner contact Pam Grange on 07763
125196
Loftus Social Club contact Ian Stafford- 07786 938300.
Any club or Fed thinking they have enough birds to go can run a marking station but provisions must be made to ferry the birds in to
Sappers Corner no later than 9.45am.
Basketing times are as follows:
Sunderland 8am -9.15am,
South Moor 8 am till 8.45am,
Sappers Corner 9am till 10am,
Loftus 9.45 am till 10.45am
we know this is very early but we want the birds to get there as early as possible to rest. This is a 2 day race. Berwick light up times will be the relevant hours of darkness, if required.
We must stress that all birds must be booked and deposits paid by Sunday evening 17th September.
The birds will be transported by the UNC.
The winner of the open will be drug tested
And last but not least our Sponsors this race would not of been possible without the following people a big thank you to them all !!. There is a total of £1445 in sponsoring money donated by the
following:
JPS lofts £200,
Heineken Marston Coors Brewery via the arch club £200,
The Pigeon Arch Middlesbrough £100,
The Corn Bin Ferryhill £100,
SS Seeds Sedgefield £100,
Paul Longstaff Haverton Hill £50,
Kevin Morrow South Bank £100,
Paul Stobbs £100,
Charlie Smith £100,
F Yanetta £100,
Jeff Robinson Skinningrove £100,
Richard Wade west Auckland £100,
Cleveland Country Store £70,
anonymous £25.
Anyone wanting anymore information on the race, please feel free to give me a ring.
07786 938300 - Ian Stafford.