1st Hope & Son 1314
2nd Breeze& Son 1230.4
3rd Breeze & Son 1230.2
4th Breeze & Son 1228
5th Tarn & Wood 1220
6th Breeze & Son 1218

1,n.k.r.mckimm 1328.684
2,wilson.howe.sons 1317.221
3,n,k,r,mckimm 1316.096
4,lynas,bros,genner 1310.887
5,n,k,r,mckimm 1297.238
6,wallace bros 1291.569

Fri 7.45 rang Martin and Stephen vote was 3 to 0 to go

Fri 4.15 arrived at yard picked up Deerness Valley , West Durham,Cockfield,Crook and Darlington , travelled down with 2 wagons and 2 trailers,arrived on site at 2.15, birds opened up and watered

Sat up at 6.00 full cloud cover on site plus most of way home

9.00 staring to get brighter on route

10.00 skies clearing ,starting to become white cloud

10.30 Liberated birds in a north north west wind turning west on route

Setting off back at 11.45

Basket numbers

1st,Bolam Bros....1331.661.
2nd,A Mould....1321.413.
3rd,A Mould....1297.329.
4th,Bolam Bros.
5th,A Mould.
6th,R&K Barron.
7th,R&K Barron.
8th,Bolam Bros.
9th,JP McGough.
10th,A Mould.

Provisional result
1st and 2nd Turnbull son and Nicola 1334 and 1312ypm
3rd and 5th D R Spoors 1308 and 1302
4th Beadle and Weldon --1308

1st Clark bros--1325.5
2nd Morton son Hodgson -1325.4
3rd 4th 5th 6th Hodgon son Cowie 1320,1318,1318 and 1314

1 Hindmarsh & Telfer----1330-172
2 B Leech----1329-087
3 J Hall & Son----1318-518
4 J Brown----1314-293
5 J Hall & Son----1309-295
6 J Hall & Son----1303-106
7 B Leech----1301-861
8 J Brown----1289-008

BILLERICAY 1/7/17

1st smith,alderson & spark 1324.75
2nd ################# 1317.96
3rd j.b younghusband 1314.12
4th smith,alderson & spark 1313.83
5th ################## 1295.96
6th ################## 1286.62

Birds liberated at 10,30 in a north north west wind turning to west at home end

Alan Brown

No word until 10.30 still full cloud cover on site

Alan Brown