Well lads we got a race, we had been warned of possibe showers but the birds got back home dry.
1st Smith/Ovington --1531ypm
2nd Goldsborough Welsh and son-- 1527ypm
3rd Jobes bros and Stephenson--1525ypm
4th ###### ###### --1524ypm
5th ###### ######--1524ypm
6th Fedor Babak--1512ypm
7th Smith /Ovington--1501ypm
8th Goldsborough Welsh and son --15ooypm
9th L Robson --1498ypm
10th --Fedor Babak--1496ypm
As you can see the wind seems to have split them up .

Birds liberated at 3.30 nw wind

Cockfield federation
Racepoint –LEICESTER 21-4-18 BIRDS 960
1ST-Fenwick Bros 17 X 283 BH 10 33 39 1632.205 142/919 WA
2ND-K & C Lonsdale 17 SP 2117 BH 10 37 37 1595.441 142/1598 WA
3RD-N Collinson 16 CF 1001 BWC 10 38 03 1588.585 142/1156 WA
4TH-H Peairs & Son 16 CF 2937 CC 10 39 31 1579.753 143/317 C
5TH-Wade Brothers 17 X 487 BH 10 38 56 1577.674 142/874 WA

1st t Riley 1645.3
2nd young&shanley 1617.5
3rd young&shanley 1617.2
4th a hawthorn 1616.9
5th a hawthorn 1616.6
6th w curran&sons 1609.6
7th a hawthorn 1609.4
8th a hawthorn 1599.6
9th young&shanley 1599.4
10th young&shanley 1599.4

8 MEMBERS SENT 316 BIRDS
AVERAGE MILES 159

1ST RAINE & SON 1601.32
2ND D.P CHILTON 1591.01
3RD CONNOR & SON 1587.46
4TH CONNOR & SON 1581.93

1st T Riley 1645.3
2nd W curran 1609.6
3rd T kilpatrick 1595.9
4th R coulson 1595.8
5th T kilpatrick 1591.1
6th R coulson 1587.8
7th H tweedy 1587.6
8th H tweedy 1583.7
9th H tweedy 1583.6
10th A Stewart 1582.3

21st April Leicester
1. Mr and Mrs Walker 1603.405
2. E F Reynolds 1600.100
3. Mr and Mrs Sparks and daughter and grandson 1597.512
4. I Mortimer 1593.425
5. Mr and Mrs Walton 1588.95

1,J.Smith,1561.320.
2,D.Lamb,1559.633.
3,D.Lamb,1552.717.
4,R/M.Tate,1550.864.