Watchfield Writings 26.11.10

Watchfield In The Vale Flying Club with MB
*Remember there are No Secrets from a Bottle, just Hardwork, Dedication & Determination*

Well folks here we are again November 26th saw our annual Watchfield prize presentation evening, as readers may remember our club have the opportunity to fly with two federations, the main is the Wiltshire & District Federation and the other is the Berks, Bucks & Oxon federation. In 2010 as a club we competed the whole programme with the Wiltshire federation and eleven old bird land races only with the BBO.

This was a special evening as it was our 50th Anniversary and we are lucky enough to still have two founder members Mr L Hamlin and Mr M Czerwinski and a special celebratory trophy was awarded to these two gentlemen. A fantastic evening was had by all with a good turnout of the club membership and friends, with special speech given by our President Mr G Seagroatt on the momentous evening, must have brought back memories for George has he gave the last celebratory speech 25years ago so thank you to these three gentlemen from all the members.

We will start to report of with the prizewinners from the Wiltshire federation race programme:-

M/M M&C Brown, 10 x 1st, 10 x 2nd, 7 x 3rd, 5 x 4th, 2 x 5th & 4 x 6th
Ken Thorpe, 4 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 2 x 4th, 3 x 5th & 1 x 6th
M/M C Aldridge & Son, 2 x 1st, 3 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd, 4 x 4th, 2 x 5th & 2 x 6th
Ray Page, 2 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd, 2 x 4th, 2 x 5th & 4 x 6th
George Seagroatt, 1 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 2 x 5th & 3 x 6th
J & V Draper, 1 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 2 x 4th, 2 x 5th & 1 x 6th
M/M R&S Titcombe, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 5th & 1 x 6th
E Smith & D Baker, 3 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 2 x 5th & 1 x 6th
Lou Hamlin, 1 x 1st, 1 x 3rd, 2 x 4th & 1 x 6th
M/M P Kendall, 1 x 1st, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 6th
Clive Elliott, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 5th
M/M Merrills, 1 x 3rd, 2 x 5th & 1 x 6th
M/M B Dixon, 1 x 2nd
John Barker, 1 x 4th
Keith Palmer, 1 x 5th & 1 x 6th
Michael Fulcher, 1 x 5th

Followed by the prizewinners with the Berks, Bucks & Oxon fed programme:-

M/M M&C Brown, 5 x 1st, 6 x 2nd, 3 x 3rd, 4 x 4th, 3 x 5th & 2 x 6th
M/M C Aldridge & Son, 2 x 1st, 4 x 2nd, 3 x 3rd, 2 x 4th, 3 x 5th & 5 x 6th
M/M R&S Titcombe, 3 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 4 x 3rd, 3 x 4th, 4 x 5th & 1 x 6th
Ken Thorpe, 1 x 1st, 1 x 3rd, 2 x 4th, 1 x 5th & 1 x 6th
J & V Draper, 1 x 6th
In Summary the race winners were -

Date Wiltshire Fed Prize Winner Velocity
17/04/2010 Seaton Mr G E Seagroatt 1449.720
24/04/2010 Seaton Mr & Mrs C Aldridge & Son 1504.595
01/05/2010 Exeter Mr K Thorpe 1655.513
08/05/2010 Falaise Mr & Mrs M & C Brown 1207.563
15/05/2010 Exeter Mr K Thorpe 1417.494
22/05/2010 Carentan Mr & Mrs M & C Brown 1239.871
29/05/2010 Exeter Mr R Page 1893.042
05/06/2010 Messac Mr & Mrs M & C Brown 1408.751
12/06/2010 Carentan Mr & Mrs M & C Brown 1101.431
19/06/2010 Yelverton Mr & Mrs C Aldridge & Son 1244.150
26/06/2010 Niort Mr & Mrs M & C Brown 1234.410
03/07/2010 Exeter Mr & Mrs M & C Brown 1610.498
10/07/2010 Bergerac Mr & Mrs M & C Brown 1179.562
17/07/2010 Seaton Mr L Hamlin 1505.850
24/07/2010 Seaton Mr R Page 1482.718
31/07/2010 Exeter Mr & Mrs P Kendal 1501.746
07/08/2010 Exeter Mr & Mrs M & C Brown 1716.725
14/08/2010 Yelverton Mr & Mrs M & C Brown 1080.820
21/08/2010 Honiton Mr K Thorpe 1588.235
28/08/2010 Kingsdown Mr K Thorpe 1480.878
04/09/2010 Exeter J & V Draper 1204.858
11/09/2010 Guernsey Mr & Mrs M & C Brown 547.876

Date Berks, Bucks & Oxon Prize Winner Velocity
10/04/2010 Wincanton Mr & Mrs M & C Brown 1363.103
17/04/2010 Lulworth Mr & Mrs M & C Brown 1369.912
24/04/2010 Seaton Mr & Mrs C Aldridge & Son 1465.983
08/05/2010 Exeter Mr & Mrs M & C Brown 1114.663
22/05/2010 Yelverton Mr & Mrs R Titcombe 1175.797
05/06/2010 Seaton Mr & Mrs R Titcombe 1360.694
12/06/2010 Yelverton Mr & Mrs R Titcombe 1288.102
19/06/2010 Exeter Mr & Mrs M & C Brown 1288.287
26/06/2010 Honiton Mr K Thorpe 1463.366
03/07/2010 Yelverton Mr & Mrs C Aldridge & Son 1534.657
10/07/2010 Wincanton Mr & Mrs M & C Brown 1761.607

Specials & Club Trophies Winner Details
Old Bird Ave Mr & Mrs M & C Brown Vel:- 1295.534
Runner up Old Bid Ave Mr G E Seagroatt Vel:- 987.000
Continental Ave Mr & Mrs M & C Brown Vel:-1225.024
3 longest old bird Mr & Mrs M & C Brown Vel:- 1245.408
1st yearling Niort Mr & Mrs M & C Brown 1st club – vel 1234.410
1st Yearling Bergerac Mr & Mrs M & C Brown 3rd club - vel 727.882
longest OB & YB Races Mr & Mrs M & C Brown 926.489
Young Bird Ave Mr & Mrs M & C Brown 1084.629
Runner up Young Bird Ave Not Won -
Combined Ave Mr & Mrs M & C Brown 1227.461
Runner up Combined Ave Not Won -
Inland Points Cup Mr & Mrs C Aldridge & Son 135 points
Best performance old bird Mr & Mrs C Aldridge & Son Cheq Pd Cock - (28 points)
Best performance y/bird Mr & Mrs M & C Brown Blue Hen - ( 28 points )



"ALL LAND POINTS - 2010" "CONTINENTAL POINTS - 2010"
Place Name Points Place Name Points
1st M/M C Aldridge & Son 135 1st M/M M&C Brown 178
2nd M/M M&C Brown 133 2nd M/M C Merrills 34
3rd R Page 117 3rd Smith & Baker 22
4th K Thorpe 92 4th G Seagroatt 16
5th J & V Draper 86 5th K Palmer 16
6th G Seagroatt 79 6th R Page 12
7th M/M R Titcombe 50 7th M Fulcher 10
8th Smith & Baker 40 8th C Elliott 10
9th L Hamlin 39 9th M/M B Dixon 9
10th M/M P Kendal 33 10th J Barker 7

"OLD BIRD LAND POINTS - 2010" "OVERALL CHAMPION ALL RACES - 2010"Place Name Points Place Name Points
1st M/M C Aldridge & Son 113 1st M/M M&C Brown 338
2nd M/M M&C Brown 80 2nd M/M C Aldridge & Son 139
3rd G Seagroatt 53 3rd R Page 129
4th K Thorpe 46 4th K Thorpe 99
5th M/M R Titcombe 30 5th G Seagroatt 95
6th R Page 24 6th J & V Draper 86
7th J & V Draper 19 7th Smith & Baker 62
8th C Elliott 15 8th M/M R Titcombe 53
9th K Palmer 5 9th L Hamlin 43
10th 10th M/M C Merrills 34
11th M/M P Kendall 33
"YOUNG BIRD POINTS - 2010" 12th C Elliott 25
Place Name Points 13th K Palmer 21
1st R Page 93 14th M Fulcher 10
2nd M/M M&C Brown 80 15th M/M B Dixon 9
3rd J & V Draper 67 16th J Barker 7
4th K Thorpe 53 17th M Czerwinski 5
5th Smith & Baker 40
6th L Hamlin 39
7th M/M P Kendall 33
8th G Seagroatt 26
9th M/M C Aldridge & Son 22
10th M/M R Titcombe 20



Well that’s it for this week, try hard, work harder, be happy and good returns.

Any news/views to Mark Brown
Email - mb1973@hotmail.co.uk
Tel - 07593 279 375