Fine performance from Egremont fancier David Harrison

David Harrison with his Amalgamation winner after taking first four positions and his little helpers from left to right. Bella, Henry and Noah.

Egremont fancier David Harrison produced a fine performance on Saturday to take the first four positions in the West Cumbria Amalgamation.

Racing from Cannock the birds were liberated at 10.15am and David clocked his winner at 1.04pm following the 138-mile fly. He clocked all four inside 13 seconds and they were doing 53mph.

The winner is a blue cock Ceuster bred in the stock loft which has has scored now on three occasions to show potential and consistency.

He’s of Donkere Leo and Goede Rode bloodlines so clearly has some quality genes in there.

The second bird was a mealy cock bred in the racing loft, another Ceuster again with the Donkere Leo and Mealy Staf genes most prominent in this one.

The grandsire is a 2018 rung making a name for himself in the stock loft having bred winners each year with different hens for David and friends in the Gateshead Federation.

It was a special win, too, as Workington Victoria fancier Les Cape and his wife Sylvia had put up a prize in memory of their son Michael, who had died at a tragically young age last year. They had donated £100 and a specially inscribed watch.

The West Cumberland Federation lofts dominated the Amalgamation result sheet with the Derwent Valley Federation winners Martindale and Lawman in ninth place.

Loft manager David Fitzwilliam with George Lawman and Richard Martindale and the Derwent Valley Fed winner from Cannock.

They are familiar names at the top of the sheet and the sire of their latest winner is also making a name for himself in the partners’ stock loft.

The blue white flight cock is off a Bulck cock called Balboa who has already sired first and third Cumbria Combine Marlborough and 5^th asnd 8^th Combine this year in old bird racing plus winners for other lofts.

His nest-mate was also 7^th Amalgamation this week for the Dobson family of Cleator Moor.

The Amalgamation birds are at Cannock again this weekend but officials have decided to race on Friday because of poor weather forecasts for Saturday. The birds will be marked on Thursday night.

WEST CUMBRIA AMALGAMATION (1,676 birds): 1, 2, 3, 4, D. Harrison and son (Egremont Rangers) 1437, 1435.6, 1435.6, 1435.3; 5, Tomlinson and Banks (Cleator Moor) 1432.7; 6, Nolan, Hetherington, Coultas and Easdon (Cleator Moor) 1432.6.

WEST CUMBERLAND FEDERATION (690 birds): 1, 2, 3, 4, D. Harrison and son (Egremont Rangers) 1437, 1435.6, 1435.6, 1435.3; 5, Tomlinson and Banks (Cleator Moor) 1432.7; 6, Nolan, Hetherington, Coultas and Easdon (Cleator Moor) 1432.6.

CLEATOR MOOR CENTRAL (8 sent 307): 1, Nolan, Hetherington, Coultas and Easdon 1434.7; 2, Tomlinson and Banks 1434.1; 3, 4, 5, Dobson, sons, grandson and Lyle 1432.8, 1432.4, 1431; 6, A. and T. Kenmare 1430.

LOWCA HS (6 sent 204): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Tomlinson and Banks 1432, 1427, 1406, 1393, 1387, 1386.

EGREMONT HS (94 birds): 1, 2, 3, 4, D. Harrison and son 1437, 1435.6, 1435.6, 1435.3; 5, 6, Wilson and Buchanan 1419, 1417.

SANDWITH (4 sent 140): 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, B. Irving; 5, McGrady and son.

DERWENT VALLEY FEDERATION (986 birds): 1, 6, Martindale and Lawman (Workington Victoria) 1428, 1425; 2, Evans and Abraham (Workington Victoria) 1427; 3, Williams and Hadfield (Workington Social) 1426.8; 4, 5, Mr and Mrs Walters and son (Workington Victoria) 1426.4, 1426.3.

CUMBERLAND SOCIAL CIRCLE (19 sent 38): 1, Mr and Mrs Carter and sons 1419; 2, Rushforth and Hunter 1409; 3, J. Devlin 1393; 4, Berwick and co 1389; 5, I. and D. Wood 1388; 6, McLuckie bros 1351.

WORKINGTON VICTORIA (8 sent 330): 1, Evans and Abraham 1437.08; 2, Williams and Hadfield 1437.05; 3, Martindale and Lawman 1436.13; 4, 5, Mr and Mrs Walters and son 1436.11, 1435; 6, M. and L. Cape 1434.

WORKINGTON SOCIAL LIMIT (6 sent 228): 1, Williams and Hadfield 1426.8; 2, 3, 6, Mr and Mrs Walters and son 1426.4, 1426.3, 1417; 4, 5, M. and L. Cape 1425, 1424.

DEARHAM (3 sent 91): 1, 3, 4, Berwick, Watson, Harker and Thompson 1462, 1385, 1377.5; 2, 6, Todhunter and Grisedale 1408, 1376; 5, L. Norris 1377.1.

FLIMBY (6b sent 193): 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, Rushforth and Hunter 1409,, 1403.8, 1403.7, 1371, 1369; 4, R. Hodgson 1384.

HARRINGTON CENTRAL (9 sent 254): 1, 2, I. and D. Wood 1421.9, 1421.6; 3, 4, R. McAvoy and son 1420, 1419.7; 5, 6, Mr and Mrs W. Carter and sons 1419.1, 1395.