Gibb & Byrne

Browsing: Archive for March, 2013

The awards for the 2012 racing season were presented in the local clubrooms on Good Friday March 29, Chairman Tom Young welcomed most of the members and friends. Following the Buffet and soft drinks he congratulated


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The above club are holding their annual breeder buyer sale on Thurs 25th April, at the Coronation Club, Ballyrashane, Coleraine. Penning between 7 and 8pm. Prize money will be flown for on the fourth young bird


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Many friendships have developed over the years through the sport and recently I had contact with a good friend of mine who relayed the following story to me about two such good friends who grew up


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Please can we remind all club/ring Secretaries that the Ring Lists should be sent to the RPRA by 1st April 2013 in readiness for the new racing season. Currently only around 50% have been returned. This


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Old Bird racing starting soon – First race of the new season will be flown weather permitting on Saturday 13th April from Tullamore, the weather at present is more Winter than Spring and will have delayed


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Racing Pigeon Auction 08 April On behalf of St. Catherines church in Meath Street, in the heart of the Liberty’s. We are having an auction in the Sarsfield R.P.C. clubhouse Lally Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10 on


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Belshaw & Anderson, Derriaghy – 29/03/13

When I first became involved with the Irish National Flying Club the partnership of Belshaw & Anderson Derriaghy was the partnership that scored on a regular basis from the National races. I had a good chat


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Coleraine Premier HPS recently presented the awards for the 2012 racing season at a recent function in the local clubrooms. Long-time member Anthony McDonnell, a former NIPA President and Kings Cup winner presented the awards. Major


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Larne & District one of the largest clubs in the NIPA held the presentation of awards in their own clubrooms at Glenarm Road. President Owen Donnelly and his wife Nancy presented the awards won in in


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Secretary Simon Millar recently supplied me with the club prize list for the 2012 racing season, he is to take a season or two out and may move house. Since starting to race on his own


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Kevin Henderson, Lurgan Social Kevin Henderson is another dedicated worker for the sport, a Committee Member of the NIPA Sect E he has been for a number of years the Centre Manager in the Lurgan Centre


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Derry & Dist 1st Prize Night – Time once again to dust off the laptop and get back to putting a few articles together. With the new season upon us, the weather is really poor at


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MAC Bird of the Year 2012 –

Something which may have gone unnoticed was the fact that W & J Smyth from Ballymena & District HPS had Mid Antrim Combine Bird of the Year in 2012 and that their Champion Ken-Aird Boy also


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Although we do not at the present time know the venue for the Kings Cup the Blue Riband Grand National race for members of the INFC the deadline for entries to the Single Bird challenge is


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NIPA – France Gold Diploma

NIPA French Diploma Awards – Highly Prized The NIPA French Diploma Awards were introduced around 20 years ago and in that time just a small number of birds have achieved repeated success at the distance. The


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