Browsing: Archive for May, 2017

Fermoy OB 5 Bird Championship 476/2241 – 1-1E B Corley Monaghan 1335, 2-2E I Parkes & Son Armagh 1331, 3-3E B Corley 1327, 4-4E C Myres Monaghan 1321, 5-5E N Weir Loughgall 1321, 6-1C M/M B

NIPA Talbenny (2) 684/10,476 – 1-1G R Williamson Newry & Dist 1396, 2-2G Donnelly Bros Newry City 1393, 3-1E P Hope Edgarstown 1385, 4-2E S & E Buckley Edgarstown 1383, 5-3E R Mulligan Monaghan 1380, 6-4E

The opening race of the cross channel season was flown from Talbenny in South Wales, the NIPA with Ulster Fed and East Coast Fed birds were released at 7.30am in a Lt SW wind. Well done

The Comeback race was flown from Fermoy on Sunday 14th May with a liberation at 7.30am, again in a helping SW wind. In a photo finish Kennedy & Lyons of Hills & Maze were a decimal

The first big race of the old bird season was the Rosscarbery Inland National, due to be flown last Saturday it was delayed for one day due to weather problems, with the convoy liberated in Co

David Booth is the man of the moment, 5 races completed in the Old Bird race programme, 5 x 1st Sect H and in the last two races 1st & 2nd Open NIPA almost 23,000 birds

The return to Gowran Park turned out a lot better than the previous week, race should have been from Corrin but it was decided that with the weather unpredictable they would stay short. Just short of

For the third old bird race the NIPA moved to Gowran Park in County Kilkenny a big convoy of 25,200 birds released at 10.45am in a Lt Variable wind. It should have been a perfect race