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MAC – Roscrea 10/08/13

For race four of the young bird season the local birds were in Roscrea in County Tipperary, liberation was at 9.00am in a helping South, South West wind. Change of race point but no change to


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MAC – Tullamore 03/08/13

For the third race of the young bird season the local birds were in Tullamore in County Offaly, the NIPA had a mass liberation of 21,000 birds after two weeks of Area Liberations. Birds were released


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MAC – Mullingar 27/07/13

  For the second week the local Mid Antrim birds were released with Coleraine, last week from Navan it was Coleraine who topped the result, this time the best birds are in Rasharkin & District. Liberation


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MAC Navan – 20/07/13

For the opening races of the 2013 young bird season the NIPA held a series of Area Liberations, first birds released in Tullamore and Mullingar at 8.15am and the final one in Navan at 11.30am. Bit


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Millar Gold Cup 2013 –

East Down Combine Portland OB Derby – Stephen Brown & Sons win Millar Gold Cup The pigeon that won the EDC Old Bird Derby and Millar Gold Cup is a two year old Blue hen. She was


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MAC – Portland 01/07/13

Reid & McCloy 1st, 2nd & 3rd MAC from Portland – Reid Bros & McCloy from Cullybackey had a dream result in the NIPA Nat from Portland, birds were held for three days in St Malo


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MAC – Penzance 24/06/13

Birds were race marked on Saturday for a Monday liberation in Penzance, the same thing happened in 2012. The big convoy was released at 10.45am in a Lt NW wind, it turned out hard enough with


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NIPA Penzance OB Classic –

I can add other Centre Results if I get them: Each Centre has a Result Board on www.pigeonnetwork.com, any problems get back to me. Homer. NIPA Penzance OB Classic Open 390/3,147 – 1-1D J Greenaway Dromore


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Harryville lofts 1st MAC Sennen Cove Ylr Nat –

Jack Millar and son Derek from the Harryville HPS in Ballymena had the best bird in the INFC Yearling Nat flown from Sennen Cove last Wednesday on a perfect flying day. Liberation was at 8.30am in


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North West by Billy Knox – Fermoy 5B & Rosscarbery

  Two races again this week, although not the two we expected. The NIPA were supposed to be in Bude this week, with the Fermoy 5 Bird as our second race. But, once again, due to


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MAC Clonmel 25/05/13 –

W &  J McLean break Novice Status – Very interesting last weekend, firstly the race changed from Pilmore Beach to Fermoy and then with the birds en-route diverted to Clonmel because of a weather report for


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Broughshane loft tops Mid Antrim in OB Nat – The NIPA faced with a terrible weather forecast for Saturday made a mid-week decision to bring the Inland Nat forward by one day and got the best


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MAC Roscrea 11/05/13 –

Photo Caption – George McDowell from Kells holding the Mid Antrim winner from Fermoy. Last weekend the local birds were in Clonmel County Tipperary for the fourth race of the old bird season, poor weather conditions


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MAC Clonmel 04/05/13 –

Kells Loft 1st Mid Antrim Combine from Clonmel – For the third race of the old bird season the NIPA birds moved on to Clonmel in County Tipperary, over 2,700 birds were sent in Mid Antrim. Kells


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East Down Combine –

McComb Bros top the East Down Combine – Second race for the East Down Combine, birds were released in Tullamore at 10.00am in a North wind, McComb Bros of Killyleagh Central won 1st & 2nd Open


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