From the fair city.
With Kevin Barry & Tucker Daniel
Hello folks hope you are all well,
After a one day hold over the Irish South Road Fed first inland open race was held from Barleycove in west Cork, a distance of approx 198 mile to the middle of the fed. Of all the inland races on the program this is probably the hardest to win, the birds got away on Sunday at 12-30pm into a stiff east wind. The north side of the fed dominated this race with only a handful of birds from the south and west side breaking into the result.
Winning the open by a yard on 1346.3 and collecting his first Barleycove open is current Fed champion Gerry O Mara & Fam from the Kildonagh club, Winning this race has been an ambition of Gerrys for many a year and after collecting numerous first feds and winning an open from Sennen Cove this was the one he wanted most. The pigeon is a Van Loon / Sootjan cock who was second club the week before but came with the winner and as Gerry says it was just the nearest one to him he clocked first, he then went on to beat his loft mates back from training on the Wednesday by 2 minutes and that was that all the pools went on this fella and he didnt disappoint. The sire is one of the lofts best racers he has 7 first clubs plus section wins and a heap of fed cards including 6th open from this race point and 3rd fed Mallow, he in turn is a grandson of The Big Blue a planet Van Loon he got from Alan Hindhaugh from the U.N.C. this cock is sire, g/sire and now gg/sire of over 80x1st clubs and 12x1st feds with birdage of 8,000 to 11,000 birds.
The Dam is a Sootjan who has bred 14x1st clubs and is one of the lofts best stock hens, she is from Tom Boland and Vic Green in Bradford and this pair only went together after Gerry retired the cock from racing, these and 3 others who have also scored well are the first yearlings from this pair, Im sure they wont be the last to grace the top of the fed sheet further down the line.
The rest of the result from the club where 20 sent 252, in 2nd spot is P. Bell & Fam on 1286, 3rd is J. Gannon, 4th went to R. McNally and 5th position is A. Dent.
CABRA R.P.C BARLEYCOVE 11/05/08 18 MEMBERS SENT 311 BIRDS
A good week for the club and have 3 in the top 5 in the open result.
Right behind the open winner and having a great season is C. Brennan getting his 3rd win of the season taking 1st club 2nd open with a 2 year old cock vel 1345.386 and only decimals behind
C. Brennan was J. Aylmer with a yearling cock vel 1345.295 taking 3rd open
3rd & 6th club 5th and 37th Open were Bodie & Dobson with vel's of 1339.535 & 1292.728
4th & 5th club and 21st, 24th Open went to T.OBrien with vel's of 1298.540 & 1297.647
In the DUBLIN NORTH EAST 13 members sent 185 birds.
In what turn out to be a good steady race the loft of Mr & Mrs Hayden really did have a great day.
Not only did they take the first 4 in the club they were just behind overall winner Gerry o Mara to
Finish 2nd in the North Side clocking station on vel 1341 and finishing 4th Open
The winner this week is a yearling cock flown roundabout of Jan Huybregt breeding and was a winner
As a young bird as well, I am sure John wont mind sharing the credit with Gerry McCourt who bred
This good bird for them.
Many congratulations to former DNE member Gerry O Mara on this fantastic open win.
Regards Billy
Sarsfield R.P.C 27/274
Winning the club and the section by over 50 yards and taking 6th on the open sheet and the first one on the south side on 1334.6 is last years old bird Champion M/M P. Byrne, this 2 year old pied cock has a bit of form in at this race having finished 5th Open last year, in 2nd spot is M/M N. Leonard & Dtrs, Neville finished 3rd last week and goes one better this week with a yearling blue cock. Pat Craven gets 3rd with a 3 year old Blue pied cock.
Finglas R.P.C. 20/410
Another Northside club having a terrific race was the Finglas club with the first 6 birds all in the top twenty in the open, 1st club and 7th open goes to David Turner on 1330.6 he also scoops 16th & 68th open as well, with Mick Timmons snapping at his tail in 2nd club 8th open on 1330.2 and has another for 13th open on 1306 and 4th club, a couple of yards behind is The Boss M/M Mick Gilligan collecting 3rd & 5th club, 10th & 14th open a great day for the partnership they also had another 4 in the open result for 31st , 57th , 63rd & 83rd, well done Mick and Teresa. C & K Emmet are 6th club 15th open on 1301.
Ballymun R.P.C.
2006 overall champion Tom Nelson also had a great race taking the first couple in the club and the following open positions 9th, 11th, 18th, 20th, 23rd, 26th, 30th, 33rd, 35th, 46thand 47th I think he stopped clocking after that or else smoke was coming out of the clock, velocities ranging from 1329 to 1289, J. McLaughlin was also banging them in for 17th and 29th open with A. Farrell chipping in with 22nd, 25th and 28th open great performances lads.
Dun Laoirge R.P.C.
Ray Matthews does it again this week and takes the first 6 positions in the club he also tops the section again and has one of only 3 birds to get in the top 50 of the open from the south side of the Liffey for 12th open on 1315, this cock is a full brother to his Janseen/Verheye hen that won an open back in 2003, so as is seen all through this report quality always comes to the top.
Greenhills & Dist R.P.C.
Brian Brady wins the club and section with his first bird and also takes 19th open on 1299, he has another on 1252 for 4th club with M/M D .Dunne & G/Son in 2nd and 6th 1254, 1240, McGovern Bros are 3rd on 1252 with B & M Harris 5th on 1250.
Donnycarney RPC 16 members sent 172 birds.
In 1st place and 55th open is M. Feeney & Son with a Dk Cheq Hen doing 1285.36. They were also 6th with a yearling Blue Tip Cock on 1215. 2nd club is T. Kane & Son just a yard behind on 1284.28 with a yearling Cheq Hen. Gerry Daly & Son were 3rd with a yearling Blue Cock on 1255 and Daniel Bros had the next two, a two year old Blue Cock on 1251 and a yearling Cheq Cock on 1225 to finish 4th and 5th.
Northside & Dist R.P.C.
T. Smith takes the red card this week on 1255 a well fancied one here and takes all the money and the D.T.W. M & G McCourt have a few in the clock for 2nd, 5th and 6th, with K & D Perry in 3rd, 4th is Sean Mohan & Son, D. Brown 7th and Nicky Teeling in 9th spot.
Ger McCourt who sends in the results for the club also sends his congratulations to Gerry O Mara on the open win, good to see sportsmanship alive and well in Dublin.
Dublin Premier R.P.C. 8/120
J. Byrne & Dtr take this one on 1249, with J. Flood taking the next couple on 1229 & 1255.
Trim R.P.C.
Tony Morgan takes the top 3 again in the club the first one on 1199, Des Rainey has the next 3 for 4th, 5th and 6th.
Met up with Big Phil Murray last week, Phil used to live across the road from the club and raced for years in the Sarsfield, he moved away about 10 years ago but I was delighted to hear hes getting back into the birds and has joined the Celbridge club this year, good luck mate and welcome back.
I think I am going to change professions very soon after predicting in last weeks column that Gerrys birds were in super form and to watch him for the open ( he gave me a bit of stick after the race said he taught I would put the mockers on him) yes its off the buses and I am going to set up one of those premium rate tarot lines 2 euro per minute to tell you who is going to win the races every week, might save you a few bob on pool money. Of course all the profits will go to my chosen charity the first one is The Kevin Barry Camera Fund but I will give you the first week free so here goes. 1st fed this week from Tramore will be ehhhhhh let me think, yes M/M K. Barry & Son by 5 yards, better not give away my uniform just yet then. Well on that lighter note I will finish for this week, all the best and have a good one.
Kevin Barry
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kevinbarry88@gmail.com
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Barleycove - 05/11/2008