From the fair city,
With Kevin Barry & Tucker Daniel
Welcome folks, hope you are keeping well.
The Irish South Road Fed had two races again this week, the channel race was an open from Sennen Cove approx 230 miles and the inland race was from Rosscarbury in West Cork 367 members sending 4842 birds distance to this one approx 168 miles.
Saturday morning 7th of June and unusually for these days everything was perfect for a double lib, the channel birds were away at 07-15 with the land birds not far behind at 08-00 into a north west wind.
Winning the open from Sennencove and his Finglas cub where 17 sent 210 birds is C & K Emmett & Sons on 1255.41 with a Hybrecht 3 year old hen having her third trip across the water, the parents coming from the loft of Vincent Black in Boyne Valley and obviously Spike and the gang send there thanks to Vincent for the birds, this is the lads 3rd win of the season and I bet the sweetest so far and what a close call it was because right behind him and I mean right behind him less than a decimal in fact is club mate M/M Declan Killeen on 1255.33. After five and a half hours and 230 miles of mostly Irish Sea thats all that separates these gallant birds. Declans bird is a Will Geerts 3 year old widowhood cock who has scored consistently for the loft right through the season, this loft is in terrific form this year and Deco is quick to point out that he could not do it without the help of his good lady Deirdre and their daughter Tara, its great when the family is involved because everyone is pulling in the one direction. Also a belated happy birthday to Tara who nearly celebrated it with an open win, well done folks great effort Im sure it wont be long before you all can celebrate a big win. The club had an excellent day with David Turner taking 5th open on 1250, Derek Larkin was 7th open 1247 and Kevin Delaney 20th open on 1220.
Over in the Rosscarbury race 22 sent 420 its Alan Farrell who takes the honours on 1458 he also takes 4th position on 1452, C 7 K Emmet & Sons just fail to do the double finishing 2nd only 3 yards behind on 1455 and another man flying out of his skin this week David Turner in 3rd & 5th spots on 1453/1449. M/M Deco Killeen 6th also 1449.
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Open winner Spike Emmet & Son Martin
Talking about keeping it in the family, while Spike was winning the open his nephew Jimmy Emmet who flys in the Blanchardstown club was topping the fed from Rosscarbury with a blue pied Sootjan cock taking his second club win having won as a young bird, down from Frank Shearers pigeons. A & F Glennon also had a good one finishing 2nd and 10th fed on 1460.
Looking through the top 20 open positions Ballymun are well represented with pride of place going to J. McDonnell taking 3rd open on 1252, Kavenagh/Touhy/Farrell take 2nd club 10th open 1240, J. Byrne & Son are next and 12th open with Tom Nelson just outside the top 20 in 24th position. No such problems from the Rosscarbury for Tom he scoops the first 5 in the club and all on the fed sheet starting at 9th continuing down to 47th.
Good performances also from Ger Begley of the Tallaght Premier who finishes 6th open, Brown & Smith Finglas South West are 8th, M/M O Reilly from the Rialto have 2 in the result for 14th and 16th. Down in the Homing Club M/M J. Brady and M. Walsh had two each almost together, the former taking 18th & 21st and the later 19th and 22nd open, well done.
East Wall & Dist.
From the channel race its Robert Dowdall & Son in top spot and 9th open on 1246, they also take a couple of positions from the inland race for 4th and 5th. Tom Byrne wins that one on 1443 with a yearling blue cock, in fact the first 7 birds in the club are Yearling blue cocks, 2nd is club sec Tony Boyle 1436, Jimmy Delaney 3rd on 1422 and Tom slips in again for 6th.
Cabra R.P.C.
Sennen Cove 20/112
1ST with a yearling cock was John Nash taking his 2nd win this year
and finishing 4th in the open result with a vel of 1251.70 .2nd were D & M Mc Laughlin vel 1207.28
3rd & 5th was K. Hughes vel's 1197.63 &1123.79 .W Mc Carthy got 4th place vel 1180.81
6th went to M.Brady vel 1123.27
Rosscarbury 20/298
1ST and taking his 4th win of the season was C. Brennan vel 1471.933 and this one like Johns from the water finishes 4th fed also winning
the d.t.w which is going on for over a year. This 2 year old cock already
has a 1st 2nd & a 6th this year for C. Brennan maybe a contender for old bird of the year . 2nd went to K. Hughes vel 1469.008
3rd & 4th was T.OBrien with vel's of 1459.642 & 1454.651 .5th with a vel of 1451.521
was M Mc Manus. 6th were J.OCallaghan & M. Farrell vel 1443.513
Greenhills & Dist.
Sennen Cove 23/150
Liam Morris is best here on 1239 and 11th open, J. Hughes 2nd on 1138, Bobby Traynor next 1125 with F. Daly & Son 4th 1106, B & M Harris and Paddy Carr take the remaining positions.
Rosscarbury. 18/208
Alan Nulty has 2 for 1st and 3rd club and is well up the fed sheet for 8th and 24th, M/M D Dunne 2nd club 13th fed, B & M Harris 4th on 1450 with last weeks inland fed topper McGovern Bros 5th and Brian Brady 6th.
Clondalkin.
Paddy Dandy & Fam does the double here and tops the Celtic station into the bargain finishing 27th open on 1218, the channel winner down from the late Paddy Roe and the inland bird one of his own Bussharet/Janseens Paddy would like to thank the Dun Laoirge mystro Ray Matthews for giving him the feeding system, more on Ray later, on the water its Darren Church & Dtr taking 2nd club 2nd station on 1179, A & J McMahon in 3rd and Eddie Timmons 4th. Inland its a 1,2 for the Dandy clan, M/M B. Russell 3rd and 5th with Darren Church & Dtr in again for 4th.
DUBLIN NORTH EAST with Billy Harris
8 members sent 145 birds.
The lofts of Mr & Mrs Hayden must have thought the race was over when their first arrival sat
Out for 2 minutes due to a noisy neighbour cutting his hedge, but they really didnt have to worry
Not only did they take their 4th red card of the year they made it a clean sweep taking the first 5
The winner this week is a two year old Soonjten Cheq cock racking up his 3rd win with 5th & 24th fed.
I wasnt surprised to hear that he was a grand son to Gerry McCourt top stock cock Junior.
From Sennen Cove in what turned out a good honest race who better than a good honest fancier
In Joe White to take his 6th win of the year and the 3rd on the trot off the channel.
Joe hasnt been in the best of health this year and I hope his performances give him some relief
I am sure I speak for all member of the club when I send him our best wishes.
Donnycarney RPC. From Ken Knight
Sennen Cove 07-06-08. 15 members sent 67 birds. Winning his second channel race in a row was J. Whelan & Dtr with a two year old Dk Cheq Cock with a velocity of 1231.2 which was good enough to top the Northside station and get 15th Open. John was also 6th club with a yearling Dk Cheq Cock on 1047. Both these birds were also in the club result from the previous week's Talbenny. In 2nd club was T. Kane & Son with a two year old Cheq Cock on 1179. 3rd went to Daniel Bros with a three year old Red Hen on 1178, M. Feeney & Son were 4th on 1055 with a Blue Cock and Mr & Mrs O'Driscoll were 5th with a yearling Blue Cock on 1054.
Rosscarbury 07-06-08. 17 members sent 174 birds. In 1st and 2nd place were Daniel Bros with a yearling Cheq Cock on 1426.9 which won the pools and the nom and this was followed quickly by a two year old Blue Cock for 1424. M. Feeney & Son were 3rd and 4th with a pair of yearlings, a Blue Cock on 1414 and a Blue w/f Hen on 1403. 5th place was taken by club secretary Ken Knight with a two year old Cheq Hen coming to a two day old youngster doing 1402 and T. Kane & Son were 6th on 1391 with a yearling Cheq Cock.
Dublin North County
Sennen Cove and its ladies day over in the north county this week with Breda Deegan taking the honours in the club and 28th open on 1214, N. Behan 2nd on 1114, G O Reilly takes 3rd and 4th 1062 & 1053.
Rosscarbury, Paddy Madden flying really well this year takes the top 3 from the inland race first one on 1435, Matt Flanagan 4th on 1401.
Kildonagh & Dist
Sennencove 7/6/08 20 members sent 134 birds
1st and 3rd R mc Nally, the first one good enough for 25th open, 2nd M Matthews and 4th and 5th is P judge.
Rosscarbury 7/6/08
19 members sent 273 birds
1st J Gannon + son vel 1471.10 and this one takes 4th fed, 2nd and 3rd G o'mara + family, 4th and 5th is M Matthews.
Northside & Dist, from Ger McCourt
Sennen cove 07/06/08
John Dooner having a great day taking the 1st & 2nd positions in the club and 13th & 14th station when a lot of folks struggled to get one.
the 1st bird was a 2 year old Cheq cock and his 2nd bird was also a 2year but this 1 was a Cheq w/f hen
Ennis Bros takes 3rd, then we have D Mahon taking 4th 5th 6th & 7th, great flying considering there were only 12 birds recorded in the club up to the bang off!!!! next up is Darling & Nugent in 8th, J Boyd takes 9th and the final position goes to J Donnelly well done lads
Rosscarbury
1st club goes to Devesey bros winning with a yearling Cheq hen, John certainly has them going well.
Next up is S Mohan taking 2nd 9th & 10th
3rd & 8th go to K&D Perry &Dtrs, M Keenan takes the next 2 positions with 4th & 5th, the remaining positions go to M & G Mc Court in 6th & 7th.
Rialto & Dist.
One to catch up with here from the Talbenny race last week sees Harris & McDonnell with the win from M/M Reilly, T O Carroll 3rd and Tynan Bros 4th.
Rosscarbury has Pat Holmes take the red card on 1432, Harris & McDonnell in again for 2nd right behind on 1431, M/M Reilly 3rd and Tynan Bros staying in the frame for 4th position.
Dun Laoirge. With Darren Felton
Well it was a bit of a mad race this one. it was out this neck of the woods anyway.
1st is Ray Matthews with a black tip hen pure Van de Weyer
2nd is Ray again with a darker cock pure van de Weyer.
Both birds came together I can prove that because I was watching out for the birds that day and I got burned to bits with the weather.
3rd & 4th club is Decer Taite
Rosscarbury.
Again its the same man Ray Matthews that cleans out the club again this week. taking the first 6.
His velocities start at 1396 and finish at 1356.
His first 5 Birds are widowhood cocks and all are Janssen/ Verheye.
The first 2 are full brothers to the open winner hen.
The cock that was 12th open Barleycove earlier in the season was the first bird in the clock.
His 6th pigeon is a Sootjan hen that kept flying into him as a young bird so the owner told him to keep it and transfer it. Just shows its not all about the pigeon if you have the right man behind them.
Celtic Inv.
Sennen Cove, Fed secretary M/M Tommy Lowery is just toying with the lads from the channel this week and takes a brilliant 1st, 2nd and 3rd with his team of Beeverdam Janseen, Sean Forde keeps up the pressure with 2 in the clock for 4th and 6th , Paul Maher splits these for 5th.
Rosscarbury
Very tight one here with Ken O Brien on 1435 just a yard ahead of M. Whelan on 1434, Paul Maher has the next 2 on 1433 & 1429, M. Whelan again for 5th and Sean Fordes best mate Kevin Dunne gets in for 6th
Trim R.P.C.
Anthony Morgan takes the top 3 this week from the inland race first one doing 1412, Des Rainey has the next 3
Sarsfield R.P.C.
Sennen Cove. Gerry Emerson & Dtr wins the club and takes 4th station from the water race with a Van Winkle hen feeding 2 day old youngsters, this hen has already scored in both Talbenny races and is sure to figure in the bird of the year contest in the club, D & J Turner gets into the frame for 2nd spot and Tucker Daniel has 2 for 3rd and 4th going well for the channel averages, Eamon Nestor & Paddy Moran complete the result.
Rosscarbury.
A great result for the club in the inland race and an even better one for Paul Dunne & Son as with the top 2 in the open race this one also came down to decimals with Paul just piping M/M Mick Flynn velocities 1473.42 and 1473.38 the lads take 2nd and 3rd fed a click of the finger in it, Pauls pigeon a self bred Mardon Van Reet yearling widowhood cock taking its first win, Micks bird another yearling this time a Sootjan, Pat Craven with another Sootjan is 3rd club 7th fed and M/M Padner Byrne 4th with his extraordinary 6 year old cock in the clock every week this fella is, B. Stafford & Son 5th and Tony Byrne who had a bit of bad luck in the water race where he would have taken a position in the top 5 when his clock stopped takes 6th spot.
Shelbourne R.P.C.
Sennen Cove.
Jimmy Toner takes the win and 17th open, Bob Allen is 2nd club and P. lawless is 3rd.
Rosscarbury.
P & D Donnelly are 1st & 2nd from the land 14th & 18th fed on 1456, 1454, J. Joyce & Son have 3 for 3rd, 5th and 6th first one 1436, Ingle Bros & Son 4th 1435.
Well thats it for this week folks, its going to be a busy few weeks getting the young birds ready for the opening young bird race,
Kevin Barry
kevinbarry88@gmail.com
0863292654
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sennencove/rosscarbury - 06/07/2008