Search found 42 matches
- Fri Jun 28, 2013 6:40 pm
- Forum: Around Ireland - with Adie
- Topic: Lisburn City & Around - 17th June 2013
- Replies: 0
- Views: 9071
Lisburn City & Around - 17th June 2013
SECONDS DECIDE - NIPA Fermoy 5 Bird Championship What a difference a week makes, to the weather anyhow, following summer like conditions the week before it was a definite change in conditions for the NIPA Fermoy 5 Bird event and the subsequent cross channel Bude that was to be flown on the same date...
- Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:13 pm
- Forum: Around Ireland - with Adie
- Topic: Lisburn City & Around - 8th June 2013
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5602
Lisburn City & Around - 8th June 2013
NATIONAL SUCCESS FOR DROMORE LOFTS With much of the U.K and surprisingly Northern Ireland also basking in glorious sun-shine all of last week, it was without any doubt the best racing conditions of the O/Bird campaign thus far, with some fanciers getting an early tan rather than early pigeons. The...
- Mon Jun 03, 2013 11:53 am
- Forum: Around Ireland - with Adie
- Topic: Lisburn City & Around - 1st June 2013
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5684
Lisburn City & Around - 1st June 2013
GIBB’S CHOICE’ LEADS THE WAY FOR RICKY McCULLOUGH Having scribed for the Lisburn and indeed Section D area for a number of years now, and with an avalanche of previous material going back some 40 years available at my father’s home, something tells me I won’t require same to tell you that it has bee...
- Thu May 30, 2013 11:51 am
- Forum: Around Ireland - with Adie
- Topic: Lisburn City & Around - 27th May 2013
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5789
Lisburn City & Around - 27th May 2013
EXCELLENT CLONMEL ALTERNATIVE FOR THE MIGHTY NIPA Once again the NIPA Race Committee lead from the front, working with the help of various sources for weather info etc, they decided from the offset mid week that the planned race from Pilmore Beach was a no go and opted for Fermoy instead. With Weath...
- Tue May 21, 2013 5:59 pm
- Forum: Around Ireland - with Adie
- Topic: Lisburn City & Around - 20th May 2013
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5582
Lisburn City & Around - 20th May 2013
EXCELLENT O/BIRD NATIONAL EVENT FROM ROSSCARBERY With strict collection times in place at the NIPA Centres on Thursday for the first of the National events for the Mighty NIPA, a race was very much on the cards for the following morning from one of the furthest possible race points in the South of ...
- Sun May 09, 2010 12:55 pm
- Forum: Around Ireland - with Adie
- Topic: NIPA Clonmel Success for Tommy Ford
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8472
NIPA Clonmel Success for Tommy Ford
Tommy Still Rocks 70 Years On!! When a fancier has been involved with pigeons for seventy years, he can certainly brag about having seen it all, including having had the privilege of racing against some of the greatest names ever to race pigeons just not into the Portadown area but all over Norther...
- Tue May 04, 2010 5:14 pm
- Forum: Around Ireland - with Adie
- Topic: NIPA Section D Report Clonmel 2010
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6505
NIPA Section D Report Clonmel 2010
Tight Finish for Section D Honours from Clonmel For the fourth race of the NIPA O/Bird programme, the NIPA transporters headed to Clonmel in County Tipperary. The weather for the May Day Bank Holiday Weekend looked a bit more troublesome than it had been for the previous three races of the O/Bird p...
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:18 pm
- Forum: Around Ireland - with Adie
- Topic: No Stopping Gerry O'Mara
- Replies: 0
- Views: 7717
No Stopping Gerry O'Mara
Gerry O'Mara Fancier of the Year Yet Again For the second year in succession, I had the great honour and privilege of being invited as a quest to the Annual Dinner and Prize Distribution for the largest Federation of pigeon fanciers in Ireland namely the Irish South Road Fed. Their annual dinner an...
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:33 am
- Forum: Around Ireland - with Adie
- Topic: Nelson Weir Does It Again
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6593
Nelson Weir Does It Again
Combine Fancier of the Year for Nelson Weir Now that the rush surrounding Xmas work wise and Blackpool 2010 is over, I now have the opportunity to catch up with a couple of dinner presentations, namely the Orchard Combine and the Irish South Road Federation (Next Week). Many will be aware that I ha...
- Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:39 pm
- Forum: AUCTION NEWS BLACKPOOL 2020
- Topic: The Royal Antwerp Collection Blackpool 2010
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4024
The Royal Antwerp Collection Blackpool 2010
Ireland’s Own Pigeon Auctions Present at Blackpool 2010 ‘The Royal Antwerp Collection’ 53 x World Class Lots Bloodlines to include Simply the Best of the Best Soontjens - Marcelis - Meulemans and Hereman Ceusters Saturday 16th January 2010 Venue - The Cliffs Hotel, Queens Promenade, Blackpool Birds...