News Update - September

The North Coast Classic is now in its 8th year! All our prize money and pool money has been paid within 10 days. We have SIX Hotspot races prior to the North Coast Classic Race from Cork. The six Hot Spot races will take place from 70, 115, 150, 175, 196 and 150 miles on consecutive Sundays. Each week we have given prizes for the top 5 in each Hotspot race. The final race, The North Coast Classic, from Cork will be 265 miles. 1st Prize £15,000, other estimated prizes are £3,000, £2,000, £1,000, £800, £600, £400, £200, 7 x £150 and 6 x £100. Ace Pigeon £1,000, 2 Bird Average £500 and Six Hot Spot Races with prizes 1st £150, 2nd £100, 3rd £50, 4th £50 and 5th £50. All prizes are based on 700 birds, deadline for entry is the end of April 2020. Adrian.
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News Update - September

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HI Fokes, doday we had Stephen McGary at the loft he photographed
all the biirds that are going to auction there was 170 birds in Total I have
put this list on our training page, Can I please remind all that these birds must have pedigrees and transfers to allow them to go to auction,so please forward them to

NORTH COAST CLASSIC
20 CHARMWOOD PARK
MOUNTSANDLE
COLERAINE
N.IRELAND
BT52 1JZ

KELLS AND DISTRICT HPS WILL HOLD A PIGEON FANCIERS SOCIAL NIGHT AT DUNSILLY HOTEL ,ANTRIM ,FRIDAY 24TH OCTOBER 2014 AT 8 PM . EVERYONE IS WELCOME . A HOT BUFFET MEAL FOR £10 WILL BE PROVIDED OR FOR £5 YOU CAN HAVE TEA ,COFFEE ,SCONE ,ECT . IF YOU DONT REQUIRE REFRESHMENTS JUST COME ALONG AND ENJOY THE CRAIC . WE WILL BE HAVING A CHARITY AUCTION , INTERVIEWS ,OPEN FORUM ( CURRENT TOPICS ) ,PRESENTATIONS AND A RAFFLE .MORE DETAILS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEAR FUTURE .

SUNDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER THE NCC HAD ITS FINAL RACE FROM ROSSCARBERY 265 MILES . THE BIRDS WERE RELEASED INTO A BRISK NORTH EAST WIND AND BLUE SKY AT 9 AM . A TOUGH BUT FAIR FLY WAS EXPECTED AND A LARGE CROWD ARRIVED AT THE LOFTS A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME TO SPECTATE AND ENJOY THE ATMOSPHERE . ON 6 HRS AND 50 MINS A PIGEON WAS SPOTTED RACING UP THE FIELD RIGHT ON TO THE LANDING BOARD AND IN LIKE A BULLET TO SECURE A FINE WIN FOUR MINUTES CLEAR .THIS GAME LITTLE HEN BELONGED TO TICKERS TEAM ( L A STUCKEY, T GRATTEN AND M BEARS ) THE LADS WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS VICTORY TO THEIR FRIEND AND PART OF THEIR SYNDICATE , TICKER STONES, WHO UNFORTUNATELY DIED LAST YEAR AFTER ATTENDING LAST YEARS FINAL . THIS HEN IS BRED FROM WIM BODDAERT STOCK CONTAINING THE BEST OF ETIENNE MEIRLAEN AND CHRISTIAENE VAN LOO BLOODLINES . LOTS OF TOP PERFORMANCE PIGEONS IN HER PEDIGREE . IN SECOND PLACE WE HAVE TEAM SPIRIT (R THOMPSON , S LESTERS ,J COCHRANE AND C & H BEATTIE ) THIS HENS SIRE IS KARL VAN DEN BRANDE ,A GIFT FROM SEAN CURRAN . DAM IS GABBY VANDENABEELE PURCHASED FROM A VERSELE-LAGA REP . THIRD GOES TO HARMONY LOFTS ( JOHN &VIV ABERNETHY ) A VAN DEN BOSH FROM CRATHORNE & PARROT ( KILN LOFTS ) STOCK . IN FOURTH WE HAVE C J ( IAN HUNTER , FALKIRK ) WITH A DANNY DIXON VENTURE . THIS ONE CONTAINS THE BEST OF VERSHELDE BLOODLINES THROUGH DANNYS SKIBEREEN NAT WINNER . FIFTH PLACE GOES TO TRANSPLANT LOFTS ( J GOLLIGHER ) WITH A CAMPBELL & BIGGER VENTURE .
6th Cork Low Sun Syndicate is made up of Bill Wallace, M&J O'Reilly, Cullen & Burke and Declan Wilson. The pigeon was bred by Billy Wallace(Cork) and is 100% Alfie Hawthorn bloodlines from Newcastle, North England.

IN SEVENTH BUT NO PRIZE MONEY . EIGHT PLACE GOES TO LAST YEARS WINNERS COOKSTOWN SIZZLERS ( KARL MURPHY & GLEN SMITH ) . THIS ONE IS SAME WAY BRED AS LAST YEARS NCC 21 ST PLACE AND 12 TH OPEN TALBENNY OB 2014 BEING DOWN FROM THE ARMSTRONG HEN AND THE FORBES COCK (SOONTGEN ) CROSSED WITH A HENRY McLAUGHLIN SOONTGEN X HARTOG . IN NINTH COMES FERRIS GIBSON ( ALAN McKEOWN ) WITH A PIGEON WHOSE GRANDSIRE WAS ACE PIGEON AND WINNER OF PREMIER OLR . SIRES DAM SIDE BRED BY H JENNINGS & SON LAGAN VALLEY A PIGEON WHCH SCORED 9TH OPEN SKIBEREEN NAT AND SEVERAL FIRSTS AT CLUB LEVEL . THE DAM BRED BY GLEN SMITH , A DAUGHTER OF AN OPEN WINNER AND PURCHASED OUT OF RPRA OLR . TENTH PLACE TO WIN THE TWO BIRD AVERAGE HARMONY LOFTS SECOND PIGEON , A GABBY VANDENABEELE BRED OUT OF DIRECT BELGIUM STOCK . TO COMPLETE OUR PRIZE LIST WE HAVE OUR RESIDENT BURGER MAN (DARREN TOSH ).HIS PIGEON IS A 1/2 SISTER TO THE BIRD THAT WAS 3RD 2013 FINAL BEING FROM WILLY THAS STOCK OF THE LATE TREVOR GREENAWAY X TERENCE McCRUDDEN . THE PRESTIGIOUS ACE PIGEON AWARD THIS YEAR IS WON BY ARMSTRONG & McCRUDDEN ( JIM ARMSTRONG & TERENCE McCRUDDEN ) WITH A PIGEON BRED BY TERENCE OUT OF GRANDSON OF OISINS FIRST ( 5 TIMES SECTION A WINNER , OVERALL RPRA REGION MERITORIOUS AWARD AND CHAMPION RPRA OLD BIRD CHAMPION ) PAIRED TO 1/2 SISTER OF OISIN WHEN OISINS SIRE WAS PAIRED TO THE MOTHER OF TERENCES RPRA SECTION A RPRA MERITORIOUS AWARD WINNER . CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE PRIZEWINNERS .







NCC RESULT 2014

1ST TICKERS TEAM GB 14 N 01978
2ND TEAM SPRIT GB 14 F 00115
3RD HARMONY LOFTS GB 14 D 10542
4TH C-J GB 14 B 05239
5TH TRANSPLANT LOFTS GB 14 R 01154
6TH CORK LOW SUN IHU 14 S 135700
7TH DANNY DIXON VENTURE GB 14 B 05349
8TH COOKSTOWN SIZZLERS GB 14 C 13906
9THFERRIS GIBSON GB 14 C 02588
10TH HARMONY LOFTS GB 14 ELLIE GB 14 C 3706D 10538
11THELLIE GB 14 C 37062
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