Results - Clonmel (1) 02/05/09

[willie reynolds]

City of Derry Federation Clonmel (1) 80/937 – E McEleney Foyle 1680, L Flanagan & Son Londonderry 1674, D Friel Maiden City 1674, N & S McGrotty Foyle 1670, Maguire & McDevitt Foyle 1667, N Murray Londonderry 1664, T & M Gallagher Londonderry 1663, P McLaughlin Maiden City 1658, S McGrotty Maiden City 1657, Maguire & McDevitt 1657, A McCrudden Foyle 1655, B & K Reid Foyle 1653, A McCrudden 1652, J McLaughlin Rock 1652, M Concannon Maiden City 1652, A McCrudden 1652, B & K Reid Foyle 1651, E Quigley Maiden City 1642, J & D Kelly Londonderry 1640, Coyle Bros Maiden City 1640. The winner tops the NIPA Sect H.

NIPA Section H Club Results Clonmel

Foyle RPS 36/373 – 1st Eddie McEleney 1680, 2nd James Page & Son 1676, 3rd Noel & Sean McGrotty 1670, 4th B & I Maguire & McDevitt 1667, 5th B & I Maguire & McDevitt, 6th Anthony McCrudden, 7th B & K Reid, 8th Anthony McCrudden, 9th Anthony McCrudden, 10th B & K Reid. Eddie McEleney records his first success into the Foyle club in 2009 followed by James Page in a close second and the partnership of Noel and Sean McGrotty completing the first three.

Londonderry RPS - 1st L Flanagan 1674, 2nd Noel Murray 1664, 3rd T & M Gallagher 1663, 4th J & D Kelly 1640, 5th L Flanagan 1626, 6th D Wick 1617, 7th T & M Gallagher 1615, 8th L Flanagan 1612, 9th J & D Kelly 1609, 10th J & D Kelly 1597. Well done to Local Corn Man Leo who makes it two in a row racing into the strong Londonderry club.

Maiden City 21/326 – 1st D Friel 1674, 2nd P Cregan 1662, 3rd P Mc Laughlin 1658, 4th S Mc Grotty 1657, 5th M Concannon 1652, 6th E Quigley 1642. Dermot Friel claims his second red card, a phenomenal result for a fancier flying to the extreme North/West of Donegal to a location well off the line of flight!!!!!

Limavady RPS 10/176 – Brian Mailey 1652, 2nd W McIlmoyle 1631, 3rd W McIlmoyle 1622, 4th Brian Mailey 1614, 5th Brian Mailey 1612, 6th H Crawford 1608, 7th R McIlmoyle 1605, 8th R Witherow 1582, 9th J McCool 1576, 10th H Crawford 1574. Brian Mailey done as I expected he would, going one better and topping the Club this week having finished 3rd and 2nd Club the last couple of outings. Well done Brian keep up the good work.

Rock FC 10/90 – 1st J McLaughlin 1652, 2nd W & D Hamilton 1612, 3rd J McLaughlin 1598, 4th P Ward 1593, 5th M McCloskey 1573, 6th M McCloskey 1566. Club Secretary John Mc Laughlin continues his fine run with his small team. This man races no more than 10 pigeons and keeps no stock pigeons, this is his third win in four races and I have been informed that John wins more than his fair share of races each year. Had a nice email from my good friend up in that part of the country who tells me that the Rock Pigeon Club are now into their new Club Rooms in the Country Park area of the town. They are planning on purchasing their own Van for the training of the members pigeons and are looking forward to starting with the ETS. I thought it was fitting to add a photo of the members pictured with the NIPA Transporter outside the new Club rooms at the weekend. Well done to you all and keep the news coming as promised.

Omagh & District HPS 9/174 – 1st A Kelly 1642, 2nd A Kelly 1631, 3rd A Hall 1590, 4th A Hall 1581, 5th J McGlade 1566, 6th R Adams 1535, 7th R Adams 1478, 8th J Whiteside 1424. The Kelly loft makes it his second win of 2009 after topping the club on the first race of the season and is now on par with Alan Hall also on 2 x 1st’s for 2009 who finishes 3rd Club this week with a 7 year old.

Strabane RPC 18/163 – 1st T McBride 1631, 2nd T Conway 1626, 3rd Quinn & Harper 1623, 4th D Sales 1593, 5th T Ferguson & Son 1575, 6th Quinn & Harper 1571. First success of 2009 for the McBride loft following a 4th and 6th Club last week from Roscrea, the Conway loft is also moving up the leader board following a 5th club last week.