Skibbereen OB Classic - 17/05/09

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East Down Combine Skibbereen OB Classic – 1/W1 J Patterson Ballylesson 1508 abcde ABCDE £331, 2/W2 T Marshall & Son Newtownbreda 1505 £64, 3/W3 R Irwin Dundonald 1474.7 abcde ABCDE £189, 4/W4 J Patterson 1474.6 ABCDE £107, 5/W5 J Patterson 1474.1 abcde ABCDE £130, 6/E1 D Croskery & Son Annsborough £38, 7/W6 B Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda d D £50, 8/E2 Burgess & Brennan Bangor abcde ABCDEF & NOM £274, 9/W7 S & K Duke Crossgar 1460 abcde ABCDEF £127, 10/E3 M Croskery Annsborough 1453 abc £48, 11/W8 McGiverns & Adairs Crossgar £17, 12/W9 F Keery Ballylesson £17, 13/W10 J & S Albert & Sons Ballylesson 1448 de DE £61, 14/W11 F Keery 1447 £17, 15/E4 McComb Bros Killyleagh Cent 1439 d £36, 16/W12 McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar 1433 cd CD £40, 17/E5 J Maguire & Partners Dundrum 1433 abcde ABCDE & NOM £148, 18/W13 M McClure Hillfoot 1423 £15, 19/W14 T Marshall & Son 1422 £15, 20/W15 B C & T Foulis & Gill Dundonald 1421 £15, 21/W16 McGiverns & Adairs 1420 £10, 22/W17 K & B McConaghie Ballylesson 1419 £10, 23/W18 McGiverns & Adairs 1409 £10, 24/W19 T Marshall & Son 1406 abcde ABCDE £55, 25/W20 R & S Casement Newtownbreda 1404 £9, 26/W21 Rea & Warke Dundonald 1400 e E £23, 27/W22 Mackey & Lockhart Ballylesson 1398 abcd ABCD £31, 28/W23 S & K Duke 1396 d D £21, 29/W24 McCartan & Woodsides 1395 cde & nom CDE £65, 30W25 B C & T Foulis & Gill 1395 abcde ABCDE £75, 31/W26 J Patterson 1393 ABCE £21, 32/W27 R Irwin 1392 abce ABCE £33, 33/W28 McCartan & Woodsides 1389 c C £10, 34/W29 D & D Chew Newtownbreda 1388 £5, 35/W30 F Keery 1387 £5, 36/W31 G Morrison & Daughter Drumaness 1387 abc AB £11, 37/W32 S & K Duke 1387 e E £23, 38/E6 R McDowell & Son Annsborough 1387 abcd £36, 39/E7 D Croskery & Son Annsborough 1387 abcde & nom ABF £99, 40/W33 T Marshall & Son 1386 £5, 41/W34 J Young & Partners Dundonald 1386 e £7, 42/E8 M Croskery & Son Annsborough 1385 £6, 43/E9 D Croskery & Son 1384 £6, 44/W35 G Morrison & Daughter 1380 ab AB £4, 45/E10 R Moore & Son Bangor 1378 de £27, 47/W37 T Marshall & Son 1373 ab F £19, 48/E11 Burgess & Brennan 1373 abcde F £44, 49/W38 R Irwin 1372 ab £1, 52/E12 N Maguire Annsborough 1368 £6, 54/E13 D Croskery & Son 1367 £4, 57/E14 M Croskery 1362 abcde £24, 60/E15 M Croskery 1355 abc £11, 61/E16 Burgess & Brennan 1354 abc £11, 63/E17 M Croskery 1353vabc £11, 66/E18 R McDowell & Son 1348 abcd £16, 67/E19 J Cleland Annsborough 1347 £3, 68/E20 D Croskery & Son 1344 £3, 76/E23 Burgess & Brennan 1324 abc £6, 80/E27 McComb Bros 1312 d £5, 81/E28 D Croskery & Son 1312 de £13, 83/E29 T McKelvey Killyleagh Cent 1300 de £13, 87/E31 Bangor 1279 e £7, 88/E32 P McCartan Annsborough 1231 e £7, 90/E33 R Moore & Son 1224 e £7, 92/E35 R Moore & Son 1209 e £7.

East Down Combine Club Results Skibbereen

Ballylesson HPS – 1st John Patterson 1508, 2nd John Patterson 1474, 3rd John Patterson 1474, 4th F Keery 1449, 5th J & S Albert & Sons 1448, 6th F Keery 1447, 7th K & B McConaghie 1419, 8th Mackey & Lockhart 1398, 9th John Patterson 1393, 10th Fleming Keery 1387. Excellent result for the master that is John Patterson, early indications are that he has won the Joe Ringland O/Bird Classic Race from Skibbereen yet another accolade for his extensive C.V. What a racer this his fifth Red Card out of six races to date in 2009.

Newtownbreda HPS 9/120 – 1st Tom Marshall & Son 1505, 2nd B Hogg & Son 1468, 3rd Tom Marshall & Son 1422, 4th Tom Marshall & Son 1406, 5th R & S Casement 1404, 6th D & D Chew 1388, 7th Tom Marshall & Son 1386, 8th M & A Johnston 1375, 9th Tom Marshall & Son 1374, 10th Tom Marshall & Son 1373. Well done to Tom and son David on a very impressive card indeed from a hard enough Skibbereen Race. They have the second best velocity at hand going to press.

Annsborough HPS – 1st D Croskery & Son 1468, 2nd Mickey Croskery 1453, 3rd R McDowell & Son 1387, 4th D Croskery & Son 1387, 5th M Croskery & Son 1385, 6th D Croskery & son 1384, 7th N Maguire 1370, 8th D Croskery & Son 1367, 9th M Croskery 1362, 10th M Croskery 1355. This is the second success of the season for the D Croskery & Son partnership ahead of Mickey hot on their heels in runner-up spot.

Crossgar HPS – 1st S & K Duke 1460, 2nd McGiverns & Adairs 1449, 3rd McCartan & Woodsides 1433, 4th McGiverns & Adairs 1420, 5th McGiverns & Adairs 1409, 6th S & K Duke 1396, 7th McCartan & Woodsides 1395, 8th McCartan & Woodsides 1389, 9th S & K Duke 1387, 10th McCartan & Woodsides 1367. Sammy Duke tops the club this week for the second time in 2009, ahead of a couple of very good partnerships in McGiverns & Adairs and McCartan & Woodsides.

Killyleagh Central – 1st McComb Bros 1439, 2nd McComb Bros 1312, 3rd T McKelvey 1300. No stopping the McComb Bros this year, this weeks success makes it four wins to date out of six races.

Annalong HPS 7/58 – 1st K Rooney & Son 1361, 2nd K Rooney & Son 1317, 3rd K Rooney & Son 1116, 4th K Rooney & Son 1101, 5th McLoughlin Bros 1101, 6th McLoughlin Bros 951, 7th K Rooney & Son 906, 8th McLoughlin Bros 727, 9th R McKibbin 704. The Rooney loft complete the hat-trick of Club success’s to date in 2009 with a very commanding result from Skibbereen taking the first four in the Club from what was a difficult enough Classic event.