Homer's Odyssey/NIPA - 19/06/09

[willie reynolds]

Last Monday morning at 7.30am in a Lt North Easterly wind the mighty NIPA following a two day hold-over following heavy rain on Saturday and Rough Seas on Sunday finally got their record entry liberated in Talbenny, South Wales, the organisation again for the second week was also transporting the entries for both the Ulster Federation and the East Coast Federation. An excellent race was enjoyed by all organisations and it turned out a type of race that the fancy have been long waiting with a very large amount of the racing to date taking place in helping wind conditions.

NIPA Talbenny (2) Section A Club Results

Coalisland & District - 1st K Murphy 1328, 2nd K Carolan 1325, 3rd K Murphy, 4th K Murphy 1279, 5th W Bleeks 1242, 6th M & R Hamilton 1238, 7th K Murphy 1228, 8th W Bleeks 1225, 9th M & R Hamilton 1220, 10th G Stringer 1208. Karl Murphy is having a very enjoyable season and is proving hard to shift from the top of the leader board, Kevin Carolan is the only man to put a pigeon in the top four of the club result beside Karl with Kevin finishing runner-up with the first two making a good time into Coalisland.

Cookstown Social 10/215 - 1st V Thom 1326, 2nd V Thom 1296.7, 3rd D Abbott 1296.4, 4th V Thom 1252, 5th V Thom 1237.5, 6th G Marshall 1237.3, 7th K Morton & sons 1219, 8th G & S Smith 1217, 9th D Abbott 1209, 10th V Thom 1194. What a performance for Vernon Thom with five good arrivals in the first ten of the Club result and four in the first five, the early arrival will figure nicely in the NIPA Open result without any doubt.

Coleraine & Co Derry RPS - 1st T McCrudden 1301.941, 2nd T McCrudden 1246.434, 3rd T McCrudden 1194.742, 4th T McCrudden 1189.962. Terence McCrudden once again to the fore this week and like has been the case for some time now it is the bloodlines of that awesome winner of Terences namely Oisins First in the Bloodlines of yet another club winner.

Coleraine Premier HPS - 1st P O'Connor 1288.344, 2nd T & J McDonald 1264.511, 3rd A McDonnell 1230.326, 4th P O'Connor 1225.271, 5th Diamond Bros 1192.954, 6th Diamond Bros 1188.892, 7th T & J McDonald 1165.842, 8th T & J McDonald 1165.526, 9th T & J McDonald 1165.211, 10th I Frame 1151.587. The ACE Joiner Paul OConnor also knows how to race pigeons, the man in charge of building the North Coast Classic Loft wins the Club ahead of the ever consistent T & J McDonald team in runner-up spot with Anthony McDonnell in third place and Paul also putting yet another in the clock to complete the top four.

Dungannon & Dist HPS 5/40 - 1st J & J Sampson 1286.871, 2nd A Donaghy 1278.403, 3rd W Leckey & son 1201.937, 4th J & J Sampson 1138.696, 5th J & J Sampson 1136.489, 6th J & J Sampson 986.06. The Sampson team record yet another success in 2009 with a good arrival to top the club for the fifth time in 2009, the loft also record another three good arrivals in the top six of the Club result, very good arrival also for the Donaghy loft in runner-up spot.

Castledawson HPS 6/103 - 1st T Leacock & son 1283.2, 2nd Savage Bros 1262, 3rd T Leacock & son 1223, 4th T Leacock & son 1223, 5th Gilmour & Watson 1163, 6th Gilmour & Watson 1158. Still no stopping the Leacock Boys who record their fifth Red Card of 2009 this week from Talbenny following a two day hold-over. Excellent racing be the inform loft at the minute.

Windsor Social HPS - 1st W Henry 1270.578, 2nd G Donaghey & Son & G/son 1233.559, 3rd A Newton 1225.019 4th K Glass 1208, 5th Horner & Scott 1202, 6th G Donaghey & Son & G/son 1174, 7th G Donaghey & Son & G/son 1172, 8th K Glass 1166, 9th W Henry 1143, 10th G Donaghey & Son & G/son 1115. The Henry loft for the first time this season tops the Windsor Social HPS after timing a good arrival ahead of the Donaghey boys who are having a smashing season with no less than five firsts to date.

NIPA Talbenny (2) Section B Club Results

Ballymena & Dist HPS 10/139 - 1st W & J Smyth 1310.320, 2nd G Barr 1226.698, 3rd W & J Smyth 1225.590, 4th G Barr 1216.129, 5th Richmond Bros 1210.904, 6th McAlonan Bros 1202.988, 7th G Barr 1195.772, Richmond Bros 1181.587, 9th Richmond Bros 1168.069, 10th Blair & Rankin 1165.784. What a season the W & J Smyth team are having, they timed an excellent winner into the town of Ballymena, beating everything in sight in the town, this is now the Brothers fifth Red Card of the year to date. Geordie Barr is second Club this week which is nice to see, there is no better competitor than George, the W & J team are third Club with Geordie Barr putting yet another into the Clock to complete the top four. The Smyth loft also won first cut of the 2 bird pool and Geordie Barr finished runner-up. W & J to crown a good performance also win the O/Bird Knockout beating Brian ORawe in the final.

Ballymoney HPS 24/358 1st D Dixon 1296, 2nd D Dixon 1269, 3rd D Dixon 1256, 4th D & H Stuart 1254, 5th D Dixon 1247, 6th D Gage 1240, 7th J Walker 1197, 8th D Laverty 1195, 9th D Dixon 1188, 10th J Connolly 1178. Very Well done to Danny Dixon on a very impressive result from Talbenny taking the first three in the Club ahead of D & H Stuart in fourth with Danny putting yet another in to take fifth Club, reports are that the winner is last years Sennen Cove Winner, very good pigeon.

New Antrim Amal 8/100 - 1st C McDowell 1277.92, 2nd McFall & McManus 1263.13, 3rd D Jackson & son 1243.74, 4th M & M Clarke 1234.45 5th McFall & McManus 1181.59, 6th M & M Clarke 1167.83, 7th D Jackson & son 1164.76. Charlie McDowell records his first success of 2009 in great style from Talbenny with the McFall & Manus team keeping up their consistent work in runner-up spot, Davy Jackson & Son finish in third with the Ace loft of Mr & Mrs Frank Clarke in fourth place.

Broughshane HPS 11/147 - 1st J & N Simpson 1254, 2nd G & A Eagleson 1222, 3rd D Houston & son 1192, 4th D Houston & son 1190, 5th Mrs M Smyth 1189, 6th Mrs M Smyth 1175, 7th G & A Eagleson 1163, 8th J & N Simpson 1138. The Simpson partnership collect the Red Card this week from Talbenny with a Red Cheq Staf Van Reet Yearling that was flying on the Roundabout system. This loft is hitting excellent form at the moment, Geordie and Ann Eagleson are in runner-up spot with Davy Houston completing the top four in 3rd and 4th Spots.

Dervock RPS 7/84 1st D & H Stuart 1254, 2nd D & H Stuart 1171, 3rd D & H Stuart 1168, 4th W & L McCaw 1154, 5th D & H Stuart 1117, 6th D & H Stuart 1088, 7th D & H Stuart 1079, 8th D & H Stuart 1072, 9th A & M Boyle 1066, 10th D & G McMullan 1053. What a performance from the Stuart team this week from Talbenny taking seven of the first 10 positions in the Club to record the lofts third success of 2009.

Rasharkin & Dist HPS 14/145 - 1st Milliken & Barkley 1251.66, 2nd Milliken & Barkley 1251.60, 3rd J Robinson & son 1233.41, 4th D Mairs 1227.14, 5th J Robinson & son 1226.92, 6th H Cubitt 1218.57, 7th W Davidson 1213.83, 8th L McNeill 1206.52, 9th W McFetridge 1202.35, 10th J & M Milliken 1180.39. Well done to Millikan & Barkley who are having a season to remember, this is another loft I would like to pay a visit to but with a young family and a demanding management job, it will join the list at the minute, I could knock something up quick, but I have always felt that awesome performances deserve the rightful space and respect. This is their 7th Success of 2009 to date, well done lads and as I say you are on the list.

Harryville HPS - 1st George Connolly 1247.720, 2nd George Connolly 1222.657, 3rd Wray & McFadden 1219.685, 4th Jimmy Rock 1200.477, 5th J Millar & son 1193.005, 6th George Connolly 1173.253, 7th Billy Ramsey 1171.541, 8th W McIlveen & son 1162.594, 9th J C Letters 1154.228, 10th J C Letters 1152.919.

Ballymoney West Combine - 1st D Gage 1240.551, 2nd D Laverty 1195.383, 3rd A Hill 1135.210, 4th W Blair 1131.399, 5th B & I Stewart 1116.511, 6th R J Elliott 1095.121, 7th J McDowell & sons 1090.910, 8th L Neill 885.207. With nine members sending to Talbennt the Gage loft becomes the sixth different member to top the Ballymoney Combine so far this year, the Laverty loft is the current leader with four firsts and was on the prowl once again from Talbenny but had to make do with runner-up spot this week.

Kells & Dist HPS 13/155 - 1st Scott & Clements 1221.320, 2nd B Swann & son 1215.554, 3rd H Boyd 1186.442, 4th T & M Morrow 1175, 5th T & M Morrow 1164.036, 6th Scott & Clements 1154.065, 7th Scott & Clements 1150, 8th H Boyd 1150. 2 Bird Club 1st B Swann & Son 1215, 2nd T & M Morrow 1164. The Scott & Clements partnership finally break through the barrier and nail their first success of 2009 with three other good arrivals in the top ten of the Club result, the ever present Brian Swann is runner-up with Harry Boyd completing the top three.

Crumlin & Dist HPS 10/118 - 1st J & N Lamb 1216, 2nd M & B McConville 1189, 3rd N Uprichard 1188, 4th G F Lindsay 1181, 5th J & A Galloway 1179, 6th Fleming Bros 1149, 7th G F Lindsay 1146, 8th G F Lindsay 1143, 9th G Grant 1134, 10th N Uprichard 1129. J & N Lamb have the leading bird this week from Talbenny into Crumlin ahead of Micky & Brona McConville who are having a good a consistent season, Norman Uprichard is in third place with another arrival finishing 10th Club and the G F Lindsay tam complete the top four with a further two arrivals in the top ten of the Club result.

NIPA Talbenny (2) Section C Club Results

Carrick Social RPC 22/311 - 1st T Peel 1257.419, 2nd B & L Woods 1190.857, 3rd D & J Armstrong & son 1177.403, 4th T Peel 1168.744, 5th D & J Armstrong & son 1166.405, 6th W R McClean 1159.140, 7th D & J Armstrong & son 1149.109, 8th W R McClean 1146.687, 9th S Hendry & son 1146.310, 10th D & E Wilson 1146.275. Tommy Peel, is having a superb season without any doubt, a hard Club worker with the ETS it is nice to see all his hard work around the his own loft paying off.

Doagh & Dist HPS 18/259 - 1st W McClelland 1246.531, 2nd A & N Lewis 1238.224, 3rd J Blair 1233.580, 4th J McGrugan & son 1226.213, 5th J Blair 1222.668, 6th W McClelland 1216.245, 7th T Lormier 1207.315, 8th W Cowan 1203.343, 9th S & A Leitch 1201.886, 10th Elliott & McClean 1187.549. Well done to Billy McClelland who tops the Club this week with a Van Koppens from Alwin Paddy of Doncaster also times another from the Ace loft to finish 6th Club, the A & N Lewis team who enjoyed an excellent result last week from Skibbereen with the INFC finish runner-up and are never to far away when the water is introduced to the racing programme. The Club would like to thank the Cavehill Inn for the sponsorship of this weeks race.

Glenarm & Dist 11/179 - 1st R Robinson & son 1243.309, 2nd G McWhirter 1196.824, 3rd G Ferguson & Daughters 1172.803, 4th G McWhirter 1172.776, 5th G McWhirter 1152.416, 6th G Ferguson & Daughters 1128.487, 7th G Ferguson & Daughters 1126.903, 8th N O Boyle 1122.924, 9th N O Boyle 1119.772, 10th N O Boyle 1117.315. The father and son Robinson team are having a year to remember flying with the Glenarm Club. The winner this week is a Yearling cock flown on Widowhood. The Sire was purchased from Des Pattons sale and that particular pigeon was previously 6th Open Y/Bird National Talbenny. Dam is a Soontjen from Rab Mills of Larne. The pair have now bred 3 x 1st prize winners for Rab and son Kenneth.

Ballynure & Dist - 1st Rea & Magill 1238, 2nd Rea & Magill 1235, 3rd Rea & Magill 1198, 4th Rea & Magill 1172, 5th Rea & Magill 1093. Once again this season an impressive card for the Rea & Magill team, Rab has them going well, this result from Talbenny makes it 8 x 1st Clubs for 2009 to date. Superb consistent racing by a loft in tip top form.

Larne & Dist 39/532 - 1st R Mills & sons 1235.549, 2nd R Fenton 1215.459, 3rd Marshall & Wilson 1195.543, 4th W Baxter 1194.684, 5th Crawford & Robinson 1192.499, 6th Crawford & Robinson 1177.764, 7th Beggs & Hall 1169.274, 8th G Reid 1164.893, 9th J & D McWhiter 1158.955, 10th A McCormick 1158.393. Rab Mills is the top man this week with over 500 pigeons competing Roy Fenton is in runner-up spot with the inform Marshall & Wilson team finishing in third and the Baxter loft completing the top four.

Ballyclare & Dist HPS 22/320 - 1st S Rodney & son 1230, 2nd B & M Gilmore 1221, 3rd S Rodney & son 1211, 4th J Kirk 1206, 5th J Kirk 1194, 6th G & R Lawrie 1183, 7th G McNeilly 1181, 8th A Gault 1179, 9th A Gault 1178, 10th G McNeilly 1174. No surprise to see this partnership at the top this week again Sammy Rodney & Son are as has been the case on eight occasions this year to date leading the pack in the Ballyclare club with over 300 pigeons competing. The Gilmore team are close behind in runner-up spot seeking their second Red Card of the year.

Kingsmoss HPS - 1st Knowles & Hill 1229, 2nd R McMeekin 1226, 3rd T Lillie 1207, 4th R Lillie & son 1205, 5th D J Connor 1204, 6th R McMeekin 1198, 7th Knowles & Hill 1176, 8th W Gault & son 1172, 9th J & S Graham 1161, 10th W Gault & son 1121. The Knowles and Hill partnership have the leading bird this week into the Kingsmoss Club this the lofts second success of 2009, in runner-up spot is the inform Robert McMeekin who as you come to expect now is having yet again another wonderful season.

Horseshoe HPS 17/269 - 1st C Campbell & Son 1224, 2nd H & I Agnew 1219, 3rd C Campbell & Son 1196, 4th Marshall & Wilson 1195, 5th D & P Harvey 1162, 6th H & I Agnew 1158, 7th S Burns 1146, 8th C Campbell & Son 1140, 9th H & I Agnew 1139, 10th R & M Robinson 1139. What a season Colin is having this win puts him above in the Marshall and Wilson team and Joe Morrison who are on 2 x 1sts for the year to date, Colin records his third success of 2009 with a good win from Talbenny also timing another good arrival to finish in third spot with the H & I Agnew splitting Colins two pigeons in runner-up spot with the ever pressing Marshall and Wilson team completing the top four.

Eastway HPS - 1st Whiteside Bros 1205.92, 2nd Whiteside Bros 1168.53, 3rd Whiteside Bros 1162.33, 4th M & T Griffith 1149.54, 5th Whiteside Bros 1144.07, 6th J Dawson & son 1143.85. Having attended the lofts of Michael and Ann Pearson over the weekend to do a loft profile on their 1st, 2nd & 3rd Open success from Clonmel last month, Michael and Ann couldnt praise the spirit in the Eastway Club enough with Michael openly admitting that many a night he arrives back home from the club with a Sore Mouth not from fighting but laughter, they all have a few beer together and a Chinese take-away, how pleasing it is to here stories like this, a great Club was Michaels words. One of the outstanding lofts over the years has been that of Whiteside Bros, this week they win the Club from Talbenny in style taking the first three positions with another good arrival back in 5th place with the loft of M & T Griffith completing the top four, Trevor does a great job in sending the result each week to the Pigeonnetwork.com site. Very well done to all the members this year.

Ballycarry & Dist HPS - 1st J C Reid 1162.5, 2nd Lynch Bros & Thompson 1161.1, 3rd N J Arthurs 1152.9, 4th George & Hall 1137.7, 5th B McCammon 1131.5, 6th B McCammon 1124.2, 7th N J Arthurs 1119.9, 8th J C Reid 1118.8, 9th Lynch Bros & Thompson 1104.9, 10th M Delaney 1101.2. The Reid loft is top of the pile from Talbenny and also times another to finish 8th Club, finishing runner-up is the partnership of Lynch and Thompson with Nigel Arthurs in third spot and the inform team of George and Hall completing the top four. This is the Reid lofts second success of 2009.

NIPA Talbenny (2) Section D Club Results

Dromore HPS - 1st D & I Edgar 1257, 2nd P & J Boal 1213, 3rd B & M McCorriston 1195, 4th D & I Edgar 1194, 5th J Greenaway 1188, 6th P & J Boal 1175, 7th J Greenaway 1168, 8th P & J Boal 1162, 9th D & I Edgar 1140, 10th P & J Boal 1140. Derek and Ian Edgar top the club this week to record their first success of 2009 after coming close a number of weeks, runner up is the P & J Boal team who have four good arrivals in the top ten of the Club result, Mo McCorriston is in third place with Derek and Ian timing another to complete the top four.

Glenavy & Dist HPS - 1st D Coulter 1257, 2nd M. Taylor 1236, 3rd H. McKeown 1228, 4th S. McLaughlin & Sons 1210, 5th D Harbinson 1200, 6th S. McLaughlin & sons 1199, 7th D. Scott 1197, 8th H McKeown 1193, 9th J. Ross 1182, 10th J. Courtney 1182. Davey Coulter is the top man this week from Talbenny also winning the DTW with his fancied pigeon. Myles Taylor finishes in runner-up spot with the hard working Harry McKeown taking third place with Stevie McLaughlin and sons completing the top four.

Hills & Maze - 1st C. Lyons 1246.62, 2nd C & E Mallon 1232.68, 3rd Mallon Bros 1193.50, 4th C. Lyons 1192.51, 5th C. Lyons 1173.38, 6th C. Lyons 1171.45, 7th C & E Mallon 1133.63, 8th Mallon Bros 1121.15, 9th S. Grainger & son 1105.30, 10th E & K Lavery 1095.26. What a result for Carson Lyons who records four good arrivals in the first six of the Club result from Talbenny, this success sees Carson record his third success of 2009 to date on par with the Jennings loft who also have three Red Cards so far.

Dromara HPS - 1st Russell Bros 1227, 2nd Russell Bros 1122, 3rd Mr & Mrs Stevenson 1121, 4th N Black & son 1113, 5th Mr & Mrs Stevenson 1034, 6th H Silcock 1026. Russell Bros are the leading loft this week within the Dromara Club and I have been informed by the hard working David black that the winning pigeon contains all the winning bloodlines of the National winning loft of Cromie & Magee and former Kings Cup winner Jackie Crossan.

Lisburn & District HPS 23/375 1st J Waring & Son 1218, 2nd S McAllistar & Son 1207, 3rd H Browne & Son 1188, 4th M OReilly & Son 1186, 5th H Browne & Son 1178, 6th S McAllistar & Son 1177. Very Well done to Jackie Waring who is one of the water specialists within the strong and competitive Lisburn & District HPS.

Derriaghy HPS 8/131 - 1st I Kennedy 1217, 2nd W Ringland & Son 1211, 3rd I Gibb & Sons 1179, 4th I Kennedy 1149, 5th I Kennedy 1145, 6th R Benson 1140. Ian Kennedy makes it a good Talbenny this week completing the double from that race point, excellent result for the leading loft over the last couple of weeks with three good arrivals in the top six of the Club result.

Largymore Invitation HPS - 1st S & A Hanna 1208, 2nd Walker Bros 1183, 3rd J McCleary 1164, 4th A Hughes & sons 1152, 5th J McCleary 1108, 6th A Hughes & sons 1102, 7th D Clements 1095, 8th S Shields 1071, 9th S & A Hanna 1047, 10th J McCleary 1035. Sammy Hanna rises to the top of the leader board this week from Talbenny ahead of distance enthusiasts Walker Bros in runner-up spot and the ever consistent John McCleary in third spot with Adie Hughes completing the top four. This was Sammys first success of 2009 surprisingly after coming close on a few occasions prior to Mondays race.

South Belfast 7/78 - 1st R Kenna 1201.160, 2nd J Pollins 1142.220, 3rd R Fear 1134.614, 4th J. Pollins 1117.953, 5th R. Fear 1105.400. Excellent success from Talbenny for Ronnie Kenna who records his first success of 2009, Ronnie timed a Busschaert cock sent to the race sitting 8 days. The Pollins loft finishes runner-up this week ahead of the ever consistent Rab Fear who had had a memorable start to the 2009 season to date.

Colin HPS 7/79 - 1st O & M Monaghan 1136, 2nd D McParland 1134, 3rd J Gregory & sons 1104, 4th Mr & Mrs P Braniff 1072, 5th S Rice 1070, 6th S Rice 1068, 7th S Rice 1067, 8th O & M Monaghan 1037, 9th D McParland 1009, 10th Mr & Mrs G Braniff 986. Owen Monaghan is leading the pack this week, and going by results over the last few weeks the loft has be steadily putting them into the result, Owen works hard at them when he returns from his hectic work each day and this result is due reward for his efforts.

NIPA Talbenny (2) Section E Club Results

The Orchard Combine C.C. - 1st H Gormley & son 1371.273, 2nd E & M Curran 1362.775, 3rd S O'Brien 1348.064, 4th J Graham 1332.960, 5th S Corrigan 1323.447, 6th E Grew 1322.308, 7th E Grew 1322.055, 8th W Corrigan 1321.052, 9th I Parkes & son 1313.599, 10th Cooney Brothers 1308.716. Very well done to the Monaghan loft of H Gormley & Son who lift the Orchard Combine diploma from Talbenny with an excellent arrival ahead of Eamon Curran of Armagh in runner-up spot.

Armagh HPS 15/172 - 1st E & M Curran 1362.775, 2nd M Shaw 1335.829, 3rd I Parkes & son 1313.599, 4th M Shaw 1300.654, 5th G & A Campbell 1294.216, 6th F McLaughlin 1292.229, 7th E & M Curran 1289.904, 8th D & C McArdle 1289.148, 9th G & A Campbell 1282.027, 10th G & A Campbell 1257.850. The Curran team have a very good arrival into Armagh from Talbenny and one that will feature very highly in the over-all NIPA Open result this is the lofts second success of 2009 well done Eamon. The Shaw loft had a couple of good arrivals also and this is one that merits a mention finishing runner-up and also fourth Club for good measure. Ivan Parkes & Son split the Shaw arrivals finishing 3rd Club. Armagh 2 Bird Result 1st M Shaw 1335, 2nd E & M Curran 1289, 3rd G & A Campbell 1282, 4th O Toal & Sons 1210.

Annaghmore HPS 15/321 - 1st Calvin & Calvin 1329.637, 2nd W G Neill 1329.219, 3rd W G Neill 1327.170, 4th G Calvin & son 1327.134, 5th R Telford 1304, 6th G Calvin & son 1303, 7th T McClean 1293, 8th W G Neill 1286, 9th R Telford 1285, 10th R Telford 1280. The Calvin partnership can race a pigeon and when you get in front of the professional Willie Neill set up you have a good one, just in front is what they done this week beating Willie by point of a yard, a great performance, with all the top pigeons in the result likely to feature well in the NIPA Open result.

Beech Park Social - 1st D Mawhinney & Son 1323, 2nd R Russell 1233, 3rd R Russell 1187, 4th D Percy & son 1171, 5th H Hanna 7 son 1168, 6th S Gardiner 1153, 7th C Reynolds 1131, 8th S & J McCullough 1321. Davy Mawhinney has very rarely left the top spot since the formation of the new Beech Park Club and times a good winner this week ahead of a couple of arrivals for the Russell loft with the Percy boys completing the top four.

Loughgall HPS - 1st Sam Corrigan 1323.447, 2nd William Corrigan 1321.052, 3rd Sam Corrigan 1253.663, 4th Sam Corrigan 1242.170. It was a case of a battle between the Corrigan Brothers this week with Sam coming out on top of Willie, with the front two pigeons not to far apart.

Charlemont HPC 8/108 - 1st Eamon Grew 1322.308, 2nd Eammon Grew 1322.055, 3rd Eamon Grew 1307.379, 4th Darren Beattie 1296.693, 5th Eammon Grew 1288.924, 6th Kieran Shannon 1265.255, 7th Sam McConnell 1260.291, 8th Sam McConnell 1226.883, 9th Eammon Grew 1225.155, 10th Sam McConnell 1196.835. Not for the first time this year the master returns to the top of the leader board in fine style lifting the first three positions ahead of young Darren Beattie who enjoyed an excellent race himself completing the top four.

Edgarstown HPS - 1st E Matchett & Sons 1314, 2nd C & C Simmons 1291, 3rd D Parr 1282, 4th B.B.C 1266, 5th F Wright 1259, 6th T & A Ford 1254, 7th E Matchett & Sons 1249, 8th F Wright 1246, 9th O Forde 1238, 10th T Sinton 1230. The Channel is what the Matchett family strive for every year, and you wont have to go to far into it before this loft rises to the top, an excellent performance to top the Edgarstown Club with 19 members sending 278 pigeons.

Wilton Cross HPS - 1st Toland & Lynch 1293, 2nd G Douglas 1265, 3rd G Douglas 1264, 4th G Douglas 1255, 5th Cooper & McGrath 1249, 6th G Douglas 1246. The Toland and Lynch partnership are the worthy winners this week from Talbenny with Geoffery Douglas in close pursuit taking the next three in the Club result with a further arrival finishing 6th Club the Cooper & McGrath partnership finish in 5th which completes the top six for the Wilton Cross Club from Talbenny, thanks to Geoff for the result yet again.

Lurgan Social - 1st D & B Lyness 1290, Higginson & Johnston 1249, 3rd Higginson & Johnston 1214, 4th Higginson & Johnston 1213, 5th Higginson & Johnston 1170. The Lyness team are top of the leader board this week with a good arrival into the Lurgan Social club ahead of a very impressive card from the Higginson & Johnston partnership who take the next four positions.

Portadown Inv FC - 1st R & G & G Donaldson & Hagan & Rowney 1280, 2nd A Fearon 1268, 3rd W Cannaway 1257, 4th E McKnight 1247, 5th R & G & G Donaldson & Hagan & Rowney 1242, 6th M Livingstone. The 2009 newly formed partnership of R & G & G Donaldson & Hagan & Rowney top the Club this week, a loft always to be feared and more so over the last couple of weeks, they are starting to hit form for sure.

Gilford & District HPS - 1st C & R Moffett 1271.008, 2nd I Kidd 1246.377, 3rd J McAtamney & son 1232, 4th Adamson & Anderson 1221, 5th H & N Gratten 1215, 6th S S Cairns 1214, 7th G Hanratty & J Mulvenna 1200, 8th J & D Breen 1195, 9th J & D Breen 1188, 10th T Wilson 1169. A New loft at the top this week in 2009 that being the Moffett partnership who record their first success of 2009 with a good club winner.

NIPA Talbenny (2) Section F Club Results

Corrigs & Dist 8/96 - 1st R Shaw 1175, 2nd R Shaw 1111, 3rd Benson Bros 1024, 4th R McVeigh & son 990, 5th C McManus 988, 6th R McVeigh & son 961, 7th C McManus 941, 8th B Higgins 915, 9th B Higgins 903. What can you say about the consistency of the Shaw loft flying in the Corrigs Club week in week out he is the man to beat, top of the pile this week once again to record seventh success of 2009 to date, very well done to all the other members who timed and finished in the result this week following a two day hold-over also extended congrats to the McManus loft who won the Pools and the Nom money.

Comber Central 10/136 - 1st G Marshall 1162.252, 2nd P & C Johnston 1102.874, 3rd Major JC McIntyre & son 1099.784, 4th W & L Robinson 1096.414, 5th Major JC McIntyre & son 1081, 6th G Marshall 1066.568, 7th G Marshall 1058.224, 8th G Marshall 1052.159, 9th W & L Robinson 1041.193, 10th G Marshall 1037.924. George completes his hat-trick of wins in 2009 this week from Talbenny ahead of the impressive P & C Johnston team who are consistently never far away.

Ards HPS 11/178 - 1st W Cleland 1147, 2nd W Ennis 1116, 3rd J & I Moore 1086, 4th J & I Moore 1079 5th McGimpsey Bros 1074 6th McGimpsey Bros 1058, 7th W Cleland 1050 8th Plunkett & Pollock & Nelson 1050, 9th Stewart & Horne 1044, 10th S Burns 1043. Billy Cleland is never to long of the top spot until he returns like this week for instance from Talbenny, the Ennis loft is a good runner-up with the J & I Moore team completing the top four in 3rd and 4th spot, this the second week on the trot and like last week from Talbenny the J & I team have finished 3rd Club.

Killyleagh Central 9/87 - 1st R Cheevers 1110, 2nd E Marshall 1064, 3rd G & R Connor 1028, 4th E Marshall 1018, 5th G & R Connor 985, 6th E Marshall 980, 7th Irvine Bros 969, 8th E Marshall 956, 9th H McVeigh 956, 10th G & R Connor 951.The Cheevers loft records its first Red Card success of 2009 this week from Talbenny in fantastic style ahead of the Marshall and Connor lofts who make up the top four of the Club result.

Millisle & Dist HPS 7/78 - 1st J Rankin 1081.495, 2nd R Strain & son 1062.178, 3rd R Strain & son 1061.964, 4th Terry MCullough 1051.487, 5th John & Jean Hollinger 1045.345, 6th John & Jean Hollinger 1038.838, 7th Terry McCullough 1029.070, 8th John & Jean Hollinger 1001.581, 9th M & T Ferris 996.791, 10th R Strain & son 995.447. The Millilse Club although on the coast was favoured with this race with the North wind the birds entered the country lower down as the velocities will show, the Rankin loft had a good winner on the day ahead of the Strain loft who put a couple of good arrivals into the clock to finish 2nd and 3rd ahead of the hard working Terry McCullough who completes the top four with the Ace distance loft of John and Jean Hollinger taking the next two.

Kircubbin HPS - 1st C Gilmore & sons 1059.53, 2nd W & A Ritchie 1049.51, 3rd J Hall & son 1005.95, 4th C Gilmore & sons 989.65, 5th F McMaster 946.98, 6th J Hall & son 945.11. No stopping the Gimore loft at the minute this success from Talbenny makes it four wins to date for the Gilmore boys ahead this week of the Ritchie team who are searching for their second success of the year.

NIPA Talbenny (2) Section G Club Results

North South Federation 29/492 1st Mark Maguire & Son 1310, 2nd N Murtagh 1310, 3rd M Maguire & Son 1306, 4th Donnelly Bros 1300, 5th A Curran 1296, 6th L Falloon & Son 1293, 7th Havern Bros 1283, 8th M Maguire & Son 1277, 9th Mark Maguire & Son 1273, 10th Mark Maguire & Son 1266. Mark Maguire records his second Federation success of 2009 with an excellent win from Talbenny just piping Noel Murtagh in second place by point of a yard, my father snapped Mark at the Yearling National on Monday following the Talbenny race along with Noel hows that for a coincidence. Well done to both Mark and Noel on two very good pigeons on the day.

Newry & Dist HPS 17/166 - 1st M Maquire & son 1306.235, 2nd L Falloon & son 1293.531, 3rd M Maguire & son 1277.099, 4th Mark Maguire & son 1273.969, 5th Mark Maguire & son 1266.684, 6th Mark Maguire & son 1195.677, 7th J F McCabe 1189.969, 8th M Mcguire & son 1178.710, 9th M Gillian & sons 1176.337, 10th J F McCabe 1174.212. Malachy Maguire completes the Hat-Trick of consecutive wins this week, excellent flying form a loft that is obviously in tip top form, and that form is spilling over to son Mark who is once again having a cracking season as you can see from above yet another North South Federation success this week. Hard luck must be to Leo Falloon who misses out of the DTW in runner-up spot with £396 in the pot.

Ballyholland - 1st Havern Bros 1283.391, 2nd A McAteer 1266.757, 3rd C O'Hare 1222.437, 4th A McAteer 1219.699, 5th A McAteer 1196.437, 6th A McAteer 1189.034, 7th M McDonald 1157.619, 8th C O'Hare 1149.479, 9th O Markey 1118.649, 10th O Markey 1097.004. Well done to Kenny & Bernard who record their second success of 2009 in front of what must be one of the unluckiest fanciers in 2009 to date Aiden McAteer has finished 2nd Club five times to date, it is coming Aiden has to be.

Drumnavaddy Inv 10/145 - 1st E Mallon & son 1253, 2nd E Mallon & son 1238, 3rd E Mallon & son 1206, 4th S Ogle 1200, 5th J McFadden 1184, 6th McDowell Bros 1179, 7th S Ogle 1178, 8th S Ogle 1177, 9th S Ogle 1177, 10th J Smyth & sons 1161. The Mallon team record their first success of 2009 and enjoy a memorable race from Talbenny taking the first three in the Club result ahead of Sammy Ogle who completes the top four and times another three int the top ten of the Club result.

NIPA Talbenny (2) Section H Club Results

Omagh & Dist. 6/72 - 1st A Hall 1386.371, 2nd J McGlade 1221.542, 3rd R Adams 1182.068, 4th A Hall 1169.739, 5th R Adams 1156.503, 6th A Kelly 1094.845, 7th A Kelly 1070.275, 8th A Kelly 1036.754, 9th A Kelly 1023.525. Alan Hall not for the first time this season is the man out in front what a pigeon into Omagh and early reports indicate that it is a very good arrival indeed and good this be the second NIPA Open winner for Alan in one of the more unfavourable areas of the country to race pigeons into, a true example of the pigeon man that Alan is.

Limavady R.P.S. - 1st J McCool 1279, 2nd R Witherow 1177, 3rd R McIlmoyle 1152, 4th J McCool 1123, 5th H Crawford 1048, 6th R McIlmoyle 1040, 7th R Witherow 915, 8th J McCool 868. John kept his Cool even though the possibility was that the race was to be held over, back went last years winner of this corresponding race and back it returned to win the club event for the second year on the trot. Fantastic and the pigeon in question being an Eagleson Busschaert.

Strabane RPC. 9/48 - 1st T McAteer 1219, 2nd Quinn & Harper 1109, 3rd T McAteer 1086, 4th B Gamble 1001, 5th B Gamble 976, 6th B Gamble 953. Well done to Tommy McAteer who records his first success of 2009 timing a Delbar/King of the Faroes cross gifted to him by fellow club mate Buddy Gamble, well done to all the winners who timed from Talbenny.

Foyle R.P.S. - 1st Martin Fahy 1155 2nd John McDaid & son 1147, 3rd Cooley Bros, 4th Ray O'Reilly, 5th James Gallagher 6th James McLaughlin, 7th Liam Hegarty & son, 8th James Gallagher, 9th Anthony McCrudden, 10th Anthony McCrudden 788. Great win for Martin with over 100 birds away in the Club, not many made it back on the day following four nights in the transporter and then flying against a North Easterly wind to one of the further flying areas of the country.

Last weekend the NIPA enjoyed excellent races from Bude and Fermoy, it was a similar story for all others despite some concern about heavy rain and poor weather conditions later in the day. Most birds were home before any major weather problems. Could I ask now we have new arrangements in place if clubs could furnish results to ourselves and to the website to have same posted by lunchtime on a Sunday, this will give us additional time to add text. I understand full well this will apply especially to races flown on the appointed day and without delay.

With Talbenny being delayed until Monday we have been trying to catch up and Mid Antrim Champions league has developed as per the Quarter Final. J & N Simpson (Broughshane) beat Young McManus & Sons (Ahoghill), D Dixon (Rasharkin) beat G Dickey (Ahoghill), Hugh Boyd (Randalstown) beat Harry Boyd (Kells), and W & J Smyth (Ballymena) beat G Gibson (Cullybackey). The Semi-Final was from Bude last Saturday. Danny Dixon 1621 beat J & N Simpson 1591 and Hugh Boyd 1571 beat W & J Smyth 1562. The big Final at Penzance this weekend is between Danny Dixon and Hugh Boyd, Rasharkin v Randalstown. Thanks again to James Harris for running the now annual event.

Birds for Penzance are race marked in local clubs, members from neighbour clubs must oversee the race marking. Race details for the final race week will be as follows. On Tuesday 23rd June Cullybackey will be open to collect entries, club cheques etc re St Malo and Yearling Hen Nat and Yearling Cock Nat. Three separate cheques are required, club open between 8.30pm and 9.30pm. The St Malo birds for France will be race marked in Cullybackey on Wednesday 24th June between 6.30am and 9.30am, early morning as previous years. The Yearling Nat birds will be race marked in Cullybackey on Thursday 25th June between 4.30pm and 6.30pm. Weather permitting the Premier OB Nat will be flown from St Malo in France on Friday 26th June with the Yearling Nationals from Rosscarbery on Saturday 27th June. This end of season date for the Yearling Nat should give an increased entry especially after a very successful OB Season to date.

NIPA Section A Clubs Bude:

Coleraine Premier HPS - 1st T & J McDonald 1620.467, 2nd Hanson & Harper 1611.857, 3rd P O'Connor 1609.506, 4th Hanson & Harper 1567.008, 5th Diamond Bros 1598.068, 7th T & J McDonald 1560.054, 8th Diamond Bros 1559.084, 9th P O'Connor 1535.534, 10th T & J McDonald 1521.753.

Cookstown Social 7/76 birds - 1st B & S McConnell 1614, 2nd B & S McConnell 1592, 3rd B & S McConnell 1582, 4th V Thom 1581, 5th V Thom 1563, 6th V Thom 1561, 7th V Thom 1550, 8th V Thom 1543, 9th V Thom 1542, 10th D Abbott 1528.

Rasharkin & Dist 8/50 birds - 1st A C & T Tweed 1607.34, 2nd H Cubitt 1518.06, 3rd Milliken & Barkley 1512.46, 4th H Cubitt 1498.03, 5th D Mairs 1482.96, 6th D Mairs 1410.41, 7th J Robinson & son 1339.89, 8th Milliken & Barkley 1307.23, 9th J Robinson & son 1282.36.

Coalisland & Dist 13/140 birds - 1st K Murphy 1605, 2nd W Bleeks 1602, 3rd W Bleeks 1599, 4th K Carolan 1590, 5th K Murphy 1588, 6th K Carolan 1585, 7th R Corey 1561.5, 8th H McLaughlin 1561.4, 9th R Corey 1553, 10th W Bleeks 1549.

Windsor Social HPS 9/41 birds - 1st R & J Parke 1552.330, 2nd Horner & Scott 1542.669, 3rd Horner & Scott 1491.926, 4th K Glass 1468, 5th J Fulton 1445, 6th R & J Parke 1435, 7th J & S Brennan & Christie 1255, 8th R McAlary 1253, 9th G Donaghey, son & g/son 1247, 10th W Henry 1208.

Dungannon & Dist Hps - 1st J & J sampson 1547.666, 2nd J & J Sampson 1522.708, 3rd J & J Sampson 1493.423, 4th W Leckey & son 1381.999.

Coleraine & Co Derry RPS - 1st T McCrudden 1547, 2nd W & W Murdock 1504, 3rd K Darragh 1389, 4th D Platt 1213.

Castledawson HPS 4/35 birds - 1st Gilmour & Watson 1481, 2nd Gilmour & Watson 1460, 3rd T Leacock & son 1439, 4th T Leacock & son 1430.

NIPA Section B clubs Bude:

Ahoghill F.C. 11/126 birds - 1st Young & McManus & sons 1644.273, 2nd J Balmer 1632.637, 3rd G Dickey 1602.803, 4th D Lowry & sons 1596.107, 5th Balmer T Young & sons 1590.919, 6th G Dickey 1579.598, 7th J Balmer 1576.045, 8th Balmer T Young & sons 1571.636, 9th Balmer T Young & sons 1564.053, 10th D Lowry & sons 1549.996.

Harryville HPS 11/69 R H Clements 1623, G Connolly 1576, R H Clements 1566, 1564, J Millar & Son 1558, J Rock 1551, 1549, R H Clements 1546, J & C Letters 1536, J Millar & Son 1531.

Ballymena & Dist HPS 8/67 birds - 1st G Barr 1622.001, 2nd Richmond Bros 1592.077, 3rd M Graham 1575.150, 4th Blair & Rankin 1572.139, 5th Blair & Rankin 1566.873, 6th Richmond Bros 1566.177, 7th Richmond Bros 1562.728, 8th W & J Smyth 1562.705, 9th M Graham 1523.801, 10th M Graham 1522.889.

Ballymoney HPS 12/88 birds - 1st D Dixon 1621.542, 2nd J Connolly 1577.048, 3rd D Dixon 1568.434, 4th W Blair 1558.751, 5th D Dixon 1555.236, 6th D & H Stuart 1552, 7th D Dixon 1550.278, 8th D Dixon 1546.864, 9th D Dixon 1543.691, 10th D Laverty 1534.145.

Randalstown HPS 9/85 D Logan 1612, 1606, 1598, Houston Bros 1573, H Boyd 1571, T McMillan 1571, 1568.

Bushmills Invitation T & J McDonald 1620, 1560, R & J Parke 1552, Horner & Scott 1542, T & J McDonald 1521.

Broughshane HPS 6/42 birds - 1st J & N Simpson 1591.86, 2nd J & N Simpson 1565.36, 3rd H Smyth & son 1541.14, 4th H Smyth & son 1539.74, 5th Mrs M Smyth 1521.03, 6th G Martin 1503.76, 7th G & A Eagleson 1494.24, 8th D Houston & son 1494.23. No stopping this partnership 1st and 2nd this week John & Norman Simpson. Winner is the 4 year old Staf Van Reet/Janssen cross flying Roundabout. This Cheq hen won the Sennan Cove Classic last year, she knows her way home alright.

Cullybackey HPS 10/72 Des Robinson 1577, A Darragh 1570, Russell Bros 1567, E Davidson 1564, J & J Greer 1549, 1543, N & S Anderson 1526, G Gibson 1523, A Darragh 1518, Russell Bros 1502.

Kells & District HPS 9/67 H Boyd 1574, Scott & Clements 1561, 1497, J & R Herron 1492, H Turkington 1478, Surgenor Bros 1435, 1433, H Boyd 1423. 2 Bird Club 1st H Boyd 1423, 2nd McFarlane & Agnew 1360.

New Antrim Amal. 4/39 birds - 1st McFall & McManus 1563.08, 2nd McFall & McManus 1505.46, 3rd T Picken & son 1497.08, 4th T Picken & son 1405.26.

Crumlin & Dist HPS - 1st Fleming Bros 1563, 2nd M McGrandles 1555, 3rd G F Lindsay 1552, 4th Fleming Bros 1551, 5th M & B McConville 1548, 6th Fleming Bros 1542, 7th G Grant 1509, 8th M McGrandless 1508, 9th M McGrandless 1493, 10th N Uprichard 1466.

Ballymoney West Combine - 1st W Blair 1558.751, 2nd D Laverty 1534.145, 3rd R J Elliott 1519.137, 4th B & I Stewart 1067.606.

Dervock RPS - 1st D & H Stuart 1552, 2nd D & H Stuart 1523, 3rd D & H Stuart 1340, 4th D & H Stuart 1337.

The Campbell & Bigger team from Glengormley topped the NIPA Sect C in the races over last weekend from Fermoy on Saturday and then Talbenny on Monday. This week Sammy Rodney & Son have the early arrival from Fermoy and Niall O'Boyle from Glenarm is early from Bude. In the Yearling Nat flown from Sennen Cove on Thursday a number of local lofts featured in the main result.

NIPA Section C clubs Bude:

Glenarm & Dist 9/92 birds - 1st N O'Boyle 1584.154, 2nd G Ferguson & dtrs 1533.612, 3rd R Robinson & son 1530.377, 4th R Robinson & son 1529.393, 5th R Robinson & son 1520.062, 6th W & D O'Neill 1516.830, 7th G McWhirter 1454.770, 8th G McWhirter 1454.770, 9th W & D O'Neill 1452.241, 10th O O'Neill & son 1450.090.

Ballyclare & Dist HPS 12/165 birds - 1st S Rodney & son 1584, 2nd S Rodney & son 1569, 3rd Turkington & Robinson 1541, 4th Turkington & Robinson 1528, 5th A Gault 1525, 6th Mr&Mrs Hayes 1525, 7th Mr&Mrs Hayes 1519, 8th C & L Woodside 1491, 9th A Gault 1490, 10th P R Wilson 1481.

Kingmoss HPS 9/109 birds - 1st D J Connor 1578, 2nd D J Connor 1573, 3rd R Gray 1547, 4th J & S Graham 1506, 5th J & S Graham 1497, 6th Knowles & Hill 1483, 7th P R Wilson 1481, 8th W Gault & son 1468, 9th Knowles & Hill 1460, 10th W Gault & son 1456.

Cushendall M & S McDonald 1577, A McNaughten 1513, L mcKeegan 1423, M & S McDonald 1334, A McNaughten 1330, L McKeegan 1175.

Doagh & Dist HPS 12/120 birds - 1st J Blair 1566.760, 2nd J Blair 1546.670, 3rd D & N Smyth 1536.132, 4th R Wilson 1527.723, 5th T Lormier 1526.103, 6th Mr & Mrs D Suitters 1525.471, 7th A & N Lewis 1517.980, 8th Mr & Mrs D Suitters 1515.898, 9th J McGrugan & sons 1510.652, 10th J & A Wilson & sons 1504.051.

Eastway HPS 10/150 birds - 1st G McKenna 1562.190, 2nd Whiteside Bros 1560.111, 3rd R Francey & son 1556.725, 4th Whiteside Bros 1552.673, 5th T Lynn 1533.246, Whiteside Bros 1529.390.

Carrick Social RPC 17/170 birds - 1st T Peel 1557.844 ABCD & Nom, 2nd W R McClean 1529.347 ABCD, 3rd D & J Armstrong & son 1508.327, 4th Mr&Mrs Robinson 1503.193, 5th E Gilliland 1491.369, 6th R Skelton 1489.212, 7th T Peel 1486.505, 8th D & J Armstrong & son 1486.140, 9th B & L Dodds 1480.299, 10th R Skelton 1479.410. Special R McMurtry & Daughter. Winning Minute (24).

Larne & Dist 32/297 birds - 1st A McNaughton 1549.425, 2nd S Burns 1534.691, 3rd Baxter & Holden 1521.063, 4th N Ferguson & son 1518.143, 5th Beggs & Hall 1500.629, 6th R Mills & son 1499.642, 7th S Burns 1498.620, 8th A McNaughton 1496.493, 9th McKee & Steele 1492.127, 10th Marshall & Wilson 1490.579.

Horseshoe HPS 15/144 birds - 1st H & I Agnew 1540, 2nd S Burns 1534, 3rd R Smyth 1524, 4th R & M Robinson 1517, 5th H & I Agnew 1506, 6th S Burns 1498, 7th P O'Lynn & son 1495, 8th Marshall & Wilson 1491, 9th C Campbell & son 1484, 10th P O'Lynn & son 1484.

Carrick & Dist 14/168 birds - 1st Elliott Bros 1525, 2nd D & J Armstrong & son 1508, 3rd Mr&Mrs G Robinson 1503, 4th W Degnan & T McKee 1502, 5th W Degnan & T McKee 1500, 6th W Degnan & T McKee 1496 ABCDEF & Nom, 7th Elliott Bros 1495, 8th T Creighton & son 1495, 9th T Creighton & sons 1495, 10th Elliott Bros 1494. Special J McMaw. M/M Robinson 1423 ABCDEF. Winning Minute (34) won by Mrs Yvonne Reid.

Springvale Social 6/31 A C McGrugan 1513, R Davidson & Sons 1499, 1486, 1469, A C McGrugan 1462, Turkington Bros 1456, R Davidson & Sons 1444, R Scott 1422, R Davidson & Sons 1420, Montgomery & Kirk 1366. Race sponsored by G M Landscapes.

Glengormley HPS Bingham & Seaton 1509, G Kincaid Son & Daughter 1496, D & J Campbell & Bigger 1486, G & C Lawrie 1466, Bingham & Seaton 1464, G & C Lawrie 1452, D & J Campbell & Bigger 1446, J Walker & Son 1409.

Ballycarry & Dist /41 Lynch Bros & Thompson 1466, J C Reid 1429, B McCammon 1380, 1377, N J Arthurs 1371, B McCammon 1370, N J Arthurs 1344, J C Reid 1281.

NIPA Section D clubs Bude:

Dromara HPS 6/62 birds - 1st Russell Bros 1596, 2nd N Black & son 1526, 3rd D & N McCandless 1508, 4th N Black & son 1494, 5th D & N McCandless 1477, 6th H Silcock 1454.

Colin HPS 7/67 birds - 1st Mr&Mrs G Braniff 1589, 2nd O & M Monaghan 1578, 3rd J & J Neeson, 4th S Rice 1519, 5th J & J Neeson 1509, 6th Mr&Mrs G Braniff 1502, 7th J & j Neeson 1492, 8th G & G Toner 1483, 9th Mr&Mrs G Braniff 1478, 10th Mr&Mrs G Braniff 1472.

Largymore Inv HPS - 1st J McCleary 1567, 2nd A Hughes & sons 1548, 3rd J McCleary 1474, 4th A Hughes & sons 1471, 5th D Clements 1448, 6th D Clements 1448, 7th Walker Bros 1443, 8th Walker Bros 1435, 9th S Shields 1418, 10th S & A Hanna 1415.

Derriaghy HPS - D Irvine 1557, 2nd R & M McAleenon 1497, 3rd R Benson 1494, 4th I Kennedy 1483, 5th I Kennedy 1483, 6th R Benson 1469.

Glenavy & Dist HPS - 1st H Mallon & son 1537, 2nd G Parker & son 1530, 3rd D Scott 1528, 4th G K Poter 1515, 5th D M Lilley & Withers 1513, 6th D Coulter 1511, 7th F Denvir 1507, 8th H McKeown 1505, 9th J Courtney 1500, 10th G Parker & son 1493.

South Belfast 3/22 birds - 1st R Fear 1470.156, 2nd R Fear 1460.543, 3rd R Fear 1460.316, 4th J Pollins 1407.316, 5th J Pollins 1392.192.

NIPA Section E clubs Bude:

Edgarstown HPS - 1st E Matchett & sons 1676, 2nd E Matchett & sons 1671, 3rd B.B.C. 1599, 4th J Robinson 1597, 5th J Robinson 1594, 6th R K Hutchinson 1583, 7th R Cassells 1490, 8th T Sinton 1482, 9th O Forde 1480, 10th T & A Ford 1394.

Portadown Inv FC 9/80 birds - 1st M Ebbitt 1666, 2nd M Ebbitt 1651, 3rd M Ebbitt 1598, 4th R & G & G Donaldson, Hagan & Rowney 1597, 5th R & G & G Donaldson, Hagan & Rowmey 1589, 6th M Ebbitt 1565.

Wilton Cross HPS - 1st M Wilkinson 1662, 2nd Cooper & McCrath 1635 ABCD, 3rd Toland & Lynch 1611, 4th M Wilkinson 1602, 5th M Wilkinson 1587, 6th M Rice 1556.

Bondhill Social R Williamson 1659, 1658, J Greenaway 1655, 1610, 1609, R Williamson 1597, Capper Bros 1594, O Jackson 1573.

Annaghmore HPS 7/144 birds - 1st G Calvin & son 1653, 2nd G Calvin & son 1644, 3rd W G Neill 1631, 4th W G Neil 1628, 5th T McClean 1619, 6th T McClean 1613, 7th G Calvin & son 1609, 8th W G Neill 1590, 9th T McClean 1588, 10th R Abraham 1587.

Laurelvale HPS 16/198 birds - 1st J & J Milligan 1640.2433, 2nd J & J Milligan 1587.375, 3rd C Duke & sons 1574.124, 4th F McCann 1573.798, 5th J Dowey & sons 1563.317, 6th J Funston 1561.888, 7th F McCann 1558.671, 8th A Grittins 1557.375, 9th A Grittins 1556.305, 10th S Fiddes 1556.000.

Orchard Combine C.C - 1st E Mutagh & sons 1626.390, 2nd P Kelly & Bevin 1665.126, 3rd N Weir 1619.842, 4th N Weir 1558.790, 5th W corrigan 1548.236, 6th R Parkes & son 1514.606, 7th b Quilty 1508.192, 8th D & C McArdle 1504.193, 9th P Tierney 1498.929, 10th W Corrigan 1491.584.

Armagh HPS 12/93 birds - 1st E Murtagh & sons 1626.390, 2nd M Shaw 1586.298, 3rd P Kelly & Bevin 1565.126, 4th R Parkes & son 1514.606, 5th B Quilty 1508.192, 6th D & C McArdle 1504.193, 7th E Murtagh & sons 1502.900, 8th M Hughes 1483.388, 9th M Hughes 1481.854, 10th P Kelly & Bevin 1472.406.

Loughgall HPS - 1st Nelson Weir 1619.842, 2nd Nelson Weir 1558.790, 3rd William Corrigan 1548.236, 4th William Corrigan 1491.584, 5th William Corrigan 1467.406, 6th Sam Corrigan 1367.520.

Charlemont HPC 5/23 birds - 1st Kieran Shannon (A) 1614.637, 2nd Kieran Shannon (A) 1557.467, 3rd Kieran Shannon (A) 1522.891, 4th Kieran Shannon (A) 1518.877, 5th Michael McGlinchey 1479.538, 8th Eamon Grew 1453.840, 9th Patrick Grew 1428.728, 10th Kieran Shannon (A) 1415.246.

Gilford & Dist HPS - 1st J & D Breen 1572.895, 2nd J & D Breen 1568.536, 3rd Adamson & Anderson 1537, 4th G O'Dowd 1500, 5th C & R Moffett 1488, 6th J McAtamney & son 1417, 7th J McAtamney & son 1398, 8th G O'Dowd 1323, 9th h & N Gratten 1313, 10th J & J Reynolds & Gill 1257.

Lurgan Social - 1st B McNeice & son 1532, 2nd B McNeice & son 1494, 3rd B McNeice & son 1480, 4th B McNeice & son 1440, 5th J Douglas & son 1401.

Beech Park - 1st H Hanna & son 1523, 2nd D Mawhinney & son 1497, 3rd S Gardiner 1470, 4th S & J McCullough 1428, 5th C Reynolds 1406, 6th D Mawhinney & son 1402.

NIPA Section F clubs Bude:

Ards HPS 12/91 birds - 1st W Cleland 1541, 2nd W Cleland 1473, 3rd J & I Moore 1463, 4th McGimpsey Bros 1430, 5th McGimpsey Bros 1425, 6th McGimpsey Bros 1416, 7th S Whyte 1410, 8th W Ennis 1410, 9th W Ennis 1404, 10th J & I Moore 1397.

Killyleagh Central 8/62 birds - 1st G & R Connor 1514, 2nd H McVeigh 1456, 3rd Kirkwood Bros 1429, 4th McComb Bros 1429, 5th E Marshall 1382, 6th H McVeigh 1378, 7th R Cheevers 1347, 8th H McVeigh 1342, 9th H McVeigh 1335, 10th H McVeigh 1304.

Corrigs & Dist 8/94 birds - 1st H Knight 1470, 2nd Pritchard Bros 1430, 3rd Pritchard Bros 1408, 4th J R Mills 1393, 5th C McManus 1386, 6th J R Mills 1383, 7th R Shaw 1238, 8th Benson Bros 1142, 9th R McVeigh & son 1108, 10th B Higgins 1101.

Downpatrick B Connolly 1438, F Black & Sons 1412, P Lue & Son 1392, Ward & McIntosh 1374.

Comber Central 10/80 birds - 1st P & C Johnston 1424.336, 2nd Major JC McIntyre & son 1418.871, 3rd Norman Thompson 1384.766, 4th David George 1380.589, 5th W gabbey 1380.429, 6th P & C Johnston 1379.068, 7th P & C Johnston 1365.971, 8th David George 1355.795, 9th W Gabbey 1353.986, 10th Trevor Cochrane 1343.139.

Millisle & Dist HPS - 1st R Strain & son 1358.488, 2nd M & T Ferris 1339.441, 3rd Alan Brown 1336.288, 4th J Rankin 1334.524, 5th Alan Brown 1308.307, 6th Alan Brown 1293.850, 7th R Strain & son 1278.287. 8th Terry McCullough 1268.987, 9th J Rankin 1268.237, 10th M & T Ferris 1251.975.

NIPA Section G clubs Bude:

Northsouth Fed 33/319 birds - 1st Mooney Bros 1678.150, 2nd O Markey 1673.938, 3rd M MaGuire & son 1657.882, 4th Donnelly Bros 1638.812, 5th M MaGuire & son 1631.449, 6th J F McCabe 1627.531, 7th M MaGuire & son 1623.164, 8th M MaGuire & son 1604.943, 9th G hughes 1597.198, 10th T Mooney & son 1574.523.

Millvale Inv - Mooney Bros 1678.150, 2nd Malachy Maguire & son 1623.164, 3rd Mr Mark Maguire & son 1604.943, 4th Mr Tommy Mooney & son 1574.523, 5th Mr Noel Murtagh 1565.951, 6th Mr Mark Maguire & son 1565.328, 7th Mr Malachy Maguire 1559.142, 8th Mr Malachy Maguire & son 1529.306, 9th Mr Des Carroll 1526.503, 10th Mr Malachy Maguire & son 1524.685.

Ballyholland - 1st O Markey 1673.938, 2nd A McAteer 1667.794, 3rd A McAteer 1603.251, 4th P Murtagh 1564.070, 5th Havern Bros 1549.940, 6th A McAteer 1527.793, 7th O Markey 1519.165, 8th A McAteer 1479.490, 9th A McAteer 1451.848, 10th A McAteer 1451.766.

Newry & Dist HPS 11/98 birds - 1st M MaGuire & son 1657.882, 2nd M MaGuire & son 1631.449, 3rd J F McCabe 1627.531, 4th G Hughes 1597.198, 5th M MaGuire & son 1571.073, 6th S Curran 1564.736, 7th M Maguire & son 1555.375, 8th M MaGuire & son 1524.956, 9th G Hughes & son 1502.409, 10th R McKelvey 1497.608.

Drumnavady Inv 7/59 birds - 1st E Mallon & son 1608, 2nd G & I McBride 1554, 3rd G McBride & son 1505, 4th G & I McBride 1479, 5th G & I McBride 1469, 6th H Copeland 1448, 7th G & I McBride 1437, 8th H Copeland 1418, 9th G McBride & son 1414, 10th E Mallon & son 1403.

Banbridge Social E McAlinden & Sons 1571, 1560, M/M G Mallen 1536, E McAlinden & Sons 1524, T McKinstry 1519, 1519.

Bessbrook E Niblock 1556, Cowan Bros 1532, R Cromwell 1500, Cowan Bros 1493, Hamilton & Hanna 1467, R McMinn & Daughter 1354.

NIPA Section H clubs Bude:

Omagh & Dist HPS 4/27 birds - 1st A Hall 1527.068, 2nd A Hall 1470.697, 3rd T Taggart 1324.485, 4th T Taggart 1272.323.

Foyle RPS 12/57 birds - 1st Tony Mullan & son 1367.539, 2nd Joe Ebbs 1352.652, 3rd Tommy Mcdaid, 4th Hugh McGowan, 5th Brian, Iris MaGuire, McDevitt, 6th Louis, Michael Moran, 7th Brian, Iris MaGuire, McDevitt, 8th John McDaid & son, 9th James Page & son, 10th Joe Ebbs.


The following are the Top 50 positions in the NIPA Fermoy 5 Bird Championship flown on 13th June 2009, subject to correction.

McAteer & Pearce Millvale 1862, L Neill Ballymoney 1841, Donnelly Bros Newry City 1841, Donnelly Bros 1840, B Corley Monaghan 1828, McAteer & Pearce Millvale 1828, J Greenaway Hills & Maze 1826, S Rodney & Son Ballyclare 1820, G Hughes Newry 1819, J Connolly Ballymoney 1812, T McCrudden Coleraine & Co Derry 1811, D Winters Banbridge Soc 1807, Gregg Bros & McCandless Ligoneil 1804, T Mooney & Son Millvale 1800, M Maguire & Son Newry 1800, T & K Mawhinney Donacloney 1797, J Dowey & Sons Laurelvale 1796, M & F Russell Dromre West End 1796, G Swift Monaghan 1796, Cooney Bros Monaghan 1796, Donnelly Bros Newry City 1794, R McKelvey Newry & Dist 1789, D Carville & Son Wilton Cross 1788, M Livingstone Portadown Inv 1787, M Maguire & Son Newry 1785, J Kelly & Son Dromore 1780, J Vage & Son Dromore 1780, D & I Edgar Dromore 1779, J Campbell Derriaghy 1779, J & A Wilson & Sons Doagh 1779, Donnelly Bros Newry City 1778, A McDonald Portadown Inv 1776, J F McCabe Newry 1775, G & A Campbell Armagh 1775, P & J Boal Dromore 1775, J Gregory & Sons Colin 1774, A McDonald Portadown 1773, I Parkes & Sons Armagh 1773, K Shannon Dungannon 1773, W Cannoway Portadown 1772, G Hughes Newry 1770, S S Cairns Gilford 1770, R Adamson Corcreeney 1770, JJ Watt & Sons Ligoniel 1769, P & J Boal Dromore 1769, E & M Curran Armagh 1769, E & M Curran 1768, O Markey Ballyholland 1768, P & J Boal Dromore 1768, M McPhillips Coalisland 1767.

Cullybackey Centre Fermoy 5 Bird Classic G Connolly Harryville 1741, H Boyd Kells 1737, G Connolly 1726, J Millar & Son Harryville 1719, Scott & Clements Kells 1718, H Smyth & Son Broughshane 1715, J Devlin Ballymena 1712, R H Clements Harryville 1711, H & R McCloy 1710, Scott & Clements 1706, Scott & Clements 1706, A McBride Harryville 1703, G Connolly 1701, W McFetridge Rasharkin 1698, R H Clements 1696, J Devlin 1695, Surgenor Bros 1695, J Devlin 1695, A & N Young Ahoghill 1691, J Millar & Son 1689, J & N Simpson Broughshane 1688, Surgenor Bros 1687, A McBride 1684, D Houston & Son Broughshane 1681, A McBride 1681, T & M Morrow Kells 1681, A Darragh Cullybackey 1681, A Purvis Broughshane 1681, Steele & McNeill Rasharkin 1679, Des Robinson Cullybackey 1670, J Rock Harryville 1663, Russell Bros 1660, Milliken & Barkley Rasharkin 1656, Young McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1654, L McNeill Rasharkin 1645, Richmond Bros Ballymena 1645, M/M F Clarke New Antrim 1644, H Smyth & Son 1643, A Purvis 1643, J & N Simpson 1642, T & M Morrow 1642, J & M Milliken Rasharkin 1639, A Barkley & Son Kells 1635, A Darragh 1635, G Gibson Cullybackey 1634, H Fullerton & Son Kells 1632, D Stevenson Ahoghill 1632, J & M Milliken 1631, Wray & McFadden Harryville 1630, Des Robinson 1627.

Mid Antrim Combine Fermoy 5 Bird 55/234 - G Connolly Harryville 1741, H Boyd Kells 1737, G Connolly 1726, J Millar & Son Harryville 1719, Scott & Clements Kells 1718, D Dixon Rasharkin 1715, H Smyth & Son Broughshane 1715, J Devlin Ballymena 1712, R H Clements Harryville 1711, H & R McCloy 1710, Scott & Clements 1706, Scott & Clements 1706, D Dixon 1703, A McBride Harryville 1703, G Connolly 1701, W McFetridge Rasharkin 1698, R H Clements 1696, J Devlin 1695, Surgenor Bros 1695, J Devlin 1695, A & N Young Ahoghill 1691, J Millar & Son 1689, J & N Simpson Broughshane 1688, Surgenor Bros 1687, A McBride 1684, D Houston & Son Broughshane 1681, A McBride 1681, T & M Morrow Kells 1681, A Darragh Cullybackey 1681, A Purvis Broughshane 1681.

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