Spence Bros of Lagan Valley win St Malo OB Derby

[willie reynolds]

The Premier OB Derby/Nat has been flown from St Malo in France all the top organisations in Ireland released at 7.15am on Thursday 25th June. The early birds made good time but the race turned out fairly difficult and prizes were still available on the second day.

Ulster Federation St Malo OB Derby – 1st Spence Bros Lagan Valley 18.24hrs, 2nd H Jennings & Sons Lagan Valley 18.24hrs, 3rd Calderwood & Waite Shankill & Dist 18.35hrs, 4th G & H Spence Lagan Valley 18.53hrs, 5th P O’Neill & Son Grosvenor 19.30hrs, 6th G McGowan Grosvenor 19.47hrs, 7th J & D Braniff Wheatfield 20.16hrs, 8th J Ward Grosvenor 20.54hrs, 9th Brown & Anderson Shankill & Dist 21.12hrs, 10th M Black Grosvenor 21.19hrs.

Ulster Federation St Malo OB Derby - Spence Bros Lagan Valley 1177 £494, H Jennings & Sons Lagan Valley 1174 £285, Calderwood & Waite Shankill & Dist 1173 £209, B & H Spence Lagan Valley 1128 £142, P O’Neill & Son Grosvenor 1078 £75, G McGowan Grosvenor 1055 £59, J & D Braniff Wheatfield 1020 £54, J Ward Grosvenor 969 £54, Brown & Anderson Shankill & Dist 952 £54, M Black Grosvenor 936 £54, S O’Halloran Grosvenor 790 £41, Spence Bros 732 £41, M Black 718 £41, Smyth & Townsley Shankill & Dist 704 £41, Calderwood & Waite 702 £37, H Elliott Lagan Valley 699 £20, H Elliott & Son Lagan Valley 686 £20, M & T Griffith Alexandra 684 £32, P Elliott Andersonstown 680 £32, J Braniff Fortfield 662 £15, Calderwood & Waite 645 £15, N Armstrong 642 £15, N Armstrong 624 £15, Spence Bros 612 £15, M & T Griffith 600 £15, T Brown 598 £15, B & E Carson 592 £15, N Armstrong 591 £15, E Drake 580 £15, S McAllister 558 £15, M Black 554 £15, N Armstrong 549 £15, J Ramsey 507 £15, B & K Mullan 506 £15, T Cooke 480 £15, W McClean 423 £15, Fegan & McAdorey 347 £15, D K Johnston 286 £15.

Grosvenor Centre: Spence Bros 6.23pm, H Jennings & Sons, P O’Neill & Son 7.30pm, B & H Spence, G Magowan, Joe Ward.

ULSTER FED Clubs

Wheatfield HPS 3/6 birds - 1st J & D Braniff.

East End HPS - 1st T Brown.

Grosvenor HPS 10/44 birds - 1st P O'Neill & son, 2nd G McGowan & son, 3rd J Ward & son, 4th M Black, 5th S O'Halloran & son, 6th M Black, 7th B & E Carson, 8th M Black, 9th J Ramsey & son, 10th T Cooke.