The week after that the Dickey Family had one of the very few birds home in the NIPA St Malo National from France, Frank had been having health problems and the loft missed out on the young birds.
2018 season Prize-Winners.
Best Y/B John Millar GB18R-02103, Best O/B Stewart Brothers GB17X-07184, O/B Inland Average Stewart Brothers, O/B Chanel Average F & G & J Dickey, Y/B Average Stewart Brothers.
O/B Prize Winner - 1st Stewart Brothers, 2nd F & G & J Dickey, 3rd N Percy & Son.
Y/B Prize Winner - 1st Stewart Brothers, 2nd John Millar, 3rd N Percy & Son.
St Malo Frank Dickey had the only bird in Randalstown, timed 3rd morning at 5.21am flying 468 miles. F, J & G Dickey of Randalstown HPS win 1st Club, 2nd Combine, 6th Section B & 38th Open St Malo with a 2 year old hen who’s been a steady racer having won 1st from Corrin last year. She was sent sitting 8 days. Her sire a Sticker Donckers cock has bred 6th Open Friendship National for Liam O’Neill & Sons of Larne, 1st Club Corrin, 2nd Club, 2nd Combine, 2nd Section B & 11th Open Bude, 1st Club Talbenny etc. Dam a (Leslie Madden Lambrecht) is dam to 5 x 1sts Club, including 1st Corrin, 2nd Bude etc. with cock above.
Old Birds: Tullamore Stewart Bros 1st, 2nd and 3rd vel 1809, Gowran Park (1) Stewart Bros vel 1327, Fermoy N Percy & Son vel 1799, Gowran Park (2) N Percy & Son vel 1657, Rosscarbery National Hugh Boyd vel 1953 (3rd MAC), Fermoy (2) F & J & G Dickey vel 1145 (3rd MAC), Talbenny (1) N Percy & Son vel 1493 (4th MAC), Talbenny (2) F & J & G Dickey vel 1219, Dunmanway Stewart Bros vel 1744 (2nd MAC) and F & J & G Dickey (4th MAC), Penzance Hugh Boyd vel 1150, Stewart Bros vel 1135, H Boyd vel 1130, 1129 (6th, 7th, 8th & 9th MAC), Penzance Classic H Boyd, Stewart Bros, H Boyd (3rd, 4th & 5th MAC). St Malo National F & J & G Dickey vel 390 (2nd MAC).
Young Birds: Mullingar (1) Stewart Bros vel 1188 (12th MAC), Mullingar (2) J Millar 1st, 2nd & 3rd vel 1283, Tullamore Stewart Bros vel 1398, Gowran Park N Percy & Son vel 1737, Fermoy (1) Stewart Bros 1st & 2nd vel 1839, Fermoy (2) Stewart Bros 1st & 2nd vel 1400, Talbenny Nat Stewart Bros vel 1015 (5th MAC) and other places for J Millar, W & W Gilbert and N Percy & Son, Dunmanway Stewart Bros 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th vel 1686, Rosscarbery National Stewart Bros 1st, 2nd & 3rd vel 977.
Secretary John Millar scored racing with the Irish Nat FC – Skibbereen OB Nat 1st Club vel 1107 (6th MAC), and Sennen Cove Yearling Nat 1st Club vel 1089 (10th MAC).
Top winners in Randalstown from (l) Ian Stewart, John Millar and Hugh Boyd.
Frank Dickey (l) and Stewart Bros busy in the training season.
Noel Percy & Son finished 3rd in both OB & YB competition.
Hugh Boyd had a good race from Penzance, 3 early birds including 1st Club.