Cullybackey Open Show – Another great day at the annual Open Show arranged by Cullybackey HPS, a good entry penned for the OB and YB Classes judged Through Wires, Handled and Eye- sign. Visitors had a field day with Alwyn Neill from Lurgan winning Best in Show, Best Opposite Sex and Most Points and W & N Gilbert from Ballymena & District collecting the Red Card in both OB and YB Eye-sign. Alwyn Neill won the other four classes, Old Bird T/W & Handled and the Young Bird T/W & Handled. Old Birds T/W – 1st & 2nd A Neill, 3rd, 4th, Reserve, HC & Commended W & N Gilbert, VHC B Herbison. Old Birds Handled – 1st & Reserve A Neill, 3rd & VHC W & N Gilbert, 4th D Swann, HC F Simpson, Commended G & R Lawrie. Old Bird Eye-sign – 1st & Commended W & N Gilbert, 2nd & HC C Shaw, 3rd & VHC A Neill, 4th & Reserve B Herbison. Young Bird T/W – 1st, 2nd, 4th & Commended A Neill, 3rd W & N Gilbert, Reserve & VHC D Swann, HC R & S Swann. Young Bird Handled – 1st, 2nd & 3rd A Neill, 4tb & HC W & N Gilbert, Reserve D Swann, VHC F Simpson, Commended R & S Swann. Young Bird Eye-sign – 1st, 4th, Reserve, VHC & Commended W & N Gilbert, 2nd McAlonan Bros, 3rd A Neill, HC N & S Anderson. Alan Craig Laurelvale and Darren Thompson Laurelvale judged young birds through the wires and old birds handled, Joey Vage and Darren Aiken from Dromore judged young birds handled and old birds through the wires and Joey Vage judged the young and old birds eye-sign.
Chairman Neil Anderson thanked everyone including the judges who travelled in terrible weather conditions and he congratulated the winners with a special mention for Alwyn Neill and W & N Gilbert. He also thanked all those who donated prizes and the sponsors, and all the other helpers, the Cullybackey Show Shield was won by J & J Greer and the Visitor Shield by W & N Gilbert from Ballymena & District. On behalf of Cullybackey H.P.S we would just like to thank our sponsors for the open show. The Bridge Garage Cullybackey, Penny Bridge Accountancy , Blue Sky Pigeon products and of course Frazers Animal feeds for sponsoring us, the products pictured.
The judges Darren Thompson, Alan Craig and Darren Aiken with the top winner Alwyn Neill.
Darren Aiken presents Nicola Gilbert and Skye with the Young Bird Eye-sign.
Cullybackey Chairman Neil Anderson presents the Cullybackey Show Shield to J & J Greer.
Willy Gilbert (r) collects the Visitor Shield at Cullybackey Show from Neil Anderson.
The various class winners on display at the Cullybackey HPS Open Show.
The sponsored prizes presented to card winners at Cullybackey.
Awards won by the Ballymena team W & N Gilbert, 1st OB & YB Eye-sign.
Darren Thompson presents 1st in Young Bird T/W to Alwyn Neill.
Alan Craig presents 1st in Old Bird Handled to Alwyn Neill.
Willie Gilbert with grand-daughter Skye winners in the Old Bird Eye-sign at Cullybackey.
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