Breeder Buyer Sale - 05/04/19

[willie reynolds]

2019 EDC Breeder/Buyer on April 5th

The first event of the new season is the holding of the East Down Combine Breeder/Buyer sale. This Year the date is April 5th , just over a week before the first scheduled race of the new season and the relevant information on this for everyone is ;

Only EDC members can buy birds ,but NIPA and Ulster Fed members can enter birds for sale with a maximum of 2 birds per member.

There will be 4 Prizes ,1st -50% , 2nd 25%, 3rd -15% 4th 10%

50% to breeder & 50% to buyer

To be raced for in the 1st Skibbereen YB Derby

Auction will be held in the Temple Golf & Country Club on Friday 5th April 2019
Auction time 8pm
Auctioneer Doley Croskery

IMPORTANT : 1)The buyer must race the bird to their loft
2) Birds Ring numbers cannot be changed under any circumstances
3) All Breeder/Buyers must be claimed on the Derby Envelopes

The address of the Temple Golf & Country club is 66 Church Road
Temple
BT27 6UP

For further information contact Dorothy Smyth on 07789231086

This is a very popular event and for those who like statistics this event has become very well supported over the last few years when the prize money has been ;
2013 £1775
2014 £1750
2015 £ 2760
2016 £ 3430
2017 £ 3185
2018 £3015

So now is the chance to help make this year’s prize money even bigger . Last Year the winners were D Croskery & son racing a bird bred by Cloughey’s Harper & Young with each loft winning £753 .2nd was also the lofts of D Croskery & son who were also the breeders winning them a total here of £752 for this 2nd place . The Dundonald partnership of J Young & ptnrs were 3rd being both the racers and breeders winning £452.and 4th were B C T Foulis & Gill also of Dundonald with a bird bred by B Hogg & Sons each winning £150 .

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Clifford Browne