Skibbereen Derby - 19/05/19

[willie reynolds]

Gordons 1st Open Skibbereen Derby -

The East Down Combine birds competing in the Joe Ringland Skibbereen Classic left for Skibbereen on Friday 17th May with the race scheduled for Saturday May 18th which saw the weather in the East of the country unsuitable for a race so the birds were held until Sunday morning when they were released at 8am into a light NW wind.

The Cloughey lofts of Gordon Bros & Sons are enjoying a great season and follow on from their recent successes by winning the Skibbereen Derby with a blue chq cock which 2 weeks previously had won 11th open EDC Fermoy and was racing on roundabout. As a young bird he won 39th open Roscrea 7021 birds. He is from the Gordons Wynants pigeons and is a grandson on their NO1 pair.

The runners up from Skibbereen are the Annalong partnership of John Trimble & Son who also win 6th open and this is another loft in top form having already been 4th open Mallow again being runners up to the Gordons , 14th open Fermoy and 3rd open Thurles .

In 3rd spot it is the Killyleagh partnership of P & C McComb who top the West section and for comparative newcomers are making their presence felt whilst at 4th open and 2nd West section it is the Newtownbreda partnership of T Marshall & son .
The top six is completed by Downpatrick’s Phillip & Courtney McCullough .

The following is the full result of Skibbereen :

East Down Combine
18/05/2019 Skibbereen Classic
Derby / Classic

76 Members Sent: 927 Birds in a Light North West Wind
Pools
Pos Name Club Velocity Section Pool Total Grand Total
1 E1 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1339.102 £0.00 £134.13
2 E2 J Trimble & Son Annalong HPS 1335.833 a A £97.50 £183.84
3 W1 P & C McComb Killyleagh Central HPS 1330.529 £0.00 £86.60
4 W2 T Marshall & Son Newtownbreda HPS 1326.661 £0.00 £69.28
5 E3 P McCullough & Dtr Downpatrick Premier 1322.771 £0.00 £49.76
6 E4 J Trimble & Son Annalong HPS 1313.339 a A £68.20 £106.37
7 W3 McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1312.982 £0.00 £46.96
8 E5 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1310.416 ab AB £178.60 £214.58
9 E6 McComb Bros Killyleagh Central HPS 1304.868 £0.00 £35.98
10 W4 McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1304.669 AB £64.20 £103.84
11 E7 R & G Thompson Portavogie 1303.985 £0.00 £28.98
12 E8 P McCullough & Dtr Downpatrick Premier 1297.578 £0.00 £26.78
13 E9 G Lyttle Comber Social 1295.634 ab ABC £160.22 £187.00
14 E10 R & G Thompson Portavogie 1295.006 £0.00 £26.78
15 W5 W & L Robinson Hillfoot HPS 1285.075 £0.00 £30.20
16 W6 McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1284.179 ab n ABC N £200.11 £230.31
17 W7 R.Irwin Dundonald HPS 1283.359 a A £29.06 £59.26
18 E11 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1282.489 £0.00 £26.78
19 W8 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1282.290 £0.00 £27.76
20 E12 McComb Bros Killyleagh Central HPS 1278.111 £0.00 £26.78
21 W9 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1275.270 £0.00 £19.76
22 W10 C & D Smyth & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1274.116 a £16.38 £36.14
23 E13 R.Strain & Son Millisle & District HPS 1268.265 £0.00 £16.95
24 W11 R.Irwin Dundonald HPS 1267.686 a A £19.70 £39.46
25 W12 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1267.640 ab ABC £85.78 £105.54
26 E14 McComb Bros Killyleagh Central HPS 1267.074 £0.00 £16.95
27 W13 J Kirk & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1263.476 £0.00 £17.32
28 W14 McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1262.836 ab ABC £63.09 £80.41
29 E15 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1261.452 £0.00 £16.95
30 W15 Cowan & McCartney Dundonald HPS 1260.390 £0.00 £17.32
31 E16 Cully & Monan Cloughey HPS 1260.156 b £34.16 £49.11
32 E17 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1259.620 ab n AB N £116.80 £131.75
33 W16 B C T Foulis & Gill Dundonald HPS 1259.310 £0.00 £15.32
34 W17 Brown & McConnell Dundonald HPS 1258.336 N £20.00 £35.32
35 W18 J Kirk & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1257.936 £0.00 £15.32
36 W19 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1257.785 £0.00 £14.10
37 E18 J Crossan Downpatrick Premier 1256.265 ab £29.02 £43.97
38 E19 Cully & Monan Cloughey HPS 1253.391 b n £31.40 £44.89
39 E20 C McManus & Dtr Crossgar HPS 1252.624 £0.00 £13.49
40 W20 J Kirk & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1247.975 A £8.00 £22.10
Remainder Pools
S & K Duke Crossgar HPS 1245.489 b B £22.60 £22.60
B & J Donnan Portavogie 1245.378 a £9.50 £9.50
F Gilmore Comber Social 1245.111 ab £21.70 £21.70
McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1239.381 B £10.40 £10.40
S Casement & Son Ballylesson HPS 1234.536 ab n B £42.65 £42.65
R.Irwin Dundonald HPS 1231.768 b B £21.28 £21.28
Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1229.537 ab BC £45.96 £45.96
W & N Cully Portavogie 1228.599 ab £21.70 £21.70
Brown & McConnell Dundonald HPS 1228.242 ab £12.65 £12.65
S Casement & Son Ballylesson HPS 1224.696 ab £12.65 £12.65
McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1223.254 ab C £20.57 £20.57
Brown & McConnell Dundonald HPS 1221.662 b £6.80 £6.80
Mrs E Wynn & Dtr Downpatrick Premier 1220.222 C £7.92 £7.92
Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1190.359 C £7.92 £7.92
W & N Cully Portavogie 1185.692 C £7.92 £7.92
S Casement & Son Ballylesson HPS 1184.665 b £6.80 £6.80
McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1171.886 C £7.92 £7.92
W & L Robinson Hillfoot HPS 1168.513 C £7.92 £7.92
W & L Robinson Hillfoot HPS 1153.976 C £7.92 £7.92




Open (Nominated)
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 P McCullough & Dtr
IHU18N10923 Downpatrick Premier 1297.5 20
2 G Lyttle
IHU17N20632 Comber Social HPS 1295.4 19
3 R & G Thompson
IHU18N10147 Portavogie 1295.0 18
4 M Foulis
IHU17N08014 Dundonald HPS 1282.2 17
5 McComb Bros
IHU17N24645 Killyleagh Central HPS 1278.1 16
6 R Irwin
IHU16N05723 Dundonald HPS 1267.6 15
7 McCartan & Woodsides
IHU18N17079 Crossgar H P S 1262.8 14
8 Cowan & McCartney
IHU18N18356 Dundonald HPS 1260.3 13
9 Cully & Monan
IHU18N13745 Cloughey HPS 1260.2 12
10 Cully & Monan
IHU18N13520 Cloughey HPS 1253.4 -
11 J Kirk & Son
IHU16N09177 Ballylesson HPS 1247.9 10
12 B & J Donnan
IHU15N10519 Portavogie 1245.4 9
13 F Gilmore
IHU17N20347 Comber Social HPS 1245.1 8
14 McCartan & Woodsides
IHU17N04052 Crossgar H P S 1239.3 -
15 S Casement & Son
GB18H36004 Ballylesson HPS 1234.5 6
16 J Newell
IHU18N01805 Annalong HPS 1233.1 5
17 McComb Bros
GB16R10941 Killyleagh Central HPS 1230.9 -
18 W & N Cully
GB18A08684 Portavogie 1228.5 3
19 Cousins McConaghie & Albert
GB18H41796 Ballylesson HPS 1223.9 2
20 McCartan & Woodsides
IHU16N16010 Crossgar H P S 1223.2 -


East (Nominated)
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 P McCullough & Dtr
IHU18N10923 Downpatrick Premier 1297.57 10
2 G Lyttle
IHU17N20632 Comber Social HPS 1295.44 9
3 R & G Thompson
IHU18N10147 Portavogie 1295.00 8
4 McComb Bros
IHU17N24645 Killyleagh Central HPS 1278.11 7
5 Cully & Monan
IHU18N13745 Cloughey HPS 1260.21 6
6 Cully & Monan
IHU18N13520 Cloughey HPS 1253.44 -
7 B & J Donnan
IHU15N10519 Portavogie 1245.43 4
8 F Gilmore
IHU17N20347 Comber Social HPS 1245.11 3
9 J Newell
IHU18N01805 Annalong HPS 1233.12 2
10 McComb Bros
GB16R10941 Killyleagh Central HPS 1230.94 -


West (Nominated)
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 M Foulis
IHU17N08014 Dundonald HPS 1282.29 10
2 R Irwin
IHU16N05723 Dundonald HPS 1267.68 9
3 McCartan & Woodsides
IHU18N17079 Crossgar H P S 1262.83 8
4 Cowan & McCartney
IHU18N18356 Dundonald HPS 1260.39 7
5 J Kirk & Son
IHU16N09177 Ballylesson HPS 1247.91 6
6 McCartan & Woodsides
IHU17N04052 Crossgar H P S 1239.38 -
7 S Casement & Son
GB18H36004 Ballylesson HPS 1234.53 4
8 Cousins McConaghie & Albert
GB18H41796 Ballylesson HPS 1223.95 3
9 McCartan & Woodsides
IHU16N16010 Crossgar H P S 1223.25 -
10 Cowan & McCartney
GB17D42426 Dundonald HPS 1222.16 -




Around the Combine Clubs

With Skibbereen being a Derby race not all clubs record a top twelve as not everyone returns their clocks ,those that I have are :

Annalong J Trimble & Son 1335.833 ,J Trimble & Son 1313.339 ,
J Newell (IHU18N01805 )1233.123

Annsborough 1 D Croskery & Son 1223.199

Ballylesson C& D Smyth & sons 1274 , J Patterson 1267 J Kirk & sons 1263

Ballywalter S Regan 1220.029 , S Regan 1106.861 ,
W McMaster & Son 1075.253

Bangor R Moore & Son 1310.416 , R Moore & Son 1259.62

Cloughey Gordon Bros & Sons 1339.102 , Harper & Young 1282.546 ,
Harper & Young 1261.507

Comber G Lyttle (IHU17N20632) 1295.444 , W & L Robinson 1285.075 ,
F Gilmore (IHU17N20347 )1245.111


Crossgar McCartan & Woodsides 1312.982 ,McCartan & Woodsides 1304.669 McCartan & Woodsides 1284.179

DownpatrickPremier P McCullough & Dtr 1322.771 ,
P McCullough & Dtr (IHU18N10923 )1297.578 ,
J Crossan 1256.88


Dundonald R Irwin 1283.359 ,M Foulis (IHU17N08014 ) 1282.29
R Irwin (IHU16N05723 )1267.686

Killyleagh Central P & C McComb 1330.529 , McComb Bros 1304.868 McComb Bros (IHU17N24645 )1278.111

Millisle R Strain & Son 1268.265

Newtownbreda T Marshall & Son 1326.661 , B Hogg & Sons 1275.27
B Hogg & Sons 1246.293


Portavogie R & G Thompson 1303.985
R & G Thompson (IHU18N10147 1295.006 )
B & J Donnan (IHU15N10519 1245.432)

East Down2bird News


Mallow 11/5/19

1st Gordon bros & sons 1358 pools £18
2nd R Moore & son 1329 pools £13 50
3rd Mc Cartan & Woodsides 1315
4th Brown & Mc Connell 1312
5th R Moore & son 1304 pools £9
6th D Shaw 1303 pools 4 50
7th B Hogg & sons 1302
8th B C T Foulis & Gill 1290
9th Cully & Monan 1288
10th B Hogg & sons 1286
11th P & C Mc Comb 1280
12th Cowan & Mc Cartney 1269


Congratulations to the Bangor partnership of Reggie & David Moore who for a second time this year had both of their entries in the top 12 prizes in the 2 bird club. The Newtownbreda partnership of B Hogg & sons also had both their entries in the prizes.


IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR TULLAMORE COMEBACK EVENT

The Combine held a midweek comeback race from Tullamore on Wednesday 22nd May when the birds were released at 10am into a light SW wind on a perfect racing day and it was an ideal start for birds which had not had a race so far this year . The Open result and the Open and Section nominated birds were as follows:
Open
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 A Bradley Ballynahinch HPS 1551.8 40
2 J Crossan Downpatrick Premier 1547.8 39
3 J Crossan Downpatrick Premier 1547.6 -
4 J Crossan
IHU18N11526 Downpatrick Premier 1547.4 -
5 J Crossan Downpatrick Premier 1547.2 -
6 J Crossan Downpatrick Premier 1547.0 -
7 J Crossan Downpatrick Premier 1546.4 -
8 T Smith Killyleagh Central HPS 1542.9 33
9 T Smith Killyleagh Central HPS 1542.9 -
10 T Smith Killyleagh Central HPS 1540.3 -
11 A Bradley Ballynahinch HPS 1540.2 -
12 A Bradley Ballynahinch HPS 1539.8 -
13 A Bradley Ballynahinch HPS 1539.4 -
14 A Bradley Ballynahinch HPS 1539.4 -
15 A Bradley Ballynahinch HPS 1538.3 -
16 A Bradley Ballynahinch HPS 1538.1 -
17 A Bradley Ballynahinch HPS 1537.3 -
18 T Smith Killyleagh Central HPS 1536.7 -
19 J Crossan Downpatrick Premier 1534.7 -
20 Mrs E Wynn & Dtr Downpatrick Premier 1534.2 21
21 J Crossan Downpatrick Premier 1533.5 -
22 J Crossan Downpatrick Premier 1533.5 -
23 T Smith Killyleagh Central HPS 1532.8 -
24 T Smith Killyleagh Central HPS 1532.6 -
25 J Crossan Downpatrick Premier 1530.5 -
26 J Crossan Downpatrick Premier 1528.0 -
27 C McManus & Dtr Crossgar H P S 1525.3 14
28 A Bradley Ballynahinch HPS 1523.3 -
29 M McClure Newtownbreda HPS 1522.9 12
30 J & R Young Portavogie 1522.6 11
31 D Shaw
IHU2018N03297 Bangor RPC 1522.1 10
32 T Smith Killyleagh Central HPS 1521.9 -
33 McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar H P S 1519.7 8
34 Ambrose & Kelly Portavogie 1518.6 7
35 Ambrose & Kelly Portavogie 1515.6 -
36 J & P Rice Killyleagh Central HPS 1515.6 5
37 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1513.0 4
38 Cousins McConaghie & Albert Ballylesson HPS 1512.2 3
39 P Lyttle Bangor RPC 1510.0 2
40 A Bradley Ballynahinch HPS 1509.8 -

Open (Nominated)
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 D Shaw
IHU2018N03297 Bangor RPC 1522.16 20
2 J & R Young
IHU18S080282 Portavogie 1501.90 19
3 B Tremlett
IHU17N17510 Annalong HPS 1500.07 18
4 Ambrose & Kelly
NEHU18GF4683 Portavogie 1495.65 17
5 J Quinn & Son
IHU17N04264 Crossgar H P S 1493.8 16
6 D Shaw
GB2018H34530 Bangor RPC 1493.41 -
7 Cousins McConaghie & Albert
GB18H41772 Ballylesson HPS 1484.92 14
8 A Crawford
GB18H34798 Ballylesson HPS 1481.53 13
9 J Trimble & Son
IHU17N17121 Annalong HPS 1480.64 12
10 R & G Thompson
IHU17N05907 Portavogie 1479.96 11
11 L Young
GB13P26232 Portavogie 1479.27 10
12 G Coffey
IHU18N10659 Portavogie 1478.57 9
13 A Crawford
GB17C02549 Ballylesson HPS 1476.84 -
14 P Lyttle
IHU2016N10648 Bangor RPC 1472.18 7
15 B Tremlett
IHU17N17529 Annalong HPS 1470.80 -
16 R Christie
IHU18N20943 Ballywalter SPC 1465.45 5
17 S Regan
IHU18N20684 Ballywalter SPC 1462.05 4
18 J Maguire & Ptrs
IHU18N13915 Dundrum HPS 1447.37 3
19 Myles,Kincaid, McCann & Auld;
GB18D33110 Dundonald HPS 1402.36 2


East (Nominated)
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 D Shaw
IHU2018N03297 Bangor RPC 1522.162 10
2 J & R Young
IHU18S080282 Portavogie 1501.902 9
3 B Tremlett
IHU17N17510 Annalong HPS 1500.075 8
4 Ambrose & Kelly
NEHU18GF4683 Portavogie 1495.657 7
5 J Quinn & Son
IHU17N04264 Crossgar H P S 1493.8 6
6 D Shaw
GB2018H34530 Bangor RPC 1493.412 -
7 J Trimble & Son
IHU17N17121 Annalong HPS 1480.646 4
8 R & G Thompson
IHU17N05907 Portavogie 1479.96 3
9 L Young
GB13P26232 Portavogie 1479.275 2
10 G Coffey
IHU18N10659 Portavogie 1478.579 1


West (Nominated)
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 Cousins McConaghie & Albert
GB18H41772 Ballylesson HPS 1484.92 10
2 A Crawford
GB18H34798 Ballylesson HPS 1481.53 9
3 A Crawford
GB17C02549 Ballylesson HPS 1476.84 -
4 Myles,Kincaid, McCann & Auld;
GB18D33110 Dundonald HPS 1402.36 7



Around the Combine Clubs

Annalong B Tremlett ( IHU17N17510 )1500.075
J Trimble & Son (IHU17N17121)1480.646 , J Trimble & Son 1472.142

Ballylesson 1 J Patterson 1513.04 2 Cousins McConaghie & Albert 1512.212 3 A Crawford 1500.245

Ballynahinch 1 A Bradley 1551.805 2 A Bradley 1540.27 3 A Bradley 1539.854

Ballywalter 1 R Christie (IHU18N20943) 1465.455
S Regan (IHU18N20684 )1462.056
R Christie 1447.962

Bangor D Shaw (IHU2018N03297) 1522.162 , P Lyttle 1510.034
P Lyttle 1502.652

Crossgar C McManus & Dtr 1525.368 McCartan & Woodsides 1519.771
J Quinn & Son 1509.786

Donaghadee A & P Trimble & Sons 1503.397 , A & P Trimble & Sons 1502.741 Angus&Son;& McConkey 1493.05

DownpatrickPremier J Crossan 1547.868 , J Crossan 1547.664 J Crossan 1547.461

Dundonald R Irwin 1495.561 R Irwin 1475.4
Myles,Kincaid, McCann & Auld; 1442.765

Dundrum E & A Rogan 1497.508 , J Maguire & Ptrs 1497.494 , J Maguire & Ptrs 1491.755

Killyleagh Central T Smith 1542.99 , T Smith 1542.99 , T Smith 1540.348

Newtownbreda M McClure 1522.911 , M McClure 1476.757 ,
M McClure 1476.583

Portavogie J & R Young 1522.6 , Ambrose & Kelly 1518.637 ,
Ambrose & Kelly 1515.661


Correction to Tullamore Comeback Nominated result
30th May 2019

I have a change to the Tullamore Comeback race nominated result which sees Downpatrick’s Jack Crossan take the lead in both the Open and Section. This nominated bird was missed in last weeks article so congratulations to Jack who had a great race from Tullamore with no less than 11 birds in the Combine Open result . The corrected Open and East section result is as follows :

Open (Nominated)
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 J Crossan
IHU18N11526 Downpatrick Premier 1547.4 20
2 D Shaw
IHU2018N03297 Bangor RPC 1522.1 19
3 J & R Young
IHU18S080282 Portavogie 1501.9 18
4 B Tremlett
IHU17N17510 Annalong HPS 1500.0 17
5 Ambrose & Kelly
NEHU18GF4683 Portavogie 1495.6 16
6 J Quinn & Son
IHU17N04264 Crossgar H P S 1493.8 15
7 D Shaw
GB2018H34530 Bangor RPC 1493.4 -
8 Cousins McConaghie & Albert
GB18H41772 Ballylesson HPS 1484.9 13
9 A Crawford
GB18H34798 Ballylesson HPS 1481.5 12
10 J Trimble & Son
IHU17N17121 Annalong HPS 1480.6 11
11 R & G Thompson
IHU17N05907 Portavogie 1479.9 10
12 L Young
GB13P26232 Portavogie 1479.2 9
13 G Coffey
IHU18N10659 Portavogie 1478.5 8
14 A Crawford
GB17C02549 Ballylesson HPS 1476.8 -
15 P Lyttle
IHU2016N10648 Bangor RPC 1472.1 6
16 B Tremlett
IHU17N17529 Annalong HPS 1470.8 -
17 R Christie
IHU18N20943 Ballywalter SPC 1465.4 4
18 S Regan
IHU18N20684 Ballywalter SPC 1462.0 3
19 J Maguire & Ptrs
IHU18N13915 Dundrum HPS 1447.3 2
20 Myles,Kincaid, McCann & Auld;
GB18D33110 Dundonald HPS 1402.3 1


East (Nominated)
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 J Crossan
IHU18N11526 Downpatrick Premier 1547.461 10
2 D Shaw
IHU2018N03297 Bangor RPC 1522.162 9
3 J & R Young
IHU18S080282 Portavogie 1501.902 8
4 B Tremlett
IHU17N17510 Annalong HPS 1500.075 7
5 Ambrose & Kelly
NEHU18GF4683 Portavogie 1495.657 6
6 J Quinn & Son
IHU17N04264 Crossgar H P S 1493.8 5
7 D Shaw
GB2018H34530 Bangor RPC 1493.412 -
8 J Trimble & Son
IHU17N17121 Annalong HPS 1480.646 3
9 R & G Thompson
IHU17N05907 Portavogie 1479.96 2
10 L Young
GB13P26232 Portavogie 1479.275 1

This week’s race is from Talbenny in Wales the first of the 3 cross channel events and the following week it is a return to Fermoy

Clifford Browne