Tullamore - 13/06/2020

[willie reynolds]

1st & 2nd Open and Section for Mark McClure

For the second race of this season the East Down were scheduled to fly it from Thurles but this race point was not available so a change was made with the convoy of 5,000 plus birds returning again this week to Tullamore and once again the weather became the overall factor in deciding the liberation time . The forecast right up to Friday morning was not very encouraging for the chances of a liberation on Saturday but as time went on the forecast improved resulting in race marking taking place on Friday evening with the possibility of a release on the Saturday but it was not until 2pm that conditions were deem ed suitable for a release and the birds were away into a light NE wind which as the results show produced a much slower race than the previous week .

Pride of place with two together goes to Mark McClure of the Newtownbreda club for 1st and 2nd open 1st & 2nd West section with the next two also over in the West section with Ballylesson’s Cousins , McConaghie & Alberts 3rd and Comber’s W& L Robinson 4th . Topping the East section at 5th open were the Cloughey lofts of Gordon Bros & Sons with B & J Donnan of nearby Portavogie 6th open 2nd East section . Nice to see J & T Rainey from the Belmont club who joined the Combine this year in the Open result . The open Section and nominated early birds were :

East Down Combine (Open & Sections)

13/06/2020 2nd Tullamore OB2
168 Members Sent:5123 Birds liberated in a Light North East Wind

Pos Name Club Velocity
1 M.McClure Newtownbreda HPS 1089.043
2 M.McClure Newtownbreda HPS 1088.948
3 Cousins McConaghie & Albert Ballylesson HPS 1086.047
4 W & L Robinson Comber Social HPS 1085.783
5 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1083.986
6 B & J Donnan Portavogie 1081.919
7 A Bradley Ballynahinch HPS 1079.721
8 Burgess & Brennan Bangor RPC 1075.097
9 K & B McConaghie & Son Ballylesson HPS 1075.050
10 P McCullough & Dtr Downpatrick Premier 1072.140
11 J. Tumelty Newtownbreda HPS 1067.387
12 R.Irwin Dundonald HPS 1066.607
13 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1065.593
14 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1063.681
15 G Young Dundonald HPS 1063.226
16 Mackey & Lockhart Ballylesson HPS 1062.179
17 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1062.168
18 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1060.382
19 Cousins McConaghie & Albert Ballylesson HPS 1059.403
20 Burgess & Brennan Bangor RPC 1058.933
21 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1057.643
22 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1056.553
23 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1056.389
24 Mackey & Lockhart Ballylesson HPS 1055.968
25 D Shaw Bangor RPC 1055.808
26 Ambrose & Kelly Portavogie 1055.686
27 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1055.392
28 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1053.817
29 J Crossan Downpatrick Premier 1053.491
30 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1052.195
31 J & T Rainey Belmont RPC 1051.961
32 Gordon Bros & Sons Killyleagh Central HPS 1050.675
33 R & G Thompson Portavogie 1050.165
34 Gordon Bros & Sons Killyleagh Central HPS 1049.975
35 Cowan & McCartney Dundonald HPS 1049.858
36 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1049.644
37 T Marshall & Son Newtownbreda HPS 1047.652
38 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1045.814
39 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1045.787
40 Cousins McConaghie & Albert Ballylesson HPS 1045.308


West Section

65Members Sent: 2022 Birds in a Light North East Wind
1 M.McClure Newtownbreda HPS 1089.043
2 M.McClure Newtownbreda HPS 1088.948
3 Cousins McConaghie & Albert Ballylesson HPS 1086.047
4 W & L Robinson Comber Social HPS 1085.783
5 A Bradley Ballynahinch HPS 1079.721
6 K & B McConaghie & Son Ballylesson HPS 1075.050
7 J. Tumelty Newtownbreda HPS 1067.387
8 R.Irwin Dundonald HPS 1066.607
9 G Young Dundonald HPS 1063.226
10 Mackey & Lockhart Ballylesson HPS 1062.179
11 Cousins McConaghie & Albert Ballylesson HPS 1059.403
12 Mackey & Lockhart Ballylesson HPS 1055.968
13 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1055.392
14 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1053.817
15 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1052.195
16 J & T Rainey Belmont RPC 1051.961
17 Cowan & McCartney Dundonald HPS 1049.858
18 T Marshall & Son Newtownbreda HPS 1047.652
19 Cousins McConaghie & Albert Ballylesson HPS 1045.308
20 Cousins McConaghie & Albert Ballylesson HPS 1045.039
East Section
103 Members Sent:3101 Birds in a Light North East Wind

1 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1083.986
2 B & J Donnan Portavogie 1081.919
3 Burgess & Brennan Bangor RPC 1075.097
4 P McCullough & Dtr Downpatrick Premier 1072.140
5 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1065.593
6 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1063.681
7 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1062.168
8 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1060.382
9 Burgess & Brennan Bangor RPC 1058.933
10 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1057.643
11 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1056.553
12 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1056.389
13 D Shaw Bangor RPC 1055.808
14 Ambrose & Kelly Portavogie 1055.686
15 J Crossan Downpatrick Premier 1053.491
16 Gordon Bros & Sons Killyleagh Central HPS 1050.675
17 R & G Thompson Portavogie 1050.165
18 Gordon Bros & Sons Killyleagh Central HPS 1049.975
19 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1049.644
20 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1045.814


OPEN & SECTION TOP NOMINATED BIRDS

Open (Nominated)
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 B & J Donnan
IHU19N00838 Portavogie 1081.949 20
2 Cousins McConaghie & Albert
GB18H41805 Ballylesson HPS 1059.40 19
3 Mackey & Lockhart
IHU18N04897 Ballylesson HPS 1055.96 18
4 Ambrose & Kelly
IHU19N01045 Portavogie 1055.68 17
5 M Foulis
IHU19N04414 Dundonald HPS 1055.39 16
6 J Patterson
IHU18S149972 Ballylesson HPS 1053.81 15
7 J Patterson
IHU19N12917 Ballylesson HPS 1052.19 -
8 J & T Rainey & Son
GB19X19115 Belmont 1051.96 14
9 Cousins McConaghie & Albert
IHU19N12073 Ballylesson HPS 1045.03 -
10 Mr & Mrs S Brown
IHU18N18273 Dundonald HPS 1041.92 13
11 Gordon Bros & Sons
IHU18N13324 Cloughey HPS 1038.38 12
12 Cousins McConaghie & Albert
IHU19N12263 Ballylesson HPS 1036.41 -
13 R Moore & Son
IHU17N18605 Bangor RPC 1035.10 11
14 Gillespie Bros
IHU19N12371 Ballylesson HPS 1031.42 10
15 J Galbraith & Son
GB18X22222 Belmont 1018.64 9
16 Myles,Kincaid, McCann & Auld;
GB19D28940 Dundonald HPS 1018.54 8
17 R Irwin
IHU18N18088 Dundonald HPS 1017.86 7
18 J Young & Ptnrs
IHU19N05024 Dundonald HPS 1017.71 6
19 R & J Conlane
GB19L25447 Belmont 1012.63 5
20 J & T Rainey & Son
GB19X19101 Belmont 1008.2 -


East (Nominated)
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 B & J Donnan
IHU19N00838 Portavogie 1081.94 10
2 Ambrose & Kelly
IHU19N01045 Portavogie 1055.68 9
3 Gordon Bros & Sons
IHU18N13324 Cloughey HPS 1038.38 8
4 R Moore & Son
IHU17N18605 Bangor RPC 1035.10 7
5 Gordon Bros & Sons
GB19L21589 Cloughey HPS 1006.88 -
6 Gordon Bros & Sons
IHU18N13468 Killyleagh Central HPS 1006.64 -
7 R McVeigh & Son
IHU17N01982 Dundrum HPS 999.704 6
8 P Byrne & Son
GB19V79555 Crossgar H P S 992.15 5
9 Gordon Bros & Sons
GB19L21530 Killyleagh Central HPS 989.278 -
10 Mrs E Wynn & Dtr
GB19V20035 Downpatrick Premier 950.3 4


West (Nominated)
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 Cousins McConaghie & Albert
GB18H41805 Ballylesson HPS 1059.40 10
2 Mackey & Lockhart
IHU18N04897 Ballylesson HPS 1055.96 9
3 M Foulis
IHU19N04414 Dundonald HPS 1055.39 8
4 J Patterson
IHU18S149972 Ballylesson HPS 1053.81 7
5 J Patterson
IHU19N12917 Ballylesson HPS 1052.19 -
6 J & T Rainey & Son
GB19X19115 Belmont 1051.96 6
7 Cousins McConaghie & Albert
IHU19N12073 Ballylesson HPS 1045.03 -
8 Mr & Mrs S Brown
IHU18N18273 Dundonald HPS 1041.92 5
9 Cousins McConaghie & Albert
IHU19N12263 Ballylesson HPS 1036.41 -
10 Gillispie Bros
IHU19N12371 Ballylesson HPS 1031.42 4




Around the Combine Clubs

Annalong J Trimble & Son 998.838 ,J Trimble & Son 997.815 ,
J Trimble & Son 973.678

Annsborough M Croskery 1040.266 , D Croskery & Son 996.667 ,
B Jennings 995.764

Ballylesson Cousins McConaghie & Albert 1086.047 ,
K & B McConaghie & Son 1075.05 ,Mackey & Lockhart 1062.179

Ballynahinch A Bradley 1079.721 ,C Lavery & Son 1014.155 , A Bradley 1011.67

Ballywalter S Regan 1013.7 , R Christie 995.534 , N Lynas 976.798

Bangor Burgess & Brennan 1075.097 , R Moore & Son 1063.681 ,
Burgess & Brennan 1058.933

Belmont J & T Rainey & Son (GB19X19115)1051.96 , A Gregg 1038.39 ,
S White 1021.61

Cloughey Gordon Bros & Sons 1083.986 ,Harper & Young 1065.593 ,
Gordon Bros & Sons 1062.168

Comber W & L Robinson 1085.782 , W & L Robinson 1021.881 ,
W & L Robinson 1016.027

Crossgar McCartan & Woodsides 1030.263 , McCartan & Woodsides 1028.645 M McCabe 1022.892

Donaghadee Ferguson & Wilkinson 1010.954 , A & P Trimble & Sons 993.449
D & K McCutcheon 990.204

DownpatrickPremier P McCullough & Dtr 1072.14 ,J Crossan 1053.491
P McCullough & Dtr 1032.322

Dundonald R Irwin 1066.607 , G Young 1063.226
M Foulis (IHU19N04414 )1055.392

Dundrum R McVeigh & Son (IHU17N01982) 999.704
R McVeigh & Son 967.196 , J Maguire & Ptrs 936.406

Killyleagh Central Gordon Bros & Sons 1050.675
Gordon Bros & Sons 1049.975 , Gordon Bros & Sons 1037.964

Millisle R Strain & Son 1044.77 , J Rankin 1026.358 , R Strain & Son 1002.537

Newtownbreda M McClure 1089.043 , M McClure 1088.948
J Tumelty 1067.387

Portavogie B & J Donnan (IHU19N00838) 1081.949
Ambrose & Kelly (IHU19N01045 )1055.686 , R & G Thompson 1050.165

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This week the EDC are going to race from the Thurles area but not the usual liberation site more on this later and a request from me for photos from the open and section winners each week if possible .

Clifford Browne