Thurles (1) - Sunday 23/08/20

[willie reynolds]

Gordon Bros & Sons 1st & 2nd Open Horse & Jockey

For the 5th Young Bird Race the East Down Combine were back at the Race point near Thurles (The Horse & Jockey ) . The variable August weather once again was unsuitable for a Saturday race so the race was rescheduled for Sunday with the birds being race marked on the Saturday evening and they were released on Sunday morning at 9.30am into a West wind which saw the leading birds making over 1900ypm . This saw the clubs out on the East Coast having the early birds with Gordon Bros & Sons having a great race with 1st & 2nd open with a further 10 birds in the Open result . C & H Cully were 3rd open ,Harper & Young were 4th Open both lofts belonging to the Cloughey club and the East section . The East section dominated winning all 40 Open places .
Top six places in the West Section were to members of the Crossgar club with Alex & Anne Cheevers winning 1st ,3rd & 4th West Section ,Joe McGreevy was 2nd and McCartan & Woodsides were 5th & 6th .

East Down Combine Open & Section

23/08/2020 1st Horse & Jockey YB
97 Members Sent: 2633 Birds in a Westerly Wind
Pos Name Club Velocity
1 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1965.946
2 Gordon Bros & Sons Killyleagh Central HPS 1965.044
3 C & H Cully Cloughey HPS 1945.213
4 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1936.981
5 Gordon Bros & Sons Killyleagh Central HPS 1920.822
6 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1917.141
7 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1909.454
8 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1909.017
9 Gordon Bros & Sons Killyleagh Central HPS 1907.267
10 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1903.827
11 J & R Young Portavogie 1903.307
12 W & N Cully Portavogie 1900.095
13 W & N Cully Portavogie 1899.666
14 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1893.858
15 C & H Cully Cloughey HPS 1893.286
16 R & G Thompson Portavogie 1890.944
17 Ambrose & Kelly Portavogie 1889.939
18 Young & McCormick Portavogie 1889.925
19 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1888.125
20 C & H Cully Cloughey HPS 1887.122
21 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1886.294
22 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1885.870
23 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1885.447
24 Gordon Bros & Sons Killyleagh Central HPS 1878.764
25 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1873.526
26 T.Smith Killyleagh Central HPS 1873.130
27 W.McMaster & Son Ballywalter SPC 1870.717
28 M Reid Portavogie 1870.306
29 J & R Young Portavogie 1869.063
30 D Shaw Bangor RPC 1867.744
31 R & G Thompson Portavogie 1862.884
32 R & G Thompson Portavogie 1861.853
33 C & H Cully Cloughey HPS 1861.830
34 R & G Thompson Portavogie 1861.441
35 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1861.275
36 W & N Cully Portavogie 1858.935
37 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1857.205
38 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1856.567
39 A & A Cheevers Crossgar HPS 1856.290
40 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1856.142

West Section 41Members Sent: 1212 Birds in a Westerly Wind

1 A & A Cheevers Crossgar HPS 1856.290
2 Joe McGreevy Crossgar HPS 1840.437
3 A & A Cheevers Crossgar HPS 1838.348
4 A & A Cheevers Crossgar HPS 1835.535
5 McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1834.902
6 McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1833.817
7 A & A Cheevers Crossgar HPS 1821.813
8 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1818.193
9 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1817.525
10 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1815.931
11 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1810.514
12 J.Young & Ptnrs Dundonald HPS 1809.800
13 J.Young & Ptnrs Dundonald HPS 1809.408
14 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1809.139
15 J.Young & Ptnrs Dundonald HPS 1805.503
16 R & J Conlane Belmont RPC 1805.052
17 R & J Conlane Belmont RPC 1804.460
18 R & J Conlane Belmont RPC 1803.671
19 R & J Conlane Belmont RPC 1803.474
20 Mr & Mrs Brown Dundonald HPS 1803.117
East Section 56 Members Sent: 1421 Birds in a Westerly Wind
1 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1965.946
2 Gordon Bros & Sons Killyleagh Central HPS 1965.044
3 C & H Cully Cloughey HPS 1945.213
4 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1936.981
5 Gordon Bros & Sons Killyleagh Central HPS 1920.822
6 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1917.141
7 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1909.454
8 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1909.017
9 Gordon Bros & Sons Killyleagh Central HPS 1907.267
10 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1903.827
11 J & R Young Portavogie 1903.307
12 W & N Cully Portavogie 1900.095
13 W & N Cully Portavogie 1899.666
14 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1893.858
15 C & H Cully Cloughey HPS 1893.286
16 R & G Thompson Portavogie 1890.944
17 Ambrose & Kelly Portavogie 1889.939
18 Young & McCormick Portavogie 1889.925
19 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1888.125
20 C & H Cully Cloughey HPS 1887.122

Open (Nominated)
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 Harper & Young
IHU20N09746 Cloughey HPS 1936.98 20
2 Gordon Bros & Sons
IHU20N09494 Cloughey HPS 1909.01 19
3 J & R Young
IHU20N15337 Portavogie 1903.30 18
4 W & N Cully
IHU20N15671 Portavogie 1899.66 17
5 R & G Thompson
IHU20N15446 Portavogie 1890.94 16
6 Harper & Young
IHU20N09761 Cloughey HPS 1886.29 -
7 D Shaw
IHU20N05006 Bangor RPC 1867.74 15
8 K .Rooney,Son & Dtr
GB20A34015 Annalong HPS 1861.27 14
9 W & N Cully
IHU20N15680 Portavogie 1858.73 -
10 McComb Bros
IHU20N12059 Killyleagh Central HPS 1854.52 13
11 Gordon Bros & Sons
IHU20N09457 Cloughey HPS 1849.79 -
12 S Regan
IHU20N13464 Ballywalter SPC 1844.85 12
13 K .Rooney,Son & Dtr
GB20A34192 Annalong HPS 1838.76 -
14 K .Rooney,Son & Dtr
GB20A34169 Annalong HPS 1838.76 -
15 A&A Cheevers
GB20H36634 Crossgar H P S 1838.34 11
16 A&A Cheevers
IHU20N11111 Crossgar H P S 1835.53 -
17 J Patterson
IHU20N08612 Ballylesson HPS 1817.52 10
18 M Foulis
IHU20N03173 Dundonald HPS 1810.51 9
19 M Foulis
IHU20N03168 Dundonald HPS 1809.13 -
20 R & J Conlane
GB20X28032 Belmont 1803.67 8


East (Nominated)
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 Harper & Young
IHU20N09746 Cloughey HPS 1936.98 10
2 Gordon Bros & Sons
IHU20N09494 Cloughey HPS 1909.01 9
3 J & R Young
IHU20N15337 Portavogie 1903.30 8
4 W & N Cully
IHU20N15671 Portavogie 1899.66 7
5 R & G Thompson
IHU20N15446 Portavogie 1890.94 6
6 Harper & Young
IHU20N09761 Cloughey HPS 1886.29 -
7 D Shaw
IHU20N05006 Bangor RPC 1867.74 5
8 K .Rooney,Son & Dtr
GB20A34015 Annalong HPS 1861.27 4
9 W & N Cully
IHU20N15680 Portavogie 1858.73 -
10 McComb Bros
IHU20N12059 Killyleagh Central HPS 1854.52 3


West (Nominated)
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 A&A Cheevers
GB20H36634 Crossgar H P S 1838.348 10
2 A&A Cheevers
IHU20N11111 Crossgar H P S 1835.535 -
3 J Patterson
IHU20N08612 Ballylesson HPS 1817.525 9
4 M Foulis
IHU20N03173 Dundonald HPS 1810.514 8
5 M Foulis
IHU20N03168 Dundonald HPS 1809.139 -
6 R & J Conlane
GB20X28032 Belmont 1803.671 7
7 P Wylie
GB20X28313 Belmont 1799.206 6
8 C & D Smyth & Sons
IHU20N09047 Ballylesson HPS 1798.297 5
9 J Galbraith & Son
GB20X28234 Belmont 1797.33 4
10 J Kirk & Son
IHU20N08339 Ballylesson HPS 1794.118 3



Around the Combine Clubs
Annalong K .Rooney,Son & Dtr 1873.526
K .Rooney,Son & Dtr (GB20A34015) 1861.275
K .Rooney,Son & Dtr (GB20A34169) 1838.764

Ballylesson 8 members sent 195 birds
J Patterson 1817.525 C& D Smyth & sons 1798.297
C& D smyth & sons 1798.297


Ballynahinch 1 S & P Logan & Ptnrs 1797.462 2 S & P Logan & Ptnrs 1791.083 3 S & P Logan & Ptnrs 1759.692

Ballywalter 1 W McMaster & Son 1870.717 2 S Regan 1851.425
R Christie 1848.655

Bangor D Shaw (IHU20N05006) 1867.744 , Burgess & Brennan 1788.367
D Shaw (IHU20N05005) 1787.617

Belmont R & J Conlane 1805.051 , R & J Conlane 1804.459
R & J Conlane (GB20X28032) 1803.671

Cloughey Gordon Bros & Sons 1965.946 , C & H Cully 1945.213
Harper & Young (IHU20N09746)1936.981

Comber G Lyttle 1786.241 , W & L Robinson 1759.795
W & L Robinson 1743.335

Crossgar A&A Cheevers 1856.29 , J McGreevy 1840.437
A&A Cheevers (GB20H36634) 1838.348

Donaghadee Mr & Mrs Gardiner 1813.387 E D & K Allan & Sons 1801.082
E D & K Allan & Sons 1800.345

DownpatrickPremier J Crossan 1800.185 , J Crossan 1799.765
M Ward 1772.467

Dundonald M Foulis (IHU20N03173) 1810.514 , J Young & Ptnrs 1809.8
J Young & Ptnrs 1809.408

Dundrum E & A Rogan 1782.74 , E & A Rogan 1777.653
E & A Rogan 1731.047

Killyleagh Central Gordon Bros & Sons 1965.044
Gordon Bros & Sons 1920.822 , Gordon Bros & Sons 1907.267


Newtownbreda B Hogg & Sons 1818.193 , B Hogg & Sons 1815.931
S Casement & Son 1799.404
Portavogie J & R Young (IHU20N15337 )1903.307 , W & N Cully 1900.095
W & N Cully (IHU20N15671) 1899.666


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The IHU Meritorious Award winners for the 2020 seasons were Sam Regan & Burgess & Brennan , congratulations to these two lofts on their achievement .


East Down Combine IHU Meritorious Award Winners 2020
Cock: S Regan Ballywalter.
Blue Cock IHU19N00002 Vel 951.646
Hen: Burgess & Brennan Bangor.
Blue Hen IHU18N03716 Vel 1008.141

East Down2bird News


2nd Tullamore 15/8/20

1st Mc Cartan & Woodsides 1331
2nd J Galbraith & son 1326 pools £17 60 nom £71
3rd C L Jackson & dtrs 1316 pools £13 20
4th J Patterson 1314.177 pools £8 40
5th Gordon bros & sons 1314.055 pools £4 40
6th B Foulis 1313
7th R J Conlane 1308
8th P Wylie 1303
9th B Hogg & sons 1282
10th A & A Cheevers 1274
11th C & D Smyth & sons 1273
12th K & B McConaghie & son 1232


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It’s back to the Horse & Jockey for this weekend’s race and as September approaches the racing season will be drawing to a close .



Clifford Browne