Mullingar 01/05/21 -

[willie reynolds]

Mullingar got EDC 2021 season Underway

After a delayed start to the 2021 season because of Bird Flu restrictions and the continuing restrictions in relation to Covid 19 the East Down Combine got the 2021 season underway on May 1st with a revised OB race programme which will be as follows :
May 1st Mullingar
May8th Tullamore
May15th Horse & Jockey
May22nd 1st Mallow
May29th Skibbereen Classic
5th June Talbenny
12th June Bude & Derek Wishart Classic (same Day)
19th June 2nd Mallow
26th June Penzance & Penzance Classic
1st July St.MaloOB Classic

After the long break it was good to get racing underway and the days prior to the first race had seen very favourable training weather and this went towards the large entry of 4,433 birds for the first race and a good forecast for the Saturday with a light North wind and occasional showers ensured everyone enjoyed a good start to the season but all clubs had to adhere to the same COVID 19 Protocols as last season and I would direct all members to the EDC Website for full details on these .
The birds in Mullingar were released at 8.45am and the leading birds recorded velocities in the 1400’s with pride of place in this opening event going to the Dundonald partnership of Mr & Mrs Stephen Brown ahead of clubmates Roy Irwin with two for 2nd and 4th open with Cowan & McCartney 3rd open. These were the leading birds in the West section with West section birds taking the top 12 open places through Ballylesson’s John Patterson at 5th open ,Roy Irwin’s 3rd bird at 6th open then two together to Newtownbreda’s Mark McClure with the next three to Dundonald’s Mark Foulis with Stephen & Mrs Brown completing the top 12 .
Bangor club had the majority of places in the East section with Reggie & David Moore having a particularly good result with 12 of the 20 section places including the top 5 . Downpatrick Premiers Phillip McCullough & dtr having 3 placings with Bangor’s Lambert& Stewart , Burgess & Brennan and Comber’s Francis Gilmore 1 each .
The full Open Section and Nominated results were :

East Down Combine Open & Sections

01/05/2021 MullingarOB
154 Members Sent: 4433 Birds in a Light Northerly Wind

Pos Name Club Velocity
1 Mr & Mrs S.Brown Dundonald HPS 1443.745
2 R.Irwin Dundonald HPS 1440.009
3 Cowan & McCartney Dundonald HPS 1439.061
4 R.Irwin Dundonald HPS 1437.969
5 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1437.632
6 R.Irwin Dundonald HPS 1437.358
7 M.McClure Newtownbreda HPS 1436.872
8 M.McClure Newtownbreda HPS 1436.665
9 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1434.223
10 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1433.821
11 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1433.821
12 Mr & Mrs S.Brown Dundonald HPS 1433.091
13 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1431.707
14 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1431.521
15 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1431.521
16 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1431.335
17 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1431.149
18 P McCullough & Dtr Downpatrick Premier 1426.279
19 Burgess & Brennan Bangor RPC 1424.753
20 Lambert & Stewart Bangor RPC 1423.917
21 P McCullough & Dtr Downpatrick Premier 1423.842
22 P McCullough & Dtr Downpatrick Premier 1423.400
23 Cowan & McCartney Dundonald HPS 1421.982
24 Burgess & Brennan Bangor RPC 1421.597
25 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1420.861
26 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1420.861
27 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1420.444
28 R. Johnston Comber Social HPS 1420.427
29 D.Hamilton & Son Bangor RPC 1419.806
30 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1419.719
31 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1418.805
32 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1418.805
33 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1417.528
34 R.Irwin Dundonald HPS 1416.102
35 R & J Conlane Belmont 1415.871
36 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1415.707
37 R.Irwin Dundonald HPS 1415.707
38 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1415.525
39 R.Irwin Dundonald HPS 1415.510
40 Mr & Mrs S.Brown Dundonald HPS 1414.577

West Section 61Members Sent: 1949Birds in a light Northerly Wind

1 Mr & Mrs S.Brown Dundonald HPS 1443.745
2 R.Irwin Dundonald HPS 1440.009
3 Cowan & McCartney Dundonald HPS 1439.061
4 R.Irwin Dundonald HPS 1437.969
5 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1437.632
6 R.Irwin Dundonald HPS 1437.358
7 M.McClure Newtownbreda HPS 1436.872
8 M.McClure Newtownbreda HPS 1436.665
9 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1434.223
10 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1433.821
11 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1433.821
12 Mr & Mrs S.Brown Dundonald HPS 1433.091
13 Cowan & McCartney Dundonald HPS 1421.982
14 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1420.861
15 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1420.861
16 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1420.444
17 R. Johnston Comber Social HPS 1420.427
18 R.Irwin Dundonald HPS 1416.102
19 R & J Conlane Belmont 1415.871
20 R.Irwin Dundonald HPS 1415.707

East Section 93 Members Sent: 2484 Birds in a Light Northerly Wind

1 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1431.707
2 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1431.521
3 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1431.521
4 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1431.335
5 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1431.149
6 P McCullough & Dtr Downpatrick Premier 1426.279
7 Burgess & Brennan Bangor RPC 1424.753
8 Lambert & Stewart Bangor RPC 1423.917
9 P McCullough & Dtr Downpatrick Premier 1423.842
10 P McCullough & Dtr Downpatrick Premier 1423.400
11 Burgess & Brennan Bangor RPC 1421.597
12 D.Hamilton & Son Bangor RPC 1419.806
13 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1419.719
14 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1418.805
15 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1418.805
16 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1417.528
17 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1415.707
18 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1415.525
19 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1408.110
20 F Gilmore Comber Social 1407.941



Open (Nominated)
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 R Irwin
GB19F27936 Dundonald HPS 1437.969 20
2 J Patterson
IHU20N08629 Ballylesson HPS 1437.632 19
3 R Moore & Son
IHU20N05627 Bangor RPC 1431.707 18
4 Lambert & Stewart
IHU20N05206 Bangor RPC 1423.917 17
5 D Hamilton & Son
IHU20N05357 Bangor RPC 1419.806 16
6 R Moore & Son
IHU20N05716 Bangor RPC 1418.805 -
7 R Moore & Son
IHU19N10667 Bangor RPC 1418.805 -
8 R Moore & Son
IHU20N05605 Bangor RPC 1417.528 -
9 R Irwin
IHU20N03626 Dundonald HPS 1415.707 -
10 R Moore & Son
IHU19N10639 Bangor RPC 1415.525 -
11 Mr & Mrs S Brown
IHU18N18273 Dundonald HPS 1414.577 15
12 Cowan & McCartney
IHU20N03040 Dundonald HPS 1410.111 14
13 Mackey & Lockhart
GB19D41256 Ballylesson HPS 1409.38 13
14 F Gilmore
GB19R02762 Comber Social HPS 1407.941 12
15 A Gregg
GB19X19316 Belmont 1406.21 11
16 R & J Conlane
GB20L27447 Belmont 1405.33 10
17 R & J Conlane
GB19X19002 Belmont 1404.74 -
18 R & J Conlane
GB20X28052 Belmont 1404.55 -
19 Gordon Bros & Sons
IHU20N09488 Cloughey HPS 1402.525 9
20 R Irwin
NEHU19TN235 Dundonald HPS 1397.002 -


East (Nominated)
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 R Moore & Son
IHU20N05627 Bangor RPC 1431.707 10
2 Lambert & Stewart
IHU20N05206 Bangor RPC 1423.917 9
3 D Hamilton & Son
IHU20N05357 Bangor RPC 1419.806 8
4 R Moore & Son
IHU19N10667 Bangor RPC 1418.805 -
5 R Moore & Son
IHU20N05716 Bangor RPC 1418.805 -
6 R Moore & Son
IHU20N05605 Bangor RPC 1417.528 -
7 R Moore & Son
IHU19N10639 Bangor RPC 1415.525 -
8 F Gilmore
GB19R02762 Comber Social HPS 1407.941 7
9 Gordon Bros & Sons
IHU20N09488 Cloughey HPS 1402.525 6
10 J & R Young
IHU20N15337 Portavogie 1395.778 5


West (Nominated)
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 R Irwin
GB19F27936 Dundonald HPS 1437.969 10
2 J Patterson
IHU20N08629 Ballylesson HPS 1437.632 9
3 R Irwin
IHU20N03626 Dundonald HPS 1415.707 -
4 Mr & Mrs S Brown
IHU18N18273 Dundonald HPS 1414.577 8
5 Cowan & McCartney
IHU20N03040 Dundonald HPS 1410.111 7
6 Mackey & Lockhart
GB19D41256 Ballylesson HPS 1409.38 6
7 A Gregg
GB19X19316 Belmont 1406.21 5
8 R & J Conlane
GB20L27447 Belmont 1405.33 4
9 R & J Conlane
GB19X19002 Belmont 1404.74 -
10 R & J Conlane
GB20X28052 Belmont 1404.55 -





Around the Combine Clubs

Annalong K .Rooney,Son & Dtr 1391.661 , K .Rooney,Son & Dtr 1390.87 ,
K .Rooney,Son & Dtr 1390.08
Annsborough

Ballylesson J Patterson IHU20N08629 1437.632 , J Patterson 1413.075 ,
J Patterson 1412.666

Ballynahinch R Hunter 1393.692 , Abernethy & Turner 1392.785 ,
Abernethy & Turner 1374.986

Ballywalter Palmer & McKay & Graham 1379.535 ,
Palmer & McKay & Graham GB20X26895 1369.662 ,
S Regan IHU19N00069 1343.287
Bangor R Moore & Son IHU20N05627 1431.707 , R Moore & Son 1431.521 ,
R Moore & Son 1431.521

Belmont R & J Conlane 1415.87 , P Wylie 1406.44 ,
A Gregg GB19X19316 1406.21

Cloughey Gordon Bros & Sons IHU20N09488 1402.525 , Harper & Young 1397.42
Harper & Young 1397.056

Comber R Johnston 1420.427 , F Gilmore GB19R02762 1407.941 , W & L Robinson 1393.681

Crossgar L & R Barr IHU19N09830 1387.416 , McCartan & Woodsides 1386.717
McCartan & Woodsides 1386.097

Donaghadee Ferguson & Wilkinson 1396.629 , Ferguson & Wilkinson 1395.924
A & P Trimble & Sons 1385.2

DownpatrickPremier P McCullough & Dtr 1426.279 , P McCullough & Dtr 1423.842
P McCullough & Dtr 1423.4

Dundonald Mr & Mrs S Brown 1443.745 , R Irwin 1440.009
Cowan & McCartney 1439.061

Dundrum R McVeigh & Son 1320.479 , E & A Rogan 1310.744 , A Murray & Son 1294.749

Killyleagh Central T Smith 1398.376 , T Smith 1382.016 , T Smith 1372.137

Millisle R Strain & Son 1390.88 , R Strain & Son 1347.36 , R Strain & Son 1347.2

Newtownbreda M McClure 1436.872 ,M McClure 1436.665 , B Hogg & Sons 1420.861

Portavogie J & R Young IHU20N15337 1395.778 ,
Young, McCormick & Angus IHU20N15943 1393.799
J & R Young IHU20N15346 1391.798


This week the race is Tullamore .

Clifford Browne