Mallow 07/05/22 -

The East Down Combine was formed in 1967 and caters for pigeons fanciers within the County of Down in Northern Ireland. There are currently 22 clubs with approx 200 members sending a birdage of up to 5,000 pigeons each week. The Combine is currently spilt into 2 Section with a line running North to South creating an East to West Section. The membership currently race for 40 Open positions and 20 Section positions on a weekly basis. The Combine is affiliated to The Irish Homing Union Regulating and Promoting the Sport of Pigeon Racing in Ireland since 1895. Click here for all the latest news and results from the East Down Combine. Weekly reports penned by Clifford Browne.
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Mallow 07/05/22 -

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MARK FOULIS MAKES IT 2 FROM 5

The 5th Old Bird race of the season saw the East Down Combine birds in Mallow in Co Cork where they were liberated at 11.45am into a light South wind . Leading the field again this week for a second 1st Open from the 5 races was Dundonald’s Mark Foulis on 1527ypm and this was closely followed by a second Dundonald bird to Roy Irwin and it was Mark’s second bird at 3rd open and these were the top three in the West Section and both Mark and Roy between them had a further 3 birds in the open top ten .

1st East section and 4th Open were the Bangor partnership of Jim Burgess & Danny Brennan and this is another loft that has been consistently near the top in the open . Ballylesson’s Colin & Dorothy & sons were at 7th open with The Ballynahinch loft of Abernethy & Turner at 8th and Newtownbreda’s B Hogg & sons 9th Open .
The provisional open Section and Nominated top places were :

Open
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 M Foulis Dundonald HPS 1527.6 40
2 R Irwin
GB19F27936 Dundonald HPS 1510.5 39
3 M Foulis Dundonald HPS 1504.0 -
4 Burgess & Brennan Bangor RPC 1496.3 38
5 R Irwin Dundonald HPS 1496.3 -
6 M Foulis Dundonald HPS 1495.2 -
7 C & D Smyth & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1489.7 37
8 Abernethy & Turner Ballynahinch HPS 1489.2 36
9 B Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1487.1 35
10 R Irwin Dundonald HPS 1486.5 -
11 Gillispie Bros Ballylesson HPS 1481.4 34
12 Mr & Mrs S Brown
IHU20N03326 Dundonald HPS 1480.1 33
13 I & A Cousins & M Albert Newtownbreda HPS 1479.5 32
14 J Galbraith & Son
GB20X28261 Belmont 1478.4 31
15 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1477.5 30
16 J Galbraith & Son Belmont 1477.5 -
17 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1477.3 -
18 K .Rooney,Son & Dtr Annalong HPS 1477.0 29
19 J Galbraith & Son Belmont 1475.9 -
20 Burgess & Brennan Bangor RPC 1474.9 -

East
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 Burgess & Brennan Bangor RPC 1496.397 20
2 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1477.587 19
3 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1477.395 -
4 K .Rooney,Son & Dtr Annalong HPS 1477.045 18
5 Burgess & Brennan Bangor RPC 1474.9 -
6 K .Rooney,Son & Dtr Annalong HPS 1471.591 -
7 D Shaw Bangor RPC 1470.747 17
8 Burgess & Brennan Bangor RPC 1467.998 -
9 Burgess & Brennan Bangor RPC 1467.998 -
10 Burgess & Brennan Bangor RPC 1467.712 -

West
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 M Foulis Dundonald HPS 1527.694 20
2 R Irwin
GB19F27936 Dundonald HPS 1510.501 19
3 M Foulis Dundonald HPS 1504.002 -
4 R Irwin Dundonald HPS 1496.326 -
5 M Foulis Dundonald HPS 1495.28 -
6 C & D Smyth & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1489.715 18
7 Abernethy & Turner Ballynahinch HPS 1489.217 17
8 B Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1487.182 16
9 R Irwin Dundonald HPS 1486.55 -




Open (Nominated)
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 R Irwin
GB19F27936 Dundonald HPS 1510.501 20
2 Mr & Mrs S Brown
IHU20N03326 Dundonald HPS 1480.101 19
3 J Galbraith & Son
GB20X28261 Belmont 1478.41 18
4 M Foulis
GB19A29151 Dundonald HPS 1473.962 17
5 P Wylie
GB20X28305 Belmont 1472.01 16
6 B Anderson
GB20X28509 Belmont 1471.05 15
7 W & R Evans & Leahy
IHU21N10795 Belmont 1469.62 14
8 R & J Conlane
IHU21N10705 Belmont 1468.46 13
9 Cowan & McCartney
IHU20N03077 Dundonald HPS 1464.908 12
10 J Trimble & G/Son
IHU21N16725 Annalong HPS 1462.738 11


East (Nominated)
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 J Trimble & G/Son
IHU21N16725 Annalong HPS 1462.73 10
2 R Moore & Son
IHU21N05624 Bangor RPC 1458.86 9
3 K .Rooney,Son & Dtr
GB19A35030 Annalong HPS 1455.92 8
4 K .Rooney,Son & Dtr
NEHU21NP28 Annalong HPS 1449.38 -
5 F Gilmore
IHU21N07056 Comber Social HPS 1426.13 7
6 J & R Young
IHU20N15302 Portavogie HPS 1422.05 6
7 P Byrne & Son
IHU21N12230 Crossgar HPS 1421.57 5
8 F Gilmore
IHU21N07068 Comber Social HPS 1418.01 -
9 P Byrne & Son
IHU21N12250 Crossgar HPS 1416.48 -
10 C & L Kelly & Sons
GB21V39270 Ballywalter SPC 1414.81 4


West (Nominated)
Position Member Club Velocity Points
1 R Irwin
GB19F27936 Dundonald HPS 1510.501 10
2 Mr & Mrs S Brown
IHU20N03326 Dundonald HPS 1480.101 9
3 J Galbraith & Son
GB20X28261 Belmont 1478.41 8
4 M Foulis
GB19A29151 Dundonald HPS 1473.962 7
5 P Wylie
GB20X28305 Belmont 1472.01 6
6 B Anderson
GB20X28509 Belmont 1471.05 5
7 W & R Evans & Leahy
IHU21N10795 Belmont 1469.62 4
8 R & J Conlane
IHU21N10705 Belmont 1468.46 3
9 Cowan & McCartney
IHU20N03077 Dundonald HPS 1464.908 2
10 McCartan & Woodsides
IHU21N03066 Crossgar HPS 1462.128 1



Around the Combine Clubs

Annalong K .Rooney,Son & Dtr 1477.045 ,K .Rooney,Son & Dtr 1471.591
K .Rooney,Son & Dtr 1464.916

Annsborough P McCartan 1400.896 , G & P Brown 1397.1 ,
G & P Brown 1396.804

Ballylesson 10 members sent 239 birds C & D Smyth & Sons 1489.715
Gillispie Bros 1481.462 , J Patterson 1474.685

Ballynahinch Abernethy & Turner 1489.217 , Abernethy & Turner 1474.49 Abernethy & Turner 1469.8

Ballywalter W McMaster & Son 1415.431 ,
C & L Kelly & Sons GB21V39270 1414.816 ,
C & L Kelly & Sons 1402.393

Bangor Burgess & Brennan 1496.397 , R Moore & Son 1477.587
R Moore & Son 1477.395

Belmont J Galbraith & Son GB20X28261 1478.41 , J Galbraith & Son 1477.51
J Galbraith & Son 1475.91

Cloughey Gordon Bros & Sons 1458.472 , Gordon Bros & Sons 1458.275
Harper & Young 1457.068

Comber G Lyttle 1454.581 F Gilmore IHU21N07056 1426.132
F Gilmore 1425.674

Crossgar McCartan & Woodsides 1468.932 ,
McCartan & Woodsides IHU21N03066 1462.128
J McGreevy IHU21N12402 1459.501

Donaghadee D & K McCutcheon 1445.38 , E D & K Allan & Sons 1441.242
D & K McCutcheon 1440.558
DownpatrickPremier S Milligan & Dtr 1460.25 , S Milligan & Dtr 1448.058
S Milligan & Dtr 1447.955

Dundonald M Foulis 1527.694 , R Irwin GB19F27936 1510.501
M Foulis 1504.002

Dundrum R McVeigh & Son 1346.149 , R McVeigh & Son 1340.994
R McVeigh & Son 1332.158

Killyleagh Central T Smyth 1455.045 , T Smyth 1448.117
Gordon Bros & Sons 1437.793

Millisle J Rankin 1367.2 , R Strain & Son 1365.88 , A McDowell 1360.16

Newtownbreda B Hogg & Sons 1487.182 , I & A Cousins & M Albert 1479.53 B Hogg & Sons 1471.379

Portavogie R & G Thompson 1427.78 , J & R Young IHU20N15302 1422.051
Young & McCormick 1417.965


East Down2bird Result



Roscrea
48 members sent 96 birds

1st Mr & Mrs S Brown 1226 prize money £30
2nd J Patterson 1218 pools £12
3rd P Wylie 1214 nom £40 pools £9
4th R Irwin 1203.262 pools £6
5th R Irwin 1203 .164 pools £3
6th Mr & Mrs S Brown 1192
7th B Anderson 1182
8th R Moore & son 1159.99
9th J Galbraith & son 1159.84
10th J Mc Greevy 1154
11th C Healey 1152
12th Cowan & McCartney 1148

Congratulations to the two Dundonald lofts of Mr & Mrs Stephen Brown and Roy Irwin who had both their entries in the top twelve with Roy having both his entries arrive together .

This week it is the first of the Old Bird Classic races with the Joe Ringland Skibbereen Classic .and race marking etc is as per entry form and we should have the winners etc for next week’s column . Meantime EDC news to the usual places tel. no 028 9146 5273 or e-mail me at cliff.browne2@tiscali.co.uk. Or write to 29 West burn Crescent ,Bangor . BT20 3RN



Clifford Browne
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