Roscrea 06/08/22

Going forward into 2020 the Ballymena based MAC has the following clubs in membership. New Antrim Amalgamated, Ballymena & District, Ahoghill Flying Club, Rasharkin & Dist, Randalstown HPS and Kells & District. New officials are Chairman Robert Service from Ballymena & District and Secretary Willie Reynolds from Ballymena & District. President is Danny Dixon. All the latest news and results will be listed here, including Champions League and OB & YB Knock-out. Fees for 2020 subject to change are £3.00 for Clubs that includes all members. Associate membership is also £3.00.
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willie reynolds
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Roscrea 06/08/22

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1st Comb & Sect Roscrea for Geoff Surgenor of Kells -

Roscrea in County Tipperary was the liberation site for the fourth young bird race of the season. The NIPA liberated at 9.00am in light variable winds and just like last week another fast race was on the cards. Geoff Surgenor of Kells & Dist is having an excellent young bird season at present and is again best in Kells & District and 1st Mid Antrim Combine and 1st Section B 2928 birds. Geoff's winner sitting on eggs 10-12 days was timed at 11.35am flying 146 miles to his tidy lofts in the outskirts of Moorfields and is nestmate to his 1st club, 1st Mid Antrim Combine & 2nd Section B in the second young bird race of the season from Kilbeggan. Dam is the "Marion Hen", a top racer for the loft winning 2 x 1st Combine and 1st & 2nd Section B plus many more positions. Breeding of this hen is Busschaert x Hartog. The sire is Van Loon and is a son of Geoff's class hen "Christine" winner of 1st Open NIPA Talbenny YB National 2018. Johnston Eagleson & Sons of Ballymena & Dist were runners up in both the Combine and Section with the same chequer pied cock driving it's hen that won both Ballymena & Dist and the Town from Tullamore last week. Sire is a chequer Lambrecht cock gifted to Johnston by Danny Dixon of Dunloy and dam a self bred Heremans Ceuster x Van Den Bulck hen. Around the other local clubs and Shane Johnston is best again in Harryville for the third time in four races with a mealy Stickers-Donckers cock bred by Gary Gibson of Cullybackey and is down from Gary's "Golden Pair". Shane finishes a good 3rd Section B and has 5 birds in the top 50 of Section B. Gregg Bros of Kells have three good bird's winning 4th, 15th & 16th Section B followed by William McFetridge the Rasharkin winner 4th Combine 6th Section with a dark Lambrecht cock off a brother of Jackie Steele's top stock cock "38". Paddy and William McManus the Ahoghill winners timed a C & C Lambrecht gifted to them by good friend and new clubmate Trevor Whyte, Gary Gibson won Cullybackey on 1595 and Stewart Bros 1st in Randalstown on 1558. Mervyn Eagleson PO.

Mid Antrim Combine Roscrea 51/1624 - Surgenor Bros Kells 1662, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1659, Gregg bros Kells 1644, W McFetridge Rasharkin 1637, R H Clements Associate 1627, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1614, D Dixon Rasharkin 1612, Gregg Bros Kells 1611, Gregg Bros Kells 1611, Surgenor bros Kells 1608, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1603, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1599, H Turkington Kells 1599, H Turkington Kells 1599, Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1595, G Gibson Cullybackey 1595, A Shiels Ahoghill 1595, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1592, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1591, Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1590, J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1586, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1585, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1582, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1582, A Darragh Cullybackey 1580, W & J McLean Rasharkin 1577, W & J McLean Rasharkin 1577, A Darragh Cullybackey 1576, Surgenor Bros Kells 1571, A Darragh Cullybackey 1569, H Turkington Kells 1567

Mid Antrim Combine YB Knock - Out LAST 16 (winners in capitals)

D DIXON v T & G Balmer, STEWART BROS v J & C Letters, F BARKLEY v A Barkley & Son, SURGENOR BROS v W McFetridge, A SHIELS v C Moore, J MILLER v H Cubitt, J EAGLESON & SONS v Mr & Mrs Robinson, J Smyth & Son v YOUNG & McMANUS & SONS.

NIPA Section B Roscrea 89/2928 – Surgenor Bros Kells 1662, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1659, Johnston & Richards Harryville 1645, Gregg Bros Kells 1644, D J Thompson Muckamore 1640, W McFetridghe Rasharkin 1637, Sefton Thompson Crumlin 1632, Fleming Bros Crumlin 1632, R H Clements Harryville 1627, S & J Bones and T Yates Muckamore 1625.

Mid Antrim Combine Clubs Roscrea

Ahoghill Flying Club 14/414 – Young McManus & Sons 1595, A Shiels 1595, Youing McManus & Sons 1590, J Smyth & Son 1586, T Whyte 1539, T & G Balmer 1533. Brooke Supplies 2 Bird Club – J Smyth & Son 1586, C Moore 1529.

Ballymena & District 6/153 – J Eagleson & Sons 1659, 1614, Blair & Rankin 1603, 1599, 1592, J Eagleson & Sons 1591.

Cullybackey HPS 7/267 – G Gibson 1595, A Darragh 1580, 1576, 1569, 1543, 1543.

Harryville HPS 10/281 – Johnston & Richards 1645, R H Clements 1627, Johnston & Richards 1621, G Price 1600, Johnston & Richards 1599, 1599.

Kells & District 5/189 – Surgenor Bros 1662, Gregg Bros 1644, 1611, 1611, Surgenor Bros 1608, H Turkington 1599. Sizzlers 2 Bird Club – H Turkington 1567, Gregg Bros 1566, A Barkley & Son 1493, 1279, Gregg Bros 1276.

Randalstown 7/205 – Stewart Bros 1558, F & G & J Dickey 1557, Stewart Bros 1553, 1542, F & J & G Dickey 1541, 1522.

Rasharkin & District 7/157 – W McFetridge 1637, W & J McLean 1577, 1577, F Barkley 1547, 1543, 1543.


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Geoff Surgenor big young bird season in Kells & District plus
1st MAC & 1st Section B from Roscrea.
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