The NIPA were back in Fermoy in County Cork for their penultimate young bird race of the season. Birds were released on Friday 8th September at 10.40am in light easterly winds. Dunloy fancier Danny Dixon had the best birds this week timing two birds together at 14.35pm to win 1st & 2nd Mid Antrim Combine, 1st & 2nd Section B and 41st & 50th Open Nipa 8,977 birds. Danny's first bird won 2nd Combine & 5th Section B last weekend, she's a granddaughter of the Aviary Cock and Danny's second bird is off his good Mealy Stickers Donckers cock a son of Gary Gibson's Golden Couple when paired to a granddaughter of Wonder Boy. Four of Danny's first six birds are all bred off this pair. William McFetridge was best in Rasharkin on 1539 with a cheq pied hen gifted to him by club mates John & Mark Milliken. She has previously won 2nd club, 9th MA Combine & 42nd Section B from Kilbeggan 2.
Trevor Whyte had the winner in Ahoghill with a red pied hen on 1522. That's 2 x 1st and a 2nd club bblm, and a 7th & 9th Combine for the hen this season. The sire was gifted to Trevor's son Joshua by Paddy & William McManus of Ahoghill and is a son of their good red Van den Brande cock. John Miller was best in Randalstown for the second week in a row with the same cheq Lambrecht x Hereman Ceuster hen that won 1st club, 22nd Section & 120th Open from Dale National last weekend. Jimmy & Jamie Greer had their third win of the season in Cullybackey on 1515 timing a blue cheq Braspenning x Staff Van Reet hen. The sire won 1st club & 3rd Combine from Tullamore. Keith Kernohan & Sons had the winner in Ballymena & District and also the best bird in the Town on 1515. Keith timed his good blue hen again for her third win of the season and her Combine positions are 1st, 1st, 5th, 5th & 12th. She's direct from Oroory Hill Stud and breeding is Willy Jacobs x Emiel Dillon. Geoff Surgenor timed the winner in Kells & Dist on 1513. The Stickers Donckers sire was from Bertie Blair and is a grandson of Gary Gibson's Golden Couple and the dam is down from Colin McBride Hartogs. D Magill won Harryville. Mervyn Eagleson PO.
Mid Antrim Combine 2nd Fermoy 32/648 - D Dixon Rasharkin 1558, D Dixon Rasharkin 1554, W McFetridge Rasharkin 1539, D Dixon Rasharkin 1528, D Dixon Rasharkin 1528, D Dixon Rasharkin 1528, T Whyte Ahoghill1522, D Dixon Rasharkin 1519, J Miller Randalstown 1518, F Barkley Rasharkin 1516, J & J Greer Cullybackey 1515, K & K Kernohan & Sons Ballymena 1515, Surgenor Bros Kells 1513, S Johnston & Son Ballymena 1512, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1512, D Magill Harryville 1511, G Gibson Cullybackey 1496, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1485, J Rock Harryville 1485, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1485, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1485, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1474, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1474, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1469, K & K Kernohan & Sons Ballymena 1466, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1464, K & K Kernohan & Sons, Ballymena 1457, W McFetridge Rasharkin 1454, A & C & T Tweed Rasharkin 1451, H Cubitt Rasharkin 1451, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1450, J Rock Harryville 1448, Steele & McNeill Rasharkin 1448, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1448, J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1447, A Darragh Cullybackey 1443, K & K Kernohan & Sons Ballymena 1442, A Darragh Cullybackey 1438, Steele & McNeill Rasharkin 1437, A Darragh Cullybackey 1437.
Danny Dixon won the YB Kock-out beating Harold Cubitt in the final from the Dale YB National. D Dixon 1356 v H Cubitt 1351.
NIPA Sect B 2nd Fermoy YB 53/1170 – D Dixon Ballymoney 1558, D Dixon 1554, D & H Stuart Ballymoney 1552, Magill & Lavery Muckamore 1549, D & H Stuart 1548, T & J McDonald Coleraine Prem 1546, Sefton Thompson Crumlin & Dist 1544, K Glass Windsor Soc 1542, M Simpson Windsor Soc 1540, K Glass 1540.
NIPA Sect B Clubs
Ahoghill Flying Club 3/44 – T Whyte 1522, J Smyth & Son 1447, T Whyte 1411, 1407, 1398, 1390.
Ballymoney HPS 8/230 – D Dixon 1558, 1554, D & H Stuart 1552, 1548, D Dixon 1528, 1528. Danny Dixon first bird today was his first bird last week but sat on roof until the second bird trapped. She is out of a son of the Avairy Cock when paired to a niece of the Superkie hen. Well done Danny.
Ballymena & District HPS 5/102 – K & K Kernohan & Sons 1515, S Johnston & Son 1512, J Eagleson & Sons 1512, 1485, 1485, 1485.
Cullybackey HPS 7/116 – J & J Greer 1515, G Gibson 1496, A Darragh 1443, 1438, 1437, A Shiels 1434.
Crumlin & District 4/81 – Sefton Thompson 1544, 1538, 1512, Fleming Bros 1506, D Hamilton 1479, Sefton Thompson 1478.
Dervock RPS – D & H Stuart 1552, 1548.
Harryville HPS 3/54 – D Magill 1511 J Rock 1485, 1448, D Magill 1399, 1396, J Rock 1387.
Kells & District HPS 3/78 – Surgenor Bros 1513, 1429, H Turkington 1426, A Barkley & Son 1417, 1417, 1416. Sizzlers 2 Bird Club – H Turkington
1426, A Barkley & Son 1272.
Muckamore HPS 6/136 – Magill & Lavery 1549, S & N Maginty 1510, 1506, 1505, Magill & Lavery 1479, S & J Bones and T Yates 1475.
Randalstown HPS 3/50 – J Millar 1518, Stewart Bros 1430, J McNeill & Son 1424, Stewart Bros 1413, J Millar 1404, Stewart Bros 1396.
Rasharkin &District HPS 7/128 – W McFetridge 1539, F Barkley 1516, W McFetridge 1454, A C & T Tweed 1451, H Cubitt 1451, Steels & McNeill 1448.
Danny Dixon 1st & 2nd Combine & Section B from 2nd Fermoy.