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Hard National race from Talbenny – With very poor weather forecast for Saturday the Premier YB Nat from Talbenny in South Wales was arranged to be flown on Sunday 4th September, race marking was on Friday


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NIPA Fermoy (2) & 5 Bird – 02/09/16

Congratulations to Young Fanciers Delaney & McCambridge on winning the 2nd Fermoy Young Bird Open. 1st Club, 1st Section G, 1st Open, Delaney & McCambridge, Harmony H.P.S. 1833.76 Delaney & McCambridge, Harmony HPS 1st Club, 1st


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Gowran Park (2) – 27/08/16

With the last three weeks of the NIPA young bird programme put back for one week, the additional race last weekend was from Gowran Park in Kilkenny, looked to be a good success with plenty of


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Preliminary report into 1st Fermoy YB Posted on August 23, 2016 by fred Sunday 21st August : Morning commenced at 05.00 hours the first call was made by the race contoller to Mr A Darragh Chairman at 06.23 hrs this


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The NIPA birds were race marked on Saturday evening and released in Fermoy at the later time of 14.00hrs Sunday in a helping Lt Southerly wind. Rain was forecast en-route and this delayed a lot of


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Last weekend NIPA were competing from the new race point of Gowran Park Racecourse in Kilkenny, seems to have been a good success. East Antrim lofts filled the top places, Gregg Bros & McCandless of Titanic


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Rates Relief Update –

The rates relief on racing pigeon clubs comes into effect on the 1st October 2016 please get in touch with your rating office to avail of this relief in your rates A real coo, the bird


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Roscrea 06/08/16 –

Patrick McFadden topped the NIPA in the 4th Young bird event from Roscrea in Co Tipperary, birdage exceeded 20,000. His Blue hen is a darkened y/b racing to the perch. Her sire is from birds from


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New venue for 2017 race – The South Africa Million Dollar Pigeon race has stood the test of time. Other races have come and have gone. Many have tried to imitate or surpass, but they have


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For the third weekend of the young bird season the NIPA birds were released together in Tullamore, the convoy just short of 20,000 birds were released at 10.30am in a Lt NW wind. The best birds


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Top Half of Sec. A. ie Coleraine area and all of section B Mullingar Liberated at 10-15am Sec. H Mullingar. Derry, Limavady, Omagh area Liberated at 9-50am Both liberations were liberated in a high white cloud


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The East Down Combine have Liberated in Navan at 10.00am, Wind West. Section F Liberated at 10-45am in Navan in a south westerly wind. Section B & Top Half Of Section A Liberated at 11-00am in Mullingar


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Result click here! Quimper-Friendship-Nat.-2016 Report & Results click here! https://www.pigeonnetwork.com/spam/new_forums/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=3276 Update Saturday 9th July 2016 @ 21:30Friendship National Quimper. All prize and pools have been claimed. On checking the centres at 18.30hrs  this evening over 150 pigeons


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Kings Cup Grand Nat – M/M Magill 1st Open

Lowest velocity on the third day is 239.559. Any pigeon recording a higher velocity on the fourth day will qualify for a prize. For fourth day arrivals please contact your clock station manager to arrange clock


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St Malo National 24/06/16 –

The Blue Riband race for the NIPA was flown from St Malo (France) last Frioday 24th June, all the Irish birds were released at 6.15am in a West to Northwest wind. It was a hard race


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