Fermoy Open & Sect Result - 21/08/10

[willie reynolds]

For race six of the young bird season the East Down Combine birds were released in Fermoy Co Cork at 10.30am in a helping south west wind. It turned out an easy race with the result dominated by lofts in the West Sect. Three lofts finished on the one yard, McCartan & Woodsides of Crossgar doing 1883 were just ahead of T Marshall & Son 1st Newtownbreda and C & D Smyth & Sons 1st Ballylesson. Reggie Moore & Son of Bangor RPC had 1st East Sect doing velocity 1862.

East Down Combine Fermoy – McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar 1883, T Marshall & Son Newtownbreda 1883, C & D Smyth & Sons Ballylesson 1883, A Crawford Ballylesson 1867, W White & Son Newtownbreda 1867, R Moore & Son Bangor 1862, J Abernethy Ballynahinch 1859, W White & Son Newtownbreda 1858, W White & Son 1857, C & G Adair Crossgar 1857, C & G Adair 1856, C & G Adair 1856, S Brown & Sons Dundonald 1856, C & G Adair 1855, S Brown & Sons 1854, S Brown & Sons 1854, M Foulis Dundonald 1854, M Croskery Annsborough 1852, S & K Duke Crossgar 1852, Halliday Bros Comber Soc 1851, M & A Johnston Newtownbreda 1851, M Croskery Annsborough 1851, Mackey & Lochhart Ballylesson 1850, D Walsh Crossgar 1849, H Gordon & Partners Cloughey 1848, E & D Harper & Sons Cloughey 1846, F Keery Newtownbreda 1845, J Patterson Ballylesson 1845, T Horner & Sons Crossgar 1844, S & K Duke 1844, D Croskery & Son Annsborough 1843, D Croskery & Son 1843, C & G Adair 1842, C & G Adair 1842, R & S Casement Newtownbreda 1842, C & G Adair 1842, W White & Son 1840, M Jennings Annsborough 1839, McCartan & Woodsides 1838, McCartan & Woodsides 1838.

EDC West Sect - McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar 1883, T Marshall & Son Newtownbreda 1883, C & D Smyth & Sons Ballylesson 1883, A Crawford Ballylesson 1867, W White & Son Newtownbreda 1867, J Abernethy Ballynahinch 1859, W White & Son Newtownbreda 1858, W White & Son 1857, C & G Adair Crossgar 1857, C & G Adair 1856, C & G Adair 1856, S Brown & Sons Dundonald 1856, C & G Adair 1855, S Brown & Sons 1854, S Brown & Sons 1854, M Foulis Dundonald 1854, S & K Duke Crossgar 1852, Halliday Bros Comber Soc 1851, M & A Johnston Newtownbreda 1851, Mackey & Lochhart Ballylesson 1850.

EDC East Sect – R Moore & Son Bangor 1862, M Croskery Annsborough 1852, M Croskery 1851, H Gordon & Partners Cloughey 1848, E & D Harper & Sons Cloughey 1846, D Croskery & Son Annsborough 1843, D Croskery & Son 1843, M Jennings Annsborough 1839, M Jennings 1838, J Maguire & Partners Dundrum 1837, J McNally & Son Annsborough 1835, T & C Kilpatrick Killyleagh & Dist 1833, P McCartan Annsborough 1833, Benson Bros Annsborough 1832, Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey 1831, Gordon Bros & Sons 1830, Gordon Bros & Sons 1830, Benson Bros 1830, R Connolly Downpatrick 1830, C & J Healy Killyleagh Cent 1830.

EDC Clubs Fermoy 21/8/2010
Newtownbreda 6/134 - 1st T Marshall&Son 1883, 2nd,3rd&4th W White&Son 1867,1858,1857, 5th M&A Johnston 1851, 6th F Keery 1845, 7th R&S Casement 1842, 8th&9th W White&Son 1840, 1836, 10th T Marshall&Son 1819.
Ballylesson 10/299 - 1st C&D Smyth&Sons 1883, 2nd A Crawford 1867, 3rd Mackey&Lockhart 1850, 4th J Patterson 1845, 5th K&B McConaghie 1832, 6th A Crawford 1825, 7th C&D smyth&Sons 1819, 8th A Crawford 1805, 9th&10th C&D Smyth&Sons 1805,1803.
Crossgar 9/342 - 1st McCartan&Woodsides 1883, 2ndthru5th C&G Adair 1857,1856,1856,1855, 6th S&K Duke 1852, 7th D Walsh 1849, 8th T Horner&Sons 1844, 9th S&K Duke 1844, 10th C&G Adair 1842.
Ballynahinch 9/281 - 1st,2nd&3rd J Abernethy 1859,1820,1795, 4th R Trimble 1790, 5th G Morrison&Dtrs 1783, 6th J Gillespie 1783, 7th G Morrison&Dtrs 1780, 8th R Trimble 1779, 9th&10th G Morrison&Dtrs 1778,1778.
Dundonald - 1st,2nd&3rd S Brown&Sons 1856,1854,1854, 4th M Foulis 1854, 5th S Brown&Sons 1836, 6th M Foulis 1831, 7th J Young&Ptnrs 1820, 8th&9th S Brown&Sons 1820,1820, 10th B C T Foulis&Gill 1820.
Annsborough 15/501 - 1st&2nd M Croskery 1852,1851, 3rd&4th D Croskery&Son 1843,1843, 5th&6th M Jennings 1839,1838, 7th J McNally&Son 1835, 8th P McCartan 1833, 9th&10th Benson Bros 1832,1830.
Dundrum - 1st J Maguire&Ptrns 1837, 2nd A Murray&Son 1775, 3rd B Chambers 1775, 4th S Foster,Connor&Parry 1772, 5th B Chambers 1771, 6th S Foster,Connor&Parry 1761, 7th J Maguire&Ptrs 1754, 8th&9th A Murray&Son 1743, 1739, 10th J Maguire&Ptrs 1728.
Killyleagh Cent 15/290 - 1st Gordon Bros 1830, 2nd&3rd C Healy 1830,1829, 4ththru8th McComb Bros 1821,1807,1805,1802,1802, 9th&10th T McKelvey 1800,1798.
Drumnaness Mill - 1stthru4th J Kirk&Son 1820,1797,1796,1786, 5th G Hillen&Ptnrs 1749, 6th C Lavery&Dtr 1704, 7th Burns&O'Neil 1691, 8th J Kirk&Son 1691, 9th G Hillen&Ptrns 1689, 10th Burns&O'Neil 1689.
Tyrella - 1stthru9th S Halpin&Sons 1766,1765,1728,1714,1713,1692,1689,1665,1665,1662. 10th G&B Feenan&Sons 1662.
Hillfoot 5/84 - 1st J Scates&Sons 1802, 2nd E Spence 1785, 3rd&4th J Sctaes&Sons 1785,1784, 5th H Flynn 1781, 6th,7th&8th J Sctes&Sons 1771,1747,1729, 9th H Flynn 1723, 10th J Scates&Sons 1706.

This week saw the pigeons in Fermoy for the 5th young bird race winner and probable 3rd EDC Open was the consistant ant lofts of Colin and Dorothy Smyth their winning blue cheq cock flew the 185 miles in 2 hours and 53 minutes to record a velocity of 1883.0 ypm runner up was Ballycoan road flyer Alex crawford with a blue hen on 1867.7 ypm 3rd and flying well with their young birds was the lofts of Bill Mackey and Albert Lockhart with a blue cheq hen on 1850.9ypm

Ballylesson 12/399 - 1,7,9,10, C D Smyth & Son 1883.0; 1819.2; 1805.1; 1803.8; 2,6,8, A Crawford 1867.7; 1825.4; 1805.4; 3,11, Mackey & Lockhart 1850.9; 1803.7; 4,12, J Patterson 1845.0; 1802.3;
5, K B McConaghie 1832.5;
12 members sent 399 birds