Talbenny (2) - 04/06/11

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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willie reynolds
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Talbenny (2) - 04/06/11

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The second race from Talbenny was flown on Saturday 4th June, liberation was at the early time of 9.15am in a Northerly wind. It turned out a difficult enough fly and a number of birds were missing at night. The Open was topped by G Morrison & Daughters from Ballynahinch on velocity 1034, also 1st West Section. The East Sect was topped by Pritchard Bros of Annsborough doing velocity 1023, this bird finished 3rd Open.

East Down Combine Open Talbenny (2) - 1 G Morrison & Dtrs Ballynahinch HPS 1034, 2 P.Burns & O'Neill Drumaness Mills HPS 1025, 3 Pritchard Bros Annsborough HPS 1023, 4 M Jennings Annsborough HPS 1010, 5 Massey Bros Ballylesson HPS 994, 6 Thompson & Patterson Ballylesson HPS 969, 7 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 965, 8 M.Croskery Annsborough HPS 964, 9 Mackey & Lockhart Ballylesson HPS 960, 10 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 957, 11 R.J.Keown Annsborough HPS 956, 12 S.Brown & Sons Dundonald HPS 952, 13 R. Lyttle & Son Newtownbreda HPS 948, 14 M.Croskery Annsborough HPS 947, 15 M.Croskery Annsborough HPS 946, 16 S.Brown & Sons Dundonald HPS 942, 17 S.Brown & Sons Dundonald HPS 941, 18 J.Abernethy Ballynahinch HPS 940, 19 D Brennan Hillfoot HPS 938, 20 A. Crawford Ballylesson HPS 937, 21 K.Rooney & Son Annalong HPS 935, 22 Lambert & Stewart Bangor RPC 934, 23 B.Palmer & Son Crossgar HPS 932, 24 A Cousins & Sons Ballylesson HPS 931, 25 H. Ballantyne & Son Ballylesson HPS 931, 26 James. Cleland Annsborough HPS 930, 27 R Hunter Ballynahinch HPS 927, 28 G Morrison & Dtrs Ballynahinch HPS 927, 29 G & P. Brown Annsborough HPS 926, 30 M Jennings Annsborough HPS 925, 31 S. McLoughlin Crossgar HPS 925, 32 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 925, 33 S & K Duke Crossgar HPS 925, 34 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 925, 35 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 925, 36 S & K Duke Crossgar HPS 925, 37 M.Croskery Annsborough HPS 924, 38 T.Marshal & Son Newtownbreda HPS 924, 39 Pritchard Bros Annsborough HPS 924, 40 Pritchard Bros Annsborough HPS 924.

EDC West Section - 1 G Morrison & Dtrs Ballynahinch HPS 1034, 2 P.Burns & O'Neill Drumaness Mills HPS 1025, 3 Massey Bros Ballylesson HPS 994, 4 Thompson & Patterson Ballylesson HPS 969, 5 Mackey & Lockhart Ballylesson HPS 960, 6 S.Brown & Sons Dundonald HPS 952, 7 R. Lyttle & Son Newtownbreda HPS 948, 8 S.Brown & Sons Dundonald HPS 942, 9 S.Brown & Sons Dundonald HPS 941, 10 J.Abernethy Ballynahinch HPS 940, 11 D Brennan Hillfoot HPS 938, 12 A. Crawford Ballylesson HPS 937, 13 B.Palmer & Son Crossgar HPS 932, 14 A Cousins & Sons Ballylesson HPS 931, 15 H. Ballantyne & Son Ballylesson HPS 931, 16 R Hunter Ballynahinch HPS 927, 17 G Morrison & Dtrs Ballynahinch HPS 927, 18 S. McLoughlin Crossgar HPS 925, 19 S & K Duke Crossgar HPS 925, 20 S & K Duke Crossgar HPS 925.

EDC East Section - 1 Pritchard Bros Annsborough HPS 1023, 2 M Jennings Annsborough HPS 1010, 3 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 965, 4 M.Croskery Annsborough HPS 964, 5 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 957, 6 R.J.Keown Annsborough HPS 956, 7 M.Croskery Annsborough HPS 947, 8 M.Croskery Annsborough HPS 946, 9 K.Rooney & Son Annalong HPS 935, 10 Lambert & Stewart Bangor RPC 934, 11 James. Cleland Annsborough HPS 930, 12 G & P. Brown Annsborough HPS 926, 13 M Jennings Annsborough HPS 925, 14 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 925, 15 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 925, 16 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 925, 17 M.Croskery Annsborough HPS 924, 18 Pritchard Bros Annsborough HPS 924, 19 Pritchard Bros Annsborough HPS 924, 20 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 920.

3 Bird Championship -

Pos Name Club Velocity Pools Total Money
1 Pritchard Bros Annsborough HPS 1023.36 A £26.80
2 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 965.701 AB £58.50
3 Mackey & Lockhart Ballylesson HPS 960.248 AB £45.55
4 S.Brown & Sons Dundonald HPS 952.167 AB £37.40
5 S.Brown & Sons Dundonald HPS 942.975 AB £29.25
6 A Cousins & Sons Ballylesson HPS 931.584 AB £21.10
7 H. Ballantyne & Son Ballylesson HPS 931.295 £0.00
8 G & P. Brown Annsborough HPS 926.260 AB £16.30
9 M Jennings Annsborough HPS 925.823 AB £16.30
10 Pritchard Bros Annsborough HPS 924.044 A £6.70
11 S.Regan Ballywalter SPC 918.589 A £6.70
12 T.Marshal & Son Newtownbreda HPS 913.961 AB £16.30
13 J.Young & Ptnrs Dundonald HPS 907.500 AB £16.30
14 R.J.Keown Annsborough HPS 904.434 B £9.60
15 T.Marshal & Son Newtownbreda HPS 901.436 B £9.60
16 A Cousins & Sons Ballylesson HPS 885.230 B £9.60

East Down Combine Clubs Talbenny (2)

Annalong 15/191 – K Rooney & Son 935, B McConnell 917, K Rooney & Son 884, Donnelly Bros 881, K Rooney & Son 879, 872.

Annsborough – Pritchard Bros 1023, M Jennings 1010, M Croskery 964, R J Keown 965, M Croskery 947, 946.

Ballynahinch – G Morrison & Daughters 1034, J Abernethy 932, R Hunter 927, G Morrison & Daughters 927, W Catherwood & Sons 920, J Abernethy 907.

Ballywalter SPC 9/95 – S Regan 918, J Orr & Son 840, 828, Palmer & McKay 803, S Regan 798, J Orr & Son 795.

Bangor RPC – R Moore & Son 965, Lambert & Stewart 934, R Moore & Son 920, 881, 862, Burgess & Brennan 850.

Cloughey – Gordon Bros & Sons 957, 925, 925, Harper & Young 800, 772, M/M T Adair 663.

Crossgar 12/226 – B Palmer & Son 932, S McLoughlin 925, S & K Duke 925, 925, McCartan & Woodsides 912, S & K Duke 896.

Downpatrick 10/135 – P McCullough & Daughter 904, R Connolly 900, T Smyth 898, Telford Bros 870, R Connolly 864, T Smyth 862.

Drumaness Mills – Burns & O’Neill 1025, C Lavery & Daughter 895, Burns & O’Neill 887, 848, J Kirk & Sons 835, G Hillen & Partners 827.

Dundonald – S Brown & Sons 952, 942, 941, B C T Foulis & Gill 917, J Young & Partners 907, 894.

Dundrum – A Murray & Son 855, J Ringland & Son 855, A Murray & Son 855, Foster Connor & Parry 756, J Maguire & Partners 743, A Murray & Son 733.

Hillfoot HPS – D Brennan 938, J Scates & Sons 873, L & H Fields 838, T Farlow 801, E Spence 755, J Scates & Sons 697.

Killyleagh Central 16/151 – H McVeigh 868, R Watson 868, McComb Bros 855, H McVeigh 853, McComb Bros 850, N & W Hagan 848.

Newtownbreda 8/156 – R Lyttle & Son 947, T Marshall & Son 924, M & A Johnston 916, B Hogg & Sons 914, T Marshall & Son 913, 913.

Tyrella – G & B Freenan & Sons 842, D McNabb & Partners 838, M/M Irvine 829, S Halpin & Sons 813, S Milligan & Daughter 798, S & E McGaw 794.
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