LIBERATIONS - w/e 24/06/11

[willie reynolds]

Summer has arrived although fanciers will not have noticed much change, the run-up to the St Malo OB National starts tonight with the entry collection at the local NIPA Clubs in preparation for early morning ring marking tomorrow, Wednesday. Weather permitting the release in France will be on Friday and hopefully all Irish Organizations together and as last year, and a published Combined Result. Nice enough to win your own organization but to be best in Ireland is a massive prize.

We will watch the weather with interest, Friday will be a hard enough day if we get a liberation, its worth noting that the cross channel programme this year has been very difficult and maybe something more that just the terrible weather in the last month or so. As usual we will have updates as and when they are available, liberation details and early birds and results etc. Please call back.

Friday 24/06/11

The NIPA have held over in St Malo due to a rain belt which is moving North, and will be with us this afternoon.

East Coast Fed Pilmore Beach - Marking Sat for a Sunday race. ISRF Marking as normal.

Saturday 25/06/11

The NIPA have held-over in St Malo.

ISRF Skibbereen - Birds moved to Mallow with better prospect of a liberation. Released at 3.00pm.

Sunday 26/06/11

The NIPA & ISRF liberation time for St Malo is 9.30am, the birds all cleared in blue sky and sunshine.

The liberation last season was 9.15am in a Lt North wind. Early birds in Mid Antrim were W McClure 8.53pm, McAlonan Bros 9.09pm and J Rock 9.14pm & 10.14pm. What will be the story this time?????

REPORTS OF A FAST RACE - Ron Williamson Bondhill 5.28pm. Coalisland 6.01pm. G McCauley Strabane 8.00pm. Concannon Bros in Maiden City 7.59pm.

East Antrim Latest -
Ballyclare 5.50- B & M Gilmore
Kingsmoss 6.02 - G & C Lowry
Springvale 6.08 - V. Montgomery
Ballyclare 6.10 - 2 Birds - C & L Woodside
Glengormley - 6.11 - D & J Campbell & Bigger
Eastway - 7.15 - Gratton Bros plus another ???

DUBLIN - Ballymun RPC at 4.05pm James Kelly & Son doing vel 1707.

Please call back for futher updates. Early Times - Results etc later tonight. Also see NIPA Board.