Awards MAC 2014 -

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Mid Antrim Combine – Claims for 2014 Season

Claims for the following awards should be made to the MAC Secretary George McDowell on or before Saturday 4th October, all cups and trophies to be returned as well.
Old Bird Inland Average, Cross Channel Average, Old Bird Ave, Eagleson Memorial Cup best average Talbenny, Bude, Thuro and Penzance, Old Bird of the Year, Young Bird Ave, New North Cup best average Bude & Talbenny YB, Combine Average, Young Bird of the Year.

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Mid Antrim Combine Awards for 2014 Season –

Secretary George McDowell has released the list of top awards won in the past racing season, what a year it was for Danny Dixon of Rasharkin & District. He lifted most of the cup and trophies including all the average awards. Old Bird Inland Average vel 1566, Cross Channel Average vel 993, Old Bird Average vel 1293, Eagleson Memorial Cup best average Talbenny, Bude, Thuro and Penzance vel 1008, New North Cup best average Bude & Talbenny YB vel 1332, Young Bird Average vel 1407 and finally Combine Average vel 1493. On top of that in one of the best results for the loft the William McIlhagga Memorial Cup for the best bird from St Malo. Danny Dixon with a bird early on the second morning finished 1st Club, 1st MAC, 1st Sect B & 2nd Open NIPA St Malo OB Nat 404/1304 recording velocity 842 with “Danske Kid”. No surprise he was also the winner of the Leslie Mairs Old Bird Fancier of the Year collecting 618 Points. Rasharkin & District win the Club Shield for Old Birds with 100 Points and Ballymena & District with 65 Points win the YB Club Shield for the second time in three seasons. Steele & McNeill won the Champions League for Rasharkin & District and this loft also had Old Bird of the Year with GB13R-18121. Jimmy Rock from Harryville who won the Talbenny YB Nat for Mid Antrim had the Young Bird of the Year with “Rockies Boy” GB14H-12939. A new trophy was presented at the AGM, the T Shanks & Son Memorial Cup was to be won each season by the Old Bird of the Year. It has been won for the first time by Steele & McNeill of Rasharkin & Dist, an ace racer in the 2014 season. It was also agreed that the trophy which had been awarded for Bird of the Year up to 2013 when won by G & A Eagleson of Ballymena & District would in future go to the Young Bird of the Year. Jimmy Rock was a good winner here getting double points when winning the Talbenny YB National.

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Mid Antrim Combine – Preparations are complete in all clubs and the members are ready to go for the new season, many lofts have trained for weeks when the weather was suitable. What will the new season bring is the question most have asked, most indeed think it will just be the same again. This year all the MAC and Sect B lofts will be on the one transporter, will that make some difference – we will just have to wait and see. Many thanks to all the hard workers at Ballymena & Dist that set the club up for the new season including James Harris for sorting ETS as usual and Willie Gilbert who carried out a necessary repair job. A reminder of the winners list during the last racing season, some top ones at that.

Old Birds: Tullamore (1) 89/1862 Surgenor Bros Kells vel 1617, Roscrea (1) 100/2618 D Dixon Rasharkin vel 1540, Roscrea (2) 94/2359 Surgenor Bros Kells vel 1250, Clonmel (1) 104/2649 Blair & Rankin Ballymena vel 1680, Mallow (1) 68/1237 Scott & Clements Kells vel 1492, Rosscarbery Nat 61/504 Steele & McNeill Rasharkin vel 2106, Roscrea (3) 84/1698 B Swann & Son Kells vel 2025, Talbenny 84/1906 G Price Harryville vel 1579, Bude 76/706 Young McManus & Sons Ahoghill vel 1378, Rosscarbery Ylr Cock Nat 43/188 M/M Sempey Ballymena vel 1610, Rosscarbery Ylr Hen Nat 41/162 J & N Simpson Broughshane vel 1585, Fermoy 5B Championship 48/223 McFall & McManus Ballymena vel 2063, Clonmel (2) 55/652 D Dixon Rasharkin vel 2046, Mallow (2)50/612 Purvis & Connolly Broughshane vel 1178, Truro 42/812 D Dixon Rasharkin vel 900, Penzance 42/378 J Millar Randalstown vel 975, Penzance Classic J Millar RTandalstown vel 975, Roscrea (4) 40/890 Surgenor Bros Kells vel 1282, St Malo Nat 55/167 D Dixon Rasharkin vel 842.

Young Birds: Mullingar 60/1482 Blair & Rankin vel 1242, Tullamore (1) 74/2059 Surgenor Bros Kells vel 1406, Tullamore (2) 74/2042 Young McManus & Sons Ahoghill vel 1686, Roscrea (1) 87/2419 D Dixon Rasharkin vel 1784, Clonmel 86/2259 Houston Bros Randalstown vel 1575, Fermoy (1) 82/1911 K Wilkinson & Son New Antrim vel 1343, Talbenny Nat 47/297 J Rock Harryville vel 1449, Roscrea (2) 55/1111 J & M Milliken Rasharkin vel 1706, Fermoy (2) 62/979 G McDowell Kells vel 1180, Fermoy 5B Championship J Rock Harryville vel 1151, Rosscarbery Nat 45/327 D Dixon Rasharkin vel 1345.

INFC Nationals: Skibbereen O/B A Darragh Cullybackey vel 1497, Sennen Cove Yearling A Darragh Cullybackey vel 1415, St Allouestre Kings Cup W Scott Cullybackey vel 768, Penzance Y/B A Darragh Cullybackey vel 1021, Skibbereen Y/B D Dixon Rasharkin vel 1388.

What a year of great success it was for Danny Dixon of Rasharkin & District, he lifted most of the cup and trophies including all the average awards. Old Bird Inland Average vel 1566, Cross Channel Average vel 993, Old Bird Average vel 1293, Eagleson Memorial Cup best average Talbenny, Bude, Thuro and Penzance vel 1008, New North Cup best average Bude & Talbenny YB vel 1332, Young Bird Average vel 1407 and finally Combine Average vel 1493. On top of that in one of the best results for the loft the William McIlhagga Memorial Cup for the best bird from St Malo. Danny Dixon with a bird early on the second morning finished 1st Club, 1st MAC, 1st Sect B & 2nd Open NIPA St Malo OB Nat 404/1304 recording velocity 842 with “Danske Kid”. No surprise he was also the winner of the Leslie Mairs Old Bird Fancier of the Year collecting 618 Points. Rasharkin & District win the Club Shield for Old Birds with 100 Points and Ballymena & District with 65 Points win the YB Club Shield for the second time in three seasons. Steele & McNeill won the Champions League for Rasharkin & District and this loft also had Old Bird of the Year with GB13R-18121 "Super Mario". Jimmy Rock from Harryville who won the Talbenny YB Nat for Mid Antrim had the Young Bird of the Year with “Rockies Boy” GB14H-12939. A new trophy was presented at the AGM, the T Shanks & Son Memorial Cup was to be won each season by the Old Bird of the Year. It has been won for the first time by Steele & McNeill of Rasharkin & Dist, an ace racer in the 2014 season. It was also agreed that the trophy which had been awarded for Bird of the Year up to 2013 when won by G & A Eagleson of Ballymena & District would in future go to the Young Bird of the Year. Jimmy Rock was a good winner here getting double points when winning the Talbenny YB National.


"Super Mario" Old Bird of Year for Steele & McNeill of Rasharkin.


"Rockies Boy" 1st Open NIPA Talbenny and YB of the Year for J Rock, Harryville.


"Danske Kid" 2nd Open NIPA St Malo winning McIlhagga Cup for Danny Dixon, Rasharkin.


Steele & McNeill won the Champions League for Rasharkin & District.


1st MAC in Fermoy 5B Championship for Jimmy Rock, Harryville.


"Just Like That" 2nd Open NIPA Fermoy 5B Championship for McFall & McManus of Ballymena.


"King of the Keel" 1st MAC Rosscarbery Ylr Cock Nat for M/M Sempey of Ballymena.


1st MAC in Talbenny O/B for George Price of Harryville.