Dinner & Prizes EDC 2Bird Club -

[willie reynolds]

The East Down Combine 2 bird club dinner and prize giving took place in Magee\'s Lounges in Crossgar on Friday the 12th of February . The evening started with a beautiful meal once again supplied by Hilltop Caterers.
After the meal the chairman Francey Gilmore welcomed everyone and thanked the club Sponsors - Robert & June Kirkwood , Cyril Beattie , John Gordon, Telford Bros and Sawyers & co Estate Agents Banbridge for their support and he then called on the Club’s President Clifford Browne to present the prizes.

The top prize-winner for 2015 were Harper & Young of the Cloughey club The prizes throughout the year were well spread out with all clubs in the Combine doing well this year.
After the prizes were presented the rest of the night was spent chatting and socialising as it had been decided at the AGM to dispense with music this year and this seems to have gone down really well ,so well in fact that at the AGM this year it was agreed to do the same for next year’s prize night

It was a most enjoyable evening with everything well organised by the Secretary Dorothy Smyth who had put a tremendous amount of work not only into this night but also constantly throughout the Year and this enthusiasm and hard work has seen the membership of this club continue to grow . Once again this year my thanks to Tara Smyth for taking the photos some of which accompany this article and others I’ll use over the next few weeks

League A Mackey & Lockhart
League B C & D Smyth & sons
League C A & A Cheevers
League D C Healey
The trophies & cup winners were as follows :
GIBSON CUP C&D Smyth & Sons
OLD BIRD INLAND AVE R Moore & son
OLD BIRD SKIB CLASSIC Harper & Young
PENZANCE CUP J Patterson
ST MALO O/B DERBY CUP Mc Comb Bros
CHANNEL AVE J Patterson
OLD BIRD COMBINED AVE J Patterson
OLD BIRD K.O F Gilmore
OLD BIRD OF THE YEAR R Irwin
Pilmore Beach ( Derek Wishart ) R Irwin
1st SKIBBEREEN Y/B DERBY C&D Smyth & sons
2nd SKIBBEREEN Y/B DERBY Harper & Young
TALBENNY Y/B DERBY B,C.,T.Foulis & Gill
2nd CLONMEL F Gilmore
COMBINED AVERAGES C Healey
Y/B OF THE YEAR R Johnston
YOUNG BIRD AVERAGE C Healey
Best avg o/b & 2y/b derbies J& J Hollinger
The Gold ring winners were :
1st D Croskery £125 2nd Mackey & Lockhart £75 3rd J Patterson £50

Clifford Browne