Thurles - 09/05/16

[willie reynolds]

WEATHER FORCES CHANGE OF VENUE FOR 5TH RACE
12th May 2016


The East Down Combine’s 5th race of the 2016 Old Bird season was due to be flown from Mallow on May 7th but the forecast for that Saturday saw first of all poor weather in the area of the race point ,then on the homeward route and finally at the home end so the Combine’s weather committee wisely opted to hamper on the Saturday night with a view to holding the race on the Sunday and although holding until lunchtime on the Sunday the Race Controller and weather committee could not get a clear window of weather so heldover until Monday and again they felt that the weather around Mallow was not suitable so a decision was made to move the birds north back to Thurles where they were released at 12noon into a NE wind which saw most clubs winning velocities in the 1100’s with just 6 birds breaking the 1200 mark making this the slowest race of the season so far .
The top Open positions are around the clubs this week with the open winner on 1232 being to the Ballynahinch partnership of W Hayes & son . 2nd open was up in Newtownbreda to B Hogg & Sons with the next two over in Cloughey to Gordon bros and sons who are never too far from the top . 5th open is to the Annsborough partnership of D Croskery & Son with Bally lesson’s John Patterson in at 6th open .
The top three in the sections are from these six pigeons with three in each section with the open winners topping the West Section and Gordon Bros & sons taking the top two in the East section .Top Open and section places were:

East Down Combine Open

09/05/2016 2nd Thurles OB
169 Members Sent: 4255 Birds Wind North East
Pos Name Club Velocity
1 W Hayes & Son Ballynahinch HPS 1232.757
2 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1210.488
3 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1204.006
4 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1203.825
5 D.Croskery & Son Annsborough HPS 1203.360
6 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1202.439
7 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1198.026
8 C & D Smyth & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1197.839
9 B C T Foulis & Gill Dundonald HPS 1195.813
10 D.Croskery & Son Annsborough HPS 1194.468
11 T.Smith Killyleagh Central HPS 1193.611
12 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1193.252
13 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1192.809
14 R Connolly Downpatrick Premier 1191.508
15 Gillespie Bros Ballylesson HPS 1189.876
16 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1188.859
17 K & B McConaghie & Son Ballylesson HPS 1188.434
18 McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1185.773
19 K & B McConaghie & Son Ballylesson HPS 1185.588
20 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1185.069

West Section 64 Members Sent: 1764 Birds Wind North East
1 W Hayes & Son Ballynahinch HPS 1232.757
2 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1210.488
3 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1202.439
4 C & D Smyth & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1197.839
5 B C T Foulis & Gill Dundonald HPS 1195.813
6 Gillespie Bros Ballylesson HPS 1189.876
7 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1188.859
8 K & B McConaghie & Son Ballylesson HPS 1188.434
9 McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1185.773
10 K & B McConaghie & Son Ballylesson HPS 1185.588
11 A Cousins & Sons Hillfoot HPS 1184.261
12 C & D Smyth & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1184.019
East Section 105 Members Sent: 2491 Birds Wind North East
1 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1204.006
2 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1203.825
3 D.Croskery & Son Annsborough HPS 1203.360
4 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1198.026
5 D.Croskery & Son Annsborough HPS 1194.468
6 T.Smith Killyleagh Central HPS 1193.611
7 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1193.252
8 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1192.809
9 R Connolly Downpatrick Premier 1191.508
10 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1185.069
11 P McCullough & Dtr Downpatrick Premier 1183.440
12 J & R Young Portavogie 1181.773

Around the Combine Clubs

Annalong 1st K .Rooney,Son & Dtr 1125.332 2nd K .Rooney,Son & Dtr 1117.512
3rd K .Rooney,Son & Dtr 1110.455

Annsborough 1st D Croskery & Son 1203.3 2nd D Croskery & Son 1194.4
3rd M Croskery & Son 1169.3

Ballylesson 11 members sent 258 birds 1st J Patterson 1202 2nd C&D Smyth & sons 1197 3rd Gillespie bros 1189

Ballynahinch 1st W Hayes & Son 1232.754 2nd J & V Abernethy 1144.144
3rd W Hayes & Son 1114.061

Ballywalter 1st Sam Regan with a yearling Blue Cattrysse Cock 1150, 2nd last week\'s winners Winston and Hugh McMaster on 1132 with a two year old Blue hen and 3rd Junior Orr on 1114 with a yearling Blue Cock

Bangor 1st R Moore & Son 1185.069 2nd R Moore & Son 1172.785
3rd R Moore & Son 1171.267

Cloughey 1st Gordon Bros & Sons 1204.006 2nd Gordon Bros & Sons 1203.825
3rd Harper & Young 1198.026

Comber 1st G Lyttle 1136.25 2nd R Johnson 1132.27 3rd R Johnson 1125.92

Crossgar 1st McCartan & Woodsides 1185.773 2nd J McGreevy 1179.206
3rd McCartan & Woodsides

Donaghadee 1st A & P Trimble & Sons 1180.188 2nd Angus&Son;& McConkey 1160.525
3rd Angus&Son;& McConkey 1131.049

Downpatrick Premier 1st R Connolly 1191.421 2nd P McCullough & Dtr 1183.441
3rd J Crossan 1166.01

Dundonald 1st B C T Foulis & Gill 1195.813 2nd Cowan & McCartney 1178.354
3rd McConnell & Fitzpatrick 1178.229

Dundrum 1st J Maguire & Ptrs 1124.397 2nd J Maguire & Ptrs 1113.586
3rd S Foster Connor & Parry 1111.895

Hillfoot 1st A Cousins & Sons 1184.261 2nd A Cousins & Sons 1163.942
3rd A Cousins & Sons 1163.601

Killyleagh Central 1st T Smith 1193.611 2nd T Smith 1179.755 3rd McComb Bros 1164.736
Millisle 1st J Rankin 1178.665 2nd J Rankin 1171.816 3rd R Strain & Son 1131.595


Newcastle 1st ,2nd & 3rd R Mc Veigh &Son 1148.9 ,1125.0 1095.4

Newtownbreda 1st B Hogg & Sons 1210.488 2nd M McClure 1155.927
3rd B Hogg & Sons 1155.094

Portavogie 1st J & R Young 1181.773 2nd B & J Donnan 1162.935 3rd B & J Donnan 1161.86

Tyrella 1st S Milligan & Dtr 1129.144 2nd S & E McGaw 1126.74
3rd S Milligan & Dtr 1117.931




East Down2bird News

2nd Tullamore 16/4/16

1st Mc Comb bros 1414 pools £14.00
2nd Harper & Young 1408 pools £10.00
3rd Harper & Young 1407 pools £7.20
4th Gordon bros & sons 1399 pools £3.60
5th J Trimble & son 1358
6th R Moore & son 1357
7th Gordon bros & sons 1355
8th J Patterson 1354
9th R Johnston 1348
10th B Hogg & son 1343
11th R Moore & son 1340
12th L McCavery 1334

Congratulations to Harper & Young and Reggie & David Moore who had both of their entries in the result in the 2nd Tullamore and for the 3rd week running the Bangor partnership of Reggie & David Moore also had both their birds on the sheet from Thurles as well .

Thurles 23/4/16
1st Gillespie Bros 1308 pools £17.60
2nd D Croskery & son 1298
3rd R Moore & son 1289 pools £13.20
4th Harper & Young 1285 pools£8.80
5th R Moore & son 1273.91 pools £4 40
6th Gordon Bros & sons 1273.72
7th J Patterson 1272
8th Angus & son & Mc Conkey 1270
9th B Young 1267
10th B.C.T Foulis & Gill 1265.8
11th Mc Cartan & Woodsides 1265.2
12th R&C Clifford 1260

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This week sees the first Derby race of the season with The Joe Ringland Skibbereen classic and it looks like another North wind for the birds again this week ,so Good flying to all .



Clifford Browne