Roscrea 06/08/16 -

[willie reynolds]

In the local area the best birds in the 4th race of the young bird season were timed in the Rasharkin & District HPS, Danny Dixon with lofts in Dunloy has been going well all year and records his best result to date. He had four early birds and the winner recording velocity 1768 finished 1st Club, 1st MAC, 1st Sect B & 3rd Open NIPA Roscrea with 20,000 birds competing. From the same club J & D Surgenor and Steele & McNeill were also D Smyth & Dtr Muckamore HPS 1stclub Roscrea Vel 1694 Bred by D Smyth & Dtr of C&D Smyth & Sons Busschaerts well done Don & Erinwell placed. Best in the town itself was in the big Ballymena & District who now have had the best bird in all four races to date. This week the leading bird was timed by W & J Smyth who race to the Carniny Road, their Black hen bred by Steele & McNeill was timed at 12.02hrs recording velocity 1691 for the 146 miles, this bird was out on its own.

MAC Roscrea - D Dixon Rasharkin 1768, J & D Surgenor Rasharkin 1754, J & M Milliken Rasharkin 1753, D Dixon 1724, D Dixon 1723, J & M Milliken 1714, Steele & McNeill Rasharkin 1704, D Dixon 1699, Steele & McNeill 1692, W & J Smyth Ballymena 1692, T Whyte Rasharkin 1686, McFall & McManus Ballymena 1679, Steele & McNeill 1670, W McFetridge Rasharkin 1667, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1655.

Mid Antrim Combine Clubs

Rasharkin & District 11/303 – J & D Surgenor 1754, J & M Milliken 1753, 1714, Steele & McNeill 1704, 1692, T Whyte 1686. Trevor Whyte ABC. Danny Dixon 1768, 1724, 1723, 1699.

Ballymena & District HPS 17/417 – W & J Smyth 1691, McFall & McManus 1679, Blair & Rankin 1655, D Mitchell 1655, McFall & McManus 1649, J W Reynolds 1647, Blair & Rankin 1637, 1637, 1637, J Eagleson & Sons 1635.

New Antrim Amalgamated – McFall & McManus 1679, 1649, 1622, K Wilkinson & Son 1613, 1602, R McFall & Son 1597, 1579.

Randalstown HPS 8/260 – F J & G Dickey 1644, 1643, 1643, Stewart Bros 1625, Percy Son & Murphy 1612, W & W Gilbert 1592, Percy Son & Murphy 1590, 1590, J Millar 1577, H Boyd 1562. Frank takes 1st three with three Sticker- Donkers, the loft already won 1st Open from Mullingar.

Ahoghill Flying Club 9/391 – J Orr & Son 1604, 1601, J Smyth & Son 1591, C Young 1590, 1589, M/M Robinson 1576, D Lowry 1572, 1571, M/M Robinson 1571, J Orr & Son 1570. Brooke Supplies 2 Bird Club – M/M Robinson 1576, M/M Robinson 1562.