Skibbereen North YB Nat - 16/09/16

[willie reynolds]

The final young bird race of the season was flown last Friday from Skibbereen, best in the Muckamore Clock Station was Gregg Bros & McCandless from the Titanic HPS in Belfast, they had the Card of the Day 10 birds listed in the prizes from the entry of 20 birds. Liberation was at 10.00am and Gregg Bros & McCandless timed at 15.11hrs recording velocity 1424 for the 252 miles. Ken Wilkinson & Son from New Antrim doing velocity 1291 was 1st MAC and Bertie Blair was best in the Borough of Ballymena, a top young bird season in the local club. His Lambrecht Dark Cheq hen was bred by Steele & McNeill of Rasharkin and the bird had won 1st Club the previous week from Rosscarbery Nat.

Mid Antrim Combine Skibbereen - K Wilkinson & Son New Antrim Amalgamated 1291, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1284, D Dixon Rasharkin 1233, 1216, 1216, 1208.

Club Results INFC Skibbereen –

New Antrim Amalgamated – K Wilkinson & Son 1291.
Ballymena & District – Blair & Rankin 1284, M Graham 1156, G & A Eagleson 1033.

Ballymoney HPS 4/35 – D Dixon 1233, 1216, 1216, 1208, 1200, 1125, J Connolly 1117, D & H Stuart 1058, D Dixon 1009.
Dervock RPC 1/6 – D & H Stuart 1058.

Secretary of Mid Antrim Combine Willie Reynolds must have all claims and trophies by 30th September. Old Bird Inland Average, Cross Channel Average, Old Bird Ave, B Eagleson Memorial Cup best average Talbenny (1) & (2), Bude and Penzance, Old Bird of the Year, Young Bird Ave, New North Cup best average Bude & Talbenny YB, Combine Average, and Young Bird of the Year.