Bude - Saturday 13/06/26

[willie reynolds]

Shane Johnston wins hard race from Bude -

The Nipa travelled to Bude in North Cornwall for their third channel race of the season on Saturday 13th June. The birds were released at 8.45am in west north westerly winds and a tough race followed.

Shane Johnston and son Lewis of Ballymena & District recorded their best ever result by winning 1st Mid Antrim Combine, 1st Section B and 8th Open Nipa 4724 birds. Shane timed his 2yo blue hen at 15.28pm and was 10 minutes clear in both Ballymena & District and the Mid Antrim Combine. The father of the pigeon is a son of Gary Gibson's golden cock paired to a granddaughter of Gary's 'Golden Couple'

Brian Swann & Son were runner up in the Combine on 1233 and placed 5th Section & 42nd Open. Brian's winner a 2 year old Herman Ceuster hen was bred by Sid Collins.
Johnston Eagleson & Sons of Ballymena were placed 3rd Combine, 6th Section and 46th Open on 1232. Their 2yo blue hen won 1st club, 4th Combine & 5th Section two weeks ago from 1st Dale and last season won 2nd Combine & 2nd Section beaten by a loftmate from Bude. Sire was the Van Den Bulck 'Dirk' cock which is sire of 13 x 1st and the dam a self bred Louis Thijs (Paddy & William McManus) x Lambrecht (Danny Dixon).

Next best was Danny Dixon on 1231 placed 7th Section & 47th Open. Danny's bird was a granddaughter of his 1st Open Infc yb Penzance National winner 'Dixie Chic' and she has flown all three channel races to date. Ballymena members Bertie Blair and Robin Service took 5th & 6th Combine followed by the Ahoghill winners Paddy & William McManus who had the top two in the club with the first timed doing 1218. Their winner a 2 year old Frans Zwols grizzle hen sitting overdue eggs.

William Gilbert snr and son William jnr were best in Randalstown on 1163. The pencil blue cock has now won three channel races and has also been second on three other occasions. The Kenyon parents were bought at a sale of C & L Woodside's of Ballyclare. Harold Cubitt won Rasharkin on 1161 a Hartog of Roy Erwin breeding and Marc Neilly was best in Broughshane on 1072. Winning cheq cock flying to the perch was from Bertie Blair.

Mid Antrim Combine 37/362 - 1st S Johnston & Son Ballymena 1264, 2nd B Swann & Son Kells 1233, 3rd J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1232, 4th D Dixon Rasharkin 1231, 5th Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1224, 6th R Service & Son Ballymena 1220, 7th Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1218, 8th J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1200, 9th A Darragh Cullybackey 1190, 10th Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1189, 11th D Dixon Rasharkin 1188, 12th D Dixon Rasharkin 1187, 13th J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1183, 14th D Dixon Rasharkin 1181, 15th B Swann & Son Kells 1179, 16th A Darragh Cullybackey 1178, 17th G Gibson Cullybackey 1176, 18th D Dixon Rasharkin 1175, 19th J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1174, 20th J Whyte Ahoghill 1172, 21st G Gibson Cullybackey 1172, 22nd A Darragh Cullybackey 1170, 23rd A Darragh Cullybackey 1170, 24th T Whyte Ahoghill 1169, 25th A Darragh Cullybackey 1163, 26th W & W Gilbert Randalstown 1163, 27th H Cubitt Rasharkin 1161, 28th A Darragh Cullybackey 1155, 29th H Cubitt Rasharkin 1154, 30th S Johnston & Son Ballymena 1153, 31st J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1152, 32nd J Millar Randalstown 1151, 33rd T Whyte Ahoghill 1149, 34th D Dixon Rasharkin 1149, 35th A Darragh Cullybackey 1149, 36th Mr & Mrd Robinson Cullybackey 1146, 37th J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1146, 38th Mr & Mrs Robinson Ahoghill 1146, 39th Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1143, 40th J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1139.

MID ANTRIM COMBINE 2 BIRD BUDE
1st J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1232 GB24S27276
2nd D Dixon Rasharkin 1187 GB23B27005
Johnston Eagleson & Sons of Ballymena win the 2 bird with their 2yo blue hen which is half sister to a 5 x 1st hen and a Section B Champion Old Bird of the year.

OLD BIRD CHAMPIONS LEAGUE S/F KNOCKOUT BUDE (winners in capitals)
STEWART BROS 1093 v Bye
G Gibson 1176 v J EAGLESON & SONS 1232.

OLB BIRD KNOCKOUT S/F BUDE (winners in capitals)
D DIXON 1231 v J Smyth & Son 1174
Stewart Bros 1093 v G GIBSON 1176.

LES MAIRS MEMORIAL CUP - OLD BIRD POINTS FANCIER OF THE YEAR - Bude, Dunmanway & Dunmanway Yearling National.

G Gibson Cullybackey 712, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 467, A Darragh Cullybackey 318, Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 255, D Dixon Rasharkin 237, H Boyd Kells 109, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 107, J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 96, F Barkley Rasharkin 73, K & K Kernohan & Sons Ballymena 71, J & J Greer Cullybackey 69, S Johnston & Son Ballymena 64, Stewart Bros 62, M Neilly Broughshane 59, Surgenor Bros Kells 51.

OLD BIRD CLUB POINTS - Bude, Dunmanway & Dunmanway Yearling National
Cullybackey 88, Ballymena 74, Ahoghill FC 62, Rasharkin 59, Kells & Dist 46, Randalstown 26, Broughshane 26. Mervyn Eagleson PO Mid Antrim.

NIPA Bude OB Section B Result 61/700 – 1 st S Johnston & Son, Ballymena & District 1264; 2 nd , 3 rd , & 4 th S Murphy, Cullybackey 1240, 1240 & 1236; 5 th B Swann & Son, Kells & District 1233, 6 th J Eagleson & Sons, Ballymena & District 1232, 7 th Danny Dixon, Ballymoney 1231, 8 th Blair & Rankin, Ballymena & District 1224, 9 th R Service & Son, Ballymena & District 1220, 10th Young, McManus & Sons, Ahoghill 1218, S Muphy Cullybackey 1216, A Steele Muckamore 1204, J Eagleson & Sons 1200, D & H Stuart Ballymoney 1193, A DarraghCullybackey 1190, Ryan Hope Crumlin 1190, Young McManus & Sons 1189, D Dixon Ballymoney 1188, D Dixon 1187, J Eagleson & Sons 1183, D Dixon 1181.

NIPA Sect B Clubs

Ahoghill Flying Club – 6/46 1 st & 2 nd Young, McManus & Sons 1218, 1180, 3 rd J
Smyth & Son 1174, 4 th , J Whyte 1172, 5 th & 6 th T Whyte 1169 & 1149.
Ballymoney HPS – 14/151 1 st , 3 rd , 4 th & 5 th Danny Dixon 1231, 1188, 1187, 1181, 2 nd
D & H Stuart 1193, 6 th J Connolly 1179.
Broughshane & District – 4/26 1 st M Neilly 1072, 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th , 5 th & 6 th J Getty 998, 994,
955, 930 & 928.
Ballymena & District HPS – 4/53 1 st S Johnston & Son 1264, 2 nd J Eagleson & Sons
1232, 3 rd Blair & Rankin 1224, 4 th R Service & Son 1220, 5 th & 6 th J Eagleson & Sons
1200, 1183.
Cullybackey HPS – 9/123 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd & 4 th S Murphy 1240, 1240, 1236, 1216, 5 th & 6 th
Alan Darragh 1190 & 1178.
Crumlin & District – 8/121 1 st & 2 nd Ryan Hope 1190 & 1175, 3 rd K Carson 1161, 4 th
& 5 th Sefton Thompson 1160 & 1153, 6 th K Carson 1148;
Kells & District HPS – 6/37 1 st , 2 nd , 4 th & 5 th B Swann & Son 1233, 1179, 1120 &
1094, 3 rd Surgenor Bros 1127, 6 th Gregg Bros 999.
Muckamore HPS – 7/109 1 st A Steele 1204, 2 nd & 3 rd A & E Bell 1177 & 1168, 4 th &
5 th A Steele 1154 & 1148, 6 th D & J Thompson 1147.
Randalstown HPS – 4/41 W & W Gilbert 1163, 2 nd J Millar 1151, 3 rd Stewart Bros
1093, 4 th J Millar 1091, 5 th & 6 th W & W Gilbert 1090 & 1082.
Rasharkin &District HPS – 3/20 1 st & 2 nd Harold Cubitt 1161 & 1154, 3 rd & 4 th F
Barkley 1121 & 1060.

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Shane Johnston & Son Ballymena, 1st MAC, 1st Sect B & 8th Open NIPA Bude