Kilbeggan (2) YB - Friday 24/07/26

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Mid Antrim Combine - NIPA 2nd Kilbeggan YB 24/07/26

The second young bird race of the season was held on Friday 24th July. The birds were liberated in Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath at 10.50am in light west north westerly winds. Danny Dixon of Dunloy had the best two birds in the Mid Antrim Combine this week timing at 14.04pm flying 120 miles. Danny's first bird to trap was a blue hen bred by Andy & Mavis Boyle and is down from their white tailed family of birds. Danny's second bird timed a blue Lambrecht hen is a granddaughter of 'Champion Heartbreaker'

Third in the Combine Bertie Blair of Ballymena & District had the best bird in the Town on 1564. Sire is a Van Den Bulck gift cock from clubmate Johnston Eagleson and the Bulck dam was purchased from Jeff Greenaway. Johnny Barkley was best in Kells on 1549 and 5th Combine. Sire was bred from a Van Den Bulck cock from the late Lexie Mullan and the dam a Gerald Delaney hen. Jimmy Smyth were best in Ahoghill on 1533, Alan Darragh won Cullybackey on 1529 and Marc Neilly took the top three in Broughshane on 1513. Marc's winner won 2nd club & 7th Combine last weekend beaten in the club by 3 seconds with a loftmate. Sire was given to Marc by the late Johnny Simpson and dam was purchased from clubmate Alastair Purvis. Freddie Barkley won Rasharkin on 1513 and Ian Stewart best in Randalstown on 1445.

Mid Antrim Combine Kilbeggan (2) 42/1110 - 1st D Dixon Rasharkin 1573, 2nd D Dixon Rasharkin 1572, 3rd Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1564, 4th T Johnston & Son Ballymena 1550, 5th A Barkley & Son Kells 1549, 6th Gregg Bros Kells 1534, 7th J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1533, 8th A Darragh Cullybackey 1529, 9th Rock & Moore Cullybackey 1525, 10th Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1520, 11th Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1520, 12th M Neilly Broughshane 1513, 13th F Barkley Rasharkin 1513, 14th J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1513, 15th E Stewart Ahoghill 1510, 16th E Stewart Ahoghill 1507, 17th H Turkington Kells 1505, 18th E Stewart Ahoghill 1504,, 19th M Neilly Broughshane 1504, 20th J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1504, 21st K & K Kernohan & Sons Ballymena 1499, 22nd G Gibson Cullybackey 1496, 23rd Gregg Bros Kells 149624th Gregg Bros Kells 1488, 25th M Neilly Broughshane 1487, 26th Rock & Moore Cullybackey 1487, 27th F Barkley Rasharkin 1484, 28th K & K Kernohan & Sons Ballymena 1480, 29th Rock & Moore Cullybackey 1479, 30th Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1476, 31st Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1476, 32nd K & K Kernohan & Sons Ballymena 1476, 33rd Brooklyn Hanson Broughshane 1475, 34th Ethan Johnston Ballymena 1474, 35th K & K Kernohan & Sons Ballymena 1472, 36th K & K Kernohan & Sons Ballymena 1471, 37th A Darragh Cullybackey 1465, 38th Rock & Moore Cullybackey 1462, 39th S Scott & Son Kells 1459, 40th Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1458.

Any fancier with a velocity of 1329 or above qualifies for the last 32 of the knock out commencing on 1st August from Benamore

MID ANTRIM COMBINE 2 BIRD - 2nd Kilbeggan
1st C & R McIntyre Cullybackey 1446 GB26C07410
2nd Ethan Johnston Ballymena 1437 GB26D29767

MID ANTRIM COMBINE YOUNG BIRD POINTS (2nd Kilbeggan)
K & K Kernohan & Sons Ballymena 67, Marc Neilly Broughshane 55, D Dixon Rasharkin 47, Rock & Moore Cullybackey 34, T Johnston & Son Ballymena 32, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 30. Mervyn Eagleson PPO Mid Antrim Combine.

NIPA Section B Result Kilbeggan (2) Y/Bird 63/1,819 – 1 st Sefton Thompson,
Crumlin & District 1601, 2 nd Fleming Bros, Crumlin & District 1596; 3 rd & 4 th S & N
Maginity, Muckamore 1594, 1594; 5 th McConville Bros, Crumlin & District 1592; 6 th
A Steele, Muckamore 1592; 7 th Fleming Bros, Crumlin & District 1588; 8 th Sefton
Thompson 1576; 9 th & 10 th Danny Dixon, Ballymoney 1573, 1572.

NIPA Sect B Clubs
Ahoghill Flying Club – 8/258 1 st J Smyth & Son 1533, 2 nd Young, McManus & Sons
1520, 3 rd , 4 th & 5 th E Stewart 1510, 1507, 1504, 6 th J Smyth & Son 1504.
Ballymoney HPS – 9/297 1 st & 2 nd Danny Dixon 1573, 1572, 3 rd A & M Boyle 1459,
4 th A C & T Tweed 1415, 5 th J Connolly 1406, 6 th W Rodgers 1395.
Ballymoney West Combine –
Broughshane & District – 3/45 1 st , 2 nd & 3 rd M Neilly 1513, 1504, 1487, 4 th & 5 th B
Hanson 1475, 1431, 6 th J Getty 1343.
Ballymena & District HPS – 5/109 1 st Blair & Rankin 1564, 2 nd T Johnston & Son
1550, 3 rd Blair & Rankin 1520, 4 th J Eagleson & Sons 1513, 5 th & 6 th K & K Kernohan
& Sons 1499, 1480.
Cullybackey HPS – 11/349 1 st A Darragh 1529, 2 nd Rock & Moore 1525, 3 rd S Murphy
1515, 4 th G Gibson 1496, 5 th & 6 th Rock & Moore 1487, 1479.
Crumlin & District – 6/190 1 st Sefton Thompson 1601, 2 nd Fleming Bros 1596, 3 rd
McConville Bros 1592, 4 th Fleming Bros 1588, 5 th Sefton Thompson 1576, 6 th Fleming
Bros 1571.
Kells & District HPS – 3/63 1 st A Barkley & Son 1549, 2 nd Gregg Bros 1534, H
Turkington 1505, 4 th & 5 th Gregg Bros 1496, 1488, 6 th A Barkley & Son 1465.
Muckamore HPS – 7/248 1 st & 2 nd S & N Maginty 1594, 1594, 3 rd A Steele 1592, 4 th ,
5 th & 6 th Knocker & Bill 1577, 1562, 1559.
Randalstown HPS – 5/106 1 st Stewart Bros 1445, 2 nd J Millar 1427, 3 rd Stewart Bros
1405, 4 th J Millar 1393, 5 th Stewart Bros 1375, 6 th J Millar 1365.
Rasharkin &District HPS – 4/96 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd & 4 th F Barkley 1513, 1484, 1451, 1451, 5 th
J & M Milliken 1447, 6 th Harold Cubitt 1433.

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Danny Dixon 1st MAC Kilbeggan (2)