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The East Down Combine have Liberated in Clonmel on Monday 4th May at 08.00 Wind Light South West.

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East Down Combine Clubs Clonmel (2)

Donaghadee RPS – A & P Trimble & Sons 2097, Angus Son & McConkey 2089, 2029, 2025, 2017, D & K McCutcheon 2009.

Bangor RPC – R Moore & Son 2086, 2060, 2057, 2057, Lambert & Stewart 2044, R Moore & Son 2038.

Ballylesson – J Patterson 2073, C & D Smyth & Sons 2056, 2043, 2042, S Casement & Son 2042, J Patterson 2022.

Dundonald – B C & T Foulis & Gill 2047, 2032, S Brown & Sons 2028, M Foulis 2027, S Brown & Sons 2026, M Foulis 2013.

Downpatrick – J Crossan 2046, 2045, R Connolly 1944, J Quinn & Son 1927, J Crossan 1903, J Quinn & Son 1893.

Newtownbreda – B Hogg & Sons 2045, J Tumelty 2023, W White & Son 2011, R & R Lambe 1995, 1986, B Hogg & Sons 1986.

Comber Social – F Gilmore 2022, R Johnston 2008, 2008, F Gilmore 2007, 2005, 2005.

Annsborough – G & P Brown 2027, R McDowell & Son 1962, 1961, D Croskery & Son 1949, 1942, R J Keown 1940.

Millisle & District – J Rankin 2027, T McCullough 1998, J Rankin 1987, 1986, McCormick & Muckle 1976, J Rankin 1975.

Crossgar – A & A Cheevers 2008, McCartan & Woodsides 1980, 1964, J McGreevy 1957, B Murray 1944, McCartan & Woodsides 1941.

Hillfoot – D Brennan 2000, 1986, W & L Robinson 1950, 1944, 1942, D Brennan 1939.

Killyleagh Central – Gordon Bros & Sons 2000, 1965, 1956, Morrow Bros 1940, J & P Rice 1937, 1935.

Ballynahinch – W Catherwood & Sons 1996, R Hunter 1992, 1990, 1960, W Catherwood & Sons 1958, R Hunter 1951.

Portavogie – B Young 1972, B & J Donnan 1926, 1925, 1924, J & R Young 1917, D Adams 1913.

Cloughey – Young & Harper 1963, 1954, J Hall & Son 1937, Gordon Bros & Sons 1936, 1936, Young & Harper 1935.

Annalong – K Rooney Son & Daughter 1961, 1954, J Trimble & Son 1939, 1929, Donnelly Bros 1927, K Rooney Son & Daughter 1922.

Tyrella – C McManus & Daughter 1946, G Lavery & Son 1922.

Ballywalter SPC 9/272 – D & W Carlisle & Son 1923, S Regan 1919, 1918, D & W Carlisle 1916, W McMaster & Son 1904, D & W Carlisle & Son 1895.

Dundrum – J Maguire & Partners 1922, 1871, 1833, A McNamara & Partners 1826, J Maguire & Partners 1813, A Murray & Son 1800.

Newcastle – W McNeilly 1903, 1877, E & A Rogan 1875, 1871, 1826, W McNeilly 1823.

East Down Combine

DONAGHADEE LOFTS TAKE TOP SPOTS FROM CLONMEL 2

Well as expected it was not possible to hold a race on the weekend of May 2nd/3rd because of the atrocious weather in Ireland and so the Ulster Fed and the NIPA held their races on the Friday May 1st with the East Down Combine going on the Sunday night for the race from Clonmel on the Bank Holiday Monday and with a SW wind another fast race was on the cards and this time the top birds in the Combine were to the Donaghadee club .
Pride of place goes to the partnership of A & P Trimble and sons and this is a well deserved result as you will see this loft most weeks featuring in the club and Peninsula results . The winner is a blue Roland Janssen x Janssen cock , the Roland Janssen being from a direct pair from Louella whilst on the other side the Janssen is from direct birds from Premier Lofts . This blue cock is racing Roundabout.
For 2nd Open we stay with the Donaghadee club and it is the loft of Angus & son and McConkey who take the honours here and this is another loft which is very consistent in it’s performances .
They were 2nd Open from the first Clonmel ,this week they are 3rd open and the Bangor partnership of Reggie & David Moore are enjoying a really super season and if you read the 2 bird results they are consistently figuring in the result here as well . This week’s 3rd Open, 3rd East section and the Bangor club winner is a yearling hen the nest sister of their winner from 2nd Tullamore which was 16th Open 2nd East section in that race . The partnership follow up their 3rd Open Clonmel with 3 more in the result at 5th,6th &7th Open ,4th ,5th &6th East section.
Another fancier enjoying yet another great season is the veteran Ballylesson fancier John (JP ) Patterson who as well as winning at Ballylesson takes 4th open and tops the West Section. John is also the winner of the 2 bird club from the first Clonmel .
The weather Committee deserve a special mention for putting the welfare of the birds first and whilst everyone would prefer to race on Saturdays ,given the weather we have had at weekends recently those who have to make these difficult decision for their organisations deserve our thanks .
The provisional result from Clonmel 2 is :



East Down Combine PROVISIONAL Open top places 2nd Clonmel
Position Member Club Velocity
1 A & P Trimble & Sons Donaghadee RPC 2097.929
2 Angus&Son;& McConkey Donaghadee RPC 2089.121
3 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 2086.312
4 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 2073.931
5 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 2060.401
6 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 2057.487
7 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 2057.263
8 C & D Smyth & Sons Ballylesson HPS 2056.968
9 B C T Foulis & Gill Dundonald HPS 2047.763
10 J Crossan Downpatrick HPS 2046.945
11 J Crossan Downpatrick HPS 2045.95
12 B Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 2045.465
13 Lambert & Stewart Bangor RPC 2044.439
14 C & D Smyth & Sons Ballylesson HPS 2043.428
15 C & D Smyth & Sons Ballylesson HPS 2042.707
16 S Casement & Son Ballylesson HPS 2042.658
17 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 2038.855
18 Burgess & Brennan Bangor RPC 2034.593
19 B C T Foulis & Gill Dundonald HPS 2032.43

20 Angus&Son;& McConkey Donaghadee RPC 2029.957






East Section
Position Member Club Velocity
1 A & P Trimble & Sons Donaghadee RPC 2097.929
2 Angus&Son;& McConkey Donaghadee RPC 2089.121
3 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 2086.312
4 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 2060.401
5 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 2057.487
6 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 2057.263
7 J Crossan Downpatrick HPS 2046.945
8 J Crossan Downpatrick HPS 2045.95
9 Lambert & Stewart Bangor RPC 2044.439
10 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 2038.855
11 Burgess & Brennan Bangor RPC 2034.593
12 Angus&Son;& McConkey Donaghadee RPC 2029.957




West Section
Position Member Club Velocity
1 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 2073.931
2 C & D Smyth & Sons Ballylesson HPS 2056.968
3 B C T Foulis & Gill Dundonald HPS 2047.763
4 B Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 2045.465
5 C & D Smyth & Sons Ballylesson HPS 2043.428
6 C & D Smyth & Sons Ballylesson HPS 2042.707
7 S Casement & Son Ballylesson HPS 2042.658
8 B C T Foulis & Gill Dundonald HPS 2032.43
9 S Brown & Sons Dundonald HPS 2028.318
10 M Foulis Dundonald HPS 2027.426
11 S Brown & Sons Dundonald HPS 2026.965 -
12 J Tumelty Newtownbreda HPS 2023.082



Around the Combine Clubs

Annalong 1st K .Rooney,Son & Dtr 1961.793 2nd K .Rooney,Son & Dtr 1954.277 3rd J Trimble & Son 1939.035

Annsborough 1st G & P Brown 2027.7 2nd R McDowell & Son 1962.02 3rd R McDowell & Son 1961.05

Ballylesson 13 members sent 281 --1st J Patterson 2073 2nd C&D Smyth & Sons 2056 &2043

Ballynahinch 1st W Catherwood & Sons 1996.499 2nd R Hunter 1992.407 3rd R Hunter 1990.771

Ballywalter 1st . Walter and Norman Carlile with a yearling on 1923. 2nd and 3rd Sam Regan 1919,1918

Bangor 1st R Moore & Son 2086.312 2nd R Moore & Son 2060.401 3rd R Moore & Son 2057.487

Cloughey 1st Young & Harper 1963.944 2nd Harper & Young 1954.815 3rd J Hall & Son 1937.516

Comber 1st F Gilmore 2022.53 2nd R Johnson 2008.85 3rd R Johnson 2008.18

Crossgar 1st A&A Cheevers 2008.24 2nd McCartan & Woodsides 1980.18 3rd McCartan & Woodsides 1964.13

Donaghadee 1st A & P Trimble & Sons 2097.929 2nd Angus&Son;& McConkey 2089.121 3rd Angus&Son;& McConkey 2029.957

Downpatrick 1st J Crossan 2046.945 2nd J Crossan 2045.95 3rd R Connolly 1944.826

Dundonald 1st B C T Foulis & Gill 2047.763 2nd B C T Foulis & Gill 2032.43 3rd S Brown & Sons 2028.318

Dundrum 1st J Maguire & Ptrs 1922.894 2nd J Maguire & Ptrs 1871.563 3rd J Maguire & Ptrs 1833.986

Hillfoot 1st D Brennan 2000.933 2nd D Brennan 1986.61 3rd W & L Robinson 1950.056

Killyleagh Central 1st Gordon Bros & Sons 2000.661 2nd Gordon Bros & Sons 1965.62 3rd Gordon Bros & Sons 1956.511

Millisle 1st J Rankin 2027.749 2nd T McCullough 1998.26 3rd J Rankin 1987.447

Newcastle 1st W McNeilly 1903.765 2nd W McNeilly 1877.093 3rd E & A Rogan 1875.632

Newtownbreda 1st B Hogg & Sons 2045.465 2nd J Tumelty 2023.082 3rd W White & Son 2011.275

Portavogie 1st B Young 1972.818 2nd B & J Donnan 1926.014 3rd B & J Donnan 1925.186

Tyrella 1st C McManus & Dtr 1946.4 2nd G Lavery & Son 1922.1



East Down Combine Open
26/04/2015 1st Clonmel OB
171 Members 4144 Birds Wind North West
Pos Name Club Velocity
1 Cowan & McCartney Dundonald HPS 1344.042
2 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1342.830
3 W.White & Son Newtownbreda HPS 1340.051
4 W.White & Son Newtownbreda HPS 1339.951
5 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1333.308
6 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1332.060

West Section 55Members 1393 Birds Wind North West
1 Cowan & McCartney Dundonald HPS 1344.042
2 W.White & Son Newtownbreda HPS 1340.051
3 W.White & Son Newtownbreda HPS 1339.951
East Section 116 Members 2751 Birds Wind North West
1 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1342.830
2 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1332.060
3 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1331.962

East Down2bird News



Result of the 1st Clonmel

Once again the winners of the 2 bird finished well up in the Combine Open with the first 3 birds in the 2 bird all finishing in the top 20 of the open and the Bangor partnership of R Moore & son again having both birds in the result ,the top places being;

1st J Patterson Ballylesson hps 1317.15 pools £20 80
2nd Harper & Young Cloughey hps 1316.61 pools £ 15 60
3rd S Brown & Sons Dundonald hps 1314.70
4th A Cousins & Sons Hillfoot hps 1314.01
5th W Mc Master & Son Ballywalter 1303.43 pools £10 40
6th Lambert & Stuart Bangor rpc 1297.84 pools £5 20
7th R Moore & Son Bangor rpc 1292 .71
8th Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey hps 1288.03
9th M Croskery & Son Annsborough hps 1281
10th C & D Smyth & Sons Ballylesson hps 1280
11th R Moore &son Bangor rpc 1273.9.
12th H Mc Veigh Killyleagh Central 1272 1

Sam Regan reports
From
Around The Ards Peninsula




Harper and Young Hat trick of Wins

The first three races of the 2015 old bird season saw one loft top all three races, each race flown in very different conditions and with the wind blowing in three different directions to make their winning over the three weeks a very good achievement and a brilliant performance from their pigeons.
The fanciers concerned were Drew Harper and Martin Young racing with the Cloughey club to their loft sited in the fishing village of Portavogie. The first race saw them take a clean sweep of the winnings taking the top three Open, Section, Amalgamation , 2.Bird Club,3 Bird Club and their club from the first race from Tullamore ,this was flown in a South West wind.
The second race again from Tullamore and this time with an Easterly wind and they claimed the top four in the Amalgamation and took four open positions being 31st,33rd,35th and 36th into a wind not suitable for their part of the Combine . Clonmel in Cork was the third race and again the first two spots and good Open places were taken by the partnership and this time it was a head wind which faced the pigeons on their flight home to complete a great three weeks for them.
I spoke to Drew and Martin recently and they gave me some details of their winning pigeons. They over the past few seasons have progressed with many great wins and a lot of these successes are from birds which originate from Up North Combine members which were obtained for Drew and Martin by their good friend and avid Newcastle United supporter John Adair who over several years has had birds from Bob Donaldson, the latest his Van Dork birds and these are giving top winners and also Alfie Hawthorne supplied brilliant pigeons and not forgetting the Sunderland fanciers Kelly and Officer and all these fliers have sent the best to the partners and this is greatly appreciated and all these birds are performing to the highest levels in the hands of these excellent fanciers. Many thanks to Drew and Martin and congratulations on your recent success and I am sure their will be more victories ahead and thanks for your time. The only bad note of the visit was to learn that the men had lost their good Dark Cheq Cock, an Open Winner with several other top positions ,a couple days prior while training, most likely to a Falcon .To lose a bird of this quality is to such a bitter end is always sad .
Now the full results from the first three Peninsula Amalgamation races .

Tullamore 43/1938'.
1st,2nd,3rd,7th,8th,9th,10th. Harper & Young, 2157,2145,2144,2134,2133 x 2,2132
4th. H&A.Keenan 2144.
6th. W,McMaster & son 2138.
11th. A&P.Trimble & sons 2132.
12th. H.Gordon & ptnrs.
13th. M.Adair & sons. 2125.
14th. E.D&K.Allan 2122.

3 Bird Club. 1st x 2nd. Harper & Young 2157 ,2145,
3rd. R&G.Thompson 2120.

(2) Tullamore 51/1449 birds.
1st,2nd,3rd,4th,9th,10th. Harper & Young. 1298x2,1297 x 2, 1294 x 2,1293,1292.1286 x 2.
5th to 8th,14th. Gordon Bros & sons. 1294 x2,1293,1292,1280.
11th. R.Strain & son 1286.
12th. E.D&K.Allan & son 1283.
13th. A&P.Trimble &sons 1283.

Three Bird Club. 1st x 2nd. Gordon Bros & sons. 1293,1292.
3rd. W.McMaster & son 1280.

Clonmel (1) 42/1034.
1st,2nd,5th,8th,9th, Harper & Young 1332,1331,1316,1307 x 2.
3rd,4th,6th,7th,13th. Gordon Bros & sons, 1321,1320,1312,1311,1302.
10th,14th. Ferguson & Wilkinson 1306,1297.
11th. W.McMaster & son 1303.Mr & Mrs. G.Gardiner 1303.

Three Bird Club. 1st Harper & Young 1316. 2nd. W.McMaster & son. 1303. 3rd. McCormick & Muckle 1290.
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This week the birds move on to Pilmore Beach ,just over 200 miles to Bangor and of course as always the weather will be the main feature as to when a release can take place ,scheduled at present for the Saturday .