Obituary David Campbell -

[willie reynolds]

I heard over the weekend that Davy Campbell who first came up with the idea of a Mid Antrim result and produced same for many years had passed away after a short period of illness. I was last speaking to him in the Summer of last year and he was telling me his health had gone back in the year previous and he was going for more tests. Over the years Davy was involved at every level of the sport, a founder member of Harryville HPS he was Secretary for many years. He also raced in Ballymena & District and the old Ballymena Championship, he had some fantastic pigeons the best from lofts in Ireland and across the UK. He raced in partnership with the late Bob Francey who was a local bin-man and in my early years in the sport, and longer than that, Campbell & Francey were the loft to beat each week. He had not raced pigeons for several years, but will be long remembered. He was a founder member and both player and manager of the Raglan Homers, the Public Bar where the Harryville HPS was based at a time and held all their meetings at that venue. They changed their name to Harryville Homers and are one of the best Junior Football Clubs in County Antrim, just recently they completed the Blue Riband double bringing both the Junior Cup and Junior Shield back to the town. Condolences to the entire Campbell Family at this very sad time, when attending the home over my early years in the sport I was always looked after very well. J W Reynolds.