Dunmanway 17/06/18 -

[willie reynolds]

Jimmy Rock best in Mid Antrim -

With Bude not available for the weekend race the NIPA decided to use Dunmanway for the first time, birds were race marked on Friday for a Sunday liberation. Poor conditions delayed the release until 11.30am in a helping Lt SW wind. The big winners recorded a mile a minute but birds arrived for most of the day. McConville Bros from Crumlin top Sect B on velocity 1798 and Jimmy Rock had the best bird in Ballymena for 1st MAC, 2nd Sect B & 10th Open NIPA. This 2 year old Blue cock recording velocity 1785 for the 247 miles won 1st Club from Fermoy two weeks earlier.

MAC Dunmanway – J Rock Associate 1785, Stewart Bros Randalstown 1744, R Service & Son Ballymena & Dist 1741, F & J & G Dickey Randalstown J & M Milliken Rasharkin 1735, J Millar & Son Associate 1729, D Dixon Rasharkin 1718, McFall & McManus Ballymena 1709, T & M Morrow Associate 1708, T & M Morrow Associate 1708, J Rock Associate 1707, J Rock Associate 1706, Balmer T Young & Son Ahoghill 1704, Young McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1699, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1696. At the climax of the MAC competition we had to use Dunmanway in place of the usual cross channel event for the Champions League, the final at Penzance will be Young McManus & Sons (Ahoghill) v J & M Milliken (Rasharkin). Also from Penzance we have the Old Bird Knock-Out which will feature Stewart Bros (Randalstown) v J & M Milliken (Rasharkin). Its looking like a headwind from Penzance this weekend, who will the winners be?

Cullybackey Centre Arrangements

All pigeons for Penzance plus Penzance classic will be race marked in Cullybackey clubrooms on Thur 21st June from 3.00pm to 6.00pm. Penzance classic money collected Wed 20th June 8 30pm to 9 30pm 2 cheques required 1for Penzance classic, and 1 for Penzance classic and Penzance for Cullybackey HPS at 90p per bird plus list all members going to Penzance. All ETS cleared all races and T3 clocks ready after lorry leaves.

Money for St Malo will be collected on Monday 25th June in Cullybackey clubrooms 8.30 to 9.30pm, race marking will take place Tues 26th June 3.00pm to 6.00pm in Cullybackey clubrooms. All ETS to be cleared of all races, T3 clocks ready after lorry leaves Cullybackey.

MAC Clubs Dunmanway

Harryville HPS 8/104 – J Rock 1785, J Millar & Son 1729, R H Clements 1721, J Rock 1707, 1706, 1684, 1659, G Price 1658, J Rock 1653, A McBride 1653.

Randalstown HPS 7/104 – Stewart Bros 1744, F & G & J Dickey 1737, 1688, N Percy & Son 1677, Stewart Bros 1670, F & G & J Dickey 1665, Stewart Bros 1649, J Millar 1643.

Ballymena & District 8/69 – R Service & Son 1741, McFall & McManus 1709, J Eagleson & Sons 1696, McFall & McManus 1666, M Graham 1641, J Eagleson & Sons 1641, W & J Smyth 1641, J Eagleson & Sons 1633, Blair & Rankin 1583, W & J Smyth 1581. From Dunmanway new club members Robert Service and son Robin get their first win in Ballymena & Dist. They timed at 3.39pm flying 246 miles. The 3 year old blue cock sitting on eggs has now won 5 x 1st and also 1st section NIPA Yearlings hens in 2016 (was raced as a hen as never paired up) and 4th Section Fermoy the following week. Sire is Frans Zwol and dam Soontjen.

Rasharkin & District 6/81 – J & M Milliken 1735, Steele & McNeill 1675, F Barkley 1637, 1628, W & J McLean 1610, 1570. Danny Dixon – 1718, 1648.

Broughshane & District – J Simpson 1710, T & M Morrow 1708, 1708, D Houston 1694, J Simpson 1693.

New Antrim Amalgamated – McFall & McManus 1709, 1666, K Wilkinson & Son 1638.

Ahoghill Flying Club 9/163 – Balmer T Young & Sons 1704, Young McManus & Sons 1699, 1690, 1687, J Smyth & Son 1687, M/M Robinson 1687, 1682, T & G Balmer 1655, J Balmer 1626.

Cullybackey HPS 7/90 – D Robinson 1674, McAlonan Bros 1666, 1662, D Robinson 1644, G Gibson 1637, J & J Greer 1636, 1585, S Steele 1561, G Gibson 1548, C & R McIntyre 1534.