Fermoy (Skibb) Yearling Nat - Sun 11th June 23
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2023 12:45 pm
Mid Antrim Combine - NIPA Fermoy Yearling National 11/6/23
Bertie Blair of Ballymena wins 1st Cullybackey Centre & 1st Mid Antrim Combine from Fermoy Yearling National –
Due to poor weather conditions forecast for County Cork on Saturday the NIPA decided to bring the birds back to Fermoy for their Yearling National. The bird were liberated at 10.20am in a light southeast wind and another good race followed. Ballymena fancier Bertie Blair had the best local bird in the Cullybackey Centre, and also topped the Mid Antrim Combine. Bertie timing his grizzle widowhood cock at 14.03pm flying 201 miles to Chichester Park in Harryville. This cock had been racing well all season and prizes won include this week's 1st Combine, 2nd Section & 20th Open NIPA, 3rd Combine & 5th Section Fermoy 5 Bird, 7th Combine, 10th Section & 202nd Open NIPA Skibbereen OB Inland National and 9th Combine and 18th Section Fermoy. Sire is a son of Gary Gibson's Sticker Doncker Golden Pair and dam was from clubmate Johnston Eagleson breeding being Pitbull from P & D Breeding Stud x Van Den Bulck. Johnston Eagleson & Sons had the next best two birds in the Cullybackey Centre and also 2nd and 7th Combine with their first bird winning 3rd Section and 25th Open NIPA. Both birds are bred from a pair of Van Den Bulck's from P & D Breeding & Racing Stud. The first bird a mealy cock won 6th, 8th & 9th Combine as a young bird and the second bird a mealy wf hen won 3rd Combine & 3rd Section from the Skibbereen YB National last season. Danny Dixon was next best with a chequer cock from a son of Heartbreaker paired to a daughter of the Belgium Lambrecht Quiverman. This cock topped the Combine last month from Fermoy and finished 2nd Section & 34th Open NIPA. Harold Cubitt was best in Rasharkin for the eighth time this season and finished 4th Combine, and 13th Section. Harold's winner has been on great form all season winning five positions in the top twenty of the Combine including 1st Combine in the opening race of the season from Tullamore. This cock is bred from Harold's old family of pigeons. Geoff Surgenor had the top two in Kells & District, the winner a pencil cock was bred off birds from David Cullar of Glenarm. The sire being Jeff Greenaway of Hillsborough bloodlines. Trevor Johnston & Son were best in Harryville and placed 5th in the Cullybackey Centre. This chequer wf cock has now won Trevor 3 x 1st club and a 3rd & 9th Section B. It was bred by his cousin Chris Houston and is Van Den Bulck. Paddy & William McManus had another win in Ahoghill with a Lambrecht cock gifted to them by clubmate and good friend Trevor Whyte and Jimmy & Jamie Greer had the winner in Cullybackey with a blue hen from the best of the Vermeerbergen-Wilms lines from good friend Keith Kernohan. Their winner is full sister to 3rd club & 24th section and 1st club & 4th Section Gowran Park 2021. Mervyn Eagleson PO.
Mid Antrim Combine Fermoy Yearling National 22/140 - Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1585, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1580, D Dixon Rasharkin 1565, H Cubitt Rasharkin 1521, A & C & T Tweed Rasharkin 1504, H Cubitt Rasharkin 1502, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1501, W McFetridge Rasharkin 1500, Surgenor Bros Kells 1495, D Dixon Rasharkin 1493, Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1490, Surgenor Bros Kells 1485, H Cubitt Rasharkin 1485, T Whyte Ahoghill 1483, J Rock Harryville 1475, D Dixon Rasharkin 1475, D Dixon Rasharkin 1475, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1473, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1469, J & J Greer Cullybackey 1459, A Barkley & Son Kells 1452, C Moore Cullybackey 1449, H Cubitt Rasharkin 1447, Gregg Bros Kells 1447, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1440, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1439, A Barkley & Son Kells 1438, J & J Greer Cullybackey 1434, Gregg Bros Kells 1423, Gregg Bros Kells 1421.
Bertie Blair of Ballymena with his Mid Antrim Combine winner from Fermoy
Yearling National also 2nd Section & 20th Open NIPA National.
Bertie Blair of Ballymena wins 1st Cullybackey Centre & 1st Mid Antrim Combine from Fermoy Yearling National –
Due to poor weather conditions forecast for County Cork on Saturday the NIPA decided to bring the birds back to Fermoy for their Yearling National. The bird were liberated at 10.20am in a light southeast wind and another good race followed. Ballymena fancier Bertie Blair had the best local bird in the Cullybackey Centre, and also topped the Mid Antrim Combine. Bertie timing his grizzle widowhood cock at 14.03pm flying 201 miles to Chichester Park in Harryville. This cock had been racing well all season and prizes won include this week's 1st Combine, 2nd Section & 20th Open NIPA, 3rd Combine & 5th Section Fermoy 5 Bird, 7th Combine, 10th Section & 202nd Open NIPA Skibbereen OB Inland National and 9th Combine and 18th Section Fermoy. Sire is a son of Gary Gibson's Sticker Doncker Golden Pair and dam was from clubmate Johnston Eagleson breeding being Pitbull from P & D Breeding Stud x Van Den Bulck. Johnston Eagleson & Sons had the next best two birds in the Cullybackey Centre and also 2nd and 7th Combine with their first bird winning 3rd Section and 25th Open NIPA. Both birds are bred from a pair of Van Den Bulck's from P & D Breeding & Racing Stud. The first bird a mealy cock won 6th, 8th & 9th Combine as a young bird and the second bird a mealy wf hen won 3rd Combine & 3rd Section from the Skibbereen YB National last season. Danny Dixon was next best with a chequer cock from a son of Heartbreaker paired to a daughter of the Belgium Lambrecht Quiverman. This cock topped the Combine last month from Fermoy and finished 2nd Section & 34th Open NIPA. Harold Cubitt was best in Rasharkin for the eighth time this season and finished 4th Combine, and 13th Section. Harold's winner has been on great form all season winning five positions in the top twenty of the Combine including 1st Combine in the opening race of the season from Tullamore. This cock is bred from Harold's old family of pigeons. Geoff Surgenor had the top two in Kells & District, the winner a pencil cock was bred off birds from David Cullar of Glenarm. The sire being Jeff Greenaway of Hillsborough bloodlines. Trevor Johnston & Son were best in Harryville and placed 5th in the Cullybackey Centre. This chequer wf cock has now won Trevor 3 x 1st club and a 3rd & 9th Section B. It was bred by his cousin Chris Houston and is Van Den Bulck. Paddy & William McManus had another win in Ahoghill with a Lambrecht cock gifted to them by clubmate and good friend Trevor Whyte and Jimmy & Jamie Greer had the winner in Cullybackey with a blue hen from the best of the Vermeerbergen-Wilms lines from good friend Keith Kernohan. Their winner is full sister to 3rd club & 24th section and 1st club & 4th Section Gowran Park 2021. Mervyn Eagleson PO.
Mid Antrim Combine Fermoy Yearling National 22/140 - Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1585, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1580, D Dixon Rasharkin 1565, H Cubitt Rasharkin 1521, A & C & T Tweed Rasharkin 1504, H Cubitt Rasharkin 1502, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1501, W McFetridge Rasharkin 1500, Surgenor Bros Kells 1495, D Dixon Rasharkin 1493, Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1490, Surgenor Bros Kells 1485, H Cubitt Rasharkin 1485, T Whyte Ahoghill 1483, J Rock Harryville 1475, D Dixon Rasharkin 1475, D Dixon Rasharkin 1475, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1473, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1469, J & J Greer Cullybackey 1459, A Barkley & Son Kells 1452, C Moore Cullybackey 1449, H Cubitt Rasharkin 1447, Gregg Bros Kells 1447, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1440, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1439, A Barkley & Son Kells 1438, J & J Greer Cullybackey 1434, Gregg Bros Kells 1423, Gregg Bros Kells 1421.
Bertie Blair of Ballymena with his Mid Antrim Combine winner from Fermoy
Yearling National also 2nd Section & 20th Open NIPA National.