Harryville Dinner/Prize Night - Feb 2010
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:29 am
Harryville Dinner/Prize Night in Countryman Inn
The Harryville HPS annual dinner and prize night was held last Friday in the Countryman Inn, Grove Road, Ballymena. The special guests were former Secretary Maurice Alexander and wife Margaret, top prize-winners were Jack Millar and son Derek who race to lofts at Cromkill on the main Antrim Road. Harryville have had a recent AGM and a new team are looking forward to the new race season, Chairman is Robert Service, Secretary Matt Wray based at Moat Road, Treasurer Jackie Millar, Ring Secty Robert Alexander and Race Secty Keith Kernohan. George Connolly has returned to Broughshane but racing last season at Harryville won the Combined Average in Harryville.
Margaret Alexander presented cups and trophies to the following:
J Millar & Son won – Highest Prize-winner Cup, Combined Inland Ave, Combined Points, Old Bird Inland Ave.
George Connolly won – Best Ave First 4 Cross Channel Races, Best Ave Talbenny (1) & (2), Best Ave Bude & Penzance, Best Individual Bird, Old Bird CCA, Best Ave All Derby Races, Best Ave OB & YB Derbies, Best Ave St Malo and YB Talbenny & Rosscarbery, Most Points all Derby Races, Best Ave YB Clonmel (1) & (2), Best Ave Penzance OB & Talbenny YB, Best Ave Comeback Races, Old Bird Ave, Combined Average, Tlabenny (2) & Sennen Cove Ave, National Points Average.
R H Clements won – Young Bird Ave, Best Ave 2 x YB Derby Races, Best Ave 1st OB & 1st YB Races. Jimmy Rock won – Best Ave Penzance YB Nat & 2 x YB Derbies, Most Points all France Races, Old Bird National. R Alexander & Son won – Best Ave 2 YB Nationals, Inland Nat Skibbereen. Billy Ramsey won Yearling Nat also 1st Mid Antrim Combine. W McIlveen won – 1st Three YB Races.
Old Bird winners:
Rosscarbery – A McBride, Rosscarbery – J Millar & Son, Penzance – G Connolly, Fermoy – G Connolly, Bude – R H Clements, Talbenny – G Connolly, Fermoy – G Connolly, Talbenny – Wray & McFadden, Rosscarbery – G Connolly, Fermoy – R H Clements, Tullamore – A McBride, Clonmel – A McBride, Roscrea – A McBride, Clonmel – J Millar & Son, Tullamore – A McBride, Tullamore – R H Clements.
Young Bird winners:
Tullamore – W McIlveen, Talbenny – G Connolly, Fermoy – G Connolly, Clonmel – T Johnston & Son, Roscrea – J Millar & Son, Tullamore – R Alexander & Son, Tullamore – W McIlveen & Son, Mullingar – R H Clements.
Mid Antrim Combine Old Birds:
R H Clements 1st Tullamore 96/1173 vel 1977, A McBride 2nd Roscrea 126/3235 vel 1817, G Connolly 3rd Rosscarbery Inl Nat 95/610 vel 1863, Wray & McFadden 2nd Talbenny (1) vel 1767, G Connolly 3rd Talbenny (1) vel 1767, R H Clements 3rd Bude 76/617 vel 1623, G Connolly 1st Fermoy 5 Bird 55/234 vel 1741, G Connolly 3rd Fermoy 5 Bird vel 1726.
Mid Antrim Combine Young Birds:
R Alexander & Son 2nd Tullamore (2) 111/2479 vel 1860.
MAC Irish Nat Races
George Connolly 1st Skibbereen Old Bird vel 1521, Billy Ramsey 1st Sennen Cove Yearling Nat vel 1143, Jimmy Rock 1st Penzance YB Nat vel 703.
Thanks to Chairman Robert Service who supplied me with the prize list, Robert had a recent spell in hospital and we wish him a speedy recovery to full health.
In the Mid Antrim Combine Harryville HPS members had 5 x 1sts and three of those came in the big INFC events which is fantastic racing. Remember we only have 7 races in total and to win 3 of those is good by any standards. I am going to cover the INFC season first and my results show Harryville members were placed in just three races and were best in Mid Antrim in all three. The opening race was Skibbereen Old Bird which was won by George Connolly who I do believe had a best season to date. Doing velocity 1521 the loft finished 65th North Sect & 73rd Open INFC 492/3755 and Alan McBride was also placed. Billy Ramsey had a very good bird in the Sennen Cove Yearling Nat to finish on velocity 1143, 1st Comb, 22nd North Sect & 49th Open INFC 786/4134 plus £300. George Connolly was 91st and 202nd and R McCallum & Son were also placed. Just three Mid Antrim birds were timed in the hard YB Nat Penzance, Jimmy Rock who has a very good record finished 1st Comb, 46th North Sect & 55th Open INFC 459/2120, doing velocity 703.
Willie Reynolds
NIPA Press Officer
Tel/Fax: (028) 256 44683
Mobile: 07939 684876
Email: reynoldshomer@aol.com
www.pigeonnetwork.com
www.niparacingpigeons.co.uk
The Harryville HPS annual dinner and prize night was held last Friday in the Countryman Inn, Grove Road, Ballymena. The special guests were former Secretary Maurice Alexander and wife Margaret, top prize-winners were Jack Millar and son Derek who race to lofts at Cromkill on the main Antrim Road. Harryville have had a recent AGM and a new team are looking forward to the new race season, Chairman is Robert Service, Secretary Matt Wray based at Moat Road, Treasurer Jackie Millar, Ring Secty Robert Alexander and Race Secty Keith Kernohan. George Connolly has returned to Broughshane but racing last season at Harryville won the Combined Average in Harryville.
Margaret Alexander presented cups and trophies to the following:
J Millar & Son won – Highest Prize-winner Cup, Combined Inland Ave, Combined Points, Old Bird Inland Ave.
George Connolly won – Best Ave First 4 Cross Channel Races, Best Ave Talbenny (1) & (2), Best Ave Bude & Penzance, Best Individual Bird, Old Bird CCA, Best Ave All Derby Races, Best Ave OB & YB Derbies, Best Ave St Malo and YB Talbenny & Rosscarbery, Most Points all Derby Races, Best Ave YB Clonmel (1) & (2), Best Ave Penzance OB & Talbenny YB, Best Ave Comeback Races, Old Bird Ave, Combined Average, Tlabenny (2) & Sennen Cove Ave, National Points Average.
R H Clements won – Young Bird Ave, Best Ave 2 x YB Derby Races, Best Ave 1st OB & 1st YB Races. Jimmy Rock won – Best Ave Penzance YB Nat & 2 x YB Derbies, Most Points all France Races, Old Bird National. R Alexander & Son won – Best Ave 2 YB Nationals, Inland Nat Skibbereen. Billy Ramsey won Yearling Nat also 1st Mid Antrim Combine. W McIlveen won – 1st Three YB Races.
Old Bird winners:
Rosscarbery – A McBride, Rosscarbery – J Millar & Son, Penzance – G Connolly, Fermoy – G Connolly, Bude – R H Clements, Talbenny – G Connolly, Fermoy – G Connolly, Talbenny – Wray & McFadden, Rosscarbery – G Connolly, Fermoy – R H Clements, Tullamore – A McBride, Clonmel – A McBride, Roscrea – A McBride, Clonmel – J Millar & Son, Tullamore – A McBride, Tullamore – R H Clements.
Young Bird winners:
Tullamore – W McIlveen, Talbenny – G Connolly, Fermoy – G Connolly, Clonmel – T Johnston & Son, Roscrea – J Millar & Son, Tullamore – R Alexander & Son, Tullamore – W McIlveen & Son, Mullingar – R H Clements.
Mid Antrim Combine Old Birds:
R H Clements 1st Tullamore 96/1173 vel 1977, A McBride 2nd Roscrea 126/3235 vel 1817, G Connolly 3rd Rosscarbery Inl Nat 95/610 vel 1863, Wray & McFadden 2nd Talbenny (1) vel 1767, G Connolly 3rd Talbenny (1) vel 1767, R H Clements 3rd Bude 76/617 vel 1623, G Connolly 1st Fermoy 5 Bird 55/234 vel 1741, G Connolly 3rd Fermoy 5 Bird vel 1726.
Mid Antrim Combine Young Birds:
R Alexander & Son 2nd Tullamore (2) 111/2479 vel 1860.
MAC Irish Nat Races
George Connolly 1st Skibbereen Old Bird vel 1521, Billy Ramsey 1st Sennen Cove Yearling Nat vel 1143, Jimmy Rock 1st Penzance YB Nat vel 703.
Thanks to Chairman Robert Service who supplied me with the prize list, Robert had a recent spell in hospital and we wish him a speedy recovery to full health.
In the Mid Antrim Combine Harryville HPS members had 5 x 1sts and three of those came in the big INFC events which is fantastic racing. Remember we only have 7 races in total and to win 3 of those is good by any standards. I am going to cover the INFC season first and my results show Harryville members were placed in just three races and were best in Mid Antrim in all three. The opening race was Skibbereen Old Bird which was won by George Connolly who I do believe had a best season to date. Doing velocity 1521 the loft finished 65th North Sect & 73rd Open INFC 492/3755 and Alan McBride was also placed. Billy Ramsey had a very good bird in the Sennen Cove Yearling Nat to finish on velocity 1143, 1st Comb, 22nd North Sect & 49th Open INFC 786/4134 plus £300. George Connolly was 91st and 202nd and R McCallum & Son were also placed. Just three Mid Antrim birds were timed in the hard YB Nat Penzance, Jimmy Rock who has a very good record finished 1st Comb, 46th North Sect & 55th Open INFC 459/2120, doing velocity 703.
Willie Reynolds
NIPA Press Officer
Tel/Fax: (028) 256 44683
Mobile: 07939 684876
Email: reynoldshomer@aol.com
www.pigeonnetwork.com
www.niparacingpigeons.co.uk