2nd Kilbeggan YB - Sat 26/07/25
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2025 8:42 am
Mid Antrim Combine - NIPA 2nd Kilbeggan
1st & 2nd Section for Trevor Johnston & Son of Ballymena
The second young bird race of the season was again flown fr om Kilbeggan in County Westmeath on Saturday 26th July. Liberation was at 10.00am in westerly winds. Locally Trevor Johnston & Son of Ballymena & District timed the best two birds at 12.12pm to win 1st & 2nd Ballymena & District, 1st & 2nd Mid Antrm Combine and 1st & 2nd Section B with both birds doing 1521ypm. An excellent result for Trev who didnt race last season. The two birds timed a second apart were nestmates form a pair of Sticker Dockers on loan from Gary Gibson.
Next best were Jimmy Smyth & Son who won Ahoghill on 1489 and placed 3rd Combine followed by clubmates Paddy & William McManus with five good birds for 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th & 9th Combine with the winner doing 1479. First bird timed was Leideman/Eijerksmp and the second bird a cheq Lambrecht/Simonsz cock. Bertie Blair of Ballymena was placed 8th Combine on 1477 and Robin Service of Ballymena completed the top ten of the Combine on 1468. Other club winners were Marcus Morrow with the top two in Broughshane on 1454, his winning Lambrecht x Vandenbrande was bred off birds from Gary Gibson.
Jimmy & Jamie Greer had the winner in Cullybackey on 1448. Sire of the cheq hen is Vermeerbergen-Wilm and is off a gift cock from Keith Kernohan being down from Tarzan. The dam is a granddaughter of a Staf Van Reet cock acquired a number of years ago from neighbour and clubmate Gary Gibson. Henry Turkington had the top two in Kells on 1436, his winner a Jim Braniff x Paddy Burns cross, Stewart Bros best in Randalstown on 1425 with a black De Meyer cock sitting 7 days and Harold Cubitt best in Rasharkin on 1419, the winner bred fron Gerard Delaney stock. Anyone with a velocity of 1243 or more from 2nd Kilbeggan qualifies for the last 32 knock out.
Mid Antrim Combine 2nd Kilbeggan 39/1285 - T Johnston & Son Ballymena 1521, T Johnston & Son Ballymena 1521, J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1489, Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1479, Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1478, Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1478, Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1477, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1477, Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1470R Service & Son Ballymena 1468, R Service & Son Ballymena 1467, J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1465, J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1465, J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1465, J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1465, K & K Kernohan & Son Ballymena 1465, T Johnston & Son Ballymena 1463, T Johnston & Son Ballymena 1462, K & K Kernohan & Sons Ballymena 1460, T & M Morrow Broughshane 1454, T & M Morrow Broughshane 1454, J & J Greer Ahoghill 1448, D Dixon Rasharkin 1448, S Johnston & Son Ballymena 1446, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1445, J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1441, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1441, T Johnston & Son Ballymena 1439, Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1438, S Johnston & Son Ballymena 1437, H Turkington Kells 1436, K & K Kernohan & Sons Ballymena 1433, K & K Kernohan & Sons Ballymena 1432, Rock & Moore Cullybackey 1431, H Turkington Kells 1430.
Mervyn Eagleson PO Mid Antrim Combine.
NIPA Section B 2nd Kilbeggan 64/2119 – T Johnston & Son Ballymena & Dist 1521, 1521, S & J Bones Muckamore 1505, T & J McDonald Coleraine Prtem 1504, Sefton Thomson Crumlin 154, R & J Parke Windsor Soc 1496, J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1489, Sefton Thompson 1483, Young McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1479, A Steele Muckamore 1479.
NIPA Sect B Clubs
Ahoghill Flying Club 5/195 – J Smyth & Son 1489, Young McManus & Sons 1479, 1478, 1478, 1477, 1470.
Ballymoney HPS 14/483 – Danny Dixon 1448, 1426, 1425, 1425, 1425, 1425.
Broughshane & District 6/83 – T & M Morrow 1454, 1454, M Neilly 1395, J Getty 1389, M Neilly 1359, A Purvis 1256.
Ballymena & District HPS 6/226 – t Johnston & Son 1522, 1521, Blair & Rankin 1477, R Service & Son 1468, 1467, K & K Kernhan & Sons 1465.
Cullybackey HPS 11/388 – J & J Greer 1448, Rock & Moore 1431, A Darragh 1408, Rock & Moore 1405, Mr & Mrs Robinson 1402, A Darragh 1400. Cullybackey hps result today from 2nd Kilbeggan. Today's winner was the parnership of J & J Greer timing their cheq hen at 12:16:27 to record a
velocity of 1448.545. The breeding of the hen is Staff van reet x Veermeerburgen-wilms. With the sire being a son of a gift cock from good friend Keith Kernohan off the tarzan when paired to a pitbull x rondags hen off the line of the grizzly ace wonder. The dam is a g/child to the base cock of most of the lofts staff van reets, from neighbour and clubmate Gary Gibson.Winner of the Nomination Gary Gibson.Well done to all in the result. J Greer Secty.
Crumlin & District – S Thompson 1504, 1483, 1467, 1460, R & S Hope 1450, S Thompson 1439. Big well done to Tony Robinson taking the first 4 today from Kilbeggan.
Kells & District HPS 4/106 – H Turkington 1436, 1430, A Barkley & Son 1417, Surgenor Bros 1409, 1408, A Barkley & Son 1387. Sizzlers 2 Bird Club - H Turkington 1430, Surgenor Bros 1409, A Barkley & Son 1237, Gregg Bros 1226.
Muckamore HPS 6/199 – Knocker & Bill 1533, 1531, 1531, 1529, 1520, 1512.
Randalstown HPS 4/130 – Stewart Bros 1425, 1420, J Millar 1420, Stewart Bros 1384, N Percy & Son 1370, J Millar 1362.
Rasharkin &District HPS 3/67 – H Cubitt 1419, 1388, F Barkley 1367, 1352, W McFetridge 1334, 1333.
Trevor Johnston & Son Ballymena, 1st & 2nd Comb & Sect 2nd Kilbeggan.
1st & 2nd Section for Trevor Johnston & Son of Ballymena
The second young bird race of the season was again flown fr om Kilbeggan in County Westmeath on Saturday 26th July. Liberation was at 10.00am in westerly winds. Locally Trevor Johnston & Son of Ballymena & District timed the best two birds at 12.12pm to win 1st & 2nd Ballymena & District, 1st & 2nd Mid Antrm Combine and 1st & 2nd Section B with both birds doing 1521ypm. An excellent result for Trev who didnt race last season. The two birds timed a second apart were nestmates form a pair of Sticker Dockers on loan from Gary Gibson.
Next best were Jimmy Smyth & Son who won Ahoghill on 1489 and placed 3rd Combine followed by clubmates Paddy & William McManus with five good birds for 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th & 9th Combine with the winner doing 1479. First bird timed was Leideman/Eijerksmp and the second bird a cheq Lambrecht/Simonsz cock. Bertie Blair of Ballymena was placed 8th Combine on 1477 and Robin Service of Ballymena completed the top ten of the Combine on 1468. Other club winners were Marcus Morrow with the top two in Broughshane on 1454, his winning Lambrecht x Vandenbrande was bred off birds from Gary Gibson.
Jimmy & Jamie Greer had the winner in Cullybackey on 1448. Sire of the cheq hen is Vermeerbergen-Wilm and is off a gift cock from Keith Kernohan being down from Tarzan. The dam is a granddaughter of a Staf Van Reet cock acquired a number of years ago from neighbour and clubmate Gary Gibson. Henry Turkington had the top two in Kells on 1436, his winner a Jim Braniff x Paddy Burns cross, Stewart Bros best in Randalstown on 1425 with a black De Meyer cock sitting 7 days and Harold Cubitt best in Rasharkin on 1419, the winner bred fron Gerard Delaney stock. Anyone with a velocity of 1243 or more from 2nd Kilbeggan qualifies for the last 32 knock out.
Mid Antrim Combine 2nd Kilbeggan 39/1285 - T Johnston & Son Ballymena 1521, T Johnston & Son Ballymena 1521, J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1489, Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1479, Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1478, Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1478, Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1477, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1477, Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1470R Service & Son Ballymena 1468, R Service & Son Ballymena 1467, J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1465, J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1465, J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1465, J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1465, K & K Kernohan & Son Ballymena 1465, T Johnston & Son Ballymena 1463, T Johnston & Son Ballymena 1462, K & K Kernohan & Sons Ballymena 1460, T & M Morrow Broughshane 1454, T & M Morrow Broughshane 1454, J & J Greer Ahoghill 1448, D Dixon Rasharkin 1448, S Johnston & Son Ballymena 1446, J Eagleson & Sons Ballymena 1445, J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1441, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1441, T Johnston & Son Ballymena 1439, Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1438, S Johnston & Son Ballymena 1437, H Turkington Kells 1436, K & K Kernohan & Sons Ballymena 1433, K & K Kernohan & Sons Ballymena 1432, Rock & Moore Cullybackey 1431, H Turkington Kells 1430.
Mervyn Eagleson PO Mid Antrim Combine.
NIPA Section B 2nd Kilbeggan 64/2119 – T Johnston & Son Ballymena & Dist 1521, 1521, S & J Bones Muckamore 1505, T & J McDonald Coleraine Prtem 1504, Sefton Thomson Crumlin 154, R & J Parke Windsor Soc 1496, J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1489, Sefton Thompson 1483, Young McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1479, A Steele Muckamore 1479.
NIPA Sect B Clubs
Ahoghill Flying Club 5/195 – J Smyth & Son 1489, Young McManus & Sons 1479, 1478, 1478, 1477, 1470.
Ballymoney HPS 14/483 – Danny Dixon 1448, 1426, 1425, 1425, 1425, 1425.
Broughshane & District 6/83 – T & M Morrow 1454, 1454, M Neilly 1395, J Getty 1389, M Neilly 1359, A Purvis 1256.
Ballymena & District HPS 6/226 – t Johnston & Son 1522, 1521, Blair & Rankin 1477, R Service & Son 1468, 1467, K & K Kernhan & Sons 1465.
Cullybackey HPS 11/388 – J & J Greer 1448, Rock & Moore 1431, A Darragh 1408, Rock & Moore 1405, Mr & Mrs Robinson 1402, A Darragh 1400. Cullybackey hps result today from 2nd Kilbeggan. Today's winner was the parnership of J & J Greer timing their cheq hen at 12:16:27 to record a
velocity of 1448.545. The breeding of the hen is Staff van reet x Veermeerburgen-wilms. With the sire being a son of a gift cock from good friend Keith Kernohan off the tarzan when paired to a pitbull x rondags hen off the line of the grizzly ace wonder. The dam is a g/child to the base cock of most of the lofts staff van reets, from neighbour and clubmate Gary Gibson.Winner of the Nomination Gary Gibson.Well done to all in the result. J Greer Secty.
Crumlin & District – S Thompson 1504, 1483, 1467, 1460, R & S Hope 1450, S Thompson 1439. Big well done to Tony Robinson taking the first 4 today from Kilbeggan.
Kells & District HPS 4/106 – H Turkington 1436, 1430, A Barkley & Son 1417, Surgenor Bros 1409, 1408, A Barkley & Son 1387. Sizzlers 2 Bird Club - H Turkington 1430, Surgenor Bros 1409, A Barkley & Son 1237, Gregg Bros 1226.
Muckamore HPS 6/199 – Knocker & Bill 1533, 1531, 1531, 1529, 1520, 1512.
Randalstown HPS 4/130 – Stewart Bros 1425, 1420, J Millar 1420, Stewart Bros 1384, N Percy & Son 1370, J Millar 1362.
Rasharkin &District HPS 3/67 – H Cubitt 1419, 1388, F Barkley 1367, 1352, W McFetridge 1334, 1333.
Trevor Johnston & Son Ballymena, 1st & 2nd Comb & Sect 2nd Kilbeggan.