East Down Combine News
with Clifford Browne
Bangor RPC enjoy another good season
The Bangor Club enjoyed another good season both at Combine level and at club level and hardworking Secretary David Moore has a complete list of all winners within the club and he himself along with Dad Reggie had another outstanding season being the 2018 club champion loft with Cliff Stewart (Lambert& Stewart ) the runner up and also being one of the two lofts in the club to top the EDC this being from the 2nd Tullamore YB race . The club also topped the Combine from the 1st Thurles YB race through the loft of David Hamilton . Almost all members featured in the results and the full run down was :
Champion Loft
Winner R Moore & Son 196 points
Runner up Lambert & Stewart 86 points
Overall Points Winners Old Bird Inland/Channel & Young Birds
Winner - R Moore & Son 193 points
Runner up D Shaw 155 points
Overall Points Winners Old Bird Inland/Channel
Winner - R Moore & Son 124 points
Runner up D Shaw 104 points
Overall Points Winners Old Bird Channel
Winners Burgess & Brennan 32 points & D Shaw 32 points
Runner up R Moore & Son 31 points
Overall Points Winners Old Bird Inland
Winner - R Moore & Son 96 points
Runner up D Shaw 72 points
Overall Points Winners Young Birds
Winner Lambert & Stewart 99 points
Runner up McQuaide & Briggs 72 points
Total Time & Distance Average Winners Old Bird Inland/Channel
Winner - R Moore & Son vel. 1409
Runner up D Shaw vel. 1334
Total Time & Distance Average Winners Old Bird Channel
Winner Burgess & Brennan vel. 1167
Runner up R Moore & Son vel. 1163
Total Time & Distance Average Winners Old Bird Inland
Winner - R Moore & Son vel. 1587
Runner up D Shaw vel. 1499
Total Time & Distance Average Winners Young Birds
Winner Lambert & Stewart vel. 1576
Champion Old Bird
R Moore & Son IHU15N12067
Champion Young Bird
Lambert & Stewart IHU18N03226
Top 6 Positions Won
R Moore & Son 11x1st, 10x2nd, 6x3rd, 7x4th, 13x5th, 9x6th
Lambert & Stewart 4x1st, 5x2nd, 3x3rd, 6x4th, 2x5ts, 1x6th
Burgess & Brennan 1x1st, 2x2nd, 3x3rd, 3x4th, 2x6th
D Shaw 2x1st, 2x2nd, 1x3rd, 2x4th, 2x6th
McQuaide & Briggs 4x3rd, 2x5th, 3x6th
D Hamilton 1x1st, 1x2nd, 1x6th
T&S Phillips 2x3rd, 1x5th
P Lyttle 1x3rd, 1x4th, 1x6th
C Browne 1x1st
Phillip’s Bros 1x1st
R Russell & Son 1x4th, 1x5th
Muir & McCann 1x2nd
J&I Moore 1x5th, 1x6th
RACE WINNERS
Mullingar 14/04/2018 OB Inland, 123 Club birds
1 R Moore & Son IHU17N18605 1554.044
Tullamore 21/04/2018 OB Inland, 239 Club birds
1 R Moore & Son IHU17N18701 1679.970
Thurles 28/04/2018 OB Inland, 319 Club birds
1 R Moore & Son IHU17N18628 1381.026
Fermoy 05/05/2018 OB Inland, 355 Club birds
1 R Moore & Son IHU15N12067 1884.787
Mallow 12/05/2018 OB Inland, 180 Club birds
1 R Moore & Son IHU15N12067 1647.073
Mallow Wishart Classic 12/05/2018 OB Inland,
1 R Moore & Son IHU15N12067 1647.073
Skibbereen North 19/05/2018 OB Inland
1 R Moore & Son IHU16N2626 1856.246
Fermoy 26/05/2018 OB Inland, 371 Club birds
1 R Moore & Son IHU16N2626 1134.775
Talbenny 03/06/2018 Channel, 125 Club birds
1 C Browne IHU17N18108 1349.439
Bude 09/06/2018 Channel, 109 Club birds
1 D Shaw IHU2015N12157 1120.408
Fermoy 16/06/2018 OB Inland, 118 Club birds
1 R Moore & Son IHU17N18750 1782.292
Penzance 23/06/2018 Channel
1 Burgess & Brennan IHU17N18786 1164.117
Navan North 21/07/2018 YB, 170 Club birds
1 Lambert & Stewart IHU18N03209 1183.588
Navan North 29/07/2018 YB, 66 Club birds
1 D Shaw IHU18N03270 1350.002
Tullamore 04/08/2018 YB, 234 Club birds
1 R Moore & Son IHU18N3098 1487.395
Tullamore 11/08/2018 YB, 206 Club birds
1 Lambert & Stewart IHU18N03237 1551.099
Thurles 18/08/2018 YB, 207 Club birds
1 D Hamilton & Son IHU18N03800 1943.448
Fermoy 25/08/2018 YB, 195 Club birds
1 Lambert & Stewart IHU18N03243 1461.970
Thurles 01/09/2018 YB, 120 Club birds
1 R Moore & Son IHU18N3006 1570.030
Talbenny 09/09/2018 YB
1 Philiips Brothers (ring number unknown) 926.116
Skibbereen North 09/09/2018 YB
1 R Moore & Son IHU2018N03015 1778.783
Skibbereen North 15/09/2018 YB
1 Lambert & Stewart IHU2018N03233 1713.214
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KILLYLEAGH CENTRAL PRIZE NIGHT
Was held recently in Doyles Restaurant in Downpatrick where the members and friends enjoyed a first class meal .The Secretary Paddy McComb welcomed every one and the club especially welcomed the club President Joe McCardell and his wife Barbra who were the guests for the evening .
Among the prizewinners for the 2018 season were Gordon Bros & Sons with wins from in the Old Birds Mullingar,Thurles,1st Fermoy, Mallow & The Derek Wishart Mallow,3rd Fermoy and Penzance and in the Young Birds 1st navan ,1st Tullamore and 2nd Tullamore .
McComb Bros were 1st club in the Old Bird Skibbereen Classic and 2nd Fermoy where they were 2nd East Section EDC . Colin Watson (R Watson & son) were 1st Club 2nd Open from the testing St.Malo Derby . J & P Rice were 1st club Tullamore,Talbenny & Bude whilst T Smith in Ybs won 2nd Navan ,1st Thurles and Fermoy .P & C McComb were 1st club 1st West section from the 1st Skibbereen YB derby and also enjoying success this season was David Lavery racing as Lavery &son so congratulations to all and thanks to Paddy McComb for the photos .
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ANNSBOROUGH LOFT’S DOUBLE SUCCESS
This Year’s St Malo Old Bird Derby was as we know a testing race with 8 birds in race time one of which belonged to the Annsborough loft of W Hardy & son who were 4th and they then followed this up by winning the Combine from the Talbenny YB Derby . The Talbenny winner ,a cock racing to the perch had been in every race up to Talbenny and is of the Fuller Isaacson family of birds which they have raced since the late 1950’s .These were two great achievements and Paddy Hardy has asked me to pass on through this column his thanks to everyone who congratulated him on winning the YB derby from Talbenny. It was Very much appreciated and he wishes everyone a very successful 2019.
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Well that’s it for this week .