with Clifford Browne
The Rooneys win top 12 Open Places from Tullamore 2
The continuing poor weather saw the 2nd Tullamore race being flown on Sunday the 11th of August with the birds being basketed on the Saturday night 10th August and liberation at 11.15 am on the 11th August into a NW wind making for winning velocities in the mid 1400ypm . The Annalong partnership of Kevin Rooney, son Kristopher and daughter Keeva had an absolutely dream result taking 22 Open positions including the top 12 and Annalong members between them taking the top 25 open places and all the East section places.
These other Annalong lofts were Jim Newell 13th open, McLoughlin Bros 16th open , the consistent John Trimble & son 20th open and John McCartan 22nd & 23rd open .
The West section was won by the St Malo winning loft of the Ballynahinch fanciers J Gillespie & Sons whilst Jim’s Brother David racing as Gillespie Bros in the Ballylesson club was 2nd section with John Kirk & sons also Ballylesson 3rd & 4th West Section
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The full Open Section and Nominated results were:
East Down Combine
11/08/2019 2nd Tullamore YB
112 Members Sent: 3748 Birds in a North West Wind
Pos Name Club Velocity
1 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1469.353
2 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1463.857
3 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1461.670
4 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1461.451
5 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1459.489
6 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1458.619
7 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1457.750
8 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1457.750
9 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1457.533
10 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1457.533
11 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1455.365
12 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1454.715
13 J Newell Annalong HPS 1449.020
14 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1435.296
15 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1435.085
16 McLoughlin Bros Annalong HPS 1434.365
17 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1433.403
18 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1432.983
19 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1432.773
20 J Trimble & Son Annalong HPS 1430.571
21 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1429.424
22 J.McCartan Annalong HPS 1426.764
23 J.McCartan Annalong HPS 1426.553
24 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1424.430
25 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1424.015
26 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1423.667
27 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1423.601
28 Cully & Monan Cloughey HPS 1422.603
29 Cully & Monan Cloughey HPS 1421.530
30 Gordon Bros & Sons Killyleagh Central HPS 1419.505
31 L McCavery Annalong HPS 1418.921
32 T.Smith Killyleagh Central HPS 1414.189
33 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1413.441
34 R Connolly Downpatrick Premier 1411.820
35 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1409.450
36 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1407.623
37 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1405.905
38 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1405.606
39 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1405.456
40 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1405.456
West Section 34 Members Sent: 1248 Birds in a North West Wind
1 J Gillespie & Sons Ballynahinch HPS 1359.660
2 Gillespie Bros Ballylesson HPS 1340.349
3 J Kirk & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1339.065
4 J Kirk & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1338.598
5 W & L Robinson Hillfoot HPS 1330.209
6 W & L Robinson Hillfoot HPS 1329.781
7 McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1329.136
8 Brown & McConnell Dundonald HPS 1328.458
9 G Young Dundonald HPS 1327.449
10 McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1324.062
11 Cousins McConaghie & Albert Ballylesson HPS 1323.966
12 Cousins McConaghie & Albert Ballylesson HPS 1323.966
13 McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1323.913
14 McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1323.913
15 McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1323.765
16 J.Young & Ptnrs Dundonald HPS 1323.712
17 Cousins McConaghie & Albert Ballylesson HPS 1323.534
18 Cousins McConaghie & Albert Ballylesson HPS 1323.103
19 P & C Johnston Ballylesson HPS 1322.721
20 R Hunter Ballynahinch HPS 1322.430
East Section 78 Members Sent: 2500 Birds in a North West Wind
1 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1469.353
2 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1463.857
3 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1461.670
4 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1461.451
5 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1459.489
6 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1458.619
7 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1457.750
8 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1457.750
9 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1457.533
10 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1457.533
11 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1455.365
12 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1454.715
13 J Newell Annalong HPS 1449.020
14 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1435.296
15 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1435.085
16 McLoughlin Bros Annalong HPS 1434.365
17 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1433.403
18 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1432.983
19 K Rooney,Son&Dtr Annalong HPS 1432.773
20 J Trimble & Son Annalong HPS 1430.571
Open (Nominated)
Position |
Member |
Club |
Velocity |
Points |
1 |
K .Rooney,Son & Dtr GB19A34887 |
Annalong HPS |
1435.08 |
20 |
2 |
J Trimble & Son IHU19N13045 |
Annalong HPS |
1430.57 |
19 |
3 |
K .Rooney,Son & Dtr GB19A34704 |
Annalong HPS |
1429.42 |
- |
4 |
L McCavery IHU19N13198 |
Annalong HPS |
1418.92 |
17 |
5 |
J Newell IHU19N13545 |
Annalong HPS |
1405.02 |
16 |
6 |
J Newell IHU19N13550 |
Annalong HPS |
1404.43 |
- |
7 |
J Newell IHU19N13551 |
Annalong HPS |
1404.23 |
- |
8 |
Ambrose & Kelly IHU19N01053 |
Portavogie |
1400.68 |
13 |
9 |
Ambrose & Kelly IHU19N01032 |
Portavogie |
1399.93 |
- |
10 |
Harper & Young IHU19N02480 |
Cloughey HPS |
1395.19 |
11 |
11 |
R Watson & Son GB19C16616 |
Killyleagh Central HPS |
1387.63 |
10 |
12 |
R Connolly IHU19N07711 |
Downpatrick Premier |
1387.43 |
9 |
13 |
J Newell IHU19N13544 |
Annalong HPS |
1385.16 |
- |
14 |
McLoughlin Bros IHU19N13418 |
Annalong HPS |
1384.43 |
7 |
15 |
Gordon Bros & Sons IHU19N02162 |
Cloughey HPS |
1381.26 |
6 |
16 |
Gordon Bros & Sons IHU19N02124 |
Cloughey HPS |
1380.95 |
- |
17 |
M Reid IHU19N00991 |
Portavogie |
1377.17 |
4 |
18 |
J Trimble & Son GB19V83603 |
Annalong HPS |
1372.71 |
- |
19 |
J Trimble & Son IHU19N13236 |
Annalong HPS |
1371.74 |
- |
20 |
Gordon Bros & Sons GB19C16300 |
Cloughey HPS |
1356.45 |
- |
East (Nominated)
Position |
Member |
Club |
Velocity |
Points |
1 |
K .Rooney,Son & Dtr GB19A34887 |
Annalong HPS |
1435.085 |
10 |
2 |
J Trimble & Son IHU19N13045 |
Annalong HPS |
1430.571 |
9 |
3 |
K .Rooney,Son & Dtr GB19A34704 |
Annalong HPS |
1429.424 |
- |
4 |
L McCavery IHU19N13198 |
Annalong HPS |
1418.921 |
7 |
5 |
J Newell IHU19N13545 |
Annalong HPS |
1405.024 |
6 |
6 |
J Newell IHU19N13550 |
Annalong HPS |
1404.432 |
- |
7 |
J Newell IHU19N13551 |
Annalong HPS |
1404.234 |
- |
8 |
Ambrose & Kelly IHU19N01053 |
Portavogie |
1400.682 |
3 |
9 |
Ambrose & Kelly IHU19N01032 |
Portavogie |
1399.936 |
- |
10 |
Harper & Young IHU19N02480 |
Cloughey HPS |
1395.194 |
1 |
West (Nominated)
Position |
Member |
Club |
Velocity |
Points |
1 |
Gillispie Bros IHU19N12384 |
Ballylesson HPS |
1340.349 |
10 |
2 |
S Brown & McConnell IHU19N10140 |
Dundonald HPS |
1328.458 |
9 |
3 |
P & C Johnston IHU19N12445 |
Ballylesson HPS |
1322.721 |
8 |
4 |
P & C Johnston IHU19N12414 |
Ballylesson HPS |
1305.447 |
- |
5 |
Mackey & Lockhart IHU19N12787 |
Ballylesson HPS |
1302.284 |
6 |
6 |
J Kirk & Son IHU19N12816 |
Ballylesson HPS |
1298.869 |
5 |
7 |
W & L Robinson IHU19N01756 |
Comber Social HPS |
1292.53 |
4 |
8 |
S Brown & McConnell IHU19N04604 |
Dundonald HPS |
1285.097 |
- |
9 |
Cowan & McCartney IHU19N04801 |
Dundonald HPS |
1281.402 |
2 |
10 |
B C T Foulis & Gill IHU19N04909 |
Dundonald HPS |
1273.554 |
1 |
Around the Combine Clubs
Annalong K .Rooney,Son & Dtr 1469.353 , K .Rooney,Son & Dtr 1463.857
K .Rooney,Son & Dtr 1461.67
Annsborough B Cowan 1295.28 , B Cowan 1295.122 , M Croskery 1250.81
Ballylesson 9 members sent 282 birds Gillispie Bros IHU19N12384 1340.349
J Kirk & Son 1339.065 , J Kirk & Son 1338.598
Ballynahinch J Gillespie & Sons 1359.667 , R Hunter 1322.43
R Hunter 1320.927
Ballywalter 1 R Christie IHU19N00335 1309.913 , R Christie 1309.786
R Christie 1309.404
Bangor R Moore & Son 1327.683 , R Moore & Son 1327.683 ,
R Moore & Son 1327.423
Cloughey Harper & Young 1423.667 , Cully & Monan 1423.601
Cully & Monan 1422.527
Comber W & L Robinson 1330.208 , W & L Robinson 1329.781 ,
W & L Robinson 1304.62
Crossgar C McManus & Dtr 1386.765 , P Byrne & Son 1379.709
C McManus & Dtr 1376.234
Donaghadee Ferguson & Wilkinson 1329.984 , Ferguson & Wilkinson 1268.959 Ferguson & Wilkinson 1265.058
DownpatrickPremier R Connolly 1411.82 ,
Telford Bros & S & J Milligan 1395.348
R Connolly 1395.025
Dundonald S Brown & McConnell IHU19N10140 1328.458 ,G Young 1327.449
J Young & Ptnrs 1323.712
Dundrum E & A Rogan 1351.443 , J Maguire & Ptrs IHU19N16085 1337.928
E & A Rogan 1329.834
Killyleagh Central Gordon Bros & Sons 1419.505 , T Smith 1414.189
Gordon Bros & Sons 1399.345
Millisle J Rankin 1274.478 , J Rankin 1263.093 , J Rankin 1253.297
Newtownbreda T Marshall & Son 1317.163 , B Hogg & Sons 1284.101
T Marshall & Son 1260.793
Portavogie 1 B Young 1400.793 , Ambrose & Kelly IHU19N01053 1400.682
B & J Donnan 1400.028
East Down2bird News
1st Tullamore 3/8/19
1st Cousins Mc Conaghie & Albert 1665 pools £14 40
2nd Mackey & Lockhart 1664 pools £10 80
3rd Mc Cartan & Woodsides 1649
4th K & B Mc Conaghie & son 1628 pools £7 20
5th Harper & Young 1626 pools £3 60
6th C & D Smyth & sons 1622
7th J Young & ptrs 1611
8th Mackey & Lockhart 1596
9th S & K Duke 1595
10th C Mc Manus & dtr 1591
11th R Moore & son 1585
12th J Kirk & sons 1582
The Ballylesson partnership of Cousins, McConaghie and Albert are enjoying further success winning the 2Bird club from 1st Tullamore and well done to Mackey & Lockhart having both birds in the result.
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The next race is from Thurles but on either side of this are two midweek comeback races from Tullamore which will allow later young birds some experience . Let’s hope the weather settles down to allow these events to take place .