EAST DOWN COMBINE
from Clifford Browne
J Trimble & son top Combine from 2nd Tullamore
The second race for the EDC was again from Tullamore flown on Saturday April 15th but with the wind this week from the WNW a different race was in prospect and it was encouraging to see the birdage this week at over 4,500 and this was again up on the entry for this race in 2016.
The East section clubs and Lofts had a tremendous day taking all 40 open places with the Annalong and Annsborough clubs having the top ten places in the Open with the Annalong lofts of John Trimble & son having a tremendous race with 1st,3rd and 4th open & section, the winner being the only bird in the Combine with a velocity over the 1800ypm. Club mates Kevin Rooney, son and dtr. were 2nd and 5th open & section. It was then over to Annsborough to complete the top ten in the open with P Brown & son the first of these at 6th.
Ballynahinch and Crossgar clubs had the best of the West section birds with Cromie, Magee & son having the first two and Crossgar’s McCartan & Woodsides having the next four to complete the top six.
This week the Combine moves on down the line to Thurles.
East Down Combine
15/04/2017 Tullamore OB2
165 Members Sent: 4694 Birds in a Wind West North West
Pos Name Club Velocity
1 J Trimble & Son Annalong HPS 1808.950
2 K.Rooney,Son & Dtr Annalong HPS 1790.000
3 J Trimble & Son Annalong HPS 1782.142
4 J Trimble & Son Annalong HPS 1778.887
5 K.Rooney,Son & Dtr Annalong HPS 1776.351
6 P.Brown & Son Annsborough HPS 1776.320
7 D.Croskery & Son Annsborough HPS 1776.000
8 M.Croskery Annsborough HPS 1773.495
9 James Cleland Annsborough HPS 1771.511
10 J.McCartan Annalong HPS 1769.103
11 T.Smith Killyleagh Central HPS 1766.217
12 McComb Bros Killyleagh Central HPS 1766.210
13 McComb Bros Killyleagh Central HPS 1766.210
14 McComb Bros Killyleagh Central HPS 1765.442
15 P.Lue & Son Downpatrick Premier 1764.940
16 R Watson & Son Killyleagh Central HPS 1764.507
17 Sidney McLoughlin Crossgar HPS 1763.719
18 Sidney McLoughlin Crossgar HPS 1762.957
19 Sidney McLoughlin Crossgar HPS 1762.196
20 T.Smith Killyleagh Central HPS 1761.693
21 P Byrne & Son Crossgar HPS 1760.160
22 M.Croskery Annsborough HPS 1758.745
23 M.Croskery Annsborough HPS 1758.160
24 C J Healy Killyleagh Central HPS 1757.812
25 P.Lue & Son Downpatrick Premier 1757.538
26 M.Croskery Annsborough HPS 1757.283
27 Grieves & Morrison Killyleagh Central HPS 1756.160
28 M.Croskery Annsborough HPS 1756.116
29 P.Brown & Son Annsborough HPS 1755.946
30 P.Brown & Son Annsborough HPS 1755.371
31 R Watson & Son Killyleagh Central HPS 1755.016
32 Grieves & Morrison Killyleagh Central HPS 1753.895
33 Grieves & Morrison Killyleagh Central HPS 1753.393
34 Grieves & Morrison Killyleagh Central HPS 1753.393
35 J Trimble & Son Annalong HPS 1753.272
36 J Trimble & Son Annalong HPS 1753.272
37 B & J Donnan Portavogie 1753.063
38 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1752.802
39 D.Croskery & Son Annsborough HPS 1752.765
40 R Connolly Downpatrick Premier 1752.328
Around the Combine Clubs
Annalong 1st J Trimble & Son 1808.95 2nd K .Rooney, Son & Dtr.1790.001
3rd J Trimble & Son 1782.142
Annsborough 1st P Brown & Son 1776.32 2nd D Croskery & Son 1776.001
3rd M Croskery 1773.474
Ballylesson 13 members sent 380 birds 1st J Patterson 1709 2nd &3rd Gillespie Bros 1694 1693
Ballynahinch 1st Cromie & Magee & Son 1741.816 2nd Cromie & Magee & Son 1741.555 3rd Cromie & Magee & Son 1731.182
Ballywalter 1st W McMaster & Son 1716.076 2nd S Regan 1682.954 3rd S Regan 1682.324
Bangor 12members sent 265 birds 1st R Moore & Son 1698.913 2nd R Moore & Son 1698.7
3rd D Shaw 1696.691
Cloughey 1st Harper & Young 1752.802 2nd Harper & Young 1751.405
3rd Harper & Young 1750.94
Comber 1st G Lyttle 1682.6 2nd R Johnson 1676.31 3rd R Johnson 1676.09
Crossgar 1st Sid McLoughlin 1763.693 2nd Sid McLoughlin 1762.931
3rd Sid McLoughlin 1762.17
Donaghadee 1st D & K McCutcheon 1676.128 2nd D & K McCutcheon 1675.518
3rd D & K McCutcheon 1657.399
Downpatrick Premier 1st P Lue & Son 1764.94 2nd P Lue & Son 1764.928
3rd P Lue & Son 1757.527
Dundonald 1st Kincaid McCann 1711.775 2nd Cowan & McCartney 1690.493
3rd Cowan & McCartney 1688.494
Dundrum 1st J Maguire & Ptrs 1659.625 2nd J Maguire & Ptrs 1656.347
3rd J Maguire & Ptrs. 1656.095
Hillfoot 1st A Cousins & Sons 1685.281 2nd A Cousins & Sons 1684.349
3rd W & L Robinson 1652.668
Killyleagh Central 1st T Smith 1766.217 2nd McComb Bros 1766.21
3rd McComb Bros 1766.21
Millisle 1st J Rankin 1694.9 2nd R Strain & Son 1680.695 3rd R Strain & Son 1678.627
Newcastle Back to county Offaly this week with Ronan and Connaire in the pole position with Eddie and Aidy close behind .Pigeon that won the club this week is his seventh club win he also won the pools in the Annsborough fancy show during the winter
1 R McVeigh & Son 1730.771 2 R McVeigh & Son 1696.933 3 E & A Rogan 1695.115
Newtownbreda 1st B Hogg & Sons 1710.033 2nd B Hogg & Sons 1689.117
3rd B Hogg & Sons 1685.68
Portavogie 1st B & J Donnan 1753.063 2nd K Ambrose 1732.861 3rd B Young 1731.609
East Down2bird News
The East Down 2bird started the 2017 season on the 8th April from Tullamore and this year the membership has grown to just over 80 and now with pools and the introduction of a Golden ring scheme for old birds run on similar lines to that which is in place for young birds interest continues to grow in this super club and a lot of this is down to the enthusiasm of the Secretary Dorothy Smyth and chairman Francis Gilmore who have the club running so well and with the increased membership it has enabled an extra league to be added this year to further increase the competition and still last year’s excellent Prize Distribution & dinner is the subject talked about when the 2 bird club is mentioned.
From the first race Bangor’s Reggie & David Moore completed a great result that week by also winning the 2 bird club with the pigeon that won the East Section that day in the Combine - how’s that for good selection from their entry ?. Gordon bros & sons have both their birds in the result at 3rd and 5th and what a tremendous result they had with the NIPA from Tullamore on the 15th April winning the Open from over 22,000 birds with many more birds taking positions in the top 40. The full result of 1st Tullamore 2 bird was:
1st Tullamore 8/4/17
1st R Moore & son 1601 pools £16:80
2nd J& R Young 1566
3rd Gordon bros & sons 1565.384
4th S Casement & son 1565.343 pools £12:60
5th Gordon bros & sons 1564.996
6th B.C.T Foulis & Gill 1564.209
7th R Irwin 1562
8th R Johnston 1555
9th Mackey & Lockhart 1554 pools £8:40
10th Brown & Mc Connell 1548
12th A Crawford 1545 pools £4:20
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