EAST DOWN COMBINE

Reports by Clifford Browne

Harper & Young take first 11

It was a case of the same again with regards the second race from Navan scheduled for Saturday July 26th. After a glorious week of Summer weather it was all change come the weekend and again all three NI organisations gave the Saturday a miss with regards to trying to hold a race. The East Down Combine again opted to race mark on the Saturday evening for a Sunday race although for later on Sunday yet more rain was forecast but the race controller was able to get the birds away at 7.45 am and with the help of a Westerly wind the birds made good time with leading velocities just short of the 1700 mark. Again however the number of competing members was reduced with some 50% competing but this hopefully will pick up as the birds move on this week to Mullingar.

What a race for the Cloughey partnership of Drew Harper and Martin Young who took the top 11 places in the open followed by a bird to H & A Keenan & ptnrs also Cloughey and then three more for the Harper & Young team followed by Gordon bros & Sons with Crossgar ’s Tom Horner in at 17th open and it this bird which tops the West section but it was definitely a day for the East Coast lofts.

 

East Down Combine Open

27/07/2014 2nd Navan YB

128 Members 4173 Birds Wind Westerly

1 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1698.915

2 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1697.425

3 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1697.053

4 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1695.937

5 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1695.565

6 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1695.194

7 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1694.081

8 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1693.710

9 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1693.339

10 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1692.969

11 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1692.969

12 H&A Keenan & Ptnrs Cloughey HPS 1692.791

13 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1692.228

14 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1691.489

15 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1687.063

16 Gordon Bros & Sons Killyleagh Central HPS 1680.929

17 T. Horner & Sons Crossgar HPS 1679.362

18 Gordon Bros & Sons Killyleagh Central HPS 1678.215

19 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1677.827

20 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1677.054

West Section 39 Members 1274 Birds Wind Westerly

1 T. Horner & Sons Crossgar HPS 1679.362

2 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1673.522

3 Cowan & McCartney Dundonald HPS 1655.750

4 McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1653.213

5 McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1651.082

6 McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1650.657

7 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1633.435

8 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1633.062

9 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1631.570

10 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1627.479

11 R C Clifford Killyleagh Central HPS 1627.025

12 McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1625.527

East Section 89 Members 2899 Birds Wind Westerly

1 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1698.915

2 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1697.425

3 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1697.053

4 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1695.937

5 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1695.565

6 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1695.194

7 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1694.081

8 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1693.710

9 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1693.339

10 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1692.969

11 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1692.969

12 H&A Keenan & Ptnrs Cloughey HPS 1692.791

Around the Combine Clubs

Annalong 1st S Ferguson & Son 1628.65 2nd J Trimble & Son 1615.95 3rd J Trimble & Son 1615.33

Annsborough 1st G & P Brown 1641.5 2nd G & P Brown 1636.01 3rd R McDowell & Son 1577.9

Ballylesson 1st J Patterson 1633.43 2nd J Patterson 1633.06 3rd J Patterson 1631.57

Ballynahinch 1st D & R Topping 1573.31 win with the same blue Hartog cock that won the 1st Navan for them 2nd R Hunter 1566.42 3rd J Abernethy 1548.31

Ballywalter 1st W McMaster & Son 1592.68 2nd W McMaster & Son 1591.72 3rd W McMaster & Son 1582.13

Bangor 1st Lambert & Stewart 1542.56 2nd Lambert & Stewart 1542.27 3rd McQuaide & Briggs 1504.88

Cloughey 1st Harper & Young 1698.91 2nd Harper & Young 1697.42 3rd Harper & Young 1697.05

Comber 1st F Gilmore 1473.42 2nd G Lyttle 1460.74 3rd G Lyttle 1460.45

Crossgar 1st T Horner & Sons 1679.36 2nd McCartan & Woodsides 1653.21 3rd McCartan & Woodsides 1651.08

Donaghadee 1st Angus&Son& McConkey 1594.09 2nd Angus&Son&McConkey 1574.43 3rd Angus&Son&McConkey 1540.96

Downpatrick 1st J Crossan 1635.23 2nd J Crossan 1634.81 3rd J Crossan 1634.81

Dundonald 1st Cowan & McCartney 1655.75 2nd J Young & Ptnrs 1619.38 3rd J Young & Ptnrs 1613.55

Dundrum 1st A Murray & Son 1555.19 2nd A Murray & Son 1440.28 3rd J Maguire & Ptrs 1406.29

Killyleagh Central 1st Gordon Bros & Sons 1680.92 2nd Gordon Bros & Sons 1678.21 3rd Gordon Bros & Sons 1676.66

Millisle 1st McCormick & Muckle 1647.71 2nd McCormick & Muckle 1620.04 3rd McCormick & Muckle 1620.04

Newcastle 1st R McVeigh & Son 1352.51,1351,1345 4

Newtownbreda 1st B Hogg & Sons 1673.52 2nd B Hogg & Sons 1619.22 3rd B Hogg & Sons 1618.86

Portavogie 1st B & J Donnan 1654.15 2nd B & J Donnan 1654.15 3rd B & J Donnan 1651.59

Tyrella 1st P Byrne & Son 1657.41 2nd P Byrne & Son 1657.41 3rd P Byrne & Son 1656.97

East Down2bird News

Result of 1st Navan:

1st John Trimble & Son Annalong hps 1428.55

2nd Mc Comb Bros Killyleagh Central 1380.72

3rd H Mc Veigh Killyleagh Central 1362.53

4th F Gilmore Comber Soc hps 1267.21

5th R&G Thompson Portavogie hps 1238.29

6th S Regan Ballywalter spc 1232.36

7th J&R Young Portavogie hps 1225.77

8th W Mc Master & Son Ballywalter spc 1159.68

9th McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar hps 1091.71

10th Mackey & Lockhart Ballylesson hps 1032.68

11th Mc Cormick & Muckle Millisle & Dist 1021.56

12th S&K Duke Crossgar hps 989.35

Sam Regan reports From Around The Ards Peninsula

Harper and Young Best Loft in the opening Young Bird Race

The young bird season kicked off on Sunday the 20th of July with Navan being the first race point for liberation. Winning team goes to top racing team of Drew Harper and Martin Young racing their birds in Cloughey club to lofts sited in the centre of the fishing village of Portavogie on the East coast of the Newtownards Peninsula. The partnership had five pigeons in the top six from an Amalgamation entry of 1083. Drew and Martin are two very dedicated and experienced fanciers and introduced some top Van Dork lines from the North East of England via Bob Donaldson and these have won from the start for them and it was from this family of pigeons that the winner was bred. Congratulations to you both on a great start to the young bird racing and I’am sure that we will be hearing of more victories before the end of the season. (Yes indeed just look at their result from Navan 2 - CB)

Full result 35/1083:

1st 2nd 4th 5th & 6th Harper & Young. 1420, 1419, 1408 x 2,1407.

3rd H&A.Keenan. 1411.

7th to 12th & 14th Gordon Bros & sons. 1404 x 3. 1402 x 2, 1402.1376.

13th B&J.Donnan 1378.

3 Bird Club

1st. Gordon Bros & sons. A.B.C. 1402.

2nd. J&J. Hollinger A.B.C. 1284

3rd. Sam Regan A.B.C. 1276.

Nom 1250 J & J. Hollinger.

Next race is again from Navan. Until then good luck and good racing to all.

Harmony Lofts Hot Spot Results

Weekend 25/7/14

With having two separate liberation days Friday & Sunday with totally different wind conditions we have decided to have two HOT-SPOT races this weekend.

Friday's race: Taking top spot is the excellent partnership of Bingham & Seaton with bird 14D 10403 Vel 1353 Next place goes to another top racing loft that of Spence Bros of Lisburn with bird 14D 10293 Vel 1352.97 This bird splits Billy & Leo's birds as Bingham & Seaton take 3rd spot with bird 14D 10404 vel 1352.30 nestmate of 403. These are bred from our new family of Theo- De -Kruijk Grizzles. Brian clocked a bird from our Gaby family. Prizes are £50, £30, £20.
Sunday's race: Our winner is the very popular Downpatrick loft of R. Connelly. Bob clocked bird 14D 10450 Vel 1619 to collect £50 with his blue pied Gaby Hen.
Close behind was the loft of top racers McCartan & Woodside Crossgar with Vel 1618 bird 14D 10771 winning £30. This is a Half brother to HARMONY PRINCE. Ciaran McManus of Tyrella takes the final spot Vel 1574 to collect £20.

 

Finally for this week, I've included a photo of Rodney McCormick holding his ace blue cock. Mullingar is next for the EDC and don’t forget the 2 bird Golden Ring nominations.

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