EAST DOWN COMBINE
with Clifford Browne
A. Cousins & sons 1st open 1st Fermoy
Saturday April 29th saw the East Down Combine in Fermoy for the first of two races from there and with a SE wind another fast race was on the cards. Liberation took place at 8.30am and the early birds were again to the Westerly clubs in the Combine with the Hillfoot partnership of Albert Cousins and sons out in front on 1826 ypm. 2nd open was last week’s open winning fancier John Patterson, never far from the top. Next two were to Newtownbreda fancier Jim Tumelty with Jim Young and Ptnrs of Dundonald 5th open and the top six was completed by John Patterson’s next bird .
All these were to the lofts in the West Section in fact the top 19 birds in the Open were to West Section lofts with the first East Section bird at 20th open being to the Millisle club lofts of R Strain & Son and this bird is a 3yr old hen on roundabout and is a Geerinchx from birds bought from Foxwood lofts in 2013 .R Strain & son were 1st and 2nd Millisle from Fermoy the 2nd bird is also a Geerinchx from the same source. Annsborough’s Mickey Croskery was 2nd East Section with Killyleagh’s Herbie McVeigh in 3rd Section.
This week’s race is from Mallow and this is also the EDC 2 bird Gold ring event . The full Open and Section result from Fermoy is:
East Down Combine Open & Sections
29/04/2017 1st Fermoy OB4
154 Members Sent: 3543 Birds in a South East Wind
Pos Name Club Velocity
1 A Cousins & Sons Hillfoot HPS 1826.335
2 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1819.100
3 J. Tumelty Newtownbreda HPS 1818.028
4 J. Tumelty Newtownbreda HPS 1815.737
5 J.Young & Ptnrs Dundonald HPS 1811.230
6 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1809.723
7 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1808.756
8 Brown & McConnell Dundonald HPS 1805.486
9 C & D Smyth & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1803.869
10 J Kirk & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1802.593
11 C & D Smyth & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1802.211
12 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1799.208
13 J.Young & Ptnrs Dundonald HPS 1798.521
14 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1798.417
15 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1798.340
16 W.White & Son Newtownbreda HPS 1798.288
17 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1797.943
18 W.White & Son Newtownbreda HPS 1797.808
19 S & P Logan Ballynahinch HPS 1797.563
20 R.Strain & Son Millisle & District HPS 1796.938
21 Brown & McConnell Dundonald HPS 1796.627
22 J. Tumelty Newtownbreda HPS 1795.216
23 R.Irwin Dundonald HPS 1793.680
24 R.Irwin Dundonald HPS 1793.680
25 R.Irwin Dundonald HPS 1793.680
26 R.Irwin Dundonald HPS 1793.522
27 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1793.361
28 Brown & McConnell Dundonald HPS 1793.171
29 R. Johnston Comber Social HPS 1792.028
30 R. Johnston Comber Social HPS 1791.871
31 R. Johnston Comber Social HPS 1791.871
32 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1791.601
33 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1790.701
34 R. Johnston Comber Social HPS 1790.616
35 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1789.975
36 J Kirk & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1789.589
37 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1789.175
38 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1788.855
39 R Hunter Ballynahinch HPS 1788.754
40 Brown & McConnell Dundonald HPS 1788.167
West Section 50Members Sent:1101Birds in a South East Wind
1 A Cousins & Sons Hillfoot HPS 1826.335
2 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1819.100
3 J. Tumelty Newtownbreda HPS 1818.028
4 J. Tumelty Newtownbreda HPS 1815.737
5 J.Young & Ptnrs Dundonald HPS 1811.230
6 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1809.723
7 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1808.756
8 Brown & McConnell Dundonald HPS 1805.486
9 C & D Smyth & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1803.869
10 J Kirk & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1802.593
11 C & D Smyth & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1802.211
12 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1799.208
13 J.Young & Ptnrs Dundonald HPS 1798.521
14 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1798.417
15 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1798.340
16 W.White & Son Newtownbreda HPS 1798.288
17 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1797.943
18 W.White & Son Newtownbreda HPS 1797.808
19 S & P Logan Ballynahinch HPS 1797.563
20 Brown & McConnell Dundonald HPS 1796.627
East Section 104 Members Sent: 2442 Birds in a South East Wind
1 R.Strain & Son Millisle & District HPS 1796.938
2 M.Croskery Annsborough HPS 1784.835
3 H.McVeigh Killyleagh Central HPS 1784.114
4 McComb Bros Killyleagh Central HPS 1783.189
5 D & K McCutcheon Donaghadee RPC 1781.338
6 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1779.599
7 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1779.449
8 J.Quinn & Son Crossgar HPS 1771.176
9 J.Quinn & Son Crossgar HPS 1770.685
10 Grieves & Morrison Killyleagh Central HPS 1770.501
11 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1769.795
12 T.Smith Killyleagh Central HPS 1767.651
13 McComb Bros Killyleagh Central HPS 1767.310
14 D.Croskery & Son Annsborough HPS 1766.367
15 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1765.080
16 H.McVeigh Killyleagh Central HPS 1764.633
17 Grieves & Morrison Killyleagh Central HPS 1761.482
18 J.Quinn & Son Crossgar HPS 1761.237
19 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1759.821
20 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1759.312
Around the Combine Clubs
Annalong 1st K .Rooney,Son & Dtr 1746.556 2nd J Trimble & Son 1643.526
3rd J Trimble & Son 1630.805
Annsborough 1st M Croskery 1784.84 2nd D Croskery & Son 1766.367
3rd Pritchard Bros 1727.123
Ballylesson 12 members sent 296 birds 1st J Patterson 1819 2nd J Patterson 1809
3rd C& D Smyth & sons 1803
Ballynahinch 1st S & P Logan & Ptnrs 1797.563 2nd R Hunter 1788.754
3rd J & V Abernethy 1779.644
Ballywalter 1st W McMaster & Son 1746.146 2nd S Regan 1710.933
3rd D W Carlile & Son 1709.574
Bangor 1st R Moore & Son 1779.599 2nd R Moore & Son 1779.449
3rd R Moore & Son 1769.795
Cloughey 1st Harper & Young 1759.821 2nd Gordon Bros & Sons 1759.312
3rd Gordon Bros & Sons 1755.915
Comber 1st R Johnson 1792.02 2nd R Johnson 1791.87 3rd R Johnson 1791.87
Crossgar 1st McCartan & Woodsides 1781.272 2nd J Quinn & Son 1771.202
3rd J Quinn & Son 1770.685
Donaghadee 1st D & K McCutcheon 1781.338 2nd D & K McCutcheon 1746.978
3rd E D & K Allan & Sons 1744.878
Downpatrick Premier 1st J Crossan 1743.626 2nd Mrs E Wynn & Dtr 1732.5
3rd F Black & Sons 1724.486
Dundonald 1st J Young & Ptnrs 1811.23 2nd M Foulis 1808.756
3rd S Brown & McConnell 1805.486
Dundrum 1st J Maguire & Ptrs 1650.545 2nd J Maguire & Ptrs 1648.173
3rd J Maguire & Ptrs 1631.03
Hillfoot 1st A Cousins & Sons 1826.335 2nd W & L Robinson 1749.627
3rd A Cousins & Sons 1737.604
Killyleagh Central 1st H McVeigh 1784.114 2nd McComb Bros 1783.189
3rd Grieves & Morrison 1770.501
Millisle 1st R Strain & Son 1796.938 2nd R Strain & Son 1744.951 3rd J Rankin 1740.277
Newcastle 1st E & A Rogan 1690.29 2nd E & A Rogan 1689.502 3rd E & A Rogan 1640.391
Newtownbreda 1st J Tumelty 1818.028 2nd J Tumelty 1815.737 3rd B Hogg & Sons 1798.34
Portavogie 1st R & G Thompson 1746.284 2nd K Ambrose 1733.761
3rd B & J Donnan 1730.466
East Down2bird News
From Thurles Harper & Young (Cloughey ) took 1st & 2nd in the 2 bird club with both birds finishing in the top 20 in the open the full result was ;
1st Harper & Young 1347 pools £16 80
2nd Harper & Young 1341 pools £12 60
3rd Gordon bros & sons 1339 pools £8 40
4th Mc Comb bros 1325
5th Cully & Monan 1297
6th Grieves & Morrison 1261
7th C Healy 1259
8th McLoughlin bros 1228
9th A Cousins & sons 1225
10th J Quinn & son 1218
11th M Croskery 1217
12th Sidney McLoughlin 1215
New Trophy marks 50 years of 2 bird club
A new cup has been presented to the 2 bird club by C & D Smyth to mark the 50th Anniversary of the club .Dorothy is the club’s Financial Secretary and is ably assisted by husband Colin and the club is extremely grateful to them for this lovely piece of crystal and thank the Smyths for this very welcome addition to the club’s Trophies. This Cup will be awarded to the loft achieving the best average in the 2 bird club from the 4th & 5th Old bird and the 5th and 6th Young bird races . This will be a challenging trophy to win ,so good luck to all.
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That is it for another week my thanks to all who send photos etc.