East Down Combine News

 

with Clifford Browne

BALLYLESSON & NEWTOWNBREDA LOFTS WIN SKIBBEREEN DERBIES

 

Mid September and the 2017 season has drawn to a close . The East Down Combine’s final two races were both Derby events and both held from Skibbereen . With the end of the season came the final calculation of the Combine Fancier of the Year , final placing's in the 2 bird leagues ,information on the Combine Dinner etc .

Let’s start with the Skibbereen Derby races the first of which was held on the 2nd of September when the birds were liberated in a light Southerly wind at 8.45am .With the South in the wind it again turned out to be a very fast race with the top seven birds into the 1800 velocity .The winner was into the Ballylesson club to Stephen and Aaron Casement and this was followed by the Bangor loft of Lambert & Stewart who have had a phenomenal YB season ,Dundonald fanciers took the next two with at 3rd Mark Foulis and 4th Jim Young &ptnrs and as I said last week further details will follow .The full result was:

East Down Combine

02/09/2017 1st Skibbereen YB Derby

Derby / Classic

73 Members Sent: 942 Birds in a Light South Wind

Pools

Pos Name Club Velocity Section Pool Total Grand Total

1 W1 S Casement & Son Ballylesson HPS 1852.369 N £50.00 £183.15

2 E1 Lambert & Stewart Bangor RPC 1828.634 ab £99.50 £217.00

3 W2 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1818.233 £0.00 £86.52

4 W3 J.Young & Ptnrs Dundonald HPS 1813.690 £0.00 £69.89

5 W4 A Cousins & Sons Hillfoot HPS 1807.389 £0.00 £53.26

6 W5 M.Foulis Dundonald HPS 1805.641 £0.00 £41.05

7 E2 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1801.640 ab AB N £177.64 £237.64

8 E3 Lambert & Stewart Bangor RPC 1798.316 £0.00 £52.50

9 E4 T & S Phillips Bangor RPC 1793.322 a £25.76 £70.76

10 W6 C & D Smyth & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1792.108 a £19.00 £60.05

11 W7 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1788.219 £0.00 £31.05

12 W8 Mackey & Lockhart Ballylesson HPS 1784.469 ab A £68.16 £97.00

13 W9 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1782.777 ab £32.24 £61.08

14 E5 Lambert & Stewart Bangor RPC 1781.225 £0.00 £32.50

15 W10 A Cousins & Sons Hillfoot HPS 1772.992 £0.00 £28.84

16 W11 A Bradley Ballynahinch HPS 1772.837 £0.00 £28.84

17 W12 A Bradley Ballynahinch HPS 1772.467 £0.00 £28.84

18 W13 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1772.071 £0.00 £26.63

19 W14 Brown & McConnell Dundonald HPS 1770.330 £0.00 £26.63

20 W15 J.Young & Ptnrs Dundonald HPS 1768.628 £0.00 £23.63

21 W16 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1768.522 £0.00 £16.63

22 W17 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1768.404 £0.00 £16.63

23 W18 Mackey & Lockhart Ballylesson HPS 1766.539 ab A N £63.12 £79.75

24 W19 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1765.693 £0.00 £15.53

25 W20 B C T Foulis & Gill Dundonald HPS 1764.574 ab n £27.68 £43.21

26 B C T Foulis & Gill Dundonald HPS 1763.994 £0.00 £10.00

27 B C T Foulis & Gill Dundonald HPS 1763.879 £0.00 £10.00

28 Brown & McConnell Dundonald HPS 1763.254 £0.00 £10.00

29 B C T Foulis & Gill Dundonald HPS 1763.183 £0.00 £10.00

30 Brown & McConnell Dundonald HPS 1761.869 £0.00 £10.00

31 Brown & McConnell Dundonald HPS 1761.638 £0.00 £10.00

32 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1760.062 £0.00 £10.00

33 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1759.829 £0.00 £10.00

34 A Bradley Ballynahinch HPS 1759.482 £0.00 £10.00

35 E6 M Adair & Sons Cloughey HPS 1759.395 £0.00 £22.50

36 J.Young & Ptnrs Dundonald HPS 1759.376 £0.00 £10.00

37 Brown & McConnell Dundonald HPS 1759.334 £0.00 £10.00

38 Myles,Kincaid,McCann&A Dundonald HPS 1759.208 £0.00 £10.00

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39 Brown & McConnell Dundonald HPS 1758.989 £0.00 £10.00

40 Brown & McConnell Dundonald HPS 1758.185 £0.00 £10.00

Remainder East Section & Pools

E7 K Ambrose Portavogie 1753.004 a £18.40 £30.90

J Kirk & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1752.982 B £27.20 £27.20

J Kirk & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1752.500 A £14.40 £14.40

E8 G Lyttle Comber Social 1749.488 AB £30.88 £40.88

E9 Lambert & Stewart Bangor RPC 1749.330 ab ABC £95.69 £105.69

E10 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1748.936 ab n AB £75.16 £85.16

E11 G Lyttle Comber Social 1746.504 AB £12.16 £22.16

B C T Foulis & Gill Dundonald HPS 1744.164 ab n ABC £51.85 £51.85

E12 D.Croskery & Son Annsborough HPS 1742.207 £0.00 £10.00

E13 Lambert & Stewart Bangor RPC 1740.599 £0.00 £7.50

Mackey & Lockhart Ballylesson HPS 1739.904 ab A £15.56 £15.56

E14 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1735.529 ab ABC £53.69 £61.19

E15 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1735.093 £0.00 £7.50

E16 J Rankin Millisle & District HPS 1725.340 ab £19.90 £27.40

E17 D.Croskery & Son Annsborough HPS 1724.791 £0.00 £7.50

Mackey & Lockhart Ballylesson HPS 1724.669 ab A £15.56 £15.56

E18 G Lyttle Comber Social 1724.116 £0.00 £7.50

Mackey & Lockhart Ballylesson HPS 1723.988 ab £9.80 £9.80

E19 J & R Young Portavogie 1723.120 £0.00 £6.25

E20 D.Croskery & Son Annsborough HPS 1723.105 £0.00 £6.25

Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1721.658 ab n BC £56.40 £56.40

R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1719.966 a £9.20 £9.20

Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1719.689 b £10.70 £10.70

S Casement & Son Ballylesson HPS 1716.815 ab B £16.20 £16.20

J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1715.920 b £6.00 £6.00

D.Croskery & Son Annsborough HPS 1712.937 b £10.70 £10.70

J.Young & Ptnrs Dundonald HPS 1712.025 BC £14.59 £14.59

J.Young & Ptnrs Dundonald HPS 1710.828 B £6.40 £6.40

Lambert & Stewart Bangor RPC 1710.661 b C £15.38 £15.38

T. Horner & Sons Crossgar HPS 1701.122 C £4.68 £4.68

B & H Marshall Newtownbreda HPS 1698.760 C £4.68 £4.68

R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1690.078 C £4.68 £4.68

Angus&Son&McConkey Donaghadee RPC 1644.834 C £4.68 £4.68

T. Horner & Sons Crossgar HPS 1643.138 C £4.68 £4.68

T. Horner & Sons Crossgar HPS 1586.454 C £4.68 £4.68

      

 

Around the Combine Clubs

Annalong 1st L McCavery 1568.29 2nd J Trimble & Son 1494.021

3rd J Trimble & Son 1351.236

 

Annsborough 1st D Croskery & Son 1742.207 2nd D Croskery & Son 1724.791

3rd D Croskery & Son 1723.105

Ballylesson 1st S Casement & Son 1852.369 2nd C & D Smyth & Sons 1792.108

3rd Mackey & Lockhart 1784.469

Ballynahinch 1st A Bradley 1772.837 2nd A Bradley 1772.467 3rd A Bradley 1759.482

Ballywalter 1st S Regan 1666.953 2nd S Regan 1650.3 3rd J Orr & Son 1634.815

Bangor 1st Lambert & Stewart 1828.634 2nd R Moore & Son 1801.639

3rd Lambert & Stewart 1798.316

Cloughey 1st M Adair & Sons 1759.001

Comber 1st G Lyttle 1749.488 2nd G Lyttle 1746.504 3rd G Lyttle 1724.116

Crossgar 1st J McGreevy 1729.09 2nd T Horner & Sons 1701.122

Donaghadee 1st M Foulis 1818.126 2nd J Young & Ptnrs 1813.69 3rd M Foulis 1805.535

Dundonald 1st M Foulis 1818.126 2nd J Young & Ptnrs 1813.69 3rd M Foulis 1805.535

Hillfoot 1st A Cousins & Sons 1807.389 2nd A Cousins & Sons 1772.992

Millisle 1st J Rankin 1725.34

Newcastle 1st R Mc Veigh& Son 1607 2nd W McNeilly & Son 15183rd R Mc Veigh&son 1478

Newtownbreda 1st B Hogg & Sons 1788.219 2nd B Hogg & Sons 1772.071

3rd B Hogg & Sons 1768.693

Portavogie 1st K Ambrose 1753.268 2nd J & R Young 1723.12 3rd R & G Thompson 1721.168

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The final event in the Combine Calendar was the Ken McConaghie Skibbereen Derby flown on the 9th of September and for this race the wind was NW which led to a much slower race than the previous week with the 791 birds being released at 9am .The winner on 1317 was the Newtownbreda loft of B Hogg & Sons who had a second bird at 11th and both these birds are Stefaan Lambrecht birds bred by Gibbs & Byrne of Lisburn and these Lambrecht pigeons have raced really well for Jack Hogg,. In 2nd place were Crossgar’s McCartan & Woodsides with Cloughey’s Harper & Young in 3rd spot . Full result is :

East Down Combine

09/09/2017 Ken McConaghie Skibbereen YB Derby

Derby / Classic

56 Members Sent: 791 Birds in a North West Wind

Pools

Pos Name Club Velocity Section Pool Total Grand Total

1 W1 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1317.115 £0.00 £131.03

2 W2 McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1297.886 ab n ABC £208.45 £303.11

3 E1 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1296.559 ab n ABC N £250.16 £328.66

4 E2 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1294.845 £0.00 £62.80

5 W3 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1293.983 ab £37.44 £85.94

6 W4 J.Young & Ptnrs Dundonald HPS 1291.724 £0.00 £32.33

7 W5 Brown & McConnell Dundonald HPS 1291.490 £0.00 £30.28

8 E3 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1290.500 £0.00 £37.10

9 W6 Brown & McConnell Dundonald HPS 1290.314 £0.00 £30.28

10 W7 J Kirk & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1279.619 a B £41.00 £71.28

11 W8 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1278.223 £0.00 £18.22

12 W9 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1278.038 £0.00 £18.22

13 E4 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1276.194 £0.00 £21.40

14 E5 McLoughlin Bros Annalong HPS 1258.125 ab n AB N £146.40 £165.90

15 E6 Palmer & McKay Ballywalter SPC 1253.261 £0.00 £19.50

16 W10 W & L Robinson Hillfoot HPS 1251.611 a A £26.20 £44.42

17 W11 B C T Foulis & Gill Dundonald HPS 1244.422 ab n ABC N £101.97 £120.19

18 W12 Brown & McConnell Dundonald HPS 1244.257 £0.00 £18.22

19 E7 Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1243.148 £0.00 £19.50

20 W13 Brown & McConnell Dundonald HPS 1242.304 £0.00 £16.17

21 E8 B & J Donnan Portavogie 1240.074 a £24.50 £39.10

22 E9 B & J Donnan Portavogie 1240.017 a £17.50 £32.10

23 E10 J & R Young Portavogie 1239.559 ab ABC £74.38 £88.98

24 E11 M Adair & Sons Cloughey HPS 1238.749 £0.00 £14.60

25 E12 M Adair & Sons Cloughey HPS 1238.636 £0.00 £14.60

26 E13 D.Croskery & Son Annsborough HPS 1237.990 ab AB £42.27 £54.97

27 E14 R Moore & Son Bangor RPC 1234.842 ab AB £38.59 £51.29

28 W14 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1232.609 £0.00 £13.17

29 E15 W.McMaster & Son Ballywalter SPC 1230.214 ab B £26.43 £39.13

30 W15 S. McLoughlin Crossgar HPS 1224.642 £0.00 £13.17

31 E16 Grieves & Morrison Killyleagh Central HPS 1223.080 £0.00 £12.70

32 W16 J Patterson Ballylesson HPS 1216.867 ab £16.00 £29.17

33 W17 Myles,Kincaid,McCann&A Dundonald HPS 1216.100 £0.00 £13.17

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34 W18 Cowan & McCartney Dundonald HPS 1216.021 £0.00 £13.17

35 W19 J.Young & Ptnrs Dundonald HPS 1215.956 £0.00 £12.14

36 W20 A Cousins & Sons Hillfoot HPS 1215.912 £0.00 £12.14

37 E17 D.Croskery & Son Annsborough HPS 1215.725 ab ABC £46.72 £59.42

38 Cowan & McCartney Dundonald HPS 1215.088 £0.00 £7.00

39 E18 Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey HPS 1213.359 £0.00 £12.70

40 B. Hogg & Sons Newtownbreda HPS 1213.302 £0.00 £7.00

Remainder East Section & Pools

E19 Cully & Monan Cloughey HPS 1211.184 ab AB £33.07 £37.82

E20 R & G Thompson Portavogie 1208.625 £0.00 £4.75

C & D Smyth & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1205.068 ab £13.76 £13.76

Lambert & Stewart Bangor RPC 1166.689 ABC £22.92 £22.92

J & R Young Portavogie 1158.197 b A C £23.64 £23.64

J & R Young Portavogie 1139.211 b C £17.00 £17.00

Palmer & McKay Ballywalter SPC 1137.076 C £7.80 £7.80

J S Albert & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1124.039 a £4.80 £4.80

J S Albert & Sons Ballylesson HPS 1121.026 ab £10.40 £10.40

Mackey & Lockhart Ballylesson HPS 1117.243 ab £10.40 £10.40

Harper & Young Cloughey HPS 1117.051 C £7.80 £7.80

McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1115.013 b C £13.40 £13.40

J & R Young Portavogie 1110.186 C £7.80 £7.80

McCartan & Woodsides Crossgar HPS 1098.887 b £5.60 £5.60

Mackey & Lockhart Ballylesson HPS 1039.565 b £5.60 £5.60

Around the Combine Clubs

Annalong 1st McLoughlin Bros 1258.125 2nd McLoughlin Bros 1076.406

3rd L McCavery 991.312

Annsborough 1st D Croskery & Son 1237.99 2nd D Croskery & Son 1215.725

Ballylesson 1st J Patterson 1293.983 2nd J Kirk & Son 1279.619 3rd J Patterson 1216.867

Ballynahinch 1st Burns & O'Loan 1201.707 2nd Burns & O'Loan 1172.665

Ballywalter 1st Palmer & McKay 1253.312 2nd W McMaster & Son 1230.214

3rd W McMaster & Son 1230.214

Bangor 1st R Moore & Son 1234.841

Cloughey 1st Harper & Young 1296.614 2nd Gordon Bros & Sons 1294.845

3rd Gordon Bros & Sons 1290.493

Crossgar 1st McCartan & Woodsides 1297.886 2nd S McLoughlin 1224.642

3rd S McLoughlin 1201.984

Dundonald 1st S Brown & McConnell 1291.94 2nd J Young & Ptnrs 1291.724

3rd S Brown & McConnell 1290.314

Hillfoot 1st W & L Robinson 1251.611 2nd A Cousins & Sons 1215.912

3rd A Cousins & Sons 1212.88

Killyleagh Central 1st Grieves & Morrison 1223.08

Newtownbreda 1st B Hogg & Sons 1317.115 2nd B Hogg & Sons 1278.223

3rd B Hogg & Sons 1278.038

Portavogie 1st B & J Donnan 1240.074 2nd B & J Donnan 1240.074 3rd J & R Young 1239.559

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T&S PHILLIPS WIN £1592 FROM BREEDER/BUYER

 

The EDC Breeder /Buyer this year had a total of £3185 in prize money divided over 4 places and was flown from the 1st Skibbereen Derby and the winner was a blue cock “Steve McQueen” bred and raced by T & S Phillips of Bangor thereby collecting £796 1st breeder and a further £796 for being the racers . “Steve McQueen” was competing in only his second race having started his racing career with a race from the 2nd Thurles ,hatched in March he was racing natural to the perch and was well down the wing with 3 flights to go .He is a Staf van Reet x Van de Beele who prior to racing had had a number of short training tosses and as well as winning the breeder /buyer in that race was 9th open 4th East Section EDC on a velocity of 1793

   

2nd in the Breeder/Buyer were the Newtownbreda lofts of B Hogg & sons who were also breeder & buyer winning them £796 on a velocity of 1768 . The Dundonald partnership of Myles,Kincaid, McCann& Auld were 3rd on 1752 winning £576.

4th were C & D Smyth of Ballylesson with a bird bred by D & N Smyth & dtr each winning £159 and the velocity here was 1708.

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Talbenny Derby winner

As mentioned last week the winner of the Talbenny YB Derby for a 4th time in 5 years was the Ballylesson partnership of K & B McConaghie & son whose 2nd bird home won 3rd Open . The winning bird is a blue cheq cock which was a darkened youngster racing to the perch . The breeding is Braspennig on the cocks side and Soontjen on the hens and Geoff trains his birds extensively going with a couple of different trailers to give the birds experience of coming out of different groups of birds . The bird which won 3rd open was a red cock from the birds from Bertie & Helen Marshall of Newtownbreda and this cock was trained the same way as the winner . Geoff likes to race the young birds rigorously and he certainly has got the measure of this Talbenny Derby .Mum Betty helps with the birds and between them they have achieved quite a record from this race .

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John Patterson does it again

This year’s East Down Combine Fancier of the Year ,and not for the first time , is the Veteran Ballylesson fancier John Patterson (JP) who at 90 can show us all how to race pigeons consistently . The award will be presented at the Annual Dinner in November and a full loft report will follow but Congratulations John on yet another outstanding season .

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ANNUAL DINNER & PRIZE DISTRIBUTION

This Year’s Annual Dinner which will be held on the 17th November 2017 is rather special as the EDC is celebrating it’s 50th anniversary and this year it is being held in the Temple Golf & Country Club and if you are planning to attend the following is the menu for the evening . Tickets cost £25 and can be booked through Dorothy Smyth

MENU

Starter

Vegetable soup

Main Courses

Roast Co Down Turkey & Ham

OR

Roast Sirloin of Beef With Pan Gravy

Served With Medley of Vegetables , Roast & Creamed Potatoes

Desserts

Traditional Apple Pie With Fresh Cream

OR

Seasonal Fruit Pavlova

Tea or Coffee

After the meal and presentation of prizes dancing will be to “Cloud Nine” .

Can all existing Cup holders please have these returned to Dorothy Smyth as quickly as possible so that they can be prepared for this Year’s presentation .

 

East Down2bird Roundup

The result of the final four races of the season were ;

2nd Thurles 26/8/17

1st Harper & Young 1601 pools £14 40

2nd Gordon bros & sons 1576 pools £10 80

3rd Gordon bros & sons 1546 pools £7 20

4th Mc Cartan & Woodsides 1541

5th Mackey & Lockhart 1537 pools £3 60

6th R Mc Veigh & son 1528

7th K Ambrose 1516

8th W Mc Master & son 1504

9th G Lyttle 1503

10th S Regan 1496

11th Mc Comb bros 1495

12th J & R Young 1493

Congratulations to Gordon Bros & sons for having both birds in the prizes

 

 

 

Talbenny y /b derby 26/8/17

1st Mc Comb bros 1321 (2ND Open )

2nd B Hogg & sons 1244 pools £6 80

3rd Gillespie bros 1241 pools £5 10

4th J Young & ptrs 1208

5th J Kirk & sons 1194

6th Mackey & Lockhart 1191 pools £3 40

7th T Horner & sons 1168

8th B.C.T Foulis & Gill 1164

9th J & S Albert & sons 1137 pools £1 70

10th K & B Mc Conaghie & son 1119

11th G Lyttle 951

12th W Mc Master & son 887

 

1st skibbereen y/b derby 2/9/17

1st A Cousins & sons 1772

2nd B Hogg & sons 1768 pools £8

3rd Brown & Mc Connell 1758

4th G Lyttle 1746

5th J & R Young 1723

6th J Young & ptnrs 1712

7th K & B Mc Conaghie & son 1704 pools £6

8th T Horner & sons 1701.122

9th R Moore & son 1701.11 pools £4

10th R Moore & son 1690 pools £2

11th S Regan 1650

12th B Young 1645

Congratulations to R Moore & son for having both birds timed in the prizes

 

2nd skibbereen y/b derby 9/9/17

1st Harper & Young 1296 pools £8 (3rd Open )

2nd J Patterson 1293 pools £6 (5th Open)

3rd B.C.T Foulis & Gill 1244

4th W Mc Master & son 1230 pools £4

5th A Cousins & sons 1215

6th Cully & Monan 1211 pools £2

7th C & D Smyth & sons 1205

8th G Lyttle 1182

9th G Lyttle 1152

10th J & S Albert & sons 1124

11th J& S Albert & sons 1121

12th Harper & Young 1117

Could selecting of their 2 bird entries by Harper &Young, Gary Lyttle and John Albert all these lofts recorded both their entries in the result.

 

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EDC 2 bird club 2017 league winners were:

League A

R Moore & son 24 points

B Hogg & sons 22

C Healy 22

D& W Carlile & son 20

League B

Mc Comb bros 26 points

K&B Mc Conaghie & son 26

Cowan & Mc Cartney 24

C & D Smyth & sons 22

League C

B C T Foulis & Gill 26 points

B Young 24

Harper & Young 24

Mc Cartan & Woodsides 22

Mackey & Lockhart 22

League D

A& A Cheevers 24 points

S Reagan 22

A Cousins & sons 22

H Mc Veigh 22

League E

J Kirk & sons 26 points

Sean Mc Loughlin 24

D Shaw 22

J Young & ptrns 20

The leagues are always a source of great interest in the 2 Bird club and this year the Gibson Cup for the points winner is being shared by 4 lofts such is the standard of competition in this great wee club .

Gibson cup (joint winners )

Mc Comb bros 26 points

K&B Mc Conaghie & son 26

B C T Foulis & Gill 26

J Kirk & sons 26

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The Gold ring saw success for the Peninsula lofts of Harper & Young and the ever present Gordon bros & sons who were 2nd & 3rd .

EDC 2 bird gold ring

1st Harper & Young £150

2nd Gordon bros & sons £120

3rd Gordon bros & sons £70

 

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