Mullingar 11/04/09
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:31 pm
TYRELLA Loft win opening race
The 2009 racing pigeon season got underway on Saturday 11 April when the pigeons were released in Mullingar at 8.45am. Wind at the racepoint was south southwesterly and there was good sunshine all round. The birds were put up early as rain was forecast for the afternoon but thankfully this never materialised and the pigeons enjoyed a good fly home.
The week prior to racing provided some good weather, which was beneficial for training purposes enabling birds to be well prepared for the first race. The South Down Fed pigeons were never going to be in the hunt for Combine honours with the fresh southerly aspect to the wind, which saw Mark Foulis of Dundonald pick up his first combine win of the season and R Moore & Son of Bangor dominate the east section of the result.
Last year the first race of the season saw Tyrella’s S Halpin & Sons take the top three positions in both Federation and Combine. This year Tyrella again provide the Federation winners with Mr & Mrs Irvine taking the top position. They had an excellent race with two other birds in the result at third and tenth.
All three pigeons contain Grondelaar bloodlines from P Lue & Son Downpatrick. The winner is a five-year-old Grondelaar x Soontjens cock with the Soontjens lines also coming from P Lue & Son. This bird previously was a club winner from Thurles in 2007.
Mervyn and Philomena’s second pigeon is a two-year-old Grondelaar x Busschaert hen, and while this line of Busschaerts have been with them for quite some time they too originated in the Lue lofts.
Their third pigeon is a three-year-old Grondelaar cock that won from Tullamore last year.
This is a superb start for the season for the Tyrella partnership and just reward for their strong training regime.
Annsborough’s P Brown is second Fed and has another bird in the result at fifth Fed to get his season off to a good start. Patrick assures me that a lot of this success is down to his wife Geraldine who looks after this loft of birds.
Patrick’s first pigeon is a two-year-old Lindelauf hen from Annalong’s K Rooney & Son. Kevin and Kristopher have provided many good prizewinners for Patrick in the past couple of years and many of them come from the Lindelauf pigeons.
Patrick’s second pigeon is a three-year-old hen from John O’Prey, Warrenpoint. Her nest mate was fourth Fed from Clonmel last year.
The ever present R McDowell & Son Annsborough are fourth Fed this week and they have an excellent record from all race points. The pigeon timed here is a yearling hen from their Derek Best pigeons.
Sixth Fed goes to Annsborough’s R J Keown with a two-year-old blue hen. This pigeon is the last daughter out of the now deceased ‘Old Janssen hen’, while the sire is a Steenhaut.
Michael Jennings Annsborough is seventh Fed with the pigeon that topped the Fed from the Skibbereen Derby in 2007. The sire of this pigeon is from John McCartan Annalong and is from stock he obtained from Dromara’s D Black. The dam is a Karel Boeckx x Van Reet from Cooper Bros.
Tyrella’s D McNabb & Ptrs are eighth Fed this week. The sire of their bird is from stock from Martin Flynn Drumaness from his Bates pigeons. The dam is a Van Reet.
The result is completed by Annsborough’s P Brown & Son in ninth position with a yearling Vandenabeele cock from Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey.
Full Result: 1, Mr & Mrs Irvine Tyrella 1673; 2, P Brown Annsborough 1655; 3, Mr & Mrs Irvine 1653; 4, R McDowell & Son Annsborough 1636; 5, P Brown 1635; 6, RJ Keown Annsborough 1631; 7, M Jennings Annsborough 1630; 8, D McNabb & Ptrs Tyrella 1628.4; 9, P Brown & Son Annsborough 1628.3; 10, Mr & Mrs Irvine 1625:
• May Day race will take place on Monday 4 May from Mullingar. Birds will be hampered on Monday morning in Annsborough from 8.30 to 10.00. Cost will be £2.50 for first 5 birds or less and 50p per bird for more than 5. Clocks will be set in Annsborough on Monday morning and checked out in Dundrum on Monday evening at 7pm. No clocks will be punched after this time. This race is open to Federation members only. The race will be sponsored by Patrick Brown who last year very kindly presented a new cup for the race, which will be on display on the morning of basketing.
• The loft KO will start from 2nd Nenagh with the final from Bude.
Brendan McLoughlin PO.
The 2009 racing pigeon season got underway on Saturday 11 April when the pigeons were released in Mullingar at 8.45am. Wind at the racepoint was south southwesterly and there was good sunshine all round. The birds were put up early as rain was forecast for the afternoon but thankfully this never materialised and the pigeons enjoyed a good fly home.
The week prior to racing provided some good weather, which was beneficial for training purposes enabling birds to be well prepared for the first race. The South Down Fed pigeons were never going to be in the hunt for Combine honours with the fresh southerly aspect to the wind, which saw Mark Foulis of Dundonald pick up his first combine win of the season and R Moore & Son of Bangor dominate the east section of the result.
Last year the first race of the season saw Tyrella’s S Halpin & Sons take the top three positions in both Federation and Combine. This year Tyrella again provide the Federation winners with Mr & Mrs Irvine taking the top position. They had an excellent race with two other birds in the result at third and tenth.
All three pigeons contain Grondelaar bloodlines from P Lue & Son Downpatrick. The winner is a five-year-old Grondelaar x Soontjens cock with the Soontjens lines also coming from P Lue & Son. This bird previously was a club winner from Thurles in 2007.
Mervyn and Philomena’s second pigeon is a two-year-old Grondelaar x Busschaert hen, and while this line of Busschaerts have been with them for quite some time they too originated in the Lue lofts.
Their third pigeon is a three-year-old Grondelaar cock that won from Tullamore last year.
This is a superb start for the season for the Tyrella partnership and just reward for their strong training regime.
Annsborough’s P Brown is second Fed and has another bird in the result at fifth Fed to get his season off to a good start. Patrick assures me that a lot of this success is down to his wife Geraldine who looks after this loft of birds.
Patrick’s first pigeon is a two-year-old Lindelauf hen from Annalong’s K Rooney & Son. Kevin and Kristopher have provided many good prizewinners for Patrick in the past couple of years and many of them come from the Lindelauf pigeons.
Patrick’s second pigeon is a three-year-old hen from John O’Prey, Warrenpoint. Her nest mate was fourth Fed from Clonmel last year.
The ever present R McDowell & Son Annsborough are fourth Fed this week and they have an excellent record from all race points. The pigeon timed here is a yearling hen from their Derek Best pigeons.
Sixth Fed goes to Annsborough’s R J Keown with a two-year-old blue hen. This pigeon is the last daughter out of the now deceased ‘Old Janssen hen’, while the sire is a Steenhaut.
Michael Jennings Annsborough is seventh Fed with the pigeon that topped the Fed from the Skibbereen Derby in 2007. The sire of this pigeon is from John McCartan Annalong and is from stock he obtained from Dromara’s D Black. The dam is a Karel Boeckx x Van Reet from Cooper Bros.
Tyrella’s D McNabb & Ptrs are eighth Fed this week. The sire of their bird is from stock from Martin Flynn Drumaness from his Bates pigeons. The dam is a Van Reet.
The result is completed by Annsborough’s P Brown & Son in ninth position with a yearling Vandenabeele cock from Gordon Bros & Sons Cloughey.
Full Result: 1, Mr & Mrs Irvine Tyrella 1673; 2, P Brown Annsborough 1655; 3, Mr & Mrs Irvine 1653; 4, R McDowell & Son Annsborough 1636; 5, P Brown 1635; 6, RJ Keown Annsborough 1631; 7, M Jennings Annsborough 1630; 8, D McNabb & Ptrs Tyrella 1628.4; 9, P Brown & Son Annsborough 1628.3; 10, Mr & Mrs Irvine 1625:
• May Day race will take place on Monday 4 May from Mullingar. Birds will be hampered on Monday morning in Annsborough from 8.30 to 10.00. Cost will be £2.50 for first 5 birds or less and 50p per bird for more than 5. Clocks will be set in Annsborough on Monday morning and checked out in Dundrum on Monday evening at 7pm. No clocks will be punched after this time. This race is open to Federation members only. The race will be sponsored by Patrick Brown who last year very kindly presented a new cup for the race, which will be on display on the morning of basketing.
• The loft KO will start from 2nd Nenagh with the final from Bude.
Brendan McLoughlin PO.