Paddy & William McManus of Ahoghill best from tough Fermoy
The fifth young bird race of the season was flown from Fermoy in County Cork on Saturday 16th August. Liberation was at 11.15am in easterly winds and like last week it was another very tough race. Ace racers and breeders Paddy and William McManus of Ahoghill clocked the best bird in the area to win 1st club Ahoghill, 1st Mid Antrim Combine, 1st Section B and 26th Open Nipa from just over ten thousand pigeons. Their latest Section winner a cheq pied hen was timed at 15.43pm flying 199 miles to the Croft Loft's in Ahoghill to record 1303. Their winning hen was bred from the racing loft. The dam is Vandenbrande and the sire is a son of their 'Bude Cock' a winner of 1st Section & 3rd Open Nipa Bude. The 'Bude Cock' is a son of their Champion breeding red grizzle Vandenbrande cock 'Major Diamond' responsible for generations of winners right up to 1st Open winners in the Irish South Road Fed 8000 plus birds.
The Cullybackey winners Jimmy and Jamie Greer were runners up in the Combine and Section on 1299 with a blue cock timed at 15.46pm. The breeding of this cock is the best of the Vermeerbergen-Wilms from good friend Keith Kernohan of Ballymena. The sire is off Keith's good blue hen "The Gift" and the dam from the lines of the "Lucky Luc". Gary Gibson of Cullybackey was next best with two birds doing 1299 & 1293 followed by Danny Dixon 5th & 6th Combine on 1291 & 1290. Other club winners were Harold Cubitt in Rasharkin on 1281. Sire is Harold's old 2014 Belshaw cock and dam a gift from clubmate Jackie Steele. Bertie Blair had the top two in Ballymena & District with the winner doing 1262. Both parents from Paddy and William McManus, the sire Vandenbrande and the dam the same way bred as 'Sammy's Girl' 1st Open Penzance YB National 2023 being Vandenbrande x Louis Thijs. Geoff Surgenor had the winner in Kells on 1256, the sire Vandenbulck from the late Lexie Mullan and the dam a granddaughter of Geoff's Talbenny YB National winner 'Christine'. Marc Neilly was best in Broughshane on 1255. The sire Van Rijn / Lambrecht from Bertie Blair and the dam Sticker Doncker / Lambrecht. John Millar had the winner in Randalstown on 1207. The sire is a syndicate cock and the dam veneestra.
Mid Antrim Combine - 1st Fermoy 36/916
Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1303, J & J Greer Cullybackey 1299, G Gibson Cullybackey 1299, G Gibson Cullybackey 1293, D Dixon Rasharkin 1291, D Dixon Rasharkin 1290, Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1289, J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1286, G Gibson Cullybackey 1285, Rock & Moore Cullybackey 1284, J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1283, H Cubitt Rasharkin 1281, D Dixon Rasharkin 1281, D Dixon Rasharkin 1279, G Gibson Cullybackey 1279, G Gibson Cullybackey 1273, J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1271, G Gibson Cullybackey 1267, H Cubitt Rasharkin 1265, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1262, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1261, K & K Kernohan & Sons Ballymena 1261, K & K Kernohan & Sons Ballymena 1261, T Johnston & Son Ballymena 1261, Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1260, Surgenor Bros Kells 1256, J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 1256, M Neilly Broughshane 1255, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1254, T Johnston & Son Ballymena 1254, Blair & Rankin Ballymena 1254, M Graham Ballymena 1253, H Cubitt Rasharkin 1253, G Gibson Cullybackey 1253, T Johnston & Son Ballymena 1252.
Young Bird Knock Out 1st Fermoy - Winners in capitals
Rock & Moore 1284 v D DIXON 1291
G GIBSON 1299 v S Johnston & Son 1247
YOUNG & McMANUS & SONS 1303 v T & M Morrow 0
J SMYTH & SON 1286 v A Purvis 0.
Young Bird Points - Week 5 - 1st Fermoy
Young & McManus & Sons Ahoghill 172, D Dixon Rasharkin 168, J Smyth & Son Ahoghill 140, G Gibson Cullybackey 96, A Darragh Cullybackey 82 , Blair & Rankin Ballymena 75, K & K Kernohan & Sons Ballymena 69, T Johnston & Son Ballymena 65, M Graham Ballymena 59.
Young Bird Points - Club Shield - 1st Fermoy
Cullybackey 29, Ahoghill 28, Ballymena & Dist 28, Rasharkin 22, Broughshane 15
Kells 11, Randalstown 6. Mervyn Eagleson MAC Press Officer.
NIPA Section B Fermoy 30/680 – Young McManus & Sons Ahoghill 1303, J & J Greer Cullybackey 1299, G Gibson Cullybackey 1299, S Thompson Crumlin 1298, G Gibson 1293, D & H Stuart Ballymoney 1292, J Connolly Ballymoney 1291, D Dixon Ballymoney 1291, S Thompson 1291, D Dixon 1290.
NIPA Sect B Clubs
Ahoghill Flying Club 4/129 – Young McManus & Sons 1303, 1289, J Smyth & Son 1286, 1283, 1271, Young McManus & Sons 1200.
Ballymoney HPS 8/234 – D & H Stuart 1292, J Connolly 1291, D Dixon 1290, 1281, 1279,
Broughshane & District 3/30 – M Neilly 1255, 1117, 1117, J Getty 1043, 1042.
Ballymena & District HPS 7/162 – Blair & Rankin 1262, 1261, K & K Kernohan & Sons 1261, 1261, T Johnston & Son 1261, Blair & Rankin 1254.
Cullybackey HPS 10/307 – J & J Greer 1299, G Gibson 1299, 1293, 1285, Rock & Moore 1284, G Gibson 1279. Cullybackey result today from a tricky 1st Fermoy. Today's winners are J & J Greer. Timing their Blue cock at 15:46:09 to record velocity of 1299.506. The breeding of this cock is the best of the Veermeerburgen-wilms from Good Friend Keith Kernohan Ballymena. With the sire being off Keith's good blue hen "the Gift" and the dam being off the lines of the "lucky luc"
Well done to all in the result.
Crumlin & District 5/140 – S Thompson 1298, 1291, 1285, K Carson & Son 1278, S Rhompson 1263, R & S Hope 1262. Great going from Tony again today from Fermoy, and also well done for winning the 2 bird with GB25Z13916.
Kells & District HPS 3/71 – Surgenor Bros 1256, A Barkley & Son 1258, 1228, 1212, 1210, Sizzlers 2 Bird Club – A Barkley & Son 1182, H Turkington 1181.
Muckamore HPS 5/147 – Knocker & Bill 1288, 1271, 1255, S & J Bones 1252, 1252, Knocker & Bill 1250. This is her 2nd win so far. I breed this winner of a grad son of the king boxer & Angelina I got of Ray Benson Back to a blue hen of white nose & a rudy van Reeth I got of Sean O Driscoll. 1st 2nd 3rd 6th 8th 9th in the club today
Randalstown HPS 5/68 – J Millar 1207, J McNeill & Son 1148, N Percy & Son 1129, J Millar 1115, 1105, J McNeill & Son 1103.
Rasharkin &District HPS 3/59 – Harold Cubitt 1281, 1265, 1253, 1240, 1237, F Barkley 1236.
Paddy McManus holding his latest winner - 1st Combine & Section 1st Fermoy.