THE RACING PIGEON 3 NOVEMBER 2023
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Vel 1398 Stena Trophy – Fermoy Five Bird O.B. Championship – G & A Campbell Armagh Vel 1449 J H O’Neill Cup – Penzance Classic – G & A Campbell Armagh Vel 1348 News of the World — McComb Cup — Pigeon Portal.Com Cup – L Boyle Trophy St. Malo Old Bird National won by S McFlynn Castledawson Vel 1033
D C & P McArdle from Armagh won 1st Open NIPA in the Old Bird Inland Nat Skibbereen.
t/w, 8th November Old Hens t/w, 15th November Young Cock t/w, 22nd November Young Hen t/w, 29th November Mated Pairs young and old, 6th December Fancy young and old, 13th December Eyesign young and old and previous Card Winners. Penning will be from 7pm to 8pm. The annual 3 in 1 Open Show booked for Boxing Day 26th December 2023. Contact Jonathan Barkley of Laura Surgenor. Gary Morton has taken over from Show Manager Samuel Briggs to arrange the Annual Open Show for the INFC to be held in the usual venue Lisburn Leisure Centre on Saturday 2nd December. Full details will be released later those looking to book space for a trade stand should contact Gary Tel: 07710 805642. INFC Charity Show to be held on the Saturday 2nd December 2023 in Lagan Valley Leisure Plex Lisburn BT28 1LP. Show opens at 9am. The auction of pigeons, donated by many top fanciers, kindly sold by Sawyers Pigeon Auctions at 4pm. Entrance fee is £5 sterling, with entry to draw for Kit of 2024 Young Birds, kindly donated by K. Rooney & Son. HOMER. Willie Reynolds Tel/Fax: (028) 256 44683 Mobile: 07538 238364 Twitter: willie reynolds@homerbhw Email: homerbhw@gmail.com www.pigeonnetwork.com www.irishnationalflyingclub.com Joe Reid from Ballycarry & District was runner-up in the OB Nat from St Malo, collecting club awards from a few years back.
2022 St Malo 30th Open Vel 597 2023 St Malo 79th Open 34th Section E Vel 312 S & N Lester Laurelvale – Cheq Cock GB19L-19215 2021 St Malo 36th Open 13th Section E Vel 593
2023 St Malo 60th Open 25th Section E Vel 465 A C & T Tweed Rasharkin – Dark w/f Hen GB 19R-09182 2021 St Malo 43rd Open 5th Section B Vel 578 2022 St Malo 71st Open 7th Section B Vel 280 2023 St Malo 30th Open 3rd Section B Vel 625 Bronze Awards 2023 – (twice OB Nat France): D Calvin Bondhill – Cheq Hen GB19B-13596 2022 St Malo 21st Open 7th Section E Vel 657 2023 St Malo 11th Open 3rd Section E Vel 904 R Corey Coalisland – Cheq Cock GB20C- 12302 2022 St Malo 59th Open 3rd Section A Vel 327 2023 St Malo 18th Open 3rd Section A Vel 701 Dowey Bros Laurelvale – Blue Pied Cock GB20L-23884 2022 St Malo 45th Open 20th Section E Vel 513 2023 St Malo 65th Open 27th Section E Vel 444 J Serplus Laurelvale – Blue Cheq Pied Hen GB19L-18562
D McNeilly Cup – Runner-up St Malo Old Bird National – J C Reid Ballycarry Vel 1027 McKeown Cup – S Thompson Trophy – Dale Young Bird National – R Calvin & Daughter Loughgall Vel 1420 H McVeigh Cup – R Reid Trophy – Skibbereen Young Bird National –S Delaney Dromore Vel 1064 Northern Bank Cup – Yearling National Fermoy – J Hutchinson & Son Ballymoney Vel 1625 Northern Bank Cup – Yearling National Fermoy BOS – J & G Ramsey Derry & Dist Vel 1611 Volvo – Fermoy 5-Bird YB Championship – Spence Bros Lisburn Vel 1235. Show Season 2023 The local Mid Antrim show season will commence as usual at the end of October early November. Good to report that this year will again include a series run by Kells & District, details of all the show programmes should be sent to Homer for publication. Kells & District club show beginning Wednesday 1st of November with Old Cocks Stephen McFlynn from Castledawson won the Premier OB Nat from St Malo.
2023 St Malo 82nd Open 37th Section E Vel 279 J McConaghie Ballymoney – Blue Cheq Cock GB18B-22674 2022 St Malo 56th Open 2nd Section A Vel 377 2023 St Malo 50th Open 6th Section A Vel 507 W Neill Annaghmore – Blue Cock GB20A- 26320 2021 St Malo 135th Open 44th Section E Vel 340 2023 St Malo 64th Open 26th Section E Vel 446 NIPA Section Champion Young Bird 2023: Section A – No Claim Section B – S & N Maginty Muckamore – Blue Pied Hen GB23X-15916 Section C – Bingham & Seaton Ligoniel – Blue Hen IHU 23S-071020 Section D – Section E – No Claim Section F – Lambert & Stewart Bangor – Blue Cock IHU23N-10347 Section G – Section H – No Claim National and Classic Winners 2023: B Fletcher & Son Cup – Skibbereen Old Bird Inland National – D C & P McArdle Armagh From Ballymoney J Hutchinson & Son won 1st Open NIPA in the Yearling Nat Fermoy.
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WITHOUT LIMITS ICON OF THE SPORT – JIM BISS
Jim Biss was one of if not the greatest fanciers to have ever graced our shores. The sport of pigeon racing in the UK had in Jim Biss an extraordinary talent that made him certainly one of the Ultimate Icons of his generation but also one of the greatest exponents in Europe of all time.
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G & A Campbell from Armagh won 1st Open NIPA in Fermoy 5-Bird OB and 1st Open NIPA Penzance OB Classic. They also were the overall winner of the RPRA (Irish Region) Meritorious award. Gerald Campbell (right) with Jim Ramsey who had BOS in the Yearling Nat Fermoy.
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