FLYING INTO THE NORTH WEST OF IRELAND BILLY KNOX FERMOY 1 Race five of the season and we are pushing the two hundred mile mark with the birds at Fermoy in County Cork. People must be thinking there’s something in the Derry water as yet again we have another Section winner. The…

FLYING INTO THE NORTH WEST OF IRELAND BILLY KNOX CLONMEL Yet another very cold north easterly for the birds this week from Clonmel, a distance or most fanciers of 180 miles plus. That said, the leading birds again made light of the conditions with the leading pigeons doing…

FLYING INTO THE NORTH WEST OF IRELAND BILLY KNOX Roscrea April 19th 2014 The second race of the year sees the bird move on to Roscrea in Co. Tipperary, a distance of around 140 miles to the fanciers in the North West. With a fine sunny day and the little wind we had in our…

FLYING INTO THE NORTH WEST OF IRELAND BILLY KNOX Portland & Mullingar 1 YBs I have very few details at all when it comes to Portland, which isn’t surprising I suppose. I know that this year’s Section winner was Jim Whiteside from the Omagh club. Jim’s game pigeon also took 38th…

FLYING INTO THE NORTH WEST OF IRELAND BILLY KNOX Fermoy 5 Bird & Roscarberry - June 2013 Two races again this week, although not the two we expected. The NIPA were supposed to be in Bude this week, with the Fermoy 5 Bird as our second race. But, once again, due to bad weather…