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Keith Kernohan is Top Prizewinner In Harryville HPS For 2022
Keith Kernohan from Ballykeel was Highest Prize-winner in the Harryville HPS for the first time.
Harryville members again enjoyed a top season of pigeon racing with many top results recorded throughout the season. Keith Kernohan was the top prizewinner just piping Sam Crawford in a very close finish. Keith won six races which included the three young bird classic events from Fermoy 5 bird and both the NIPA young bird nationals from Talbenny and Skibbereen. Sam Crawford won 7 x 1st and topped the Combine from Roscrea old birds and had the best bird in the OB Fermoy 5 Bird. Johnston & Richards had their best ever season winning 4 x 1st in the young birds and Allen McBride won 5 x 1st which included four wins on the channel including the Penzance Classic. Roy Clements and Daniel Magill both won 2 x1st and Trevor Johnston & Son 1 x1st.
Consistent season for Sam Crawford runner-up for Highest Prize-winner in Harryville, also Inland OB Ave and National Points winner.
Highest Points Winners - K & K Kernohan 329, Sam Crawford 322, Johnston & Richards 281, Allen McBride 159, Roy Clements 137, Daniel Magill 105, Jimmy Rock 91, T Johnston & Son 79, Lexi Mullan 69, Denis Craig 51, George Price 32, Wes Jackson 3.
OB Races Winners
Tullamore 16/04/22 - Daniel Magill 1st Club velo 1927, 24th Section & 90th Open NIPA 13,860 birds. First win at the new loft for secretary Daniel Magill. Winner bred by my uncle Chris best of his bulks.
Roscrea 23/04/22 - Sam Crawford 1st Club velo 1231, 1st Mid Antrim Combine 1715 birds, 2nd Section & 108th Open 18753 birds. Keith Kernohan 3rd & 4th Section 3029 birds. Sam Crawford had the best bird in the Mid Antrim Combine timing at 12.31pm for the 146 mile fly to the lofts at Moorfields. Sam's winner a yearling dark chequer hen racing on widowhood was purchased in a kit of 6 from top racers and breeders Paddy & William McManus of Ahoghill. Sire is Van Den Brande and dam Lambrechts. Sam would like to thank Paddy & William McManus for his winning pigeon.
Gowran Park 29/04/22 - Sam Crawford velo 1546, 9th Combine 1761 birds & 22nd Section 3434 birds. Sam two in row, winning pigeon bred by Paddy and William McManus of Ahoghill Lambrecht x Van den Brande.
Fermoy 07/05/22 - K & K Kernohan velo 1520 & 10th Section 3179 birds. Best in the town was Keith Kernohan from Ballykeel on 1520 with a yearling blue pied Vermeerbergen - Wilms hen.
Corrin 14/05/22 - Sam Crawford 1st & 2nd velo 1650 & 16th Combine 1637 birds
Gowran Park 21/05/22 - Allen McBride velo 1675 & 3rd, 7th & 13th Combine & 6th Section 2217 birds. Roy Clements 5th Combine and Sam Crawford 6th Combine. Allen McBride had three early birds to his Lettercreeve lofts. First bird timed is off his Soontjen Penzance winner a number of years ago when paired to a hen good friend Jimmy Rock gifted him containing Alan Darragh Bloodlines
Skibbereen NIPA Inland National 21/05/22 - Daniel Magill velo 1897, 4th Section & 9th Open 4363 Birds. Roy Clements 14th Section & 127th Open, Sam Crawford 31st & 32nd Section
1st Talbenny 28/05/22 - Allen McBride velo 1205 Allen McBride the winner here timing at 14.20pm with a two-year-old chequer cock. The sire is from Jimmy Rock's two NIPA open winners from Talbenny and Penzance when paired to a Herman Custer hen. A full brother won 1st club and 7th Combine Penzance last season.
2nd Talbenny 04/06/22 - Sam Crawford velo 1173, 15th Combine & 19th Section 1055 birds
Fermoy 04/06/22 - Roy Clements Velo 1202, 22nd Combine & 28th Section 1334 Birds
Fermoy 5 Bird - Sam Crawford velo 1160, 22nd Combine
Skibbereen Yearling National 12/06/22 - Sam Crawford velo 1616, 4th Combine & 5th Section. Denis Craig 8th Combine & 10th Section, K & K Kernohan 15th Section
Bude 12/06/22 - Allen McBride 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Club velo 1173, 12th Combine, 14th, 35th & 45th Section & 99th Open 4035 Birds. Allen McBride with the top six in Harryville on 1173. Allen's winner is bred from his No1 pair, the "McBride Hen" when paired to a son of Jimmy Rock's 11th Open INFC Sennen Cove Yearling National cock of 2014. This pair have bred a host of National positions for Allen and others and a 1st Section & 3rd Open Talbenny for Jimmy Rock.
Penzance 18/06/22 - Allen McBride 1st & 2nd velo 1322, 6th Combine, 9th, 11th, 29th & 33rd Section & 75th, 96th Open 3904 birds. Allen McBride won both races in Harryville with different birds. His Penzance winner was a yearling blue Lambrecht hen. Sire is "Blue Star" a winner of 1st & 2nd Section for Allen before being put to stock, and the dam a bird from Pat O'Neill of Carnlough.
Penzance OB Classic - Allen McBride velo 1310 4th Combine, 6th Section & 53rd Open. Allen's Classic winner was a 3-year-old blue hen that won 1st club & 3rd Combine from Gowran Park earlier in the season. Allen said all the credit for his winners over the last number of weeks has to go to his loft managers, namely his wife and daughter. He said they have done a great job and thanks them very much.
Fermoy - Roy Clements velo 1320, 36th Section B 529 birds.
Young Bird Races
1st Kilbeggan 16/07/22 - Johnston & Richards velo 1478, 30th Section 1324 birds.
Super young bird season for Johnston & Richards, Shane Johnston holding a winner and loft won Young Bird Average.
2nd Kilbeggan 22/07/22 - Johnston & Richards 1st & 2nds Club velo 1428, 8th & 13th Section 2541 birds. Best bird in Harryville and Ballymena Town for the second week running was Johnston & Richards on 1428. Shane's winner was bred by good friend Gary Gibson of Cullybackey and is Stickers Donckers x Lambrecht.
Tullamore 29/07/22 - Sam Crawford 1st & 2nd Club velo 1654, 33rd & 34th Combine 1547 birds.
Roscrea 06/08/22 - Johnston & Richards velo 1355, 3rd, 11th,23rd, 25th & 48th Section B 2928 birds. Roy Clements 5th Combine & 9th Section. Shane Johnston is best again in Harryville for the third time in four races with a mealy Stickers-Donckers cock bred by Gary Gibson of Cullybackey and is down from Gary's "Golden Pair". Shane finishes a good 3rd Section B and has 5 birds in the top 50 of Section B.
Gowran Park 13/08/22 - T Johnson & son velo 1310, 3rd Section 1953 birds. Trevor Johnston & Son of Harryville had a big early arrival timing the best bird in the local area at 9.57am to their loft's on the Doury Road to record 1355. Trevor's winning chequer white flight cock wins 3rd Section B and was purchased in a kit from his cousin Chris Houston.
Fermoy 19/08/22 - K & K Kernohan velo 1895 23rd Section B 2012 birds. Keith Kernohan the Harryville winner on 1895 with a Vermeerbergen x Wilms hen. This hen is half-sister to last year’s 1st Club and best in the Harryville Centre from Skibbereen YB National
Fermoy 5 Bird 19/08/22 - K & K Kernohan velo 1850, 11th Section 180 birds Keith Kernohan the Harryville winner and best in the town in the 5 bird with blue Vermeerbergen x Wilms cock. This cock is bred from Keith's No 1 pair Luc x The Gift that have now bred 7 x 1st
Talbenny YB National 27/08/22 - K & K Kernohan 1st Club velo 1229, 7th & 23rd Section & 77th Open 3191 Birds. Johnston & Richards 8th & 15th Section & 88th & 174th Open, Trevor Johnston & Son 9th Section & 101st Open Keith Kernohan was the winner in Harryville for the second week on the trot with last week’s Fermoy 5 Bird winner. This Vermeerbergen x Wilms cock is bred from Keith's No 1 pair Luc x The Gift and have now bred 8 x 1st. Keith's winner finishes 7th Section & 77th Open.
Roscrea 27/08/22 - Johnston & Richards velo 1519, 9th Section 1307 birds. Shane Johnston had the best bird in both Harryville and the town on 1519. This was Shane's third young bird win of the season. His winner is a blue pied Wildermeersch x Lambrecht was bred by good friend Gary Gibson of Cullybackey.
Fermoy 01/09/22 - K & K Kernohan 1st club velo 1287 & 29th Section 1141 birds. Keith Kernohan was best in Harryville with the same blue cock that has a hat trick of wins from the Fermoy 5 bird, last weekend's Talbenny National and this week’s Fermoy. Keith's winner a Vermeerbergen x Wilms cock is bred from his No 1 pair Luc x The Gift that have now bred 10 x 1st. The cock was also one of Keith's Drumnavaddy Golden Rings and finished 1st Section B & 13th Open in Talbenny Gold Ring race.
Skibbereen YB NIPA National 10/09/22 - K & K Kernohan 1st & 2nd Club velo 1275, 4th, 17th & 21st Section & 63rd Open 3026 birds. Johnston & Richards 20th Section. Keith Kernohan again had the winner in Harryville for the fifth time in young birds with a chequer cock bred from his top Vermeerbergen x Wilms stock
Cup Winners 2022: K & K Kernohan won - Highest Prizewinners, Combined Inland Average, Most Points Derby Races, Best average Talbenny & Skibbereen YB Derbies, Best average Fermoy 1 & 2 young birds, Best Individual bird.
Sam Crawford won - OB Inland average, National Points, Johnson & Richards won - Young bird average, Best average first 3 young bird races, Allen McBride won - Best average first 4 channel races, Best average Talbenny & Bude, Best average Bude & Penzance, OB Cross Channel average, Lowest winning velocity, Roy Clements won - Best average Penzance OB & Talbenny YB National. Best Average all comeback races, Daniel Magill - Best Average first OB race & first YB races. Mervyn Eagleson PO.
Show season results update –
Cullybackey HPS held their 7th show last night 10th December with Old Bird and Young Bird Eye-sign with 64 old birds and 45 young birds penned. Old Bird Eye sign - 1. B Herbison, 2. J & J Greer, 3. B Herbison, 4. A Barkley & Son, Res. B Herbison, VHC. A Barkley & Son, HC. J & J Greer, C. J & J Greer. Young Bird Eye sign - 1. J & J Greer, 2. A Barkley & Son, 3. A Barkley & Son, 4. J & J Greer, Res. B Herbsion, VHC. S + N Doherty, HC. W & W Gilbert, C. S + N Doherty. Best in Show J & J Greer. Judge Bertie Blair (Ballymena & District HPS). Raffle winner Alan Darragh. I would like to thank everyone who supported us and came and showed birds in Cullybackey this year and thank you to all the judges as well. Jamie Greer PO.
Eye-sign winners at Cullybackey J & J Greer and Brian Herbison both local lofts.
Ballymena & District HPS – The latest show night was held on Monday 5th December with classes for Old Pairs and Young Pairs. The judges travelled down from Bushmills Jason Parke and Adrian Parke (Windsor Social. Darren Swann was Best in Show over the two classes. Old Pairs T/W – 1st, 2nd, 3rd & Commended D Swann, 4th, Resereve, VHC & HC B Herbison. Young Pairs T/W – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, VHC, HC & Commended R & S Swann, Reserve B Herbison.
Brian Herbison (l) the BIS winner at Ballymena & Dist with judge Sam Crawford from Harryville.
Darren Swann (l) won the OB Eye-sign at Ballymena, judge was Daniel Magill.
Ballymena H P S club show held their 6th show, classes were old bird and young bird eyesign. Old Birds eye-sign. 1st . Darren Swann, 2nd . Brian Herbinson, 3rd . Darren Swann, 4th . Brian Herbinson, Res . Darren Swann, Vhc . Brian Herbinson, Hc . Darren Swann, C . Brian Herbinson. Judge Daniel Magill (Harryville). Young bird eyesign. 1st . Brian Herbinson, 2nd . Reece and Scott Swann, 3rd . Brian Herbinson, 4th . Reece and Scott Swann, Res . Reece and Scott Swann, Vhc . Reece and Scott Swann, Hc . Reece and Scott Swann, C . Brian Herbinson. Judge . Sam Crawford (Harryville). BIS over the two classes. Brian Herbinson (Cullybackey). Next week is the final club show. Old and Young Fancy. All the winners from the previous shows will come back to be judged for BIS, BOS and BYB.
Best in Show with the Red Card in Old Pairs T/W at Ballymena, Darren Swann with judges Jason and Adrian Parke from Bushmills.
Ballymena H P S. Christmas Show/New year. Saturday 31st December 2022. Penning 10.00 - 12.00. Judging 12.15 sharp. Old bird 3 in 1 Handled/Ttw / eyesign. Young bird 3 in 1 Handled/ Ttw / eyesign. Best in show, Best Opposite Sex, Best Young Bird and Most Points. Good selection of prizes open to all. To book in birds with numbers entering and Dard Number. Once it's full it's full. Get booked in early. First come first serve. Darren Swann 07938 675384 / 07436 690755.
Brougshane HPS show results. Old Bird Mated Pairs - 1st. J Getty, 2nd. A Barkley & Son, 3rd. Barkley & Son, 4th. J Getty, Res. W Gilbert, Vhc.J & J Greer, Hc. J & J Greer, C. C Kennedy. Young Bird mated Pairs - 1st. W Gilbert, 2nd. M Neilly, 3rd. J & J Greer, 4th. A Barkley & Son, Res. W Gilbert, Vhc. D Swann, Hc. J & J Greer, C. M Neilly. Raffle won by Mervyn Gregg. Congratulations to both J Getty and W Gilbert on winning each class tonight and to all the other card winners last night. The club would like to thank the Judges and everyone for supporting our shows this year. The club would also like to congratulate W Gilbert for winning the visiting member show trophy for the most points over our show season and J Getty for winning the club member show trophy for most points by a club member. I'd like to thank everyone for the unbelievable support of our shows this year and hope to see everyone again next year! Marc Neilly PO.
Week 5 for Kells & District we had classes for Eye-sign and Pieds. Young Bird Eye-sign – 1st J & J Greer, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and VHC A Barkley & Son, Reserve, HC & Commended W Gilbert. Old Bird Eye-sign – 1st, 3rd & VHC W Gilbert, 2nd, 4th Reserve & Commended A Barkley & Son, HC Gregg Bros. Pieds – 1st V Montgomery, 2nd Reserve & HC D & R Turkington, 3rd W Gilbert, 4th V Montgomery, VHC A Barkley & Son Commended J & J Greer. Raffle winner David Young. Big well done to the top winners J & J Greer, W Gilbert and V Montgomery. Thanks to the judges Bobby Bethel and David Young (Muckamore). Next week will be the final shows with classes for Fancy and Card Winners. Laura Surgenor PO.
Class winners at Kells from (l) W Gilbert, J Greer, V Montgomery, and judges D Young and R Bethel.
The winners of Ballymoney HPS show held Friday 2nd December for old birds 3 in 1 a total of 102 birds - 1st eye sign John McConaghie, 1st TTW D&G McMullan, 1st Handling D&G McMullan, also Best in show D & G McMullan. Would like to say a big thank you to the 2 judges Adrain and Jason Parke (Windsor Social) for a job well done. Many thanks to Frazers Animal Feeds for sponsoring the show thank you. Results: Old Bird Eye-sign – 1st J McConaghie, 2nd & 3rd D & G McMullan, 4th & Reserve D & H Stuart, VHC, HC & Commended J McConaghie. Old Bird Handled – 1st D & G McMullan, 2nd & 3rd J McConaghie, 4th, Reserve, VHS, HC & Commended D & H Stuart. Old Bird T/W – 1st D & G McMullan, 2nd & 4th J Connolly, 4th C Thompson, Reserve J Connolly, VHC, HC & Commended D & G McMullan.
Winners and judges at the Ballymoney HPS Old Bird Show from (l) Derek McMullan, Jason Parke, John McConaghie and Adrian Parke.
The Young Bird show was held Friday 9th December some 109 birds penned for the judges from the Coleraine Premier HPS, Bobby Coyle, Jimmy McSeveney and Trevor Steele. YB Through Wires – 1st D & H Stuart, 2nd & 4th L Neill, 3rd J McConaghie, Reserve J Connolly, VHC & HC C McCook. YB Handled – 1st C McCook, 2nd J Walker, 3rd, HC & Commended D & H Stuart, 4th J Connolly, VHC D & G McMullan. YB Eye-sign – 1st & Best in Show John McConaghie, 2nd, 3rd & Reserve D & H Stuart, 4th J Walker, VHC C McCook, HC J McConaghie, Commended D & G McMullan.
Edgarstown HPS 6th show Results (all YBs): 1st A Neill, 2nd A Neill, 3rd A Neill, RES R.G&G Donaldson, VHC A Neill, HC T McClean, C R Cassells. Best Grizzle R Bell & Sons. Best Pencil blue D Love. Well done to Alwyn Neill taking a clean sweep with taking the top 3, also VHC to round off a good night. A big thank you to John Greenaway and Willie Capper for judging. Next week’s Show will be the Christmas show with classes for old birds through wires/Handled and Young birds through wires/Handled could all members kindly bring along some prizes for the show. Penning will be one Hour Earlier than normal 6pm – 7.00pm.
Edgarstown HPS 6th show of the season had Alwyn Neill 1st, 2ndand 3rd.
Lurgan Social HPS 5th show results: 1st K Henderson, 2nd Keelie Wright, 3rd Keelie Wright, 4th Keelie Wright, RES Gerard Douglas, VHC Keelie Wright, HC J P Nelson, COM Keelie Wright. Best Yb Keelie Wright. The club would like to thank Gregory McEvoy and Eamon Lynch for judging.
The 5th show of the year at Lurgan Social had Kevin Henderson winning the Red Card and Keelie Wright penned the Best Young Bird.
Strabane & District RPC, tonight's show Wed 7th December (all birds handling). Result: 1st John White, 2nd Iggy Deasley, 3rd Iggy Deasley, 4th Barry McLaughlin, Res Iggy Deasley, VHC Barry McLaughlin, HC Barry MC Laughlin, C Barry McLaughlin. Club would like to say a big thank you our judges tonight Eddie McGettigan & Gerard (Nippy) McCauley. Want to say a special thank you everyone who supported the shows, and definitely good crack was had by all. Final show next week, only birds that received cards over the 5 weeks are to show.
At Strabane & District judge Eddie McGettigan (l) with Red Card winner John White.
Russell McAlary (Coleraine Premier) is running a bus to Dublin Lier Market on Sunday 26th March 2023. Anyone interested please contact Russell ASAP so as he can make all arrangements for the trip contact 07759 539451. Call, text, messenger, or WhatsApp.
We are hoping to organise the Duddy Bus to Blackpool again subject to suitable interest and numbers. Leaving on the late boat on Thursday night 19th January and returning from Blackpool at 9.00am on Mon 23rd January, travelling Belfast Stenna line to Cairnryan. For more information contact Alan Shanks 07503 483328 or Robert Turkington 07710 483063.
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