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Thanks TOOSHY .We had a great weekend here in Dublin with some pals of yours .Tom Corrie snr and jnr and Martin Hilly .Those lads know how to have a good time .All the best ,

Good Evening fellow fanciers .Here are the details of the annual shows held in the club Saturday 19 November 2011 .Penning 1.00-2.30 OLD COCK FLOWN OLD HEN UNFLOWN YOUNG COCK THRU THE WIRES YOUNG HEN FLOWN Saturday 26 November .Penning 1.00-2.30 OLD COCK UNFLOWN OLD HEN FLOWN YOUNG COCK FLOWN YOUNG HEN THRU THE WIRES Saturday 3rd December .Penning 1.00-2.30 OLD COCK THRU THE WIRES YOUNG HEN UNFLOWN OLD HEN THRU THE WIRES YOUNG COCK UNFLOWN Saturday 10th December Classes to be announced . All welcome .Prizes for each class and all sponsorship is greatly appreciated . Entry fee-50 cent per pigeon . Thank you . M.E.

Good Afternoon fanciers .Here is the result of our 2nd last race of the season from Skibbereen in West Cork .A distance of about 178 miles .20 members sent 461 pigeons . 1ST Spike Emmett 2127.19 2ND L.Donnelly 2094.85 3rd L.Donnelly 2094.62 4th D.Brown 2087.45 5th L.Donnelly 2086.68 6th Spike Emmett 2082.50 7th N.Deegan 2081.19 8th D.Dalton 2071.53 9th D.Dalton 2071.07 10th Grogan and Kearns 2070.42 A very fast race today with the birds covering the distance in less 2 hours 23 minutes .Well done to Spike Emmett who wins his 3rd race of the season in this ultra competitive club .A mention too for Mr.National Liam Donnelly whos birds are hitting peak form at just the right time .Good luck to all in next weeks open .M.E.

Well done Tom,Tom Jnr and Chris .Super flying and last week as well . Spike sends his regards and says keep it going . Talk to you soon .M.E.

The result of our race from Mallow in Co.Cork a distance of about 132 miles when 18 members sent 560 pigeons . 1ST T.McLoughlin 1941.93 2nd Grogan and Kearns 1936.46 3rd M.Moore 1934.97 4th D.Cummins 1933.51 5th D.Dalton 1931.74 6th Spike Emmett 1927.97 7th D.Cummins 1924.73 8th D.Larkin 1915.84 9th D.Larkin 1915.84 10th D.Cummins 1905.58 A very quick race today with the leading pigeons taking just over two hours to cover the distance .Well done to Thomas on taking the top spot and well done to everybody in the result .The Federation committie must be complimented on the decision to race on Friday .Good luck to all .M.E.

Hello Guys,Here is our result of the Thurles race flown on 20-August when 19 members sent 741 birds . 1ST Grogan and Kearns 1680.776 2nd Grogan and Kearns 1679.773 3rd I.Larney 1675.05 4th Savage Bros 1671.688 5th Grogan and Kearns 1660.944 6th D.Cummins 1658.12 7th Spike Emmett 1657.520 8th Spike Emmett 1656.87 9th D.Larkin 1656.12 10th D.Larkin 1655.80 Well done to Thomas and Robert Grogan who got back in the winning grove today .This was the lads 2nd Young bird win of the season and seventh overall .Top flying by any standards .The race itself was a comeback race of about 80 miles and it turned out to be a terriffic opener for all the later bred pigeons .Well done to all in the result and all the best for the last few weeks of the season .M.E.

Well done Tom,Tom jnr.and Chris .A great win on a hard day .Hope the returns improve .We done okay today too Tom .All the best .M.E.

Good Evening fellow fanciers .Here is the result of our race today from Castletown Bere .A distance of about 194 miles . 18 members sent 380 pigeons . 1ST.Spike Emmett 1651.33 2nd.Spike Emmett 1643.54 3rd.D.Dalton and son 1643.29 4th.Grogan and Kearns 1634.88 5th.T.McLoughlin 1578.46 6th.Grogan and Kearns 1550.93 7th.B.Boshell 1545.32 8th.B.Boshell 1544.05 9th.T.McLoughlin 1542.03 10th.T.McLoughlin 1540.75 Well done to Spike Emmett who takes the win today after some near misses recently .Also well done to Danny Dalton .Dont worry Danny the drinks are on Spike tomorrow .Well done all in the result .M.E.

Good Evening fanciers .Here is the result of our race today from Skibbereen in West Cork .A distance of about 178 miles .18 members sent 576 pigeons . 1ST D.Turner 1585.49 2nd P.Ward and son 1584.28 3rd D.Cummins 1584.26 4th P.Ward and son 1583.62 5th I.Larney 1582.92 6th A.Farrell 1582.63 7th T.Mc Loughlin 1576.80 8th A.Farrell 1573.67 9th Grogan and Kearns 1573.60 10th D.Dalton and son 1572.077 A good race today and a very good call to stage the race due to the bad weather forecast for this weekend. Well done to David Turner who comes out the right side of another close call in this ultra competitive club .Well done to all in the result and the best of luck to all for next weeks open .M.E.

Good evening guys .Here is the result of our 4th race from Mallow Co.Cork a distance of about 133 miles .22 Members sent 739 birds . 1ST P.Hill 1647.64 2nd Spike Emmett 1647.38 3rd P.Hill 1647.25 4th Grogan and Kearns 1646.88 5th D.Turner 1645.67 6th P.Ward 1645.65 7th Grogan and Kearns 1640.70 8th P.Ward 1640.44 9th D.Turner 1639.52 10th D,D and T Killeen 1636.95 Many congratulations to Paul Hill and Dessie Mahon who win a very tight race where seconds meant everything .Another first time winner in the club this year.Six pigeons within 2 yards of each other tells you how close it was .By nightfall there were still some pigeons on the missing list and heres hoping they can make it home tomorrow .All the best .M.E.

Good Evening fanciers .Here is the result of our third young bird race of the season where 19 members sent 718 pigeons . 1st.D,D and T Killeen 1550.47 2nd B and N Boshell 1545.67 3rd Grogan and Kearns 1545.66 4th Savage Bros 1541.92 5th D.Dalton and Son 1537.31 6th Spike Emmett 1536.74 7th D.Larkin 1536.45 8th D.Larkin 1536.27 9th Spike Emmett 1529.12 10th Spike Emmett 1528.40 Another good race for the birds today and very good returns .Congratulations to Declan,Deirdre and Tara Killeen on a great win today and their first of the year and well done to Brendan Boshell who just misses out .All the best in the coming weeks to all .M.E.

Good Afternoon fanciers .Here is the result of our second race of the season from Thurles a distance of about 80 miles . 19 members sent 718 birds . 1st Grogan and Kearns 1901.37 2nd Savage Bros 1878.96 3rd T.McLoughlin 1875.04 4th D.Larkin 1868.664 5th D.Larkin 1868.664 6th D.Larkin 1866.638 7th D.Larkin 1866.233 8th Spike Emmett 1847.69 9th D.Brown 18454.83 10th Spike Emmett 1844.88 Another great win for Thomas and Robert Grogan .This is the partnerships 6th win of the season and 1st in the young birds . Superb flying in a top rank club .Also continued top notch flying from Derek Larkin and Spike Emmett who make the top 10 again .All the best for next week .M.E

Hi Tom,Hope your Mum and Dad enjoyed their holiday .Its good to get away .Yes Tom it was a great starter for thr young birds as nearly everybody had 100 per cent returns .Talk to you soon .M.E

Here is the result of the first young bird race of the season in the Finglas club in Dublin where 17 members entered 430 pigeons . 1st,2nd,3rd,and 4th D.Larkin Vel 1595.62,1595.32,1595.93,1594.14. 5th Spike Emmett 1594.12 6th,7th,8th,9th D.Larkin 1593.85,1592.96,1592.08,1591.49. 10th Spike Emmett 1589.65 . What a start to the Y.B. season for Derek Larkin 8 in the top 10 .Top class flying in a top club .Hard luck to spike Emmett who just misses out by just over the yard .All the best till next week .M.E. p.s.Castletown Bere result to follow .

Sorry about the delay but the ring in question is not listed on the 2008 ihu s ring list .If the pigeon is still around could you please check the ring number again .Thank You .I would fully understand if the pigeon is not with you and once again sorry for the delay in getting back to you .M.E.

Here is the result of our french race . 1ST J.McLoughlin 1425.90 2nd Spike Emmett 1267.93 3rd T.Sweeney and son 1240.13 4th D.Larkin 1177.08 5th D,D and T. Killeen 2ND Day Well done to John McLoughlin on winning our French race yet again .John has a fantastic record over the years and all these pigeons will be well positioned in our Federation result .Very good time made by the winning pigeons but only 5 home in the 3 days of the race tells its own story with many top lofts failing to time .Can I take this opportunity to wish all who sent the best of luck in the Kings cup race tomorrow .Thank You . M.E.

Good afternoon P.B. members .Here are the results of our club races as above . Sennen Cove . 1ST T.Sweeney and son 1301.4 2nd D.Larkin 1213.6 3rd J.Mc Longhlin 1210.8 4th D.Turner 1173.0 5th M.Moore 1169.3 6th M.Moore 1140.0 7th D.Turner 1137.6 8th D.Dalton 1088.3 9th D.Dalton 1079.4 10th D.Larkin 1071.4 Many congratulations to Tommy and Wayne Sweeney on becoming another first time winner in this very strong club .A much better race than the previous Sennen Cove and returns much better this time around .St Malo to follow .M.E.

Thank You for taking the time to report this pigeon .It is from the New Ross Shamrock club in Wexford .Contact details, Martin Maddock tel.0871745115 . Thank You . M.E.

Congratulations Tom,Tom Jnr and Chris.A great weekend for our friends after Martin having a good one from Messac .We hit the crossbar here Tom but never mind there is always next week.All the best to you all .Martin and Spike .

Hello fellow fanciers .Here is the result of our club race from Mallow in Co.Cork when 21 members sent 339 birds . 1ST M.Moore 2104.93 2ND D.Larkin 2084.63 3RD Spike Emmett 2070.46 4TH Spike Emmett 2070.15 5TH P.McCabe 2060.78 6TH R.Owens 2060.21 7TH Grogan and Kearns 2055.54 8TH D.Brown 2053.43 9TH D.Larkin 2050.49 10TH D.Larkin 2048.11 A hearty congratulations to Mark Moore on taking the red card today .This is Marks first win after some near misses in the last few weeks .Also to Derek Larkin whos good run continues with 3 in the top 10 .Good to see a few new names in the results this week and the best of luck to all who are competing in the Millar Gold Cup from St Malo tomorrow .Thank You .M.E.

Congratulations to my good friend Martin Hilley in Airdrie who timed in this evening at 20.37 from over 550 miles .Now thats what you call distance racing .Delighted for you pal . From Martin and Spike in Dublin

Mallow.24 sent 366 1ST D.Cummins 1898.60 2ND Grogan and Kearns 1891.90 3rd M.Moore 1889.36 4th D.Larkin 1881.955 5th A.Sheridan 1865.14 6th Savage Bros 1857.92 7th D,D,T.Killeen 1857.14 8th Savage Bros 1855.45 9th and 10th Grogan and Kearns 1846.41,1846.16 Congratulations this week go to Derek Cummins who strikes with his first win of the season after several weeks of being in the shake up .Also still there are the formidable partnership of Thomas and Robert Grogan and the Savage Brothers also have 2 in the top 10 .Well done all in the result and the best of luck to all fanciers competing in the Millar Gold cup this weekend .Sorry about the late posting but my laptop was on the blink .All the best.M.E. P.S.Sennen Cove result to follow.

Hello Gagums .Thank you for taking the time to report this pigeon .There is no 2008 ring list listed on the IHU website but I am in the process of trying to find out who owns the pigeon .Can you let me know where you are please so as I can inform the owner.Once again Thank You M.E,

Good Afternoon fanciers.Here are the results of our 2 races today from Pilmore Beech in Co.Waterford and our cross channel event from Talbenny . Talbenny.13 members sent 101 birds . 1st D.Larkin 1161 2nd D.Larkin 1128 3rd M.Moore 1122 4th N.Deegan 1093 5th D.Cummins 1092 6th D.Dalton 1002 7th D.Dalton 1000 8th D.Dalton 992 9th D.Dalton 983 10th D.Larkin 947 Well done to Derek Larkin today to make it 3 channel wins on the trot .Excellent flying of the highest order .Also good flying by Danny Dalton in having 4 in the top 10.At strike off there was 22 pigeons home so as you can see we continue to have tough races off the water .Well done to all .M.E. Pilmore Beech .26 members sent 404 birds . 1st C.K.Emmett and son 1638.66 2nd Grogan and Kearns 1637.67 3rd D.Larkin 1627.64 4th J.McLoughlin 1611.53 5th J.McLoughlin 1611.13 6th Savage Bros 1610.37 7th Savage Bros 1609.96 8th D.Cummins 1609.51 9th D.Cummins 1609.11 10th Grogan and Kearns 1608.82 Well done to 85 year old Spike Emmett on winning a very tight race.This was spikes first good result for some time and he asked me to pass on his sincere thanks to all the fanciers who attended his beloved wife Eileens funeral in February.Also the many people who sent cards and flowers and to those who took the time to phone .Many thanks .Spike himself has not being enjoying the best of health lately but I am sure this win will pick him up no end .Best of luck to all .M.E.

Good Morning fellow fanciers .Here is the result of the Finglas R.P.C. Penzance yearling national flown on Wednesday 8 June 2011. Ist D.Larkin 1237.98 2nd N.Deegan 1217.78 3rd D.Larkin 1212.00 4th J.McLoughlin 1016.47 5th Grogan and Kearns 999.54 6th M.Gilligan 676.28 7th P.Ward and son 653.97 8th L.Donnelly 563.99 Brilliant flying again for Derek Larkin .This loft is in terrific form all season and many congratulations on taking 4th National from nearly 5000 pigeons .As one can see from the velocities this was no easy race with just 450 day arrivals recorded .Current standings in the Collie Owens Memorial cup are as follows . D.Larkin 37 points,M.Gilligan 13 points,P.Ward and son 13 points,L.Donnelly 10 points ,N.Deegan 9 points J.Mc loughlin 7 points and A.Farrell 6 points . Next up we have the Kings Cup.Good luck to all entries .Thank You M.E.