Young Bird Auction please have a look

[Guest kevin b]

A young bird auction in aid of young Seamus Lacey Kelly will take place in the Sarsfield R.P.C. Dublin on the Monday 19th April at 8pm.

The story of Seamus.

 

Hello!  My name is Seamus Lacey-Kelly I am 3 years old and live in Tournafulla, County Limerick, Ireland with my mum, dad and brother Jack who is 7, he’s my best friend, along with our dog “Jimbo†with whom we used to have great fun chasing each other around the garden. I used to love going to the park, to my uncles farm and to play with my cousins, this all changed last November when after a few weeks of felling like I had the flu, mummy took me to the Doctors where they took blood from me to test. After we got home the Hospital rang and said to go to the Limerick Hospital immediately as their was something unusual about my blood. My poor mammy and daddy were so heartbroken they couldn’t stop crying when told I had contacted something called Leukaemia. We had to go a long way from home in an ambulance to Crumlin Hospital for Sick Children in Dublin. We were there for 2 weeks and then Limerick Hospital for another week. The nurse and the doctors were nice but I hated them because they hurt me with those long needles. I have lost my hair now, I’m very tired and sometimes my legs feel like they are broke and I cannot walk very easily. I am not allowed to play outside or with my cousins, when I have friends come round they have to talk to me through the window. I do wish this illness would go away.  

Love Seamus

 

This heart rending event has happened to our good friends and neighbours, Sean and Ede, whose lives have been literally devastated and torn apart since receiving this terrible news that every parent would dread “your child has Leukaemia†this news was given at the time Ede was caring for her father who was terminally ill with cancer. She had to leave Sean and Seamus in hospital in Dublin to return home and bury her father, an unbelievably cruel blow, Shamus’s brother Jack has also been affected by losing his granddad and missing his playmate Seamus, when he was in hospital, things now are so different. Sean is a bricklayer and was told by the doctor’s he would have to pack in work as he needs to be available 24/7 along with Ede to tend the special needs of Seamus for whom a 1 degree rise in temperature or a common cold means an immediate dash to a special ward in hospital, where specialist treatment would be administered until he improved. This lovely little boy who would give you a heart warming smile and wave whilst driving his tractor in the garden is now confined indoors as a slight cut, lick from the dog or even a normal plaster put on his skin can cause a serious infection as his immune system cannot cope due to chemotherapy. He has nightmares shouting at doctors and nurses telling them “not to hurt him anymoreâ€, his treatment, extracting bone marrow ect., is painful enough for an adult, let alone a 3 year old child who cannot understand “why are all these strange people hurting meâ€.

This family are going through a terrible time, both emotionally and financially (it’s a 340 mile trip to hospital in Dublin alone)

 

Whilst in England for many years, we flew as Highway lofts and never refused individuals or the many Charitable Organisations requesting our help, by either making a monetary donation or sending birds for Auction.

 

Could we make a plea for help in raising much needed funds by way of a donation, pigeons or requisites which can be sold by a pigeon auction we are running on the 19th April

 

Please. Please help if you can.

List of donors will be advertised in the fancy press.

 

Mick & Beryl Woodyard, the commons, Tournafulla, County Limerick, Ireland

Tel/fax 00353 6981234/ 06981234

Email; mwoodyard@eircom.net

 

[Guest kevin b]

An amazing list of donors from all over Dublin, Ireland and the U.K. has already been assembled to help this very worthy cause.

If you want to donate a bird and don’t live in Dublin please contact Tucker on 0857211053 or email tucker88@live.ie or Mick Woodyard at 06981234 or email at mwoodyard@eircom.ie you can also pm myself or email kevinbarry88@gmail.com.

 

Here are some of the donators so far.

 

R. Callender  unc    Vince and Meadows unc   John Duthie scot

Alan Best               Pat Craven                      Padner Byrne

Brian Brady           Dave Turner                  Jimmy Roberts

Pat Byrne jnr         Bobby Traynor              Willie McCarthy

John Nash               Frank McEnroe            Tucker Daniel

Gerry O Mara        Derek Larkin                 Christy Keogh

Thomas Crowzer   John O Callaghan        Alan Nulty

M&G McCourt       Mick Flynn                    Gerry Daly

Derek Cummins     Tony Phelan                  Cooper Bros

James Boland         Paul Stubbs unc             Sid Foster unc

Sean McGovern     Ray Forbes  unc               Owen King eng

 

More top birds to follow.

 

List will be updated as they come in.

 

Thanks folks.

 

[Guest youngboy]

sent you a email kevin!

[Guest kevin b]

sent you a email kevin!

 

Cheers Jake, got it.

[Guest mick bowler]

Kev, we will make a donation from the Colin Bowler fund, not sure on amount yet. If i get time will come to the sale, possibly with a YB (but dont me down as a donor just in case).

[Guest kevin b]

Thanks Mick, your a gent

Hope you can make it,

 

Kev

[Guest kevin b]

kev put me down for a pair of late breds they will be off my best or they can have the pick or come and pick what they want  i will even give 1 off my old fella who has bred many winners at 550 mls

 

From Frank (dooman) Baille.

Cheers Frank.

 

Kevin

[Guest kevin b]

hello kevin i will donate a young bird from the stock loft im not sure off what yet but i can assuer you it will be a cracker ,it will be closely related to my 1st open snrpc  winner at 590 miles ( winning velocity 1121 ypm ),and if it makes good money they can have two . all the best and only too pleased to help .

 

Another cracking lot from Stuart Mullen (hot rod).

Thanks big man

 

Kevin

[Guest kevin b]

Another top pair going on the list,

kindly donated by Stephen Vaizey of Portsmouth.

 

More info to follow be ready end april early May

 

Thanks Stephen

 

Kevin

[Guest mick bowler]

Kev, will all the YBs be in the pens on the night?

[Guest bigda]

put me down  for £25  donation mate  pm me  your address mate

[Guest kevin b]

Kev, will all the YBs be in the pens on the night?

 

I doubt it Mick, already most of what has come since I put this on today have been for later bred youngsters.

 

The other lads Mick and Tucker got the ball rolling with their contacts and I would assume some of those would be later birds as well.

 

I will have a better idea when Mick starts to compile the sales list, will keep you informed.

 

Dont want to refuse any its a bit short notice and a bit cheeky to ask eveyone to donate a bird of a certin age.

 

kevin

[Guest kevin b]

put me down  for £25  donation mate  pm me  your address mate

 

Thanks big da,

the address at the bottom of the first post is where any donations can be sent to.

Mick is looking after the money end its his baby Im just giving him a dig out.

 

Thanks again.

 

Kevin

[Guest bigda]

 

Thanks big da,

the address at the bottom of the first post is where any donations can be sent to.

Mick is looking after the money end its his baby Im just giving him a dig out.

 

Thanks again.

 

Kevin

  

cheers mate   ill send it fri or sat  

 

 

[shalis lofts]

hi i would like to donate apair of ybs to your auction i live in truro cornwall as i no how they feel be cause my son has got leukaemia in his 3rd year so i wish them all the best   shalis lofts  

[Guest kevin b]

hi i would like to donate apair of ybs to your auction i live in truro cornwall as i no how they feel be cause my son has got leukaemia in his 3rd year so i wish them all the best   shalis lofts  

 

pm sent mate.

[Guest kevin b]

2 more this morning.

a pair from welsh wizard Alun Maull ready end april.

and also a pair from the Warwickshire partnership Harding bros also ready end of april.

 

Can anyone who has donated a lot let me have the details of the bird as soon as possible it would help me get the sales list together.

 

Thanks folks, the response as ever is heartwarming to say the least.

 

Kevin

[Guest ROCKYandRAMBO]

mick woodyard thats a blast from the past is he still racing ?

[Guest kevin b]

mick woodyard thats a blast from the past is he still racing ?

 

Mick will be heading your way the week of the auction to collect birds maybe you can meet up with him, his email is on the first post.

 

This is the route Mick Woodyard will be taking around England the week of the auction, if you feel you can help contact him and arrange to meet up.

we will be going over on 13th april liverpool  ,Manchester  m6 past Birmingham,could pick up a few birds that evening. will be  picking up birds until sunday 18th .when my route will be from Norwich to Kings lynn to Boston Lincs to A1 to Newcastle, staying overnight then monday  morning heading to  Holyhead this is nearly 300 miles so will not have time to pick up  monday

[Guest ROCKYandRAMBO]

would help but micks name is not very gd round norwich and i will never forgive him when i was 13 when he accused me of being a cheat just because i kept beating him !

[Guest youngboy]

hey kev!

auction is coming along great!!well done!!

[Guest kevin b]

would help but micks name is not very gd round norwich and i will never forgive him when i was 13 when he accused me of being a cheat just because i kept beating him !

 

sorry to hear that, can understand where your coming from.

Dont know the ins and outs of your past relationship with Mick but Im sure he can answer for himself in time.

 

Just to reiterate this is not about one man or history between fanciers, this is about a young boy and his family in dire need of help.

 

One thing you can be sure of when I put my name to something its straight, my reputation is very important to me and I will stand over everything I have done with this sale or anything else in Pigeons.

 

Thanks again.

 

Kevin

[Guest kevin b]

hey kev!

auction is coming along great!!well done!!

 

Yeah Jake going well.

Cant beat pigeon people to help out someone in trouble.

 

Hard work starts now fingers will be red raw well finger lol.

 

Cheers mate.

 

 

Kevin

[Guest kevin b]

Another outstanding lot from one of the best channel lofts in Dublin

 

Put my myself and my dad (P Rock & Son) in for a latebred young bird off our Hall of fame winner "Little PJ"

 

His kings cup results were:

35th Messac 2005

33rd Vannes 2006

103rd Plaudren 2009

 

also

 

44th ECF Sennen Cove open 2005.

12th ECF Bude open 2006.

3rd ECF Sennen Cove open 2006.

11th ECF Bude open 2009.

 

Martin Rock

 

Thanks Martin.

Kevin

[Guest kevin b]

Got a phone call tonight, looks like we have around 60 lots.

With this being a one night auction I think we have plenty now.

 

I want to thank all the fanciers who came up trumps yet again for a worthy cause and donated birds, also to the lads who sent messages of support its fantastic.

 

The sales list will apper on site and in the press as soon as possible.

 

Most of the birds will be in the pen on the night but as you can see from this thread  some will not.

 

I would encorage anyone who is intrested in any of the lots with later young birds or any lots for that matter to send me commission bids.

 

You can pm me on the site or email me at kevinbarry88@gmail.com

 

Thanks again everybody.

 

Kevin