McErlean wins Roscrea race

Last Saturday’s Castledawson Homing Pigeon Society race from Roscrea (132 miles) was the fourth young bird race
By The Newsroom
Published 13th Aug 2013, 09:36 BST

Liberated at 9am in a south west wind which helped them on their way home, it was the Magherafelt loft of Martin McErlean who took the top two places. Martin is having a great year’s racing.

Finishing in third place was the Lynn and Leacock loft with Sam Watson’s Klondike lofts having another good race this week to take fourth and fifth places.

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The Castledawson loft of the Savage Brothers came in sixth spot.

RESULTS YPM

M McErlean 1511

M McErlean 1502

Lynn & Leacock 1491

S K Watson 1484

S K Watson 1472

Savage Bros. 1467

The winning pigeon from the Cookstown HPS was timed into the Perry-Gonigan lofts of G. and S. Smith, flying two hours and sixteen minutes.

For this it was a 125 mile trip to most lofts.

RESULT YPM

G&S Smith 1624

G&S Smith 1616

J. McCormick 1614

G.Marshall 1611

V. Thom 1596

G.Marshall 1562

J.Campbell 1558

J.McCormick 1555

V.Thom 1550

V.Thom 1549