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| Race Reports & Club Results by Pat McLaughlin - April 2007 2007-04-19 12:51:32 | The 2007 Old Bird season for the City of Derry Federation kicked off on Easter Monday with a pipe opener from Roscommon, approximately 100 miles to most lofts. Showing early form is Foyle member Mickey Harkin who takes 1st and 4th Federation, with B & K Reid taking 2nd spot. Anthony McCrudden is in 3rd position, with Maiden City fanciers Hegarty & Killen in 5th.
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| Race Reports & Club Results by Pat McLaughlin - September 2006 2006-09-19 16:44:03 | Fermoy in County Cork was the venue for this week's NIPA race with 21 members sending 149 birds in the City of Derry Federation. Released at 12 noon into a very strong westerly wind, another difficult race was on the cards. Topping not only the Federation but also taking the top spot in the Section H of the NIPA are the Maiden City fanciers Brendan & Paddy Duffy. Their leading pigeon cove...
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| Results & Reports by Pat McLaughlin - August 2006 2006-08-29 17:28:55 | Last weekends race from Thurles (160 miles) turned out to be a massive disappointment for local fanciers with the majority of birds adrift at close of the race. The leading pigeons made good times but with the strong westerly wind many birds had to work hard to regain their lofts.
Taking 1st & 4th City of Derry Federation on this occasion is Maiden City fancier Eamon Quigley who...
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| Results & Reports by Pat McLaughlin - July 2006 2006-08-02 12:11:49 | The City of Derry Federation Young Bird programme kicked off on Sunday 9th July with a race from Cavan. With a suspect weather forecast many members gave the race a miss and the entries were low. Those that did send had a long wait as the birds took some 3.5 hours to cover the 70 plus miles into Derry City. Surprisingly however returns were good in spite of the conditions. Winner of 1st, 2nd and 4...
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| Results & Reports - June 2006 2006-07-26 12:00:47 | Last weekend saw the final race of the 2006 Old Bird season taking place from Saint Malo in France, a distance of over 500 miles to local lofts in the City of Derry. With a 6.15am liberation and good conditions all the way, home fanciers were hoping that some birds would be recorded on the day into the far flying north-west. At 9.56pm after flying for almost 16 hours on the wing, a yearling Grizz...
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| Results & Reports - May 2006 2006-06-12 12:11:52 | Due to persistent heavy rain the NIPA moved their Yearling national race from Castletownbere to Pilmore Beach and after a two day holdover the birds were released early on Friday morning 5th May . Top spot on this occasion in the City of Derry goes to the Southway loft of Noel & Sean McGrotty whose pigeon topped 60 mph and should feature well in the Section A West result. The 2nd & 6th pos...
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