P Byrne races in the Sarsfield RPC which has a membership of 54 members and he has been racing pigeons for the last51 years . P Byrne was heavily involved in the fund raising for the existing club 40years ago and helped to build the club 35 years ago.

The Sarsfield RPC has 54 members and is one of the strongest racing clubs in the Irish South Road Federation and this is the third  club fed topper this year. P Byrne remembers the membership when it was over 100 members at it peak.

The I S R F liberated at 11.45 am 3001 bird in Barley cove

M/m P Byrne  194 mile, 51 yards from Barleycove

With a 3year old cock has topped the Sarsfield club with a velocity of 1652.642 y/m and also topped the i s r f against  320 i s r f members.

This cock racing history is, as a yearling 1 st club 4 fed , and 4 fed cards that year and in the top 10 best birds in the isrf . As a 2 year old 3^rd club 3^rd fed and 4 fed cards again also getting up in the top 10 isrf birds that year also.   This  year he was not racing that well even though he was raced every week  till he topped the open from Barleycove.  His brother is also a good racing cock  and also won for Pader and was runner up bird of the year last year, that’s some line of birds.  Both cocks are put to  stocked now.

P Byrne enjoys breading as well as racing but only breads from the best . He hopes to reduce the stock birds to 10 pair this year coming and add the odd racing to the stock loft as the years role on. 

Main strain  Vanreets , also bought a couple birds from the late Tommy Roberts DSW , also Hession , and  Sujgent , birds . Only breeding from high performance birds . Pairs his birds based on balance and performance rather that breed. As they say the apple does not fall fare from the tree.

The race team are raced on the pure widowhood and he started with 22 cocks this year

He kept a few hens this year on the natural  this year for the channel and was 2 nd club from Penzance with one.

50 to 60 yb are kept and raced . P Byrne  has topped the ISRF many times and isrf old bird champion a couple times.

P Byrne  treat his birds before the racing and wont treat them unless they are not performing. His sons Patrick and  Toney race in the same club and have topped the Barleycove Open themselves in the past.

M/m P Byrne wish the Sarsfield members the best for the rest of the racing season.

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