Laat het ons vooraf toch maar eens hebben over de afsluitende inkorving van donderdag ll. Het werd een meer dan gezellige avond, met een meer dan voortreffelijke maaltijd, waarvoor onze oprechte dank en welgemeende felicitaties voor Anneke en Roger Vannuffelen-Goukens. Anneke en Roger het was af! De quiz over het voorbije seizoen werd door de 40 aanwezigen gesmaakt, alhoewel het soms echt gokken was, maar dat is ook quiz. Wie onder ons weet nog welke fout er in ons programmaboekje stond? Zelfs onze Walter, die de blunder het eerst opgemerkt had in maart/april, wist het juiste antwoord niet meer! En dan die Aerts-en op Tarbes. Hadden ze nu onder hun beiden de 7 eersten of was het toch 3 duiven binnen de 10 of .? Marie-Josée wist het wel, maar de anderen??? Of de afsluiter voor het 4de jaar op rij, echt waar!!!! Hoeveel golfballetjes zijn er op de maan?? Gelach, gejammer, ge , maar zeker nog menige fout!! Het juiste antwoord verklappen we lekker (nu) niet meer wie weet volgend jaar!?
In elk geval was het vlugger middernacht (of bijna) dan verwacht. En de winnaar was Gerarda Boen en dit slechts mits de bijvraag (golfballetjes hé) juist beantwoord te hebben. De 2de plaats was voor Mevr. Jules Verellen maar die had de maanvraag fout! Theo en Gerarda Janssens-Boen mogen zich dus binnen 14 dagen aanbieden bij Raf en Lars en Mieke Luyckx om een jonge duif uit te kiezen en wie weet???
Waar het uiteindelijk allemaal om draaide was dus nog Guéret van zaterdag 4 september. 4de nationale vlucht voor de jonge duiven en we hadden deze keer echt de wind wel tegen. Toch werd er in de MFC gestreden op het scherp van de snee. 51 oude duiven en 187 jongen deden deze laatste fondvlucht alle eer aan. Met dit lokaal van 238 ingekorfde duiven haalden we net het record van 2008 niet. Toch mogen we best tevreden zijn want de laatste 20 jaar korfden we maar 1 keer méér duiven in. In 2008 dus.
De winst bij de 187 jonge duiven was voor Lucien Blockx (Vorst) en Lucien voegde er nog een prima 11de plaats aan toe en dit met 2de en 1ste get van 4 mee. Ook voor de tandem Staf en Angèle Vleugels-Wuyts van Geel-Stelen is het seizoen waarschijnlijk te vlug voorbij. Zij klokten immers 2-3(1ste get)-10 van 7 mee. Met op 3 een flink gestoffeerde 10/5 en op 10 een 2/2. Een prima afsluiter. Het podium is gekend, maar ere wie ere toekomt, de uitblinker over-all was toch wel hok Renders van Geel-St.-Dimpna. Ivo en Fokke kuisten (bijna) alles op en dit niet alleen bij de jongen! In deze categorie werd het 4(1ste get) en 50/20,goed voor een klein 500 euro, 9-12-18-20-21 en 9 op 10!! Zowaar grootste onderscheiding. Nog te weten dat bij die 6 kopduiven ook 2de en 3de get aanwezig waren en voor de series weet je het dan ook wel!! Ook hier denken we dat het seizoen te kort was. Nog opvallend bij de jongen het Molse tophok van Luc, Ronny en Robby Vermeerbergen-Van Reet op 5-7-13-14-15-17-19-24-25-27 en een meer dan behoorlijke 14 op 23. Bij hen waren de 2de-3de-4de get op het appel en financieel viel het dan ook zeker mee. Op 7 een 20/10, op 13 een 10/1 en heel wat series, en op 19 een dikke serie 2A met 3de en 4de get. Bij al dit geweld viel de prestatie van Raf en Lars Luyckx wat tegen en dit al voor de 2de week op rij weet je wel. Toch kwamen zij nog aan 6-8-29-31-33-35-37 en 8 op 14. De vetste sneppen waren echter weg, ook al omdat deze keer de getekenden het wel wat lieten afweten. Het waren blijkbaar alleen de hokken met de absolute form die het laken naar zich toe haalden want bij de 21 eerste prijzen stonden slechts 6!! Liefhebbers. Buiten de al genoemde 5 hokken kon alleen Charel Janssens van Eindhout zich (een beetje) staande houden op 16. Aan 50% of meer prijs vonden wij nog enkel Robert Wilms van Meerhout met 4 op 8 en Leo Peeters van Eindhout met 2 op 3
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Bij de 51 oude duiven zijn we (heel) rap uitverteld. Hou je vast .1-2-3-4-9-16 Ivo en Fokke Renders, alstublieft!!! Gelukkig voor Raf en Lars Luyckx op 5-6-15 pakte hok Renders naast zn 1ste get zodat Ivo en Fokke toch nog een heel klein beetje over lieten qua centjes. De gewaarborgde 5/2 ging mee naar Leschot in Geel, Staf Scheverneels van Mol korfde 1 oude duif in en pakte die op 8, Jan Vanderauwera van Meerhout deed dit na op 14, Staf Verwerft van Geel-Elsum versierde met zn enig ingekorfde duif ook een prijs. Ooms-Deckx van Dessel pakte zelfs zijn beide oudjes in de prijzen.
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Voilà mensen, 2010 zit er gelukkig of spijtig genoeg- op. Wij hopen iedereen gezond en wel aan de start te zien zowat mei 2011. We wensen ieder van jullie een probleemloze rui, een fantastische kweek en een pak kampioentjes máár vooral een ijzersterke gezondheid toe en zeggen aan allen: Tot één van de volgende weken, maanden in ons lokaal, op een vergadering of gewoon zo maar op zondagvoormiddag (voor een gezellige babbel) maar we zien jullie zeker op ZATERDAG 27 NOVEMBER aanstaande op onze NACHT VAN DE MOLSE FONDCLUB!!
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Good news for fanciers in the United States The birds will leave this Thurdsday!!!
Vanavond laatste mogelijkheid om te bieden op een unieke veiling met 6 rechtstreekse Sonia van der Maelen duiven. Dit jaar werd door Sonia nog de 1e Nationaal Chateauroux gewonnen. Sterker nog, een zoon van deze duif is aanwezig in de verkoop!
Een veiling voor de liefhebber van duiven waar wit en goed samengaan!
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nog even melden dat de laatste vlucht uit Gueret ook een succes is geweest. lokaal beginnen we met de 1ste prijs en provinciaal met de 5de en 12de en 8 van de 31 per 10-tal. Het was Nathalie die de eerste prijs wegkaapte. Het is een mooie blauwe duiver en 100% Op de beeck Baetens. Dit resultaat is zeker niet slecht en een mooie afsluiter voor ons hok. Verder hieronder de lijst van duiven die uitgeselecteerd zijn en verkocht zullen worden op pitts.be 105,124,119,098,067,188,109,598,069,158,048,128,115,591,079,154,590,540,104,546,547,548,132,157,226,232,140,294,137,060,150,454,201,036,037,034,042,196,271,080,550 de voorwaarden zijn 70/30 de duiven die er niet bij staan maar toch nog op de hokken aanwezig zullen aan vaste prijs van 90 - euro verkocht worden. Ten gunste van de eigenaar.
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Dear sport friends, You search, we find Pigeon Scout 24!!! Are you looking for that one special bird or strain? We are here to help 24/7... Simply fill in the Pigeon Scout 24 form and we will put all data in our system. We will check our stock to see if we have any birds for you available, you must know that not all the birds we have are listed at our website. In fact only 10% of the birds we sell come online... The other 90% is offered and sold to our known clients!!! If the bird or strain you are looking for is not available now we will ask our scouts all across Europe to start searching for that special one that you are looking for... And remember... This all for a fair and payable price... As soon as we found something for you will be contacted by us directly!!! Let us find what you are looking for click here
Testimmonial from Denmark.... Dear Jan, Thanks for a very pleasant deal. It was with a certain concern we hit the button buy. Was it safe enough? How about the transport? It was at pigeon we did not handle, so was it as good as it looked on the photo?. We got the pigeon on Saturday the 4th of September, bought it on friday the 27th August so it was a very quick delivery. The pigeon was just perfect, we liked it immediately. It have been a very positive experience and it is not the last time we have bought a pigeon from Europigeons Kathe and Flemming Pedersen, Denmark (A special thanks to Brian Madsen, who made the shipment possible for a fair price, brian Thanks a miliion)
VERKOPING DUIVEN VANAF 6 SEPTEMBER OM 13u (Brussels time zone) VENTE DES PIGEONS DES LE 6 SEPTEMBRE (Brussels time zone) SALE PIGEONS FROM 6TH SEPTEMBER (Brussels time zone) VERKAUF TAUBEN AB 6 SEPTEMBER (Brussels time zone)
pigeons are sold in groups following this calendar: Group 1: First 10 ace pigeons start Monday 6 Sept at 13.00h - end Monday 20 Sept at 13.00h Group 2 : Final from 1 until 25 start Monday 6 Sept at 14.00h - end Monday 20 Sept at 14.00h Group 3 : Final from 26 until 50 start Monday 6 Sept at 15.00h - end Monday 20 Sept at 15.00h Group 4 : Final from 51 until 75 start Monday 6 Sept at 16.00h - end Monday 20 Sept at 16.00h Group 5 : Final from 76 until 100 start Monday 6 Sept at 17.00h - end Monday 20 Sept at 17.00h
Group 6 : Final from 101 until 125 start Tuesday 7 Sept at 13.00h - end Tuesday 21 Sept at 13.00h Group 7 : Final from 126 until 150 start Tuesday 7 Sept at 14.00h - end Tuesday 21 Sept at 14.00h Group 8 : Final from 151 until 175 start Tuesday 7 Sept at 15.00h - end Tuesday 21 Sept at 15.00h Group 9 : Final from 176 until 200 start Tuesday 7 Sept at 16.00h - end Tuesday 21 Sept at 16.00h
Group 10 : Final from 201 until 225 start Wednesday 8 Sept at 13.00h - end Wednesday 22 Sept at 13.00h Group 11 : Final from 226 until 250 start Wednesday 8 Sept at 14.00h - end Wednesday 22 Sept at 14.00h Group 12 : Final from 251 until 275 start Wednesday 8 Sept at 15.00h - end Wednesday 22 Sept at 15.00h Group 13 : Final from 276 until 300 start Wednesday 8 Sept at 16.00h - end Wednesday 22 Sept at 16.00h
1.Iedereen, die lid is van zijn nationale federatie en in de schoot van deze federatie geen voorwerp uitmaken van een rechtszaak of dopingaffaire, kan deelnemen aan dit gratis kampioenschap op voorwaarde dat alle aangegane beloftes t.o.v. Msn Duivensport en zijn leden vervuld zijn.Hiermee wordt bedoeld, duivenruil, bonverkoop, schenking of betaling, correcte uitslagen ingezonden en dit gedurende de 5voorgaande jaren
2.Er kan geen verzet worden aangetekend tegen de officiële uitslag.
3.Wie deelneemt aan dit kampioenschap aanvaardt het reglement en de deelnemingsvoorwaarden zoals hierbij beschreven door de inrichter, MSN Duivensport.
4.De diverse categorieën zijn: oude , jaarse en jonge duiven. Voor Nederland: oude & jonge
5.De uitslag is pas definitief na het controleren van de officiële uitslagen en wordt dan bekend gemaakt op de site. De uitslagen moeten ter controle op aanvraag binnen de week naar msn duivensport gestuurd worden
6.Bij gelijkheid van punten wordt verder gekeken naar het % (eventueel tot 3 of 4 cijfers na de komma)
7.Voorwaarden: Per categorie 3 uitslagenwaarop je 2 duiven geklasseerd hebt van 1e, 2e of 3e getekende.Puntenverdeling: prijzen behaald per 10tal behalen 3 punten, prijzen per 6tal 2 punten, prijzen per 3tal 1 punt. (Enkel volle prijzen komen in aanmerking, vb. 11e op 108d telt niet) Zo kan men per categorie maximaal 18 punten behalen.
8.De gewonnen prijzen moetenbehaald worden op vluchten met minimum 75 duiven en een deelname van minimum 10 liefhebbers tot en met het eerste weekend van september. 04/05 sept. 2010
9.Per categorie slechts 1 uitslag per weekend, geen (mid)weekvluchten of gelijkgesteld hieraan. Uitgestelde weekend lossingen tellen wel
10.Per categorie worden 10 liefhebbers geklasseerd, de anderen worden eervol vermeld.
11.De Algemene Kampioen en de 1ste van elke categorie ontvangen een trofee. Men kan slechts één trofee ontvangen. Indien meerdere trofeeën bij eenzelfde persoon zouden terechtkomen, wordt de trofee toegekend aan de volgende in het klassement(die op zijn beurt nog geen trofee toegekend gekregen heeft), enz.. Diegene die de trofee toegekend krijgt, krijgt ook de titel van Categorie Kampioen .
12.Iedere deelnemer ontvangt een natura prijs
13.Iedereen die zich weet te klasseren ontvangt een prijs in naturavan minimum 15
14.De Algemene Kampioen en diegene die de titelCategorie Kampioen toegewezen krijgt verbinden er zich toe een bon te schenken aan MSN Duivensport voor haar kampioenschappen en werkingfondsen.
15.Wordt Algemeen Kampioen de liefhebber die de meeste punten scoort in de 3 categorieën. Voor Nederland 2 categorieën. De eerst geklasseerde Belgische liefhebber heeft dan wel de keuze tussen oude en jaarse uitslagen om in evenredigheid te kunnen vergelijken met Nederland.(Eén uitslag per weekend)
16.Het ingevulde deelnemingsformulier dient opgestuurd te worden voor 1/10/2010
meer informatie over onze activiteiten in de winter en kampioenendag.
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Ons lokaal een nationale overwinnaar heeft in 2010?
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KAMPIOENSCHAPPEN 2010 ONLINE....
Kampioenschappen 2010 online: De kampioenschappen van 2010 staan online op onze website www.verenigdevrienden.net Klachten/opmerkingen over de kampioenschappen kunnen tot 1 november via mail info@verenigdevrienden.net of via telefoon 0476/62.77.87. Alle standen zijn eindstanden behalve de kampioenschappen van de jonge duiven op de zware 1/2 fond, daar wordt vandaag de laatste vlucht gevlogen vanuit Gueret. Deze eindstanden mag u verwachten voor zondagavond.....
September vluchten vanuit Momignies!!! Op zondag 5 12&19 september staan de vluchten vanuit Momignies op het programma. Op deze vluchten kan je ook port gelden terug trekken, zoals beschreven in ons programma. Op onze website www.verenigdevrienden.net via het menu nieuws kan je meer lezen over deze vluchten. iedereen is van harte welkom!!
Kampioenschappen Hafo Vlaams-Brabant
Het indienen van de kampioenschappen moet voor 10 september via ons lokaal of via een bestuurslid van Hafo Vlaams-Brabant. De formulieren kan je vinden op onze website www.verenigdevrienden.net Klik op nieuws en ga naar Hafo Vlaams-Brabant.
Wie wil zijn reclame plaatsen op onze poelbrief? Reclame plaatsen op onze poelbrief? Het kan tegen voordelige tarieven, hiervoor kan u kontakt opnemen met Geert Buelens via info@verenigdevrienden.net
Nationale overwinning in 2010 behaald in osn lokaal Door de sterke deelnemende liefhebbers in ons lokaal was het uitkijken hoe lang het zou duren wanneer we die eerste nationale zege zouden behalen in ons lokaal. Wel in 2010 is deze nationale zege een feit, Jef Van Winkel uit Tielt-Winge behaald deze nationale zege vanuit Argenton. Ons lokaal kan fier zijn op deze nationale overwinning, maar is ook fier dat we zéér sterk spelende liefhebbers hebben op deze vluchten! Het niveau is dan ook zéér hoog in ons lokaal. Hopelijk brengt Gueret ons ook nog geluk, maar dat kan je allemaal volgen op onze website www.verenigdevrienden.net
Alle uitslagen online te bekijken via onze website Alle uitslagen (zonder de gelden) zijn te bekijken via onze website, we proberen de uitslagen online te plaatsen enkele uren na de wedvluchten. Ook de laatste nieuwtjes en belangrijke info kan u terug vinden via onze website, dus allen daarheen...
MOGEN WIJ U VRIENDELIJK VRAGEN OM DEZE MAIL DOOR TE STUREN NAAR AL UW DUIVENVRIENDEN?
RICHMOND A pair of Richmond residents have formed a unique partnership.
Former co-workers John Hayes and Robbie Robbins spend their free time raising and racing pigeons.
Hayes retired three years ago from his job as custodial foreman at Eastern Kentucky University. Robbins works at EKU as an operator at the heat plant.
While working together, they discovered they shared a love of pigeons, each having been raised around the birds.
Since retiring, Hayes has constructed five pigeon lofts on his property and Hayes and Robbins own roughly 300 racing pigeons.
One of those pigeons, Lucky Seven, flew earlier this month from Orlando, Fla., to Kentucky, covering more than 700 miles in two days.
That feat is a Kentucky long-distance flying record, Robbins said.
Most of their pigeons were bred around Thanksgiving and were born at the beginning of this year.
Once the pigeons were comfortable with their surroundings, Hayes and Robbins began teaching them to race.
We let them fly around here for a while, just to let them get used to the place, Hayes said. You just have to be patient with them.
When the pigeons were ready to race, the first toss was done a quarter-mile from the lofts.
After that, they released the birds five miles away, then 10 miles, then 20 miles, and finally, 100 miles away.
Pigeons fly about 45 miles per hour and have been known to reach 110 miles per hour with the right tail wind, Robbins said.
Theyre the only other animal in the world that recognizes themselves, Robbins said. They have about all the same traits that humans have.
Robbins, who often writes pigeon fiction for the magazine Racing Pigeon Digest, is like an encyclopedia of the history of pigeons.
He rattles off stories of pigeon heroics from World War I and World War II and knows the names of well-known pigeons and their breeders and racers.
Hayes spends most of his time in his backyard with the pigeons, where he has formed a strong bond with the birds.
Im out here all the time, Hayes said. I do some yard mowing on the side, but when I get done, I come out here and watch them fly around.
They have loaned their pigeons to be used at athletic events, weddings and even funerals.
At funerals, four pigeons are released, representing the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost and the soul, said Robbins.
They search for perfect matches for breeding and isolate those pigeons in cages.
Typically, the female lays two eggs, which take 18 days to hatch. Once the babies are a few weeks old, Hayes and Robbins place a bond on their leg signifying the year of their birth, the national and local groups they belong to and a serial number that identifies Hayes and Robbins as the owners.
Inside the lofts, there are cubby holes. Each bird usually claims one cubby hole as their own, Hayes said.
When the birds are let out to fly, they often form a routing pattern and may spend hours flying around before returning to the lofts, Hayes said.
What Hayes and Robbins seem to most enjoy is racing the pigeons.
Pigeon races are conducted quite frequently and the cash prizes sometimes reach five figures, Robbins said.
Hayes and Robbins are currently training their pigeons for upcoming races.
Typically, these races may pit teams against each other, with the fastest pigeon to return to its roost declared the winner, Robbins said.
Tim Mandell can be reached at tmandell@richmondregister.com or 623-1669 ext. 6696.
When a fifteen year old boy witnessed his single entry to the Pau National dropping towards its home loft, after completing its 560 mile journey from Southern France, to eventually finish 233rd Open NFC, two things happened. The first saw the lad burst into tears with emotion, and the second was his everlasting love affair with long distance classic racing.
The fifteen year old in question was none other than Mark Gilbert of Winkfield near Windsor in Berkshire and in the 30 years that have passed since that memorable Pau race Marks passion for long distance pigeon racing has, if anything, grown rather than diminished. In the intervening years many more races have been won by this likeable forty five year old businessman, but none can surpass the pride and joy that Mark felt on that evening many years ago.
Until the year 2003 many great British fanciers had attempted to win an International race competing against the cream of European fanciers, but to no avail. However in that year, the great West Country pigeon fancier, Brian Sheppard of Trowbridge, achieved what was previously thought to be the impossible when he clocked his two year old widower on the day at 501 miles in the Dax International to win 1st NFC and 1st International Dax with 19,000 pigeons competing. A brilliant, never to be repeated performance most thought - WRONG. The very next year up comes Mark Gilbert to win 1st NFC and 1st International Dax, with once again more than 17,000 pigeons competing in a race which saw Brian Sheppard close behind at 2nd Open NFC and International with a half brother to the previous years International winner.
Mark Gilbert and Brian Sheppard are still the only British [English] fanciers to have won an International race but who knows this could soon change with the NFCs recent decision to give its members the opportunity to compete in the Tarbes International in 2010.
As I mentioned earlier, Mark Gilbert has been fortunate enough to win many races since his initial success and amongst these classic wins are 1st NFC Pau / Saintes; 1st BICC Pau; 1st BBC Messac; 1st London & South East Classic Bergerac and 1st Classic Guernsey. Add to these performances, scores of club, Federation and Open race wins and you have the CV of one of the most successful fanciers in England at the present time. Most of the aforementioned performances have been achieved in the seven years that Mark and his family have been at their present address in Winkfield.
The grass is certainly not allowed to grow under the feet of this man as the range of lofts that have developed in this short time are nothing short of spectacular. Facing south-east and measuring in total 140ft in length, with an additional 33ft brick built stock loft, they are a far cry from Marks original boyhood loft which was a 6ft x 6ft builders shed. The photographs that accompany this article will, I hope, show how impressive these Petron built lofts are. Each loft is 10 ft wide and has a 4ft wide corridor along the front allowing access to each section. The 72ft widowhood loft has eight sections that house the 86 strong team of widowers in six sections with a further two sections to house the widowers hens. The young bird loft, which stands immediately adjacent to the widowhood loft, measures 40 ft x 10 ft and has four sections which houses the 160 strong young bird team. The 2010 season will see 32 hens raced on roundabout system for the first time and these will be housed in a 27ft loft with two sections plus a central corn store. All lofts have grid flooring and automatically cleaned nest boxes so the time spent on day to day loft management is reduced considerably, which must be a godsend to Marks father Geoff, who comes around daily to see that the birds every needs are catered for.
Geoff is a successful fancier in his own right and, along with Geoff Cooper of Peasedown St John near Bath, has been one of the major influences on Marks development as a top class pigeon fancier.
Management at the Southfield lofts is kept as simple as possible with very few frills attached. Once the moult is completed the birds are gradually brought up in readiness for mating. This takes place in early December for the stock birds with the widowhood cocks mated in early February. All the racers, whether they are sprint, middle distance or long distance are mated at the same time. Once their domestic duties have been completed the widowers are gradually eased into their daily home exercise regime and when Mark thinks that they are ready they are then given just two 15 mile training tosses prior to the first race which is usually at 80 100 miles. On each of these training tosses, the hens are in the boxes awaiting the returning widowers. The training basket is rarely used thereafter as the widowers are kept up to the mark with two one hour exercise sessions each day. The cocks are locked out of the loft during these periods and exercise freely as Mark rarely has to resort to the flag. Nothing much changes for the remainder of the old bird programme, except that Mark likes the widowers destined for the long distance classics to have two weeks rest from racing in the build up to their target race. Once the channel races arrive the birds are raced on alternate weeks.
The widowers and young birds are fed the same mixture when racing, this is Versele Laga Superstar Plus with 10% barley added. They are communally fed to appetite after each exercise period and the feeding stops once the birds start to leave the barley. The widowers are fed peanuts and seeds in addition to their normal mixture, in the final days of preparation for the long distance races.
The young bird team is raced on the darkness system and are extensively trained in preparation for the young bird programme. Once racing begins they usually get two tosses each week from 35 40 miles in addition to their twice daily exercise. On talking to Mark I had the impression that he is hard but fair with his youngsters and if fit and well they are expected to complete the programme including a number of sorties across the channel from Northern France.
The medication programme employed here is minimal. Stock birds and racers are treated for canker before mating and the racers get a further three day treatment for canker before going to their designated long distance race. Mark does not favour the use of supplements but has in the past used multivitamins. However he now feels that if the corn fed is of top quality it should contain sufficient vitamins to satisfy the birds needs.
This pragmatic approach is mirrored in Marks attitude to the handling characteristics of pigeons. As he said, he would rather have a winner that handled badly than a bad pigeon that handled like a dream! Having written this I can state that some of Marks best pigeons were on the large side of massive with some of the hens on the other hand being quite small and petite. This was particularly apparent in the Deweerdt family that Mark has raced with great success, both inland and overseas through to Pau and Tarbes. The cock birds in this family tended to be generally on the large side, mostly chequers, dark chequers with a few reds. They had excellent feather quality and good strong eye colouration. Mark went direct to the fountainhead to purchase these Deweerdts and has children of all the familys best performers in International races through to 650 miles in the stock loft. These include children of Emiel, Ted, Iban etc and all are producing the goods at Southfield.
A second family introduced by Mark are the Van Elsakers and these are the pigeons that excel for Mark in the sprint and middle distance races. They were mainly blues and beautifully balanced pigeons with pronounced pectoral muscles and predominantly pearl eyes. It was a Van Elsaker widower, Southfield Supreme, that was to win 1st International Dax for Mark, proving that they can stay the course as well as sprint.
The above two families make up the bulk of the Gilbert stock with a number of additions, such as some terrific descendents of Invincible Spirit which are producing excellent all round racers when crossed with the Deweerdts .
Nevertheless, Mark is always on the look out for something exceptional that will give his racing performances an extra boost, and with his growing interest in International racing in mind, he has recently imported a number of late breds from German multi International winner Hans Peter Brockamp. These are all direct children of the Brockamp International winners and were very young but still old enough to show their class. I believe that they will be a useful addition to the Gilbert team both pure and when crossed with the ever dependable Deweerdts.
Marks breeding policy is to outcross for racing and inbreed to strengthen the family bloodlines for the stock loft. This breeding plan is based on the fact that only birds from proven National or International performers have been introduced over the past years irrespective of their family or loft of origin. The only thing that counts at Southfield lofts is PERFORMANCE.
To illustrate this point I give you the case of one of Marks best Deweerdt stock cocks, bought from the Deweerdt family as a six year old. In two seasons breeding at Southfield he sired Red Cock Southfield Pau 1st BICC Pau; Southfield Nightflight1st NFC Pau/Saintes and Southfield Darkie 1st BBC Messac, and as Mark said, he was one of the most nondescript weedy little things you could imagine. He was, however, apart from being a super stud cock, a full brother to the Deweerdts Raldo winner of 4th International Perpignan. He was mated to an Eric Cannon hen, a daughter of Culmer Bess, to breed Southfield Pau and Southfield Nightflight. When mated to a daughter of Emiel, a winner of 1st International for the Deweerdts he sired Southfield Darkie.
I cannot close this report without mentioning another top performer at Southfield Chequer cock Southfield Treble who won when racing the following prizes in long distance classic races:- 21st BICC Pau; 34th NFC Dax and 5th BICC Perpignan International all in the same season! The next year Treble went on to win 8th London & Se Classic Bergerac 1st Greater Distance Club and 12th Open BBC Palamos.
In finishing this article I should also mention that Marks generosity in donating pigeons to many causes is well known and many organisations throughout the U.K. have benefited financially from Marks gifts. He is also a committee member of the NFC and I am sure his pragmatism and business sense will be of great service to this venerable institution and any other organisation to which he might turn to help.
There you have it then, Mark Gilbert, an internationally reknowned fancier and all round good guy. Keep up the good work Mark.
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Conn. pigeons up for races, weddings -- and auction
NEW BRITAIN, Conn.If you happen to visit downtown New Britain, you will undoubtedly notice one denizen of Central Park that is as much at home as the golden winged statue of Victory. But for every compliment of the city's golden goddess, there may be 10 curses for her winged companions.
They are the park pigeons, of course.
Each day dozens, and sometimes even hundreds, of the bobble-headed birds dive from perches along the city's buildings and begin their daily of ritual of scouring the park for every edible morsel.
And also each day, a community of fans show up with bread a little too stale to be used for sandwiches and toss the crumbs to the stars of the park.
And stars they are, even if they are less tall than the average Hollywood star. They have appeared in more movies than any movie starlet, and certainly have more film credits than Woody Allen, the wisecracking New Yorker who in 1980 during a performance of "Stardust Memories" hung them with the moniker that has stuck like glue: "Rats with wings."
But not everybody agrees with Allen's viewpoint -- Joe Melluzzo for one.
"It's a terrible thing when people say things like that about pigeons," Melluzzo says. "They're a beautiful bird and very friendly."
Melluzzo should know, as he has raised pigeons, starting in Italy where his family had lofts, right up to the present. A visit to his home, pretty evenly located on the borders of Unionville, Plainville and Bristol, certainly doesn't give any indication of winged rats living on the property. In fact, the white colonial with neatly trimmed shrubbery and lawns give exactly the opposite impression.
His three pigeon lofts -- the correct term for pigeon coops -- are in his backyard and up against a wall of trees that encircle his yard.
"I like having the trees because it helps keep the hawks away," Melluzzo says as he enters one of the lofts, and 50 or so solid white birds flutter around and over him. These pigeons, his whites, are used in a side business for wedding and other celebrations.
"The idea of a white pigeon symbolizes peace, tranquility, peace and love and make them perfect for wedding ceremonies," he said.
Melluzzo trains his birds, essentially building on their natural ability to find their way home, to circle a wedding party several times before disappearing skyward where they make a beeline, or "birdline," for home, food and safety.
Another pigeon man, Andy Mechlinski of New Britain, also has been raising birds for most of his life -- but instead of using them for weddings, he has raced and shown his birds in competition.
The racing of pigeons is almost as old as history itself and started in the Middle East. Today, the racing capitol of the world is considered Belgium, where a huge number of citizens race or raise pigeons. The small country is considered responsible for developing many of the best racing breeds such as the Janssen, developed by the Janssen brothers Louis, Charel, Argaan and Sjef in the 19th century.
To make access to the birds easier, Mechlinski and Melluzzo began a pigeon auction on the first of every month at Falcon Field in the city. The bazaar-like atmosphere brings pigeon owners, or fanciers, from all over the Northeast to sell, buy or trade their birds.
Tweet 0diggsdiggYahoo! Buzz ShareThis And not just your basic pigeon, either.
Many of the fanciers drive to the park and begin pulling cages of exotic, colorful, beautifully feathered pigeons out to show off -- breeds with names like fantails, tipplers, Jacobins, pouters and dozens of others. Some are multicolored, have feathers on the feet or -- like the difficult to breed Jacobin -- sport a hood of vertical feathers that encase and hide its head from view.
"Makes it kind of hard to fly, but it looks nice," says Mike Harkley of Rhode Island, who made the drive to Falcon Field to sell the Jacobins and a pair of German Nuns. All his birds were snapped up before he made it halfway from his car to the sales tables. Like most of the others, however, the profit from selling the birds goes right back into buying more.
There are also a few racing homers on the tables. Unlike the fancy breeds, they resemble the birds that swoop and scoop at Central Park, but the resemblance ends there. These are birds especially bred for racing, with the drive to return to their home loft as quickly as possible.
One man from Bristol, who asked to not be identified, has been keen on racing for several years.
"You don't like to give your name out because some communities won't let you keep your birds if they find out you have them," he says. "It's not right, because any racer worth his salt keeps his birds and loft clean. A healthy bird wins races, sick birds don't."
The racing season for birds is now under way, and birds born in the spring may be raced up to 100 miles. Birds that are at least a year old often race distances up to 600 miles, and must make it home that day.
"You don't want them out after dark," the racer says. "Don't want them to stop and eat, or them may never come home."
According to studies, the birds are able to find their way home because of a series of evolutionary traits, including having a bit of metal in their brains. It turns out that pigeons and a number of other species, including bats, have metal deposits in their heads. These metal deposits, hematite, are a type of iron and seem to be magnetically sensitive. Essentially, pigeons have a type of internal compass in their heads.
Other researchers believe pigeons can hear ultra low-frequency sound waves, such as the ocean on one side, and air current flowing over the Rockies on the other. They also use landmarks like rivers, the angle of the sun and other methods.
"Maybe they just read the road signs," the Bristol racer jokes. "Who knows?"
Whatever the scientific reason, the allure of the birds and their ability to find their way home has made them invaluable at times. In fact, before the age of the Internet, if you wanted to get news fast, your best bet may have been a pigeon.
In the 19th century, Paul Julius Reuter founded the global news service that still carries his name today and based his news service on a line of pigeon posts in Europe that proved faster than any horse, carriage or train.
Perhaps the most famous pigeon served in World War I and saved the lives of more than 200 soldiers.
On Oct. 4, 1918, a pigeon by the name of Cher Ami, French for "Dear Friend," was released by an American officer with a message that would save his men. Although Cher Ami was seen by the Germans, who opened fire and wounded the bird, he flew 25 miles in 25 minutes before dropping to the ground.
He was found alive, but blinded in one eye and with a bullet hole in his chest. His message, however, was still attached to a nearly severed leg. That message saved the men of the 77th Infantry Battalion, and Cher Ami was awarded his own medal, the French Croix de Guerre, with palm leaf.
He died less than a year later and today, along with his medal, is laid in state at the National Museum of American History, at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
So the next time you find yourself in New Britain's Central Park, in the shadow of the statue of winged Victory, give a thought to the little bird that saved the lives of more than 200 soldiers, and leave an extra crumb or two.
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Racing Pigeon News
MAN BARTERS 2009-MODEL CAR WITH 2 PIGEONS
Mr Halil Kabakçıoğlu, a pigeon lover, bartered his 2009-model Ford Focus with two pigeons at an auction at Pigeon Lovers Association in Nilüfer town of Bursa, western Turkey .
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In september: De Kampioen van Denemarken en volledige presentatie van Pigeon Vitality.
Xeste duif fans, vrienden,
Het is met genoegen dat wij kondigen aan u dat voor zijn eerste jaar concurreren in de midden afstand in Denemarken met zijn Deense partner, Frode Brakstad onze Pigeon Vitality directeur en voorzitter van de Noorse Federatie van de duivensport is kampioen!
U vindt het artikel en foto's over dit op onze website van de voorpagina, samen met artikelen over:
- De volledige presentatie van de Pigeon Vitality Team (artikels op verzoek van velen van u); - Pigeon Vitality nieuwe kantoren en productie-centrum;
Het was nodig voor ons om te laten zien wie we zijn en wat wij voor u doen.
Deze maand en u zult hebben in onze website 5 gratis video's over:
- Racing duiven gefilmd vanuit de lucht (mooie).
Bestel onze postduif producten aan onze wederverkopers in uw land voor de grote gezondheid voor uw duiven en betere race resultaten.
We would like to remind that diseases can not be properly diagnosed from the internet or by email, so all our recommendations shall be followed by a discussion with your local vet.
C'est avec plaisir que nous vous annonçons que, pour sa première année en compétition dans le demi fond au Danemark avec son partenaire danois, Frode Brakstad notre directeur à Pigeon Vitalité et aussi président de la Fédération norvégienne de colombophilie est champion!
Vous pouvez trouver l'article et les photos à ce sujet dans notre site Web à partir de la page d'accueil avec aussi des articles sur:
- La présentation complète de l'équipe de Pigeon Vitalité (articles demandés par beaucoup d'entre vous); - Les nouveaux bureaux et centres de production de pigeon vitalité;
Il était nécessaire pour nous de montrer qui nous sommes et ce que nous faisons pour vous.
Ce mois-ci, ainsi vous aurez dans notre site Web 5 vidéos gratuite sur:
- Les pigeons voyageurs filmé du ciel (magnifique).
Merci de bien cliquer sur le drapeau de votre langue dans notre site web afin de pouvoir lire nos articles dans votre langue.
S'il vous plaît commander nos produits colombophile chez nos revendeurs dans votre pays, pour une meilleure sante et de meilleures course pour vos pigeons.
We would like to remind that diseases can not be properly diagnosed from the internet or by email, so all our recommendations shall be followed by a discussion with your local vet.
Nieuwe veiling online op PigeonPlaza. Grandioze aanbieding van twee rechtstreekse Jan Ouwerkerk duiven direct uit De 83 en De 84, de toppers waarmee hij Nationaal Dagfondkampioen werd in 2005.
Wilt u een bod of kooporder uitbrengen, maar registreren of inloggen lukt u niet? Stuur dan een email naar support@pigeonplaza.nl of bel naar onderstaand nummer.
Dear sport friends, You search, we find Pigeon Scout 24!!! Are you looking for that one special bird or strain? We are here to help 24/7... Simply fill in the Pigeon Scout 24 form and we will put all data in our system. We will check our stock to see if we have any birds for you available, you must know that not all the birds we have are listed at our website. In fact only 10% of the birds we sell come online... The other 90% is offered and sold to our known clients!!! If the bird or strain you are looking for is not available now we will ask our scouts all across Europe to start searching for that special one that you are looking for... And remember... This all for a fair and payable price... As soon as we found something for you will be contacted by us directly!!! Let us find what you are looking for click here
Onderstaande veilingen lopen binnenkort af. Tevens zijn bij de 100% Meulemans duiven foto's van de te verkopen duiven zelf geplaatst en is er een duif toegevoegd.
Wilt u een bod of kooporder uitbrengen, maar registreren of inloggen lukt u niet? Stuur dan een email naar support@pigeonplaza.nl of bel naar onderstaand nummer.
Dear sport friends, You search, we find Pigeon Scout 24!!! Are you looking for that one special bird or strain? We are here to help 24/7... Simply fill in the Pigeon Scout 24 form and we will put all data in our system. We will check our stock to see if we have any birds for you available, you must know that not all the birds we have are listed at our website. In fact only 10% of the birds we sell come online... The other 90% is offered and sold to our known clients!!! If the bird or strain you are looking for is not available now we will ask our scouts all across Europe to start searching for that special one that you are looking for... And remember... This all for a fair and payable price... As soon as we found something for you will be contacted by us directly!!! Let us find what you are looking for click here
Good news fro our clients in Bangladesh!!!! The birds departed as planned....
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