Gebr. Sanders Millingen : een zestal jonge duiven klaar voor de kweek uit het allerbeste van de Gebroeders. We hebben in diverse publicaties in de sportbladen kunnen zien welk geweldig seizoen deze mannen achter de rug hebben.
De aangeboden jongen zijn uit de exclusiefste kweekkoppels en hebben allen ouders welke zelf vele kopprijzen en teletextvermeldingen op hun palmares hebben. Zoekt u bewezen kwaliteit?
Wie kent Super Stars Willem de Bruijn en Ferdy van Loo niet? Grossiers in kampioenstitels en overwinningen! Van deze superhokken 4 st rechtstreekse in de veiling Superstars VIP!
Kelly Dohmen Geleen. Deze nog jonge succesvolle combinatie heeft besloten om de toekomst meer focus te leggen op de dagfond en het morgenlossingsprogramma. Door aanschaf van nieuwe kweekduiven, is besloten, om een aantal bewezen kweekduiven de mogelijkheid te geven, hun kwaliteiten op een ander hok door te geven.
Kelly Dohmen is het vlieghok van Dovital en de reputatie van Dovital staat garant voor de aangeboden duiven!
Harm Vredeveld. Een van onze nationale iconen! Beroemd geworden met zijn super-kweekkoppel "Dreampair" en inmiddels met zijn familie een combinatie gevormd onder de naam Vredeveld Leemhuis. Dit jaar is herstart en hun visitekaartje met de jonge duiven is alweer afgegeven.
Van de grootmeester zelf nog een 6 tal rechtstreekse met o.a. Martin van Zon bloedlijnen ingekruist in de verkoop.
Jan Oost - Elp. Van deze geweldenaar op de midfond een 13 tal zomer en late jongen uit de superlijnen "Bijter X Visje". Jan is altijd een gedreven speler geweest maar met de komst van nazaten van dit geweldige kweekkoppel is Jan Oost binnen enkele jaren doorgebroken tot de Nationale Midfond Top. Met een 1e nationale klassering in 2009 en 2007 en daarbij nog een 3e & 4e plaats is dit palmares een om er je vingers bij af te likken. Zijn "Pieco" verhuisde naar het land van de reizende zon, terwijl de "Space Shuttle" naar Vredeveld-Leemhuis werd getransfereerd en inmiddels furore maakt op hun nieuwe kweekhok. Een uitgelezen kans om superduiven te bemachigen!
Vincent Schroeder en Johannes Jakobs maken de weg vrij:
is de titel van het "SiegerTauben-Magazin" van Vet Schroeder& Tollisan b.v., uitgegeven tijdens de beurzen in Kassel en Dortmund 2010.
In deze uitgave stellen beide prominente duivensport specialisten hun samenwerking voor, die vanuit hun nieuwe basis nabij het Roda Stadion te Kerkrade is gevestigd.
Vincent Schroeder, de jonge, ambitieuze duivenarts, heeft inmiddels een internationale klantenkring opgebouwd die zijn weerga niet kent. Alles wat nam en faam heeft, weet de weg naar Bilzen (B) - en in de toekomst ook naar Kerkrade - zonder TomTom te vinden!
Koopman, Sangers, Cools, Hagens, Vercammmen Braad de Joode, Vredeveld Leemhuis, Günther Prange zijn zomaar een kleine greep uit de imposante referentielijst van Schroeder. Zijn enorme exprtise is na zijn Universitaire opleiding verder verdiept bij Dr. Norbert Peeters As(B), praktijkwerk op laboratorium en natuurlijk thuis op het eigen duivenhok.
Johannes Jakobs heeft zijn sporen als duiven-expert inmiddels meer dan verdiend door de ontwikkeling en verkoop van duivenmedicijnen en aditieven. Daarnaast is hij een zeer bekwaam melker, die de waarde van de door hem ontwikkelde produkten in de praktijk bewijst. Tolliamin Forte van Tollisan is een van zijn topprodukten, maar Dosto WG Ropa, Prange Suppe, Dr. Schwidde produkten e.v.a. zijn produkten die geproduceerd en verhandeld worden Jakobs.
De samenwerking van beide iconen, zal zijn synergie hebben voor ons als duivensporters. De specifieke kennis van duif, produktie en verdeling staan er garant voor, dat steeds "State of the Art" produkten ontwikkeld en voorhanden zijn, die beantwoorden aan de voortschrijdende kennis op het gebied van topsport en ziektebestijding. Een garantie voor ons in een kleiner worden sport, steeds goede en specifiek voor de duif preparaten ter beschikking te hebben!
Dovital heeft inmiddels het programma uitgebreid met het assortiment vanTollisan, Dosto en Schwidde; de Vet Schroeder Produkten zijn reeds langer verkrijgbaar. Wilt u meer informatie over de Tollisan produkten,
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Transport & partner for Italy!!! We sell pigeons all over the world for many years, last year we sold over 3500 pigeons This year it seems that we will break this record again A big part of our job is organizing shipment to make sure the birds get into the loft of our clients, something this goes easy sometimes this is hard For shipment to Italy we had a transport company for many years, but since a while this company did stop taking our pigeons, they changed to routes and use drivers from all over Europe so taking the birds became too much hassle for the guy Bad for us We have a lot of clients in Italy So the big question of today We are looking for a way to get the sold birds into Italy, we are also looking for a partner there who can help us expand our business and talk to our clients in their own language. Are you the guys we are looking for or do you know somebody who could be of any help for us, send an email to sales@europigeons.nl
The next shipment to Romania is this comming Friday!!! November 19th!!!
Beste duivenvrienden, Nog 10 dagen en de verkoop van de jonge duiven 2010 van wijlen Jan Dons wordt afgesloten. Een schat aan lange afstandsduiven in ieders bereik. Een droom van velen is schitteren uit Barcelona, hier ligt uw kans om die droom te verwezenlijken. Klik Hier
Chers amis colombophiles, Encore 10 jours et la vente des jeunes 2010 defeu Jan Dons sera cloturée . Un trésor de pigeons de grand fond a la portée de tous. Gagner à Barcelone: C'est un rêve pour beaucoup. Voici une opportunité de transformer ce rêve en réalité. Cliquez Ici
Drogi hodowco gołębi, Pozostało jeszcze 10 dni do końca sprzedaży młodych gołębi - 2010 od zmarłego Jana Dons. Skarb gołębi długich dystansów w zasięgu każdego. Marzeniem wielu jest zwycięstwo z Barcelony, tu jest twoja szansa, aby to marzenie zmienić w rzeczywistość Klinij tutaj
Dearpigeon fanciers , Still 10 days and the sale of young birds 2010 from the late Jan Dons will close. A treasure of long distance pigeons in everyone's reach. A lot of fanciers dream to win from Barcelona, here is your chance to make that dream come true Click Here
Liebe Taubenfreunde, Noch 10 Tage und dem Verkauf der Jungtauben 2010 von Jan Dons ist beendet. Eine reichtum an Langstrecken-Tauben den jeden sich leisten kann. Ein Traum vieler ist aus Barcelona zu gewinnen, hier ist Ihre Chance diesen Wunschtraum zu verwirklichen. Klicken sie hier
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Hierbij ontvangt u de periodieke nieuwsbrief van Duivensites.nl. Heeft u al een aflevering gezien van de serie op MAX Van Duiven Houden?
Het mooie is dat je elke aflevering ook online kunt bekijken. De aflevering welke hedenmiddad is uitgezonden kunt u reeds zien, de link hiernaar staat in een nieuwsberichtje op de site.
15-11-2010 Inmiddels is ook de tweede aflevering van de serie Van Duiven Houden uitgezonden. Indien u deze of de vorige aflevering heeft gemist kunt u deze reeds online bekijken op Uitzendinggemist.nl. lees meer >>
14-11-2010- Johan Hamstra "Zachtjes tikt de regen tegen het ....." Zo werd ik dus vanochtend al vroeg wakker. Al tikte de regen niet tegen mijn zolderraam maar tegen mijn slaapkamerraam. En tja, eenmaal wakker dan moet en ga ik er ook uit. lees meer >>
14-11-2010 Momenteel zijn de volgende veilingen actueel op PigeonPlaza: Teletext Parade met o.a. 5 jonge duiven uit NPO winnaars, enkele oude duiven COmb. Geerenstein-Hendriksen en diverse nakweek van de Johnny Boy van Geert Munnik in de verkoop van snelheidsduiven René Dalmolen. lees meer >>
11-11-2010- Duivensites.nl Sinds vandaag is de nieuwe website van Gertjan Knoop online. Klik verder om de website van deze fondliefhebber te bekijken. lees meer >>
11-11-2010 Actuele veiling op PigeonPlaza: In deze verkoop de vitesse- en midfondduiven van René Dalmolen uit Wedde. De laatste jaren heeft René veel geïnvesteerd in de duiven en zijn hokken worden veelal bevolkt door duiven rechtstreeks van Geert Munnik, dit aangevuld met zijn eigen stam veelal gebaseerd op de duiven van Pieter Veenstra. lees meer >>
10-11-2010- Ad Schaerlackens In deze tijd zijn duiven hevig aan het ruien of zijn ze er bijna door. En elk beetje schrijver voelt zich geroepen daar, elke herfst weer opnieuw, iets over op papier te zetten. Meestal over wat je het best kan doen om de duiven een steuntje te geven. lees meer >>
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Vader en zoon Kuiper hebben een neusje voor goede duiven en vliegen hier zeer hard mee. Op eigen hok, maar ook collega duivenmelkers maken ze blij met hun duiven. Vader Martin die in het verleden furore maakte met zijn Janssen de Klak duiven, is de laatste jaren op zoek gegaan naar nog betere duiven en heeft deze gekruist en zuiver gehouden.
Ze wilden het beste van het beste en deze zoektocht is nog steeds niet ten einde. Ze hebben o.a. gekeken bij Martin van Zon. Via via hadden ze al verschillende duiven van Martin. Maar het was niet genoeg. Ze hebben bij Martin nog 7 jonge duiven meegenomen om de lijnen goed vast te leggen en in te kruisen.
In 2006 hebben ze de duiven van Martin ingekruisd met de lijn Prins x Prinsesje 2 rechtstreekse Koopman duiven uit de oude lijnen van Gerard. Met de jonge duiven werden in 2007 al diverse teletekst prijzen en 1e prijzen in grootverband binnen gesleept.
Dezelfde duiven vlogen het afgelopen seizoen weer diverse teletekst vermeldingen (Afd.10) en 1e prijzen in groot verband bij elkaar. Dit zowel op de vitesse, midfond als dagfond. We kunnen hier spreken over allround duiven. Als klap op de vuurpijl vloog de 07-1123807 als een raket en was o.a. Beste Midfonddoffer Afd 10 en 4de Midfondduif WHZB!
In deze veiling veertien jonge duiven uit de beste dagfondrassen, hoofdzakelijk C & G Koopman, Martin van Zon en Nico Jan Koenders.
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NEW YORK: A handful of pigeons circling the drab streets of New York's suburbs gives no idea of the drama being enacted in the skies over the Big Apple this summer.
These are not ordinary pigeons, the flying rats of urban speak. They're homing pigeons, winged racers who'll literally give their lives to cross the finish line.
They're the racehorses of the sky, as Peter Fusco, a 41-year-old pigeon keeper, from the borough of Staten Island, puts it.
Pigeon racing is little-known, but deeply rooted in New York.
So while the sport may have sharply diminished in popularity over recent years, old-timers and younger enthusiasts like Fusco will ensure that this year's racing season is as fiercely contested as ever.
Keepers, known as fanciers, train their athletes in a game of daring, navigation and endurance. Released hundreds of miles from their home coops, the pigeons brave hawks, storms and deadly power lines to return. Many die.
They have heart, Fusco said. I have birds come home with broken feet, busted keel, and they still made it home. It's a working class sport largely hidden from the outside world. Fanciers maintain coops, called lofts, on rooftops and in yards throughout the less wealthy areas of New York, far from the glitz of billionaire-ville Manhattan.
The city's most famous fancier is Mike Tyson, the legendary heavyweight boxer. He grew up looking after pigeons and has announced he's returning to that first love this time as an owner of racing birds.
Albert Sima, who races and sells pigeons from a pet shop in the Queens borough, has known Tyson for years and says the ex-champ is in for a surprise if he thinks money will buy success.
He's going to find out it's not that easy, Sima, 59, said on the roof where he keeps cages of slick-looking birds.
This is not boxing. It's completely different. I hope he does well, but I should think I will beat him in most races. If you don't devote the time, you won't be a pigeon racer, just a pigeon keeper. On race day, various clubs from the city compete, driving hundreds, even thousands of pigeons to a release point anything between 100 and 600 miles from home.
Each pigeon's return to its coop is clocked by a computer chip attached to an ankle ring. Handicaps are then applied to even out the distances between competitors' houses.
Often, only minutes, or seconds separate winners and losers, with prize money varying between a few hundred dollars at local level to tens of thousands of dollars for big occasions.
Ralph Laggio, 71, has been racing pigeons since he was nine and says it takes a lifetime to understand the animals' complexities.
You need a good bloodline in the pigeon, he said. You don't just take a pigeon from the street. That to me is nothing but a common pigeon. Next comes the careful process of training the young pigeon alongside older birds to memorize the neighborhood and gradually acquire the ability to return home from longer distances.
There are various theories on how pigeons home in, battling mortal dangers and simply the temptations of sitting in a tree or absconding with a bunch of street pigeons.
They clearly appear to navigate by the sun and they may also have some natural compass, using magnetic north to find their way across swaths of unfamiliar territory. Once they locate their neighborhood, they seem to recognize the way home.
GETTING THAT LITTLE EXTRA OOMPH
The real making of champions lies in the care of the pigeon, fanciers say.
You have to treat them like an athlete. It's like a runner or a boxer: If you don't train, diet, exercise, sleep properly, then you're just wasting your time, Laggio says.
And on race day, the dark arts of the trainer come into play.
Laggio says he'll only feed his birds lightly on the eve of the flight. That way the pigeon goes into the race, just as if it was a wrestling or boxing match, with a little hunger. There are even stronger motivators.
Some trainers will fly female pigeons who are sitting on eggs or nursing newly hatched: the mother will be desperate to return home. Others separate males and females from their mates the day before, giving the athlete a different kind of hunger.
The motivation to get them home, what motivates any individual, you know most of the time sex! laughs Staten Island pigeon fancier, Mike Romano.
As youngsters turn to less complex pastimes, Sima fears the sport could die out.
When I was a kid all me and my father ever talked about was pigeons. There were 50 or 60 members of our club here. Now there're 24, he said.
But nothing, he says, tops that dedication between men and it is almost exclusively a male pastime here and their feathered friends.
Sima says his passion cost him a normal social life and ultimately his 20-year marriage. He'd change nothing.
When I'm up here with the birds, I just forget everything, he says.
Tyson, one of the most tortured sportsmen of modern times, will still come into his pet store, "sit with the birds and just watch them."
And the pigeons repay that love.
"A friend had six or seven pigeons that he didn't want anymore, so he gave them to a friend in Florida," Sima recalled. "In a few days, two or three came home. They found their way back 1,100 miles back. AFP
Talking to Dean Garrett recently he informs me that he and his partner, Cheryl, are expecting their first baby on 31st January and he cant wait! This wonderful event will mean he will have to cut back on his pigeon racing hobby for a couple of years, but he is quite happy about that. Dean also mentioned that his step daughter, Chloe, is his side kick with the training of the birds and she might the involvement. Dean has enjoyed another brilliant racing season in 2010, winning with old birds: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Federation Wincanton, 4th Federation Kingsdown, 5th, 8th Federation Kingsdown, 4th, 23rd Federation Yelverton, 8th, 9th Federation Wincanton, 8th Federation Wincanton, 28th Combine Falaise, 8th, 9th Federation Kingsdown, 4th, 5th Federation Wincanton, 2nd Federation, 6th Combine Le Mans, 8th Federation, 8th, 12th Combine Exeter, 2nd, 8th Federation Exeter and the young birds were on fire winning: 1st Federation Kingsdown (by 5 minutes), 13th, 14th, 15th Federation Exeter, 7th, 12th Federation Exeter, 9th Federation Wincanton, 5th, 6th open L&SECC Guernsey (1) and 22nd, 132nd open NFC Carentan (provisional). Absolutely brilliant pigeon racing!
The 2010 season saw Dean send only between four and ten widowhood cocks most weeks and these were never trained during the season, only exercised around the loft twice a day. He started the season with 35 young birds, which were put on the darkness system and trained twice a day weather permitting. He is up and out training at 04.00hrs and maintains you cant give young birds to much training! Dean is a great fan of Versele Laga corn and all the birds were fed on it in the 2010 season. The star of the Tidbury & Garrett loft this season was a young Lambrect red cock, which recorded a staggering: 1st Federation Kingsdown, 5th open L&SECC Guernsey and 132nd open NFC Carentan (provisional). The great young cock was sent racing sitting eggs and is bred from a pair of stock birds that have now bred three 1st Federation winners. Another great success story in the 2010 season was Deans fantastic yearling De Meyer mealy cock, Deans Dream, who won the Federation as a young bird and has now recorded 1st, 2nd, 4th, 8th, 8th, 9th, 22nd and 23rd Federation being raced on the widowhood system. As Dean says, absolute class.
The L&SECC sent 2,450 birds to Guernsey in the August 2009 for the first young bird and old hens classics, and being liberated in a strong tail wind the member had a banger of a race, with the winners recording over 1800 ypm. It was very refreshing to see one of our young fanciers win the race and was particularly nice that Dean Garrett of Feltham take the top honour, as is a very good pigeon racer and loves the sport. This up and coming ace won the young bird classic with his Soontjen / Janssen blue chequer hen, Bills Dream, which is named after his late grand father, Bill Tidbury, who was his pigeon partner for several seasons. This game hen won the classic, racing celibate to a nest pan and previously won 9th Federation Guernsey when the Tidbury & Garrett loft won the first eight positions in the club. Dean tells me the parents of Bills Dream cost him £90, being purchased from sales at the BHW Blackpool Show and her dam, called The £30 Hen, was bred by Mr. & Mrs. Arrowsmith. When the L&SECC secretary phoned him to inform him he had won the race he was over joyed and just looked up to the sky and thanked his late grand father for his help! Dean enjoyed a brilliant 2009 young bird racing season winning a long list of premier position, including several firsts in his club, 1st Federation and 1st open L&SECC Guernsey. Well done mate!
Dean was born in Feltham, Middlesex (same as me) in 1981 and his late grand father, Bill Tidbury, was a pigeon fancier, starting up when he left the armed forces. Bill fort in Burmah, finally being taken prisoner of war and Dean says he was his best friend as well as my grand dad and still misses him very much. When Dean was a youngster he was a keen boxer, walking in the foot steps of his grand father and his cousin, Eric Boon, who were both good sports men in the boxing ring. Eric was famous for knocking out Arthur Danaher in the 15th round of their bout and had many top encounters all over the UK. Dean started racing pigeons in partnership with Bill in 1995 and he trained the youngsters, single up, from Cranford Park on his grand dads old GPO postman bike. Dean was only 14 years of age and says he loved taking those north road babies for those short tosses on that bike, which paid off as they won several good positions in the club. In the early days the partners had some good success with their mixture of gift pigeons, which were mainly from George Oliver and he raced Cattrysse, Kirkpatrick and Fear Brothers pigeons. When Bill passed away in 2000, Dean got rid of every thing, loft, clock, pigeons, the lot and hit the night club scene, and enjoyed the normal teenager pursuits of drinking and woman. After he had got that out of his system, he rejoined the sport in 2004 with several gift late breds from Allen and Janina Jenkins. Dean told me the Jenkins gave him a lot of help in the early days and these two wonderful people now live on the Isle of Barrow, off the coast of Scotland, but still in his thoughts. His first real season back was in 2005, when won several good prizes with young birds and was always at sales looking for good stock birds, which were mainly Janssen. He went to a sale at the Lion Brewery PH in Ash and purchased two pairs of Eddie Wright / Janssens very cheaply, and they produced his good cock called, 99, which won several premier positions including 1st club, 2nd Federation, 2nd Combine Fougeres. Another good pigeon was the Marcelis red cock, which was purchased for £11 from Mr. Davenport and he won Deans first race for him, recording 1st club, 3rd Federation, 26th Combine St. Nazaire. Some outstanding pigeons have been obtained from several local fanciers including, Rod Berry, Clive Yates and the L&SECC winning partnership of Jenkyn, Barrott & Rolfe. His club was the Bedfont SR Club and he is still a member today, and told me its a great club, welcoming him with lots of help and a gift pigeon clock. Dean tells me the best local fancier is the great Jack Newell of Feltham, who is a legend, winning every thing in his life time in the sport, including 1st open NCF Pau.
The main families now raced are Cooremans, Lambrects and De Meyers obtained from Jason Hulse and Kevin Head. Deans loft set up is a 21ft race loft with an 18 widowhood cock section and two hens sections, plus two 12ft lofts, one for his young birds and the other which contains 16 nest boxes for the stock birds. He thinks the main things needed in a loft is good ventilation, good light and above all must be dry. Dean loves young bird racing and breeds a good strong team of 60 babies every season to compete well in both Federation and Classic racing. The Tidbury & Garrett young birds are put on the darkness system and Dean is a firm believer that young pigeons need to be trained, and he gives them a 32 mile tosses twice a day once they start to race. He maintains to be successful with the babies they have to be trained, trained and trained again, and fed correctly for the weather conditions and wind direction the next weekend. He lets the youngsters do as they want and has won with them pairing up, sitting eggs and even feeding a youngster, but maintain the only way to be successful in the National and Classic races is to be on the darkness system. Premier young bird racers for the Tidbury & Garrett loft in 2009 are: Deans Dream, bred by Kevin Head and winner of 1st club, 1st Federation Kingsdown, 8th Federation Wincanton: Cheryl winner of 1st club, 5th Federation Yelverton: Big Man, Dean favourite youngster and winner of 1st club, 2nd Federation Wincanton, 16th Federation Kingsdown: Bills Dream winner of 1st SW section, 1st open London & South East Classic Club Guernsey, 9th Federation Guernsey.
Dean races his old birds on the widowhood system, which suits his work as a brick layer and slabber, but he thinks the system of only racing cocks is a waist of good racing hens. He pairs up in early January and the racers rear a youngster before being separated for the widowhood and are later repaired for the training period, which is about six short tosses. The widowers are not trained during the racing season, but are exercised around the loft for an hour twice every day and the cocks are required to race the programme. The loft has won many premier positions in the first six in the club and Federation through the years and Dean prefers sprint / middle distance racing up to 400 miles, but in the future hopes to have a go at some long distance events. Recent racing seasons competing in the Federation have been very successful winning, 2006: twice 1st club, 2007: four times 1st club, 2008: nine times 1st club, fourteen times 2nd club and at the time of writing this article Dean has won twelve times 1st club. His ambition, after wining several seconds and thirds in recent seasons, was to win the Federation and he finally achieved it in the 2009 season from Kingsdown, with his game mealy cock, Deans Dream. He was delighted to win the Federation, having won 2nd Federation on the two weekends before, then came out and won 1st open L&SECC the week after. Great pigeon racing!
He tells me he has no idea about the eye sign method, but likes to see a nice bright eye on a pigeon and he thinks the eye tells the whole story, with the birds general condition being seen in the eye. Dean says the three local fanciers who are setting them alight in the premier races this season are Mark Gilbert, Garry Inkley and Richard & Reg Maybey, who have all had brilliant success. He maintains the moult is a very important time of the year and says a bad moult this year will almost certainly mean bad race results next season. In October the birds should enjoy some good relaxation and be given plenty of seed, oils and regular baths. He is not a fan of late bred youngsters for stock of racing, but lets the widowhood cock breed a round of youngsters at the end of the season, which he gives away to his friends.
Too finish this article Dean would like to thank a few people who have helped him out through the years; Firstly his grand father, Bill Tidbury, who he still misses very much; Mum, Dad, girlfriend Cheryl and little Chloe for their support and inspiration; his good mates Steve Oliver, Imran Malik and Danny Seedwell; Mick Maitland for teaching him and all the member of the Bedfont SR Club for their help. Dean would like to dedicate the Guernsey Classic win to Bill Tidbury and his best mate, George Oliver, who he knows had a Guinness or two up in the pigeon club in the sky! There you have it, the brilliant success story of Dean Garrett of Feltham!
TEXT & PHOTOS BY KEITH MOTT
Wayward racing pigeon finds a home at Carolina Christian
Amazing Grace isn't just a hymn; it's a her, too, as in the aptly named racing pigeon that found a temporary home at Carolina Christian Academy last week.
"She once was lost, but now she's found," said CCA seventh-grader Jenny Payne.
Jenny came up with the name after classmates Lauren Hamby, Ashley Pearson and Hope Harris found the pigeon beneath the car line shelter at the school on Sept. 13.
"It wouldn't fly away and was by itself," Hope said. "We just thought it was any kind of bird until we found out about it."
The girls told Paul Nichols, the school's minister of music and fine arts director, about the bird. When he saw the bird by the CCA front door, Nichols realized it wasn't a wild pigeon because it had a numbered band on one of its legs. The bird was hesitant at first, but let Nichols pick it up.
"We checked with Clemson Extension Service and the Humane Society because we thought the pigeon may have been tagged for some type of scientific experiment, but that wasn't the case," Nichols said.
Nichols tried to release the bird, but it flew into a hedge near the front of the building and stayed there.
"We threw it up and it just sort of fluttered and came back down in the bushes," Nichols said.
On Sept. 14, when Nichols got to school, the pigeon was standing in the driveway. He picked the bird up and took it to CCA science teacher Carla Bell.
"It was really tame," said Adam Bowling. "You could yell at it and it wouldn't move." Bell started searching the Internet for homing pigeons and found the Web site for the American Racing Pigeon Association, (www.pigeon.org).
From there, and by using the numbered band, and through four phone calls, Bell's biology and physical-science classes contacted the pigeon's owner, Vincent Rooney of Chesapeake, Va.
"It's come to be a good learning experience," Bell said. "If you find one, you aren't allowed to keep it until you've exhausted all means possible to find the owner."
Rooney, 63, has been breeding and racing pigeons since moving to Virginia in 1997.
Until getting off course, Rooney said the 6-month-old female racing pigeon's only name was the last three digits of her registration number.
"I just called her 813," a laughing Rooney said by phone from Chesapeake on Thursday. "I have about 120 birds and that's too many names to come up with."
Rooney said Amazing Grace was part of a Sept. 10 pigeon race that included about 400 birds. The birds were taken to Durham, N.C., and released.
They were supposed to fly the 150-plus air miles back to Chesapeake.
Rooney said of the 13 birds he had in the race, only five made it back home. Amazing Grace makes the sixth bird. Rooney said it's not unusual for racing pigeons, like Amazing Grace, to get off course, especially those birds that use the Interstate-95 corridor as a point of reference.
In pigeon racing, a bird is timed from when it's released - anywhere from 100 miles to 1,000 miles from its home coop until it returns.
Pigeons have a scientifically unexplained ability to find their way home. They were regularly used to relay messages in World Wars I and II when other communication messages were impractical.
It's not hard to train them, Rooney said. You start small and then expand the birds' range, he said.
Amazing Grace is a young bird in training, and while the Sept. 10 race was her first 150-mile event, she has flown in 100-mile races, he said.
"This kind of racing isn't an exact science," Rooney said. "When you take in factors like weather, the earth's magnetic field, sunspots and cellular phone activity, they will get off course."
Rooney figures during the flight home, the pigeon lost track of the group she was with and followed another flock that brought her to Lancaster, which is about the same distance from Durham to Chesapeake in air miles.
"Birds of a feather flock together and they just hook up and love to fly," Rooney said. "She just flew until she got tired and stopped."
Rooney is grateful for the care that the CCA students gave Amazing Grace. After learning that she wouldn't eat bread, the students visited a pet store to get her the proper food. She was kept in a cage in Bell's classroom until the special container to send her home arrived. The pigeon was mailed back to Rooney on Wednesday.
"She has good breeding and is worth about $250," Rooney said. "I just hope she's going to be OK. I'm happy to see a wayward racing pigeon generate this kind of interest from a group of kids. There are very few people interested in pigeons these days. It's really dwindling."
That's not the case at Carolina Christian Academy. "Maybe the next time he lets Amazing Grace go, she might fly back here," Nichols said. "She might think of us as her second home."
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Schepmans Georges (Herk-de-Stad) - online verkoop 24 duiven
Verkoop duiven Georges Schepmans
Zaterdag 13 november 2010 om 20u is de verkoop gestart van 24 duiven van Schepmans Georges, Herk-de-Stad. De verkoop duurt 14 dagen en eindigt op 27 november om 20u.
Georges behaalde in 2008 maar liefst 8 eerste prijzen, met daarbij een 1e plaats zone C en 10e plaats nationaal Bourges (42058 duiven).
In 2009 behaalde hij zelfs 13 eerste prijzen. Hij werd in dat jaar in Schakkebroek ook kampioen 1+2 jonge op de korte Frankrijkvluchten, en scoorde 1-2-4-5 in de asduifcompetitie jonge op de korte Frankrijkvluchten.
La vente en ligne de 24 pigeons Schepmans Georges (Herk-de-Stad) a commencé le samedi 13 novembre 2010 à 20h. La vente dure 14 jours et se termine le 27 novembre à 20h.
Georges a atteint en 2008 pas moins de 8 premiers prix, dont une 1ère place Zone C et une 10e place à la nationale Bourges (42058 pigéons).
En 2009, il a même atteint 13 premiers prix. Cette année-là à Schakkebroek, il était aussi le champion 1+2 jeunes sur les vols France courte distance, et était 1-2-4-5 dans la compétition as-pigéon, vols France courte distance.
The sale of 24 pigeons of Schepmans Georges, Herk-de-Stad, has started on Saturday, November 13, 2010 at 20h . The sale lasts 14 days and ends on November 27 at 20h.
Georges got in 2008 as many as 8 first prizes, including a 1st place Zone C and a 10th place national Bourges (42058 birds).
In 2009 he even got 13 first prices. In Schakkebroek, he was in that year also a champion 1+2 young pigeons for the France short flights, and scored 1-2-4-5 in the young ace pigeon competition of France short flights.
Dit jaar ben ik overgeschakeld van de vitesse naar de halve fond.De reden hiervoor waren de zaterdagvluchten.Ik ben er gewoon aan begonnen met de zelfde vitessesoort zonder noemenswaardige versterking aan te schaffen.
Iedereen vertelde me dat het dezelfde duiven waren die vitesse aankonden en de verdere afstanden.Ik geloofde er niets van maar hoopte ongelijk te hebben .Wat ik wel wist dat ik 2 verschillende soorten duiven altijd heb gehad , de zwarte soort waren op hun best tot 1. 10 uur vliegen dan volgde de 2é soort die het moest hebben van 1.15 tot 1.20 uur vliegen daarom geloofde ik niet dat het dezelfde duiven waren ik wist dat het op 10 minuten wel is aankwam.
Dan maar begonnen ,de eerste inkorving op mijn vertrouwde Quievrain was het heel goed 15 duiven op het eerste blad en begonnen met de 2é prijs. destart was gegeven, ik kon nog altijd terug op Quievrain blijven maar ik zette door, daarom naar Soissons met de nodige schrik ,het viel allemaal wel mee en was tevreden over het resultaat ,alleen waren het al door de band genomen andere duiven dan mijn favorieten op Quievrain .Toen ook de 2é Soissons daar bevestiging in gaf wist ik zeker er is een groot verschil ,het zijn andere niet mijn favorieten maar sterkere zoals mijne rene duiven die dit afkonden dat 2 uur langere vliegen .
De duiven waren die zondag enorm in hun doen en ik speelde de 3 eerste van 1500 duiven ik was vertrokken. Die week vlogen de duiven als zot ,de forme droop eraf, nu had ik echt geen schrik om verder te gaan, mijn gedachten waren als deze duiven dit niet aankunnen dan kan geen enkele duif dit af met deze conditie moest het lukken.
Op vrijdag naar het inkorflokaal gegaan met 33 duiven blakend van gezondheid. Zelfs de concurrentie zag dit .Het weer was goed dacht ik, 30 gr en oostenwind, ideaal om op Quievrain met gezonde duiven een resultaat neer te zetten..De duiven kwamen slecht naar huis en 17 bleven er achternet zoals bij de andere liefhebbers. Kwa tongen vertelden dat ze het niet af konden ,dit was wel wat anders dan Quievrainen het bakkertje zou wel gelijk krijgen toch .De schrik zat er nu wel in met nog 16 duiven op het hok. Terug naar Soissons gegaan en de duiven herpakten zich.
Na 3 weken en nog 3 speeldagen tegaan ging ik terug met 7 duiven naar de hafo en dit keer met nog 3 goede resultaten neergezet te hebben.
Ik wist het ,zonder die tegenslag van die rampvlucht zouden ze met mij rekening moeten gehouden hebben.
het doek was gevallen, 4 maal naar de hafo geweest in mijn eerste jaar.veel geleerd wat betreft het weer en het voederen .Zeker weet ik dat het niet zo een nerveus gedoe is zoals op de snelheid en wat verzorging betreft is het op de snelheid toch meer de melker dan de duif nu laat staan dat de windrichting op Quievrain heel belangrijk is ,nu was het al anders .
op naar volgend jaar met een grote ambitie en bijgekochte duiven en wachten tot het weer het toelaat om de jongen op pad te sturen.Eigenlijk ben ik content dat ik de stap heb gezet, ik ga voorlopig niet meer naar de snelheid .dit spel gaat het worden voor mij daar ben ik zeker van
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Lors de l'exposition de Laragne-Montéglin(05)du 31 oct au 1 nov l'assemblée générale du CFPRI a élu président DENIS VILLARD. Voici donc la nouvelle équipe:Président d'honneur(fondateur)Charles Quiros
Président;Denis Villard Premier vice-président:Christian Gervais Deuxième vice- président:René Rey Secrétaire: Jean-Marie Othelin Secrétaire adjoint:Claude Bertrand Trésorier:Jean Hugues Dupuy