The Duif Chronicles

Willem de Bruijn once again has a super result from Niergnies the fourth program young bird race in Samenspel Gouwe Ijssel winning 1st,2nd,3rd,4th,5th,6th,7th and so on on against 2096 birds also winning 5th,7th,8th,10th,12th,13th,14th etc and a total of 140 prizes from 183 entries against 21.068 birds in Afdeling 5 South Holland. Top results from a world class fancier. The first four winners pedigrees are once again attached to this post and it must be noted not only in this race but also the previous three young bird races that two of the four and of course the three sisters winning [...]

Yesterday was the first young bird race for the Samenspel Gouwe Ijssel in Afdeling 5 South Holland an area that is a traditional Hot Bed of the most competitive fanciers in the Dutch Pigeon Sport. Willem de Bruijn has been amongst the very elite for many years and believes in his good friend and travelling companion Ad Schaerlaeckens theory of breed from everything in the loft, as many as possible and select only in the races by top performance.  Keep doing this for year after year and severley reduce the numbers by only retaining the very best at the end [...]

What a result! We're used to this type of result from this partnership already, but given the circumstances this was not a result that was easy to achieve. They clocked six pigeons within a minute and win 48 prizes from 74 pigeons, in a competition that was open for over an hour. Fourteen days ago it was nothing like this. The entire provincial including Bas and Gerard received an 'uppercut' with a very bad race from Nevers.  The liberation was after three night’s basket, and the temperature plus the south easterly wind made sure that in the evening they only [...]

Last Saturday 17th June 2023 Rik Hermans wins 1st Antwerp Union Melun against 1210 birds in a very unfavourable North East wind. His yearling Blue Hen is as you can see from the pedigree a typical Rik product of multiple performance DNA. Very well done indeed.  

Bert & André Leideman Exceptional series of results at the start of the season   13.5 Arlon (329 km) 16.036 b. :  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, etc. (150/96) 06.5 Tongeren (214 km) 5416 b. : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, etc. (158/94) 29.4 Venlo (137 km) 17.325 b. : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, etc. (150/100)   Collendoorn.  Last Saturday, the provisional result list from Arlon in Sector 10 already gave us an indication, and when of all results where finalized [...]