*This is Drum our great breeding cock. We won 16th NPO Fontenay yesterday against 6.704 birds with one bred from ‘Stella’ one of his last daughters when he was paired to ‘Gerrie’ (Dtr.Kleine Dirk).  

Yesterday saw the Middle Distance NPO race take place from Fontenay a distance of around 450 km to Nieuwendijk. We were very pleased to have had another very good race winning the club and federation by 5 minutes clear and taking a very early NPO prize against the very strong west wind when the fanciers in the east dominated the result.

Club 147 birds…1st,5th,7th,8th,10th15th,18th etc

Altena & Raamsdonksveer 415 birds…1st,15th,17th,18th,23rd…

Union de Baronie 1,578 birds… 4th,57th,62nd,63rd…

NPO Brabant 2000 6,704 birds…16th winning a total of 16 prizes from 22 entries  ( over 70% strike rate) against the wind at NPO level.

First bird winning 1st Club,1st Fed,4th Combine and 16th NPO against 6.704 birds was NL14-1168708 bred from ‘Max’ a son of ‘Nieuwe Rossi’ and ‘Eenoog’ (New Dream Couple) of Leo Heremans when paired to ‘Stella’ a daughter of ‘Drum’ x ‘Gerrie’. This yearling scored last week and also won 66th NPO Roye 14,164 birds plus 23rd Combine Quivrain 4,818 birds this season having also scored twice last year as a youngster.

Second bird was   NL14-3432662 bred from ‘Zoon Pikeur’ the same Peter van der Merwe cock as our good yearling ‘678’ with a half sister to ‘Blue Mike’ being a daughter of ‘Sterre’ this time coupled with a grandson of Caliph, Chanel and Super 8 that had won 72nd NPO Sezanne for us against 12.518 birds.

Third bird was NL12-3229158 the blue cock ‘Davey’ a son of ‘Super 8′ and a previous winner of 1st Creil as a yearling.

Fourth bird was NL14-3432684 a late bred from 2014 scoring for the first time and bred from the bloodlines of multiple performers.  His Father is the super race cock ‘Lewis’ (Outlaw x Kirsty) winner of *12th Dutch National Ace Midfond NPO 2012 *9th NPO Sezanne 18.733 birds *45th NPO Creil 14.323 birds *96th NPO Sens 19.395 birds *116th NPO Creil 11.056 birds *167th NPO Pithiviers 11.790 birds *162nd NPO Chateauroux 6.717 birds *1st Sezanne 324 birds (1st Fed 1.296b~6th Combine 4.376b) *1st Creil 293 birds (1st Fed 860b ~ 3rd Comb. 3.511b) *1st Creil 289 birds (4th Fed 1.193b ~ 17th Comb. 4.719b) *1st Creil 281 birds (3rd Fed 1.011b ~ 50th Comb. 1.736b) *2nd Creil 268 birds (8th Fed 834b ~ 27th Comb. 3.320b) *3rd Sens 286 birds (11th Fed 986b ~ 21st Comb. 4.337b) *3rd Creil 261 birds (10th Fed 1.087b ~ 17th Comb. 4.351b) *4th Morlincourt 414 birds (14th Fed 1.637b ~ 50th Comb. 6.767b) *4th Creil 307 birds (8th Fed 938b  ~ 39th Comb. 4.019b) *4th Pithiviers 172 birds (10th Fed 681b ~ 30th Comb.2.592b). Mother of NL14-3432684 is a daughter of ‘Son Johannesburg’ (Johannesburg x Star 300) winner of *1st Sens 447  birds (2nd Fed 1.251 b ~ 6th Combine 4.224 b ~ 10th Nat.NPO 17.292 birds) *1st Orleans 175 birds (2nd Fed 579 b ~ 6th Combine 2.182 b ~ 51st Nat.NPO 9.099 b) *2nd Nijvel 559 birds (2nd Fed 2.054 b ~ 18th Combine 7.213 b) *10th Orleans 214 birds (18th Fed 748 b ~ 42nd Combine 2.832 b ~ 146th Nat.NPO 19.455 b)when he was coupled to a daughter of ‘Super 8’.

Fifth bird was NL14-3430180 bred from ‘Frankel’another good son of the Young Couple and father of our 1st Hall of Fame winner in the Tournament of Champions in South Carolina in 2011. Dam of our fifth bird is ‘Stardust’ bred by Van Dyke from Di Caprio x Daughter Kannibaal.

Max the father of our first bird yesterday ...he is a direct son of Leo Heremans super pair 'Nieuwe Rossi' x 'Eenoog'

Max the father of our first bird yesterday …he is a direct son of Leo Heremans super pair ‘Nieuwe Rossi’ x ‘Eenoog’

Eye shot for Max...

Eye shot for Max…

 

Uitslag P.V. TOT WEERZIENS te NIEUWENDIJK M26 vanuit Fontenay sur Eure gelost op 27-06-15 om 09.00

Aantal deelnemers: 12 Aantal duiven in concours: 147

Plcyf Naam Ver Mee/Prs Ring Get Afstand Tijd Snelheid Punten

1 Colijn&Fox 1979 22/16 4-1168708 11 449,867 14.29.56 1363,507 1000,0

2 A.vanVugt 1979 12/7 4-3034151 9 449,227 14.34.24 1343,379 973,0

3 J.Hoeke 1979 4/2 4-1167805 1 449,354 14.38.19 1328,204 945,9

4 A.vanVugt 1979 12/ 4-3430142 2 2 14.39.24 1323,589 918,9

5 Colijn&Fox 1979 22/ 4-3432662 13 2 14.39.59 1323,202 891,9

6 C.Versteeg 1979 13/3 3-1337820 9 449,206 14.39.38 1322,619 864,9

7 Colijn&Fox 1979 22/ 2-3229158 18 3 14.40.12 1322,359 837,8

8 Colijn&Fox 1979 22/ 4-1168684 22 4 14.40.12 1322,359 810,8

9 Gebr.vanHemert 1979 7/2 2-3229016 1 449,767 14.40.17 1321,741 783,8

10 Colijn&Fox 1979 22/ 4-3430180 12 5 14.41.49 1316,105 756,8