For the second race of the season the birds were liberated in Nivelles a distance of around 137 km from  Nieuwendijk.

We had a very pleasing team performance with a good number of early ones.

Club 355 birds…6th,8th,9th,14th,18th,20th  17 prizes from 31 entries.

Altena & Raamsdonkveer 1239 birds …10th,13th,14th,23rd,28th,29th,30th 17/31.

Union de Baronie 4640 birds…18th,21st,24th,41st,49th,50th,51st,53rd  with 20 early prizes from 31 entries.

First bird was 13-04617 bred from Chico (Hannibal x Genie) paired to Astrid a direct daughter of the magnificent Favorite Couple from Leo Hermans.

Our second bird is GB12-402 ‘Amazing’ bred from Bandit (Outlaw x Rowen) x Moonglow (Drum x Joy). This cock is a previous winner of :-

*1st Grimbergen 587b ~ (32nd Combine 6233b)

*1st Creil 477b ~ (16th Nat. NPO 25.437b)

*2nd Nijvel 483b ~ (74th Combine 5989b)

*3rd Peronne 227b ~ (68th Combine 3449b)

*4th Grimbergen 344b ~ (83rd Combine 4609b)

*5th Creil 268b ~ (50th Combine 2775b)

*7th Nijvel 400b ~ (28th Combine 4.188b)

Our third bird is 12-173 a previous prize winner being bred from Hurrican Run (Direct Young Couple) x Penny bred by P & J Roziers from Little 500 x daughter Queen L.

Uitslag P.V. TOT WEERZIENS te NIEUWENDIJK 

V15 vanuit Nivelles-Nijvel gelost op 12-04-14 om 12.15 Coordinaten: +5034517 / +0421464
Aantal deelnemers: 16 Aantal duiven in concours: 355
Plcyf Naam Ver Mee/Prs Ring Get Afstand Tijd Snelheid
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1 C. de Haan 1979 29/10 2-1737562 15 137,359 13.50.30 1438,322
2 A. van Vugt 1979 37/15 3-3325557 28 138,287 13.51.09 1438,211
3 R. Schmidt 1979 8/4 3-1461731 5 144,043 13.55.34 1432,319
4 P. Groenenberg 1979 30/6 1-1867000 24 138,073 13.51.29 1431,061
5 A. van Vugt 1979 37/ 2-1737428 13 2 13.51.43 1429,785
6 Colijn & Fox 1979 31/17 3-0004617 17 138,799 13.52.05 1429,697
7 A. van Vugt 1979 37/ 3-3325551 4 3 13.51.44 1429,538
8 Colijn & Fox 1979 31/ 2-0022402 3 2 13.52.06 1429,452
9 Colijn & Fox 1979 31/ 2-1737183 12 3 13.52.14 1427,492
10 R. Schmidt 1979 8/ 3-1351360 6 2 13.56.11 1423,590

'Chico (Hannibal x Genie) the Sire of our first bird this week.

‘Chico (Hannibal x Genie) the Sire of our first bird this week.

'Chico' eye shot...

‘Chico’ eye shot…

'Astrid'...The Dam of our first bird from Nivelles this week.

‘Astrid’…The Dam of our first bird from Nivelles this week.

 

'Astrid'...eye shot.

‘Astrid’…eye shot.