03/10/2016 - a.o 1st Champion Pigeon Natoer Regio
Joep took part with his entire race team, made up of 5 cocks and 5 hens, on the natoer races. The hens were flown to the nest.
In Kring 6 of Regio Noord Oost of Sect. 8 GOU on the natoer the following results were gained with 100% Eijerkamp-pigeons:
- Tilburg 100 km with 10 pigeons entered
against 1,715 pigeons: 16, 33, 199, 201, 314, 315, 389, 418 = 80% prize
- Duffel 161 km with 9 pigeons entered
against 1,624 pigeons: 14, 116, 117, 212, 323, 326, 328, 376 = 89% prize
- Asse Zellik 190 km with 9 pigeons entered
against 1,007 hens: 11, 13, 30, 41, 45, 77, 88, 164 = 89% prize
- Menen 251 km with 9 pigeons entered
against 902 pigeons: 3, 44, 46, 48, 74, 92, 165, 205 = 89% prize
- Laon 334 km with 9 pigeons entered
against 635 pigeons: 5, 6, 9, 52, 55, 142 = 66% prize
The above results led to the following (not yet finalized) championships:
Sect. 8 GOU
- 5th Champion Natoer
- 2nd Pick Bird Champion Natoer
- 4th Champion pigeon natoer with NL13-1789529
Regio Noord Oost
- 1st Champion Natoer
- 1st Pick Bird Champion Natoer
- 1st Champion pigeon Natoer with NL13-1789529
The NL13-1789529 is out of two direct Eijerkamp pigeons, which were picked out for Joep in 2010 by Evert Jan Eijerkamp: NL10-1273800NL10-1273800 a Heremans-Ceusters (out of "Euro Blois" and "Frieda 974") and NL10-1272370NL10-1272370 an Eijerkamp-van Loon / Eijerkamp-Janssen (out of "Ché Junior" and a granddaughter of La Prima Vera"La Prima Vera").
The "529" became champion Natoer with the following performances in Kring 6 Regio Noord Sect. 8 GOU:
- 33rd Tilburg
- 117th Duffel
- 13th Asse Zellik
- 3srd Moeskroen-Menen
- 5th Laon
The NL13-178497 a full sister to the "529" this past season flying 15 prizes was the best pigeon on Joep’s loft:
The "497" in Regio Noord Oost was:
- 11th Champion Pigeon Short Distance
Her best performances this season in Regio Noord Oost this season were:
- 6th Nanteuil against 1,896 pigeons
- 16th Laon against 2,229 pigeons
- 28th Moeskroen-Menen against 3,634 pigeons
Joep would like to take this opportunity to thank the Eijerkamp Team for all their advice and also a thank you to veterinarian Tony Oranje for his medical guidance.