02/01/2017 - a.o 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th provincial Cochrane against 1,562 pigeons

Oscar and Linda had another fantastic season with their pigeons.

• 1^st, 2^nd, 4^th 7^th provincial Cochran 617 km against 1,562 pigeons
  
  The first prize was won by CU15 OL 1831 out of NL09-1835695NL09-1835695 a Heremans-Ceusters and the NL12-123170 a H. and E.J. Eijerkamp pigeon.
  
  The second prize was won by CU14 OL 1650 out of NL13-1802567NL13-1802567 "Blauwe Vivian" a H. and E.H. Eijerkamp and the NL13-1231879 "Ymke" a H. and E.J. Eijerkamp pigeon.
  
  The 4^th prize was flown by CU15 OL 1964 a 75% Eijerkamp-Janssen and 25% Leo Heremans.
  
  The 7^th prize was awarded to CU15 OL 1828 out of NL08-1102902NL08-1102902 "Canada" a H. and E.J. Eijerkamp and NL11-1344357NL11-1344357 a Heremans-Ceusters.

The Breeders Fall Classic
AU 16 BIGA 0015, grandson Rossi"Rossi" a Heremans-Ceusters won:

• 63^rd        240 km against 390 pigeons
• 68^th        320 km against 357 pigeons
• 1^st           400 km against 325 pigeons
• 1^st           525 km against 286 pigeons

These performances resulted in the AU 16 BIGA 0015 becoming:

• 1^st Ace Pigeon winning $14,000

Triple Crown Classic (San Diego)
CU16 OL 2108 out of NL08-1102810NL08-1102810 "Canada" an Eijerkamp-Janssen/Eijerkamp-van Loon and CU15 OL 1876 (out of NL14-1605301NL14-1605301 and NL13-1804258NL13-1804258 "Teresa", both are H. and E.J. Eijerkamp pigeons) won:

• 1^st 160 km winning $5,795

San Diego Holiday Cup
CU 16 OL 2014 out of NL08-1098656NL08-1098656 an Eijerkamp-van Loon and NL13-1803792NL13-1803792 a H. and E.J. Eijerkamp pigeon won:

• 1^st          240 km
• 1^st          320 km
• 25^th       495 km

These performances he was:

• 10^th Ace Pigeon earning him $1,879

CU16 OL 2027/2028 out of NL14-1605430NL14-1605430 a H. and E.J. Eijerkamp won:

• 1^st 320 km winning $2,131

07/11/2016 - a.o 1st prize Classic in the sector.

Steve and Paul let us know that their NL09-1833921NL09-1833921 "Bruno" (inbred Olympiade"Olympiade") a Heremans-Ceusters is the father and grandfather of: 

• 10 x 1^st prize winners at the section level

They had a very good season flying for:

• 15 x 1^st prize in their club
• 4x 1^st prize in their section
• 1x 1^st prize from the Classic in their section
• 2x 1^st prize in their sector from National races with the same pigeon, a granddaughter of Mister Bond"Mister Bond" an Eijerkamp-Janssen x their national winner 2004, a great granddaughter of Bartoli"Bartoli" an Eijerkamp-Janssen.

25/10/2016 - a.o 5th Federation against 3,300 pigeons

Ken Marshall imported several Eijerkamp to Australia and now has the NL12-1233223NL12-1233223 "Blauwe 223" an Eijerkamp-Janssen x the NL12-4148136NL12-4148136 "Magic Elanore" an Eijerkamp-van Loon a fantastic breeding pair in his loft.
 
This pair bred a.o AUS 15-307 who won a.o:

• 1^st National Pt. Welshpool 681 km in his club and also
  15^th National Pt. Wleshpool 681 km against 1,100 pigeons in the Section

This National race is the Australian version of Barcelona and again this year was a very tough race, with no pigeon home anywhere on the day of release.
Ken clocked his AUS 15-307 the following morning at a speed of 730 mpm.
The "307" is a real all-rounder, as he has also won prizes on races from 100 – 200 – 400 and 600 km.
This season he also won

• 2^nd Club and 25^th Federation against 3,800 pigeons (428 km) at a speed of 1,343 mpm.

Another tremendous breeding pair is the NL13-1803028NL13-1803028 a H. and E.J. Eijerkamp (out of "Hugo Boss" x Michelle"Michelle") x NL13-1803641NL13-1803641 and Eijerkamp-van Loon (out of "Waldemar" x sister Celena"Celena").
They are the parents of the blue hen AUS15-355 who won a.o

• 1^st Club and 5^th Federation against 3,300 pigeons after flying 10 hours from a distance os 681 km.

If they are any good, they show themselves quickly, as the week before was her first race from a distance of 425 km, which she finished successfully.
 

 

16/10/2016 - 1st International Ace Pigeon Dutch Touch One Loft Race

Paul won with his pigeon AU16-2621 GW:

• 1^st International Ace Pigeon Dutch Touch One Loft Race in Canada

This race was organized and run for the first time this year by Oscar and Linda De Vries in Ontario Canada. Paul Byrski narrowly won this title with his AU16-2621 GW, which was bred out of two direct Eijerkamp pigeons.
 
The father of the 1^st Ace pigeon is NL14-1606100NL14-1606100 who was purchased on the advice of Henk Jurriëns, it is a pure Heremans-Ceusters bred out of a son of the Euro"Euro" x Olympic Vivian"Olympic Vivian" paired to a hen out of the Nieuwe Olympiade"Nieuwe Olympiade" x Karen"Karen".
 
The mother of the 1^st Ace pigeon is the NL09-1837504NL09-1837504, an Eijerkamp-Janssen out of "Caribbean Bond" x "Passion" a daughter of the "Prima Vera".
 
The AU16-2621 GW earned his 1^st Ace Pigeon title by flying the following positions:

• 13^th prize on the 643 km race
• 50^th prize on the 329 race
• 76^th prize on the final race from 458 km
• 168^th prize on the 190 km race

Paul’s second pigeon, flown under his wife Barbara’s name, won the 17^th prize on the 643 km race.
This pigeon is a 50% Eijerkamp pigeon bred out of NL14-1605466NL14-1605466 "Cynthia", a Stefaan Lambrechts x Heremans-Ceusters cross.
"Cynthia" is a hen out of "Big Spender (brother to Olympic Bolt)’ x a daughter of the Euro"Euro".
 
Paul considers himself very lucky and is proud of this prestigious title won by a youngster out of his Eijerkamp pigeons.

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

• 5^th Champion Natoer
• 2^nd Pick Bird Champion Natoer
• 4^th Champion pigeon natoer with NL13-1789529

Regio Noord Oost

• 1^st Champion Natoer
• 1^st Pick Bird Champion Natoer
• 1^st 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:

• 33^rd Tilburg
• 117^th Duffel
• 13^th Asse Zellik
• 3srd Moeskroen-Menen
• 5^th 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:

• 11^th Champion Pigeon Short Distance

Her best performances this season in Regio Noord Oost this season were:

• 6^th Nanteuil against 1,896 pigeons
• 16^th Laon against 2,229 pigeons
• 28^th 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.