Heremans-Ceusters references

22/09/2010 - a.o. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Zutphen against 11,168 pigeons

Dolf and Henk just had an unbelievable season in 2010.
In this summary of their past season we are only listing the victories against large numbers.

• 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd Zutphen against 11,168 pigeons Section Friesland 96 group North-East.
  The 1^st prize was won by "Rika".
  "Rika's" mother comes out of "Porsche BondPorsche Bond" x a daughter of "Blauwe Duc" and her father comes out of a son of the "La Prima VeraPrima Vera" x granddaughter "Olympiade 03".
  
• On the first NPO race from Signy Signetz (508 km) the partners had a particularly good result which included the 9th place on the Teletext.
  In their section against 8,664 pigeons they won: 9^th, 53^rd, 63^rd, 101^st, 131^st, 129^st, 131^st etc. placing 13 of the 20 pigeons shipped in the prizes.
  The 9^th prize was won by a hen called "Titania" NL09-1640983. She is out of "Mr. Branco" (Pieter Veenstra) x "Kweekster 439" (out of "Mr. La Ferte" 4^th NPO La Ferte Bernard x daughter out top pair Adrie Kors). "Titania's" grandfather ("Mr. La Ferte") is out of the "Iceman" (a son of "Silver Shadow ll") x a daughter of "Porsche BondPorsche Bond".
  
• 1^st Pommeroeul against about 8,000 pigeons in section Friesland 96 group North-East.
  This victory again was by "Titania".
  
• 1^st Heerenberg (128) against about 10,000 pigeons.
  The second young bird race was won by "Jabulani" being 23 mpm faster than the second place pigeon. The mother to "Jabulani" is a daughter of "Jackpot" and" Blauw Gertje" from Hans and Evert-Jan Eijerkamp.
  
• 1^st Deventer against 2,139 pigeons.
  They also placed 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 8^th, 10^th etc.
  
  The 1^st prize winner is the NL09-961 "Delfina" a hen who is bred out of a daughter of "Jackpot" x "Blauwe Gertje".
  The father of this hen has the lines of "James Bond lll" in him and was obtained via Marcel van Zanden.
  
  The fourth prize was won by NL08-757 "Rika" a hen also heard from when she won the section from Zutphen. She is bred out of a daughter of "Porsche BondPorsche Bond" and on her father's side, a grandson of "Prima Vera" and a granddaughter of "Olympiade 03" (Heremans-Ceusters).
  
  The fifth prize was won by the grizzle cock NL09-987 who is bred out of a cock from Marcel van Zanden who carries 100% Eijerkamp blood in his arteries (James Bond lll line). The mother is of the "987" a granddaughter of the well-known "Silver Princess" from Jan Ganzeveld who also has the golden Van Loon blood via Hans and Evert-Jan Eijerkamp.

Dolf and Henk attained first-rate results on their lofts in Donkerbroek again this year. These were attained thanks to the super pigeons from Brummen and the fantastic coaching from Evert-Jan Eijerkamp.

18/08/2010 - a.o. 1st Morlincourt against 5,187 pigeons

Mieke and Joep Bodelier just had an unprecedented season winning many top prizes in region 2 of section 8 GOU with direct Eijerkamp and offspring of Eijerkamp pigeons.
In their Club they took part in 26 races and they won 19  1st prizes.

Their victories in region 2 of section 8 GOU:

• 1^st Morlincourt against 5,187 pigeons
  In fact in the entire section 8 GOU against about 16,000 pigeons this was good enough for 22^nd place.
  The winning pigeon "Koh-i-Noor" is a cheque cock out of the Heremans-Ceusters family.
  He was bred by Hans and Evert-Jan Eijerkamp. His father is a grandson of the "Geschelpte Maurice" (from Maurice-Hasendonckx) x "Blauw Gertje".
  His mother is out of the "Wonderaske" line.
  In the "Wonderaske" line we come across many famous names such as: "Flitske", "Diadoro", "Chrisje" (1^st National Ace Pigeon Middle Distance 2002) and also the "Geschelpte Maurice" and "Blauw Gertje".
  
• 1^st Breuil le Vert/Clermont against 4,396 pigeons with "Koh-i-Noor"
  Of the entire release of section 8 GOU this same pigeon, against 19,500 pigeons placed 23^rd.
  
• On Strombeek young birds (186 km) in region 2 of section 8 GOU they flew 2^nd against 4,409 pigeons.
  The winner, a hen is NL10-1257648 "Young Koh-i-Noor" (Heremans-Ceusters via Hans Eijerkamp and Sons)
  Her father is "Koh-i-Noor" (winner in region 2 during 2010) and her mother is a great granddaughter of the "EuroEuro" X "Geschelpte 03-duiven".
  
• On the fourth young bird race from Pommeroeul (252 km) they won in region 2 section 8 GOU against 3,932 pigeons the 12^th position with the NL-1257650.
  The "650" is a cheque hen and was bred out of two direct Hans and Evert-Jan Eijerkamp pigeons.
  The father of the "650" is the NL09-1835020 of the "Vale Piet" (a grandson of "Chicago" X "Denver") X the "Bosma-duivin".
  The mother is the NL08-1102735 (Heremans-Ceusters) a granddaughter of the "Euro" X the "Geschelpte 03-duivin" (daughter of the "Olympiade" Gust Jansen).
  
• On the "late bred races" (natour) from St. Job in 't Goor (142 km) they had three hens of the 10 they sent place in the first 100 positions in region 2 of section 8 GOU.
  All three hens had the Eijerkamp blood flowing through their veins.
  They won the following prizes against 6,325 pigeons:
• 12^th NL09-1835020 a cock a direct Hans and Evert-Jan Eijerkamp; he was bred out of "Vale Piet" and the "Bosma-duivin" (Eijerkamp-Janssen).
• 22^nd NL09-1819759 a hen whose mother is a Heremans-Ceusters out of a son of "EuroEuro" x a daughter of "Blauwe 707".
• 100^th NL09-1833987 a cock who is a direct Hans and Evert-Jan Eijerkamp; he was bred out of "Sumo Junior" (a Jos Thone out of "Sumo" x "Artificial Jutta") and a daughter of "Don LeoDon Leo" from "Don LeoDon Leo" x "Miss EllisMiss Ellis".
  
• 1^st Pommeroeul (252 km) in the Apeldoorn area of region 2 section 8 GOU against 1,640 pigeons, in region 2 section 8 GOU this was 3rd against 4,580 pigeons.
  This performance was delivered by the 09-749, a hen that was send on chipping eggs.
  Her mother is 08-209, out of "half-brother 6^th National Ace Pigeon" of Jan de Ruiter and an Eijerkamp-Janssen hen out of "Broer Mister BondMr. Bond" x "Dochter Bange Bond".

Mieke and Joep are more than satisfied with their Eijerkamp pigeons and want to let us know that they are very thankful to the Eijerkamp Team which always stood by their side with advice and help.

06/07/2010 - 1. Nat. NPO Tours against 6,565 birds

Jan and his wife won 1. Nat. NPO Tours against 6,565 birds in Amalgamtion 6 with a 50% Eijerkamp pigeon.

The winner was  NL09-5903655 "De Lichte", who is blessed with the great Lines of Heremans-Ceusters and Janssen x Van Loon. He is grandson of  "Kazim" (Heremans-Ceusters and son of  "GoochelaarGoochelaar" x  "Moeder EuroMoeder Euro" when paired to a halfsister of "ChéChé", 1. Nat. NPO Orleans and "Sylvie" 1. Nat. Munich ( van Loon out of  "MichiganMichigan" x "BrittBritt" both children of the legendary "ChicagoChicago").

The winner responsible is a yearling cock NL09-5903655 who also won 11. NPO Orleans against 5,146 birds. At the end the "655" became 9^th Provincial Acepigeon in the One-day races in Amalgamation 6 in 2010.

28/05/2010 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd NPO Rekkem against 19,409 pigeons

Frans won gold, silver and bronze on the NPO race from Rekkem against 19,409 pigeons, certainly a wonderful performance.
Another striking fact is that all three of these pigeons have a rich amount of the Hans Eijerkamp and Sons blood flowing through their veins.
The NPO winner is the NL08-2070716 "King of Rekkem".
This cock's father is also the father of the super breeder "Franske", via Jan Ganzeveld, a 100% Eijerkamp Janssen out of the "Gouden Smeulders" x "Wonderboy 05Wonderboy 05" lines.
His mother is inbred to "Dutch Prince" a grandchild of "Boy" x "Queen".
The "716" had already performed well before this NPO win as can be seen below:

• 2^nd Boxtel against 11,887 pigeons
• 7^th Duffel against 8,886 pigeons
• 19^th Arras against 7,781 pigeons
• 22^nd Boxtel against 9,525 pigeons

The 2^nd prize winner was NL09-1695886 "Prince of Rekkem" and is out of a daughter of "Dutch Princess" (granddaughter of "Boy" x "Queen") x a granddaughter of the "EuroEuro".
The "EuroEuro" is an exceptional breeder for Hans Eijerkamp and Sons, this crack was purchased at the Heremans-Ceusters total sale.

The 3^rd prize winner on the NPO Rekkem is the NL08-2070768 "Queen of Rekkem" and is out of the same breeding pair as the NPO winner "716".

02/10/2009 - 1st Mantes de Jolie Sector III against 12,999 birds

Erik is winner of the National Youngbird Derby out of Mantes de Jolie in Sector III against 12,999 birds. He won the first National with NL09-1831815, a blue hen, bred from "Blauwe Garfield" ( out of son "Garfield" x daughter "Porsche BondPorsche Bond") which he bought at Hans Eijerkamp and Sons. The mother to NL09-815 is a pure Heremans-Ceusters bred from the lines of "Olympiade", "Christje" and "426", a full brother to "FinetteFinette", the Olympia pigeon at the Eijerkamp lofts in Dortmund 2009.