Recently, via a PIPA auction, two new top pigeons were purchased from Jan and Joke Kaman, with the star of the sale being "Mooie Jan".
As always, we are present at the Olympiad this time held in Poznan in Poland. It is THE opportunity to meet many old friends again. Below you will see a series of photos that give an impression of this event.
Every year, pigeon fanciers, from all over the world, send performances of their Eijerkamp pigeons or their descendants to us. All these performances are given a special place on our website and these performances are also linked to the (grand)parents of these pigeons.
Today the final race of the Pattaya International Pigeon Race was held. The expectations were high, certainly because Evert Jan went to Thailand to experience the final.
| 1. | Niergnies | 2,748 pigeons | |
| 1. | Bierges | 833 pigeons | |
| 3. | NPO Peronne | 5,900 pigeons | ** |
| 8. | NPO Troyes | 3,836 pigeons | ** |
| 24. | NPO Nanteuil | 5,215 pigeons | |
| 13. | Geel | 1,292 pigeons | |
| 35. | Tienen | 3,977 pigeons | |
| 56. | Laon | 2,597 pigeons |
Superlatives aren’t enough as we breathlessly read the jaw-dropping performances of the wonder pigeon “Luka Modrić”. During the hard 2018 season, with it's ever-changing and sometimes extreme weather conditions, he came home at the appropriate time, each and every week.
Today the public auction of 75 strictly selected youngsters 2018 from Willem de Bruijn was held. We were there as well and bought directly a daughter of "Olympic Hurricane" which also became with 26.000 Euro the most expensive pigeon of the auction.
Kees van de Beek will continue his pigeon career as loft manager at the Eijerkamp lofts, where he will have a number of the racing pigeons under his care
NL 2016-4787259 "Moritz", a great cock, comes at father's side out of a direct Eijerkamp pigeon the NL09-1832792 "Figo-Aske" a Heremans-Ceusters and the mother is the NL15-4770848 "Wonder Aske 48"
There doesn’t seem to be a limit to the exceptional genes carried by “Honda” in 2018. Now a granddaughter of “Honda” has won, in the San Francisco Bay Area Tripple Crown, 5th place from 536 km.
Last weekend during the National Days the champions of 2018 were honored. Below a short photo impression.
Evert-Jan Eijerkamp and Henk Jurriens handled most expensive pigeon in the world, 1. Ace pigeon Pioneer Club 2018, at their visit to China
Winning an NPO long distance race is always something special. This year it was the yearling cock "Victor" NL17-1820259 who won this victory for us at Chateauroux. "Victor" was bred from our old successful Eijerkamp-Janssen and Eijerkamp-van Loon lines.