Mrs. Flamengo our first pigeon from Heusden-Zolder 132km.

22/08/2026

Mrs. Flamengo our first pigeon from Heusden-Zolder 132km.

It was a grey and gloomy morning, with thick cloud cover hanging over the lofts and rain moving in locally just as the birds were due. Not the easiest conditions to work with  but two real toppers fought their way straight through it: a yearling and a late youngster who both refused to be held up by the weather.

The pigeons were liberated at 08:30 from Heusden-Zolder, facing a distance of 132 km to Brummen and 150 km to Laren, with a north-westerly wind to contend with along the way.

Mrs. Flamengo takes New Minty home

First on the wing and setting the pace at a flying 1,402.8 mpm was Mrs. Flamengo (NL25-7026988NL25-7026988), a hen who has already banked several top prizes of her own, including a 2nd against 1,600 pigeons from Tongeren and a 4th against no fewer than 4,038 pigeons from Morlincourt. Her class doesn’t come out of nowhere: she is a direct daughter of the loft’s top sire Mr. Expensive, out of the equally decorated Flamengo, herself 6th National Ace Pigeon, Allerbeste, in 2022.

Right behind her came New Minty (NL26-8475457NL26-8475457) a daughter of top breeder New Champion (from the New Olympiad line), out of Minty, who is a daughter of Xenon and was 1st National Ace Bird Long Distance in the Fondspiegel 2018–2019. Two hens with serious pedigree, arriving together through the murk.

Two super youngsters at Eijerkamp-Paalman

The loft at Paalman also produced a fine one-two. Ni Geeloger is a grandchild of Geeloger and out of former top hen Rexy, who was 2nd National Ace, Allerbeste, Middle Distance in 2024 clearly a family that keeps delivering.

Close on her heels, Bella Solange (NL26-8455431NL26-8455431) came home as the runner-up at Eijerkamp-Paalman in Laren, a direct daughter of Bella-Jo, herself a granddaughter of the legendary Olympic Jozef.

Mrs. Flamengo with her parents

Team Eijerkamp-Paalman