On 29 July 2018, 577 pigeons were liberated in Canizal Prova for the final race of Derby Cartaxo. It was the PT18-8369065 from XR and Bruno, who arrived at 12.30h. with a speed of 1181 mpm and became the winner of:
The pigeons could not be released in Annecy due to some local events and were instead sent to Tours, where the more than 3,000 pigeons were let up at 07:15 hrs under a clear blue sky and a light eastern breeze.
In 2018 the Eijerkamp pigeons excelled on the one day long distance races (> 500km) Below an overview with different final positions in the ace pigeon championships.
This past spring Johan van Dijk acquired several eggs from the Hans & Evert- Jan Eijerkamp widowers. One of the youngsters out of these eggs was banded with the ring number NL18-1581831.
After a week forced rest because the race was canceled the pigeons were released in Bierges. The result was very good and within 30min. 100 of the 135 basketed returned home
Saturday, July 28th was the final race of the As Goldenpigeon One Loft Race in Thessaloniki (Greece) where 542 pigeons were basketed in the final.
This year the pigeons performed great on the one day long distance races (> 500km). At Chateauroux the 1st NPO was won which was a great ending of the races above 500km.
The blue hen "Xenon" has won the 1st Inter Provincial Ace Pigeon one day long distance in the Northern Union. A tremendous performance by this yearling hen, throughout this hard 2018 season.
Today the race NPO Chateauroux (670km) was held. The temperature was up to 28-30 deg / C with a slight northwest wind We had basketed 71 pigeons.
| 1. | La Louviere | 4,483 pigeons |
| 1. | Gennep | 1,953 pigeons |
| 1. | Zandvliet | 1,832 pigeons |
| 1. | Tongeren | 1,191 pigeons |
| 1. | Tongeren | 811 pigeons |
| 7. | Weert | 1,851 pigeons |
"Turbo Rossi" is (grand)father of a.o. 8. Nat Ace Youngsters Middle Distance PIPA |
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| 1. | Chimay | 11,156 pigeons |
| 1. | Tienen | 3,977 pigeons |
| 5. | NPO Troyes | 3,834 pigeons |
| 5. | NPO Melun | 1,295 pigeons |
| 7. | Weert | 10,292 pigeons |
| 9. | Prov. Laon | 9,815 pigeons |
| 10. | Quievrain | 19,075 pigeons |
This was the second race for youngsters. It was excellent weather, a clear sky, a little wind and temperature around 20 deg / C. We had basketed 164 pigeons
Today is the first official race for the youngsters. The pigeons were released at 08:30. in Geel (133km) under good conditions.
Chateaudun turned out to be a splendid one-day long distance race, with good returns. Practically all of the specialists at the extreme middle distance flew at the front with outstanding results.