After the fantastic results on Peronne where we placed 3 birds on the Teletext and had tread on the highest spot on the podium we looked in the direction of Pommeroeul (251 km). The pigeons were in very good condition and we tensely waited with high expectations.
The first middle distance race became a grand feast as we had 3 granddaughters of “Don Leo” –Van Loon- at the front. This race is the 4th win out of the 5 races we have flown to this point and it seems we have a very good chance to be 1st NPO Peronne against 14,253 pigeons? The sisters “Celena” and “Leontien” were the first two pigeon we clocked from the 184 pigeons entered by our loft manager Gerard Boesveld. These two hens are both bred out of “Streetfighter” (out of “Don Leo” x “Joke”) x “Kentucky” (out of “Atilla” x “Miss Antonia”). “Celena” flying at a speed of 1339 mpm has won the gold. Of the 184 pigeons entered more than 100 will win a prize. Region 2 against 4,904 pigeons: 1-3-8-9-10-12-14-15-17-19-21-26-28 etc. (24 of the 28 clubs having reported). In the NPO Middle Distance competition in Section 8 North against 14,253 pigeons: 1-3-8-9-10-12-14-15 etc “Celena” NL10-1274037 up to this point has won: 1st Peronne against 4,904 pigeons 5th Blois against 2,331 pigeons 28th National against 24,774 pigeons 15th Pommeroeul against 5,197 pigeons 26th Pommeroeul against 1,699 pigeons The best performances of “Leontien” NL10-1273014 3rd Peronne against 4,904 pigeons 22nd NPO Chateauroux against 2,397 pigeons The third pigeon clocked was also a hen “Milou” NL10-1273551 out of “Leo Star” (out of “Don Leo” x van Loon) x a daughter of “Fabio”. As a yearling she won: 58th NPO Blois against 4,310 pigeons 187th NPO Bourges against 2,975 pigeons 189tj NPO Chateauroux against 2,397 pigeons
Prior to the weekend the weather for Pommeroeul promised to be bad. But as a pigeon fancier you always hope that the weather won’t be as difficult as predicted and usually that’s the way it turns out. Saturday was as forecast and we had to lay over till Sunday.
Last year we rewarded the month winners fom May to September with a total of € 1000.- cheques. In the months October to April we raffle, per month, among the contributors of a reference a pigeon voucher worth € 300, -. Would you also like to win a voucher then send the results you've achieved with Eijerkamp pigeons or descendants to us.
Team Eijerkamp has reinforced their breeding loft by purchasing “Lucky Eighty Eight” during the Pieter Veenstra auction held by Pipa. “Lucky Eighty Eight” NL11-5000688 is a brother to “Dolce Vita” and was bred out of “Da Vinci” and “Special Blue” who is a direct daughter of “Mr. Blue”.
Ydo and Elco have experienced a fantastic start to the 2012 season, having won the first 3 races in their very strong club in Noordwolde. They also had two victories in ACG8 of the Friesland Section. Not only did they win these races they also had a strong series of prizes, these were the best races of their young pigeon career. Over the last three years many pigeons from Hans and Evert-Jan Eijerkamp moved in the direction of Steggerda. Now in 2012 it has become clear that the Eijerkamp pigeons have provided a great injection of quality for them. Not only the direct Eijerkamp pigeons are performing tremendously but also the children of these pigeons are racing superbly. Amongst their 2012 young birds there are again a large number of Hans and Evert-Jan Eijerkamp pigeons. That the Eijerkamp pigeons played a large part in two of their victories is obvious but also thanks to several tips they received from Gerard Boesveld. Race result to this point: 07-04 Wijchen: 1,5,7,23,34,45,46,81 etc. against 2,033 pigeons (13 prizes out of 26 shipped) The first pigeon was also the 6th against 20,055 pigeons. 14-4 Boxtel: 1,5,9,13,14,15,30,31,34,36,75,76,78,79,100 etc. against 2,235 pigeons (22 prizes out of 27 shipped). On this race the prize percentage of Eijerkamp pigeons was very large: the 5th 15th 30th 36th 76th and 79th prizes were won by direct Eijerkamp pigeons! The 31st was won by a half Eijerkamp pigeon. 21-04 St. Truiden: 8,13,14,40 etc. against 2,171 pigeons (13 prizes out of 28 shipped) Several of the Eijerkamp pigeons that have shown themselves in these races: NL11-1165163 a hen Her mother is the NL10-1273595 is an Eijerkamp-Snelheid (short distance- speed) pigeons and was bred out of “Zoon Fabio” (a van Loon out of “Fabio” x “Hera”) and “Lady Manus” (an Eijerkamp-Janssen out of “Manus” x “Natasha”). “Natasha” is a daughter of “Porsche Bond” and “Lady Jumbo”. The “595” herself is a good racer winning a 1st from Isnes against 1,462 pigeons. The “163” on the first two races flew: • 5th Wijchen against 2,033 pigeons • 31st Boxtel against 2,235 pigeons NL10-1273689 is out of “Obelix” x “Elena” “Obelix” is out of a son of “Jackpot” x “Mysterious” and “Elena” who is out of the “Lichte 05” x “Olympic Queen”. This cock flew on the first two races of 2012: • 5th Boxtel against 2,235 pigeons • 23rd Wijchen against 2,033 pigeons • 1st St. Truiden against 565 pigeons NL11-1341730 is out of a son of “Peter” (a Heremans-Ceusters out of “Peter” x “Gravity”) and a daughter of “Don Leo” (a van Loon out of “Don Leo” x “Inteelt 22”) This hen won in 2012: 30th Boxtel against 2,235 pigeons NL11-1341697 is out of a son of “Carley” (a Janssen x van Loon) and a daughter of “La Souterainne” (van Loon): this cock has won a nice classification: 15th Boxtel against 2,235 pigeons NL11-1341647 is out of a son of “Troyes” (Janssen) and a daughter of “Don Leo” (van Loon). This hen has already won this year (2012) 3 prizes on 3 races: • 79th Boxtel against 2,235 pigeons • 244th Wijchen against 2,033 pigeons • 238th St. Truiden against 2,171 pigeons NL11-1341649 is out of a son of “Rossi” x “Spinneke” (Heremans-Ceusters) and a daughter of “Olympic Queen” (Eijerkamp-Janssen). This hen has already won 3 very nice prizes. NL10-1273595 is an Eijerkamp-Snelheid (speed) hen; she was bred out of “Zoon Fabio” (a van Loon out of “Fabio” x “Hera”) and “Lady Manus” (an Eijerkamp-Janssen out of “Manus” x “Natasha”). “Natasha” is a daughter of “Porsche Bond” and “Lady Jumbo”. This year the “595” has won: 76th Boxtel against 2,235 pigeons NL10-1273696 is an Eijerkamp-Snelheid (speed) pigeon out of a son of “Fillip” (out of “Fillip” x a daughter of “Jackpot” a Heremans-Ceusters) and the “Inteelt Bange” (out of “Halfbroer Flits” x a daughter of “Eenoog Rocky”). The “696” this year flew: 36th Boxtel against 2,325 pigeons The Homma brothers breeding aviary in Steggerda
Luck and disappointments usually don't lie too far apart and that proved to be the case during the 2nd race of the season for Team Eijerkamp. The pigeons for Duffel were released at 9:25 hours and at 10.52.41 "Leanne" crossed the antenna at the home loft. Soon after her the next pigeons dropped and after the second pigeon was clocked at Evert-Jan's widowhood loft misfortune struck as the rest of the pigeons were not registered by the clocking system. Despite furious attempts to clock the pigeons over other antennas and rebooting the clocking system several times all attempts to clock another pigeon failed. Meanwhile the pigeons dropped 3-4 at a time and there was nothing else to do but desperately, madly and very disappointedly watch the pigeons come home from this "training" flight. They were undoubtedly early birds because "Leanne" won the 1st prize against 1,368 pigeons in the CC Zutphen and in Region 2 she was 7th against 5,932 pigeons. This followed last weeks' 2nd prize for her from Geel against 5,835 pigeons. "Joaquim" won the 15th prize against 5,392 pigeons in the Region and the 3rd prize in CC Zutphen, but naturally they were the only two pigeons on the result.
Besides our own results the results of our pigeons at other lofts are also very important to us. This information helps us to further strengthen our breeding lines and allows us to give our clients more in depth advice. We are just as proud of a good performance of a descendant of our pigeons as we are of the good performance of one of our own pigeons. We want to give special recognition for these performances and therefore we will make available €7000.00 in pigeon vouchers. In the months of May, June, July, August and September €1000.00 in pigeon vouchers will be offered for the best performances of Eijerkamp pigeons and/or their descendants. We will divide the €1000.00 into 3 vouchers of €500.00, €300.00 and €200.00. Each month the references sent to us will be evaluated and the three winners will be published on our website. The winners will be calculated using a special formula so that everyone, worldwide can compete for these vouchers. Subsequently, these vouchers can be redeemed at our on-line web shop. For all those who sent in reference, from October to April, we will draw for a €300.00 voucher. This allows us to show our appreciation, for the performances submitted to us, throughout the entire year. The only thing you have to do is provide us with the performance, along with sufficient information, of an Eijerkamp progeny, preferable with a good photograph. The references sent in will naturally be placed on our website, if sufficient information is provided. You can find how to send us your information, via a digital form on our website, or you can send it by e-mail or just an ordinary letter. We eagerly await your submissions. Hans and Evert-Jan Eijerkamp
Good start for season 2012 The season 2012 kicked off at the lofts of Hans and Evert-Jan Eijerkamp, Saturday April 14, with the first official race from Geel (133 km). After a hectic period during which the long distance lofts, which were destroyed by a storm, were being rebuild, the preparation of the race team was short but intense. Under the inspiring leadership of Gerard Boesveld beginning in January the racers were paired in different groups and in March the pigeons were allowed to take their first laps in the sky above the Greenfield Stud. Hens out of the Olympiade loft and the widowers out of Evert-Jan’s loft were entered, for a total of 76 pigeons. In Region 2 (of Section 8 GOU) a total of 5,835 pigeons were assembled for a release from Geel at 10:25 hours. At long last the Unikon peeped for the first time when “Leanne” NL11-1341752 a yearling Heremans-Ceusters hen, crossed the antenna at 12:09:16 hours which give her a speed of 1277.942 mpm. Shortly afterwards the “Blauwe van Myrthe” NL10-1274286 signalled that she was home, it took a while before the next pigeon reported above the lofts.
We have regularly posted news on our website about the new long distance loft that has been built. In 2011 Hans and Evert-Jan decided that they wanted to race from Barcelona. As this discipline requires a specific approach, plans were made for the ensuing years; a special accommodation would form a very important aspect of the plan. There was an empty 40 meter loft and it was decided to renovate it and make it suitable for housing a long distance team.
1. Internat. Pau 8.601 b. – B. Bullen & Zn New Addington (UK) 1. Nat. Ace pigeon younsters NPO – Mevr. T. van Panhuis Meppel (NL) 1. NPO Chateaudun 7.879 b. – A. Brak Wormerveer (NL) 1. NPO Peronne 5.282 b. – Mevr. T. van Panhuis Meppel (NL) 1. NPO Bourges 5.685 b. – Comb. Doldersum Almelo (NL) 1. Nat. Ace pigeon Italy Continental Cup Cat. D – Iosif Adrian Iarinca Treviso (Italy)
Last year we rewarded the month winners fom May to September with a total of € 1000.- cheques. In the months October to April we raffle, per month, among the contributors of a reference a pigeon voucher worth € 300, -. Would you also like to win a voucher then send the results you've achieved with Eijerkamp pigeons or descendants to us.