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18/04/2025

Superb start to the season for Jan and Ellie Sas from Dreumel: 1-2-4-5 Tienen against 4,318 pigeons

Jan and Ellie Sas from Dreumel are once again off to a fantastic start this season. Competing in Region South West of Section 8, they dominated the race from Tienen (119 km), winning 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 35th, and 37th against 4,318 pigeons. They achieved 21 prizes from 36 pigeons entered—a truly impressive result. Last year, we already reported on their remarkable start to the 2024 season, and it’s the same pigeons that are delivering top performances once again. Leading the charge is ‘De Poot,’ who secured his second major victory. In 2023, he won 1. Provincial Chimay against 6,835 pigeons, and now he takes 1. from Tienen against 4,318 pigeons. ‘De Poot’ is a grandson of their foundation pigeon NL10-1272564NL10-1272564, a direct Eijerkamp and 100% Heremans-Ceusters, bred from 'Lulo'.

‘De Poot’ (NL22-8226999) – 1. Tienen against 4,318 pigeons

‘De Poot’ is a son of their top cock ‘Lars’, who himself won two 1st prizes in major competitions, including 1st Provincial Morlincourt against 20,278 pigeons. ‘Lars’ combines the bloodlines of (Leo) Heremans-Ceusters and Arie van Beek. His mother ‘Lady’ is a daughter of the foundation breeder NL10-1272564NL10-1272564 and won 1st from Bierges against 4,090 pigeons. NL10-1272564NL10-1272564 is a direct Eijerkamp pigeon from the top breeder Lulo"Lulo" a grandson of the legendary Jackpot"Jackpot" and Euro"Euro" The mother of ‘Lady’ is a daughter of Willem"Willem", a direct Heremans-Ceusters cock from the lines of ‘Goudklompje’, Finette"Finette" and ‘Den 426’.

The best results so far for ‘De Poot’;
1. Prov. Chimay (215 km) - 6,835 pigeons
1. Tienen (119 km) - 4,318 pigeons
8. Prov. Bierges (137 km) - 16,149 pigeons
47. Prov. Bierges (137 km) - 24,558 pigeons
27. Nanteuil (356 km) - 2,235 pigeons
35. Prov. Soissons (306 km) - 22,782 pigeons
36. Bierges (137 km) - 2,392 pigeons
48. Niergnies (243 km) - 1,249 pigeons
52. Chalons (331 km) - 1,025 pigeons
54. Quievrain (201 km) - 2,675 pigeons
59. Chimay (215 km) - 11,591 pigeons
The 3rd prize in this same race was won by Van Neerbos – Spies with a 50% Sas pigeon, bred from a direct son of ‘De Poot’, showing that he’s not only a top racer but also already proving himself as a breeder.

NL24-7005432 – 2. Tienen against 4,318 pigeons
This promising yearling cock finished just seconds behind ‘De Poot’ to take 2nd against 4,318 pigeons. He is a grandson of ‘Lars’. His dam is the super hen ‘Ellie’, who also won 4th in this same race (see below).

‘Ellie’ (NL21-1011218) – 4. Tienen against 4,318 pigeons
‘Ellie’ is one of the stars of the loft, with three 1st prizes in strong competition. In this race, she also won 1st among the 1,754 hens entered in the Southwest Region Rivierenland. She is a half-sister to ‘De Poot’, both being offspring of the same father when paired with different daughters of their foundation breeder NL10-1272564NL10-1272564 (a direct Eijerkamp, from the top breeder ‘Lulo’ (NL19-1837573), grandson of Jackpot"Jackpot" and Euro"Euro").
Best results for ‘Ellie’:
1. NPO Chalons en Champagne (325 km) - 6,758 pigeons
1. Bierges (137 km) - 2,688 pigeons
1. Niergnies (244 km) - 1,873 pigeons
1. Tienen (119 km) - 1,754 pigeons (4./4,318 p.)
4. Bierges (137 km) - 2,699 pigeons
A daughter of ‘Ellie’ also took 37th in the Tienen race against 4,318 pigeons—proof that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

'Blauwe 560' NL23-9152560 – 5. Tienen against 4,318 pigeons
This 2-year-old cock is out of NL21-1670074NL21-1670074, which Jan and Ellie acquired through a voucher donation from Hans and Evert-Jan Eijerkamp. NL21-1670074NL21-1670074 was bred from a direct Willem de Bruijn cock and ‘Lindsay,’ a granddaughter of ‘Olympic Hans.’
The dam, ‘Nieuwe Mees’, was already a champion pigeon in the region for Jan and Ellie. As a yearling, NL23-9152560 had already scored several strong results, including 9th Provincial Bierges against 16,149 pigeons.