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Copied from Facebook Here's a smasher from the Bard....enjoy another great piece from WPW 1 / 4 During the season past, Billy Van Nuil won the Section from SNFC Ypres, the winning pigeon having previously headed the result from the Inland National from Upper Heyford making it a ‘Double Section Winner’. The achievement prompted me to provide details of local pigeons known to me that have won the Section with the National on two occasions. I do realise that there could be others but the following birds come to mind, From when I was in my early 20’s until I married, I sat with fancier friends in The Blue Bell Inn at Annan each Saturday night and talked ‘pigeons’. Amongst those in the company were such noted names as John and Matt Jamieson, Jim Soutar, James Dalgliesh, George Hind, Ewart Warwick, Bert Tennant, George Kerr etc.. On one occasion the question was asked “what was the best pigeon they had ever seen” and in accord, several of those in attendance responded “Davie Steel’s Nantes National winner”. Davie resided at Canonbie, near Langholm; he competed in Langholm Club and over several years gained a number of good positions from the Classics. His National winner was a 1949 Dark Chequer hen which was an absolute beauty and was admired by all who viewed her. Importantly, she was additionally an exceptional performer on the road. In 1951 the S.N.F.C. Nantes convoy was liberated at 7.10 into a N.W. wind and she was timed at 9.10am the following day to win the Classic. The following year she was 3rd Section 10th Open from the equivalent event and in 1954 she went back to Nantes again and was 1st Section 21st Open. Whilst he owned a team of direct Kirkpatrick pigeons, through his brother’s friendship with Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick, his Nantes winner was not a Kirkpatrick but was a Fuller Isaacson. Rob and Elliott Borthwick from Langholm owned a super Red Cock that was named ‘Happy’. In 1969 he was entered from Rennes for his first crossing of the channel and having been on the wing for 13 hours 23 mins. was 7th Sect. 18th Open on 1065ypm. In 1970 he raced again from Rennes and after being on the wing for 11 hours 7 mins, was 1st Sect. 3rd Open on 1291ypm. In 1971 he again went to Rennes and was timed just out of the prize list. He was immediately doubled back into Nantes and on a difficult day when there were no day arrivals, was timed in the morning to be 6th Sect. 14th Open on 759ypm. He went back to Rennes in 1972 and on a fast day was again at the front to be 1st Sect. 45th Open on 1491ypm. He went back to Rennes for the last time in 1973 and was 15th Sect. 110th Open on 1193ypm. The bloodlines were Bricioux x Sion purchased at London Auctions through Frank Hall. Having kept pigeons as a boy, Elliott and his father, Rob, subsequently joined the local Club as ‘R. I. Borthwick and Son’. Rob was very affluent, being the proprietor of the local Dairy and supplied milk to all the residents in Langholm and district. On entering the fancy, he and Elliott went out of their way to obtain top quality bloodstock, which included purchasing pigeons from London Auctions, through Frank Hall and Cattrysse bloodlines direct from Mons Slabbinck. Examples of the Cattrysse bloodlines were gifted to fellow Club members, Ellwood Brothers, which were in part responsible for Jock Ellwood’s ‘Jenny’s Price’ that was 1st Open S.N.F.C. Rennes 1971 and was recognised as being one of the best Cattrysse in the country at the time. In 1982 Rob and Elliott were 1st Open S.N.F.C. Young Bird National from Redditch. Their winning pigeon was a Blue Bar Pied cock that was bred from a Strawberry Pied Cock when paired to a Blue Pied hen. The Strawberry Pied cock was bred from a direct daughter of ‘Happy’ when paired to cock that was bred by Tom Little from Creca. At the end of July, Langholm Common Riding is held, which is the most important social event in this close knit community. A Games Meeting is held as part of the celebration, that attracts the very best Professional Athletes in the country and during the day a Hound Trail is run, with Langholm being one of the top meetings in the Trail Hound calendar. To those who don’t understand, Hound Trailing is one of Cumbria's oldest and most popular sports. 2 / 4 Racing takes place over moorland, fields and fells, the hounds follow a trail laid down by runners grading rags soaked in a mixture of paraffin and oil of aniseed. The Trails are several miles long according to the age of the hounds racing and as the race unfolds the owners and spectators lay bets with on-site bookmakers who are a permanent part of the trailing fraternity. In addition to being a keen pigeon fancier, Elliott Borthwick also raced Trail Hounds and in 2003, was ever so proud when he won the local Common Riding Hound Trail with his Champion dog, ‘Castle Cooms’. Twin brothers, Billy and Jackie Gardiner competed under the loft title W.T. Gardiner, housing their pigeons behind the family Grocers Shop in Lockerbie. In the 1950’s they set about forming a superb team of pigeons based on four families, these being J.T.Clark, J.Kenyon, J.Kirkpatrick and R.Stoddart. The J.T. Clark family was obtained from Paisley and Paterson from Langholm, who had obtained their original stock direct from the breeder. When the brothers entered the fancy they admired the achievements of Jim Kenyon from Skelmersdale and his ‘Black Pied’ family and noted what the family was doing for other fanciers who had the bloodlines. They observed, for example that G. King of Fairlight had gained 1st and the King’s Cup from Pau in 1952 with a three-quarter bred ‘Black Pied’. Billy and Jackie therefore wrote to Jim Kenyon and obtained three latebreds, two of which proved to be superb stock pigeons. Living close to Annan the brothers were aware of the quality of the Kirkpatrick family of pigeons and following the death of John Kirkpatrick, Billy Gardiner attended the Dispersal Sale and made acquisitions. A further very talented fancier who competed into Annan at the same time as John Kirkpatrick was Will Robertson and following his death, Billy made purchases at the Dispersal Sale including a grandson of the great Kirkpatrick cock ‘Johnny’. To further augment his colony of Kirkpatrick’s, Billy purchased the same bloodlines from McAloon and Drew from Felling on Tyne and introduced similar bloodlines from John McGillivray from Forth. The brothers were also conversant with the quality of the family of pigeons developed by Robert Stoddart from Carron and made contact with Vic Robinson to obtain examples of the family. Working with these bloodlines their performances were phenomenal, gaining 1st Open S.N.F.C. Rennes, 1st Section 2nd Open Nantes, 2nd Section 4th Open Beauvais, 1st Open Vaux Usher Y.B.National etc. etc. A number of superb pigeons emerged in the Gardiner loft, none better than a noted Mealy Hen, which contained the lines of the great Kirkpatrick cock ‘Johnny’. This hen was 1st Section 8th Open Rennes 1957, 22nd Section 30th Open Rennes 1959, 3rd Section 5th Open Nantes 1960 and 1st Section 8th Open Rennes 1961. Billy Van Nuil from Gretna raced a fabulous Blue Chequer cock, that competed from Clermont when only a yearling and was 4th Section 6th Open Fed., 8th Section 19th Open National. In 2015, he was set up for the final National of the season from Clermont and following a 6.30am liberation into a SW wind he was timed at 4.57pm to be 1st Section 4th Open National. In 2016 he raced from the Blue Riband event from Reims and was along with the leaders to be 14th Section 84th Open. He was then prepared for Roye and following an 8.45am liberation was timed at 8.33pm to be 1st Section 11th Open. Dam was a Busschaert that came to the loft as a flyaway. On reporting the young pigeon, Billy learned that it came from the loft of Williams and Hassal from Dudley, West Midlands, being very well bred with parents and grandparents having scored through to Bordeaux, 540 miles. Sire was the nest brother of a marvellous pigeon that Billy raced; in 2010 he competed from Wollaston, 179 miles and was 6th Club 6th Fed. He then went to Buckingham, 225 miles and was 1st Club 1st Fed. and thereafter competed from Bovingdon 249 miles and was again 1st Club 1st Fed. He then went back to Bovingdon with the National and was 244th Open. He thereafter went to Clermont and was 2nd Section 3rd Open National. The Sire was home bred from a pair of 3 / 4 pigeons from the loft of Norbert Sieren and Jos Vandenbroeke, which were purchased from Mark Evans, in response to an advert that appeared in the Fancy Press. Dam was a Fredericshoff Red Fox Janssen x Bricioux obtained from fellow Club member, Steven Allen. In 2008 members of the S.N.F.C. competed from Tours for the longest race in the programme. Pigeons were liberated at 8.45am into a following wind with the wind across the country having a fresh Southerly influence. As the day progressed however, rain came in and the North of England and Scotland experienced extended showers of torrential rain. Standing at his loft, Stevie Ferguson and his father, Will from Annan recognised that notwithstanding the rain, with the influence of the following wind there was a possibility that occasional birds might get through. As they stood awaiting arrivals they sighted a single pigeon home from the South East, which came at such height it missed the loft and had to circle the paddock before it could land. It was indeed the only arrival on the day and won the National. The pigeon was 2002 Chequer Pied Hen ‘Watchhill Princess’, it went to 120 miles as a youngster and to the coast as a yearling on Roundabout. In 2004 she was paired in mid-February and reared a pair of youngsters and was thereafter put on Roundabout. She had four Club races and was then re-paired for the channel. She went to Tours sitting very tight and was timed at 6.10am on the second day to be 1st Section 6th Open. The following year she scored in the Club from Melton Mowbray and then went back to Tours and once again made the list, being 86th Open. Due to concerns resultant from Avian Flu, it was feared that the planned race from Tours wouldn’t occur in 2006 and the hen was ‘put by’. At the eleventh hour however, it was confirmed that we would indeed race from the channel, they gave the hen one training toss, a single inland race and lifted her into Tours when she homed on the second day but on this occasion failed to make the list. The following year Avian Flu was still prevalent and as a result, members of the S.N.F.C. were unable to race from Tours and it was decided that the hen be kept at home. She performed well in inland competition however, and scored in Annan Club from Huntington and from Cheltenham with Annan Premier Club. In 2008 she was paired in mid-March, reared a single youngster and was then split from her mate and put on Roundabout. She competed from two local Inland races and then went to the Inland National from Newbury on the system and was the first bird to the loft. She was then re-paired and went to Tours sitting deep with her second flight half grown. Sire was a Dark Chequer W.F. that was bred from a son of the loft’s Section winner from Lille when coupled to a daughter of their 8th Open Rennes. Dam was an unrung Jan Aarden that contained the lines of Clwyd Lofts and was obtained as a gift from near neighbour Dennis Anderson. Which brings us back to where our story began… Billy Van Nuil is a very experienced fancier who has scored prominently in Classic competition over a good number of years. He, for example, won the Inland National from Newbury in 2009 and headed the result from Buckingham in 2018. In 2017 he gained a host of trophies with the S.N.F.C. including trophies for the best average from the two prestige races and the Robert Telfer Award Trophy for the best average in the Club from all races and in 2023 continued on the winning way when he won the National from Upper Heyford with a 2 y.o. Blue Pied Cock. Billy attends the North East Show each year with friend Steve Bell from Brampton and on their way to the Show they collect John Hillery from Consett to go to the Show with them and as the years have passed he and John ecame friends. The friendship is such that Billy has received several pigeon from John and two of these, which are Kavanagh Busschaerts, are the Sire and Dam of the Blue Pied cock. The Pied cock was put on the road as a youngster but was lost from Lymm and was reported in Bishop Auckland. Billy arranged to get the bird back and as the months passed it grew in confidence and scored from Wollaston in 2022. In 2023 it was paired on 4 / 4 1st March, reared a single youngster and was thereafter split from its mate and put on widowhood. It proceeded through the Federation programme, flying steady and scored on several occasions through to Wollaston and was then sent to the National from Upper Heyford and as explained won the race. Because the pigeon was reported in Bishop Auckland as a youngster it was named ‘The Bishop’. Following its Classic win, Billy continued to race him and in 2025 it was paired on 1st March and was thereafter separated from its mate and put on Widowhood. It went to the first outing of the season from Shap and the following week went to Low Gill. The intention was to work him through the programme but when Billy was basketing him the following week to go to Charnock Richard the end of his tail was protruding out of the basket through the spars and Billy’s dog instinctively caught hold of it and pulled it out with only two tail flights remaining. The bird was therefore ‘put by’ until the tail feathers regrew with his next race being from the Inland National from Reading when he was up with the leaders to be 7th Section 61st Open. He then went to the Gold Cup race from Alencon and was 66th Open. The weeks passed and it was apparent he was in really good condition, which prompted Billy to send him to Ypres. He was basketed on 10 days eggs with his second flight half grown and homed to the loft from the race at great pace to win the Section for a second time and was 42nd Open. It should be said that Billy is assisted at the loft by his brother in law Derek Nelson. The following photographs are published with this article (a) Davie Steel’s Nantes winner, (b) Billy & Jackie Gardiner’s Mealy Hen that won the Section twice from Rennes, (c) Rob & Elliott Borthwick’s ‘Happy’, (d & e) Billy Van Nuil’s good Chequer cock that won the Section from Clermont & Roye and his Blue W.F. cock ‘The Bishop’ and finally (f) Stevie Ferguson’s ‘Watchhill Princess. As explained, the birds listed are ‘as known to me’. The probability is that someone will tell me that I’ve missed one (or two or three) and if they do I’ll provide details on this Facebook Page. Billy Wortley

Copied from Facebook PPigeon lofts at West Mills Dairy, Kirkcaldy, Fife, early 20th century. The pigeons are released at various distances and trained to return to their home loft. The competing birds are banded to identify them, they can fly for several thousand miles and can reach speeds of ninety miles per hour! Pigeon racing started as a sport in Belgium in 1818, when a hundred mile race was held. The late 1800s saw the sport grow in popularity in the United States, France and Britain. Today, pigeon racing is particularly popular in former mining communities in Scotland.

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Copied from Facebook 6th January 2026 Stuart Wilcox Auctions @ Blackpool 2026. We have our normal high quality Auction program on Friday the 16th of January and Saturday the 17th of January 2026 at the Savoy Hotel Friday Night 16th January May Pigeons Viewing 4.15pm - Sale Starts 5.00pm Stuart Wilcox Viewing 5.30pm – Sale Starts 6.15pm UK Golden Duif Viewing 6.45pm – Sale Starts 7.45pm Saturday 17th January Champions Auction Viewing 1.15pm - Sale Starts 2.00pm Flanders Collection Viewing 15.15pm – Sale Starts 4.00pm Syndicate Lofts Viewing 6.45pm – Sale Starts 7.45pm I will present each auction list separately and in order – This one is the famous Golden Duif UK Auction on the Friday Night, a particular favorite with fanciers and one of the highlights of the weekend. A strong line up as normal, all selected by Rik Harmans Some rooms are still available at the Savoy for the Blackpool Show Weekend - Fri 16th and Sat 17th £55 a night Bed & Breakfast for Friday and Saturday £65 a night with evening meal! To book early before all the rooms are gone call 0161 923 0300 and mention Stuart Wilcox to secure the above offer price

Billy Looker of Mitcham. I first became aware of Billy Looker and his wonderful team of pigeons when he won the Three Borders Federation from Messac in the 2015 season, after which I invite him to my home to have some birds photographed for this article. He came to Claygate in February and on seeing his six pigeons and their race performances it was clear to me that his great performance started long before his Messac success. His 2015 Federation winner was his yearling blue cock, now named ‘The Fed Topper’, and he is a son of Bill’s champion stock cock, ‘Lenny the Lion’. The blue cock was raced on the roundabout system and recorded from Messac (258 miles) 1st club, 1st Three Borders Federation, 3rd SMT Combine (1,164 birds). Billy has raced his old birds on the roundabout, with outstanding results for several years and tells me, he can accommodate 24 pairs, and finds the system very enjoyable. During the racing season the cocks are in with the nest boxes and the racing hens are on perches. The racers are let together on the marking day and on their return from the race they are left together for one hour, before going back on the system. Bill’s loft is 20ft long, with four section and the young bird section has a 5ft aviary so the inmates can enjoy the sunshine and fresh air. The structure is fitted through out with roof lights, for nature light and vents at the bottom and at roof level for good ventilation. Deep litter is not used in the racing loft, as Bill like to keep an eye on the birds dropping at all times. He has eight stock pairs which are housed in a 8ft breeding loft and he uses deep litter in this loft, which he says has never been a problem to the birds. The race birds are paired up in January and normally they single rear a youngster and then the hens and their youngsters are removed at around 16 days, and then they are on the roundabout system to start racing. They then start to get regular exercise around the loft and once they are going well at home, Billy starts to train them for about eight tosses up to 30 miles before the first Federation race. As previously stated the racers see their mates on the marking and they are never broken down with their feeding. Training tosses along the south coast are preferred and Billy tells me that he never trains during the racing season, unless their form drops and then he will give them a tosses or two to bring them back. He has started enjoying channel racing in recent seasons and likes to pick his races for certain pigeons. The old birds are fed on Mariman’s Varimax and Super Power 50/50 mixture, and he has found there is no wastage, and they fly well on this feeding. The main racers in the loft today are: The blue hen, ‘The Combine Hen’, winner of 2010: 2nd club, 3rd Three Borders Federation, 3rd SMT Combine (1,557 birds) Yelverton and her nest sister ‘28106’ winner of 1st club, 2nd Three Borders Federation Exeter, the blue chequer pied hen, ‘Mason’, winner of: 2014: 21st section, 40th open BICC Falaise (old hens), 6th section, 27th open BICC Guernsey (old hens), the handsome blue pied cock, ‘The Flash Cock’, the winner of: 1st club (234 birds), 1st Three Borders Federation (1,424 birds) Blandford (92 miles), the blue chequer WF hen, ‘The Alencon Hen’ winner of 1st club, 2nd Three Borders Federation, 3rd SMT Combine (749 birds) Alencon, 23rd section, 45th open BICC Falaise, 3rd club Fougeres, 3rd club Falaise and of cause the 2015 Messac Federation winner, ‘The Fed Topper’. A very impressive team of racers! Billy is a heating engineer and has been self-employed for eight year. He tells me his wife isn’t interested in the pigeons, but his two children, Crystal aged seven and Billy junior aged one, love them and like them to fly and feed them. They both have their favourites and Billy’s nephew, Mason, helps him with the cleaning out and feeding. Mason is five years old and he sometimes goes to the pigeon club with his uncle Bill for marking. Bill has always been interested in ‘Country Sports’ and fishing, which he has had a lot success at. He likes Ferreting and shooting, and has done a lot of Clay Pigeon shooting. Billy says his most thrilling thing in his time in pigeon racing was winning the Three Borders Federation from Messac in 2015. He has several premier positions at the top end of the Combine result, including 2nd open and says his main aim now is to win the Combine! The families in keeps are good at short and long distance racing, but he enjoys the long distance events best and his best performance to date was winning the Three Borders Federation from Messac (258 miles) in 2015. Billy says it is a big ‘thanks’ to Lenny Jenkins for his help and advice over the past few years and thanks also to his mum, who helps him out with the pigeons when he away working and can’t get to the loft. The main family kept at the Mitcham loft are: Staf Van Reets from Lenny Jenkins of Dagenham in Essex, plus some of Lenny’s own family of pigeons and the very successful Muller / Aarden pigeons from the Padfield Brothers in Wales. Billy Looker was born in London in 1984 and has lived in Mitcham all his life. His dad has always been a Fancy Pigeon fancier, starting many years before Bill was born, so pigeons have always been a big part of the Looker’s life. Billy has had Fantails and Tumblers all his life and had his first race birds in 1998, when he formed a racing partnership with Wayne Gardiner. Billy told me, sadly the partnership only lasted a few seasons, but he really caught the racing bug! He started racing again on his own in 2007, with a few gift late breds and in 2008 he had his first team of racing young birds. He purchased some youngsters from the Breeding Station, which were Soontjen and one of them won two firsts in the Mitcham club. Bill has still got that hen and she has bred some real quality youngsters over the years. He can remember racing in the very strong Mitcham FC back in 1998 and one of the best flyers then was Frank & Sue Carson and says they still are today. His biggest mistake in his novice days was overcrowding and over feeding, but since meeting Lenny ‘the lion’ Jenkins in 2009, he has looked back. Billy has learnt a lot about feeding and conditioning the birds in recent years. In his early days the young Billy was gifted pigeons from every one, which performed ok, but soon realised that if he wanted to really compete against the best he needed to invest in good pigeons that were winners. His first club was the Mitcham FC, which was then based at the Bull PH in Church Road and his first loft was nothing fancy, just a 12ft structure with two sections and open door trapping. He remembered at that time everyone was talking about the new thing, the ‘darkness’ system and he taped black bin liners over the young bird section windows, but it worked, because he won races. Text & Photos by Keith Mott (January 2026)

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Copied from Facebook 5th January 2026 Maurice Mattheeuw’s fascination with pigeons started early, leading him to develop a deep knowledge of their care and training. He dedicated himself to refining bloodlines, breeding pigeons known for their remarkable speed and endurance. The Mattheeuws pigeons can do far more than just race 100 to 400 km. Maurice has also been crowned 1st champion in several other clubs. And that’s not even counting the countless 1st prizes he adds to his honors list every season. Over the past five seasons, his record looks like this: 28x 1st in 2007 24x 1st in 2008 40x 1st in 2009 40x 1st in 2010 35x 1st in 2011 #fblifestyle

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Copied from Facebook 4th January 2026 IAN MCKAY Aberdeen Federation of Racing pigeons Young bird Breeder / Buyer sale 612 club 615 Gt Northern Road Aberdeen Sunday 19th April @ 13:00 penning The need to raise more funds to fulfil our intention of purchasing a new transporter for 2027 brings the B/B to the fore as in the past it has not been well supported and we would like to put forward to all members a request to support the sale by donating and/or buying a bird, if you feel for any reason you cannot donate a bird we would like you donate £20 to help with this project for a new transporter. Your £20 can be paid to your club sec or straight to the Fed Transport account: SC 87-34-01 Ac no 00020441 There will as usual be a raffle on the day so we require prizes. If you could donate towards the raffle could you let us know please. The following have started it off by donating. A Williamson 2 Bottles W Davidson. 1 Bottle Bacardi I McKay. 1ltr of Whyte & McKay’s whisky

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On behalf of Fifer and myself, I would like to thank all the members of Basics and wish each and everyone of you a Happy New Year, and a prosperous 2026

Copied from Facebook 30th December 2025 by: tuspalomas in Colombofilos karel meulemans Karel Meulemans' famous palomar of Arendonk is a legend in Colombophilia. A breed of pigeons that has been scattered all over the world like the Janssen themselves, with the difference that Karel has won the same many 1st prizes, starting in the 50s to continue winning even today (2007). Most fans think Karel's pigeons are mid-ground. This is not true, Karel started with the big bottoms in the 90s, loose 700-850 km. Won his first National in 1995 and became champion of Belgium KBDB in 2001 from those distances. He wanted more, the real long distances too. He set up his mind to be on top of the big funds and became a famous fund maker in the province of National Antwerp. Race and History Karel Meulemans now 74 years old, retired in 1990. He used to work on a farm, his own farm. After World War II it started with pigeons. Met a fellow Adriian Wouters who traveled together his pigeons. They had a famous breeding couple famous in the world: "Oude Van Den Bosch X Janssen, a few years later he had Frans Marien as a Colombophile partner. Marien & Meulemans came to be very successful in the middle. Raising and flying their pigeons, many Colombophiles got first prizes in the middle background with descendants of their pigeons. In 1980 Frans Marien died and all the pigeons were sold at a public auction, Karel bought most of the best travellers: Chalet, Prins , Het Schoon , Donker , Bonte Duif were crossed with the best of Hofkens pigeons. Karen immediately succeeded. Her daughter Linda began to be interested in pigeons and formed tandem with her from 1981-1990. In 1986, some famous pigeons like Karen were stolen from their pigeon farm. In 1990 in Tandem Meuleman and Damen began, Damen the husband of Linda Meulemans, Linda and Walter Damen live in a house near Karel. The big success in the big fund started in 1995. Meulemans and Damen won the 1st National of Dax, 2nd International and 8th AS long bottom pigeon. The base traveling pigeons in the 90s were Montargis 245/88 (son of Het Schoon Donker), the super female in the middle background 467/95 (1st Bourges and 7th National Argenton) sister of the main breeder 118/90, the 401/95 (daughter of Montargis), 347/91 ( mother of Dax's 1st National and sister 118/90), 345/91 ( blue female with 1st Melun among 1,780 pigeons, 8th National Argenton among 27,499 pigeons), the red 311/90 (father of the 1st National of Dax, cross between chalet, Prins and Georges Bolle. But the main breeder was 118/90 which has an interesting story when Meulemans and Damen got the KBDB large fund national championship in 1999,3 sons of 118/90 were their best travelers, these three brothers, Pantano 868/96 , 590/96 and 591/96 won numerous awards. On the day of the national championship in Ostend they asked Karel to bring some pigeons to teach the guests there attendees. Karel showed the 118/90, but at night this male was stolen, Karel had to go home without the father of his three best travelers in the year 1999, he was disappointed, but he knew that the male was no longer fertile, had not had children in the last two years. A few months later, the 118/90 returned to the palomar of Karel Meulemans, the thieves probably tried to get him out, but to the power, they had released it. The father of 118/90 is the 758/89 obtained from an egg from Van Gils brothers of the 1st National of Marseille with his 1st National of Pau 87 , the mother of 118 /90 was the 233/89 ; from the old line Meulemans and Het Schoon Donker. Method: Karel, Linda and Walter have 65 widows, including the yearlings. All widows are coupled on March 20, old widows can peck 5-6 days and yearlings 17-20 days, not pichones. After the Perpignan all widows can hatch eggs twice but never piglets. In 2001, Karel arrived to travel 6 females to the natural, participating up to mid-back in the first position, in the second position, they went up to 550 km twice. , in the third position with 2-3 days pichons were sent to Perpignan 965 km. Karel won 40-43-161 National 5 women he ruled. Karel advises beginners to at first focus on the loose speed and half bottom, it takes many years to succeed in long distances and some amateurs to focus on all modalities and not specifically on one do not reach success in any and lose interest and stop traveling pigeons.

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