Mike Lycett

Joined at the hip Al. Only our mothers can tell us apart !! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

From the original draft of 26 pigeons that were offered there is now only 9 cocks left. They must go and as such the asking price on each and every pigeon has been reduced. Believe me, the quality of these pigeons is second to none. SUPERB PETER VAN DE MERWE My client is one of the best fanciers in Northern Ireland. Precious few fanciers cannot of heard of the competitiveness that lies within the NIPA. This fancier is extremely well known – not only for his own performances but also for breeding winners for other people. My client is none other than Jeff Greenaway who has been his “Section Fancier of the Year” three years out of the last four. When Jeff introduces pigeons he goes after the finest he can find – and you’ll see these Van De Merwe are a testament to that. Only a season of ill-health has caused this decision. These birds are the real McCoy. Relatively untried for Jeff – but they’ve bred good winners for those who have tried them from Jeff. Here are some of highlights from 2005 and 2006 only : 1st 2nd and 4th 44,240 birds. 1st 12th and 13th 30,074 birds. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th and 6th 25,745 birds. 1st and 3rd 22,571 birds. 1st, 3rd, 4th 5th and 7th 13,133 birds. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th and 5th 6,123 birds. 1st and 8th 15,075 birds 1st 12th and 19th 6,230 birds 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th 8th and 9th 4,568 birds. There are literally reams and reams and reams of others. These are a few obvious highlights from just the 2005 and 2006 seasons only. This is a unique opportunity to acquire a draft of direct pigeons. I’m always asked to sell pigeons for people and 99% of the time I turn them down. As I said before though – these are the genuine article. Lot 1 Cheq Cock NL03-1143370 This is a full brother to “Angel” – 1st Overall Ace Bird of the Combine 2003 – 3rd National Ace Pigeon All Round Bird of Holland “Best of The Best” – 5th National Ace Yearling of Holland “Best of The Best”. Winner of 3rd Peronne 3561 birds, 3rd Hensies 2414 birds, 6th Chateauroux 1442 birds 35th National 5554 birds, 8th Ablis 3090 birds 9th Tours 2872 birds 25th Tours 11,270 birds, 11th Troyes 12,067 birds Sire NL97-5738394 Winner of 1st Criel 3270 birds, 7th Ablis 2150 birds, 5th Peronne 4831 birds, 4th Houdeng 10,007 birds and 8th Ablis 2443 birds. Dam is NL01-1894192. Sire of this hen is a direct son of Koopman’s great “Beatrix Doffer” when he was mated to NL95-1972533 – winner of 1st Peronne 2493 birds, 9th Etampes 5759 birds, 17th Roye 4318 birds, 18th Aalst 5688 birds. PRICE £275.00 Lot 1 is Sire of 9th Open INFC Sennen Cove Yearling National 4,600+ birds Lot 2 Cheq Cock NL03-1143369 This is a full brother to “Angel” – 1st Overall Ace Bird of the Combine 2003 – 3rd National Ace Pigeon All Round Bird of Holland “Best of The Best” – 5th National Ace Yearling of Holland “Best of The Best” Winner of 3rd Peronne 3561 birds, 3rd Hensies 2414 birds, 6th Chateauroux 1442 birds 35th National 5554 birds, 8th Ablis 3090 birds 9th Tours 2872 birds 25th Tours 11,270 birds, 11th Troyes 12,067 birds Sire NL97-5738394 Winner of 1st Criel 3270 birds, 7th Ablis 2150 birds, 5th Peronne 4831 birds, 4th Houdeng 10,007 birds and 8th Ablis 2443 birds. Dam is NL01-1894192. Sire of this hen is a direct son of Koopman’s great “Beatrix Doffer” when he was mated to NL95-1972533 – winner of 1st Peronne 2493 birds, 9th Etampes 5759 birds, 17th Roye 4318 birds, 18th Aalst 5688 birds. PRICE £275.00 Lot 7 Cheq Pied Cock NL03-1143368 Sensational breeding in this cock! SIRE NL01-1894500 His half-sister was 1st National Duif Kamp 2001 Holland. Father of this cock is “De 608” breeder of 1st Duffel 9061 birds, 1st National Ruffec 6151 birds, 1st Peronne 6424 birds, 13th Roye 10,520 birds and 5th La Ferte 6720 birds. Get a load of this though – he was mated to a direct daughter of “Ultra Doffer” from Comb Verbree – the breeders of “Olympic Orlando” – purchased for a huge sum of money by Mike Ganus and aptly re-named “Super Champion”. DAM : NL95-1951367 Winner of 1st St Ghislain 10,554 birds, 1st Chantilly 1,699 birds, 3rd Peronne 1281 birds, 6th Strombeek 581 birds and 20th Strombeek 4664 birds. PRICE £300.00 Lot 8 Cheq Cock NL03-1143377 My goodness me what a belter this one is. Performances throughout this pedigree. SIRE NL96-8006573 Super direct son of the afore-mentioned “De 608”. The “573” himself is a winner of 1st Duffel 9061 birds. His full brother won 1st National Ruffec 6151 birds, and a son won 1st Hensies 7651 birds! DAM NL99-5956962 Super hen related to lots of good performance pigeons. Her parents are direct De Wit brothers and they are directly responsible for 1st Strombeek 2562 birds, 1st Chantilly 578 birds, 6th Chantilly 3310 birds, 1st Duffel 6896 birds, 1st Houdeng 946 birds, 8th Cambrai 5044 birds, 2nd Arras 2893 birds, 20th Cambrai 14,169 birds, 13th Chantilly 10,510 birds and 8th Roye 5782 birds. WOW! PRICE £275.00 Lot 9 Cheq Cock NL03-1143378 My goodness me what a belter this one is. Performances throughout this pedigree. SIRE NL96-8006573 Super direct son of the afore-mentioned “De 608”. The “573” himself is a winner of 1st Duffel 9061 birds. His full brother won 1st National Ruffec 6151 birds, and a son won 1st Hensies 7651 birds! DAM NL99-5956962 Super hen related to lots of good performance pigeons. Her parents are direct De Wit brothers and they are directly responsible for 1st Strombeek 2562 birds, 1st Chantilly 578 birds, 6th Chantilly 3310 birds, 1st Duffel 6896 birds, 1st Houdeng 946 birds, 8th Cambrai 5044 birds, 2nd Arras 2893 birds, 20th Cambrai 14,169 birds, 13th Chantilly 10,510 birds and 8th Roye 5782 birds. WOW! PRICE £275.00 Lot 15 Cheq Cock NL03-1143407 Another one closely related to big wiiners and the car winner. SIRE : NL96-5655264 Good racer/breeder winner himself of 1st Strombeek 2562 birds he’s also father of 1st Ciney 5307 birds, 13th Ablis 21,243 birds etc. His parents are breeders of 1st Duffel 6896 birds, 1st Houdeng 946 birds, 1st Chantilly 578 birds etc. DAM : NL95-5567910 Super full sister to “Autowinner Tournier” – the name says it all. 1st Etampes 8270 birds, 2nd Etampes 23,205 birds. “910” herself winner of 1st Strombeek 2338 birds, 13th Stkathwaver 15,864 birds. The parents of “910” are a genuine super-couple breeders of 3rd Roye 11,101 birds, 2nd Chantilly 21,970 birds, 1st Chantilly 7905 birds – not including the car winner and “910” etc. PRICE £250.00 Lot 17 Blue Cock NL02-2383508 Grand-son of “De 608”. SIRE : NL01-1894190 Direct son of “De 608” this cock is a half-brother to 1st National Duifkamp NPO 2001. “De 608” 1st Duffel 9061 birds, 1st National Ruffec 6151 birds, 1st Peronne 6424 birds, 5th La Ferte 6720 birds and 13th Roye 10,520 birds. DAM : NL97-5738387 Super hen – ask yourself how many hens do you have like this in your loft? Winner of 8th Peronne 3040 birds, 9th St Ghislain 5511 birds, 5th Criel 1893 birds, 22nd Deinze 2943 birds and 30th Menen 5670 birds. Her father was a winnero f 1st Etampes 385 birds, 1st Menen 527 birds, 1st Houdeng 483 birds, 4th Houdeng 9727 birds etc.. To breed “387” he was mated to a hen that won 1st Aalst 543 birds, 1st Arras 2893 birds and showed a good breeder producing birds to win 1st Aalst 827 birds, 6th Aalst 3231 birds, 35th St Ghislain 10,554 birds etc. PRICE £225.00 Lot 19 Blue Cock Nl02-2383550 Sensational winning bloodlines throughout this cock’s pedigree SIRE NL96-5655264 Winner of 1st Strombeek 2562 and he’s also bred them too with children winning 1st Ciney 5307 birds, 13th Ablis 21,243 birds etc. Sire of “264” another ace pigeon breeding winners of 1st prizes with up to 6896 birds competing. Mother of “264” also breeder of winners and herself a winner of 37th National Orleans 17,150 birds DAM NL98-5808555 Another one soaked up to her eyeballs in winners. She was 1st Duffel 6031 birds, 2nd St Ghislain 5511 birds, 3rd Peronne 3079 birds etc. Sire of “555” is “De 04” brother of this cock was 1st Aalst 3231 birds, 1st National Orleans 11,244 birds, 1st Jempse 8256 birds, 1st Stkathwaver 7577 birds etc. Mother of “555” is ace breeder. Responsible for 1st Criel 3270 birds, 1st and 2nd Peronne 4831 birds, 1st Houdeng 929 birds, 1st Duffel 6031 birds and 1st Chantilly 4540 birds PRICE £275.00 Lot 20 Blue Cock NL02-2383566 Super winning genes all over again SIRE NL96-2670813 Ace breeder with children winning 1st Ablis 5397 birds, 1st Arras 731 birds, 1st Strombeek 662 birds etc. The lines of Louis Van Loon. DAM NL94-5566102 Note the age of the mother – that should tell you everything. Winner herself of 37th National Orleans 17,150 birds her children have won 1st Sttrombeek 2562 birds, 1st Chantilly 578 birds etc. She’s full sister to 1st National Orleans 11,244 birds, 1st Stkathwaver 7577 birds and 1st Aalst 3231 birds PRICE £225.00 Please PM if interested. Good discounts on bulk orders. No probs transporting from N.Ireland to the mainland _________________ If in doubt - go with your instinct !

Propolis was a product marketyed by Gem Supplements not so long back - all to do with bees/honey etc... Never used it personally

Agree Dave As a moderator on another site the site will only go from strength to strength with a "zero tolerance" approach.

Simple fix needs applying Moderators need to be moere pro-active & about a good handful need banning forever.

No - Mcc had 9 day hold... I think anyway !! 99.999% sure it was 9 days

Nah mate. Didn't send. Way too far for me. Was a very bad race. Let em go too late- 1 bird home on the day..

Mcc 3 years ago Saintes - 9 day holdover

Words of wisdom "big boy" ;)

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At least he flies in the NFC rather than just pays subs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Top Bombin mate Off to watch Jaspers brother now from same littler on "After THomas" ITV 1 9pm

Words of wisdom mate - unlike those who view through jealous spectacles ;)

In my worls The Dark Destroyer is No.1 and that NFC proves the point in black & white!! Vic - didn't you say the NFC was the ultimate test? Time to take your hat off to this justifiable "BIG BOY" :K) :K) :D :D

Top of the Pops Big Boy ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D You've been there seen it done it ;) ;)

Hallelujah !!

2nd time in 8 years we agree !!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Roland Honest to God I haven't got the foggiest what you're on about !! I had / have 1 point to make and that's all. 1. Do you agree that there are pigeons for sale in the books that are overpriced & haven't put up performances that are worth the money? THat's all - one question I'm asking - nothing else. Do you think every pigeon in the BHW is a bargain or are plenty of them not worth the dosh? Personally I think plenty are'nt worth it - that's all Im' saying.

Nowt that I'm aware of in the Midlands

Heather If you're ever in any doubt never be afraid to consult your Region Sec. Once you are on solid ground with them then you can never be wrong.

Yep - The blackpool toe-breaker will be dropping through soon. Of course, like Mick said before its very much a case of "Buyer Beware" - but there will UNDOUBTEDLY be "some" super pigeons....

Good pigeons Paul

Here's the original to prove my point Well, there's always some pleb out to try & make a few easy quid. Thankfully there's some genuine lads around still. Painter flies in a strong club. They send 400+ birds a week ................ All I was saying was people are selling inferior pigeons at extortionate prices. Pigeons that haven't done it & aren't worth the dosh.

Don't understand at all.... When I made that comment I was bemoaning about people who SELL rubbish at HIGH PRICES - nothing to do with people's purchasing power

Best value in BHW this week - Sue Pogmore - Page 140. £20 each & they'll be every bit as good as the other birds advertised I reckon