Bert & Roger Martens of Elsloo, Holland, achieved an incredible feat this season by winning 1st and 2nd National Chateauroux 553km against 27625 pigeons with two nestmate brothers, NL 16/1748077 & 1748078. Winning speed 1313mpm. Both are grandsons of BLIKSEM 781 of Anton Ruitenberg (Zwolle, Holland). BLIKSEM 781 is a full brother of Gaby Vandenabeele’s famous RUDY.
The father of 1748077 & 1748078 is NL 10/1968423, Bert & Roger’s best bird the past 10 years. He was 1st ace pigeon in the club and 7th National ace pigeon 2013. Bloodline: Jos and Jules Engels.
The mother of 1748077 & 1748078 is NL 15/1274058, a daughter of BLIKSEM 781 and his daughter ANDREA (NL 11/1237602).
Bert & Roger has another brother of 1748077 & 1748078 that has performed very well for them. His number is NL 17/1492470 and he was 2nd ace pigeon in the Combine in 2018.
BONTE BLIKSEM (NL 12/1130196), one of Bertus’s best breeding hens, is also a daughter of BLIKSEM 781. She is also an exceptional breeder and mother of two 2 equal 1st Fed winners and ZA14/00506, also an equal 1st Fed winner and best cock in the Kalahari Pigeon Federation 2015. She is also mother of ZA 16/15525 “MESKI”, winner of 2nd Ventersburg 304km 1364mpm (beaten by a second) and 13th main race Gariepdam 632km 1231mpm at DINOKENG LOFTS 2017.
BONTE BLIKSEM is grandmother of:
ZA 14/00535 – 2 x equal 1st Fed (2nd ace pigeon club and 3rd ace pigeon Federation) and mother of ZA 15/22750 – 2nd club 8th WCPTA 6002 pigeons 9th COMBINE 405km 12049 pigeons
ZA 14/00536 – equal 1st Fed and mother 3 first prize winners
ZA 15/00324 – 1st Fed 417km by 10 minutes and 8th WCPTA against 6542 pigeons
NBH P17/048 – 1st club 8th Western Cape Classic Hopetown 608km 13222 pigeons
BONTE BLIKSEM is aunt (BLIKSEM 781 grandchildren) of:
1st National Bourges 33229p 2013
1st & 2nd Nat Chateauroux 27593p 2018
1st Nanteuil 26234p 2018
1st Nat ace YB Holland 2014
1st & 2nd 11444p
1st 19085p
1st 10858p
1st 10606p
1st 7376p
1st 6400p
1st 5122p
1st 3236p
1st 2645p
1st 2559p
1st 2189p
1st 2164p
1st 1917p
1st 1266p
1st 1247p
1st 1061p
1st 1007p
1st 676p
2nd 5205p
3rd 1007p
9th 5205p
BLIKSEM 781 and his two grandsons 1748077 & 1748078. A special line of pigeons indeed ……………
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