DATE: 4 September 2022
RACE: main race from Gariepdam
DISTANCE: 624km
WEATHER: 24 Degrees Celsius, 45km/h headwind first 300km changing to 25km/h headwind
WINNING VELOCITY: 1110mpm
PIGEONS: 643
The race was a real test for the pigeons and only the best excel in these conditions. Bertus entered pigeons with Die Huysers of Pretoria and under his own name. They had a very good race and won:
13. ZA PSWU ’21 2761 – bred by Die Huysers. His father is a 3 x 1st union winner and her mother a 2 x 1st union winner. From their super 1385 (2 x 1st Combine winner – Lambrecht/Putterie), 19 (1st Combine winner – Lambrecht/Putterie/Vandenabeele/Janssen) and 13 (super breeder – Kannibaal) lines.
18. ZA PSWU ’21 2763 – bred by die Huysers. Her father is THE COMBINE COCK (1st Union winner and best bird Gauteng Provincial Combine ’20) and her mother is a Flor Engels hen.
21. ZA CRU ’21 1410 – bred by die Huysers. Her father is MR GOLD (1st National ace pigeon ’17) and he is a son of 1385 (2 x 1st Combine winner) and 19 (1st Combine winner and granddaughter of Bakleigat Bliksem). Mother is SMOOTH SAILING (Aelbrecht x Tom Lock) of Daniel Troskie. SMOOTH SAILING won 1st Dinokeng Lofts main race in 2019 and was also the 1st ace pigeon.
30. ZA ATN ’22 037 – bred by Bertus. His father is JONGE NEPTUNUS (grandson Returned Bliksem and Neptunus) and his mother is 20183 (Kromme x Marieke Junior).
All three pigeons of Die Huysers are descendants of 1385 FLY MACHINE, 19 (granddaughter BAKLEIGAT BLIKSEM) and 13 (a super hen from the KANNIBAAL lines). GOLDEN THREAD, a daughter of BAKLEIGAT BLIKSEM, is the mother of 19.
Pictures of GOLDEN THREAD and JONGE NEPTUNUS.