Henk and his son Hendre are racing in the Eastern Free State Pigeon Federation (OVRF). They started with the sport in 2011.
Their results over the years in the club and federation championship competitions:
2011 – 3rd club and 2nd Federation
2012- 1st club and 2nd Federation
2013 – 1st club and 1st Federation
2014 – 1st club and 1st Federation
2015 – did not race
2016 – 1st club and 1st Federation
2017 – currently 1st club and 1st Federation
Henk and Hendre’s best breeder is ZA 11/43200, a Vandenabeele hen bred by Bertus. Her father is GOLDEN EYE and her mother HALF PINT. 43200 has bred numerous winners and she is also mother of KARA-LEE, winner of 3rd main race CENTRAL PROVINCIAL LOFTS 2015 from Prins Albert Road 596km 1272mpm. Henk and Hendre entered KARA-LEE in the CENTRAL PROVINCIAL LOFTS OPEN CATEGORY and last Friday she won 1st Noupoort 245km 1160mpm. In one of the shorter training races she and her full brother won 1st and 2nd.
In 2016 Henk and Hendre’s best racer was 15/836. The father of 836 is ZA 12/40213, a cock they bought from Bertus. He is a son of SON BLIKSEM (also known as BAKLEIGAT BLIKSEM) and LADY CARELLY, a daughter of Egbert O’Kellys GOLDEN CARELLY. That makes 40213 a full brother of Bertus’s BLIKSEM’S CARELLY. 15/836 is a club winner and won the following positions in the Federation: 2nd Fed 801km, 6th Fed 453km, 7th Fed 728km, 8th Fed 550km and 11th Fed 469km.
Hendre with 15/836 and Henk with 40213.