The young pigeon season is slowly getting underway, with half of the enthusiasts playing on Momignies and the other half on Soissons, which causes division in the number of young pigeons participating in the competitions. Last Friday, 285 young pigeons were basketed for Momignies, for many enthusiasts the first time that their young pigeons came in the basket.
Claes Luc, chairman of United Friends Scherpenheuvel, does not start immediately with the young pigeons for several seasons, but waits until the weather conditions are favorable to play with young pigeons. When we look at his results from the past years, we can only conclude that this is not a bad choice. Luc adds several first prizes to his palmares every year! Also on the postponed Momignies of July 2, Luc clocked the first two prizes against 285 basketed young pigeons and with that he achieved his first palm of the season 2023! On Samenspel Hageland Luc narrowly beat Jef Van Winkel and with that he achieved the first prize against 902 young pigeons.
Daniels Francois, secretary of VV Scherpenheuvel, comes in and says he has no prize. But from experience we know that we have to take that with a grain of salt. In the past there were also enthusiasts who thought they had no prize, but when we printed the results, they turned out to have clocked the first prize anyway. Panic, because maybe there is a virus in the computer program or has ADENO affected the RAM memory? No, we don't let ourselves be caught by such statements anymore and wait until the results roll out of the printer. And yes indeed, Daniels is more or less the standout on the flight from Momignies. Swakke clocks 4-10-11-12 and so on and clocks 10 prizes from 11 basketed young pigeons! For an enthusiast who thought he had no prize, this is a very impressive result.
With the old pigeons, Vrancken Leon, Beken Geert and Asselberghs Lucienne continue to perform well. Vrancken Leon even achieves first place in Samenspel Hageland against 140 old pigeons!
Naam schrijver: Buelens, Geert