The last flight of the season was an exciting event, with 105 young pigeons being basketed. Due to the extreme heat, some enthusiasts decided to drop out of this national flight, even though they had already registered. Only Van Winkel Jef from Tielt-Winge basketed 33 old pigeons, so that a total of 138 pigeons were basketed for Chateauroux.
The Flight
Because of the predicted wind and the large number of pigeons from East and West Flanders, it was certain before the basketing that this would be a tough flight. It would be difficult to clock early pigeons in our region. It was waiting until 13u50.51 for the first report to come in. It was Van Winkel Jef from Tielt-Winge who clocked his first signed old pigeon. His old pigeon reached a speed of 1466.91m/m, with which he achieved a nice 13th place nationally. In the zone he became a nice second, given the circumstances this is a very good result among the old pigeons!
Performances of Van Winkel Jef
Van Winkel told us that this old pigeon was also always in the top of the results in the past weeks. That’s why this pigeon was basketed as his first signed old pigeon for Chateauroux. Van Winkel performed very well with his old pigeons on the last flight of the season, but unfortunately the young pigeons at Jef let him down a bit on this last national flight! Still, Jef can look back on the past season with satisfaction.
Young Pigeons
Van Winkel Jef had already clocked several old pigeons before the first young pigeon was reported. The first reported young pigeon is from the grandsons GOTRILUHES-VANWINKEL and although we had to wait for the first young pigeon, there were four young pigeons falling close together. Eventually it was Verheyen Louis from Scherpenheuvel who took the victory among the 105 young pigeons, ahead of De Keyser Georges - GOTRILUHES-VANWINKEL and Van Winkel Jef.
Victory for Verheyen Louis
Louis Verheyen clocked his young pigeon at 14u20.46 and achieved the victory with a speed of 1363.77m/m. This pigeon has also achieved great results on other flights! Verheyen Louis closes the season with a first prize and has had a very nice season 2023
General Championship
There is a good chance that Louis Verheyen will become General Champion at Verenigde Vrienden Scherpenheuvel, in this championship he will probably narrowly beat De Keyser Georges in a head to head race. The championships will be fully online on our website later this week.
Voucher for GOTRILUHES-VANWINKEL
The last voucher of 100€ this season goes to GOTRILUHES-VANWINKEL. They are the first ones to clock their first signed young pigeon in the prizes, quite a nice performance against the big names! Here it is mainly Tristan who has caught the pigeon bug through his grandfather Jef, when he is with his grandfather he is also regularly on the pigeon lofts.
Flight from Laon
On Laon a total of 87 pigeons were basketed and De Keyzer Marcel from Messelbroek clocked the first prize. Our pigeons are not to be found in the top of the result Samenspel Hageland but Vrancken Bruno from Rillaar manages to clock 6 pigeons in the prizes of 7 basketed pigeons! Bruno is also satisfied with his past season.
If we have forgotten fanciers who have played well anyway, they can report this via our email address info@verenigdevrienden.net