José Balbino Posada González has been the winner of the I Memorial “Toni” 2022, to the pigeon that has achieved the highest average speed in the two long-distance releases of the last 2022 adult campaign.
Without any doubt, Jos Martens has become part of a handful of Elite fanciers in Europe. This 68-year-old retiree took his first steps in sports at an early age. Descended from a family of mine workers, as was customary at the time, pigeon racing has always been a family tradition.
Wiel Schaefer is the Dutch pigeon fancier who has reached the Podium of the National Marathon 2022. This 72-year-old retiree man and 30 years of pigeon career is the brilliant winner of the most prestigious national championship of the Netherlands in the long-distance races of the European circuit. “I usually basket between 2 and 5 pigeons in each of the 7 international flights of the annual calendar”, he tells us.
Since the year of its foundation in 1978, the Brugse Barcelona club has been awarding the title of “Gouden Vleugel” (golden wing) to the first nominated pigeon in the Barcelona international race. However, this same club began in 1982 the delivery of the prestigious “Primus Inter Pares” trophy, awarded to the best pigeon classified in 5 consecutive races from Barcelona.
Two pigeon lovers who began their journey in different years but united since 1999. We located the loft of Robin Smeets and Piet Penris in the small town of Urmond, on the border between Belgium and the Netherlands.
A beginning in this hopeful passion marked by good results in short distance races has led them to take an interest in long distance races, becoming fully specialized in these pigeons with the only real objective of ZLU races.
Reaching second place on the podium in a competition like the Netherlands Marathon Noord is undoubtedly an achievement. Above all, knowing in advance that its competitors include the names of Jelle Jellema, IJsbrand Kaptein, Gebr. Brugemann, Verweij-de Haan, Kees Droog, Harold Zwiers, Jan Hommes and sons, Jurrian van Amerongen, etc.
Last 4th of December, the XI Conference of Colombofília of the Villa de Adeje took place in which, among other events, a speech on the preparation of the pigeons for the distances of Gran Fondo took place by the hand of Sandra & Antoon Deckers, 2021 National Grand Fund Champion in the Netherlands. In it he leaves us many details of his day-to-day life in his loft, information that we have found very interesting and that we now share with you.
La foto de arriba fue tomada por la mañana por mi esposa Carolina. Sin saber que esa tarde veríamos a nuestra “Riet” caer desde el cielo hacia el palomar como un cometa después de un vuelo de 1240 km, alcanzando el pódium como 2ª Nacional Barcelona. Esta vez mi padre la vió venir, lo cual no logró la semana anterior con “Jannie” el 2º nacional Agen ZLU.
She actually took over the pigeon game from her partner who had already stopped for several years. Due to his health, he was temporarily unable to give them the care they needed and, in the beginning, Inne just started feeding the pigeons, but after a while she started to get more and more interested in the pigeon game.
I started in 2015 in Binkom in the Long Distance and Extreme Long-Distance races with yearlings. Her start in 2015 was well worth it, with a 65% prize percentage and a lot of second and third places in the championships.
Next friday July 9th 2021, it will be writen a new page in the worldwide race for the long dístance marathon lovers: the Barcelona International.
During the last 70 years, Cureghem Centre club has been the wellkown organizer (1951-2020). This year Club Entente Belge will run the Great honor to organize the event.