Pigeons really had to fly home
Looking at the weather for next week from Edenburg, it looks like the winds are going to be pretty much the same
THE Bloemfontein pigeon races 1 and 2 on Saturday were definitely the first proper races of the season.
The wind started off as a north-easterly in Bloemfontein, north in Kroonstad, 5 meters/second north-north west in Vanderbijl Park and a 6 meters/second in Kempton Park. The birds had to really fly home.
The margin between Riverpark Pigeon Racing Club’s first and second young birds was 4 minutes 1 second and it took 27 minutes 5 seconds to fill the top 30 positions.
The old birds’ margin between first and second place was 4 minutes 16 seconds and the top 30 positions were filled in 16 minutes 1 second – a lot tougher than the previous two races.
Looking at the weather for next week from Edenburg, it looks like the winds are going to be pretty much the same, so another tough one coming up for the pigeons.
The winner of the young bird race was Pine Pienaar and second place went to Holtzhausen Hokke (Riaan Holtzhausen).
Old bird race winner, with the same pigeon that won Winburg 2 and got a 3rd Gauteng Pigeon Union position, was Blackie Swart (also 6th, 9th, 12th), with Hilton Pitout in second place (also 16th, 21st).
The rest of the club results were:
Young birds: Doves Nest Guest House 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 13th and 29th; Reinhold Brichta 7th, 21st, 23rd and 27th; Hilton Pitout 8th and 17th; Tallies Loft 9th, 18th and 26th; Pieter van den Broeck 10th, 25th and 30th; Sky Lofts 11th and 24th; G & E Lofts 12th and 28th; Albert Neilson 14th and 19th; Nollie de Villiers 15th, 16th and 22nd; Fred van Rensburg 20th.
Old birds: Tallies Loft 3rd and 8th; Pine Pienaar 4th; Reinhold Brichta 5th, 7th, 13th, 14th, 18th and 23rd; Pieter van den Broeck 10th, 11th, 15th, 25th and 28th; Sky Lofts 17th; G & E Lofts 19th and 30th; Albert Neilson 20th and 29th; Knoesen Lofts 22nd and 27th; Connie Coertse 24th; Holthauzen Hokke 26th.
