De Noon is open bird short distance champion
The club flew from Smithfield on Saturday
HANS de Noon of Kosmos Pigeon Club won both the young and open bird short distance championships for the season.
Second in the young bird category was Hannes Maree and third Jaco van der Westhuizen.
Second in the open series was Hannes Maree and third Stander Lofts.
The club’s race results for from Smithfield on Saturday were:
Young birds: AM Wilken 1st, 7th, 23rd; Jaco van der Westhuizen 2nd, 12th, 20th, 22th, 26th; Hannes Maree (team 2) 3rd, 17th, 28th; Hans de Noon 4th, 5th, 14th, 16th, 19th; Stander Lofts 6th, 13th; K & L Meintjies 8th, 18th, 21st; Hannes Maree 9th, 10th, 11th, 24th; Panorama Lofts 15th; Essie’s Lofts 25th; Holtzhausen Hokke 29th; Macdee Lofts 27th, 30th.
Open series: Stander Lofts 1st, 8th, 14th, 27th; Van Heerden Hokke 2nd; Hans de Noon 3rd, 4th, 5th, 10th, 28th, 29th; Lucas Klopper 6th, 9th; K & L Meintjies 7th; Essie’s Lofts 11th, 21st, 24th; AM Wilken 12th, 13th, 17th, 22nd; BAC Flight 15th, 23rd; Jaco van der Westhuizen 16th; Tielie Kotze 18th, 25th; Holtzhausen Hokke 19th, 20th; Macdee Lofts 26th; Hannes Maree 30th.
