Successful flying weekend for pigeons
On Saturday the GPU will liberate the pigeons from Gariep Dam, which is about 535km for RPC members.
GAUTENG Pigeon Union (GPU) liberated the pigeons from Trompsburg on Saturday, which is an average distance of 496km for Riverpark Pigeon Club (RPC) members.
This was also a combined liberation with other pigeon unions and federations, which meant there were pigeons flying between Krugersdorp in the west, Delmas in the east, Heidelberg in the south and Pretoria in the north.
In the young bird race, Riverpark had 14 members flying 198 pigeons and for the second week in a row Tallies Lofts (Jan Taljaard) won the race. Tallies Lofts had a winning margin of five minutes 10 seconds from Hilton Pitout in the second position.
The club scored eight positions in the GPU top 100 and Tallies Lofts was placed sixth.
The velocity for the winning baby was 1391.600m a minute, which is 83.496km/h, and the pigeon had a nett flying time of five hours 53 minutes 33 seconds. The top 30 positions for the young birds were filled in 22 minutes nine seconds.
The rest of the results were:
Tallies Lofts (Jan Taljaard) 1st, 29th; Hilton Pitout 2nd, 6th, 7th, 10th, 17th, 24th, 26th; Blackie Swart 3rd, 4th, 8th, 9th, 12th, 27th; Pieter van den Broeck 5th, 16th, 18th; Fred van Rensburg 11th, 21st; Bakgat Lofts (Danalien Snyman) 13th, 19th; Le Roux Lofts (Pieter le Roux) 14th, 15th, 25th, 28th; Pine Pienaar 20th; G & E Lofts (Graham Cheary & Elaine Russell) 22nd; Doves Nest Guest House (Gawie Botha) 23rd and Flip van Staden in 30th place.
With the old bird race, there were 16 members flying 263 pigeons and winning by a margin of only eight seconds was Beano Daschner, putting Tallies Lofts in second place.
Riverpark had six places in the GPU top 100 and Daschner was in 12th position and Oom Tallies in 16th place.
The old bird winner had a velocity of 1387.337mpm, 83.243km/h, and a nett flying time of five hours 52 minutes 34 seconds with the top 30 positions being filled in just 17 minutes 37 seconds.
The results were:
Beano Daschner 1st, 9th,20th; Tallies Lofts (Jan Taljaard) 2nd, 6th, 28th; Pine Pienaar 3rd, 10th, 25th; Connie Coertse 4th, 11th, 26th; Hilton Pitout 5th, 23rd; Sky Lofts 7th, 8th, 12th, 30th; Henry Mostert 13th, 21st; Albert Neilson 14th; Blackie Swart 15th, 18th; Fred van Rensburg 16th; Pieter van den Broeck 17th; Le Roux Lofts (Pieter le Roux) 19th; Doves Nest Guest House (Gawie Botha) 22nd, 24th; Flip van Staden 27th and G & E Lofts (Graham Cheary & Elaine Russell) 29th.
On Saturday the GPU will liberate the pigeons from Gariep Dam, which is about 535km for RPC members.
KOSMOS Pigeon Club’s race results from Trompsburg on Saturday were:
Young birds: Stander Lofts 1st, 3rd, 6th, 13th, 14th, 19th; JK Lofts 2nd, 28th; Macdee Lofts 4th, 5th, 27th; Jaco van der Westhuizen 7th, 9th, 11th, 21st; AM Wilken 8th, 17th, 29th; Hans de Noon 10th, 20th, 30th; Hannes Maree 12th, 22nd; BAC Flight 15th, 16th; Hannes Maree (team 2) 18th; K & L Meintjies 23rd, 26th; Lucas Klopper 24th; Essie’s Lofts 25th.
Open series: Jaco van der Westhuizen 1st, 15th; Tielie Kotze 2nd, 6th, 18th; K & L Meintjies 4th, 17th; Lucas Klopper 5th, 25th; Stander Lofts 7th; BAC Flight 8th, 21st, 22nd; AM Wilken 9th, 16th, 26th; Hans de Noon 3rd, 10th, 11th, 12th, 23rd, 27th, 28th, 30th; Essie’s Lofts 13th, 19th, 24th, 29th; Hannes Maree 14th; Holtzhausen Hokke 20th.
