Riverpark scores well in union flights
RPC also did well with the union results with Pine Pienaar placed second, 15th and 24th, Doves Nest B Team 13th, Beano Daschner 21st and Pieter van den Broeck 32nd.
Riverpark Pigeon Club (RPC) had 12 members flying 177 pigeons in the third leg of the sprint race on Friday.
Sky Lofts (Corrie Moller) scored four positions in the top five, with Connie Coertse splitting the second and third pigeon home.
The winning pigeon flew 286km in 3:20:20.
The rest of the results were:
Sky Lofts (Corrie Moller) 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 25th, 29th; Connie Coertse 3rd; Pine Pienaar 6th, 16th; Le Roux Lofts (Pieter le Roux) 7th, 10th, 24th; Doves Nest B Team (Gawie Botha) 8th, 26th; Flip van Staden 9th, 21st, 23rd; G & E Lofts (Graham Cheary & Elaine Russell) 11th, 12th; Beano Daschner 13th, 19th; Fred van Rensburg 14th, 15th, 22nd; Doves Nest Guest House (Gawie Botha) 17th, 18th, 27th; Blackie Swart 20th, 28th, 30th.
On Saturday the young bird race pigeons were liberated from Bloemfontein. For the second week in a row, G & E Lofts (Graham Cheary & Elaine Russell) were the winners, with a margin of 19 seconds from Blackie Swart.
The winning pigeon had a nett flying time of 3:37:10. At the time of going to print, G & E Lofts were placed third in the GPU and Blackie Swart fourth.
For the first time in a long time, RPC has nine positions in the GPU top 50 with Connie Coertse 11th, Blackie Swart also 24th, Fred van Rensburg 25th and 28th, Flip van Staden 37th and 39th and Bakgat Lofts (Danalien Snyman) 48th.
The rest of the results were:
G & E Lofts (Graham Cheary & Elaine Russell) 1st, 10th, 11th, 12th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 30th; Blackie Swart 2nd, 4th, 14th; Connie Coertse 3rd, 20th, 29th; Fred van Rensburg 5th, 6th, 25th; Flip van Staden 7th, 8th; Bakgat Lofts (Danalien Snyman) 9th, 27th; Le Roux Lofts (Pieter le Roux) 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th; Pine Pienaar 18th; Sky Lofts (Corrie Moller) 19th, 21st; Doves Nest Guest House (Gawie Botha) 26th and Henry Mostert 28th.
The open race (old birds) was also the first combined liberation with other pigeon unions and federations. RPC had 16 members flying 200 pigeons.
The nett flying time for this race was 3:34:56. Pine Pienaar was the winner by a margin of 1:31 from Doves Nest B Team (Gawie Botha).
RPC also did well with the union results with Pine Pienaar placed second, 15th and 24th, Doves Nest B Team 13th, Beano Daschner 21st and Pieter van den Broeck 32nd.
The rest of the results were:
Pine Pienaar 1st, 3rd, 5th; Doves Nest B Team (Gawie Botha) 2nd, 7th, 27th; Beano Daschner 4th; Pieter van den Broeck 6th, 29th; Blackie Swart 8th, 15th, 23rd; Sky Lofts (Corrie Moller) 9th, 16th, 17th, 20th, 30th; Doves Nest Guest House (Gawie Botha) 10th, 21st; G & E Lofts (Graham Cheary & Elaine Russell) 11th, 12th, 13th, 22nd; Connie Coertse 14th,19th; Bakgat Lofts (Danalien Snyman) 18th, 24th, 28th and Fred van Rensburg 25th and 26th.
Kosmos Pigeon Club
Kosmos Pigeon Club had three different winners in the three pigeon races taking place at the weekend.
Winburg sprint series: Leon and Abrie 1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 23rd, 25th, 26th, 27th, 29th; Jaco van der Westhuizen 3rd, 4th, 5th, 11th, 15th; Hans de Noon 9th, 12th, 16th, 20th, 21st; Van Heerden Hokke 13th, 18th, 19th, 28th, 30th; AM Wilken 14th, 17th; Hannes Maree 22nd; Hannes Maree (Team 2) 24th.
Bloemfontein young birds: K and L Meintjies 1st, 13th, 17th, 29th; JK Lofts 2nd; Hannes Maree 3rd, 23rd; Leon & Abrie 4th, 14th, 15th, 16th; Stander Lofts 5th, 10th, 24th;
Holtzhausen Hokke 6th, 12th; Jaco van der Westhuizen 7th; Hans de Noon 8th, 9th, 18th, 26th; AM Wilken 11th, 19th, 30th; Sandgawies 20th, 21st, 22nd, 27th, 28th; Van Heerden Hokke 25th.
Bloemfontein open series: JK Lofts 1st, 7th, 10th; Jaco van der Westhuizen 2nd, 13th, 17th, 20th, 21st; Hans de Noon 3rd, 4th, 12th, 23rd; Sandgawies 5th, 6th; Hannes Maree 8th, 9th, 18th, 26th, 29th; Leon & Abrie 11th; Lukas Klopper 14th, 28th; Tielie Kotze 15th, 16th; Stander Lofts 19th, 27th, 30th; Van Heerden Hokke 22nd, 24th; AM Wilken 25th.
