Pienaar beats Swart in fifth leg of sprint race
Leon & Abrie Lofts won both the sprint and open races for Kosmos Pigeon Club
Pine Pienaar of Riverpark Pigeon Club got his second win in the weekend’s fifth leg of the sprint race from Verkeerdevlei.
Pienaar beat Blackie Swart by one minute 14 seconds.
The rest of the results were:
Pine Pienaar 1st, 10th, 21st, 29th, 30th; Blackie Swart 2nd, 4th, 5th, 12th, 22nd; Beano Daschner 3rd, 8th, 28th; Flip van Staden 6th, 23rd, 26th; Albert Neilson 7th, 14th, 15th; Doves Nest B Team (Gawie Botha) 9th, 18th; Doves Nest Guest House 11th, 20th; Sky Lofts (Corrie Moller) 13th, 25th, 27th; Connie Coertse 16th; Le Roux Lofts (Pieter le Roux) 17th, 19th and G & E Lofts (Graham Cheary & Elaine Russell) 24th.
The young bird race from Bloemfontein was won by Gawie Botha (Doves Nest Guest House). On the way home the pigeons were flying with a tailwind to help them get back to their lofts a bit quicker. Botha beat Fred van Rensburg by a margin of 59 seconds.
The rest of the results were:
Doves Nest Guest House (Gawie Botha) 1st, 7th, 11th, 12th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 25th; Fred van Rensburg 2nd, 4th, 23rd, 24th; Blackie Swart 3rd, 14th, 21st; Sky Lofts (Corrie Moller) 5th, 9th, 28th; Henry Mostert 6th, 27th; Connie Coertse 8th; Flip van Staden 10th; Bakgat Lofts (Danalien Strydom) 13th, 22nd; Le Roux Lofts (Pieter le Roux) 15th, 29th; G & E Lofts (Graham Cheary & Elaine Russell) 19th and Albert Neilson 26th and 30th.
The GPU Open Race (old birds), also from Bloemfontein, saw stronger tailwinds as the old birds managed to make up 10 minutes on their flying time against the young birds’ time, with the winning pigeon having a nett flying time for this race of only four hours, 14 minutes and 35 seconds. The top 30 positions were closed in only eight minutes 24 seconds.
With their first open race win of the season, G & E Lofts (Graham Cheary & Elaine Russell) beat Blackie Swart by a margin of 33 seconds.
The rest of the results were:
G & E Lofts (Graham Cheary & Elaine Russell) 1st, 11th, 17th, 28th; Blackie Swart 2nd; Le Roux Lofts 3rd, 8th, 25th; Henry Johnston 4th; Doves Nest B Team (Gawie Botha) 5th, 4th, 21st, 22nd; Doves Nest Guest House (Gawie Botha) 6th, 9th, 29th, 30th; Fred van Rensburg 7th, 10th, 19th; Pine Pienaar 12th, 15th, 23rd, 27th; Flip van Staden 13th; Pieter van den Broeck 16th, 24th; Sky Lofts (Corrie Moller) 18th; Bakgat Lofts (Danalien Snyman 20th and Connie Coertse 26th.
Kosmos Pigeon Club
Leon & Abrie Lofts won both the sprint and open races for Kosmos Pigeon Club at the weekend.
Verkeerdevlei sprint series: Leon & Abrie Lofts 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 22nd; Hans de Noon 6th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 20th, 23rd, 29th, 30th; Jaco van der Westhuizen 9th, 10th, 19th; Van Heerden Hokke 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th; Hannes Maree 18th, 24th; Hannes Maree (team 2) 25th, 27th, 28th; Holtzhausen Hokke 21st; AM Wilken 26th.
Bloemfontein 3 young birds: Jaco van der Westhuizen 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 9th; Hans de Noon 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 25th, 26th; Stander Lofts 10th, 27th; Hannes Maree 11th, 12th, 15th, 22nd, 24th, 28th; JK Lofts 13th, 19th; Leon & Abrie Lofts 14th, 16th, 17th, 20th, 21dt, 30th; AM Wilken 18th; Van Heerden Hokke 23rd; Holtzhausen Hokke 29th.
Bloemfontein 4 open series: Leon & Abrie Lofts 1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th, 13th, 22nd; Hannes Maree 3rd; Van Heerden Hokke 4th, 26th; Stander Lofts 5th, 11th, 27th, 28th; Jaco van der Westhuizen 8th, 10th, 19th, 23rd; Hans de Noon 12th, 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 24th, 30th; JK Lofts 9th; K & L Meintjies 16th; AM Wilken 20th, 21st, 25th; Lucas Klopper 29th.
