The new standard for the long distance day races
Arie Dijkstra, Oudwoude (NL) 2008

The last decade a few well known names dominated the long distance day races in The Netherlands. We all know them, names like Gerard Koopman, Pieter Veenstra, Gerard & Bas Verkerk, Hans Eijerkamp & Zonen and some others. On their lofts exceptional pigeons, with their origin mostly of pigeons from Louis van Loon and the Janssen brothers. But what if there are other pigeons who also can perform like this or maybe even better. Pigeons which are different from what is the standard for the long distance day races for the last years. Pigeons which perform better when the conditions are hard with headwind and high temperatures. Pigeons who can race ahead even when they must race miles and miles further than their competitors. There aren’t many of this kind in The Netherlands, but when we go to the high north you can find them and then we arrive in Oudwoude at Arie Dijkstra’s place.

For many years he kept his pigeons together with his father. Countless were their successes. They won provincial races like Orléans, Bergerac (2x) and Tours, they won the 3rd and 5th National Ace Champion Hens “Wie Heeft Ze Beter”, the 3th National Ace Champion Hens “De Vredesduif”, they won the 1st and 5th National Championship of the N.B.v.Z. (8.000 fanciers) and they won numerous titles in their province and region.

In 2003 he moved to Oudwoude and went on alone. All the breeding and racing birds they kept together went to Arie’s new lofts. Because of this it was possible to make a good new start. The targets were moved and his ambition was now to compete at the highest level at the National and NPO races above 500 kilometres (km). Already in 2005 he could be honoured as 2nd Provincial Champion Extreme Long Distance and since then his star is only rising. A year later he won the 2nd Provincial Championship on the Long Distance Day Races. In 2007 his “Nightrider” won the title 2nd International Ace Champion Marathon West European Nations Cup and could he be honoured in Dortmund. Last season became a true victory march on the long distance day races. For four times in a row his pigeons raced within the first ten (“teletekst”) on an NPO/National race, and as primus inter pares “Okidoki”, de 2nd National Ace Champion Long Distance NPO 2008.

Losplaatsen: Zutphen 126 km Heteren 150 km Wijchen 168 km Gennep 179 km Boxtel 194 km Meer 220 km Hasselt 266 km Duffel 268 km Strombeek 292 km Strep/Thieu 340 km St. Ghislain 354 km Pommeroeul 355 km Arras 404 km St. Quentin 428 km Morlincourt 466 km Chantilly 521 km Ablis 608 km Orléans 663 km München 682 km Blois 719 km Limoges 893 km Ruffec 913 km Perigueux 983 km Bergerac 1.023 km Bordeaux 1.051 km Montauban 1.071 km St. Vincent 1.202 km

Quality and health as basic principles
At the new start in 2003 there was one most important target he wanted to realize. He wanted to create a line of pigeons who can race at the highest level thanks to their own strength and class. Significant hereby is that they stay healthy of their own. That’s why since 2003 the vet is never visited. When pigeons get ill they aren’t good enough to stay at the lofts. So the use of medicines is kept to a minimum. Before the beginning of the race season ronidazole for trichomoniase is given. The pigeons will also be treated against louse and other parasites. After that they only get another treatment against trichomoniase when the races for the old pigeons are done and before the races starts at the end of august. For the rest of the season no medicines are given. For the youngsters it’s the same they only get something for trichomoniase twice in their first year.

Off course Arie has a certain preference for specific physical characteristics concerning his pigeons. Therefore they own a strong and short forearm, they have a body what is wide in front and runs smoothly to the behind, they do possess a strong carcass, stong coloured eyes and soft feathers. Theories about eye sign and wings are of no interest. It’s the total impression a pigeon makes. More difficult to judge but also important or maybe even more are characteristics like charisma, intelligence, tameness and character. Through the tight bond with his pigeons it’s mostly rapidly clear if they got the right characteristics. In the race it turns out if they have the toughness, the perseverance en endurance to satisfy to all the requirements.

Summarized the pigeons are selected as follows. At the first place on health, next on charisma, intelligence, behaviour, thereafter on physical characteristics and at last on performance. Now after five years it proves that the pigeons are getting better generation after generation.


Nutrition and Training
At Arie’s place it’s all not that special what happens considering the care of his pigeons. Everything has already been written, published or told. After a wintertime of rest in the second half of February everything will be done to get the pigeons in the right rhythm whereby both the fancier as his birds do feel content. It’s a search for the correct balance between the right nutrition and training. After a few weeks the old fat, as a consequence of the four months rest, must be gone. The metabolism is much faster then before. Old fats are substituted by new ones which are much easier to assimilate for the hard work that needs to be done.

At the end of March the routine is as follows. The cocks are training in the morning for 1 to 1,5 hour and in the evening they do this again. The hens are training in the late afternoon for 2 to 2,5 hours. The hens are locked up in the daytime, the evening and at nights, except when they are released to be fed or do their daily training.

De nutrition consists of a basic mixture completed with barley, rice in a husk, hemp, cardy and “Zoontjes”-mixture. This will be fed to the pigeons twice a day. Feeding is done by intuition. That means that the pigeons will get as much as they can eat, but they must eat everything what is given to them, so that when they will be fed a little bit more they won’t eat much extra. Further every evening they get a mixture of little seeds like seeds of weed, hemp, cardy, flat millet, line seed and a mixture for little hen-parrot. They’ll have about a handful per fifteen birds. Twice a week, at Tuesday and Thursday (on Wednesday for a long distance day race) in the evening their feeding is mixed with Top Energy Oil from DHP-Cultura (combination of oil of different seeds en lecithin), Roosvicee (sticky fluent mix of fruits), Benfital (dextrose, electrolytes), yeast (pure) and a powder of vitamins and minerals. On Saturday, Sunday and Monday the pigeons get tee from the stinging nettle, with onions and garlic. The rest of the week they will get clean water.

Arie always has some peanuts in his pockets. At the beginning of the season they will get occasionally one or two every day. Later on, short before the long distance day races, this is changing. The pigeons then will get fifteen to twenty peanuts each on Thursday and Wednesday evening, after their normal feeding. Also on the day they are basketed for a race they may eat as much peanuts as they want in the afternoon. Off course this only concerns the pigeons that are racing the long distance the next weekend. When the season for the long distance day races is started some other things has been changed. For four days in a week they will get Top Energy Oil through their mixture. Barley is removed and the last two days before basketing more corn and hemp is add to the mixture. This all contributes to a physically conditions of the pigeons whereby they can effortless cover the race irrespective the circumstances.


Pigeons of Jacques Tournier from Lommel as foundation
The basis of the own strain goes back to the early 70ties. A foundation Cock then was “De Bastiaans”. To inbreeding offspring of this cock with the “Van Lune 971” (Tournier) pigeons were mated from Willem and Piter Beerda. They mostly got their pigeons from the lofts of Jacques Tournier, directly and via A. van Lune, D. Postma and A. v.d. Hoek. Children came from their basic pigeons like “De Oude Belg” (out of daughter “Voske 5”), “De Ooievaar” (out of son “Othello” x “Nel”) and “De Oude 40” (cross breeding Tournier x Jan Aarden). A. van Lune was someone who, in the sixties, was one of the first who had great successes in the high north with pigeons of Jacques Tournier. Therefore in 1967 he had the National Ace Champion Cocks “Wie Heeft Ze Beter” and in 1968 the National Ace Champion Hens “Wie Heeft Ze Beter”.

One of the best breeding pairs in the seventies was the “Zoon Oude 40” x “Het Oud Wijf” (grd. “Oude Belg”). They became for instance parents to the 1st, 6th and 10th Provincial Bergerac ‘81 and grandparents to the 5th National Ace Champion Hens ‘80 “Wie Heeft Ze Beter”. Another foundation pair was “De Oude Kweker” x “Het Oud Strikje”. They became grandparents for instance to the 3th National Ace Champion Hens ‘89 “Wie Heeft Ze Beter”, 1st Regional Ace Champion Middle Distance, 1e Regional Ace Champion Long Distance end 22nd National Ace Champion ‘86 “Wie Heeft Ze Beter”.

In 1977 a daughter and in 1980 two granddaughters of “De Richtersdoffer” came from Piter Beerda. He even was lend in 1981 for a year. “De Richtersdoffer” was a son of “De Oude Bange van ‘59” (Janssen brothers, Arendonk). De crossing with the old Tournier bloodline succeeded wonderful. The “Blauwe Koppel” was created this way. More then 14 Ace Champions were bred from this couple. For instance “De Dikke Blauwe” (1^st Regional Ace Champion Old ’88, 1st Regional Ace Champion “Natour” ’84, 2nd Regional Ace Champion Middle Distance ‘84), “De 400” (3rd National Ace Champion Hens ’89 “De Vredesduif”), “De Mooie 51” (21st National Ace Champion Hens ’89 “De Vredesduif”) and “De Oude 10” (20th, 46th and 66th National Ace Champion Hens ’87, ’86 and ’85 “Wie Heeft Ze Beter”).

In the beginning of the nineties “De Tijger” and “Het Strikje” were mated to each other. “De Tijger” was a fenomenal racer above 500 kilometres. He won from 21 times racing 20 times better then the First 25 percent. His father was a descendant of the old Tounier bloodline. “Het Strikje” was closely inbred to the old Tounier bloodline and raced as a yearling very well from Bergerac. A year later she raced super from Ruffec, Bourges and again Bergerac (59e National S4 against 4.165 p.). Children are “Het Ooievaartje” (1st Semi Provincial Duffel 5.851 p., 1st Ace Champion Youngsters Club), “Het Grijs Orléanske” (1st National Orléans prov.) and foundation hen “De Strik”. From the last two there are still 9 children present on the breeding loft.

Foundation hen “De Strik” together with three of her children: “Gandalf”, “Late van de Strik” and “Schone van de Strik”. Also her son “De Big Boom” is an excellent breeder (see below).

At the end of 1993 “De Tijger”, “Het Strikje” and “Het Grijs Orléanske” went to the lofts of Steven van Breemen. “De Tijger” bred at his place a.o. “De Witpen Etampes” (1st NPO Etampes 15.670 p.) and “De 583” (7th National Ace Champion NPO). “Het Grijs Orléanske” bred “De Kleine Grijze” (6th National Ace Champion Long Distance Day Daces “Wie Heeft Ze Beter”) and “De Grijze 006” (3rd NPO/National Bourges 11.000 p., 1st Houdeng 4.000 p. and 1st Orléans 1.500 p.). From “De Kleine Grijze” father and son Verbree bought their “Stefano”. On their lofts in Putten he became father of “Royala” (2nd NPO/National Tours 7.857 p., 6th NPO/National Bourges 9.045 p., 17th NPO/National Orléans 7.467 p., 26th NPO/National Chateauroux 6.660 p., 1st Semi National Ace Champion Long Distance Day Races Mid Netherlands '04), “Solana” (2nd National Ace Champion Youngsters NPO) and “Madonna” (5th NPO/National Offenburg 7.655 p.). In 1994 “De Witteslag” came, through changing, from Steven van Breemen. He was a son of “De Prins” (2nd National Orléans), wich is a son of “Het Boerke”. In 1999 he was mated for the first time against “De Strik”. Although that year not many children were bred from them, only two, it was a great success, because they won the 7th and 12th National Orléans youngsters.

Since 1999 a few others pigeons came from Steven van Breemen. They all were for a substantial part descendants of the own old Tournier strain. For instance there came two daughters and a granddaughter of “Het Grijs Orléanske”. By this way the Desmet-Matthijs pigeons end up in the own strain. Mostly these pigeons are paired back against the old Tournier foundation, were the toughness, the perseverance en endurance comes from.

Miracle pair for the long distance day races: “Leonardo” x “Tinkelbel”
Sometimes a breeding pair is created by accident and later it turns out to be a golden pick. Nevertheless “Leonardo” and “Tinkelbel” has been mated consciously. Only at the beginning of 2007 no one ever expected that this couple would turn out to be so amazing. That their children are that good arises not all of a sudden. Above is already told how good their ancestors have performed. All the pigeons mentioned above is be found in the pedigree of this miracle pair.

“Leonardo” was never raced. He had the fortune to have excellent brothers and sisters on the racing lofts. That’s why he went directly to the breeding lofts. His parents are “De Big Boom” and “Evita”. “De Big Boom” is a son of the foundation hen “De Strik” and “De Witteslag”. “Evita” is a daughter of “De Kleine 10” (Piter Beerda), from the same old Tournier bloodlines of Jacques Tournier, who were already present on the lofts in the beginning of de seventies.

Children and grandchildren of “De Big Boom” x “Evita” won following prices:
1st ACG Heteren 6.225 p.	8th ACG Ablis 2.186 p.		25th ACG Morlincourt 1.620 p.
1st CCG Wijchen 2.681 p.	8th ACG St. Quentin 2.642 p.		26th CCG Heteren 3.201 p.
1st ACG Morlincourt 1.620 p.	8th CCG Maaseik 2.508 p.		28th FFC Chantilly 5.039 p.
1st ACG Ablis 2.186 p.	8th ACG Boxtel 3.273 p.		28th ACG Zutphen 1.093 p.
1st ACG Orléans 1.930 p.	9th ACG Boxtel 3.273 p.		30th ACG Strombeek 2.936 p.
1st ACG Blois 1.480 p.	9th CCG Poitiers 731 p.		31st CCG Heteren 3.680 p.
2nd ACG Chantilly 2.972 p.	12th ACG Blois 1.480 p.		31st ACG St.Quentin 2.870 p.
2nd ACG Boxtel 2.313 p.	13th ACG Ablis 1.727 p.		32nd ACG St. Ghislain 2.012 p.
2nd CCG Wijchen 2.549 p.	13th ACG Pommeroeul 3.706 p.		33rd ACG Duffel 1.280 p.
3rd ACG Strombeek 3.907 p.	14th ACG Pommeroeul 1.838 p.		34th ACG Heteren 5.956 p.
3rd ACG Wijchen 4.782 p.	15th ACG Arras 4.419 p.		35th FFC Chantilly 5.039 p.
3rd ACG Boxtel 1.511 p.	17th ACG St. Quentin 3.300 p.		35th ACG Orléans 2.595 p.
3rd ACG Blois 602 p.	18th ACG Duffel 1.338 p.		36th ACG Boxtel 4.291 p.
4th ACG Etampes 2.099 p.	18th ACG Boxtel 2.721 p.		36th ACG Duffel 3.622 p.
4th ACG Duffel 2.970 p.	18th FFC Morlincourt 2.230 p.		40th ACG Orléans 1.527 p.
4th ACG Meer 3.582 p.	18th ACG Duffel 4.218 p.		42th CCG Boxtel 3.217 p.
5th CCG Pommeroeul 1.725 p.	19th ACG Arras 4.419 p.		42th ACG Nijvel 3.992 p.
5th ACG Meer 1.305 p.	21st ACG Duffel 2.919 p.		42th ACG Pithiviers 1.872 p.
5th ACG Blois 1.240 p.	24th ACG Ablis 2.583 p.		45th ACG Gennep 7.871 p.
6th ACG Orléans 1.629 p.	24th ACG Maaseik 2.455 p.		48th ACG St.Quentin 2.571 p.
6th ACG Heteren 2.800 p.	25th CCG St. Quentin 1.257 p.		49th ACG St.Quentin 2.870 p.
“Renske” and “Femke”, two excellent daughters of super pair “Big Boom” x “Evita” and full sisters of miracle breeder “Leonardo”.

Contrary to “Leonardo” “Tinkelbel” did race and was very successful according to her many good results. Typical for her is that she mostly races in front when the circumstances were hard. As a youngster she raced on the NPO-race St.Ghislain in front. The wind was blowing hard from the east and the de temperatures were high. Everyone would say it’s impossible to beat almost all the competitors who must race more to the west, till sixty kilometers, but she did. These characteristics now are transferred to her children, for they also did trudge the competition through the mud in 2008 on very hard long distance day races. Four times in a row “Okidoki” and “Spikkeltje” won their price within the first ten on a NPO-race. They won the 2nd, 2nd, 6th en 9th NPO. The wind varied from north east, east to south east.

The father of “Tinkelbel” is the “Lichte Morlincourt”, a product of a nephew x niece pair. Both his grandmothers, “De Strik” and “Het Grijs Orléanske”, are daughters of “De Tijger” and “Het Strikje”. The mother of “Tinkelbel” is a daughter of “De Dikke Blauwe”. He was paired to his own niece. So here also the old Tournier bloodline, but then crossed with the line of “De Oude bange van ’59” of the Janssen Brothers from Arendonk. The results of “Tinkelbel” and her children with “Leonardo” are as mentioned below:

NL04-4256369, "Tinkelbel":
1st St.Ghislain 4.317 p. (9th NPO 17.210 p.)
2nd Houdeng 5.908 p. (33rd NPO 23.423 p.)
3rd Blois 1.240 p. (22nd NPO 5.805 p.)
10th Orléans 1.527 p. (45th NPO 6.817 p.)
27th Strepy/Thieu 2.086 p. (151st Prov. 10.223 p.)
43rd Meer 1.521 p. (172nd Prov. 19.353 p.)
54th Gennep 3.618 p. (202nd Prov. 17.062 p.)
55th Duffel 2.386 p. (87th Prov. 13.841 p.)
66th Wijchen 9.250 p. (207th Prov. 34.832 p.)
100th St.Quentin 2.553 p. (568th Prov. 11.628 p.)
140th Boxtel 4.291 p. (470th Prov. 22.003 p.)
156th Meer 2.166 p. (1120th Prov. 9.746 p.)
165th Duffel 2.851 p. (778th NPO 11.749 p.)
213th Gennep 2.143 p. (2004th Prov. 23.085 p.)
255th Boxtel 6.128 p. (782nd Prov. 29.586 p.)
320th Maaseik 3.923 p. (822nd Prov. 19.487 p.)
332nd Boxtel 3.766 p. (894th Prov. 19.085 p.)
773rd Gennep 7.871 p. (1478th Prov. 31.662 p.)

NL07-4286205, "Okidoki":
1st Morlincourt 1.620 p. (3rd Nat. 7.053 p.)
1st Ablis 2.186 p. (2nd NPO 9.296 p.)
1st Orléans 1.930 p. (2nd NPO 6.469 p.)
15th Arras 4.419 p. (81st NPO 18.112 p.)
18th Duffel 4.218 p. (47th NPO 19.262 p.)
28th Chantilly 5.039 p. (53rd NPO 13.247 p.)
26th Heteren 3.201 p. (166th Prov. 29.374 p.)
42nd Boxtel 3.217 p. (254th Prov. 29.357 p.)
78th Heteren 3.336 p. (637th Prov. 32.500 p.)
223rd Pithiviers 1.872 p. (962nd NPO 8.498 p.)
418th Boxtel 3.104 p. (2568th Prov. 30.428 p.)
435th Heteren 5.956 p. (1126th Prov. 26.020 p.)
500th Pommeroeul 3.706 p. (1658th Prov. 17.596 p.)
505th Pommeroeul 5.328 p. (1421st NPO 22.993 p.)
2nd National Ace Champion Long Distance, NPO '08

NL07-4286193, "Spikkeltje":
1st Heteren 6.225 p. (11th Prov. 26.797 p.)
1st Blois 1.490 p. (9th NPO 5.237 p.)
2nd Chantilly 2.972 p. (6th NPO 13.247 p.)
13th Pommeroeul 3.706 p. (90th Prov. 17.578 p.)
29th Pommeroeul 2.378 p. (213th NPO 22.993 p.)
31st St.Quentin 2.870 p. (114th NPO 13.472 p.)
41st Hasselt 1.909 p. (127th Prov. 15.700 p.)
52nd Arras 4.419 p. (250th NPO 18.112 p.)
64th Morlincourt 1.620 p. (158th Nat. 7.053 p.)
67th Heteren 3.336 p. (577th Prov. 32.500 p.)
69th Ablis 2.186 p. (211th NPO 9.296 p.)
148th Strepy/Thieu 2.756 p. (1245th Prov. 12.592 p.)
235th Pithiviers 1.872 p. (992nd Prov. 8.498 p.)
422nd Heteren 5.956 p. (1093rd Prov. 26.020 p.)
1st Ace Champion Long Distance, Club '08
1st Ace Champion Long Distance, Regional Combine '08
1st Ace Champion Long Distance, Semi Provincial Combine '08
3rd Ace Champion, Provincial Long Distance Club '07
2nd Ace Champion All-round, Semi Provincial Combine '08

The miracle pair “Leonardo” x “Tinkelbel” with two of their best children “Okidoki” and “Spikkeltje”. For the pedigree of “Okidoki”: click here.

NL07-4286206, "Ramona":
12th Blois 1.480 p. (69th NPO 5.237 p.)
65th Ablis 2.186 p. (188th NPO 9.296 p.)
103rd Morlincourt 1.620 p. (266th Nat. 7.053 p.)
216th Pithiviers 1.872 p. (925th NPO Pithiviers 8.498 p.)
221st Menen 6.360 p. (656th NPO 26.784 p.)
226th Chantilly 5.039 p. (551st NPO 13.247 p.)
242nd Duffel 4.218 p. (726th Prov. Duffel 19.262 p.)
355th Heteren 3.336 p. (2138th Prov. 32.500 p.)
385th Pommeroeul 5.328 p. (1119th NPO 22.993 p.)
391st Arras 4.119 p. (1130th NPO Arras 18.112 p.)
2nd Ace Champion Long Distance, Club '08
7th Ace Champion Long Distance, Regional Combine '08
7th Ace Champion Long Distance, Semi Provincial Combine '08
(total raced 20 times and won 11 times better then the first 10 percent)

NL07-4286023, "Boogie" (at E.A. Dijkstra):
49th St.Quentin 2.870 p. (164th NPO 13.472 p.)
68th Heteren 3.336 p. (581st Prov. 32.500 p.)
69th Heteren 3.502 p. (264th Prov. 33.363 p.)
83rd Pommeroeul 2.378 p. (436th NPO 22.993 p.)
128th Pithiviers 1.872 p. (612nd NPO 8.498 p.)

NL08-1964841, "De 841" (at H. Postma):
29th Heteren 7.335 p. (124th Prov. 30.933 p.)
53rd Gennep 1.846 p. (261rdh Prov. 19.082 p.)
89th St. Quentin 4.440 p. (248th NPO 16.881 p.)
105th Pommeroeul 4.642 p. (406th NPO 18.952 p.)
142nd Hasselt 3.158 p. (212th Prov. 15.700 p.)
178th Boxtel 5.255 p. (266th Prov. 22.954 p.)
580th Pommeroeul 4.873 p. (1181st NPO 20.672 p.)
1012th Heteren 6.727 p. (2040th Prov. 27.792 p.)
(total raced 11 times and won 11 times better then the first 25 percent)

In 2006 “Tinkelbel” was still on the racing lofts. She then was paired to “Elrond”, a full brother to “Leonardo”. In that year for the first time two youngsters were kept. These are “Ajax” and “Athena”. Because they already raced very well as a youngster it was decided to move “Tinkelbel” to the breeding lofts at the end of 2006 for pairing her to "Leonardo". This turned out to be a golden move.

NL06-4281733, "Athena":
22nd Blois 1.267 p. (188th NPO 5.237 p.)
41st Zutphen 8.328 p. (104th Prov. 23.058 p.)
51st Morlincourt 1.670 p. (64th Nat. 2.981 p.)
54th Franfurt a.p. Oder 769 p. (260th Nat. 2.827 p.)
97th Pommeroeul 4.099 p. (356th Prov. 19.682 p.)
100th Blois 1.263 p. (699th NPO 5.656 p.)
103rd Pommeroeul 3.706 p. (398th Prov. 17.578 p.)
117th Strombeek 2.403 p. (669th NPO 22.152 p.)
126th Ablis 2.186 p. (403rd NPO 9.324 p.)
188th Duffel 2.560 p. (640th Prov 11.692 p.)
204th St. Quentin 2.642 p. (1291st Prov. 12.155 p.)
282nd Orléans 2.096 p. (1349th NPO 8.991 p.)
292nd Pithiviers 1.872 p. (1161st NPO 8.498 p.)
352nd Offenburg 2.053 p. (1128th NPO 9.371 p.)
356th Chantilly 5.039 p. (904th NPO 13.247 p.)
3th Ace Champion Long Distance, Club '08

NL06-4281732, "Ajax":
36th Zutphen 8.328 p. (94th Prov. 23.058 p.)
42nd Pithiviers 1.872 p. (273rd NPO 8.498 p.)
48th Pommeroeul 4.099 p. (199th Prov. 19.682 p.)
66th Franfurt a.p. Oder 769 p. (307th Nat. 2.827 p.)
67th Blois 1.480 p. (320th NPO 5.237 p.)
68th Pommeroeul 3.706 p. (256th Prov. 17.578 p.)
70th Menen 1.848 p. (360th NPO 15.580 p.)
85th Orléans 1.568 p. (318th NPO 6.469 p.)
106th Wijchen 3.248 p. (493rd Prov. 30.501 p.)
115th Blois 1.263 p. (746th NPO 5.656 p.)
144th Orléans 2.096 p. (652nd NPO 8.991 p.)
286th Boxtel 5.729 p. (1264th Prov. 24.273 p.)
293rd Lessines 6.293 p. (828th NPO 28.355 p.)
468th Chantilly 2.884 p. (1607th NPO 13.160 p.)
581st Duffel 6.146 p. (1732nd Prov. 28.726 p.)
11th Ace Champion Long Distance, Semi Provincial Combine '08


Also excellent on the extreme long distance
Not only Arie has earned his credits on the long distance day races. Also on the extreme long distance it goes crescendo. To the same extent the descendants of foundation hen “De Strik” races top on flights of 900 to 1.200 kilometres. Furthermore there are the pigeons from Jelle Jellema (of the same old Tournier bloodline as his’ own strain), Jacques Steketee (Jan Aarden/Van Wanroy) and Corrie van der Ploeg (Van Bruane, Norman, Carteus) wich completes it all. The result of this is already two NPO-victories. Some examples are mentioned below.

“Elassar” and “Regina” were responsible for the first great success on the extreme long distance in Oudwoude. They won the 1st and 2nd NPO Ruffec (913 km) in 2005. Notable detail: they were a pair at this moment.
“Nightrider” with his two parents. A phenomenal racer on the extreme long distance. He has a 100 percent score. For his pedigree: click here.	The new breeding cells.