Analyze Bourges national 12/08

The results are rather positive for the old pigeons, whose numbers have increased by 88% compared to last year, rising from 5,166 to 9,922 pigeons. All the entities are in this progression. The EPR HBW and 2 Flanders doubled their numbers; the others increased between Antwerp 65% and Limburg 90%. The picture is not quite as clear in the young pigeons, which have fallen by 11% from 22,869 to 20,328 pigeons. Only Flemish Brabant and Antwerp maintained their numbers, with increases of 9% and 5% respectively. The LNL EPR fell by 40%, West Flanders by 28%, the HBW EPR by 20% and the others by around 10%.
Once again, the competition has been postponed. It was far from the only one this year. The pigeons were released at 8.20 a.m. under partly cloudy skies, a temperature of 16°C and calm weather. Thereafter, the race was run with a light N.W. wind.
The 3 N.E. provinces were able to dominate the competition, sharing the entire national top 10.

 

Top 10 national old

1. Familie TIMMERMANS-POELS from Schaffen, 1576,0802 m

2. M Vanonckelen de Halen, 1573.0102 m
3. S Steenbergen de Herk-de-Stad, 1569,0071 m
4. M Poels de Berbroek, 1568,8067 m
5. W Steenaerts de Lummen, 1557.7767 m
6. Leus-Vandevoort de Meldert, 1556,8388 m
7. J Govaerts de Olmen, 1554,3601 m
8. M Medart de St Trond, 1551,9105 m
9. Matthys F & M de Itegem, 1548,5785 m
10. J Vercammen de Vremde, 1544.3798 m
The south of the country did not benefit at all from the N.W. wind to make it into the top 100, with only one Hennuyer pigeon making it through. West Flanders was also left out of the top 100, with 43 prizes in Antwerp, 36 in Limburg, 17 in Flemish Brabant, 3 in East Flanders and 1 in Hainaut. In fact, only 5 provinces make up the national top 100. 
The top 100 includes some fine prize winners. These include J Vercammen ranked 10, 31, 44, 55, 67, 75, 94, S Brugmans 23, 25, 32, 77, 100, Van Hertem-Schuurmans 36, 42, 62, 65, S Steenbergen 3, 66, 68, 91...
The only Walloon prize in the top 100 went to Casaert-Sénéchal, ranked 44 nationally.

First finishes by province and EPR
Flemish Brabant, Familie Timmermans-Poels de Schaffen, 1576.0802 m, 1 national
Limburg, M Vanonckelen de Halen, 1573,0102 m, 2 nationals
Antwerp, J Govaerts de Olmen, 1554,3601 m, 7 nat.
East Flanders, Team Baetens de St Niklaas, 1543,9654 m, 12 nat.
EPR HBW, Casaert-Sénéchal de Russeignies "H", 1526.7303 m, 44 nat (F Motton de Neerheylissem "BW", 1509.7714 m, 116 nat) 
EPR LNL, Schur-Staryk de Dommartin "Lg", 1510.2640 m, 113 nat (JB Vandiest de Aische-en-Refail "N", 1483.3048 m, 342 nat and JP Degée de Hotton "Lx", 1461.5811 m, 613 nat) 
West Flanders, L De Laere de Anzegem, 1487.5434 m, 298 nat.
Four of the 5 Walloon provinces and one Flemish province are excluded from the national top 100.

The zones in brief
Zone A1, 504 old
G Demonie from Langemark took first place in the zone, but only placed 622 in the national. Only the first 18 classified pigeons appear at the national, which represents only 1 classified pigeon for 28 entries.
G Demonie was not content with victory. He pulverised the prizes by placing 1, 5, 10, 17, 21, 25, 30, 34, 36, 37, 43, 51 in the prizes by 10. He was followed by Familie Schreel ranked 13, 14, 27, 48...
No Walloon colony is in the prices per 10.
Zone A2, 914 old
The zone is led by G Clicque from Wevelgem who is 373 national. By finishing 79 m after the national, zone A2 loses 130 prizes, more than half of the pigeons classified.
As in zone A1, the winner is the one who achieves the longest sequence of prizes, i.e. 1, 10, 14, 18, 20, 26, 28, 29, 38, 39, 55, 56, 60, 61, 63, 76, 77, 83 He is followed by L Demely classified 34, 37, 69, 71, 84... The prizes by 10, it is also the 1/1 of J Verschoot 24 and the 2/2 of N Ally classified 68 and 89.
Some Walloon incursions are to be noted, such as C Nottebaert 12, 53, 79...
Zone A3, 1420 old
Casaert-Sénéchal de Russeignies won the A3 zone, while being 44 national. This is the only Walloon presence in the national top 100. The zone finished dragging its feet again, losing 47 prizes at national level.
The top 100 was marked by the presence of Vandenheede F & J ranked 6, 12, 14, 18, 22, 23, 24, 26, 56, 57, 60, 62, 67, 77, 78, 82, 95, De bock-De Smeyter 10, 15, 16, 17, 40, 43, 44, 49, 55, 63, 76, 90, D Vermassen 5, 28, 46, 61, 65, 92, 94...
The Walloon victory could have been a good springboard. In fact, the south of the country is very discreet. Casaert-Sénéchal 1, 53, 97, Balcaen-Dubois 59, 89, B Defrenne 79, K Saudoyez 81, 86...
Zone B1, 1081 old
A double for Team Baetens from St Niklaas, who start on the national 12. Zone B1 has only 4 pigeons in the national top 100 and also loses 57 prizes overall.
Once again, the winner is very tenacious in the top 100 as he is ranked 1, 2, 4, 21, 28, 30, 31, 34, 38, 40, 71, 78. He is followed by A Vandenberghe ranked 5, 6, 20, 32, 33, 45, 63, 64, 68, D Deneys 26, 27, 57, 59, 80...
The south of the country is represented by S Verplancken 18, H Sarrazin 24, Genlain-Dupont 29, A Steenhaut 37, Verspreet-Chalet 42, Murez-Marichal 50...
Zone B2, 1653 old
J Vercammen de Vremde takes first place in Zone B2 and a national 10. The top 23 finishers made it into the national top 100, while a further 83 made it into the national ranks.
J Vercammen not only won, but also took 1, 5, 8, 12, 16, 18, 21, 24, 33, 35, 36, 37, 48, 49, 50, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 65, 66, 74, 75, 80, 88, 95, 96, making 29 prizes in the top 100. He is followed by A Roodhooft ranked 10, 11, 19, 23, 43, 52, 67, 70, 87, 93, P Vervloesem14, 51, 53, 63, 72, 77, 79, H Hermans 29, 30, 41, 69, 76, 83...
Faced with this plethora of awards and the omnipresent province of Antwerp, no Walloon colony appears in the top 100.
Zone B3, 1348 old
Zone B3 is home to Matthys F & M de Itegem, who are 9 nationals. The zone made the top 100 23 times and closed the competition with a bonus of 107 prizes.
The prize-winning series goes to Van Oeckel B & N who are ranked 3, 17, 25, 37, 38, 51, 53, 55, 56, 66, 67, 69, 71, 88, 93, 97, followed by N De Weerd-Berckmoes ranked 20, 23, 44, 45, 52, 54, 58, 64, 86, 99, 100, L Van Mechelen 2, 9, 12, 35, 39, 57, 60, 72... Between these series, we note 1/1s, those of Reijnen-Bolton ranked 77, R Janssens 87, S Weyers 94.
On the Walloon side, we find only M Cambier 78.
Zone B4, 1701 old
Familie Timmermans-Poels from Scvhaffen, the national winner, takes the lead in Zone B4. The first 8 classified are also the first 8 of the national while the first 48 are in the top 100. The zone ended the competition with 209 additional prizes to the national, or 1 prize for every 2.7 pigeons entered.
The prize series were less consistent. S Brugmans ranked 14, 15, 18, 38, 47, 58, 66, D Rego 11, 19, 28, 46, 62, 78, Van Hertem-Schuurmans 20, 25, 33, 34, 83...
Among the Walloon colonies, we have F Motton ranked 55, 71.
Zone C, 1301 old
First place goes to R Houben from Maasmechelen who is ranked 26 nationally. Only the top 3 are in the national top 100, while the late closing results in the loss of 41 prizes.
T Weytjens had the best series with 7, 9, 16, 22, 27, 28, 31, 38, 95, 100. He was followed by Bodson-Vranken with 21, 23, 51, 80, 81, 83, 85, J Thone with 8, 17, 36, 50, 72, 98... We should also mention R Houben's 3/5 with 1, 3, 10.
Schur-Staryk 6, F Lageot 33, Ciomek M & J 34, P Dermience 42, G Schepers 46...

A few figures
Winner's speed, 1576.0802 m
Gap between the first 2, 35 seconds
Speed of the 100th place finisher, 1513.1117 m
Speed of last classified, 1376.2429 m
Duration of the competition, 43'27
Average gap between 2 pigeons, 1.05 seconds
Top 10 national young
1. V DAENEN de Velm, 1572,0924 m

 

2. Team Hooymans.be from Mol, 1564.4878 m 
3. W Verbeeck de Herselt, 1563.7371 m
4. Herbots K & K de Velm, 1562.3605 m
5. Jonckers J & M de Linter, 1560,0617 m
6. K Rykx de Donk, 1559,7135 m
7. Wed. Nijs P & T d'As, 1558,2297 m
8. M Segers de Kessenich, 1552,0642 m
9. Hok Van den Bruel R de Ramsel, 1551,9705 m
10. Dockx L & G de Koningshooikt, 1548,8387 m
The pattern of the top 10 is very similar to that of the old races, with the same 3 provinces sharing it. It's much the same in the top 100, with Antwerp dominating even more, to the detriment of the other 2 provinces. Antwerp has 62 awards, Limburg 22, Flemish Brabant 12 and East Flanders 2. On the Walloon side, the last 2 places available are shared between Namur and Liège. West Flanders is still a long way from the national top 100.
Just as in the old provinces, Antwerp dominates the top 100 in terms of the number of awards, but it is the only one of the 3 not to win the national prize.
The diversity in the top 100 leaves little room for long series of prizes. A few amateurs stand out somewhat. This is the case of Dockx L & G ranked 10, 11, 54, 56, T Weytjens 18, 19, 48, 92...
The two Walloon entries in the top 100 are P Campinne 66 and JM Caro 76.
First arrivals by province and EPR
Limburg, V Daenen de Velm, 1572.0924 m, 1 national
Antwerp, Team Hooymans.be de Mol, 1564.4878 m, 2 nat.
Flemish Brabant, Jonckers J & M de Linter, 1560.0617 m, 5 nat.
East Flanders, Van den Abbeel-Peleman de Buggenhout, 1534,5005 m, 61 nat.
EPR LNL, P Campinne de Doische "N", 1533,9422 m, 66 nat (JM Caro de Lambermont "Lg", 1531,6868 m, 76 nat and V Lebeau de Hotton "Lx", 1473,2226 m, 765 nat) 
EPR HBW, Defoort-Thiriau de Ellezelles "H", 1497.2542 m, 368 nat (Nelson-Loft de Bierghes "BW", 1435.5807 m, 1614 nat) 
West Flanders, Team Huyzentruyt-Fourneau de Moen, 1495.5956 m, 391 nat.
Three provinces in the top 10 and 6 in the top 100, which means that 4 of them are clearly behind.


The zones in brief
Zone A1, 1191 youngsters
Taveirne F & J de Torhout won the zone, but was only 876 national. Only the first 66 are in the top 100, or 1 pigeon from 18 entries.
The winner of the series is R Verhaest with 8, 10, 18, 22, 24, 34, 35, 42, 60, 61, 78, 81, 100, followed by S Loyson with 4, 23, 30, 37, 38, 69...
The south of the country starts with X Trombetta 9, 11, F Castelein 48...
Zone A2, 3261 youngsters
M Engels d'Aalter dominates the zone and is ranked 229 nationally. The last 248 classified in the zone are not national.
The top 100 included G Maroy ranked 6, 16, 22, 32, 38, 39, 57, 67, followed by Team Huyzentruyt-Fourneau ranked 2, 29, 66,98, 99...
Only Nonckelynck-Verriest 19, 42 ranked in the top 100. 
Zone A3, 2986 youngsters
First place was taken by C Kennof from Balegem, ranked 123 nationally. The zone is still 233 down on the national rankings.
The top 100 were Deblanc-Logghe-Denis, ranked 19, 20, 22, 54, 55, 56, X Verstraete 2, 24, 28, 46, 58, 81, Leutenez E & M 4, 12, 40, 41, 64, 99...
Defoort-Thiriau 5, 30, A Allemeersch 7 form the trio of pigeons from the south of the country.
Zone B1, 2942 youngsters
Double for Van den Abbeel-Peleman from Buggenhout who is 61 national with his first pigeon. They are the only 2 pigeons in the national top 100. The zone finishes the competition with a loss of 71 prizes.
The series follow one another with Team Baetens ranked 8, 14, 28, 36, 38, 57, 72, 78, 89, 90, Van den Abbeel-Peleman 1, 2, 23, 29, 33, 35, 54, 87, 98, M De Cock 26, 55, 58, 59, 68, 81, 85, 99...
P De Geyter 24 is the only Walloon in the top 100.
Zone B2, 3877 youngsters
Another double for Dockx L & G de Koningshooikt, ranked 10 and 11 nationally. The zone took 33 places in the national top 100 and closed the competition with a bonus of 171 prizes.
Among the strong performers were K Cleirbaut ranked 27, 30, 54, 59, 71, 79, 81, 84, 100, K Hollanders 11, 14, 40, 41, 44, 68, 89, S Lambrechts 28, 29, 32, 38, 63, 91, 98...
The top 100 is drained of Walloon colonies.
Zone B3, 2588 youngsters
W Verbeeck from Herselt dominated the debates in the zone and was ranked 3rd nationally. The zone has 27 prizes in the national top 100.
The series of prizes comes from Van Oeckel B & N ranked 8, 16, 21, 44, 59, 60, 61, 74, 77, Roziers-Xiang 28, 36, 41, 43, 45, 56, 83, 88, C Lambrechts 10, 19, 20, 33, 76, 99...
The results are the same as for zone B2, with no Walloon colony in the top 100.
Zone B4, 2550 young people
National and zone victory for V Daenen de Velm, in a zone that had 29 prizes in the national top 100. The zone finished with 288 more prizes than the national average.
There were a number of prize-winning series. D Tournelle ranked 7, 8, 18, 38, 41, 43, 47, 48, 86, 90, 92, S Brugmans 32, 39, 51, 58, 75, 78, 99...
No place is left for the south of the country in the top 100.
Zone C, 933 youngsters
Wed. Nijs P & T de As set course for the zone and ranked 7th nationally. Only the top 9 are in the national top 100, but end the competition with 51 additional prizes.
T Weytjens, ranked 3, 4, 5, 9, 14, 15, 18, 19, 22, 24, 26, 28, 34, 37, 43, 45, 51, 55, 59, 60, 66, 72, 75, 80, 85, 86, 87, won 27 prizes. He is followed by J Thone classified 10, 17, 61, 32, 47, 52, 62, 73, D Hamers 16, 25, 35, 41, 46, 53, 78, Bassez B & L 44, 54, 56, 67, 74, 82, 90...
On the Walloon side, P Campinne 7, JM Caro 8, 12, S Vanvinckenroye 11, 20, L Zecchinon 33...
Some figures
Speed of the winner, 1572.0924 m
Gap between the first 2, 1'24
Speed of the 100th place finisher, 1525.9343 m
Speed of the last classified, 1309.8860 m
Duration of the competition, 57'38
Average gap between 2 pigeons, 0.68seconds
M Philippe