Bert Martens & Son from Elsloo (NL) win 1st Charleville against 3,856 pigeons
24 Apr 2024
The first official competition of 2024 for all departments in the Netherlands was on the agenda last weekend. They had announced bad weather forecasts, but luckily everything turned out well. In department 4, Charleville was on the calendar for the Bert & Roger Martens colony from Elsloo. They start this season with a victory and this with a super young pigeon from last season that immediately shows its class again this year.
The cock is again a descendant of the fantastic breeding line of “Mathieu” on which they are further building their colony at the Martens house. These are pigeons that can be present on all flights up to 600 km and you absolutely need that in the Netherlands as the kilometers increase.
Topresults from last season
1-2-3 Marche 2.794 young birds
1-5-6 Charleville 1.831 young birds ( snelste van 13.582 duiven )
1-2-4-6-7 Marche 1.992 young birds
1-2-3-10-11-12-13 Charleville 1.938 young birds ( 2 snelste van 4.834 duiven )
1 Sens 647 old + yearlings
1-2-4-7-8-9-10 Melun 3.302 old + yearlings
2-3-9- Sens 2.556 old + yearlings
3-4-5 Charleville 1.749 young birds
4-7-9-11 Rethel 4.567 old + yearlings
With old and yearlings only with cocks
Here at Bert & Roger the hens are only raced as young pigeons and the cocks get their chance as old birds and yearlings. The widowers were coupled at the beginning of December and simply practiced winter breeding. Afterwards widowhood started for them and they came back outside. In the beginning this was once a day and from May we will increase to twice a day because the mornings are warmer.
Not a lot of time was spent training the cocks. In 4 times it went to 25km and then twice a training flight of 85km. At basketing the hen is shown for 5 to 10 minutes. When they return home, they are always allowed to stay together for a few hours.
NL 23-7088668 Blue Cock
1 Charleville 3.856p
1 Charleville 1.831p ( fastest from 13.582p )
2 Rethel 2.893p
35 Sourdun 1.166p
53 Charleville 1.749p
A full brother of this pigeon also won the following results in the late tour races last year: 6 Sourdun 523p – 19 Marche 1,992p – 20 Charleville 1,938p – 21 Rethel 2,259p – 40 Chalons 1,095p – 44 Rethel 1,578p
Father NL 21-1374952 Beauty Boy
Full brother from “Mathieu” 1 NPO Sezanne 6,648p , 1 Chalons 1,433p, 1 Charleville 1,189p, 4 NPO Chateauroux 1,575p, 4 Sens 1,667p – 5 Marche 1,630p – 7 Charleville 1,671p
Full brother of “Asduifje” is super breeding hen and grandmother of 2 Nat Orleans 4,297p – 4 NPO Sezanne 5,155p – 7 NPO Melun 2,310p – 10 NPO Sens 11,864p
Full brother of “908/21” 2 Sens 2.556p – 4 Melun 3.302p – 13 NPO Lorris 2.310p – 26 Chalons 3.234p
Full brother of “109/20” 2 Sezanne 1,418p – 3 Sens 2,556p – 6 Chalons 3,234p – 6 Troyes 1,032p – 9 Melun 3,302p – 29 Melun 5,149p – 32 NAT Argenton 7,517p – 41 NPO Sezanne 8,483p – 84 NPO Melun 13,978p
Full brother of “127/20” 1 Rethel 1,749p – 2 Issoudun 1,048p – 4 Rethel 4,567p – 5 Melun 2,521p – 8 Chalons 1,675p – 11 NPO Issoudun 4,228p – 15 NPO Melun 11,596p – 18 Sens 2,556p – 24 Rethel 3,000p – 25 Rethel 3,064p – 32 Mettet 3,240p
Full brother of “722/19” Won self 5 Sens 4,299p – 5 Chalons 522p – 22 Chimay 4,134p – 33 Rethel 4,567p – 34 Melun 2,521p – 29 NPO Sens 11,864p – 50 NPO Montlucon 1,385p – 65 NPO Issoudun 2,072 d – 98 NPO Melun 2,082p and is father of 2 Melun 3,302p
Full brother of “127/20” 1st Rethel 1,749 pigeons
Full brother of “538/17” 1st Charleville 664 pigeons
Full brother of “624/19” 1st Melun 703 pigeons
Full brother of “553/17” 1st NPO La Souterraine 1.418p
Son of “NL 565/12” Checkered x “NL 740/14” Granddaughter Superman Dennis Veugelers 1st National Blois against 33,709 pigeons and granddaughter “Witte As” Jules & Jos Engels
Mother NL 20-1727006 Blue – Jan Deliege
Sister of “888/17” 2 National Vierzon 26,151p
Daughter of “NL 818/13” Super Gladiator x “NL 801/14” Granddaughter Cassius Koopman
Bert and Roger, keep up the good work and congratulations in advance from the entire HERBOTS TEAM.
Buelens Kim
