Bosmans-Leekens (Beverlo) again win 1st provincial Argenton, this time for youngsters

Beverlo - Two weeks after their previous provincial victory, Marc Bosmans and Dirk Leekens were once again on the top step. This time it was at the Argenton national flight for young people. Their youngster, BE24-5007022, also known as 'Vincy', won the provincial top prize against 1,005 youngsters and proved to be the fastest in the whole province, with a total of 1,515 youngsters, yearlings and old birds.

This feat is all the more impressive given the difficult geographical situation of the Bosmans-Leekens loft at national level. Nevertheless, 'Vincy' managed to achieve a 20th place national ranking out of a total of 14,745 youngsters. It is clear that the pigeons of the Bosmans-Leekens duo are imposing themselves in the provincial races this season. Indeed, this is their third provincial victory of the season and already Argenton's second.

Marc and Dirk explain their success

"5007022-24 'Vincy' is a beautiful blue hen from our best families," they explain enthusiastically. "She was played on the sliding door and was motivated to put in a top performance as a single at Argenton. She flew 13 minutes behind the second youngster in Limburg. It was a particularly tough race, we had to wait 27 minutes for our second pigeon, who eventually took 8th place provincially out of 1,005 pigeons."

The victory was the 30th provincial triumph since Bosmans and Leekens joined forces in 2013. Reason enough to celebrate with a good drink, say the proud winners. With two more national races to come, they hope the condition of their pigeons will continue.

Results by "Vincy" so far

Mettet
29/436b
Vervins
26/687b
Soissons
55/644b
Nanteuil
41/1,421b
Soissons
1/908b + 3/2,380b
Melun
8/243b
Argenton
1/1,005b Provincial and fastest of 1,515 pigeons
1/1,692b National Zone and fastest of 2,210 pigeons
20th National against 14,745 young birds

In conclusion

Marc Bosmans and Dirk Leekens continue to impress with their results, and it's clear that they have no intention of slowing down. 
Marc and Dirk, the whole Herbots team congratulates you once again on this victory and on a fantastic season!

Maarten Herbots