Van Oeckel Bart & Nance (Oud-Turnhout) 1st Nat (z) Bourges 2,272 yearlings and 6 x Top-100 national

It did not surprise us at all when we saw Team Van Oeckel making a bang for the buck on the first national flight from Bourges. 

The weeks before, the Van Oeckel pigeons showed that they were more than in good shape with several top rankings and prizes of honour on both the speed and middle-distance races

But let's go back to Bourges nationally. Results do not lie and when such results are achieved, as a fancier it is full enjoyment of pigeon racing

National 18,785 yearlings: 9-47-63-76-91-100-125-152-164-171-180-187 etc.. (31/53 of which 12 x 1/100)
National 24,006 old: 161-361-721-766-1071-2283 (8/17)

National zone winner was B23-6102420. This yearling hen won all the following prizes by dozen before her National zone win:

 7th Noyon 1,232b.  
17th Sermaises 366b. 
61st Quievrain 1,525b. 
136th Quievrain 1,446b.

If we analyse her pedigree we see that she is a cross between the well-known successful "Gaston Jr" base of Bart and Nance crossed with the very best of Eddy Janssens (Zandhoven)

Spicy detail "420-23" is a half sister, same mother, of the 17th National ace KBDB speed 2023. 

Stefan Mertens