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Cees Luykx - additional Lazeroms blood!!!! Cees was a true champion of the long distance discipline, and a true gentleman too who selected his birds in the only way he knew, by putting them in the basket!! He was one of Holland’s brightest and successful long distance fanciers. He owned unbeatable long distance stock that was outstanding in the races of the Pyrenees. Cees would visit the loft of the Lazeroms family regularly and he often received a few youngsters or a round of eggs off some of their most famous pigeons. I first met Cees in 2010, the year he set the long distance world alight with his ‘Barcelona 241’ legendary breeder as well as the Barcelona winner himself and other top racers. When Cees sadly passed away in 2012 all of his birds were auctioned by PIPA. His superstar ‘Barcelona 241 was sold for over €45,000 and his family of birds made nearly €175,000 and went all over the world, such was his fame. In this sale are 4 birds, bred by Cees; • Blue whiteflight cock - a direct son of the ‘Barcelona 241’ 1st Dutch National Barcelona 7,016 birds, 5th Open International Barcelona 25,821 birds. This cock is the sire of Sire of 1st Club, 9th Combine Messac 2,339 birds • Cheq Cock - another direct son of the ‘Barcelona 241’ 1st Dutch National Barcelona 7,016 birds, 5th Open International Barcelona 25,821 birds • Blue Hen - a stunning daughter of the ‘Asduif 723’ (so a half sister to the dam of ‘Barcelona 241’) and this hen is the dam of my St Vincent Hen 13th Section, 58th Open BICC St Vincent and also my GB12X35489 3rd club, 42nd Combine Messac 2190 birds • Dark Cheq Hen - a direct daughter of 12th National Bergerac, 38th National Dax who was a daughter of the Ace breeder ‘Asduif 723’ (grand father 1st National, 5th International Barcelona) when paired to the ‘071’ a winner of 24th National St Vincent 2008, 28th National Tarbes 2009, 98th National Tarbes 2008. This hen has bred me 14th Section 197th Open BICC Alençon(1) 4,759 birds, 22nd Section 47th Open BICC Alençon (2) 4,332 birds and 6th Club, 19th Fed Portland Classic Pair Barcelona 241 1st Dutch National Barcelona 7,016 birds 5th Open International Barcelona 25,821 birds Cees was a master of the racing game, racing most of his birds on the ‘Natural system’ but with a few ‘Widowhood cocks’ to reinforce the team. • 1st National champion NPO overnight 2009 • 1st Provincial champion overnight long dist. 2006 • 1st Provincial champion overnight long dist. 2007 • 1st Provincial champion overnight long dist. 2008 • 1st Provincial champion overnight long dist. 2009 • 1st General champion Fondclub ZN 2009 • 2nd National champion NPO overnight 2008 • 6th National champion NPO overnight 2007 When I visited Cees he made it very clear that his best breeding pigeon was the ‘Asduif 723’ who was the grand sire of the Barcelona 241, so it made sense to get something from that I was able to buy this hen and her parents two years ago. I didn’t quite appreciate at the time just how good these birds were or indeed how proven they were when I got them Carol’s Delight is a winner of; • 1st Section, 1st Open LSE Classic Tarbes • 4th Section, 11th Open LSE Classic Bergerac • 57th Section, 81st Open LSE Classic Tours • 95th Section, 427th Open BICC Tours • Also a winner of minor prizes such as 3rd Messac, 5th Bergerac etc Her parents though have also bred; • 3rd Section, 8th Open LSE Classic Bergerac • 17th Section, 191st Open BICC Tours • 26th Section, 64th Open LSE Classic Bergerac • 48th section, 72nd Open CSCFC Coutances 2,937 • 53rd Section, 288 Open BICC Tours
The Indy Family, based on the birds of Ton Bollebakker of Laren, NL Champion Indy 1st Section, 1st Open NFC Tarbes Grand National in 2009 3rd Section, 8th Open NFC Tarbes Grand National in 2008 In 2004 I had finished with racing fast pigeons and was convinced by Steven Van Breemen that I should try my hand at long distance racing, and soon after Steven introduced me to his long time close friend Ton Bollebakker, a master of racing natural birds at the long distance races in the Netherlands. Ton’s birds were based on some royal distance blood, the very best Jan Aarden, Van De Wegen all blended with the old De Smet Matthijs blood and a touch of the old Cattrysse and Delbar, not the most fashionable birds but anyone knowing real long distance pigeons knows that its the quality of the bird that matters when they have 600 miles to fly, not who has the best publicity machine. I have enclosed some photos of his birds at the end of this document and you will see in the ‘Bonte Lazeroms’ exactly where Indy get her good looks from. Early in 2005 I received the tragic news that Ton, now a close friend of mine had died unexpectedly, and with this went my plans for a distance racing adventure. In the coming months I decided that perhaps they way ahead should be to go to the auction of Tons family of pigeons and buy a few to try and find my own way in this very different world of long distance pigeons. In essence, I bought the parents of Indy at his auction and these birds are the heart of my bloodline today, based upon his best breeders such as ‘Bonte Lazeroms’ and ‘De Getoepte’, proven 600 mile pigeons for generations Here in Paulton, Indy made herself known very quickly as a star in the making. Her first race in 2007 was from Messac, first time ever on a transporter in her life and she came here to be the first bird in the area by quite some way. Put away until 2008 she raced two Messac races, the second of which she made her only mistake in her life and nighted out, I thought then that she would miss the 2008 Tarbes race but she recovered quickly and made the team. A fast race was expected and Indy returned to her eggs to win 3rd Section, 8th Open National Flying Club Tarbes at her first attempt, making her one of the fastest 10 pigeons ever to fly the NFC Grand National event. I knew that after a poor preparation race from Messac it was possible to get this girl prepared better. 2009 started as always with two preparation races at the 250 mile mark, the big difference now being that all had gone exactly to plan. From the second Messac race I wanted Indy to have about 7 hours on wing, and she was my third bird flying 6 hours 53 minutes (I won the race with a sister to Indy and my second bird was Indy’s son!) all was going well. 2009 was a totally different Tarbes race, not a fast one day race like the year before but now a very hard 2 day race with a lunchtime liberation in the heat of the day, any pigeon not 100% would be found wanting with only the best and the brave at the front. I am convinced that from these hot hard races the birds at the front have all the qualities to be excellent breeding pigeons. My big concern was the west wind on the second day of the race pushing the west country birds away from home every second of every minute of every hour. At 10:43am I saw a dot on the horizon, no doubt in my mind what was coming towards me, stand still, call her home and watch her hit the trap and run in, and this was the only time I have ever seen her look ruffled, she had given everything in the tank. After a very long day I was relieved that despite the westerly wind and racing against lofts 100 miles east of me, Indy had beaten all the other birds in the country and was the Grand National winner, the most coveted race in England was hers. I turned away some very significant offers to buy her from me as I wanted to breed my own family on long distance pigeons, just like Ton Bollebakker had before me and I now had a real jewel to work with. What on earth do you do after this? Well I decided that now the biggest race in England was in the bag it was time to try something different. In 2010 I had an even smaller race team as I had placed Indy, her sisters and two very good sons in the breeding loft, what was left for racing was all unproven at the distance. I set my sights on the BICC’s Pau International race, after 6 days in the basket they had a very hot race with a strong west wind again and low and behold up pops a remarkable Grizzle Cock who was one of the eggs Indy raced back to in July 2008 when she was 8th Open NFC Tarbes. This grizzle cock, named ‘Louis’ was 1st Section, 8th Open BICC Pau on his very first long distance race and won the Section by almost 200ypm. Louis 1st Section, 8th Open BICC Pau International in 2010 (direct son of Champion Indy) Both Indy and Louis have left their mark all over the country breeding fantastic pigeons for fanciers all over the UK and even some that have gone abroad. Please see the list of References for details. In my own lofts this year my 5th National Alençon is a granddaughter of Indy, and my 5th Section 40th Open BICC Pau is a grandson of her.
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