Preview to Barcelona 2009

From Nic Middelharnis: the center of dutch long distance sports!

At the beginning from the pigeon season, fanciers from the long distances are looking forward to the moment that their season is starting. What takes waiting a long time, but finally, there is mid june. The long distance season in Holland and Belgium has started. In Holland we start with the national classic race from St. Vincent, with his rich history. And one week later there is the international exclusive Pau and so you can basket every week till the first week from of august for one or even two long distance races, between 800 and 1200 kilometer.

When I am writing this we basketed yesterday evening (28 june) our pigeons for the international classic race from Barcelona. This race is worldwide very famous and whole the pigeon world is following the arrivals on the internet.
The fanciers did the best they can to basket their favourites in top condition. Who will be immortal in pigeonworld next weekend?? Will it be a well-known professional managed loft with a lot of pigeons in the race, or is it the fancier with the small basket?
I am moere afraid from the fancier with the small basket. They often have proven long distance pigeons from great quality and the got a individual preparation for this Barcelona, wich is not possible for the fanciers with many pigeons.

Looking forward to the wheater forcast it seams that it will be a tough Barcelona with in Holland hardly arrivals round the middle of the 2nd day. 30 degrees or more and eastly wind it will make a battle for only the strongest.

In the national marking station Middelharnis 274 pigeons were basketed for this Barcelona race. Moost fanciers were a little nervous and were glad that endly their favourites were in the basket. I am sure that these pigeons included some early arrivals.
The quality from the pigeons in this area is from a very high level and the past brought here also from Barcelona big victories, and early birds, such there are Joop Torreman, international Barcelona winner some years ago

But also the famous Hagens bros, who won with Sarina the first international hens. Also Grootenboer from Stellendam won a few years ago the 3rd. national. This results was also made by the author from this article by winning the 3rd. national and the 5th. International.

Now it is count down till coming weekend and lets hope that the threat from thunderstorm by this rising temperatures will stay away till after coming weekend, so that we all can enjoy a great Barcelona race 2009 and all the participating country’s have a change for early arrivals.
Also in the U.K. Barcelona is more and more popular. They basketed 700 pigeons. (Belgium 13600 and Holland 8102). When the wind is blowing from the south also in the U.K. they can have a nice place on the list. .They also have great quality of distance racers and sometimes there are sensational arrivals, such as a few years ago a nunbeleavable result on great distance from Tarbes and also on the last Pau race with n.w. wind arrivals on the day of releasing.

Just a few nights of dreaming from Barcelona 2009. Fortunately the nights are short this time of the year and it is not a long time anymore before you sit and wait for your Barcelona favourites and than……. No pigeons known in the whole country and there is one coming with high speed direct from the right direction. The adrenalin flows through your body and what follows than????????????

Everybody good luck on Barcelona 2009Veel succes.

Jan Polder


Barcelona - EXACTE AANTALLEN DUIVEN!
Verhoging van het aantal duiven internationaal en ook in elk deelnemend land apart een verhoging van het aantal duiven! Enkel de cijfers uit Duitsland ontbreken nog.
België - Belgique - Belgium = 13.583 (+ 1881)
Nederland - Pays-Bas - The Netherlands = 8.102 (+1061)
Engeland - Angleterre - England = 700 (+ 375)
Luxemburg - Luxembourg = 95 (+10)
Polen - Pologne - Poland = 523 (+294)
Frankrijk - France - France = 2.516 (+597)
Duitsland - Allemagne - Germany = Later

TOTA(A)L = LATER
(tot nu toe 25.519 duiven, nog zonder Duitsland! - Untill now 25.519 pigeons, without Germany!)
(In 2008 = 23.708 duiven/pigeons Internationa(a)l)

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