In the opening flight from Clermont, the duo Deprez-Bataille from Zwevegem immediately went all out. In "De vooruitstrevende duif" in Moen, the following phenomenal result was achieved:
Against 232 yearlings: 1,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,13,14,19,20,26,34,37,68,75,85,94,105, good for 21 out of 26!
Against 491 old pigeons, the result was: 1,4,5,6,7,8,9,12,14,19,31,37,57,58,75,93,103,149,184,201,221, good for 21 out of 31!
Silver went to fellow townsman Norbert Sierens, and bronze went to Mathias Putman, also from Zwevegem.
The winner "Elena" is a full sister of "Tiny Dancer": 9th Provincial Ace Pigeon Small Middle Distance 2023.
She was bred from top breeder "De Sterke Grijzen," which was directly obtained from Gert Van Limbergen in Lede, paired with a hen from Eric Vandekerckhove.
Results_clermont_local_old_13-04-24.pdf
Results_clermont_local_yearlings_13-04-24.pdf