The pigeons of Bart and Jurgen are particularly fond of Argenton, and they showed this again last Saturday with a 1st Provincial of 3,025 yearlings and a 2nd Provincial of 1,457 old birds.
Argenton on 23rd of June is a major success for team Geerinckx
The pigeons were released at 7 o’clock with excellent visibility and a slight northeasterly wind, which made this an honest race indeed. As the first pigeons arrived home fanciers started to work out when their first birds needed to arrive home. And tension was rising for Team Geerinckx as well, as they anticipated a possible arrival at 2:45pm. Tension turned into sheer joy as racing bird BE17-6024072 rushed home at 14h44’49”. The speed at which she arrived home really got their hopes up, and in he end she won a 1st Provincial of 3,025 pigeons in Antwerp, as well as a 6th National of 19,468 yearlings. And things got even better when BE16-6033507 arrived home at 14h47’22”, to claim a 2nd Provincial of 1,457 pigeons and a 15th National of 15,653 old birds, making this 2018 race from Argenton a memorable flight for the team.
Good blood never lies
Those that are familiar with Bart Geerinckx and his pigeon breed will probably know that he never sells pigeons with a great result to their name. These pigeons are invaluable in the breeding loft. That is not to say that these birds would never breed an untalented youngster of course. Bart explains: “But if you do breed a talented youngster from them, you can rest assured that it will be able to match or even exceed the palmares of their parents or forefathers.” In other words: champions breed champions, and a successful racing bird can enable you to get great results in future seasons as well. The pedigree of the two winners will make things even clearer.
