Successful Weekend for Jos and Lars Vercammen from Vremde: Top performances at Bourges II

Vremde - It was an exceptional weekend at the home of Jos and Lars Vercammen during the Bourges II flight. With a 2nd place national with the old birds, and a 3rd and 4th place national with the yearlings. Even better? It's possible! Jos and Lars clocked no less than 14 pigeons in the top-70 nationally, with 2 1st Nat.Z wins (old AND yearlings) on the same flight!

Fantastic Results in Difficult Conditions

Jos and Lars explain: "Headwind? Hot weather? Challenging conditions? We prayed for a long time for exactly these situations. Finally the day arrived when we got the challenges we had been so looking forward to. The headwind forced the pigeons to their limits, the hot weather tested their endurance and the difficult conditions demanded every ounce of our skills and determination. We knew this was our moment to shine. The result exceeded our expectations. Take a look at the fantastic performance of our team. Note: for many yearlings, this was their first national flight of the season, and for some even their very first national flight ever."

3x Top-10 National

Mustang Magic

3rd Nat. Bourges against 9,654 yearlings (1st Nat.Z 1,684b and 3rd fastest of 16,367b)
4th Prov. Noyon against 5,511b

Turbo Ito

2nd Nat.Z Bourges (504km) 1,684b (after a loftmate)
4th Nat. Bourges (504km) 9,654b
4th fastest Nat. Bourges (504km) 16,367b
43rd National Bourges (504km) 20,328b
10th. National z. Bourges (504km) 3,877b
15th fastest Provincial Noyon (208km) 5,511b
2nd Melun (310km) 176b
3rd Sermaises (362km) 293b
7th Melun (310km) 1.135b
7th Noyon (208km) 541b (after 6 loftmates)

Black Puncher

1st Nat.Z Bourges (504km) 1,161b
2nd Nat. Bourges (504km) 6,713b
15th Nat.Z. Bourges 2,062b (other flight)
189th Nat.Bourges 12,094b
50th Nat.Z. Bourges 1,653b (other race)
191st Nat. Bourges 9,922b
7th Melun (310km) 486b
9th Melun 645b (other race)
21st fastest Prov. Melun 4,033b
11th Noyon (208km) 386b
29th Noyon 1,090b
29th Melun 834b
20th Noyon 237b

National Success at Bourges II

The national results leave nothing to be desired:
Old birds (6,713 entrants): 
2nd, 25th, 40th, 62nd, 64th, 66th, 122nd, 168th, 200th... (19/24)
Yearlings (9,654 entrants): 
3rd, 4th, 32nd, 35th, 44th, 60th, 67th, 69th, 114th, 126th, 127th, 149th, 168th, 187th... (25/52)

They also achieved remarkable performances such as:
14 pigeons in the national top 70
3rd and 4th fastest nationally at Bourges (16,367 pigeons)
1st and 2nd signed yearlings win 4th and 32nd nationally (9,654 pigeons)
1st, 2nd and 3rd signed old birds win 40th, 62nd and 66th nationally (6,713 pigeons)

Also important to mention is the fact that several of Lars' and Jos' early pigeons are related to each other. Among other things, the "Mustang" line returns regularly in the pedigree of their early pigeons.

Conclusion

The weekend of 28 July marked exceptional success for Jos and Lars Vercammen from Vremde in the Bourges II flight. Their pigeons performed excellently despite the challenging weather conditions, with remarkable national results including a 2nd place in old birds and a 3rd and 4th place in yearlings. The quality of their pigeons, often from the same family, stood out.

Moreover, several individual performances by top pigeons such as "Black Puncher", "Mustang Magic" and "Turbo Ito" were highlighted, among other remarkable results from their racing team. There were simply too many early pigeons nationally to display them all extensively so we limited ourselves to the 3 pigeons that flew top-10 nationally. A complete overview of this great performance can be found on the website of the Vercammen loft via this link.

Congratulations to Jos & Lars from the whole Herbots team!

Maarten Herbots