Martin Graham pictured proudly displaying Champion Brenda Anne his winner 1st Sect B & 7th Open St Malo 2017
MARTIN GRAHAM - BALLYMENA & DIST HPS -
LONG DISTANCE SPECTACULAR 28-12-17 @ 8PM in CHIMNEY CORNER FOOTBALL CLUB
Martin has on offer a small select draft of top quality stock bred especially for the stock loft . These birds are only offered , due to work & family commitments . Only a small select draft, with every bird on offer , having national winning blood running through their veins. The stock on offer will be bred from present day winning bloodlines and are either 1/2 brothers/sisters or closely related to the birds that Martin is timing regularly on the channel every season NB . Martin was 1st Sect B ( Only bird in race time ) & 7th Open St Malo ( Only 10 birds in race time ) 2017 plus 30th,56th & 86th Open INFC Yearling Nat - The hen at 86th open was clocked in Y/B Nat in prizes - give her a chance for the Triple Crown next year , Plus 230th Open INFC King’s Cup - Only flyer in NIPA Sect B to time in 2 x French races -
Same bloodlines on offer - not many -
QUALITY - NOT QUANTITY
Included in sale :
" Big Ben " & " Big 992 " - Direct Son & Dtr of " The Big Hen " ( Top Producer - Dam & G/Dam of over 47 x INFC & NIPA National P/Winners ) -
Direct Sons/Dtrs, G/Sons/G/Dtrs of the following :
"Champion Sunnyhill Producer " ( No 1 Producer - Sire , G/Sire , G/G/Sire of countless winners & p/winners inc. 4th Open St Malo ) ,
Champions " Rabs Delight " x " Westbound Lady " ( Winners 1st & 2nd INFC Kings Cup ) ,
Dir Dtr 17th Open St Malo 2014 ,
G/Dtr " Lady Helen " ( INFC Friendship Nat Winner ) & 1/2 sister 18th Open St Malo 2014 ,
" The Golden Pair " , etc.
The above sale will be online for all to view and bid and will be held over the Xmas period with the closing bid online the opening bid in the live room - Date : Thursday 28th Dec @ 8pm - Birds on View 7pm - Venue : Chimney Corner Football Club , Randalstown Road , Antrim . To view a sale list of the birds on offer log on to: www.pigeoncraic.com - To view all the lots on offer please log in to: www.pigeoncraic.com/auctions
STEVE GORE - ENGLAND- SALE - 28/12/17
STEVE GORE
Klass & Rik Van Dorp of Rotterdam
Steve first became aware of the Van Dorp family and their super performances way back in the late 1980s and 1990s from his very good friend, the late, great Jack Lagrand, also Rotterdam, who was a personal friend of the Van Dorp family. On one of his many visits to Jack and following frequent conversations on the telephone, it was arranged that in 2006 he would be able to purchase young birds from Van Dorp’s top breeding pairs at that time. Over the last 10 years Steve has become very good friends with Ric Van Dorp, again introducing select birds from their latest top breeders in 2007, 2011, 2013 and 2014. On his visit in 2007 Ric gave him the opportunity to hand pick another 12 young birds out of their stock lofts. The Van Dorp lofts have reached an all-time high over the last few seasons, becoming probably one of the best sprint/middle-distance lofts in Holland, and their birds are in great demand all over the world. A recent sale on PIPA saw birds reaching over €10,000 each. Introductions have come from other top fanciers, including their good friend Jan Ouwerkerk, G. & S. Verkerk and more recently L., B. & J. Geerinckx. Listed below are a few principal stock birds off Klas & Ric of which Steve has many children and grandchildren.
Here are a few.
" De 144" sire of 1st 23,230b (fastest 45,639b), 6th 19,060b, 7th 22,020b, 8th 21,470b, 8th 12,104b, 9th 17,788b;
" Super 17" - super racer/breeder, 2nd 14,736b, 6th 23,660b, 3rd 4,349b, 10th 12,560b, 43rd 21,525b, half-sister to 2nd 5,250b, 3rd 3,726b, 3rd 14,413b, 3rd 12,560b, 1st 10,000b;
Bertus, sire and g.sire (famous de 110), 2nd 10,979b NPO, 13th 6,503b NPO, 29th 15,845b NPO, also 1st 209b, 1st 624b, 1st 1,043b, 1st 3,245b, 2nd 7,299b, 7th 7,464b, 15th 7,600b, 15th 6,479b; De 228 (Voets Cock), sire of the loft, e.g. 1st 7,341b, 1st 3,190b, 1st 3,388b, 1st 873b, 1st 960b, 1st
5,457b, also the g.sire of Bob Donaldson’s famous producer Wearside Wondergirl, responsible for 50 x 1st Feds;
De 085, daughter of the famous yearling Couple, 1st 9,847b, 2nd 6,156b, 2nd 3,971b, 16th 11,264b, 29th 17,768b, top racer/breeder; the famous Yearling Couple, parents and grandparents of over 20 x 1st Prov/Combines up to 10,000b, the dam of the yearling Couple also a daughter of De 228;
De 368 and De 369, both sons of G. & S. Verkerk’s Miss Saigon and Peter Pan, these two brothers were prolific breeders for van Dorp; Kleine Jan, van Dorp’s most recent famous breeding cock, responsible for 1st 4,324b, 1st 10,969b, 1st 3,069b, 1st 2,725b, 1st 14,159b, 1st 2,103b, 1st
3,162b, 1st 1,970b, 1st 1,720b, 1st 865b, 1st 842b, 1st 815b, 1st 499b, 1st 458b, also g.sire of the following: 1st, 2nd and 3rd 3,945b, 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 2,558b, 1st 1,276b, 1st 3,184b, 4th 1,702b, 5th 1,276b, all won in 2016; the dam of the above pigeon, the famous Kleine Jan, is a full sister to Jan Ouwerkerk’s famous ‘483’ and ‘484’;
Olympic Gipsy, 1st Dutch Olympiad Superior Old Bird 2015 (Budapest), g.daughter De 221, son of De 228 and De 110, son of Bertus;
Miss Mantes, 1st 9,730b, 1st 2,050b, 9th 5,419b, 3rd 1,024b, 34th 9,517b, 32nd 3,027b, g.dam 1st 6,149b, also g.daughter of Bertus; De 483, 3rd 11,229b, 13th 7,086b, 22nd 22,232b;
De 484, 7th 15,848b, 8th 11,229b. These two brothers earned Jan Ouwerkerk the title of 1st and 2nd One-Day Long-Distance Champion of Holland (national). The sire of 483 and 484 is of van Dorp bloodlines. As you can see from the above, these are very impressive performances against thousands of birds.
STOP PRESS
Steve has sent over a very select draft , personally selected , off his very best .The above sale will be online for all to view and bid and will be held over the Xmas period with the closing bid online the opening bid in the live room - Date : Thursday 28th Dec @ 8pm - Birds on View 7pm - Venue : Chimney Corner Football Club , Randalstown Road , Antrim . To view a sale list of the birds on offer log on to: www.pigeoncraic.com - To view all the lots on offer please log in to: www.pigeoncraic.com/auctions
On Offer will be brothers and sisters, half-brothers and half-sisters to the likes of Harper & Young’s (N.I.) super breeding hen, responsible for at least 10 Federation/Combines, including 1st and 2nd Open EDC young Bird Derby and two weeks later 7th and 23rd Open INFC Skibbereen Y/B National. In two years’ breeding she bred 3 x 1st Open EDC, 4 x 2nd Open EDC plus a host of Open prizewinners. Mr & Mrs Robinson - Carrick - have recorded many top results with the Van Dorps at club & nat level . Steves good friend , Bob Donaldson , of the north-east has topped his Federation with his van Dorps. As many are well aware, Bob’s fantastic breeding hen, Wearside Wondergirl, is pure van Dorp, responsible for 50 x 1st Feds (up to 2016). Her dam is also a direct daughter of De 228 to which Steve own's half-brothers and sisters (Voets Cock).