Piet van de Merwe from Dordrecht in The Netherlands

The miracle man of Dordrecht strikes again in 2006

Peronne (243 km) 44.240p: 5-11-13-19-22-27-28-29-30-34-35-43 …17 in top 100

Chantilly (320 km) 22.571p: 2-8-9-41-50…

Chantilly 30.074p: 3…

By Johan Kempen

Dordrecht

My host of today lives in The Netherlands, some kilometers below Rotterdam. Piet van de Merwe is with no doubt the best fancier in The Netherlands on middle distance races 100-600 km with the youngsters and old birds. His results are really amazing each year. You will see in this article. He is the top on middle distance in The Netherlands.

Results Piet van de Merwe 100-500 km in 2003

Hensies 7.045 p :5- 7-8-13-14-22-24-25-27-37-43-48-60-81-87 50-entered/38 prize

Peronne 3.778 p :2-22-34-35-37-41-52-65-83-89 58-entered/31 prize

Ablis 3.090 p

1-13-18-19-21-23-34-36-77-97 56entered/29 prize

Duffel 1.997' p: 4-6-7-9-10-11-25-26-53-56-58-59-60-64-65- 68- 70- 72- 74- 79-82-84-86-89-90-91-96 99-entered/50 prize

Peronne 6.394 p :3-5-7-12-16-19-20-22-28-34-36-37-38-56-60- 61-62-63-83-84 94-entered/57 prize

Chantilly 5.156 p :10-13-28-33-34-35-47-51-58-59-68-76- 80-82-85 86-entered/50 prize

National Chantilly NPO Sector 5 13.953 p 1-2-6-8-21-24-26-37-39-40-49-56-58-80-81-96 84entered/43 prize

But than came 2004. Piet amazed the world again with other results:

National Bourges NPO 11.311p: 3-6-35-37-44-83-146-212-223-226-296…

National Chateauroux NPO 12.074p: 1-29-46-68-75-77-97…

Chantilly 21.892p: 10-11-17-18-21-38-41-74-80-100…

Argenton 270p: 1-2-9-12-16-21-34-37…

Peronne NPO 9339 youngsters: 10-12-23-25-67-69…

Ablis national NPO 7195 youngsters: 2-36-41-45-46-49-58-62-79-85-98…

Niergnies 30.635 youngsters: 1-10-31-34-98…

Piet van de Merwe is famous for his amazing results on the national NPO race for youngsters. He is the only fancier that could win this race 7 times in a row:

1998: 1ste national Orleans 11.525p

1999: 1st national Orleans 12.957p

2000: 1st NPO nat. race Pont St-Maxence 17.556p

2001: 1st –2nd NPO race Ablis 21.009p national race cancelled

2002: 1st nat. Troyes 8.764p

2003: 1st –2nd nat. NPO race Chantilly 13.953p

2004: 1st NPO race Chateauroux 12.074p

In 2005 the same top results:

Peronne: 242 km.

37.385 pigeons Provincial :1-8-9-12-16-25-26-48-74-76-82 …

Chantilly: 330 km. :15.075 pigeons Provincial :3-4-16-18-23-51-60-89 ...

Peronne: 242 km. 21.725 pigeons Provincial :5-14-16-97-122-128-148-196 …

Menen: 155 km.778 pigeons Local :2-4-7-8-15-20-24-25-28-31-32-41-50-53-54-55-61-62-63-66-76-78-81-82-91-94 …

Chantilly: 330 km.328 pigeons Local :1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9-11-19-20-22-24-25 ...

Pont St. Max: 315 km.1034 pigeons Local:3-7-9-14-15-18-19-20-26-33-37-38-40-47-57-59-65-68-76-81-84 …

Le Mans: 531 km.National Zone 3: 34.932 pigeons :5th price

National: 99.104 pigeons:27th price

Chateauroux: 595 km.National NPO 7.086 pigeons :3-6 …

Pont St. Max: 315 km.National NPO 31.168 pigeons:4-9 …

Olympic Pigeon Holland Allround Porto Portugal 2005

The show goes on in 2006

Duffel: 1402 pigeons (80 km).:1-6-9-14-15-16-28-41-43-46- …

Strombeek: 1390 pigeons (103 km).:1-2-4-5-6-11-15-18-24-33-38-41 …

Peronne: 1332 pigeons (243 km).:2-3-4-6-8-10-11-12-13-16-17-19-21-24-25-28-30-31-35-37-41-53-59 …

Peronne: 5902 pigeons :5-6-7-13-15-19-20-21-22-25-26-37-42-43-49-63-66-67-78 …

Peronne: 44.240 pigeons Provincial :5-11-13-19-22-27-28-29-30-34-35-43-55-65-75-96-100 …

Creil: 1427 pigeons (325 km.) :1-2-3-4-12-15-20-30-40-44-58-59-64-78-96 ..

Creil: 6048 pigeons :4-5-8-11 …

Tours: 357 pigeons (570 km.) :1-3 ...

Peronne: 665 pigeons (243 km) :2-4-5-7-13-15-16-17-22-23-26-27-39-58-62-63-67-69

Peronne: 2914 pigeons :3-15-16-24-49-52-54-62-77-

Chantilly 577 pigeons (320 km.):1-6-7-13-16-22-23-29-30-33-42-49-53-69

Chantilly 2583 pigeons:2-8-9-19-43-44-58-62-68-92 …

Chantilly 22.571 pigeons Provincial:2-8-9-41-50 …

Chantilly 30.074 pigeons : 3-…

Creil: 466 pigeons (325 km.) :2-3-6-8-14-18-26-34-36-38-50-68-83 …

Creil: 2021 pigeons :5-19-30-39-56-75-98 …

Argenton: 170 pigeons (624 km.) :1 …

Chantilly: 322 pigeons (330 km.):1-3-4-6-7-8-11-13-16-23-26-27-31-39-42 ..

Duffel: 1644 pigeons (80 km.):1-2-20-43-45-49-72-77-82-99 …

Chantilly: 1169 pigeons (330 km.):1-8-15-16-18-19-35-37-38-52-56-58-74-77-83-84-85

30.074pigeons provincial: 3…

Duffel: 777 pigeons (80 km.):1-6-7-8-9-10-18-20-27-29-33-45-84-93-96-97-99-100 Duffel: 560 pigeons (80 km.):1-4-5-10-12-16-18-31-35-36-38-39-43-44-46-90-94

Duffel: 3605 pigeons:1-11-12-50-68 …

Strombeek: 598 pigeons (103 km.):1-2-3-6-8-10-13-14-16-25-26-28-31 ….

Strombeek: 3448 pigeons :2-4-5-10-18-21-25-26-37 enz.

Harchies: 818 pigeons (160 km.):3-4-5-6-7-10-11-12-20-21-23-31-35-36-41-42-43-54-60-62-79-80 ….

Harchies: 4229 pigeons:3-4-10-11-14-21-22-23-42-47-58-100 …

Peronne: 752 pigeons (243 km.):1-2-3-5-7-8-10-15-17-22-23-24-25-26-28-33-34-35-36-37-43-48-54-55-56-59-65-66-67-74-75 …

Chantilly: 396 pigeons (330 km.):1-2-3-5-6-9-10-11-16-18-24-30-32-35-39-40-43-52-53-54-55 …

Chantilly: 1690 pigeons:1-5-9-12-22-46-50-51-80-84 …

First Prices Piet v.d. Merwe 2006

1e Duffel 3606 p.

1e Chantilly 1690 p.

1e Duffel 1644 p.

1e Creil 1427 p.

1e Duffel 1402 p.

1e Strombeek 1390 p.

1e Chantilly 1169 p.

1e Peronne 752 p.

1e Strombeek 598 p.

1e Chantilly 577 p.

1e Duffel 560 p.

1e Tours 357 p.

1e Chantilly 322 p.

1e Argenton 170 p.

He is the King of Orleans race in The Netherlands with the youngsters:

1989: 10.059p: 3-5-13-14-15-17

1990: 10.182p: 1-3-4-13-33-40-45

1991: 11.244p: 16-22-44-52

1992: 19.050p: 2-23-29-52-58-61

1993: 10.029p: 27-68-79

1994: 8.635p: 2

1995: 17.202p: 2-10-20-26-27-28

1996: 15.670p: 7

1997: 14.093p: 4-12-15-17

1998: 18.379p: 1

1999: 12.851p: 1-6-14

This national Orleans race was not held after 1999, but other races took this place.

I don’t think that I made an article of a better middle distance racer ever!!! Who is this man?

Piet van de Merwe

Piet van de Merwe is 58 years old now and has raced pigeons since he was 6. His father, Han, was a pigeon fancier. Han and Piet raced together for 18 years. He worked in the construction business and his wife Gerda helped him with the daily work of the birds. The roots of his success go back to the seventies. Piet bought youngsters from the famous Edmond Tournier in Lommel (Belgium). He bought the cock B5318917/76 in 1976 and the hen B5301917/79 in 1979. He matched this bird and it was the beginning of a career in pigeon racing. Some excellent racers were bred out of this pair. One direct child won a car in 1986; a grandchild won a car in 1990. Piet also bought birds from G.&C.Koopman (Nieuw-Amsterdam) in 1980, 1985 and 1990. Other important birds came from brothers de Wit (Kouwerkerk a.d.Rijn) in 1990. Piet bought NL89-1352630 and NL89-1352645. He bred the cock ‘NL90-5099104’ from this pair in 1990; he won 1st national Orleans 10.182p. The youngsters NL91-5079238 and

NL50792239 were bred in 1991. The finished 1st and 4th in the famous National Dutch competition ‘Wie Heeft Ze Beter’ (WHZB). The youngster NL92-5205338, bred in 1992 from the same pair, became 8th best youngster of The Netherlands that year. (WHZB)

Piet wanted the best birds available in Holland. He bought from Cees de Waal (Dordrecht) the cock NL5205404/92, later the father of NL96-5664751: 2nd best Ace Pigeon old birds in The Netherlands. He bought a cock from Jan Goris (Hoogstraten B) and it became the father of NL98/5870444 (1st Orleans in 1998). He changes birds with his daughter Batenburg-van de Merwe (Klaaswaal) for several years now, with big success.

Top hen: NL1989376-00 Femke

1st national NPO Pont St. Maxence 17.556 pigeons in 2000.

The father is ‘NL96-2638117 Joop’, strain Janssen and excellent success on the races:

1st Peronne 1716p

4th Creil 2340p

5th Ablis 2160p

6th Peronne 3040p

7th Creil 2803p

10th Creil 2224p

13th Etampes 3595p

14th Chantilly 2890p

16th Peronne 2327p

16th Etampes 3631p

17th Creil 3699p

The father of this ‘Joop’ won 1st Creil 3978p, 2nd Peronne 3640p, 2nd Peronne 2196p, 3rd Etampes 5795p, 3rd Creil 2803p, 4th Ablis 2160p…A strain of birds that can win 1 prizes. The mother of ‘Femke’ is ‘NL5739199/97 Charlotte’. She won: 6th Peronne 765p, 13th Orleans 1272p, 39th Creil 1203p, 42nd Strombeek 2738p, 47th Etampes 1899p, 52nd Peronne 1455p, 62nd Duffel 1473p, 67th Houdeng 2636p, 86th Creil 1009p…Another daughter of her is ’98-431’= 4th World champion Versele-Laga.

‘ Femke’ has become one of the best breeding hens in The Netherlands:

01-561 ‘Anita’ won 1st National NPO Ablis 21.009p in 2001

01-514 won 2nd nat. NPO Chateauroux 9.010p in 2001

02-457 won 2nd nat. NPO Bourges 9.399p in 2002

02-867 won 5th nat. NPO Chantilly 12.108p in 2002

The grandchild 03-544 won 6th nat. NPO Chantilly 13.953p in 2003

NL1195681-98

This breeder is the father of ‘Anita’ (1st nat. NPO Ablis 21.009p), 01-514 (2nd nat. Chateauroux 9010p), 02-867 (5th nat. Chantilly 12.108p), 03-672 (3rd Peronne 6394p). The sire of this cock is ‘NL5376438-93’, grandson of the cock that won a car. The mother is ‘Dinie NL2674753-93’, strain Janssen x Tournier x De Klak. (Won 8th Roye 2583p, 8th Orleans 2353p, 68th Moeskroen 6305p, and 133rd Oudenaarde 6040p).

Anita NL5150561-01

1st nat. NPO Ablis 21.009p

She is the mother of 3rd Niergnies 6459p and 26th nat. NPO Chantilly 13.953p. The father of ‘Anita’ is NL1195681-98 and the mother is ‘NL1989376-00 Femke’ (1st National NPO Pont St Maxense 17.556p).

NL2469540-00 Daughter Porky

This breeding hen is direct from the loft Kees Bosua. She is the mother of:

01-563 6th best youngster WHZB 2001

00-540

‘Miss Troyes 1st nat. Troyes 12.067p

The father ‘Porky’ won at Bosua: 1st Strombeek 5330p, 1st Roye 9282p…the mother ‘Miss Marbella’ won at Bosua 1st Sens 21.033p.

Son Lance NL5054778-00

7th Chantilly 913p

9th Peronne 1467p

13th St.Ghislain 838p

15th Chantilly 720p

15th Niergnies 1188p

42nd Morlincourt 894p

He is the direct father of 6th Ace Pigeon youngsters 2001 and father ‘Miss Troyes’ =1st Nat. Troyes 12.067p. The father is ‘Lance NL5664750-96’ (strain De Wit x van de Merwe) won 1st Strombeek 2335p, 1st Pont St. Maxence 1418p, 5th Etampes 1902p, 5th Etampes 1899p, 6th Chantilly 1699p, 9th Ablis 2150p, 10th Duffel 2061p, 3rd Ablis 688p, 15th Niergnies 1040p, 15th Niergnies 891p, 30th Chantilly 989p, 33rd Peronne 1936p, 37th Ablis 1805p, 75th Creil 1022p. The mother ‘NL5739199-97’ won 6th Peronne 765p, 13th Orleans 1272p, 39th Creil 1203p, 42nd Strombeek 2738p, 47th Etampes 1899p, 52nd Peronne 1455, 62nd Duffel 1473p, 67th Houdeng 2636p, 86th Creil 1009p.

‘Miss Troyes NL5236871-02’

1st Nat. NPO Troyes 12.067p

34th Niergnies 6799p

52nd Chantilly 3078p

121st nat. Chantilly 12.108p

74th Hensies 1728p

155th Pont St. Maxence 1279p

The father is ‘Son Lance NL778-00’ and the mother is ‘Daughter Porky NL540-00’.

NL2373678/99

This hen is on breeding loft and is the sister of ‘Ronaldo’ (2nd Ace Pigeon WHZB in 1997). She is the mother of:

NL340/00 : 2nd National Ace Pigeon and 5th best youngster WHZB

NL339/00: 1st Niergnies 1188p

NL696/03: 24th nat. Chantilly NPO 13.953p, 7th Peronne 6394p

She has a golden pedigree. The parents are a dream pair/ The father is ‘Romeo NL404/92’ and the mother is ‘Julia NL029/93’.

NL5957358/99 Son Mooie Bange

The father of this stock bird is‘Mooie Bange NL044/96’ is direct from C. Bosua and the mother is ‘Tamara NL073/96’ also C. Bosua. The cock 358 is father of:

NL516/01: 1ste Duffel 601p

NL853/02: 1st Niergnies 3395p

NL651/03: 6th nat. Bourges NPO 11.311p, 33rd Chantilly 48.030p, 63rd Blois 20.755p

NL561/04: De Prins won 1st Niergnies 30.635p

‘Tilly NL1147520-03’

1st Nat. NPO Chantilly sector 5 against 13.953p in 2003

This hen was a gift from Batenburg-van de Merwe (Klaaswaal). The father ‘NL1032225-99’ is from J.P. van Nederpelt (crossbreeding van de Merwe x JP van Nederpelt); a super cock because is the direct father of 1st Chantilly 3179p, 1st Chantilly 6542p, 3rd Nat. NPO Chantilly 14.711p, 1st Orleans 157p, 18th Orleans 2405p… The mother of ‘Tilly’ is NL2373659-99’, daughter of ‘Joop’X ‘Sister Ronaldo’.

NL5301646-03

2nd Nat. NPO Chantilly 13.953p in 2004

21st Chantilly 1347p

112th Peronne 1571p

141st Duffel 1997p

161st Peronne 893p

376th Strombeek 1910p

She is a daughter of ‘Son Joop’ x ‘Sister Ronaldo’. The mother is a daughter of ‘Lance’ x daughter of ‘Joop’. Here we have the important strains of Piet van de Merwe.

Sofie NL5301703/03

1st Peronne 26.379p

3rd Bourges 11.311p

3rd Pont St Maxence 1.684p

5th Peronne 6.394p

6th Chantilly 24.370p

7th Strombeek 5454p

8th Chantilly 13.953p

9th Peronne 14.919p

10th Ablis 2.092p

11th Peronne 3968p

21st Chantilly 21.982p

29th Chateauroux 12.074p

Olympic Pigeon Holland Allround Porto 2005

1ste Ace Pigeon WHZB 2004

The father of this flying Wonder is ‘NL798/99’, a son of ‘Lance 750/96’. The mother is ‘NL677/98’, daughter of ‘Dream Couple’ (Romeo X Julia)

Julia NL5301648/2003

1st National NPO Chateauroux 12.074p 2004

49th Nat. NPO Chantilly 13.953p

The father of this hen is ‘NL 422/96’, a son of ‘500’ (strain Tournier). The mother is ‘NL674/01’, J vd Graaf.

Son Femke NL2061614/04

1st Creil 1427p

4th Creil 6048p

2nd Ablis 1406p

10th Ablis 5446p

9th Chantilly 328p

89th Chantilly 15.075p

39th Peronne 665p

39th Chantilly 322p

41st Duffel 1402p

The mother is the breeding wonder ‘Femke 376/00’ and the father is ‘De Teletekst NL1095399/97’. He is from Vanderwaaijen brothers via J Ulrich . ‘De teletekst’ won 2nd national NPO LA Ferte 13.452p but is father of several top racers: 1st Gislain 14.380p, 2nd nat. Orleans 18.184p, 1st Pont St Max 6488p, 1st Bourges 5445p…

Prins NL2061561/04

1st Niergnies 30.625p

1st Duffel 3605p

1st Argenton 170p

16th Creil 17.846p

41st Chantilly 22.571p

18th Strombeek 3448p

14th Peronne 21.725p

The sire is ‘Son Mooie Bange NL358/99’, direct from Ooyen Groenewegen, strain C. Bosua from his ‘NL044/96’ x ‘Tamara’. The mother is ‘Mother Sofie NL677/98’, a daughter of the dreampair ‘Romeo NL404/92’ C v.d. Waal X ‘Julia NL029/93’ De Wit Brothers.

Daughter Miss Troyes NL2061519/04

1st Tours 357p

5th Strombeek 1390p

5th Duffel 876p

6th Harchies 721p

6th Chateauroux 166p

8th Peronne 1222p

8th Duffel 1799p

8th Orleans 320p

12th Ablis 686p

13th Peronne 1322p

23rd Chantilly 577p

28th Vierzon 336p

29th Blois 342p

27th Chantilly 322p

40th Ablis 1406p

40th Pont st Max 1034p

56th Duffel 921p

The mother is ‘Miss Troyes NL871/02’ and the father is ‘NL 547/02 The Young Ulrich’, from basis pair ‘De teletekst’ X ‘Femke’.

Method

Piet sold all his birds to China by the end of 1999. He has bred himself one round of youngsters and became Champion of The Netherlands in 2000 and won 1st national Ablis. Who can do this? Only one fancier…Piet van de Merwe.

The breeders are matched half December. The racing birds are matched half January: 29 widowers, 16th hens for widowhoods. All could raise youngsters one and breed on eggs for some days. Than the widowhood can begin. The youngsters move to another compartment with a big aviary. The youngsters leave the compartment in the aviary. The youngsters are darkened from the beginning of March till 21st June, from 18.30 h PM –8.00 AM. The tossing of the youngsters is late. It starts three weeks before the races: 5 x from 5-30 km. The youngsters are tossed every

Results from the strain Piet van de Merwe on other lofts in 2003

le Nat. Mont de Marsan 7.245 d. Ad Fortuin 50%

2e Nat. Mont de Marsan 7.245 d. Batenburg-v.d. Merwe 50%

2e Nat. NPO Bourges 9.399 d. Batenburg-v.d. Merwe 50%

7e Nat. NPO Chantilly 17.818 d. Ad Fortuin 100%

9th Nat. Troyes 9.981 d. P. Muller 100%

10e Nat. NPO St.Quentin A.M.van Duivenvoorden 100%

12e Nat. NPO Chantilly 13.953 d. W. Spierings 50%

13e Nat. NPO Chantilly 13.953 d. W. Spierings 50%

1e Strombeek 7.580 d. Ooijen-Groenewegen 500%

1 e Chantilly 1.928 d. J. De Graaf en Zn. 50%

National Top 10 prizes 1998-2006

2000 National Champion Youngsters in The Netherlands

1998

1st Nat. Orleans 11.525 p

1999

1st Nat. Orleans 12.957 p

1999

6th Nat. Orleans 12.957 p

2000

1st Nat. NPO Pont St. Maxence 17.556 p

2001

1st Nat. NPO Ablis 21.009 p

2001

2nd Nat. NPO Ablis 21.009 p

2002

1st Nat. Troyes 12.067 p

2002

2nd Nat. NPO Chateauroux 9.010 p

2002

2nd Nat. NPO Chantilly 12.108 p

2002

4th Nat. NPO Chantil1y 12.108 p

2002

5th Nat. NPO Chantilly 12.108 p

2003

1st Nat. NPO Chantilly 13.953 p

2003

2nd Nat. NPO Chantilly 13.953 p

2003

6th Nat. NPO Chantil1y 13.953 p

2003

8th Nat. NPO Chantilly 13.953 p

2004

1st Nat. NPO Chateauroux 12.074p

2004

2nd Nat. Ablis NPO 7195p

2004

3rd Nat. Bourges NPO 11.311p

2004

6th Nat. Bourges NPO 11.311p

2005

3rd Nat. Chateauroux NPO 7.086p

2005

6th Nat. Chateauroux NPO 7.086p

2005

4th Nat. Pont St-Max NPO 31.168p

2005

9th Nat. Pont St-Max NPO 31.168p

2006

3rd National Chantilly NPO 30.074p

National Championship WHZB (Wie Heeft Ze Beter)

1988

1st Best Young Pigeon

9th Best Young Pigeon

1989

6e Young Ace Pigeon

7 e Best Young Pigeon

8e Best Young Pigeon

1990

2e Best Old Pigeon

1991

1 e Young Ace Pigeon

4th Young Ace Pigeon

1992

8th Best Young Pigeon

1993

11th Young Ace Pigeon

1997

2nd Old Ace Pigeon

1998

3rd Best Young Pigeon

12th Young Ace Pigeon

1999

2nd Best Young Pigeon

2000

5th Best Young Pigeon

12th Best Young Pigeon

7th Young Ace Pigeon

13th Young Ace Pigeon

18th Young Ace Pigeon

2001

8th 01d Ace Pigeon

6th Best Young Pigeon

2002 and 2003 No Ace Pigeons

2004

1st Ace Pigeon Old birds