International Racing Pigeon Issue nr 3 . June 2018 | Page 11

VlekJe

1984 Car winner and 2nd national Dax. Later, as a stock bird, he became famous

as the father and grandfather of many superior pigeons which excelled in the marathons of the skies.

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were already 140 original Van Geel pigeons at Machiel Buijk's loft, bred only from the best racers and breeders and therefore the Van Geel strain was saved for the future. During the years, Machiel Buijk had more than 300 original Van Geel pigeons at his loft and he cherished them like they were nuggets of gold but at the same time he did not hesitate to eliminate any pigeons, not coming up to his high standards. In the past even children of the 'Dolle', the 'Lange' and Vlekje' ended their career in a dustbin, just and

only because they did not fulfil the high standards set by Machiel and he eliminated over 50, % of the 300 direct Van Geel birds. Only pigeons, bred from the very best Van Geel's and moreover with the thoroughbred characteristics of this Jan Aarden strain were allowed to stay and by applying these standards Machiel Buijk saved the strain of Van Geel from a total crumbling. Machiel Buijk has been very successful with the Van Geel pigeons and he proved once again how valuable the Van Geel

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