International Racing Pigeon Issue nr 3 . June 2018 | Page 42

AARDENS – LONG DISTANCE, 400+ MILES CHAMPION SEREN ELEVEN GB07A36849 One of the best, if not the best, 500 mile pigeon in Europe! Winner of 1 st Open National Bergerac 503 miles, 2 nd Sec 2 nd Open Nat Bergerac, 1 st Sec 3 rd Open Nat Saintes 433 miles, 6 th Sec 6 th Open Nat Messac 279 miles, 8 th Sec 24 th Open Nat Tours 347 miles, 18 th Sec 33 rd Open Nat Messac, 35 th Open Nat Fougeres 251 miles, 8 th Sec 66 th Open BICC Nat Poitiers 391 miles 2 nd Sec 17 th Open CSCFC Bergerac 6 th Sec 44 th Open CSCFC Bergerac. Winner of the Gold Cup in 2009, scoring in 1908 miles of racing! Sire of 8 th Sec 8 th Open BICC Falaise 237 miles & G.Sire of 1 st prize winners also 1 st Sec 14 th Open NRCC Thurso 477 miles, longest flyer to clock on the day, 2 nd Section BICC Fougeres. Raced by Dennis Ford Van Geel Aarden. SOLWAYVIEW BOY SU12S775 Winner of 1 st Open Scottish National Flying Club Ancenis 534 miles 1274 ypm 47 ypm in front of the next pigeon. 4 th Section 226 th Open SNFC Maidstone 304 miles 1101 ypm 4,484 birds. Both results in 2014 as a 2 year old. Bred and raced by Craig Halbert. Now at stock with us. Another great addition to our high performance lofts, bought in for 2018 breeding season. Double G.G.Son of “Morning Joy” (1 st Sec 13 th SNFC Alencon 473 miles) who’s a G.G.Dau of our foundation Aarden cock “645”. The dam of Solwayview Boy was bred by us & is a G.Dau of “645”. Tumley Aarden