Schepers Geert wins 1st National Bourges Yearlings (2005)
Geert and some friends... enjoying the victory, Heusden-Zolder
Because the wind was coming out of the west to south west, we could almost predict in which region the national winners of Bourges II would live: Limburg and Brabant. With Michel Van Lint (Brabant), winner of the young pigeons race, Geert Schepers (Limburg), winner of the yearlings race and Karlo Van Rompay (Limburg), winner of the old pigeons race, this prediction was 100% correct. The 5061402/2004, cock, of Geert not only wins against 12.766 yearlings, but he also wins the total race against 55.386 pigeons with the highest speed of 1588.39 m/m. In 2004 there were about 17.000 pigeons more on the Bourges race, but that doesn’t mean this victory is with less value!
Geert is 36 years old now and is working full time for the swedish IKEA company. That’s why he regularly can use a helping hand to take care of his pigeons. This helping hand is his father André Schepers, with who he raced in combination untill 1999. In that year father André decided to take his life a little bit more quiet. Off course it is very hard for him to quit completely with pigeon racing, that’s why he is happy to help his son where it is necessary.
Since three years now, father and son Schepers visit their friends Guisson-Vanbrabant to order one round of youngsters and one round of eggs, each year. The combination Guisson-Vanbrabant is a racing very well on the middle distance. These youngsters are trained together with some youngsters which Geert bred himself. That’s why these days, the current racing and breeding loft is housed with direct Guisson – Vanbrabant pigeons. That’s why it won’t be a surprise that the winning pigeon is also a direct Guisson – Vanbrabant pigeon. Both Geert Schepers and combination Guisson – Vanbrabant have mainly Pros Roosen pigeons as base. Also the national winner is a descendant of the world famous Computer I line of Pros Roosen.
This season Geert already won several top prices on the provincial races such as 2nd Prov. Vierzon. Also last week he won 11th Prov. La Ferte with a full brother of the national winner. One day later he won 1st prize in the club on the Blois race, with a full sister of the national winner. This is just to show you the strength of this pigeon family. This isn’t the first victory on Bourges for Geert because in 1994 he already won 1st Provincial Bourges Yearlings, in that time he still raced in combination with his father.
The system of Geert is very simple, he races his cocks with the widowhood system. Afther the arrival of the pigeons, they get electrolyts in their water. On monday they get tea and later in the week they get some vitamins, that’s all.
