Vrosch-Meijers

INTERNATIONAAL WINNAAR: VROSCH-MEIJERS - HEERLEN NL
Met de gelukwensen van het "PIPATEAM" en al zijn bezoekers

“Barcelona Rambo” of Vrosch-Meijers from Heerlen (Ned.) wins 1st International Barcelona
The “Barcelona Rambo” NL00-2427013, which belongs to the duo Hub Vrosch and Mia Meijers from Heerlen in Limburg, Holland, has won the international Barcelona this Saturday with a lead of more than an hour. The victorious pigeon arrived in the morning at 5:05. Enormous sums of money are offered for the international winner, which will have his new owner on Sunday morning
The duo has given the victorious cock time to grow and develop and this year was it the first time that he was raced in such a big race. Prior to Barcelona he already shined as the 112th Prov. Bourges 6.989 p and the 142nd Prov. Bordeaux 6.012 p.
His father is “De Fons”, who is an offspring of the famous “Rambo Barcelona” NL94-2719115 of the duo Fons van Ophuizen and Marietje Marell from Landgraaf. He is one of the best Barcelona pigeons in the world, being 98th Nat. Barcelona ’01, 7.567 p., 159th Nat. Barcelona ’02, 8.713 p., 173rd Nat. Barcelona ’97, 7.047 p., 394th Nat. Barcelona ’98, 6.292 p., 550th Nat. Barcelona ’99, 8.140 p., 48th Nat. Dax, 404th Nat. Perpignan 6.857 p., etc.
“ Rambo Barcelona” comes from a son of the “Superkweker” (son of “Witbuik”) from a very well known long distance loft Batenburg and Son from Klaaswaal with a daughter of the 1st Internat. Marseille of Heinz Seegmuller, Grosteinhausen (D.).
The mother of “Fons” comes from a son of an infamous “Limoges” of the long distance champion Georges Carteus, Ronse with the daughter of the 1st Internat. Pau of Seegmuller.
The mother of the international winner of Barcelona is the “30”, which is a child of a brother of the “Barca” of Sierens-v.d. Broucke from Zwevegem via Thei Degens Heerlerheide with a granddaughter of the “Barcelona 1” of Kuypers brothers, Neer.
Vrosch-Meijers have sent four pigeons to Barcelona and they clocked them at 5:05, the second one at 10:04, the next one arrived at 10:48 and the last one was there at 11:58. Four prizes on four participating pigeons! On their spectacular list of records have lately been popping up many important prizes: 1st Nat. Marseille ‘00 5.739 p., 2nd Nat. Dax 8.243 p., 3rd Nat. Dax 16.046 p., 3rd Nat. Dax 12.186 p., 4th Nat. Barcelona 5.229 p., 6th Nat. Bordeaux 5.172 p., 10th Nat. Dax 13.308 p., 12th Nat. Bergerac 22.510 p., 13th Nat. Bergerac 22.510 p., 15th Internat. Barcelona 20.129 p., 15th Nat. Bordeaux, 4.878 p., 18th Nat. Marseille 4.601 p., 21st Nat. Barcelona 8.140 p., 26th Nat. Soustons 12.579 p., 27th Nat. Barcelona 8.582 p., 1st Internat. Barcelona ’03, 24.970 p……
The loft of Vrosch-Hermans is exclusively built up with pigeons of F. van Ophuizen-M. Marell, Landgraaf. The pigeon that has won the 1st Nat. Marseille originates directly from this loft. Moreover, the duo F. v.
Ophuizen-M. Marell have also clocked their pigeons with excellent times from Barcelona – at 9:23, 9:40, 10:16, and at 14.50 with five participating pigeons.