Peter Theunis has every reason to be happy
Peter will be there in Poznan
Peter Theunis was on top of his game again in 2018, and his most memorable feats are of course his three victories NPO and his Olympiad nomination for the 36th Olympiad, which takes place from 25th to 27th of January in Poznan, Poland. His team was overwhelmingly strong this season, as you can tell from his 11 first prizes in Entente CC Westhoek '70. Peter has a top ranking in all the national competitions, and his results in the championships of Province Brabant 2000 are quite remarkable as well. This report takes us back to some of the highlights of 2018, and we also take a closer look at his Olympiad pigeon Olympic Millennium and his three winners NPO.
The best results of 2018:
21 april Peronne 216 km 2228 p. 1-2-3-10-11-12-13-14-17-24-25-26-30-etc.(51/58)
5 mei Pont St. Max 289 km 2373 p. 1-2-3-4-11-12-15-17-23-26-27-28-29-etc.(44/56)
Afdeling 22709 p. 4-6-8-9-etc.
19 mei Morlincourt 248 km 1665 p. 1-3-4-9-11-13-15-16-23-24-etc.(27/44)
30 juni Melun 356 km 489 p. 1-2-3-4-8-12-13-14-16-17-23-24-30-34-36-etc.(29/34)
7 juli La Souterraine 634 km 299 p. 1-2-7-11-12-17-18-20-25-37-etc.(11/14)
NPO 3087 p. 3-11-etc.
7 juli Bierges 91 km 1334 p. 1-2-3-5-6-10-11-17-18-20-21-26-28-etc.(37/86)
18 augustus Quiévrain 142 km 2054 p. 1-3-6-26-47-49-etc.(24/37)
1 september Gien 452 km 389 p. 1-3-4-5-7-11-13-17-20-34-41-42-etc.(20/40)
NPO 3917 p. 1-5-6-etc.
Olympic Millennium, Peter Theunis's flying miracle
Olympic Millennium, 2nd Dutch sprint pigeon at the Poznan Olympiad (Poland) 2019
Peter Theunis has had quite a bit of success over the course of his pigeon racing career. And most of his best results come from a group of pigeons with enormous potential. Still, even Peter was surprised to see what his NL17-3714984 Olympic Millennium pulled off this season. She is quite an Olympiad pigeon indeed; she won the following titles in her year of birth (2017) and as a yearling (2018):
1st PIPA Ranking Best young bird sprint in The Netherlands - 4 prizes 1st Ace Pigeon Sprint old birds Brabant 2000 2nd Dutch Olympiad Pigeon Poznan (Poland) category sprint old birds 2nd PIPA Ranking Best sprint/middle distance pigeon in The Netherlands 2018 – 10 prizes 3rd National Ace Pigeon sprint WHZB 2018 5th PIPA Ranking Best ace pigeon YBs in The Netherlands – 6 prizes 9th PIPA Ranking Best sprint pigeon in The Netherlands 2018 – 5 prizes
Olympic Millennium stems from the Rocket bloodline, which still plays an important role in Peter's loft, crossed with a son of Maxi (1st National Argenton 3660 p.) of Frans Maris (Itegem, BE). Click here for the full pedigree of Olympic Millennium.
Three wins in the NPO competition
At the end of a fantastic season, in which Peter also claimed three first prizes NPO, it was time to take a look at Olympic Millennium's list of achievements so far.
NL17-3732555 Super Daisy, 1st NPO Argenton 5187 p.
Super Daisy wins NPO race from Argenton
The first victory NPO of the season was won by NL17-3732555 Super Daisy, a one year old hen with quite a palmares already. She wins the following prizes in Province Brabant 2000:
1st NPO Argenton 5187 p. 6th Pont St. Maxence 11447 p. 20th NPO Sens 4971 p. 41st NPO Issoudun 7219 p. 51st Peronne 20806 p.
The sire of Super Daisy is NL11-3024491 Super Rossi, the number one breeder for Peter Theunis today. The dam of Super Daisy is NL16-1588028 Argentina, a hen that stems from Argenton (5 x teletext prize) of the successful Scheele Brothers (Terneuzen, NL). Click here for the pedigree of Super Daisy.
National Rossie, winner of a 1st NPO Gien
BE17-6020483 National Rossie, winner of a 1st NPO Gien of 6451 p.
Peter had to wait no longer than a week to get his second first prize in an NPO race. The middle distance race old birds from Gien is also part of the NPO competition, and it is in fact a sectoral race in Sector 1. The fastest pigeon in Province Brabant 2000 and the winner of the first prize NPO was BE17-6020483 National Rossie. There were just two pigeons faster than him in the sector, and so he also claims a 3rd prize in Sector 1 of 23,171 pigeons. This was not the first top result for National Rossie: he had already won an 11th Pont St. Maxence of 11447 p. He was bred by fellow fancier Peter van Oerle, from a daughter of his Super Rossi x grandson BE06-3008003 Rudy of Gaby Vandenabeele. Click here for National Rossie's full pedigree.
Lioness, winner of a 1st NPO Gien of 3917 p.
BE18-6021116 Lioness, 1st NPO Gien of 3917 p.
It was thanks to Peter van Oerle, the breeder of BE18-6021116 Lioness, that Peter Theunis was able to claim another victory, in the NPO race from Gien (young birds). Lioness was 1st of 3917 p. in Brabant 2000, while settling for second national in Sector 1 of 10,503 pigeons. Lioness showed her potential earlier on in Quievrain, with an 11th prize of 5088 pigeons. Lioness is a granddaughter of Blauwe Leeuw, which was 3rd, 10th and 2nd National Ace Pigeon KBDB in 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively. Click here for the pedigree of Lioness.
A clear battle plan
A conversation with Peter Theunis is usually very straightforward. He likes to get straight to business, as he has a clear take on pigeon racing. Peter races to win, preferrably in races of between 100 and 700km. He puts together his team with this goal in mind: he selects his pigeons at the end of the season, based on their results. This approach has really paid off over the years, and we reckon he will continue to reap the rewards in future seasons as well.