Team Bang 1. National Champions Marathon 2024

Team Bang had a fantastic season 2024 – and became 1. National Champions Marathon!

Their fantastic longdistance family showed again its value – wellbuilt from the foundation breeders from their own strain, De Rauw-Sablon, F&J Vandenheede and Twan Bongers.

Championship pigeons 2024:

013-20-0584 SIMPLY THE BEST II:
Co-winner 1. National Championship Marathon 2024
1. Provincial Giesen 2024
1. Section Göttingen 2024
1. Section Garlstorf 2021

013-21-2346:
Co-winner 1. National Championship Marathon 2024
1. Section Münich – 4. National Münich 2024
1. Section Rouen – 4. National Rouen 2024

013-22-4469 ROUTE 69:
Co-winner 1. National Championship Marathon 2024
2. Section – 4. National Baden-Baden 2024
13. Section – 57. National Rouen 2024 etc.

013-22-4478 THE LADY IN BLACK:
Co-winner 1. National Championship Marathon 2024
2. Section – 9. National Rouen 2024

013-22-4901 DM FREDDY:
Co-winner 1. National Championship Marathon 2024
4. Provincial Antwerp 2024
2. Section Hannover 2023
12. Giesen 2024

National Championships the last decade:
1. National Champion Marathon 2024
1. National-Cup 2024
1. National-Cup 2019
2. National-Cup 2021
2. National Champion Nominated 2018
2. National Champion Nominated 2015
2. National Champion Unnominated 2015
3. Super-Cup 2023
3. Super-Cup 2022
3. National-Cup 2022
3. National Champion Unnominated 2016
4. National Champion Nominated 2017
5. Super-Cup 2020
5. National-Cup 2018
5. Super-Cup 2016
6. National Champion Longdistance 2023
6. National Champion Longdistance 2020
7. National Champion Marathon 2020
7. Super-Cup 2018
8. National Champion Unnominated 2017
9. National Champion Nominated 2022
9. National Champion Marathon 2022
10. National Champion Marathon 2023

Breeding pigeons:
The most important breeders are:

NL-11-1237709 RAALE FRIDA (Org. Anton Ruitenberg)

Superb breeding hen – dam i.e. to:

013-12-1323: 5 x 1. Prize winner (4 times on longdistance), 3 x 1. Acepigeon, Olympiad Bird 2017
013-12-1324: Acepigeon several times – many topprizes incl. 2. Section Dresden, 3. Section Würzburg
013-15-0164: 1. Acepigeon 2016, 2. Acepigeon 2017, 6. Acepigeon 2017, Olympiad Bird 2017
013-14-1321: 1. Prov. Hannover
013-15-0321: 1. Section Stendal 2018 and Acepigeon
000-15-6314: 1. Section Stendal and 3. Acepigeon LD, 10. Acepigeon 2017
000-17-1462: 10. Acepigeon LD 2019
000-18-3346: 7. Acepigeon LD 2020
013-22-2321: 1. Section Hannover.

RAALE FRIDA is also granddam to several toppigeons i.e.:
013-18-0172: 1. Prov. Antwerp
013-17-0427: 1. Section Gottingen
013-21-2813: 1. Section Münich

Also granddam to THE SPONSOR:
1. Prov. Antwerp Sponsor-race 2019 594 km
3. National Antwerp Sponsor-race 2019 594 km
1. Section Würzburg 2021 595 km
2. Section Acepigeon Longdistance 2021
4. Section Acepigeon Allround 2021
4. Section Acepigeon Longdistance 2022
8. Prov. Acepigeon Longdistance 2021
9. Section Acepigeon 2021

And THE STAR 013-21-2355:
3. Olympiad Pigeon Allround 2023
1. Acepigeon Allround Section 2022
1. Acepigeon Longdistance Section 2023
3. Acepigeon Section 2022
3. Acepigeon Longdistance Section 2022 etc.

Amazing breeding results!

Another very important foundation breeder is NL-10-4193883 TRIPLE DARK (Org. Twan Bongers)

He is sire i.e. to:

KLEINE BONGERS:
1. Section Karlsruhe 2019 670 km
1. Section Karlsruhe 2020 670 km
1. Section Hannover
2. Section Dresden etc.

RED BONGERS:
1. Section Karlsruhe 2019
4. Section Würzburg 2019

THE PEARL:
1. Section Munich 2020
2. National Munich 2020
1. Prov. Celle
3. Section Karlsruhe
7. Section Dresden
7. Section Husum etc.
2. Acepigeon Section Hens 2020
4. Acepigeon Section Longdistance Hens 2019
8. Acepigeon Section Longdistance Hens 2020

And grandsire i.e. to:

THE SPONSOR:
1. Prov. Antwerp Sponsor-race 2019 594 km
3. National Antwerp Sponsor-race 2019 594 km
1. Section Würzburg 2021 595 km
2. Section Acepigeon Longdistance 2021
4. Section Acepigeon Allround 2021
4. Section Acepigeon Longdistance 2022
8. Prov. Acepigeon Longdistance 2021
9. Section Acepigeon 2021

And THE STAR 013-21-2355:
3. Olympiad Pigeon Allround 2023
1. Acepigeon Allround Section 2022
1. Acepigeon Longdistance Section 2023
3. Acepigeon Section 2022
3. Acepigeon Longdistance Section 2022 etc.

Plus THE CHAMP 2024 013-21-2337:
4. Acepigeon Marathon Male 2024
9. Acepigeon Nominated Male 2024
Raced all 3 marathon races in 2024:
4. Section and 13. National Münich 764 km
7. Section and 39 National Rouen 890 km
24. Section and 114 National Baden-Baden 709 km

BE-11-4244390 BLUE VANDENHEEDE (Org. F&J Vandenheede)

Sire i.e. to:

013-14-1314 SIMPLY THE BEST:
1. Acepigeon Section Hens 2018
1. Acepigeon Section LD 2018
2. Acepigeon Section LD 2019
5. Acepigeon Section Nominated 2019 etc.

013-20-0584 SIMPLY THE BEST II:
Co-winner of 1. National Championship Marathon 2024
1. Prov. Giesen 2024
1. Section Gottingen 2024
1. Section Garlstorf 2021

013-22-4901 DM FREDDY:
Co-winner of 1. National Championship Marathon 2024
2. Section Hannover 2023
4. Prov. Antwerp 887 p. 2024
5. Section Minden 2023
4. Acepigeon Section Longdistance 2024

013-15-0325:
2. Acepigeon 2017
2. Acepigeon Longdistance 2017
1. Prov. Acepigeon Longdistance 2017
1. Section Hannover
3. Section Gotha
3. Section Minden
4. Section Magdeburg (as yearling!)
6. Section Gotha etc.

Grandsire to many toppigeons also like i.e.:

THE CHAMP 2024 013-21-2337:
4. Acepigeon Marathon Male 2024
9. Acepigeon Nominated Male 2024
Raced all 3 marathon races in 2024:
4. Section and 13. National Münich 764 km
7. Section and 39 National Rouen 890 km
24. Section and 114 National Baden-Baden 709 km

Last but not the least DAN-000-09-0021 BLACK JACK (grandson of 240 from Eric Limbourg – sire to EAGLE EYE)

Sire i.e. to:
013-12-1312: 1. Prov. Magdeburg
013-13-1044: Acepigeon 2015
013-15-0164: 1. Acepigeon 2016, 2. Acepigeon 2017, 6. Acepigeon 2017, Olympiad Bird 2017
000-15-6314: 1. Section Stendal and 3. Acepigeon LD, 10. Acepigeon 2017
013-14-1321: 1. Prov. Hannover
013-15-0321: 1. Section Stendal 2018 and Acepigeon

Grandsire i.e. to WONDER GIRL:
5 x 1. Prize Section (4 times on longdistance)
Olympiad Pigeon 2017
1. Acepigeon Section 2017
1. Acepigeon Section Longdistance 2015
1. Acepigeon Section Longdistance 2016
1. Acepigeon Section Longdistance 2017
1. Acepigeon Section Nominated 2015
3. Acepigeon Section 2016

These foundation breeders are the 4 main lines that have built up a super longdistance family for Team Bang – and we are sure that the strength will carry on in generations to come.

Congratulations!