And then there’s the unprecedented run of recent seasons:
In 2024 and 2025, Richard won no fewer than 16 first prizes against an average of 6,500 pigeons !!
Highlights 2025:
1st-2nd-7th-21st-24th-30th-32nd-33rd-43rd S-Provincial Quievrain 6,035 pigeons
1st-3rd-25th-29th NPO Lamotte-Beuvron 4,381 pigeons
1st-5th-52nd-55th-72nd-75th-82nd-90th S-Prov. Arras-Grévillers 3,836 pigeons
1st-24th-37th-47th S-Prov. St. Soupplets 2,768 pigeons
1st-7th-9th-28th-46th-51st-52nd-53rd-55th Lennik 2,653 pigeons
1st-5th-6th-15th-16th-18th-21st-31st-32nd-35th S-Provincial Pt.St.Maxcence 2,600 pigeons
1st-3rd-4th-7th-8th-9th-19th Morlincourt 1,950 pigeons
1st-2nd-6th-8th-9th-11th-17th S-Provincial Orleans 1,257 pigeons
2nd-3rd S.Provincial Arras-Grevillers 5,648 pigeons
2nd-4th-5th-6th-7th-8th-9th-11th-14th-16th-17th-18th-20th-21st Duffel 2,521 pigeons
3rd-10th-14th-16th-21st-33rd S-Prov. Vitry-en-Artois 5,412 pigeons
3rd-7th-10th-16th-17th-36th-63rd S-Prov. Pt.St.Maxcence 4,144 pigeons
4th-6th-29th-41st-54th NPO Issoudun 4,100 pigeons
4th-11th-12th-27th-28th-32nd-49th-50th S-Prov. Chateauroux 1,647 pigeons
5th-25th-26th-41st-42nd-43rd S-Prov. Issoudun 1,598 pigeons
18 x 1st Prize De Combinatie Middelharnis (43 lofts)
10 x 1st Prize South Holland Islands (average 1,342 pigeons)
6 x 1st Prize Semi-Provincial Dpt. 5 West (average 2,969 pigeons)
No doubles!! In 2025 Long Distance races: 214 pigeons entered in total / 159 prizes = 74.3% prize percentage
NL19-1636427♂ “OLYMPIC MAX“
1 Olympic Ace Middle distance Cat. G
3 National Ace FCI World’s Best Pigeon Long distance
5 National Ace Middle distance ‘’De Allerbeste’’
5 Olympic Ace Allround
6 Olympic Ace Old pigeons
4x Top 10 NPO, 1 Quiévrain 8.100 pigeons, 3 Peronne 3.955 pigeons, 3 NPO Issoudun 3.219 pigeons, 4 NPO Blois 2.296 pigeons, 6 NPO Chateauroux 1.780 pigeons, 8 Nationaal Vierzon 11.257 pigeons, 10 NPO Chateauroux 1.460 pigeons
Provincial Victories:
1st Provincial NPO Lamotte-Beuvron 4,381 pigeons ’25 “SUNSHINE”
1st Provincial Niergnies 10,226 pigeons ’24 “MISS RED DIAMOND”
1st Provincial Niergnies 15,207 pigeons ’23 “FELLE 52”
1st Provincial Niergnies 19,422 pigeons ’22 “FEMKE”
1st Provincial Quievrain 10,070 pigeons ’22 “222”
1st Provincial Niergnies 13,185 pigeons ’21 “TURBO 43”
NL20-1467455♂ ‘’SUPER 55’’
1 National Ace FCI World’s Best Pigeon Long distance
2 National Ace Old pigeons ‘’De Allerbeste’’
3 National Ace Middle distance ‘’De Allerbeste’’
6 National AceLong distance ‘’De Allerbeste’’
7 National Ace Allround ‘’De Allerbeste’’
1 Peronne 1.208 pigeons, 1 Chateauroux 1.192 pigeons
Championships/Ace Pigeons 2025:
1st Keizer General Champion Zuid-Hollandse Eilanden
1st Champion Long Distance, Old, Young, Late Tour, General Zuid-Hollandse Eilanden
1st Champion Long Distance, Old, Late Tour, General Designated Zuid-Hollandse Eilanden
1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th-6th-7th-8th-10th Ace Pigeon Long Distance Zuid-Hollandse Eilanden
1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th-8th-9th-10th Ace Pigeon Old Pigeons Zuid-Hollandse Eilanden
1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th-6th-7th-8th Ace Pigeon General Zuid-Hollandse Eilanden
1st-10th Ace Middle Distance Zuid-Hollandse Eilanden
1st-2nd-4th-7th Ace Late Tour Zuid-Hollandse Eilanden
Stock Building/Foundation Pigeons:
“VALE RAKKER”/”115” with among others, 1st NPO Gien
“OLYMPIC MAX” (Jo & Florian Hendriks) 1st Olympiad Pigeon Middle Distance NL 2022
“STAMDOFFER 12″/”SUPER 843” with among others, 1st Ace One Day Long Distance NPO Dpt. 5 (J. Kroese/Anton Ruitenberg), “SUPER 55”, with among others, 1st National Ace FCI One Day Long Distance (line “CRACK 22” and “LEONARDO” x “TINKELBELL” from Arie Dijkstra)
Various pigeons from Patrick Noorman, including “MEALY SPECIAL” (joint breeding of “DIAMOND ROSSI” x “VALE RAKKER”/”115”)
Supplemented with top pigeons from C.& G. Koopman, G.& S. Verkerk, H.& E.J. Eijerkamp, Wolvers-van ‘t Oever and W.B. de Kruijf.
Note: the sexe of the pigeons is considered correct by Richard van den Bos, but this is not 100% guaranteed.
For more information concerning the pigeons in this auction, please contact RICHARD VAN DEN BOS:
Tel: +31 (0)6 22873094
E-mail: vandenbos89@hotmail.com
Ended: 13 Dec 2025 14:00
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