GEBROEDERS HAGENS

 

Achthuizen: The Bloemstraat n°7 in Achthuizen… how much pigeon history hasn’t there been written. An introduction for Rinus, Ad and Sonja isn’t necessary anymore. Therefor is their colony known to good internationally. Known for their results on the (inter)national marathon races but also known for the many successes that other fanciers have set with the Hagens pigeons.
The art in pigeon sport isn’t to get at the top but is staying at the top and this is what our sympathetic brothers Hagens succeed in since many, many years !

 

How it all started
As a young lad and starting pigeon fancier you never start with the idea of being famous as a pigeon fancier everywhere in Holland within 35 years. Well, the Hagens brothers didn’t start with this intention either, but in the meantime, so many years later, they aren’t only ‘world famous’ in their own South-Holland but also in the farthest corners of our globe. You can’t name a country or someone of that area has visited or bought pigeons from them.
To be able to reconstruct the origin of their success pigeons we have to go back in time, namely until 1984. In this period they were short distance racers. But the call for the long distance world became louder and more tempting. The first purchases for the more heavy work were at John Lalieu and Tjeu van Doorn. They had the noble blood strains from the Jan Theelen-strain on their lofts. In 189 they made definitely the switch towards the long distance. There for they went looking for reinforcements that they could cross in with their already present long distance pigeons. This is how they bought at the de Weerdt brothers 12 late youngsters and also a few at Laurenz Huberts. Also via co-breeding with the van Doorn brothers out of Someren they got good pigeons. End of the nineties and beginning of 2000 the brothers Bruggeman out of Assendelft amazingly well, so Ad and Rinus also went for the perfect crossing material to them.
Also of the current generation of long distance champions a few pearls moved to the beautiful Achthuizen. This is how they got pigeons at Arjan Beens, Peter and Hans-Peter Brockamp and with the Belgian Barcelona champion Frans Bungeneers.

 

Top references from the Hagens pigeons:

Raf Stynen – Geel (Belgium)
2nd National Barcelona 7,301
2nd International Barcelona 15,981
1st International Barcelona hens 5,104
Golden Wing Winner

Eyerkamp-Willems  Eisden-Maasmechelen (Belgium)
1st Provincial Limburg Barcelona
19th National Barcelona KBDB 7,874

Aris Louwe Den-Helder
1st National s2 Agen 2,874 – 2nd National s2 Cahors 3,922

A.Mulderij Hollandscheveld
1st National s4 Bergerac 2.725

Gebroeders Wagemans Achthuizen
3rd National s2 Dax 4,545

Mariska v.d. Made Achthuizen
6th National s2 Dax 1,727 – 9th National Bergerac 24,043 – 10th, 13th National s2 Periqueux 4,257 – 14th National Agen ZLU old 5,754

Ludo Verstraeten Echt : 3rd Asduif Marathon Province Limburg
30st Provincial Bergerac Limburg 2,409 – 32nd Provincial Bordeaux Limburg 3,439

David Cristian – Deva (Romania) : 1st Long Distance Palmaris
2nd Marathon Grand-Prix

Jan and Twan Nobels Achthuizen
29th National Agen ZLU yearlings 4,776

Borsboom & Steenvoort Monster
29th National s2 Bergerac 3,090

Piet Zuurbier Heiloo
20th National Agen ZLU old 5,754

Rieks Lonsain Nieuwleusen
6th National s4 Limoges 2,183 – 5th National s4 Ruffec 3,532

References 2022:

Adrian Plestiu – Nicoresti  (Romania)

3, 9, 19, 169 National Vilnius Lithuania 6,358 pigeons 1010 km

15, 72, 103 National Medinay  Lithuania 3,330 pigeons 1013 km

Sven van Houten IJsselstein

15 National Barcelona 4,905

32 Internaternational Barcelona 16,897

(father of the pigeon is a son of GIJS x RANOMI)

Combinatie Verweij – de Haan Mijdrecht

13 Nationaal St. Vincent

79 Nationaal Perpignan

(on the mothers’s side “NEW GIJS” – son GIJS x ROSITA)

Jelle Outhuise Harlingen

69 National Marseille

Combinatie Kuijer-Grol

4 NPO Cahors

17 NPO Ruffec

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