
GERTJAN RIGTER – ZLU & BARCELONA TOPPER !
The winner of:
2nd NATIONAL BARCELONA ’18
2nd NATIONAL AGEN ZLU ’18
4th NATIONAL BARCELONA ’22
2nd “Beker van Vlaanderen International Barcelona” – championship with the 10 first nominated pigeons on International Barcelona ’20 !!
1st Emperor of the “Fondclub Noord-Holland”
1st Emperor of the “Fondunie 2000” (all ZLU marathon fanciers of the NPO departments 6-11)
3rd NATIONAL MARATHON ZLU CHAMPION
3rd Emperor all ZLU flights Interprovincial SNZH (Noord-Holland & Zuid-Holland)
3rd Interprovincial ZLU Keizer Fondunie 2000
4th Emperor all ZLU flights Interprovincial SNZH
Top references 2022:
21 National Kelme 14,184 pigeons at Dorneanu in Romania – 50% Gertjan Rigter !! (mother is direct Rigter)
23 National Barcelona ’22 at Comb. Hommes & Zn. – 50% Gertjan Rigter !! (father is direct Rigter)
50 National Barcelona ’22 at Pieter Goeree – 100% Gertjan Rigter !! (via Terpstra-Koper)
In Romania – raced as yearlings in the first year on this loft:
2nd Ace Marathon yearlings (3 races) Botosani – 26th Provincial Ace Marathon – 42nd National Ace Marathon Romania
2nd Ace Marathon yearlings (2 races) Botosani – 23rd Provincial Ace Marathon – 45th National Ace Marathon Romania
20th National Kaunas (901 km) 2,320 pigeons
50th National Javona (889 km) 5,800 pigeons
79th National Madona (1,115 km) 2,147 pigeons
BARCELONA RESULTS in the past 6 years :
116, 171, 321, 712, 767 (International 7/8 prizes) 4.504 in 2017
2 (“RIET”) , 207, 749, 773, 830 (International 7/17 prizes) 3.912 in 2018
161, 360, 522, 899 (International 6/14 prizes) 4.129 in 2019
203, 250, 366, 381, 412, 425, 658, 692, 974 (International 10/12 prizes) 4.477 in 2020
62, 78, 106, 127, 445, 620, 642, 733 (International 10/17 prizes) 4.838 in 2021
4 (“JANNIE”) National Barcelona 4.842, 6 International hens 6.168 & 12 International Barcelona 16.832 in 2022
First pigeon clocked on the ZLU flights in 2022:
4 National Barcelona
36 National Pau/Bordeaux
37 National Narbonne
38 National Agen ZLU
48 National Perpignan
GERTJAN RIGTER HAS TWO SONS OF THE “MONT VENTOUX” (GEBR. JACOBS) WHO ARE RESONSIBLE FOR ALL GERTJAN’S SUCCESSES !! BOTH THE “SON MONT VENTOUX 606” & “SON MONT VENTOUX 790” ARE TWO PHENOMENAL BREEDERS PAIRED TO THE VOLKENS PIGEONS !!
Best results in recent years:
Winner of 3 crystal ZLU trophy’s at National Pau, Narbonne and Perpignan in 2017
1st Provincial Ace ZLU
2nd ZLU champion and 4th champion ZLU (nominated) in the Province/Fondclub Noord-Holland
2nd National Barcelona ’18
2nd National Agen ZLU ’18
2nd Provincial ZLU Champion
3rd National Marathon ZLU Champion ’19
3rd Champion (unnominated) and 5th Champions League winner in the Fondunie 2000
3rd Provincial ZLU Champion Noord-Holland
3rd Provincial General ZLU Champion Noord-Holland unnominated
3rd Provincial General ZLU Champion Noord-Holland nominated
3rd Interprovincial ZLU Keizer Fondunie 2000
3rd & 9th Interprovincial Ace ZLU Fondunie 2000
4th National Barcelona ’22
4th Interprovincial Keizer ZLU flights SNZH
5th General ZLU Champion Fondunie 2000
6th Interprovincial General Champion ZLU flights SNZH unnominated
6th Interprovincial General Champion ZLU flights SNZH nominated
8th ZLU Cup SNZH
8th Interprovincial ZLU Champion “Fondunie 2000”
9th Interprovincial Keizer ZLU Cup SNZH
His pigeonloft is for 95% based on two strains: SUPER BARCA 621 x MONT VENTOUX of Gebroeders Jacobs and the GOLDEN SUPER COUPLE 100 x 10 of Nico Volkens!
Having put the Jacobs pigeons from Gertjan Rigter and the Volkens pigeons from his pigeonmate Hennie de Vries together and crossbreeding with them, soon it was clear that the offspring were super! The orientation skills & the willpower of the Jacobs pigeons combined with the endurance of the Nico Volkens pigeons created a kind of pigeon which is hard to beat.
Top-100 performances National on the ZLU flights in the last 5 years:
2, 4 National Barcelona ZLU
2, 12, 16, 23, 31, 35, 38, 55, 61, 96, 99 National Agen / Bordeaux ZLU
2 National Dax
3 National Montpellier NPO
11, 17, 39, 51, 63, 73, 101 National Pau ZLU
11, 13 National Bergerac NPO
11, 13 National Cahors NPO
7, 24, 48, 51, 84 National Perpignan ZLU
14 National Tarbes
24, 37, 60, 62 National Narbonne ZLU
29, 47, 51, 58 National Sint Vincent ZLU
40, 41, 46, 66 National Marseille ZLU
Some references:
1 National Rouen ’21 by Claus Jensen (Danmark) – extremely tough flight ! (grandson Mont Ventoux 606)
2 National Dax by Terpstra – Koper (grandchild Mont Ventoux 90)
16 National Agen by Terpstra – Koper (sister Riet, the winner of the 2nd National Barcelona)
2x top 50 National by Herman Koopman (Almere) – Volkens pigeons of Gertjan Rigter
The Aces of Gertjan Rigter!
2 National Ace Narbonne ’17-’19 ALICIA
4 International Ace Barcelona ’18-’21 RIET
5 International Ace Pipa ranking – 2 flights ’19 PATRONA
7 International Ace Pipa ranking – 2 flights ’17 ALICIA
10 International Ace Pipa ranking – 2 flights ’15 CARO
How did his successtory start? Gertjan Rigter purchased 7 children of the SUPER BARCA 621 and 4 children of the MONT VENTOUX from the Jacobs brothers ten years ago. The SUPER BARCA 621 was a big champion at the ZLU flights (winner of 1st National Ace Perpignan 3 years ZLU, 9th National Perpignan and 15th National Barcelona) and later he became the stock pigeon of theGebroeders Jacobs. But let’s not forget to mention the other super breeder of the Gebroeders Jacobs, the MONT VENTOUX ! Two sons from the MONT VENTOUX are the fathers of the two 2nd National winners on the loft of Gertjan in 2018!!
- The SUPER BARCA 621 is a direct son of the famous breeding couple BETUWEKOPPEL. Offspring of the BETUWEKOPPEL win: 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5 NATIONAL !! 1.International Pau 2020, 1.International Narbonne 2015, 1.National Narbonne 2017, 1.National s2 Bergerac 2013, 2.International Perpignan 2016, 2.National Barcelona 2018, 2.National Agen ZLU 2018, 2 National Pau 2020, 2.National Bergerac 2013, 2.National Bordeaux S2, 3.National Agen ZLU 2015, 3.National Bergerac S2 2013, 4.National Barcelona 2022, 4.National Pau 2015, 4.National Perpignan 2015, 4.National (6.International) Barcelona 2015, 4.National Cahors 2010, 5.National Marseille 2019, 5.National St Vincent ZLU 2019, 6.National Sint Vincent 2012.
- Offspring of the MONT VENTOUX win: 1.National Narbonne, 1.National Cahors, 2.National Barcelona, 4.International Barcelona, 2.National Perpignan, 2.International Perpignan, 2.National Agen ZLU, 4.National Barcelona, 5.National Cahors, 13.National Perigueux, 14.National Mont de Marsan, 19.National Tarbes ZLU, 29.National Bergerac, 31.National Cahors, 32.National Mont de Marsan.
The input of Hennie de Vries in the breedingloft are children of CHAMPION (1st National Ace ’09) and JELTE (1.National Marseille ’08) but especially Hennie’s pigeons of Nico Volkens from the 100 x 10 couple are superb. Many toplofts have great success with the legendary Nico Volkens’ BONTE KOPPEL and “100 x 10” which are direct Sam de Jong pigeons. Some references are: MONTAR KOPPEL of Jan Roelofs, the Agen and Pau victories at Leo Pronk, Comb. Verweij-de Haan with their Balotelli (1st International Agen 2015), Levi vd Weijden (1st International Narbonne 2015), Kees Droog (1st International Pau 2016), Mevlut Tekin (1st International Perpignan 2016), Ed Maat (1st International Pau 2017) and the GOUDEN 10 of Fre de Boer.
GERTJAN RIGTER selected 15 pigeons for his auction at Pigeoncom from his breeders and best racers !!
Note: the sexe of the pigeons is considered correct by Gertjan, but is not 100% guaranteed.
For more information please contact GERTJAN RIGTER.
Tel: (+31) (0)650 287 473
E-mail: gertjanrigter@gmail.com