Sakis Minovgioudis - Alblasserdam (NL) at the top thanks to Ludo Claessens. Alblasserdam, situated on one of the busiest navigated rivers of West-Europe, is the residence of Sakis Minovgioudis. This, originating from Greece Epicurean, has been noticed over the last few years for his marvellous racing, especially with the widow hens. The game with the hens totally suits Sakis. The basis of these successes lies in him investing in a marvellous collection of direct and pure Ludo Claessens-pigeons. Not only the birds from Ludo Claessens have been instrumental here. Also his years of friendship with the grandmaster from Putte was instrumental in his (pigeon) career. Sakis can talk for hours, and with full respect, about the nice moments he has enjoyed together with Ludo Claessens. He s never come across anyone else in the pigeon sport who is so professional as Ludo. It is therefore very sad that this expert has stopped with the pigeon sport. Sakis is therefore carefully trying to continue the life s work of Ludo, and for this reason he has hardly crossed any new pigeons with these birds over the last few years. The absolute stock hen is the NL03-1272712 Meeuwke 12, this hen comes out the Supercrack 69 x Golden White. She is then a full sister of the Yeti and a half-sister of the Jonge Supercrack. No less than 15 first prize winners come directly from Meeuwke 12
Meeuwke 12 Mother Grandmother Greatgrandmother Strombeek 1/1739 Chantilly 1/1084 1/ 591 Harchies 1/1277 Moeskroen 1/ 575 Peronne 1/ 552 Moeskroen 1/1100 Peronne 1/ 387 Pommeroeul 1/ 429 Chantilly 1/1002 1/ 211 Peronne 1/ 340 Strombeek 1/ 930 1/ 129 1/ 196 Blois 1/ 678 Duffel 1/ 446 Marienburg 1/ 431 Sezanne 1/ 632 Pommeroeul 1/ 296 Epernay 1/ 283 Boullion 1/ 260 Strombeek 1/ 201 Peronne 1/ 147 Strombeek 1/ 128 When Ludo Claessens visited Sakis in his lofts in 2004 he was so impressed with this hen Meeuwke 12 that he wanted to buy her back. Sakis didn t want to part with his favourite hen. Instead of a sale, it was agreed that they would joint breed in 2005 Ludo then coupled one of his top cocks, namely Favoriet 65 against Meeuwke 12. To demonstrate how good Sakis is with the hens, we would like to introduce a few of the top hens to you :
The NL06-1062228 won 5x a 1st prize. In total this hen won no less than 65x prizes and 17.162 prize kilometres. She comes out the couple Mooi Donker (son Vos 77 x daughter Katoog) X Daughter Vos 77 (Vos 77 x daughter Supercrack 69) Her best prizes are : Peronne 1/ 1024 Epernay 1/ 247 (also 11th Provincial against 17.061 pigeons) Strombeek 1/ 236 Peronne 1/ 147 Strombeek 1/ 141 Blois 2/ 678 (also 16th Provincial against 4.776 pigeons) Duffel 2/ 239 Peronne 3/ 441 Strombeek 3/ 152 Chantilly 3/ 83 St.Quentin 4/ 554 Duffel 5/ 136 The NL06-1062155 won self 33x prize (wherefrom 27x 1:10) and was also 1st Ace pigeon Youngsters 2006 in the club. Her best prize is the 2nd prize from Strombeek against 1.739 pigeons after a loft companion. The 155 comes out the couple Pure Gold (brother 03 Claessens x Meeuwke 12) X Blois II (Grote Donkere x Sister Bo Jangles). However, he is of much greater value in the breeding lofts.
In the meantime she is mother of 5x 1st prize winners : Sezanne 1/ 632 1/ 591 (also 6th Provincial against 9.977 pigeons) Peronne 1/ 552 (also 10th Provincial against 12.232 pigeons ) Pommeroeul 1/ 429 1/ 196
Blauwke 53 NL04-2044753 won 4x a 1st prize. In total this direct daughter of Meeuwke 12 won 43x prize, including Harchies 1/ 1277 Duffel 1/ 446 Pommeroeul 1/ 296 Bouillon 1/ 260 Peronne 2/ 1024 Laon 3/ 425 Last Spring this top hen moved via PiPa to the breeding lofts of Great Wall in China. One of the best daughters of Meeuwke 12 is the NL05-1389103 Willemientje. She won a total of 60x prize and 4x a 1st prize :
Strombeek 1/ 1739 Moeskroen 1/ 1100 Mariembourg 1/ 431 Strombeek 1/ 128 Moeskroen 2/ 575 Sezanne 3/ 378 Peronne 3/ 144 Alblis 4/ 504 Blois 7/ 678 Duffel 7/ 806 Peronne 8/ 4190 Epernay 9/ 2780 9/ 980 A new super talent is the yearling hen NL09-1181330. She also comes out the above mentioned hen Willemientje. As a yearling she won 13x prize with 2x a 1st prize : Peronne 1/ 387 (also 9th Provincial against 11.191 pigeons) 1/ 129 (also 9th Provincial against 12.243 pigeons )
A few results over the past few years : Epernay 1 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 etc. against 247 pigeons 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9-10 against 239 pigeons Strombeek 1 2 3 4 etc. against 152 pigeons Blois 1 2 3 5 7 10 11 12 against 678 pigeons 1 2 3 5 6 etc. against 591 pigeons Duffel 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 etc. against 363 pigeons St.Quentin 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 etc. against 108 pigeons 1 2 6 9 etc. against 140 pigeons Strombeek 1 2 - etc. against 1.739 pigeons Peronne 1 2 etc. against 1.024 pigeons Peronne 1 3 8 9 etc. against 552 pigeons