Olympic pigeons world

These are real class pigeons that race over the toughest course in the world -- from deep within France and out of Spain flying over the Godforsaken Pyrenese Mountains.

Leo van Opstal

Leo van Opstal and Henk Peters

Henk Peters

Kraggenburg the Netherlands
pete0020@wxs.nl

The birds have to survive long distances, French hunters, fog, rain, deep valleys, high mountains, and birds of prey.

How much harder can it get ???

Leo van Opstal had his whole life the idea of creating his own strain. He had the base formed before he emigrated to Australia. In 1996, he bought a complete round of latebred van der Wegen pigeons from Herman Brinkman Tuk (Mister Teletekst) and he visited Steenbergen, the International Mecca of long-distance flying. There he bought the purebred van de Wegen birds directly from the doorstep of van de Wegen. Together with the very Old Jan Aarden strain of Leo. These parties have amalgamated fuse a new strain, we strike while the iron is hot. Pigeons from iron and steel-plated.

Leo van Opstal and Henk Peters, the owners of the international breeding center: Olympic Pigeon World, at Kraggenburg, shall side by side further develope the strain van Opstal.

In 1998, this family of birds won four first prizes against 3,500 young birds and first prize against 19,700 pigeons and the 8th, 11th, 12th,etc. prizes National Orleans young birds.

In 1999, the top on every level.This great birds won five first prizes against 3,500 young birds and one first prize against 25,896 pigeons and the 8th, National Orleans old birds.

• 12e: National Bergerac 1999
• 13e: National Orleans, young birds
• 1st general champion 1999 o.a

It is blood from the national winners that makes the foundation of the van Opstal strain.

(Above are mentioned only those birds in the first ten prizes on the National level.)

1e nat. Sint-Vincent 1986, 1e nat. Limoges 1994, 2e nat. Brive 1998, 3e nat. Sint-Vincent 1988, 3e nat. Brive 1998, 3e nat Brive 1993, 4e nat. Bergerac 1995, 4e nat. Sint-Vincent 1996, 5e nat. St -Vincent 1994, 5e nat. Sint Vincent 1998, 6e nat. St-Vincent 1996, 6e nat. La Crèche 1992, 6e nat. Bergerac 1994, 6e nat Ruffec 1995, 6e nat Brive 1997, 6e nat Ruffec 1998, 7e nat. Ruffec 1993, 7e nat Hof 1988, 7e nat. Stint-Vincent 1989, 7e nat St-Vincent 1996, 7e nat. Ruffec 1998, 8e nat.Stint-Vincent, 8e nat. St-Vincent 1995, 8e nat.Sint-Vincent 1996, 8e nat Ruffec 1998, 8e nat. Limoges 1996, 9e nat. Sint-Vincent 1989, 9e nat. Dax, 9e nat.Bergerac 1993, 9e nat Ruffec 1994, 10e nat Stint-Vincent 1992, etc.

There are more than forty prize winners in the first thirty prizes on the National level

This year we has invested considerable sums and buying the creme de la creme of superior champion breeders O.a: Sjaak van der wegen, Romein Twello, Cees de Jong (Lepelstraat), Theo Ernst, Henk Winters and willem Peeman (Middelharnis)

The blue Baracuda

Strain: Leo van Opstal
A long distance pigeon made of iron and steel-plated. In the autumn we will sell two youngsters out this bird.

The blue Django

Strain: Leo van Opstal
Pigeons made of iron and steel-plated. We strike while the iron is hot. In the autumn we will sell two youngsters out of this bird.

The Iron Man

Strain: Leo Van Opstal
Long distance pigeon made of steel and plated with 20-carat gold. In the autumn we will sell a youngster out of this bird.

The Princess of the Night

Strain: Leo van Opstal
This hen is a gold mine and every youngster is one nugget of gold. In the autumn we will sell two youngsters out of this hen.

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