2003
 

                4th National Champion Middle Distance

 

                               NPO - All Holland
                              
    
       
      
       Pictured left to right:
       Peter Colijn, Mike Ganus
       and Hans Colijn.
     
     For information on breeders
                     The Team of Colijn & Son / Ganus   and youngsters available
    for sale from this loft go
      to Holland Breeders. 

 An article on our loft featured in the official national magazine - The NPO (Neerlands Postduiven Orgaan)
     
                   With my partner lofts in Holland I have been able to fulfill one of my goals in this sport - to race against

                   some of the best fanciers in the world - in Holland Europe.  It was my good fortune to form a partnership     
                   with Peter and Hans - dedicated and skilled fanciers.  Over the years we have put so much effort into 
                   our racing program but in the end it has all been worth it.  
       
                  When I first publicized my desire to race over in Europe other American fanciers jumped on this
                  bandwagon as they also wanted to test their birds and racing skills in races with thousands of birds
                  competing every week.  After very dismal results I believe that most of my fellow Americans racing
                  over in Europe, have abandoned their attempt.  Obviously it takes skilled fanciers, quality birds and
                  a sound racing system to perform at the level that we have.
      
                  I am proud to present our results.  We have many great results but two of the highlights in our race record 
                 are 1:)  winning 1st and 2nd National Etampes (270 miles) against 16,335 birds in 2001 and in 2003
                 receiving the award for 4th National Champion Middle Distance NPO of All Holland.   Winning a national
                 race is a feat that many fanciers never achieve in their career so we feel a great sense of accomplishment
                 in having done so.  
     
                 Summaries of our race results since we began racing in 1999 are listed below. 
     

THE GANUS / COLIJN RESULTS ~ COMPETING IN HOLLAND 2006 Week after Week With Incredible Results  - 20 times 1st Place-Another Year to Remember for Team Ganus / Colijn
    May 6th - Nivelles - Club Results July 1st - La Souterraine  - Club Results August 5th - Chantilly  - Club Results
     3rd - Ikon with Patriot 2nd - Kannibaal with Gaby 1st - Kannibaal with Gaby
     4th - Millennium with White Horse   3rd - Hercules with Gaby
     5th - Topo with Zoontjes Best Overall  2005 birds   2nd 5th - Golden Mattens with Blue Steel
     6th - King with Rocket National N.P.O.  9000 birds   10th 6th - 1st National Etampes
     12th - Kannibaal with Gaby
7th - 1st National Etampes with Topo
  July 1st - Chantilly - Club Results 8th - Golden Mattens with Topo
    Combine 2070 birds 8-9-10-13-20 1st - King , Rocket, Super Champion with Topo  
    Overall  8550 birds 67-68-69 3rd - Super Champion with Topo Combine  1497 birds  3-10-15-16-24
8th - Patriot with Millennium Overall   4901 birds   20th
     May 13th - Pommeroel - Club Results 10th - Super Boy with Millennium
     1st - Ikon with Patriot 15th - Hollywood with Space Man August 5th - Strombeek  - Club Results
     2nd - HNollywood with Space Man   1st - Millennium with Patriot
     3rd - King with Rocket Combine  978 birds    3-10-26-35-61 2nd - Topo with Rocket
     7th - Kannibaal witGaby Overall   3862 birds   41st 3rd - Topo with Rocket
     9th - Pinnacle with Topo
4th - Millennium with Magic Star
     10th - Super Champion with Topo July 1st - Strombeek  - Club Results 6th - Topo with Super Champion
  4th - Golden Mattens with Topo 7th - Kannibaal with Gaby
     Combine 1970 birds 7-11-12-17-21-22 6th - Magic Star with Rocket 10th - Verheijen with Gaby
     Overall  8545 birds   66th 20th - Patriot with Kannibaal  
21st - Millennium with Kannibaal Combine  2272 birds  1-2-3-4-6-8-12
     May 20th - St. Quentin - Club Results 25th - Kannibaal with Flor Vervoort Overall 6927 birds 3-4-5-6-8-10-15-16-18
     7th - Topo with Patriot  
     9th - Kannibaal with Gaby Combine  1976 birds   11-13 August 12th - Harchies  - Club Results
     10th - Rocket with Mike's Pick Overall  7313 birds  19-22 1st - Kanniabbl with Gaby
     17th - Kannibaal with Millennium
2nd - Millennium with Patriot
     19th - Millennium with King July 8th - Pithiviers - Club Results 3rd - Rocket with Mike's Pick
1st - King, Rocket, Super Champion with Topo 7th - 1st National Etampes with Topo
     May 28th - Creil - Club Results 2nd Figo Reijnaart with Sissi 12th - Verheijen with Gaby
     1st - King, Rocket, Topo with Super Champion 6th - Verheijen with Gaby  
     3rd - 1st National Etampes 7th - Rocket with Mike's Pick Combine  1820 birds  1-2-3-8-45
     7th - Kannibaal with Gaby 10th - Patriot with Millennium Overall   5609 birds   1-2-3-11
     9th - Verheijen with Gaby 11th - Patriot with Millennium
     10th - Millennium with White Horse 12th - Millennium with Magic Star August 12th - Pithiviers - Club Results
     11th - Sissi   1st - Kannibaal with Kannibaal
     12th - Rocket with Mike's Pick Combine  843 birds  1-2-10-11-14-17-19 3rd - King, Rocket, Super Champion with Topo
     13th - Patriot with Millennium Overall  2995 birds 1-2-16-17-21-32 4th - Kannibaal with Gaby
      
16th - Ikon with Ludo Claessens
    Combine 1997 birds   4th July 8th -Pommeroel  - Club Results 17th - Kannibaal with Patriot
    Overall   8669   25th 1st - 1st National Etampes 18th - Magic Star with Rocket
2nd - Kannibaal with Patriot  
      June 3rd - Pithiviers  - Club Results 11th - Golden Mattens with Topot Combine  858 birds   1-3-4-40-41
      1st - Kannibaal with Millennium 12th - Godfther with Man A War Overall   3164 birds  5-11-13
      4th - Patriot with Millennium 27th - Topo with Magic Star
     6th - Super Boy with Super Champion   August 19th - St. Quentin  - Club Results
      7th - Hollywood with Space Man Combine  2177 birds  3-4-30-31 3rd - Topo with Heavenly Angel
      8th - Rocket with Mike's Pick Overall   7694 birds  5-6 4th - 1st National Etampes
      10th - Topo with Rocket
6th - Super Boy with Millennium
  July 15th - Blois - Club Results 9th - Kannibaal with Patriot
      Combine 2702 birds 2-12-19-29-32-36 4th - Verheijen with Gaby 10th - King, Rocket, Super Champion with Topo
      Overall  8931 birds  4-23-35 6th - Millennium with King  
7th - Gaby with Gaby Combine  2667 birds  18-19-21-32-39
      June 10th - Mourlincourt - Club Results 8th - Kannibaal with Gaby Overall  7879 birds  54-60-62
      1st - Millennium with Patriot 9th - Topo with Patriot
      7th - Figo Reijnaart with Sissi 11th - King with Rocket August 27th-National Orleans-Club Results
      8th - Millennium with White Horse 12th - Millennium with Magic Star 1st - Kannibaal with Patriot
      9th - Patriot with Millennium   2nd - Kannibaal with Kleine Dirk
      10th - King with Rockets Combine  475 birds 7-10-15-25-30-31 4th - Golden Mattens with Blue Steel
      11th - Gaby with Gaby Overall  2005 birds  21-24-30 5th - Kannibaal with Gaby
      12th - Topo with Patriot
6th - Topo with Hollywood
      13th - Super Champion with Godfather July 15th - Harchies - Club Results  
  1st - King with Millennium Combine  749 birds  1-2-5-13-16
      Combine 2231birds 2-23-24-25-26-28-29 2nd - Hollywood with Space Man Overall  2755 birds 4-5-15-38-51
      Overall  8117 birds  9th 5th - Kannibaal with Kannibaal National  11,390 birds   15-16
7th - Golden Mattens with Topo
      June 17th - Creil  - Club Results 10th - Sissi with Hercules September 9th - St. Quentin - Club Results
      1st - Rocket with Mike's Pick   1st - Kannibaal with Flor Vervoort
      2nd - Verheijen with Gaby Combine  2064 birds  1-2-5-7-12 3rd - Golden Mattens with Topo
      3rd - Millennium with White Horse Overall   6997 birds  1-3-11-17-33 4th - Hercules with Gaby
      4th - Millennium with Patriot
5th - Kannibaal with Patriot
      5th - Super Champion with Topo July 23rd - Sens -Club Results 8th - President with Mike's Pick
      6th -  Figo Reijnaart with Sissi 1st Kannibaal with Gaby  
      7th - King, Rocket, Super Champion with Topo 2nd - Patriot with Millennium Combine  1879 birds  1-3-4-6-10
  3rd - Gaby with Gaby Overall  5627 birds  2-4-5-11-19
      Combine 1639 birds 4-7-10-13-18-20-21 6th - Figo Reijnaart with Sissi
      Overall   5784 birds  15-22-27 7th - Super Boy with Super Champion September 9th - Orleans NPO - Club
  1st - King, Rocket, Topo with Super Champion
    June 17th - Argenton  - Club Results Overall  1875 birds  1-2-6-11-12-17 2nd - King with Magic Star
     3rd - Topo with Patriot
3rd - Kanniabbal with Gaby
     7th - Kannibaal with  Gaby July 23rd - St. Quentin - Club Results 4th - Millennium with Rocket
     10th - Patriot with Millennium 1st - Topo with Hollywood 6th - Topo with Hollywood
     11th - Ikdon with Patriot 3rd - Super Boy with Millennium  
     12th - Diamond Head with Ludo Claessens 5th - 1st National Etampes Combine  530 birds  1-2-3-4-9
6th - Kannibaal with Kannibaal Overall   2250 birds  1-3-4-5-15
    June 24th - Sens   - Club Results 13th - Golden Mattens with Ikon NPO National  8397 birds  7-22-25
     1st - Figo Reijnaart with Sissi  
     2nd - King with Rocket Combine   1623 birds 1-8-14-15-36 September 9th - Harchies  - Club Results
     3rd - King, Rocket, Super Champion with Topo Overall  6162 birds  6th 1st - Godfather with Millennium
     4th - Verheijen with Gaby
5th - King with Heavenly Angel
     8th - Hollywood with Space Man July 29th - Mourlincourt  - Club Results 10th - Golden Mattens with Ikon
     10th - Patriot with King 1st - 1st National Etampes 12th - Golden Mattens with Topo
  2nd - President with Mike's Pick 13th - Golden Mattens with Blue Steel
    Combine  1196 birds   1-4-5-7-15-17 3rd - Kannibaal with Kannibaal  
    Overall  4682 birds  8-14-16-29 4th - Kannibaal with Koopman Combine  1214 birds 2-18-29-38-40
  7th - Gaby with Topo Overall   3500 birds   9th
     
  Combine  1795 birds 2-3-4-8-19  
  Overall  5967 birds  9-15-19  
     
      

 

2005 Results
 
  April 9 - Harchies June 18 - Etampes August 13 - Etampes
   Club   1-2-3-5-7-11-13-14  Club  1-3-4-9-10-18-24  Club  1-2-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-16-17-18-19-20
   Combine  5-6-11       1433 birds    Combine  1-4-10-14-15-16-17-18   1329 birds
   Union  9-10-25          5293 birds July 9 - Strepy Thie  Union    1-6-27-37-41-43-46-50     4254 birds
     Club 2-3-4-5-8-11-12-17-18-19-20-23  National    1st      17,707 birds
  April 30 - Creil  Combine 2-10-11-12-15    2880 birds  
   Club 3-4-5-8-9-10-15-17-23   August 13 - Strombeek
    July 16 - Harchies  Club  1-2-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-14-15-17-18-20
  May 7 - Morlincourt  Club   1-2-3-4-9-12-13-14-17-18-19-21-25  Combine  1-2-13-14-18-19-20-21-22-27  2059 bds
   Club  2-9-10-25-27-30  Combine  1-2-4-6      2582 birds  Union    6-8-48-51-53-55-57-58-65-70   8056 birds
   Combine  2nd    1353 birds  Union  22-25-38-43    8581 birds  
      August 27 - Orleans
  May 15 - St. Quentin July 23 - Morlincourt  Club  1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-12-13-15-16
   Club 1-2-7-8-9-10-12-16-21  Club  1-8  Combine  1-2-3-4-5-7-8-9-11-12-14-20  1030 birds
     Combine 1-12    2478 birds  Union  3-6-7-8-12-14-20-21-33-37-42  3374 birds
  May 21 - Etampes  Union   1st    8095 birds  National  7-16-17-18-23-45-47   14882 birds
   Club   2-5-7-10-14-18    
   Combine  3-12-16    1673 birds July 30 - Creil August 27 - Harchies
   Union   3-14-22        6007 birds  Club 1-2-5-8-9-16-17-24-25-26-27  Club  1-2-4-5-8-11-13-26-29-33-37
     Combine 1-2-15-22-24     1801 birds  Combine 1-10-15-16-20-32
 

May 28 - Creil

  Union   2nd                      5950 birds  Union    2nd      7230 birds
   Club  2-3-5-6-9    
    August 6 - Creil September 9 - St. Quentin
  June 4 - Sens  Club 1-4-7-20-24-30-31-33-36-43-46  Club  1-2-4-6-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19
   Club 1-2-5-20-25  Combine  1-12-25     1705 birds  Combine 2-3-5-7-9-11-12-13-14-15-16   2303 bds
     Union    2nd        5540 birds  Union    2-4-8-16-18-21-25-28-31-38-42  7724 bds
  June 11 - Creil    
   Club 1-2-4-9-14-17-18-23   September 10 - Harchies
   Combine  2-3-7      1161 birds    Club 2-3-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-13-14-15-18-21-22
   Union   6th             4323 birds    Combine 5-6-16-17-18-21-26-32-38    776 birds
       
 

2004 Results
 
 
  
 

An Article about

our loft appearing

in the Belgian

newspaper -
 

La Colombophilie

Belge
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     

Race Station

 Club Combine Union
Prize # of Birds Prize # of Birds Prize # of Birds
     Strombeek  1,2,3,7,8,9,11,12 396  1,4,5,17,23,24,29,30 2,049    
     Peronne  3,4,6,10,11,12,13,24 452  7,9,22,34,35,37,41 2,727    26, 33 9,546
     Creil  1,2,5,7,12,13,15,16,17 360  1,3,23,33,49,53 2,074    2, 4 8,033
     Tours  1,2,4,6,7,12,18,22,25 195  2,3,12,17,19 1,242    4, 9 4,102
     Creil  1,2,4,5,6,9,11,15,16,21 356  10,22,28,29,30,36,48 2,034    33 7,035
     Etampes  1,6,16,17,20,26 225  5 5,312    5 21,641
     Heverlee  2,6,7,11,12,14,17,27 789  2,8,10,20,24,26,40 3,389    4 11,607
     Houdeng  1,3,4,5,6,7,8,14,15,16 735  1,3,4,5,6,8,14 3,030    1,5,6,7,8,11,23 10,315
     Chateauroux  3,4,6,10,11,17,22,23 141  10,14,18,41,47 766    13,18,26 2,246
     Hensies  1,3,6,7,10,30,31,32 707  1,5,17,18,24 2,834    1,5,21,22   9,565
     Peronne  2,7,13,14,18,22,25,26 723  4,15,41,42 2,831    15,39 9,751
     Morlincourt  2,3,4,7,8,22,24,26,28 627  7,8,11,24,29 2,384    18,22 7,991
     Creil  2,6,7,8,11,12,14,16,17 602  5,15,16,17,22,29,35,38 2,323    5,23,24,25,31 7,723
     Creil  2,3,4,7,8,10,11,12,18 460  7,8,10,21,25,35,36,37 1,887    32,33,35 6,561
     Heverlee  1,5,11,13,15,16,17,21 395  1,20,31,33,38,40,46 2,476    1 8,328
     Etampes  3,4,5,8,9,11,19,21,24 459  6,7,9,17,20,24 1,354    19,20,25 4,396
     Houdeng  1,2,3,4,5,11,12,13,17 692  4,6,7,8,9,28,29,30 3,179    16,22,23,24,25 9,535
     Etampes  1,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,15 321  1,9,10,14,20,21,23,31 939    1,15,16,31,43 3,241
     Peronne  1,3,4,6,8,9,11,12,13,20 493  2,7,8,13,19,20,23,24 2,266    2,9,10,16,27 7,035
     Orleans  1,2,3,4,5,8,10,15,16,18 200  1,2,3,4,5,15,17,23,24 662    4,5,10,11,12 2,128
             
                     National Etampes (NPO)       96th, 97th         17,642 bds    
                     National Etampes (NPO)       12th        13,483 bds    
                    National Orleans  (NPO)        11,12,25,26,27    9,001 bds         
 

 2003 Results
 
                       The certificate presented to us from the Dutch national
                          racing pigeon association, known as the NPO, for:
                                  
                          This is with 55,000 fanciers competing in the races!
 
    

 

 
 

Club

Combine

Union

Race Station

Distance (km)

 Prize # of Birds Prize # of Birds Prize # of Birds
Peronne 250 1st 715 1st 3626 1st 11156
Strombeek 105 1st 607 1st 3721 1st 11684
Houdeng 160 1st 766 1st 3645 1st 12491
Tours 580 1st 232 1st 1350 1st 11866
Etampes 420 1st 607 1st 7720 1st 16335
Etampes 420 1st 405 1st 1791 1st 5720
Orleans 480 1st 344 1st 1918 1st 5709
Peronne 250 1st 272 1st 2603 2nd 10821
Peronne 250 1st 649 1st 3605 2nd 11937
Etampes 420 1st 347 1st 1626 2nd 4994
Etampes 420 1st 200 1st 1489 2nd 4792
Orleans 480 1st 1058 1st 3090 3rd 13600
Peronne 250 1st 352 1st 1979 3rd 5374
Strombeek 105 1st 523 1st 3323 4th 11069
St. Quentin 245 1st 410 1st 1701 4th 4736
Creil 330 1st 579 1st 2665 5th 7250
St. Ghislain 167 1st 780 1st 4205 6th 13236
Creil 330 1st 227 1st 1549 7th 5412
St. Quentin 245 1st 256 1st 1916 7th 6757
St. Ghislain 170 1st 680 2nd 4143 7th 12664
St. Ghislain 170 1st 568 7th 3363 9th 11684
St. Quentin 245 1st 262 1st 1364 10th 3409
Hensies 170 1st 247 1st 1736 12th 4181
Orleans 480 1st 124 1st 529 13th 8072
Peronne 250 1st 527 11th 2931 14th 11031
St. Quentin 245 1st 559 1st 3210 16th 9502
Creil 330 1st 470 1st 2036 16th 6773
Morlincourt 280 1st 665 7th 4080 23rd 13081
St. Quentin 245 1st 542 1st 3271    
Peronne 250 1st 677 1st 2180    
Nijvel 140 1st 614 2nd 2445    
Bordeaux 875 1st 112 3rd 6500    
Creil 330 1st 317 3rd 2340    
Creil 330 1st 323 3rd 1811    
Creil 335 1st 288 4th 6483    
 
 
Highlights of the 1999 to 2002 Racing Seasons
 
 
  

Club

 Combine Union

Race Station

Distance (km)

          Prize

   # of Birds

          Prize