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Bernd
and Werner Kreuer are two German brothers
from Bornheim- Hersel, they have been
flying the long distance races across
Europe for many years. The name frequently
appears in the results at National and
International level. Since 1987 they have
concentrated on over night racing only.
One of the brothers Werner works at Bonn
University whereas Bernd is employed as
a postman. The brothers initially were
fascinated with the exploits of distance
and marathon racing in the Netherlands
and were inspired and taught by Jan Ernest
of Steenbergen, and Jean Hausoul of Epen.
From
German fanciers Herbert Gross and Rudi
Köhne the brothers procured their
first successful pigeons as well as the
Dutch fancier Joep van Dongen from Middlelharnis.
Later, in the early nineties, further
stock was purchased from Jac van der Wegen,
Jan Ernest, the Frenken brothers, as well
as Jean Hausoul of Holland, to be followed
in latter years with the bloodlines of
Brockamp, as well as birds from the Paulet
partnership and some from Dr. Henk de
Weerd of Breda.
Their
foundation, or base, bird is 'Joep' a
son to 'Vale Barcelona' hen of Joep van
Dongen, which scored 19th, 32nd, and 47th
National Barcelona. Another important
stock bird is 'Queen' that came from Jean
Hausoul, and a daughter to 'Super 21st',
winner of 9th National Dax. 'Queen' is
also grand-daughter to 'Barcelona', a
son of the great breeding hen 'Elza' and
grandam to the 1st National Montauban;
as well as dam to the winners of 3rd National
Perpignan, 6th National Bordeaux, 43rd
National Marseille and 45th National Bordeaux
plus others. There is also in their lofts
the good breeder 'De Witpen' a pigeon
of Jan Ernest which is closely related
to 1st National Dax in 2000. Being also
dam to 35th and 37th National Barcelona,
57th National Dax, 97th National Cahors,
etc.
In
2004 from Barcelona at a distance of 1,111km,
the Kreuers in the German National against
2,601 pigeons were 30, 85, 201, 246, 383,
424, 469, 629; and in the International
against 24, 913 of a convoy scored 223,
838, 2140, 2782, 4565, 4887, 5366. Seven
out of 18 sent. Again this is mainly an
Aarden based family and as well as obtaining
good stock the brothers were determined
to build the proper loft environment,
alongside learning the technique of modern
pigeon racing at the long and marathon
distances.Coupled with a mutual astuteness
the Kreuers have made steady progress
on the road of moulding their own strain
and competeing against the best the Europe
can provide. As relatively young their
future appears bright and they are a partnership
to watch out for as they make another
interesting chapter in the Aarden dynasty.
by: Liam O Comain
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