Brinkman
of Tuk, Holland
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The
name Brinkman through successes at the
distances throughout Europe has taken
its place as one of the most exciting
modern families of the sport. Confirmed
by the fact that their pigeons scored
28 positions in the first ten of the Netherlands
Nationals within a period of only 10 years.
It had its
origins in the 1970s when Herman Brinkman
got married and required some furniture.
It was then that they made contact with
Hans Eijerkamp who as well as being a
well known pigeon colony owner was also
a provider of needed household requirements.
The contact in time provided the best
of European bloodlines arriving at Tuk
from the little village of Zutphen.Genes
of the great van der Wegen's such as the
lines of De Lamme,Het Oud Doffertje and
De Barcelona. Incidentally when the four
pigeons arrived at Tuk they looked like
nothing so Brinkman telephoned Hans Eijerkamp
complaining about their appearance. As
a response their provider promised Brinkman
that he would replace them if in time
they were proven to be rubbish. However
three of the four became champion breeders.
Then through
Vertelman & Son Brinkman also obtained
the best of the Theelan family to add
to the van der Wegen's and the purchase
of 12 youngsters from this source proved
to be a moment of brilliance for what
they produced cemented the base of the
Brinkman's solidly and ensured the emergence
of a wonderful modern family of ultra
distance racers. Another important source
was a bird purchased by Herman's father
Jan named De Fijne Zwarte which contained
a lot of Jan Aarden blood through Ko Nipius
and some of the Zilvervosje lines of Meesters
running through its veins. This cock bird
became one of the foundation birds at
the Brinkman loft.
Herman and
his father Jan have a great rapport and
much of the managerial ability of the
son is due to the influence of the father.
And this also has marked the son and the
grandson of the partnership, Rik. Time
is given for the development of their
thoroughbreds and their hallmark is simplicity
itself. They are not hoarders of racing
pigeons in fact they have a small colony
in comparison with other European fanciers
but what they have in the opinion of quite
a number of
observers is the creme de la creme. Birds
such as Brinkie Boy and Rode Barcelona,
for example. The first achieving 1st National
NPO Limoges, 6th National Creche, 20th
National Bergerac, etc., and Rode Barcelona
scoring 2nd Barcelona bird in the northern
section. There is also the great Barca
Boy who scored 49th National St. Vincent
and 78th International Barcelona in 2004.
At 1300 km for Barcelona. As for the present
day cult of a mad rush to the medicine
cabinet when something appears wrong-
"No, unless it is really necessary,
we leave our birds alone as much as possible."
Herman also believes that observing pigeons
is everything and if required all should
be noted down in paper.
Yes, a brief
insight into one of the greatest modern
families for in 1994, '95, '96 and '97
Brinkman
was Champion of the prestigious National
Fondspiegel Competition, and from 1994
until 1997 this
classification confirmed the Brinkmans
as the best overnight loft of the Netherlands.
Seventy-six times the loft from Tuk listed
a top 30 National position.
Not surprisingly
other fanciers obtained good results with
Brinkman birds:
1st International Bordeaux in 1995 Alex
Rans from Herent (Belgium).
1st National (2nd International) Bordeaux
1999 by Jan and Hanne Sas(Belgium).
1st National Bergerac 1998 by Bennie Homma
from Balk.
1st National Bergerac 1994 by A. Kors
from Steenwijkerwold.
1st National Brive 1997 by Wagteveld partnership
from Heerenveen.
1st National Bergerac 1997 by A. Wassens
from Hoonhorst.
1st National St. Vincent 2003 by Albert
Vos from Nieuw Dordrecht.
1st National Perpignan by Ben van Munckhof
through Frans van Wel from Bakel.
1st National Perpignan 2003 by W. de Schepper
through Alex Rans from Herent.
2nd National Perpignan 2003 by Luc v.d.
Gucht from Hulst.
2nd International Barcelona by J. Korver
from Graft.
3rd National Barcelona 2003 by Marcel
Michiels from Messelbroek.

by: Liam O Comain
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