MATJIESFONTEIN CHALLENGE – 14 SEPT 2018
Een ding het ons weereens gesien – die duiwesport hou nooit op om ‘n mens te verbaas nie. Ons stuur die duiwe weg en hoop op ‘n lekker harde wedvlug, maar nee daar kom die wind en waai ons harde wedvlug heeltemal weg! So byna-byna vang die duiwe ons heeltemal onkant. Almal is nog besig om te kuier en rond te skrop toe kom dit “Hier is die duiwe!” Alles word net so in die lug gegooi en gehardloop! Die eerste twee duiwe kom saam en Blue Moon van Riaan de Vries stap eerste in met Philip Koch se Kelly sekondes daarna. Omtrent 3 minute later kom Nico Jagga se duif en toe is daar ‘n breuk van ongeveer 10+ minute waarin ons die blou lug van alle kante bespied. Byna geen duif het op die dag op lyn gekom nie – die wind het hulle heeltemal oos verby gedruk.
Die duifies het nou nie so hard gewerk vir hulle geld as wat ons graag wou hê nie, maar die beste duiwe op die dag het gewen! Baie geluk aan elkeen van die pryswenners. Daar was ‘n goeie verspreiding van ope en jong duiwe en ook duiwe wat alreeds hierdie seisoen pryse gewen het en ander wat nog niks gewen het nie.
Baie dankie aan elke deelnemer wat ons ondersteun het in hierdie wedvlug. Ons hoop om dit ‘n gereelde instelling te maak en hoop om volgende jaar nog meer ondersteuning te kry.
One thing is for sure- this sport never stops to amaze you. We send the pigeons for what we thought would be a tough race, but up come the wind and blow our tough race to smithereens! The birds almost caught us completely off guard. Everyone is still doing their own thing, when the call comes “Hier is die duiwe!” The first two pigeons came together and Blue Moon of Riaan de Vries walks in first with Philip Koch’s Kelly seconds afterwards. About 3 minutes later, Nico Jagga’s bird walked over the antenna and then there’s a break of about 10+ minutes in which we scanned the blue sky from side to side. The wind pushed the birds totally to the east and none came in on line.
The birds did not work as hard for their money as we hoped, but the best pigeons on the day won! Congratulations to each of the prize winners. There was a good spread of open and young pigeons and birds who have already won prize money this season and others that have not won anything yet.
Our sincere thanks to every participant who supported this race. We plan to make it a regular event on our program and hope to receive even more support next year.
| Ranking | Fancier | Pigeon | Arrivaltime | Speed | Name |
| 1 | zzOPEN – DE VRIES HOKKE | SVPV 1046 2015 | 14.09.2018 13:33:16.96 | 1802,847 | BLUE MOON – 2018 Matjies Challenge 1st R66,000 |
| 2 | zzOPEN – KOCH, PHILLIP | JBSK 178 2016 | 14.09.2018 13:33:19.86 | 1802,6197 | KELLY – 2018 Opens 8th LG R500; 2018 Matjies Challenge 2nd R33,000 |
| 3 | JAGGA, NICO | ZA 61520 2017 | 14.09.2018 13:36:07.06 | 1789,6099 | 2018 Matjies Challenge 3rd R19,800 |
| 4 | HATTINGH, DANIE | NFS 7682 2017 | 14.09.2018 13:47:23.23 | 1738,8584 | SILVER III – 2018 Matjies Challenge 4th R13,200 |
| 5 | zzOPEN – STEYNBERG, TOM | CRADOCK 851 2015 | 14.09.2018 13:49:58.78 | 1727,5878 | JW AUTO (2016 – 14th Richmond HS2 R500; 4th Noupoort R500) (2017 2nd SC Final R25,000; 1st SC Ace Pigeon) (2018 Matjies Challenge 5th R6,600) |
| 6 | zzOPEN – WAGIBIKI HOKKE | CWDK/K 489 2015 | 14.09.2018 13:50:12.58 | 1726,595 | WAGIBIKI 489 – 2018 Matjies Challenge 6th R3,300 |
| 7 | WAGIBIKI HOKKE | CWDK/K 166 2017 | 14.09.2018 14:02:41.56 | 1674,3695 | WAGIBIKI 166 – 2018 Matjies Challenge 7th R1,500 |
| 8 | zzOPEN – JAGGA, NICO | VRDK 30 2016 | 14.09.2018 14:02:42.02 | 1674,3384 | I AM – (2016 – Joint 11th Richmond HS2 R500)(2018 Matjies Challenge 8th R1,500) |
| 9 | VIP LOFTS | BPF/D 632 2017 | 14.09.2018 14:03:53.30 | 1669,5324 | NAPOLEON – 2018 JO 9th Final R2,000; Matjies Challenge 9th R1,500 |
| 10 | JOUBERT, GARY | NRHU/P 5978 2017 | 14.09.2018 14:04:00.55 | 1669,0452 | 2018 JO – 10th Hanover R1,000; 7th Final R2,000; 3rd JO ACE Pigeon R10,000; Matjies Challenge 10th R1,500 |
| 11 | zzOPEN – ROBBIE’S LOFT | NK/BL 2732 2016 | 14.09.2018 14:04:02.81 | 1668,8933 | ROBBIE 2 – 2018 Opens 10th LG R500; 18th Open ACE Pigeon; Matjies Challenge 11th R1,000 |
| 12 | LIEBENBERG, DEON | NK 4020 2018 | 14.09.2018 14:04:44.43 | 1666,1021 | 2018 JO 18th Final R1,000; Matjies Challenge 12th R1,000 |
| 13 | zzOPEN – ENGELKE, REON | BDU 1881 2015 | 14.09.2018 14:08:48.60 | 1649,9128 | WHO’S TOO – (2016 – 13th PA Final R1,000) 2017 – 5th Three Sisters R500; 10th SC Final R1,000) 2018 Opens 14th Final R1,000; 8th Open ACE Pigeon R500; Matjies Challenge 13th R1,000 |
| 14 | zzOPEN – PERSENS, KOOS | NBHU/D 5155 2016 | 14.09.2018 14:11:20.11 | 1640,0245 | THE TRANSPORTER – 2018 Matjies Challenge 14th R1,000 |
| 15 | zzOPEN – CORNELIUS, JB | ZA 77683 2015 | 14.09.2018 14:11:59.63 | 1637,4647 | CASTLE (2016 – 12th Hanover HS1 R500) (2017 – 21st SC Final R500)(2018 Opens 1st Final R60,000; Matjies Challenge 15th R1,000) |
| 16 | VAN HEERDEN, RUBEN | OP/BPK 1662 2017 | 14.09.2018 14:12:06.07 | 1637,0483 | RUBY 3 – 2018 JO 6th Final R5,000; Matjies Challenge 16th R1,000 |
| 17 | zzOPEN – CORNELIUS, JB | NK/KHS 308 2016 | 14.09.2018 14:14:21.97 | 1628,3108 | LEGAL EAGLE – 2018 Matjies Challenge 17th R1,000 |
| 18 | zzOPEN – THOMAS, JUNIOR | NK/HOPETOWN 0042 2016 | 14.09.2018 14:14:23.31 | 1628,2251 | LOLLOS – 2018 3rd Open ACE Pigeon R6,000; Matjies Challenge 18th R1,000 |
| 19 | zzOPEN – HAMAN, MIKE | OPU 4826 2015 | 14.09.2018 14:14:54.99 | 1626,2019 | ETHAN LAD – 2017 29th SC Final R500; 2018 Opens 9th Final R2,000; Matjies Challenge 19th R1,000 |
| 20 | SKELM & ROOIKOP | ZA 34605 2017 | 14.09.2018 14:16:07.41 | 1621,5956 | CASTLE III – 2018 Matjies Challenge 20th R1,000 |