FRANK & MARINO MARTENS Ommegangstraat 1

8755 Ruiselede Belgium

Frank & Marino will be offering 16 x Marcel Aelbrecht birds for sale on the Elimar online

auction site from early next week (week commencing 25th September). These birds will be brought to the UK this weekend so buyers will only pay the standard UK inland carriage

cost.

Who are we?

We are a father-son combination that raced the short distance and middle long distance with success till 2001. In 1999 we went to Paul and Stefaan Van Overbeke (Now the combination Van Overbeke-Claus) to buy 20 youngsters out of their best breeders. From 2002 onwards we have been entering the races on the long and very long distance. Frank Martens is a retired postman and Marino is working as an operational Controller in the Ter Beke company in Waarschoot. His grand-mother, Maria, at the age of 87, is still cleaning the lofts of the widowers and youngsters. The training of the racing pigeons is the task of Frank (66). The health and medical care lies in the hands of Marino. The breeds on our loft: Our base strain:

Van Overbeke- Claus, (Esen) Diksmuide. Other strains:

Gyselbrecht, Knesselare/Ruiselede Buysse Robert, Ertvelde Hebberecht Chris, via August Mouton, Ursel Mortier Hendrik, St.-Kruis-Brugge

2 sons of the 1st National Castres 2002 1 halfbrother of the 1st National Castres 2002

2 grandsons of the 1st National Limoges

Van Landuyt Antoine, Vinkt 2 sons of the 3rd National Ace-pigeon Long Distance KBDB 2006

Latest acquisitions:

Van Eycken Robert, Erps-Kwerps Aelbrecht Marcel, Lebbeke

5 grandchildren of THE MARSEILLE 2 great grandchildren of THE MARSEILLE 5 grandchildren of BAK 17 1 inbred BAK 17 (three times couple BAK 17 in the pedigree!!) 8 grandchildren of SMALLEN 970-96 2 sons CHRIS 3 children of THE MICHAËL 3 grandchildren of THE MICHAËL 2 great grandchildren of THE LIMOGES

Some of the youngster of 2010 were crossbreeds of the Van Overbeke-Clausstrain with the Aelbrechtstrain. In 2011 some of these pigeons made a very good result on the race from Bordeaux yearlings.

11th national 6215p. => father is grandson DE MARSEILLE 14th International 11444p.

271st national 6215p. => father is grandson SMALLEN 970-96 403rd International 11444p.

For 2012 we have selected 5 100% Marcel Aelbrecht pigeons of our own breed to compete in the races for the yearlings. These are some of our best results of 2011:

Limoges (600 km): 6th club, (5/8)

Montélimar (730 km): 2nd , 13th club, (2/3)

Libourne (730 km): 2nd club, (1/3)

Bordeaux (791 km): 1st, 2nd, 4th, 18th, club (9/12) 7th , 11th, 16th, 82nd, pro (11/12) 11th, 24th, 37th, 272nd, nat (10/12) 14th, 33rd, 53rd, 403rd, int

Some results from the past years: Bourges: Yearlings (452 km) Club 258 7, 10, 18, 32, 38, 39, 42, 55, 68, 70, 71 (11/22) Pro. 1593 62, 86, 149, 310, 358, 365, 381, 456, 525 ( 9/22) Nat. 19606 93, 151, 316, 989, 1327, 1377, 1537, 2284, 2993, 3175,3201 (11/22) Brive I: (635 km) Lok. 395 7, 11, 12, 17, 84, 86, 129 ( 7/ 7) Pro. 2884 42, 82, 87, 116, 733, 740 ( 6/ 7) Nat. 19477 62, 146, 154, 222, 1975, 2003, 3640 ( 7/ 7) Montélimar: (730 km)

Lok. 63 1st ( 1/ 2) Pro. 623 2nd Nat. 8538 121st

Sint-Vincent: yearlings (905 km) Lok. 339 23rd Pro. 1946 49th Nat. 10624 360th Orange: (780 km) Lok. 86 1st Pro. 632 5th Nat. 7568 152nd Limoges: yearlings (600 km) Lok. 683 1st Pro. 4996 27th Nat. 21929 47th

Montélimar:

Lok. 70 2e, 3e, 4e, 5e, 11e en 16e (6/6) Pro. 589 12e, 43e, 44e, 49e, 94e en 115e. (6/6) Nat. 10195 229e, 739e, 745e, 825e, 1813e en 2182e. (6/6)

Montauban:

Lok. 183 2e, 12e en 18e. (3/6) Pro. 1208 14e, 84e, 124e (3/6) Nat. 7307 35e, 344e, 456e (3/6)

Orange:

Lok. 56 1e, 7e en 8e (3/6) Pro. 417 31e, 81e 91e (3/6) Nat. 6751 292e, 885e, 1035e (3/6)

Limoges Derby:

Lok. 267 oude duiven.........5e (1/1) 173 2-jaarse duiven.....4e (1/1) Pro. 2310 oude duiven.......33e (1/1) Nat. 12266 oude duiven.......69e(1/1) 6617 2-jaarse duiven..36e(1/1)

Souillac:

Lok. 154 1e, 25e, 46e en 47e. (4/4) Pro. 1244 5e, 162e, 299e en 302e (4/4) Nat. 5982 69e, 608e, 1235e en 1242e (4/4)

Aurillac:

Lok. 53 1e, 6e en 14e (3/4)

Pro. 581 59e, 115e en 153e (3/4)

Nat. 6611 160e, 413e en 629e (3/4)

Limoges:

Lok. 252 9e, 22e, 38e, 44e en 84e (5/10)

Pro. 2104 95e, 225e, 355e, 402e en 664e (5/10) Nat. 9545 251e, 563e, 912e 1049e, 1847e, 2223e en 2266e (7/10)

Some pictures of our best flyers and breeders:

Our lofts: Widowers and Flyers

Frank & Marino will be offering 16 x Marcel Aelbrecht birds for sale on the Elimar online

auction site from early next week (week commencing 25th September). These birds will be brought to the UK this weekend so buyers will only pay the standard UK inland carriage

cost.