Jelle Jellema looks back on yet another very successful season. He adds another 2nd national prize from Barcelona to his palmares this year, after having already won a 1st and 3rd International Barcelona in 20014 and a 3rd National Barcelona in 2016.
Jelle has been one of the leading long distance players around the globe for several decades. Trying to improve upon his results of the year before is particularly difficult for him and yet he has done it again this season. Some of his most notable results over the years are without doubt his 1st and 3rd International Barcelona, a gold medal in the Budapest Olympiad with Romee and another top result from Barcelona (2nd National) this very season. Add to that his numerous top results at national and international level in other races over the years, including:
Barcelona 4,504 p.: 2-84-132-136-172-191-209-235-262-302-etc. (11/21)
Perpignan 4,789 p.: 2-11-21-64-113-176-208-242-281-293-350-459-etc. (21/36)
Pau 3,788 p.: 5-6-87-111-116-200-etc. (10/18)
Perpignan 4,027 p.: 3-9-14-17-35-123-140-180-212-220-etc. (22/45)
Barcelona 5,239 p.: 3-10-18-37-77-etc. (8/12)
St.-Vincent 3,714 p.: 6–9–16–34–40-etc.(5/8)
Barcelona 5,423 p.: 1-3-102-195-256-etc. (8/12)
Bergerac 2,651 p.: 3-6-12-30-33-38-39-41-43-48-59-etc. (43/62)
Cahors 2,648 p.: 2-8-11-50-72-etc. (13/20)
He did particularly well in the ZLU races (morning release), winning the following championship titles:
4th ZLU Emperor Extreme Long Distance
1st ZLU Long Distance Champion
2nd ZLU Pyrenees Cup
2nd ZLU Super Prestige
Zwart Goud and his youngsters Orion, Saffier and Jade lead to great results
The phenomenal Zwart Goud breeder has played an important role in this success story: the many generations of Zwart Goud youngsters have been crucial to Jelle’s pigeon racing career over the years. Many of them were invaluable racing birds, including for instance Romee.
NL10-1221795 Romee, takes gold in the Budapest Olympiad
Romee is the perfect example of successful inbreeding with Zwart Goud. Romee won no less than five teletext prizes over the course of her impressive career. She became 1st National Ace Pigeon TBOTB in the marathon in 2013, and she took a gold medal in the 2015 Olympiad in Budapest in the marathon. Romee is a granddaughter and great-granddaughter of Saffier, which is a daughter of Zwart Goud. Saffier won herself a 1st NPO Ruffec in 2013, being the fastest pigeon in sector 4 (of 3,285 birds). Click here for Romee’s pedigree.