Persons
on photo (From left to right) is Pieter Oberholster,Egan
Oberholster(Son), Netanya Oberholster and Nev Proctor. Werner
Bronkhorst and F Smit could not be present as they are in South Africa.
Team UK Invitation Team winners with his pigeon "Atlantic 99 2nd".
They opted to upgrade the car they won and paid in the difference.
Account Name: JOSE LEDESMA BATISTA - DerbyARONA
Bank:La
Caixa de Barcelona
Account Number:2100-4794-24-0200020238
IBAN Number:ES29
2100 4794 2402 0002 0238
Swift Number:CAIXESBBXXX
Bank Address:La
Camella, Arona -Tenerife – Canary Islands - Spain
(Please mentioned additional references: PIGEON & TEAM NAME)
"We
as organizers would like to stress at this stage that the welfare of
late arrival pigeons will come first. This means due the extreme
hardness and testing external factors affecting low return in Hot Spot
1 the expected late arrivals be rested for Hot Spot 2 but be entered
for later Hot Spots based on there individual condition... During this
process the Derby Atlantic will supply an accurate list off pigeons in
recovery."
"We the
organizers are extremely sorry for the unfortunate hardness of Hot Spot 1.
This was due to circumstances beyond our control, as most pigeons did not
clear the island of liberation yesterday. We shall keep all the race entrants
informed via this web site as we receive information".
NOTE 3 FEB:
To avoid a forecast CALIMA possible due on 5 February and storms in
the next week, the race committee have decided to release birds
tomorrow 4 February, as it looks like being a beautiful day.