CPL One Loft Race 2 Yearlings 320km. Banie Deetlefs took the win, with Adam Marais second and Strauss Hokke third. Adam Marais was also named Velocity News Fancier of the Race, while H&W Hokke led the Top 10% Follow Up Ranking.

Race 2 Yearlings 320km

CPL One Loft's Race 2 Yearlings 320km from Richmond to Bloemfontein, with 908 pigeons basketed across 230 fanciers. Banie Deetlefs took the race win, while Adam Marais was named Velocity News Fancier of the Race and H&W Hokke led the Top 10% Follow Up Ranking.

Race Conditions

Liberation at Richmond unfolded under cold, overcast Karoo skies, with temperatures between 6°C and 8°C and a 14.5 km/h wind out of the west-southwest, cloud cover holding heavy through the release as pigeons climbed into a supportive cross-tailwind.

By the midway point near the Free State border, conditions had eased to 11°C–12°C under thinning cloud, wind shifting west to northwest at 11–13 km/h, a cross-tailwind carrying the pigeons on toward Bloemfontein without any restrictive headwind drag.

Pigeons reached Bloemfontein under a high winter cloud deck, temperatures climbing to 17°C–18°C with a 10–11 km/h northwesterly wind.

Top 10 Arrivals

Banie Deetlefs took the win with CRU 4577 2025, clocking 1563.84 m/min into Bloemfontein. Adam Marais followed in 2nd with 'Goldie', Strauss Hokke placed 3rd with MASK 1563 2025, and Poena Meintjies took 4th with 'Astro'. Alpha & Omega Hokke landed 5th with MDR 1155 2025, Pigeon Power Lofts 6th with KUYS 45 2025, and Great Fish River OLR 7th with TURF PET 12918 2026. Fanie & Sunday completed 8th with ZA 201983 2025, Broers Hokke took 9th with 'Lovely', and Singleton Hokke rounded out the top 10 with 'Arran'.

Velocity News Fancier of the Race

Of the 230 unique fanciers who basketed pigeons for Race 2 Yearlings, 86 met the eligibility minimum of 4 pigeons basketed and qualified for ranking.

Ranking is based on the percentage of each fancier's basketed pigeons that finished inside the top 5% of the race — position 45 of the 908 pigeons basketed in this race. Fanciers with fewer than 4 pigeons basketed are excluded. Ties are broken by average velocity across that fancier's top 5% finishes.

Six fanciers tied at 25.00% for 3rd through 8th, separated only by average velocity across their qualifying finishes — Fanie & Sunday topped that group at 1555.30 m/min, ahead of H&W Hokke, Stormberg Hokke, Fourie Forte Lofts, Akasha Lofts - John & Marietjie, and Team Judels, who closed the group out at 1534.69 m/min.

Top 10 Most Efficient Fanciers

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Fancier of the Race

Race 2 Yearlings 320km · CPL One Loft · Liberation: Richmond · 320 km · 10 July 2026

Ranking is based on Efficiency Rate: the percentage of each fancier's own basketed pigeons that finished inside the top 5% of the race — position 45 of the 908 pigeons basketed in this race. Fanciers with fewer than 4 pigeons basketed are excluded. Ties are broken by average velocity across that fancier's top 5% finishes.

Ranking	Team Name	Pigeons Participated	Positions	Efficiency Rate	Avg Speed
1	MARAIS, ADAM 🇿🇦	4	2, 15	50.00%	1556.10 m/min
2	SCHOEMAN, PIET 🇿🇦	6	34, 40	33.33%	1534.73 m/min
3	FANIE & SUNDAY 🇿🇦	4	8	25.00%	1555.30 m/min
4	H&W HOKKE 🇿🇦	4	19	25.00%	1550.88 m/min
5	STORMBERG HOKKE 🇿🇦	4	28	25.00%	1540.46 m/min
6	FOURIE FORTE LOFTS 🇿🇦	4	31	25.00%	1534.86 m/min
7	AKASHA LOFTS - JOHN & MARIETJIE 🇿🇦	4	32	25.00%	1534.84 m/min
8	TEAM JUDELS 🇿🇦	4	39	25.00%	1534.69 m/min
9	ALPHA & OMEGA HOKKE 🇿🇦	5	5	20.00%	1556.96 m/min
10	HUEBSCH, RONNIE 🇿🇦	5	18	20.00%	1550.89 m/min

Velocity News Fancier of the Race — official ranking — velocitypigeonnews.com

Adam Marais was named Velocity News Fancier of the Race by placing 50.00% of his basketed pigeons inside the top 5% of the race.

Follow Up Ranking

Of the 230 unique fanciers who basketed pigeons for Race 2 Yearlings, the same 86 met the eligibility minimum of 4 pigeons basketed and qualified for ranking.

This ranking identifies which fanciers had the highest percentage of their basketed pigeons placing inside the top 10% of the race — position 90 of the 908 pigeons basketed in this race. This metric is the Follow Up Ranking, a measure of how many pigeons a fancier brought home in succession relative to their total pigeons in the race.

Top 10 Follow Up Leaders

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Top 10% Follow Up Ranking

Race 2 Yearlings 320km · CPL One Loft · Liberation: Richmond · 320 km · 10 July 2026

This ranking identifies which fanciers had the highest concentration of their basketed pigeons landing inside the top 10% of the race — position 90 of the 908 pigeons basketed in this race — relative to how many pigeons they had participating. This metric is the Follow Up Rate, a measure of how many pigeons a fancier brought home in succession relative to their total pigeons in the race. Fanciers with fewer than 4 pigeons basketed are excluded, and ties are broken by average velocity. This ranking does not decide Velocity News Fancier of the Race.

Ranking	Team Name	Pigeons Participated	Positions	Follow Up Rate	Avg Speed
1	H&W HOKKE 🇿🇦	4	19, 79, 86	75.00%	1536.51 m/min
2	AKASHA LOFTS - JOHN & MARIETJIE 🇿🇦	4	32, 65, 85	75.00%	1532.30 m/min
3	ALPHA & OMEGA HOKKE 🇿🇦	5	5, 58, 73	60.00%	1540.99 m/min
4	MARAIS, ADAM 🇿🇦	4	2, 15	50.00%	1556.10 m/min
5	FOURIE FORTE LOFTS 🇿🇦	4	31, 59	50.00%	1534.24 m/min
6	HUEBSCH, RONNIE 🇿🇦	5	18, 50	40.00%	1542.50 m/min
7	DE VILLIERS & FOUCHE 🇿🇦	5	54, 66	40.00%	1533.41 m/min
8	SCHOEMAN, PIET 🇿🇦	6	34, 40	33.33%	1534.73 m/min
9	DIAMOND PIGEON STUD 🇿🇦	10	36, 63, 82	30.00%	1532.53 m/min
10	DEETLEFS, BANIE 🇿🇦	7	1, 71	28.57%	1548.15 m/min

Velocity News Top 10% Follow Up Ranking — velocitypigeonnews.com

H&W Hokke led the Top 10% Follow Up Ranking by placing 75.00% of their basketed pigeons inside the Top 10% of the race.

Looking Ahead

Banie Deetlefs closed out Race 2 Yearlings with the outright win. Adam Marais backed up his Velocity News Fancier of the Race performance with a top-five showing in the Follow Up Ranking as well, while H&W Hokke's consistency across three pigeons put them atop the Follow Up Ranking. With the yearling program only midway through its season, the real test for this group is whether they can repeat the form the next time the birds go up.