Jaco & Danie (JHB,ZA) Win 1-14-28-44-122-170 vs 1.395p 215km Hotspot 1 Marlbank OLR 2026
Recapping the 2026 Marlbank season we look back at Hotspot 1 Winburg 215km. Going behind the results and looking at the fanciers and the bloodlines that produced these top performances. In this article we cover the top 3 arrivals, Pigeon of the week and fancier of the race.
1st Hotspot 1 Winburg 215km
This team needs no introduction! Jaco Faul and Danie Scholtz is one of South Africa's top lofts, delivering fantastic results across Union racing and One Loft racing. In 2025 the team won 2. Nat Ace Pigeon All Round South Africa. Currently ranked 9th Black Jacket Afrikapro 2026 after Race 7.
When it come to the pigeons behind the success, Jaco & Danie mainly based their pigeons on a couple of pairs. In no particular order, they work with the De Rauw-Sablon line of 'BE07-4253810 x BE07-4138855'. Alongside them the Tomlock R80 000 pair 'SA02-THU-19150 x SA03-THU-1648' and the Kittel line of 'GB18-63384 x NL19-1418637'.
2nd Hotspot 1 Winburg 215km
The SAIPR partnership of Gerhard Van Aswegen and Billy Kitchenbrand needs no introduction to the South African pigeon community! Famous for the 'Kaasboer' pigeons, and base pigeons like 'Kiran' and the '24804' De Rauw-Sablon hen plus many more.
The father to the 2nd place Hotspot 1 Winburg comes directly from the Nr1 pair of Gerhard & Billy, out of the '1009 x Smuts' pairing.
The mother to 2nd Hotspot 1 is a Gaby Vandenabeele hen of Billy, together this pair has bred numerous talented pigeons, one being the 2nd Hotspot 1 Marlbank, another the Overall Ace Pigeon PSWU Combine and another the 2nd Ace Money Race (12 weeks in a row from 275km - 600km) !
3rd Hotspot 1 Winburg 215km
Bloemfontein-based Team Jordaan & Bornman comprises Hannes Jordaan, Chris Bornman, and his father Nardus. The experienced team has achieved multiple top-10 Bloemfontein Posduif Federasie finishes, twice placing 3rd overall, and earned SANPO Merit colours alongside two 2nd SANPO National Ace Pigeon Short Distance Cat. B awards.
The Bornman strain originates from Chris Bornman Snr, who bought 10 Tomlock youngsters in the early 2000s. Among them was SA00-WRRPA-19518 ('18 Lock'), a smoke blue white flight cock bred directly from Egbert O'Kelly's 'R100 000 Tomlock Super Pair'. Put to stock, the '18 Lock' produced champions and forms the foundation of every pigeon in the Bornman loft. This line was crossed with Van Breemens and the late Theuns Van Der Westhuizen's 'Maria / 0860' line.
Hannes Jordaan
Hannes bred '4240', the 3rd National Ace SANPO Overall 2022 hen that placed 3-3-5-11-12-12-16 against 900 federation pigeons in one season. She also mothered 'RAPTOR', the 1st Place Final and 3 x top 5 finisher at Marlbank OLR 2026. 'RAPTOR''s dam was bred by mating a direct son of Gavin Rous's 'King Tom x Blue Queen' pair to an inbred granddaughter of the '18 Lock' cock.
Velocity News Fancier of The Race
Hans De Noon, one of the standout fanciers of the 2026 Marlbank season, ranked 2nd in the most top 10 Velocity News fancier of the race rankings. Also winner of the Sprint Ace Pigeon for the season. Hans is a fantastic fancier with 2 x 1st Gauteng Pigeon Union Championships under his belt and currently 2nd in the GPU Averages with 2 weeks to go. He also holds an impressive record for being the champion in the Kosmos Pigeon Racing Club for the past 13 years.
Pigeons behind the success is based on 4 lines, recently the Kittel lines of Alwyn Bester and Gys Louw's 'Special Kittel x 95 Hen' pair is the foundation Hans uses to cross out with the Arnold Morey 'Machine' line, the Tomlocks and the De Rauw-Sablon lines of '810' and 'Golden Carrelly'.
Pigeon of The Week Hotspot 1
The best pigeon in the loft across two races (Ventersburg 164km & Hotspot 1 Winburg 215km) belongs to SG Basson from Malmesbury, Western Cape. He is 4 years in the pigeon sport, taking over from his father who was a fancier for many a year.
SG has had great success at Cape Town International OLR in recent years as seen in the picture below. He also won 4th position against 1.530p Race 6 Afrikapro 2026 with his pigeon 'Sonic Boom' showing his quality at the highest level.
Pigeons behind Basson's success is mostly out of the Ludo Claassens, '109' Janssens, Van Loon and the George Oswald / Turbo Tom lines.
Coming soon the Hotspot 2 Recap, we take a deeper look at the fanciers and the bloodlines that achieved the results on the day, giving you more insight into what to look for on the Marlbank Main Auction that is currently live! Visit www.pigeonauctionhouse.com for more details on this exciting auction!
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