Marlbank 2026 Auction Guide Part 2: Consistency Counts - The Fanciers Who Showed Up Every Week

Auction Guide Part 2

Part 1 we looked at the fanciers securing the highest number of positions within the Top 10, Top 25, and Top 50 arrivals, serving as a solid benchmark for pure results throughout the Marlbank 2026 campaign.

Part 2 of our three-part Marlbank 2026 auction guide turns from race results to reliability and depth, ranking which fanciers kept showing up in Velocity News Fancier of the Race and Follow Up rankings, week after week. 

Marlbank One Loft Race · 2026

Marlbank 2026 Season In Numbers

Hotspot 1 Winburg 215km – Final Race, Richmond 655km

Avg. distance	460 km
Avg. winning speed	1380.39 m/min
Avg. basketed	1,229
Avg. flight time	5h 33m
Fanciers	233

Most Fancier of the Race Top 10 Appearances Marlbank OLR 2026

The Velocity News Fancier of the race rankings ranks fanciers on the percentage of their basketed pigeons placing inside the top 5% arrivals, the fancier with the highest percentage of his participating pigeons that arrived within the top 5% arrivals wins Fancier of the race.

Marlbank One Loft Race · 2026

Most Fancier of the Race Appearances

Hotspot 1 Winburg 215km – Final Race, Richmond 655km

1

Sam & Judels Avg position: 7.60 across 5 appearances

5

2

CTS & Wespoel Hokke Avg position: 2.50 across 4 appearances

4

3

Andre Fivaz Avg position: 6.00 across 4 appearances

4

4

Gavin Rous Avg position: 3.00 across 3 appearances

3

5

Harry Wilson Avg position: 3.33 across 3 appearances

3

6

Shahzad Avg position: 6.00 across 3 appearances

3

7

Schalk Jonker Avg position: 6.67 across 3 appearances

3

8

Jagger Lofts Avg position: 7.33 across 3 appearances

3

9

Hans De Noon Avg position: 1.50 across 2 appearances

2

10

Michael Burger Avg position: 1.50 across 2 appearances

2

Most Fancier of the Race Appearances — velocitypigeonnews.com

Most Follow Up Ranking Top 10 Appearances Marlbank OLR 2026

The Velocity News Follow up ranking ranks fanciers on the percentage of their basketed pigeons placing inside the top 10% arrivals, again the fancier with the highest percentage of his participating pigeons wins the Follow Up Ranking, this ranking shows depth in a fanciers entries, we all like an early pigeon but having a few following up the early pigeon turns into domination!

Marlbank One Loft Race · 2026

Most Follow Up Ranking Appearances

Hotspot 1 Winburg 215km – Final Race, Richmond 655km

1

Hans De Noon Avg position: 4.25 across 4 appearances

4

2

Michael Burger Avg position: 4.50 across 4 appearances

4

3

CTS & Wespoel Hokke Avg position: 5.25 across 4 appearances

4

4

Sam & Judels Avg position: 1.33 across 3 appearances

3

5

Gavin Rous Avg position: 4.67 across 3 appearances

3

6

Greg Anderson Avg position: 5.67 across 3 appearances

3

7

Tru-Legend Avg position: 6.00 across 3 appearances

3

8

Oudeluck Wes Avg position: 2.50 across 2 appearances

2

9

Tashreeq Smith Avg position: 2.50 across 2 appearances

2

10

Harry Wilson Avg position: 3.00 across 2 appearances

2

Most Follow Up Ranking Appearances — velocitypigeonnews.com

Most Pigeon of the Week Top 3 Appearances Marlbank OLR 2026

Alongside those rankings, we created the Pigeon of the Week Ranking - a weekly ranking that ranks the best pigeons across two races, pigeons with the smallest time behind the winner across two races. One Lofts are extremely competitive and for a pigeon to be the best in the loft across two races shows massive potential and is something serious buyers can look at!

Marlbank One Loft Race · 2026

Most Pigeon of the Week Appearances

Training Ventersburg – Final Race, Richmond 655km

1

Andre Fivaz Avg margin: +1:15.595 across 2 appearances Pigeon: ZA-25-MAC-853

2

2

Niekie Peters Avg margin: +2:26.140 across 2 appearances Pigeon: ZA-25-MAC-870

2

3

Mountain Loft/Murray&Mills/C Oxley Avg margin: +6:48.933 across 2 appearances Pigeons: ZA-25-MOUN-155, ZA-25-MOUN-231

2

4

Jordaan & Bornman Avg margin: +0:01.750 across 1 appearance Pigeon: ZA-25-BPFD-1393

1

5

Saipr Avg margin: +0:02.555 across 1 appearance Pigeon: ZA-25-GPU-5639

1

6

Fourie Forte Avg margin: +0:02.915 across 1 appearance Pigeon: ZA-25-GPU-3526

1

7

Loft Einkamerer Avg margin: +0:04.440 across 1 appearance Pigeon: ZA-25-EIN-110

1

8

Bertus Nel Avg margin: +0:04.745 across 1 appearance Pigeon: ZA-25-NOK-258

1

9

Splendidior Avg margin: +0:09.515 across 1 appearance Pigeon: ZA-25-WBU-1310

1

10

Frost Lofts Avg margin: +0:09.705 across 1 appearance Pigeon: ZA-25-FROST-017

1

Most Pigeon of the Week Appearances — velocitypigeonnews.com

Part 3 Coming soon

Part 3 of this series closes out the Marlbank 2026 auction guide with the numbers most buyers ask for first: the Ace Pigeon rankings. We'll break down which fanciers had the biggest impact across the Overall, Enduro, and Sprint Ace rankings - the clearest read yet on which lofts are producing pigeons built to last a full season. Stay tuned!

MAIN AUCTION MARLBANK OLR 2026

Marlbank OLR 2026 Auction coming soon. Click the link down below to register for the auction.

Click Here To Register

📲 Join the Velocity News WhatsApp Channel

Get race day results, Fancier of the Race announcements, and breaking pigeon racing news sent straight to your phone, no need to check the site.

Click To Join