Marlbank 2026: Your Essential Guide to This Year’s Leading Fanciers

Auction Guide Part 1

With the Marlbank 2026 season coming to a close, we look forward to the much-anticipated main auction of these quality pigeons.

Velocity News thought it fitting to create a three-part series designed as an auction guide for interested buyers to do their homework before auction day kicks off.

In Part 1, we created three rankings to help buyers identify which fanciers led from the front across the entire season, making it easier for buyers to see where their next champion could potentially come from.

Marlbank One Loft Race · 2026

Race-by-Race Season Breakdown

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

Every hotspot of the Marlbank OLR Winter 2026 season, in order flown: distance, the winning pigeon’s speed, and the number of pigeons basketed for that race. Basketed totals are drawn from each race’s own results page.

1

Winburg Distance: 215 km · Winning speed: 1370.6650 m/min

1,395 basketed

Winner: Jaco & Danie — ZA-25-GPU-5322

2

Bloemfontein Distance: 315 km · Winning speed: 1298.1964 m/min

1,375 basketed

Winner: Fourie Forte — ZA-25-GPU-3526

3

Edenburg (+10km) Distance: 390 km · Winning speed: 1436.2816 m/min

1,350 basketed

Winner: Die Vrystaters — ZA-25-OVRF-6328

4

Springfontein Distance: 444 km · Winning speed: 1395.9403 m/min

1,328 basketed

Winner: Mountain Loft/Murray&Mills/C Oxley — ZA-25-MOUN-155

5

Colesberg Distance: 515 km · Winning speed: 1702.8330 m/min

1,261 basketed

Winner: R.A.M. Annandale — ZA-25-BPFW-57

6

Noupoort Distance: 566 km · Winning speed: 1340.6011 m/min

1,230 basketed

Winner: Mountain Loft/Murray&Mills/C Oxley — ZA-25-MOUN-231

7

Hanover Distance: 580 km · Winning speed: 1373.4719 m/min

984 basketed

Winner: Shamwari Lofts — ZA-25-SHAMWARI-064

8

Richmond (Final) Distance: 655 km · Winning speed: 1125.0980 m/min

905 basketed

Winner: Jordaan & Bornman — ZA-25-BPFD-1393

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

Race-by-Race Season Breakdown — velocitypigeonnews.com

Most Top 1% Positions By Fancier

Marlbank One Loft Race · 2026

Most Top 10 Arrivals

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

Counts every pigeon that arrived in the Top 10 of a race’s arrivals table, across the whole season. Ties are broken by the average finishing position across each fancier’s own Top 10 finishes — lower average wins.

1

TIMELESS TRIO Avg position: 7.75 across 4 finishes

4

2

MOUNTAIN LOFT/MURRAY&MILLS/C OXLEY Avg position: 2.00 across 3 finishes

3

3

JORDAAN & BORNMAN Avg position: 3.00 across 3 finishes

3

4

DIE VRYSTATERS Avg position: 3.33 across 3 finishes

3

5

SAIPR Avg position: 4.00 across 3 finishes

3

6

NIEKIE PETERS Avg position: 6.00 across 3 finishes

3

7

BERTUS NEL Avg position: 3.00 across 2 finishes

2

8

FOURIE FORTE Avg position: 4.50 across 2 finishes

2

9

HARRY WILSON Avg position: 5.50 across 2 finishes

2

10

FRANCOIS STEINMANN Avg position: 6.00 across 2 finishes

2

Most Top 10 Arrivals — oneloftrace.live

Most Top 2% Positions By Fancier

Marlbank One Loft Race · 2026

Most Top 25 Arrivals

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

Counts every pigeon that arrived in the Top 25 of a race’s arrivals table, across the whole season. Ties are broken by the average finishing position across each fancier’s own Top 25 finishes — lower average wins.

1

TIMELESS TRIO Avg position: 12.50 across 6 finishes

6

2

LOFT EINKAMERER Avg position: 14.50 across 6 finishes

6

3

SAIPR Avg position: 7.20 across 5 finishes

5

4

BERTUS NEL Avg position: 12.20 across 5 finishes

5

5

HARRY WILSON Avg position: 14.00 across 5 finishes

5

6

AMPER IRISH Avg position: 16.60 across 5 finishes

5

7

THONE PIGEONS & R&R LOFTS Avg position: 17.60 across 5 finishes

5

8

NIEKIE PETERS Avg position: 8.00 across 4 finishes

4

9

DIE VRYSTATERS Avg position: 8.25 across 4 finishes

4

10

HANS DE NOON Avg position: 11.75 across 4 finishes

4

11

GAVIN ROUS Avg position: 12.00 across 4 finishes

4

12

BJ JANSEN VAN RENSBURG Avg position: 12.25 across 4 finishes

4

13

JACO & DANIE Avg position: 13.75 across 4 finishes

4

14

SPLENDIDIOR Avg position: 14.00 across 4 finishes

4

15

JACO FOURIE Avg position: 14.00 across 4 finishes

4

16

MOUNTAIN LOFT/MURRAY&MILLS/C OXLEY Avg position: 2.00 across 3 finishes

3

17

JORDAAN & BORNMAN Avg position: 3.00 across 3 finishes

3

18

FOURIE FORTE Avg position: 9.33 across 3 finishes

3

19

JAGGER LOFTS Avg position: 10.33 across 3 finishes

3

20

RONNIE HUEBSCH Avg position: 12.67 across 3 finishes

3

Most Top 25 Arrivals — oneloftrace.live

Most Top 4% Positions By Fancier

Marlbank One Loft Race · 2026

Most Top 50 Arrivals

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

Counts every pigeon that arrived in the Top 50 of a race’s arrivals table, across the whole season. Ties are broken by the average finishing position across each fancier’s own Top 50 finishes — lower average wins.

1

SAIPR Avg position: 28.57 across 14 finishes

14

2

JACO & DANIE Avg position: 29.62 across 13 finishes

13

3

TIMELESS TRIO Avg position: 23.90 across 10 finishes

10

4

EXCLUSIVE PIGEON PARIDISE Avg position: 31.30 across 10 finishes

10

5

LOFT EINKAMERER Avg position: 20.25 across 8 finishes

8

6

JACO FOURIE Avg position: 23.38 across 8 finishes

8

7

HANS DE NOON Avg position: 25.25 across 8 finishes

8

8

BERTUS NEL Avg position: 17.71 across 7 finishes

7

9

HARRY WILSON Avg position: 19.57 across 7 finishes

7

10

FRANCOIS STEINMANN Avg position: 30.00 across 7 finishes

7

11

NIEKIE PETERS Avg position: 18.83 across 6 finishes

6

12

THONE PIGEONS & R&R LOFTS Avg position: 20.17 across 6 finishes

6

13

BJ JANSEN VAN RENSBURG Avg position: 20.17 across 6 finishes

6

14

AMPER IRISH Avg position: 21.83 across 6 finishes

6

15

FOURIE FORTE Avg position: 24.17 across 6 finishes

6

16

R.A.M. ANNANDALE Avg position: 27.17 across 6 finishes

6

17

THEUNISSEN & LABUSCHAGNE Avg position: 28.83 across 6 finishes

6

18

HANS PAUL ESSER & FOUCHE Avg position: 32.17 across 6 finishes

6

19

HARDY KRUGER & OBERHOLSTER LOFT Avg position: 40.33 across 6 finishes

6

20

DIE VRYSTATERS Avg position: 15.80 across 5 finishes

5

Most Top 50 Arrivals — oneloftrace.live

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