Marlbank Auction Day: The Final Race Richmond's Top Fanciers & Their Best Performing Lots Included
Jordaan & Bornman's 'RAPTOR' Clinches Final Race Victory, Marking Her 3rd Top-5 Finish! Bertus Nel Secures 2nd in the Final and 13th in the Semi-Final with the Same Hen. Team Wilnic Caps Off the Marlbank Season with a Strong 3rd-Place Finish.
1st Place Final Richmond 655km & Pigeon of the Week!
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.
Lot 065 - ZA-25-BPFD-1393 "RAPTOR"
ENTERED BY JORDAAN & BORNMAN
MARLBANK OLR WINTER - SEASON 2026
1ST FINAL - RICHMOND 655KM (905 PIGEONS)
3rd HS 1 - WINBURG 215KM (1395 PIGEONS)
5th HS 7 - HANOVER 580KM (984 PIGEONS)
2nd Place Final Richmond 655km
Based in Colesberg, South Africa, Bertus Nel is renowned for his exceptional collection of Gaby Vandenabeele pigeons, having established one of the premier pigeon families in the country. Key foundation stock such as the cock 'BAKLEIGAT BLIKSEM' has made a major impact nationwide, with his descendants producing several National Ace Pigeons as well as outstanding One Loft performers. Notable among these are the famed 'MIENKE' and 'MIENKE SISTER', who famously bred 'LARA'—1st Blue Jacket winner at Afrikapro 2025 for Pigeon Palace to only mention a few!
Lot 082 - ZA-25-NOK-258
ENTERED BY BERTUS NEL
MARLBANK OLR WINTER - SEASON 2026
2nd FINAL - RICHMOND 655KM (905 PIGEONS)
13th HS 7 - HANOVER 580KM (984 PIGEONS)
21st HS 1 - WINBURG 215KM (1395 PIGEONS)
79th HS 1 - WINBURG 215KM (1395 PIGEONS)
ENTERED BY BERTUS NEL
MARLBANK OLR WINTER - SEASON 2026
21st HS 4 - SPRINGFONTEIN 444KM (1328 PIGEONS)
3rd Place Final Richmond 655km
Team Wilnic, based in Centurion, South Africa, are top fanciers in the Tshwane Pigeon Association. Well known as winners of the GRPA Combine Averages in 2014, they are no strangers to major competitions. Their recent achievements include winning 1st National Ace Pigeon in the SANPO Category for 2000+ pigeons. The team races with the Turbo Tom Twilight pigeon family, which is built around a single foundational bird, ZA16-SLIM-0614.
Lot 101 - ZA-25-TPA-7669
ENTERED BY WILNIC
MARLBANK OLR WINTER - SEASON 2026
44th ACE
3rd FINAL - RICHMOND 655KM (905 PIGEONS)
Fancier of the Race
Gavin Rous (Colesberg, South Africa) is one of the country's prominent veterinarians and accomplished pigeon fanciers. He stands out as arguably one of the most successful competitors at Marlbank One Loft today.
Recent One Loft Accomplishments:
- 1st Ace Pigeon Marlbank OLR 2024
- 1st Place Marlbank OLR Final 2025
- 1st Place Diaz One Loft Race (Race 8, 2026)
- 1st Place Karoo Million Bakkie Race 855km'26
- 2nd Ace Pigeon Marlbank OLR 2025
- 6th Ace Pigeon Marlbank OLR 2025
- 14th Place Final Marlbank OLR 2026
ZA17-NOK-4645 Mother & Grandmother to:
- 1. Ace Pigeon Marlbank '24
- 1st Marlbank Final 647km '25
- 1st Place Hotspot 7 580km 2026
- 1st Place THU Derby Winner
- 2nd Marlbank Colesberg 520km '25
- 3rd Marlbank Noupoort 565km '24
- 3rd Marlbank Reddersburg 357km '24
- 4th Marlbank Colesberg 520km '24
- 4th Ace Pigeon Genetic OLR
- 5th Marlbank Bloemfontein '24
- 6th Ace Pigeon Marlbank OLR '25
- 8th Ace Pigeon Dinokeng 2023
- 11th Place Marlbank Colesberg 520km
- 14th Place Final Marlbank 2026
- 19th Ace Pigeon Marlbank 2026
- 21st Place Final Marlbank 2026
- 24th Ace Afrikapro OLR 2023
- 34th Marlbank Final 655km '26
**DIRECT DAUGHTER '4645' **
Lot 047 - ZA-25-NOKCAS-802 "ISOLDE
ENTERED BY ROUS & GROBELAAR
MARLBANK OLR WINTER - SEASON 2026
21st FINAL - RICHMOND 655KM (905 PIGEONS)
Lot 060 - ZA-25-NOKCAS-779 "MUNGO JERRY"
ENTERED BY GAVIN ROUS
MARLBANK OLR WINTER - SEASON 2026
14th FINAL - RICHMOND 655KM (905 PIGEONS)
Lot 092 - ZA-25-NOKCAS-759 "MIDNIGHT VELVET"
Direct daughter '9316' 6 x winner and Nr1 daughter of '4645' !
ENTERED BY GAVIN ROUS
MARLBANK OLR WINTER - SEASON 2026
19th ACE
10th HS 2 - BLOEMFONTEIN 315KM (1375 PIGEONS)
34th FINAL - RICHMOND 655KM (905 PIGEONS)
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