Description

64 SHAMWARI 25

Marlbank 2026 performance

• 1st Hotspot 7, Marlbank OLR 2026
  • Race point: Hanover

Sire: 014 SHAMWARI 24

• Sire of 008 SHAMWARI 24
  • 008 SHAMWARI 24 finished 7th in Race 2 at Dinokeng and was 1st on the first drop
  • 008 SHAMWARI 24 then won Race 3 at Dinokeng
  • Sire of 64 SHAMWARI 25, winner of Hotspot 7 at Marlbank OLR 2026.

One of the key pigeons behind 64 SHAMWARI 25 is 3820 VPU 22, a Hooymans cock.

Recorded results include:

• 3rd Final – Genetic OLR
  • 7th Aberdeen, 454 km – 1348 m/min
  • 5th Prieska, 335 km – 1216 m/min
  • 31st Willowmore, 535 km – 1110 m/min
  • 3rd Matjiesfontein, 723 km – 1142 m/min.

10910 VPU 22 “Shamwari Pekutangira”, one of the standout Marlbank hens of her generation.

Her achievements include:

• 4th Ace Bird Marlbank OLR 2023
  • 1st Trompsburg
  • 1st Hanover
  • Full sister to 3820 VPU 2023, which was 3rd Final Genetic OLR
  • Dam of 4938 CYRILS 2023
  • Sold for R155,000.

Independent auction records confirm the R155,000 sale of 4938 CYRILS 2023. That bird led the Marlbank Ace competition until the final and recorded 5th Hotspot 3, 2nd Hotspot 4, 2nd Hotspot 5 and 4th Hotspot 6.

She was the leading Ace Pigeon until the final stages of Marlbank 2023 and won both the Trompsburg and Hanover Hotspots before finishing 4th Ace Pigeon.

Dam: 462 CAS 24
• Dam of the 1st Hotspot 7 Marlbank OLR 2026 winner
• Full sister to 123 CAS 23
• 123 CAS 23 was 1st Ace Pigeon Marlbank Lofts 2023
• Full sister to the family of 9316 CAS 19, a six-time winner.

9316 CAS 19 is  a six-time winner who bred two Union winners and four Club winners. A daughter of 9316 was also a two-time Club winner and Union winner.

14 ZA 14:
• Club winner
• 3rd Ace Bird
• Sire of 123 CAS 2023
• Ace Pigeon Marlbank Lofts 2024.

4645 NOK 17:
• 3-time Club winner
• Dam of 123 CAS 23, Ace Pigeon Marlbank OLR 2024
• Dam of 500 CAS 24, 2nd Ace Pigeon Marlbank OLR 2025
• Related to 9316

The immediate family contains some very valuable Marlbank performers:

• 123 CAS 23 – 1st Ace Pigeon Marlbank OLR 2024
  • 500 CAS 24 – 2nd Ace Pigeon Marlbank OLR 2025
  • 501 CAS 2024 – winner of the Marlbank Final 2025
  • 9316 CAS 19 – six-time winner, with two Union winners and four Club winners bred from her family.

The 9316 family is independently documented by Rous Pigeons as a six-time 1st-prize Club winner and 1st-prize Union winner.

Commercial value and sales:

There is substantial commercial evidenc

• 4938 CYRILS 2023 – sold for R155,000
  • 10910 VPU 22 – sold for R50,000 in the Shamwari Lofts auction
  • 10910 VPU 22 was previously associated with the R155,000 4938 CYRILS 2023 family.