Chris Paauwe is one of the Zeeland region’s best marathon fanciers, as evidenced by many top prizes at the afternoon releases of the NPO and morning releases of the ZLU. In both disciplines, Chris Paauwe has been the man to beat in his region and province in recent years and he has won numerous National top prizes and championships! The highlights in the carreer of Chris Paauwe’s pigeons on the marathon races include:-
1st National Barcelona (B) 12657 pigeons & 2nd International Barcelona 25878 pigeons in 2010 with BLACK SHADOW a pigeon raced by Bart Verdeyen bred from a cock bird direct from Chris)
2nd National Dax NPO & 3rd National Overall Dax 10429 pigeons in 2017 with KIM – raced by Chris Paauwe
2nd National Agen ZLU 6219 pigeons in 2017 with PIER – raced by Chris Paauwe
10th National Barcelona (B) in 2017 with CLARISSE – raced by Haeken-Petré (sire of this bird direct from Chris Paauwe).

Some of the championships from the last few years:
1st Keizer Kampioen Fond (Emperor Extreme long distance) in the Zeeland region (IFC Zeeland) in 2017
2nd Marathon Champion (NPO / afternoon release) Afd 1. Zeeland’96 in 2019
5th Overall Marathon Champion Afd 1. Zeeland’96 in 2019
5th Grootmeester National Agen ZLU “Spoor der Kampioenen Competition” in 2018
5th Grootmeester National Narbonne ZLU “Spoor der Kampioenen Competition” in 2018
6th WESM – West European Marathon Champion in 2018
8th National ZLU Champion Super Prestige in 2017
14th National Marathon Extreme Long distance Champion in 2018
18th National Marathon Champion in 2017
19th WESM – West European Marathon Champion in 2015

Some more of Chris’s nice results:
Pau National 3551 pigeons: 23rd, 115th, 196th, 263rd (5/8)
Agen National old birds 5754 pigeons : 33rd, 188th, 280th, 475th, 486th (8/10)
Barcelona National 3912 pigeons: 105th (1/2)
Narbonne National 3082 pigeons: 36th, 245th, 318th, 759th (4/4)

Performances in 2020:
IFC Zeeland:
1st Emperor Marathon overall!
ZLU:
18th acepigeon Pau 2018-2020
20th acepigeon Perpignan 2018-2020
6th Grootmeester Pau ZLU; International 12 in 15 prizecards
8th Grootmeester Bergerac Sector 1; 11 in 17 prizecards
Internationaal Narbonne Old – 7 in 8 prizecards
Internationaal Narbonne Yearlings – 2 in 2 prizecards

Main families kept:-
* Jelle Jellema
* Jos Pepping
* Arjan Beens
* Hans Eijerkamp & Zn
* Ko van Dommelen

* Sex of all birds believed, but not certain, to be correct
** These birds are in the UK