Rovershol

The home base of Jan and Karen den Haan. Where so many International top pigeons find their origin and where pigeons sport at the absolute highest level is practiced for so many years already. Over sixty pairs of breeders secure superb offspring.

The base for success was laid in the middle Eighties when thirty pigeons of the best Verbart lines through Krouwel-Pollmann were purchased. At that moment Jan and Karen already owned the top cock ‘Rover’, a great son to the icon ‘De 46’ of Piet Verbart, winner of 15x 1. prize and one of the most legendary sons to ‘Vechter’ x ‘Witpenneke’ of Jos de Klak. The fighter ‘Rover’ was placed in a separate section where he was paired to three hens at the same time; the Rovershol. Not much later also the hen ‘Freule’ came to Den Haan, a daughter to ‘De 46’.

For sublime cross material they went to Bertie Camphuis, where a round of eggs and a dull brother to ‘Famous 05’ (1. Nat. acebird middle distance WHZB 1981) were acquired. Again a fighter, therefore the nickname ‘Rode Sloper’ (means: red demolisher). The absolute star of the loft is the cock ‘Provo’, bred from the legendary ‘811’ of Krouwel-Pollmann, one of the best sons to ‘De 46’ ever. Mother was a direct Janssen hen bred from ‘Blauwe van 69’ x ‘Duifke van de Schonen onder de Tafel’. A whole regiment of ‘Provo’ descendants conquered the pigeon sport, click here.

These founding pigeons formed a miraculous strain of top prize winners. That excels throughout the world every week. Therefore many inbred pairs function as treasure-keepers. The last years ideal cross material was found in numerous grandchildren to ‘Kleine Dirk’ via Pieter Veenstra and pigeons of Piet van de Merwe and Van Loon origin.