About M. & M. Kramer

Martijn & Marit Kramer with daughter Iris

We are Martijn & Marit Kramer. Since 2007 we form the combination M. & M. Kramer and we fly from our home address in Wormer. Where Martijn can be called the real pigeon specialist of the combination, Marit ensures continuity in the daily care of the pigeons and the administration. After all, in daily life Martijn has a 40-hour working week with an employer. Martijn has been keeping racing pigeons for more than 30 years. He learned the intricacies of the pigeon business from his father Fred Kramer and Cees Ouwehand. Together with Fred and Cees, Martijn formed the combination F.S. Kramer & Zn until 2007. This combination has excelled in the one-day long distance in province 6 North Holland since the 1990s. In these years this combination managed to create a furore with an Olympiad pigeon ‘De Olympiade‘ (Van der Wegen x Tournier). In 1995 this cock was awarded the title of 4th World Champion One Day Long Distance Olympiad Utrecht. ‘De Olympiade’ is the grandfather of ‘Goeie Rooie‘, the ancestor of the one day long distance pigeons. Years later, the combination also won the prestigious WHZB competition with the ‘Nedved’ (´Goeie Rooie´ line – Wal Zoontjes x Van der Wegen/Tournier/Kramer/Dekker). As a yearling, ‘Nedved’ was awarded the title of 1st Ace Pigeon One Day Long Distance WHZB 2004.

Our pigeon colony is largely made up of descendants of our own species, namely the ‘Goeie Rooie’ line. The ‘Goeie Rooie’ was a beautiful red checker cock from 1996 with a fantastic eye. This cock became 7th National Ace Pigeon One Day Long Distance WHZB in 1998 and 1st Ace Pigeon One Day Long Distance in province 6 North Holland in 1999. As a breeder, this cock produced the top pigeon ‘De Havik’, the father of ‘Cees’. As a young pigeon, ‘Cees’ won a 1st against 18,042 pigeons from Chimay in 2007, our first victory in a major competition. This was followed by ‘The Prince’, ‘Pullo’, both grandchildren of ‘Goeie Rooie’.

Combination F.S. Kramer & Zn
from left to right Fred Kramer, Martijn Kramer and Cees Ouwehand

PASSION FOR PIGEONS!

Our strategy in recent years has been to annually purchase (grand)children of national top pigeons. For exampleMr. Veenendaal’(100% Koopman via R.A. Bakker & Zn), the ‘Super Harry’ (grandson of ‘Harry’ from J. Hooijmans via Team GPS), ‘Inbred Olympiade’ (granddaughter of ‘Olympiade 003’ from L. Heremans) and ‘Corina’ (100% C. Leijtens) purchased by us. The descendants from the ‘Goeie Rooie’ line have been crossed in recent years with the purchased top pigeons to ultimately form their own ‘Kramer’ line.

In 2012, we moved to a larger location within our village. Click here for images of the construction of the loft. First of all, an indoor flying loft was built, then a large run was placed for the young pigeon loft and finally a residential fan was installed in the flying loft. The real successes came in 2015. That year we achieved an unprecedented victory from Quievrain during a young pigeon flight: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 8th etc. against 5,841 pigeons, with the first four nominated young pigeons in the lead. We received the coveted Golden Pigeon pins and a Super Star Award for the month of September. Immediately after three years of flying with young pigeons from the new address, we became the winners of the National One Day Long Distance Mirror in three years (2014/2015/2016).

The same upward trend was seen in the one-day long distance pigeons. Three years in a row we managed to win an NPO victory:

2015 – ‘Jens’ – 1st NPO Vierzon against 5,258 pigeons (630 km)

2016 – ‘Juno’ – 1st NPO Chateauroux against 4,532 pigeons / 7th National against 47,453 pigeons (670 km)

2017 – ‘Red Harry’ – 1st NPO La Souterraine against 2,875 pigeons (736 km)

But in 2018 the real national breakthrough came. The hottest summer of all time created ideal conditions for our one-day long distance pigeons. One top pigeon stood head and shoulders above the rest: ‘TGV’. With three intertext entries, 4th NPO Fontenay against 2,265 pigeons, 7th NPO Laon against 4,185 pigeons and 7th NPO Argenton against 2,853 pigeons, this pigeon won the title of 1st National Ace Pigeon One Day Long Distance WHZB-TBOTB 2018, and many other titles. Among the young pigeons, ‘Mei Xing’ became 4th National Ace Pigeon Young Shorts WHZB-TBOTB 2018.

Golden Pigeon 2015

WHZB-TBOB 2018

But our one-day long-distance pigeons also showed that they can shine in all weather conditions, which became apparent in the 2019 season. In the one-day long-distance pigeons, ‘Bakero’ flew a 1st NPO Fontenay against 5,862 pigeons and ‘Iron Man’ a 1st NPO Argenton under very difficult weather conditions against 3,023. Among the young pigeons, ‘Triple Max’ won a 1st NPO Pt.St. Maxence against 3,592 pigeons. Once again, 2 pigeons are high in the WHZB-TBOTB ranking: ‘Olympic Blueliner’ – 11th National Ace Pigeon One Day Long Distance WZHB-TBOTB 2019 and ‘Summer Chique’ – 10th National Ace Pigeon Youngsters Allround WHZB-TBOTB 2019. Later in 2022 it appears that this is the case. of a new star in the loft ´Olympic Blueliner´, 3rd Olympiad pigeon Cat. C, one day long distance, Team A 2019-2020. Olympic rings are a fact!

With a broad breeding loft, made up of descendants of the old ‘Goeie Rooie’ strain, purchased national top pigeons and a large number of performance pigeons from our own breeding, the M. & M. Kramer combination hopes to excel at a high level now and in the future. with one day long distance and young pigeons.

We are here to stay!