His successes racing in Switzerland were even more impressive. Competing on a national level he archived 1983 20th., 1986 6th. 1987 9th, 1990 2nd, 1991 5th, 1993 6th, 1994 22nd, 1995 5th, 1997 9th, 2002 7th and 2005 25th Swiss Champion.
58 years young but having pigeons since childhood, he claims the pigeon he flies his own breed, the Neuschwander Line. He took 12 of them to Thailand. Most of them are ace pigeons or sons and daughters of ace pigeons. One of them being the son of an ace pigeon and also an ace pigeon itself. They give the impression of being speedy birds, but according to Robert are used to fly and win up to 650 km.
He did once in a while introduce fresh blood. There were pigeons from de Baere, Eierkamp,Joseph Bergey and German Ace, B.Spielberger.
Robert used to race widowhood with his cocks. This is what he intends to do in Thailand and he just build a loft on the roof of his apartment building in Pattaya
