1st National Bourges 23.667 pigeons 2004

1st National Brive 19.487 pigeons 2004

Noël Peiren from Zedelgem

No one has ever done this !!

By Johan Kempen (Geel)

Zedelgem

The race Bourges was the first national race of the season 2004. Most fanciers enter with their best birds, the specialist on 500 km and others. The very long distance fanciers enter this races in order to prepare them for the international races. The top fancier Noël Peiren did it with his birds for Barcelona. His birds were in good forme but he did not expect this result: 12.26-12.35-12.43-12.45-12.46-12.48-12.48-12.55-12.56-12.56-12.59…His first bird won 1ste national, his second bird 17th national…against 23.667 pigeons. One week later came the second national race, the first for the long distance. Noël entered with his widowcocks and…16.39-16.52-17.09-17.16-17.17-17.22-17.23-17.24-17.29-17.31-17.31-17.34-17.35-17.38…again 1ste national prize! No other fancier in Belgium has ever done this. The fancier that has won all in Belgium, keeps on winning in 2004. Lets take a look at the winners!

3039825/01 De Brive

2003

Poitiers 807p-153
4190p-717

Souillac Gistel 366p-9
3 provincies 674p-18
provincial 1657p-33
National 8327p-47

2004

Brive national 19.487p-1

The sire is ‘Diplomaat 2337563/94’, raced at the loft Gerard Viaene (the best friend of Noël Peiren who owns only Peiren birds). He won 5th national Montauban 7352p in 1997 and came direct from Noël Peiren. The sire is ‘St-Vincent 3402120/87’ (pure Vanbruaene ) X ‘Blauw 3376705/85’(pure Vanbruaene – granddaughter 1st intern. Barcelona 1984)). These are the grandparents of ‘Wondere Peiren’ (direct from Peiren but raced on the loft Saarloos , NL, and became World Champion Long Distance and Ace Pigeon Long distance in the Netherlands). The dame of ‘Brive’ is ‘Annick 3278029/97’, direct from Donaat Vanoverschelde-Colaert. This young fancier from Zarren has excellent results on long distance with his strain crossbred with strain Peiren. The sire from ‘Annick’ is ‘Roste Cahors 3111960/89’ (Cahors 7528p-6, Brive 21.012p-146, Tulle 6144p-171). The dame is ‘Rost 3151644/87’, sister of 5th international Perpignan 14.525p.

Bourges 3036194/01

Bourges national 23.677p-1

The sire of this birds is the amazing and famous ‘Darco 3278563/95’ Darco = 3278563/95, a special cock with special sire and grandsire. Look very good to the results on Dax! In 1998 he won Cahors 11.090p: 76th and Dax international 10.511p: 249th. In 1999 on Cahors national 13.093p: 382nd and Dax international 12.880p: 82nd. In 2000 on Cahors national 13.838p: 80th and he missed on Dax because he arrived injured. Noël put him on the breeding loft now because he had some very good youngsters of him. The mother of DARCO is 3200961/89, a black hen from Stichelbout. The father and grandfather are super. The father ‘Dax II’ won in 1994 2nd international Dax against 6.779 pigeons. The sire of this cock was ‘Dax 883/85’ which won 213th national Cahors, 829th international Perpignan, 73rd international Perpignan, 11th international Dax, 8th national Dax, 90th national Dax an 252nd international Dax. If you see the prizes on Dax of this strain of birds: grandfather 11th international, father 2nd international and son 82nd international. Can I add that two other sons of DARCO won 21st international Dax 2001 and 26th national Montauban in 2001.

The dame of ‘Bourges’ is ‘Sister King Gyselbrecht 3296867/94’, direct from Gyselbrecht lofts in Knesselare. The brother ‘King’ won several times on Barcelona 92nd and 365th international! The sire is’ 4133242/83’, direct Emiel Denys from his famous TEE x LIMOGES. The dame is ‘Laureaat-Duivin 3391034/86’, direct A. Vanbruaene.

‘Bourges’ was not matched as a yearling , or as a 2-year-old. He was matched for the first time on 15th April in 2004. He could breed a few times and was raced on widowhood. All other birds on this compartment are matched after the Bourges-race. They can race Barcelona on youngsters 4/6 days. Noël enters with both the hens and the cocks. ‘Bourges’ must not go to Barcelona. He can stay at home and wait for his hen.

The strain Peiren

The late father of Noël was Georges Peiren who lived in Vladslo and was a very famous pigeon fancier. In 1946 he had good pigeons from the fanciers H. Debou, M. Vandervelde, G. Vanderwege, C. Hooremans, Van der Espt, R. Van Spitael, Cattrysse,Vanbruaene and Dereere. In 1976 there was an entire auction due to medical reasons of Georges. A few months before Noël took eggs from the best flyers and started racing pigeons on his own loft in Zedelgem. Georges Peiren died in 1995. Over the years the foundation breed from his father was improved by more birds of Cattrysse and Dereere, but also by breeding together with the best fanciers in West-Flanders. During all this years he won: General Champion KBDB in 1982, 1st Champion of long distance KBDB in 1983, 1st national Limoges 1991, 2 X 2nd international Dax, 4th international Barcelona in 1993, 11th national Champion long distance KBDB 1992…one of the best fanciers in Belgium the last 25 years.

Noël uses the widowhood system and in 2000 also the nest birds. Last year he had 65 widowers. They are matched for half of April fur 10 days breeding on the eggs. In this position he started training the cocks to 300km. Then they start the traditional w/h till Perpignan (beginning of August). Often racing from one season to the beginning of the next one. The pigeons (old and young, cock and hen) have an open loft, freedom every day. The best air is the open fresh air, says Noël. Whether the weather is good or bad, snow, fug or rain, the pigeons are outside of the loft. Between the old w /h cocks there are also some yearlings fur the races. Most of the yearling cocks stay in another loft and they have no hen, not fur the whole year. They go to the races but the results are not important. Usually the results are not good with these single cocks.

In 2000 they went to the Limoges National 23,550 birds, and won 1961-1733-2038… (11 of

34), this is normal; Noël does not expect any more from them. The yearlings go on w/h when they’re two years old and race Poitiers (550km) and Limoges (600km) to get more experience

When they are three years old they are ready .for the long distance and if they don ’t win a prize once It is fatal! Noël is very severe.

Noël likes young pigeons born at the end of the year, after August. During the winter he lets them out every day. From January to April he tosses them often in every direction. He tosses them from the north and the east, as he says ‘these are not dumb pigeons if you toss them lots of times. For the international race Barcelona, one of the favorite races of Noël, he uses the natural system and races both the hens and the cocks. In the beginning of the season, the hens and cocks race separate, results are not important. He pairs them by the end of May and race Barcelona on babies of 3-4 days. The hens and the cocks have good results on this nest position. He used this system the first time in 2000 with following result: Barcelona 13.659p: 7-178-313-338-398-406…(17/27). In 2002 13.021p: 678-936-1161-1178-1182-1214-1292…(17/27)

Super birds 2002

A ‘young’ cock that had good results in 2002 was 3254121/99. He won Brive national 4068th, Beziers 982nd national, Castres interprovincial 3222p: 25th and Marseille 651st national. The sire is strain ‘Bordeaux ‘; the dame is a daughter of Dax 883/85. The third cock is 3254158/99. In 2001 he won Bourges 1875p: 364th, Limoges 3933p: 327th and Limoges 8.882p: 1700th. In 2002 Bourges 1692p: 180th, Cahors 1415p: 451st, Dax 1282p: 118th and Perpignan international 18.264p: 98th. The sire is ‘Dax-Theo 681/90’, raced by a friend in Zaventem and strain Barcelona 110/85. The dame is his half sister.

A few hens are doing very well on the Barcelona race. The basic bird for this race is the hen 3341084/89, sister of the famous APOLLO. APOLLO won 1st provincial Narbonne in 1993, 22nd national Narbonne, and 38th national Brive 21.021pigeons, 204th national Narbonne, 230th national Narbonne. The sire of this APOLLO was 132/84 and won 180th national Montauban, 61st national Narbonne…. Basic hen 084/89 is the dame of 3 special hens for racing Barcelona. The sisters 045/97 and 261/97 have father ‘Kleine Karel 578/87, the half sister 035/97 has ‘Favoriet ‘86’ for father. What did these hens win?

3263161/97:
Barcelona 2000: 621ste national against old birds
Barcelona 2001: 1213de national against old birds
Barcelona 2002: 1161ste national against old birds

3263045/97:
Barcelona 2000: 749ste national against old
Barcelona 2001: 233ste national against old
Not raced in 2002

3263035/97:
Barcelona 2000: 338ste national against old
Barcelona 2001: 2813de national against old
Barcelona 2002: 1214de national against old