Loft Demely Liliane : 3 weeks in a row the fastest pigeon in West Flanders
15 May 2025
As a tribute to the caring role of mother Liliane both in the pigeon loft and in the family, this West-Flanders colony was named after her. However, loft Liliane Demely is a collaboration between Liliane, her husband Filip, their son David and his son/grandson Milan, i.e. 3 generations of pigeon racing united in one yard.
The Demely loft has been a fixture in our Belgian pigeon sport for decades. The Demely pigeons are largely composed of the Reynaert Antoon and Hilde pigeons and then we are talking about the well-known breeding lines of ‘De Figo’ and ‘De Goen’. A base you can count on, a base that has 1st prize winning in its DNA. Combine this with the passion of the aforementioned team members and ‘fireworks’ are guaranteed.
Passionate and full of fire, David talks about the care, tribal building and exploits of their colony. Just as he - self-employed joiner - delivers top quality in his work, he also wants to pursue his hobby. It is not quantity that counts but quality. Thus, he is invariably looking for top quality and seeks out strong colonies to strengthen. In Moorsele, they don't just want top prizes, no, they want first prizes, pointeurs they must have. And they certainly have them, as the results of the last three weeks more than prove, because the last three weeks they had the fastest pigeon in West Flanders. A sentence quickly read, but do we realise sufficiently what unique exploits we are writing about here.
Enjoy for a moment:
26/04 Clermont
806d.: 1-2-3-5-8-13-18-19-20 ,…. (44/62)
Clermont 4.553d.: 1-2-3-17-22-32,….
3 fastest birds of 16,645b !
26/04 Clermont
368d.: 1-5-8-9-12-13-15-20 ,…. (24/35)
03/05 Clermont
396d. 1-5 (1 & 2)-11-12-17-21-22-23,…. (32/48)
Fastest of 10,053 old and 5,754 yearbirds !
190d.: 1-5-8-9-12-15-16 ,…. (15/23)
10/05 Orleans
397d.: 1-2-3-4-6-7-10-11-12-13-14-16-18 ,….. (49/63)
1.847d.: 1-6-9-14-22-24-34-35-40-41-42 ,….
Interprovincial: 11.670d.: 1-26-35-69-118-126-165-166,….
10/05 Orleans
117d.: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-10-11,…. (23/32)
734d.: 1-3-6-8-13-16-17 ,….
Interprov. 5.340 d.: 10-14-45-52-65-81-82,…..
10/05 Clermont
Leieverbond 1.120d.: 1 ,… (4/5)
The forme fairy is more than evident in the lofts at Moorsele. ‘It reminds us all of our peasant year 2018’ says David. ‘ It was the year of our ‘Mister Unique’(B16-3039664) winner of 1st National Limoges 7,274 d. (fastest out of 14,510 d.) and 2nd National Brive 9,278 d. (2nd fastest out of 13,662 d.) and currently one of the base breeders.
‘Morgane’ B22-3069266 wins Interprov. Orleans - fastest of 11,670b.
Stefan Mertens