Witters – Vierendeels (Zonhoven) wins 1st Provincial Libourne 307 old birds

A new tandem was formed in 2024 after Jaak Witters and Marcel Vierendeels got talking. Marcel dismantled a loft elsewhere and mainly races the sprint and middle-distance races from it. Jaak then focuses on the long-distance pigeons. This is ideal for Marcel, of course, as it's only 500m from his door.

Jaak has been racing long-distance for years, but thanks to this collaboration, they see many more pigeons coming home on the weekends. They each enjoy their own discipline and talk all day about pigeons.

The winner from Libourne is a two-year-old widower who also won a good prize from Souillac last season. He's a talented pigeon, and he's showing it again now.

The pigeons train separately because training together for different disciplines isn't ideal in our opinion. The sprint colony here consists of pigeons from Wouters-Bielen, Jeroen Van Keymeulen, Wim De Troy, Johnny D’Haese, and Jan Hooymans. The long-distance breeds are Frans Heynen, Thijs Isidoor, Colemont Luc, Toon Reggers, Erik Doultremont, Jos Hendrickx, and Jaak Van Gelooven.

As with Jaak for years, the care here is very close to nature. The pigeons receive the necessary vaccination against paramyxovirus, and garlic is the common thread in the water. They also keep things very simple when it comes to feeding. The pigeons are fed a full feeder every day with a good racing mix with plenty of corn, and for the last three days before basketing, each pigeon receives 10 peanuts per day.

The long-distance pigeons were treated for tricho and five days for respiratory problems before the season. After that, we leave them alone as much as possible, leaving the pigeons to do their job.

Winner Libourne

BE 23-5002436 “De Libourne” Cock

1 Prov Libourne 307p
8 Nat (z) Libourne 553p
171 Nat Libourne 3.261p
14 Prov Souillac 423p ( 1st club ) 2024

Father BE 19-5086206 100% Toon Reggers. 
Won 6th Prov. Limoges, 25th Prov. Limoges 1,101p. – 170th Nat. Montelimar 3,387p. – 241st Nat. Marseille 2,326p
Son of "409/10" Toon Reggers x "362/13" Toon Reggers.

Mother BE 22-5083947
Daughter of "NL 609/18" Fran Heynen x "074/16" Isidoor Thijs.

Marcel and Jaak, congratulations on this wonderful victory, and enjoy this beautiful sport together.

Buelens Kim