On Sunday, September 17, the many participants in the competition of the Barcelona Masters were honored in a warm tribute.
A prize distribution that was live-streamed to Taiwan by two attendees from “FOTO 116.”
All of this took place in the festive hall “’t Biezemhof” in Aalter.
Daniël Aerens from Drongen was the winner with the 1st doffer.
This renowned fond master from Ghent once again won this particularly difficult championship against an elite group of Barcelona-playing enthusiasts, and this for the 3rd time in the 26-year history of the Barcelona Masters.
He won in 2009, in 2021, and now in 2023. The pigeon that achieved this in 2023 is a true phenomenon and has even been flagged as 1st international asduif over 4 years in Barcelona 2020-2021-2022-2023.
In the competition with the 1st doffer, this “gold nugget” beat well-known enthusiasts such as J. De Smeyter-Restiaen (2nd) – Hendrik Mortier (3rd) – Freddy De Ketelaere (4th) and Jacques Wildemauwe (5th).
A total of 51% of the registered members managed to rank in the competition with the 1st ingegevene duif (national result).
Freddy De Ketelaere from Eke – Nazareth was the winner with the 1st + 2nd doffer.
Freddy achieved an impressive result in Barcelona 2023, ranking his 1st and 2nd ingegevene at 25th and 122nd place nationally, respectively.
His “Super” and “de Braven” are two exceptional Barcelona fliers with an impressive honor roll in the Spain flight.
His “Super” is among others the 1st national asduif Barcelona over 2021-2022-2023. Consequently, we see that we have a significant portion of the cream of our national Barcelona enthusiasts as participants in the competition of the Barcelona Masters.
Also here in the top-5, well-known fond fliers like Demaret-Marichal (2nd) – Michel & Filip D’Hondt (3rd) – Frederik Bracke (4th) and André Vermote (5th). 18% of the registrants managed to rank.
Eddy Cardon and Jacques Wildemauwe won the tandem championship.
Through a lottery drawing among the members, tandems are formed that enter the arena with their 1st doffer.
Here, Eddy Cardon and Jacques Wildemauwe were the ones who could place their 1st doffer in a wonderful national top ranking.
A total of 14 tandems benefited from the prize pool.
Mrs. Frederik Bracke from Waregem was the laureate among the ladies.
Through a lottery drawing, each partner of a participant is linked to the 1st doffer of another member.
With the 1st doffer of Daniël Aerens, Mrs. F. Bracke was thus declared the winner.
Every year, there are 20 ladies who receive flowers.
A total of 4,320 kg of pigeon feed (“molt exclusive Vanrobaeys”) was awarded as prizes.
See below for the results.
Championship 2023 with 1st ingegevene duif / Championship 2023 with the 1st marked
1. Aerens Daniël (Drongen)
2. De Smeyter-Restiaen (Melden)
3. Mortier Hendrik (Brugge)
4. De Ketelaere Freddy (Eke-Nazareth)
5. Wildemauwe Jacques (Beernem)
6. Verbauwhede Hubert (Ooigem)
7. Debaene John (Knesselare)
8. Vanhee Annemie (Wervik)
9. Demaret-Marichal (Herquegies)
10. Cardon Eddy (Deerlijk)
11. Verschoot Joël (Ingelmunster)
12. Van de Walle Marc & Franky (Zwalm)
13. Team De Cock Marc (St Niklaas)
14. Vergaerde-Denolf (Jabbeke)
15. Sierens Dina (Rumbeke)
16. Messiaen Leon (Grammene)
17. Gevaert-Eggermont (Zedelgem)
18. De Vadder Marc (Haaltert)
19. Depoorter-Moelaert (St Joris – Beernem)
20. Van den Berghe Jozef (Landegem)
21. Gyselbrecht Georges (Knesselare)
22. Bracke Frederik (Waregem)
23. Van Acker Fred (Evergem)
24. Vermote André (Oostende)
25. De Scheemaeker F & D (Ooigem)
26. Vanhee Johan & dochters (Eernegem)
27. Schauwers Roger (Asse)
28. Van den Bulcke Guido (Balegem)
29. D’Hondt Michel & Filip (Maarkedal)
30. Familie Schreel (Zedelgem)
31. Mestdagh Jacques (Tielt)
32. Christiaens-De Smedt (Roosdaal)
33. Bouhy Christian (Battice)
34. Van den Berghe Britt & Jan (Vladslo)
35. Vaneenoo Bart (Wingene)
36. De Wolf Olivier (La Louvière)
37. Dhalluin Michel (Dottignies)
38. Vandemeulebroucke Carlos & Xavier (St LĂ©ger)
39. De Cuyper Solange (Oosterzele)
40. Haelters Yvan (Nukerke)
41. Misseghers Marc (Zelzate)
42. De Scheemaeker Frederic (Ezemaal)
43. Waldack Luc (St Denys Boekel)
44. Van de Riviere Marc (Nevele)
45. De Schepper Rudy (Roosdaal)
46. Denys Emiel (Tielt)
47. Barbulescu Nicu (Zwevezele-Wingene)
48. Boddaert W-M-J (Oostkamp)
49. Kerkhove Wim (Torhout)
50. Messiaen Christian (Rumbeke)
51. Wiels Luc (Roosdaal)
Championship 2023 with 1 + 2 / Championship 2023 with 1 + 2
1. De Ketelaere Freddy
2. Demaret-Marichal
3. D’Hondt Michel & Filip
4. Bracke Frederik
5. Vermote André
6. Schauwers Roger
7. Van den Bulcke Guido
8. Messiaen Leon
9. Van Acker Fred
10. Haelters Yvan
11. Verbauwhede Hubert
12. Cardon Eddy
13. De Vadder Marc
14. Gevaert-Eggermont
15. Sierens Dina
16. Messiaen Christian
17. Denys Emiel
18. De Wolf Olivier
Tandem Championship 2023 / Tandem Championship 2023
Winners: Cardon Eddy and Jacques Wildemauwe
1. Cardon Eddy + Wildemauwe Jacques
2. Verbauwhede Hubert + Team Marc De Cock
3. Depoorter-Moelaert + Messiaen Leon
4. Vermote André + De Vadder Marc
5. Gevaert-Eggermont + De Scheemaeker Ferdy
6. Vandenberghe Jozef + Schauwers Roger
7. De Schepper Rudy + Vanhee Annemie
8. Gyselbrecht Georges + Dhalluin Michel
9. De Smeyter-Restiaen + Kerkhove Wim
10. Sierens Dina + Messiaen Christiaan
11. Barbulescu Nicu + Familie Schreel
12. Van de Riviere Marc + Decuyper Sonja
13. Denys Emiel + Vaneenoo Bart
14. Vandenberghe B & J + Wiels Luc
Championship for ladies/partners 2023 / Championship for ladies/partners 2023
1. Mrs. Frederik Bracke with the 1st doffer of / with the 1st marked of Daniel Aerens
2. Mrs. Jacques Wildemauwe with the 1st doffer of / with the 1st marked of De Smeyter-Restiaen
3. Mrs. Freddy Deketelaere………Hendrik Mortier
4. Mrs. Dirk Schreel………Freddy Deketelaere
5. Mrs. Dirk Christiaens………Jacques Wildemauwe
6. Mrs. Jan Loobuyck………Hubert Verbauwhede
7. Mrs. Frans Vanwildemeersch………John Debaene
8. Mrs. Eric Matthys………Annemie Vanhee
9. Mrs. Daniël Vanceulebroeck………Demaret-Marichal
10. Mrs. Marc De Vadder………Eddy Cardon
11. Mrs. Hubert Verbauwhede………Joël Verschoot
12. Mrs. Jacques Mestdagh………M & F Van de Walle
13. Mrs. Marc Misseghers………Team Marc De Cock
14. Mrs. Yvan Haelters………Vergaerde-Denolf
15. Mrs. Eddy Cardon………Dina Sierens
16. Mrs. M & F D’Hondt………Leon Messiaen
17. Mrs. Daniël Aerens………Gevaert-Eggermont
18. Mrs. Antoon Lenaert………Marc De Vadder
19. Mrs. Demaret-Marichal………Depoorter-Moelaert
20. Mrs. Johan De Meulemeester………Jozef Vandenberghe
Text: J. Mestdagh / Photos: J. De Meulemeester