From speed virtuoso to Barcelona specialist, for legend Marc De Vadder, the pigeon sport knows virtually no secrets! The complete Noyon team, collectively responsible for no less than 105 pure first prizes, is exclusively being auctioned at Pitts.
No more Noyon play
Marc: βThe basketing hours for the Noyon races in our region are on Saturdays from 3 PM to 5 PM, these are also the hours during which the pigeons from the middle distance and long distance generally return home. This year I played on Agen (810km) achieving 1st and 4th local in the yearlings category, and during the arrival of my pigeons, I was queuing at the local in Appelterre to basket my Noyon flyers... So unfortunately, I was not at home, and that day I made an irrevocable decision to stop playing Noyon with a fixed team like now. As a result, it was decided to sell the entire racing team, supplemented with a few breeders and about four hens. I am not personally aware of the breeding value of many of these pigeons, as I have never really bred from them myself.β The results, however, speak for themselves:
SEASON OVERVIEW 2022
- 1832 PRIZES WERE WON FROM QUIEVRAIN TO BARCELONA including:
- 88 PURE FIRSTS (Quievrain-Noyon-Momignies and Agen)
- 52 SECOND PRIZES
- 767 PRIZES WERE WON PER 10-PIECE!
Provincial Championships KBDB East Flanders 2022
- 2nd champion speed yearlings 1 + 2
- 4th ace pigeon - speed yearlings with 4024824/2021
- 1st prize AGEN β local Ninove 294 pigeons
- 28th National 7,311d.
- and 61st International 16,932d
Championships "De Reisduif" Appelterre 2022
- 1st champion 1 + 2 + 3 old + yearlings combined on Noyon
- 1st champion 1+2 Criterium on Quievrain Yearlings
- 1st champion 1+2+3 old most prizes on Noyon
- 1st -2nd and 4th Ace pigeon Old on Noyon with 4142724/18, 4228747/18 and 4096608/20
- 1st-2nd and 5th Ace pigeon Yearlings on Noyon with 4024935/21, 4024842/21 and 4024817/21
Championships "De Vrijheid" - De Kat Ophasselt 2022
- 1st super ace pigeon Old- Quievrain De Vrijheid β De Kat with 4096668/20
- 1st super ace pigeon Yearlings- Quievrain De Vrijheid β De Kat with 4024816/21
- 1st General Champion 1+2+3 (all categories) Natour criterium
- 1st King 1+2 (all categories) Natour criterium
- 1st Natour criterium Old with 1+2+3
- 1st Natour criterium Young with 1+2+3
- 1st Natour criterium Old with 1+2
- 1st Natour criterium Young with 1+2
- 1st Ace pigeon Old Natour criterium with 4228747/18
- 1st and 2nd Ace pigeon Natour criterium young with 4064907/22 and 4064906/22
Previous years:
2021
- 92 pure first prizes
Provincial Championships KBDB East Flanders 2021
- 4th champion speed old 1+2
- 8th champion speed yearlings 1+2
- 3rd provincial ace pigeon-speed old with 4083637/18
- 4th provincial ace pigeon -speed old with 4228741/18
- 6th provincial ace pigeon-speed yearlings with 4096624/20
2020 season started June (corona)
- 49 pure first prizes
Provincial Championships KBDB East Flanders 2020
- 2nd provincial champion β speed β yearlings 1 + 2
- 4th provincial champion β speed β old 1 + 2
- 7th provincial ace pigeon old β speed with 4246969/15
2019
- 87 pure first prizes
Provincial Championships KBDB East Flanders 2019
- 1st provincial champion β speed β yearlings 1 + 2
- 4th provincial champion β speed β old 1 + 2
- 5th provincial ace pigeon yearlings β speed
Males on traditional widowhood
For the widowers, the season started on the 1st Noyon race in April on nest, with a young chick no less. After about 10 days, their hen was taken away, and thus they became widowers after raising one young. These young were, as is customary, given away as prizes or for sale. Their last flight on widowhood was approximately the first Sunday in August. After that, they were paired again to participate at nest in the autumn races (usually Momignies) once again. In 2022, this lasted until October 8.
Barcelona
While the speed pigeons for Quievrain and Noyon are housed in the attic of the house, the pigeons for Barcelona are in spacious garden lofts. For Marc, this race is the ultimate experience of the year which is worked towards every year. This year, the Catalan classic was a big success, as he won the bonus up to 5000 with the 4th in the local, 6th prize FCD, 64th national, 3rd Barcelona Masters and 14th Golden Wing.
Some results 2022
- 10/04 Quievrain Outer 220 o+j : 1-7-14-20-21-22β¦(17/22)
- 01/05 Noyon Appelterre 216 yearlings : 1-2-6-9-16-20 β¦(11/13)
- 01/05 Noyon Appelterre 328 o+j : 1-2-4-5-6-7-9-16-20 β¦ (16/20)
- 01/05 Quievrain Ophasselt 218 o+j : 1-2-5 β¦ (5/6)
- 01/05 Quievrain Ophasselt 100 old : 1-2-5β¦(4/4)
- 08/05 Quievrain Appelterre 209 o+j : 1-2-8 β¦ (8/9)
- 29/05 Quievrain Appelterre 147 o+j : 1-3-4-5 β¦ (6/7)
- 06/06 Noyon Appelterre 187 o+j : 1-6-7-8-10-17-18 β¦ (13/15)
- 12/06 Quievrain Ophasselt 103 yearlings : 1-2-3 β¦ (4/4)
- 28//06 Quievrain Ophasselt 174 o+j : 1-4-5-6-12 β¦ (12/12)
- 28/06 Quievrain Ophasselt 87 old : 1-3-4-8 (4/4)
- 03/07 Quievrain Woubrechtegem 166 o+j : 1-4-9-10 β¦ (7/9)
- 10/07 Quievrain Woubrechtegem 171 o+j : 1-2-8-9-11 β¦(8/8)
- 10/07 Quievrain Ophasselt 142 o+j : 1-2-3 β¦ (5/6)
- 17/07 Noyon Appelterre 71 yearlings : 1-2-6 β¦ (7/7)
- 17/07 Quievrain Appelterre 125 o+j : 1-3-5-5-11 β¦(8/8/)
- 18/09 Momignies Ophasselt 254 youngsters : 1-5-7-11-13-16-17-19-22-24 β¦(28/38)
- 21/09 Momignies Ophasselt 490 youngsters : 1-1-3-4-5-6-7-8-10-11-12-18-21-32-(33/38 )
- 28/09 Quievrain Ophasselt 95 yearlings : 1-1-3-3-5-5-7-8 β¦ (10/10)
- 28/09 Quievrain Ophasselt 170 youngsters : 1-1-3-4-5-6 β¦ (7/10)
- 28/09 Quievrain Ophasselt 132 old : 1-1-1-1-5-6-6-6-9-10-10-12-13 β¦ (15/15)
