In view of the international racing events, significant investments have been made at De Meuter in recent years. From good friend and mentor Danny Vagenende, various promises came to the lofts in Merchtem with the intention of building a breeding team for the internationals. Meanwhile, almost the entire loft is descended from Vagenende. This well-known Barcelona virtuoso from Schellebelle also helps Sven annually with quality control and selection.
However, due to his intense job as a self-employed person and a busy family situation with the children’s hobbies, there was hardly any time left to properly practice pigeon racing. Little racing was done, and ultimately it was decided to cut the knot and put all the pigeons up for auction. On the advice of Danny Vagenende himself, we went with Pitts to visit De Meuter and were pleased to find the superior quality promised to us in advance!
The sale includes many descendants of "de Notaris" 2176419-2009 (who is still fertile!), purchased at the auction of none other than Notaris Jan Dons: a son of "Rode Vagenende," brother of the 1st International Barcelona 2008.
Additionally, "Safier" was purchased from the auction of Danny Vagenende himself: Danny's absolute favorite and a superb breeding hen!
Moreover, beautiful material came from Francois Struyf, including a descendant of his "Molenaar," which plays an important role in breeding.
The top lines of Erik Joris and Jelle Jellema complete the picture.
Some results
Rieux-Minervois (in extremely warm weather)
- 18th provincial out of 291 pigeons
- 225th national out of 2643 pigeons
Aurillac (in extremely warm weather)
- - Provincial 39-43-47-84 out of 342 pigeons
- - National 349-407-459-746 out of 3004 pigeons
In Barcelona, which we know is a tough challenge every year, in 2023 we still managed to win prizes, taking 2 out of 4.
