Reyniers Henri wins Vichy national against 2353 old pigeons!"The pigeon is also the fastest in the whole race against 13.534"

Reyniers Henri, Lubbeek

Henri raced pigeons between 1983 till 1989 , but due to lack of time, he quit racing and started again in 2003. Mrs Reyniers, Viviane never assisted during the first period of racing pigeons in the eighties. However, now she assists her husband for 100 %. She does not only take care of the young birds, she is also responisble for the breeders.

Henri :  "60 % of the performances or even more is thanks to my wife who helps me..."
Henri and Viviane have one son Kristof and 2 grandchildren, none of them are involved in the pigeonsport.

Responsible liberation ? …
Like you know the weather circumstances on the day of liberation were very bad, so many people think the liberation was an irresponible decision.  Henri however thinks that if they would have wait for a few more days ( pigeons have to stay in the basket for all that time ) it would have been even worse.

"Anaïs" The national winner. 2244930/2004
"Anaïs" won first national ; she is a hen, unfortunately she was not doubled in the series of hens, so she does not win the title of national winner against the hens, so only one national title now.

"Anaïs" was coupled just like other yearling hens on 25th of December. The eggs were broken, so she did not bred youngsters in the winter.
Her youngsters of 11 days on the basketting day of Vichy were her first youngsters. Was this the motivation to win first national ?
When Anais came back from the race she did not land on the plate from the sputnik but flew immediately to her youngsters in the loft.

Pedigree :
Father : 6358896/2003 original Paul Volckaerts Putte-Grasheide
GF : 6356362/2002
GM : 6356370/2002
Mother : 2123195/2000 original Alfons Vranken Tiet-Winge (Father in law of Henri)
GV : 2362971/1997
GM : ??
The parents of "Anaïs" are still in the breeding loft in Lubbeek.

Performances :
2004
3 Jul Toury 3rd of 343 and 6th of 965 pigeons
10 Jul Toury 31st of 359 and 82^nd of 1004 pigeons
17 Jul Toury 13th of 508 and 28^th of 960 pigeons
24 Jul Toury 27th of 308 and 38^th of 740 pigeons
29 Aug La Souterraine 36th of 336 and 233rd of 1897 Brabant Union. National 1047^th of 16.297 pigeons

2005
1 May Soissons 42^nd of 440 pigeons
7 May Soissons 62^nd of  501 pigeons
15 May Soissons 77^th of 524 pigeons
28 May Bourges I – 51^st of 456 pigeons and 257^th of 2684 pigeons Brabant Union, 1072^nd National against 21.940 pigeons.
2 Jul Orléans 8^th of 121 pigeons and 11^th of 218 pigeons
16 Jul Orléans 5^th of 85 and 13^th of 127 pigeons
23 Jul Sens 24^th of 84 and 33^rd  of 108 pigeons
30 Jul Bourges II – 78^th of 449 and 355th of 1509 pigeons Brabant Union and 685th of 4355 pigeons Club de Fond de Wallonie.
21 Aug Momignies 7th of 46 pigeons
10^th of September Vichy - 1st national 2353 pigeons

Strains :
The main part of the pigeons come from father-in-law Alfons Vranken, who still races speed races with succes these days. Also pigeons from Paul Volckaert Putte-Grasheide and Louis Vanderwielen Boortmeerbeek,Simon Meeus Lubbeek, René Van Schoubroek Binkom, Luc Sevenants Linden-Lubbeek, Maurice Vandevelde Scherpenheuvel.

Up to now Henri only raced up to 572 KM ; his intention is to race also longer distance races in the future.

Method :
Widowers – They have been coupled on 25th december, the yearling cocks and their hens could breed a round of youngsters. After this, the couples are seperated. Around 15th of March the cocks are coupled to their widowhens and the yearling hens are coupled with old breeding cocks. After 3 days of incubation they go on widowhood. In this way Henri can practice total widowhood with the guarantee that the partners are home.
Before the basketting the partner is shown always and when the cocks arrive home they can see their hen for about 1,30 minutes…and the hens can see their cock until the next day. The raced hens are never closed up in their boxes.
Youngsters – During the 3 to 4 first races pigeons are raced with what we call the shove door (2 x Momignies and 2 x Soissons). The young cocks are only raced up to Soissons. The young hens race the middle distance races. ( Young cocks are coupled to old hens and young hens with old cock ).

Henri started with about 12 breeding couples, 3 old pigeons, 15 yearlings and 14 hens, now only 7 hens remain after the season.

Henri and his wife are very strict when they take care of the pigeons, everything has to happen on the same time every day ! ( the training of the pigeons, feeding, etc…)

Championships 2003 - "Recht door zee" Lubbeek"
2nd champion  Jonge
1st champion  youngsters with 1st and 2nd nominated
1st acepigeon youngsters with 6358846/03
4^th ace pigeon youngsters with 6358859/03

Championships 2003 - "Hafo-Gewest Leuven.
3^rd general champion youngsters
1st champion  youngsters with 1st and 2nd nominated
2^nd ace pigeon youngsters with 6358846/03
3^rd acepigeon with 6358859/03

Championships 2004 - "Recht door zee" Lubbeek
3rd general  champion
4th general  yearlings
3rd general  Jonge
4th general  hens
yearlings with 1st and 2nd nominated
2nd youngsters with 1st and 2nd nominated
1st acepigeon yearlings with 6358852/03
5th acepigeon yearlings with 6358846/03
2nde acepigeon youngsters with 2244930/04 (Vichy National winner 2005)
4th acepigeon youngsters with 2244942/04

Championships 2004 - "Hafo-Gewest Leuven".

3rd general champion youngsters
3rd champion yearlings with 1st and 2nd nominated
5^th champion youngsters with 1^st and 2^nd nominated
1st acepigeon yearlings with 6358852/03
3e acepigeon youngsters with 2244930/04