These top players have always kept their best pigeons for their own breeding loft, but they are now about to break that habit, since they are planning to move to a new location. This sale is promising to be the absolute highlight of the PIPA 2019-2020 auction season.
It sounds like a deja-vu: the Leideman brothers had already sold their best racing birds in an exclusive PIPA auction back in 2011, because they were forced to move by the authorities. But shortly after the PIPA auction the procedure for their enforced move did not quite go as planned. As a result, Bert and André will eventually be moving to their new location in the winter of 2019-2020. Meanwhile, the brothers continued to win races season after season seemingly with ease, making them the strongest pigeon racing team across The Netherlands in recent years. Their recent wins in major competitions - 61 without doubles or victories at club level - says it all!
2017 - 16x 1st against an average of 3,316 p.
Asse Zelik 247 km 1 11,343 p. Vervins 359 km 1,3,4,5 8,753 p. Gien 612 km 1,5,7,9,10 7,768 p. Laon 387 km 1,2,3,4,5,6 6,371 p. Duffel 218 km 1,2 4,962 p. Heusden Zolder 192 km 1,2,3,4,5,6 2,775 p. Quievrain 314 km 1,12,17,19 2,480 p. Rethel 373 km 1,2,3,5,6,7,10 1,867 p. Duffel 218 km 1,2 1,182 p. Wijchen 101 km 1,2,3,5,6,7,10 1,105 p. Laon 387 km 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 1,052 p. Budel 162 km 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 1,016 p. Quievrain 314 km 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 986 p. Heusden Zolder 192 km 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 656 p. Sens 540 km 1,3,4 414 p. Sens 540 km 1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10 323 p.
2018 - 20x 1st against an average of 2,479 p.
Gennep 107 km 1 11,041 p. Quievrain 314 km 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,13 10,570 p. Weert 161 km 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9 5,230 p. Hannut 235 km 1 5,225 p. Rethel 374 km 1,2,4,5,6,10 4,692 p. Chalons en Ch. 433 km 1 2,315 p. Tongeren 212 km 1,2,3,4,7,8 1,580 p. Rethel 374 km 1,2,3 1,133 p. Tongeren 212 km 1,3,9,10 1,131 p. Gennep 107 km 1,2,5,6 1,047 p. Morlincourt 417 km 1,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 927 p. Reims 412 km 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 843 p. Tongeren 212 km 1,2 770 p. Quievrain 314 km 1,5,8 706 p. Chimay 322 km 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 600 p. Gennep 107 km 1,2,3,4,5,6 523 p. Rethel 374 km 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 468 p. Troyes 509 km 1,3,5,8,10 371 p. Sens 543 km 1,2,3,5,6,9,10 285 p. Bourges 680 km 1,2,3,4,7,8,9 119 p.
2019 - 24x 1st against an average of 2,542 p.
Weert 161 km 1,2,3,7,8,14,15 11,059 p. Isnes 265 km 1,2,3,10,14,15,17,18,19,20,21,23 8,525 p. Troyes 511 km 1 6,301 p. Venlo 136 km 1,2,4,8,9,11,13,16,22 4,886 p. Deurne 137 km 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 4,138 p. Weert Y.B. 161 km 1,3,5 4,084 p. Venlo 136 km 1,2,3,4 3,922 p. NPO Chalons En Ch. 433 km 1,2,3 3,892 p. Maaseik 174 km 1,2,3,9,10,11 2,276 p. Weert 161 km 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,13 1,349 p. Arlon 327 km 1,15,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26 1,348 p. Chimay 322 km 1,4,5,7 1,299 p. Gennep 107 km 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 1,220 p. Auxerre 572 km 1,6,7,9 1,208 p. Chimay 322 km 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10 1,006 p. Tongeren 212 km 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11 926 p. Arlon 327 km 1,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14 855 p. Weert 161 km 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 729 p. Rethel 535 km 1,2,4,11,14,15,16 535 p. Venlo 137 km 1,4,8,9,11 512 p. Arlon 327 km 1,5,7,8,9,11,13,14,15,16,17,18,19 342 p. Sens 543 km 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,11,13,16,17,19 260 p. Arlon 327 km 1,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,13,14 174 p. Tongeren 212 km 1,4,6,7,8,9,10,11 169 p.
The secret behind their success lies in a collection of top quality pigeons, which the brothers have been diligently looking for over the past several decades. Today their team is led by three stock bloodlines: Silver Dream, Magnus x Zus Tip Top 5 and of course Goed Grijs. Silver Dream is a direct Stellerman, and a super class daughter of Blue Dream August Wouters, a magnificent 1st National Ace Pigeon KBDB and winner of 10 first prizes in Quievrain. Descendants of Silver Dream have won the following prizes:
1st I.prov. ace pigeon allound & middle distance 2018 (Ace 820, son) 4th Nat. ace pigeon middle distance TBOTB 2018 (Ace 820, son) 1st Asse Zelik 11,474 p. (Floyd, son) 1st Asse Zellik 11,343 p. (Jet, daughter) 1st Weert 11,059 p. (Rachel, granddaughter) 1st Boxtel 10,739 p. (Sigrid, granddaughter) 1st Quievrain 10,570 p. (Justify, granddaughter) 1st Tessenderloo 10,314 p. (Enzo, great-grandson) 1st Weert 5,230 p. (Ace 820, son) 1st NPO Gien 4,911 p. & snelste 7,768 p. (Jet, daughter) 1st Deurne 4,299 p. (Zoon Jet, grandson) 1st Weert 4,084 p. (739/19, grandson) 1st NPO Nanteuil 3,926 p. 7 min. voorsprong (Vitória, great-granddaughter) 1st NPO Chalons 3,892 p. (Charlene, granddaughter) 1st Chalons en Champagne 2,315 p. (606/17, great-grandson) 1st Rethel 1,867 p. (Nestmaat Voltar, son) 1st Tongeren 1,580 p. (790/16, granddaughter) 1st Rethel 1.133 p. (Justin, great-grandson) 1st Quievrain 986 p. (Justin, great-grandson) 1st Chimay 600 p. (578/17, grandson) 1st Troyes 371 p. (Sigrid, granddaughter) 1st prijs 342 p. (Voltar, son) 1st Sens 323 p. (Sigrid, granddaughter) 1st Sens 285 p. (Jarek, grandson) 3rd NPO Chalons 3,892 p. (grandchild)
The second stock bloodline is that of Magnus x Zus Tip Top 5. Magnus is a direct Wolfgang Roeper, the German superstar whose pigeons have done really well in the lofts of André and Bert. Youngsters of all of the best Roeper birds, including his national ace pigeons and Olympiad pigeons, found their way to Team Leideman. Such breeding birds as Antar, Torsten and Menthol are top of the range, along with Magnus of course. Magnus has been part of a fantastic breeding pair with a sister of Tip Top, 9th in the final of the Million Dollar Race. We take a look at the best youngsters of Magnus x Zus Tip Top:
- Raissa
1st substitute NL Olympiad sprint Poznan 2018 1st Duffel 4,613 p. & fastest of 6,969 p. 2nd Quievrain 10,570 p. behind loft mate 3rd Niergnies 9,897 p. 3rd Heusden-Zolder 5,927 p. 5th Heusden-Zolder 11,336 p. 5th Rethel 1,867 p.
- Sia
16th Nat. ace pigeon middle distance NPO 2017 1st Gennep 11,041 p. 1st Isnes 8,525 p. 1st Quievrain 2,480 p. Sia is the dam of JL 2018 7th Nat. S4 Chateauroux 731 km 3,647 p. 37th Nat. S4 Bourges 677 km 5,877 p.
- 691/17 Wolfgang Roeper
1st RV Lubieszyn 304 km 1,124 p. 2018 1st RV Lubieszyn 304 km 846 p. 2018 1st RV Demmin 214 km 1,187 p. 2019 1st RV Starogard 379 km 2,947 p. 2019
- ‘Zus Raissa’, the dam of:
2nd Nat. S4 Chateauroux 731 km 3,647 p. 3rd-8th-13th-14th Nat. S4 Lorris 597 km 6,086 p.
And lastly we have the phenomenal Goed Grijs, a blazingly fast racing bird with an impressive palmares, renowned for her explosive finishes, something the Leideman brothers had never seen before. That is why Goed Grijs went straight to the breeding loft after her first prize NPO from Laon. Goed Grijs stems straight from the sprint champions of the Van De Brande Brothers, and she wins 7 first prizes for the Leideman Brothers:
1st NPO Laon 6,371 p. 1st Duffel 5,821 d. 2 minute lead 1st Heusden Zolder 2,775 p. 1st Laon 1,052 p. 1st Wijchen 786 p. 1st Heusden-Zolder 656 p. 1st Hapert 231 p.
Goed Grijs has incredible breeding qualities! Only three direct youngsters have been basketed for races so far, and these have already won quite a number of prizes together:
1st ace pigeon sprint rayon 2019 1st Hannut 5,477 p. 1st Venlo 4,429 p. 1st Chimay 1,464 p. 1st Chimay 1,006 p. = 2nd fastest of 18,006 p. 1st Tongeren 770 p. 2nd Arlon 763 p. behind loft mate 3rd Wijchen 1,105 p. 4th Weert 5,552 p. 4th Venlo 4,429 p. 4th Weert 1,328 p. 4th Tongeren 926 p. behind 3 loft mates 5th Deurne 4,299 p.
Important!
Because of their upcoming move, the pigeons are no longer kept in the lofts of the Leideman Brothers, so they will not be on display either. Should you wish to know more about some of these birds, or should you like to see them in person, please contact us at nederland@pipa.be.