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Thoné Xavier & Maxim

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Jos Thoné (As, BE) has a great Covid season: 4 x 1st Nat. Zone and 3 x 1st Prov. in two weekends

31/07/2020 - Jos Thoné has dominated the competition over the last two weekens, with national victories in the zone in Montélimar, Agen, La Souterraine and Limoges, and provincial first prizes in Limburg in Montélimar, Agen and Limoges, all over the course of just two weekends.
Loft Report

Jos Thoné (As, BE): “No signs of boredom for the Thoné family during the corona crisis"

22/05/2020 - Jos Thoné from As in Limburg is one of those fanciers that can easily adapt to different times and different seasons. This has been the order of the day since his debut season back in 1991. Throughout this crisis, the grandmaster has come up with solutions like no one else can!
Loft Report

Jos Thoné (As, BE): “Sedna was the first exponent of our fast x strong joint breeding"

07/03/2020 - Grandmaster Jos Thoné has been a leading name in pigeon racing for quite a number of years now. His team competes in every type of race, ranging from sprint to extreme long distance, from the local race from Mettet (102km) Limburg all the way to the Barcelona classic (1,108km).
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Jos Thoné (As, BE): “With the introduction of Avril, the number of race winners across 100-700km skyrocketed"

11/02/2020 - As most of you know, the world famous sprint pigeon 'Avril' (BE03-5071209) of Jos Then from As died in November 2019. Her 'in memoriam' reads like an incredible list of achievements in the sprint and the breeding loft.
PIPA Rankings

Best Châteauroux bird 2018-2019 - 4 prizes

30/10/2019 01:00 -
Testimonial

Testimonial Maxim & Xavier Thoné

21/01/2021 - PIPA received the following testimony from Maxim & Xavier Thoné after their auction last Sunday.
Auction news

Auction weekend ends at 646,550 EURO, average 2,965 EURO / pigeon

17/01/2021 - These auctions ended on Sunday 17 January: Rino Verheye, Team Van Oss, Marc De Cock, Derek Rooney, Depasse-Lardenoye, Alfons Klaas, Maxim & Xavier Thoné, Pipa Elite Center, Arie Dijkstra, G&H Calis & Performance Pigeon Auction.
Auction news

Catalogue Maxim & Xavier Thoné (As, BE)

15/12/2020 - Maxim and Xavier Thoné are selling their best racing birds + a few (late) youngsters of their best birds from Monday 4th to Sunday 17th of January 2021.
Federation news

Provinciale kampioenschappen KBDB-Limburg: goud voor Gert Rondags - zilver én brons voor Team Thoné

20/01/2020 - KBDB-Limburg organiseerde een geslaagde kampioenenviering in Zonhoven. Met 245 couverts zat zaal De Kwint afgeladen vol, maar toch verliep de bediening van het voortreffelijke eten van de Waalse traiteur opvallend vlot. Gert Rondags uit Grote-Spouwen werd algemeen kampioen, de plaatsen 2 en 3 zijn voor Team Thoné uit As.
Loft Report

Prosperous times for Team Thoné (As, BE): 1st and 2nd provincial Aurillac, 1st and 2nd prov. Libourne

30/07/2019 - Good times for Team Thoné from As, Limburg, as they continue to win first prizes at club, provincial and zonal level. To add to that, this renowned loft has also gained a top placing in the provincial ranking for both Aurillac and Libourne.
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Team Thoné (As, BE): Highly successful weekend with 1st National Argenton Zone and 8 first prizes concludes a brilliant early season

07/07/2019 - The weekend of 22nd of June was an absolute success for Team Thoné: a 1st National Argenton Zone C, an 8th Prov. Montauban and a 14th National Pau Zone C. They win an additional 8 first prizes in Mettet and Soissons, adding to an impressive 2019 palmares: 28 first prizes over 100 to 840km.
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Jos Thoné (As, BE): master in breeding and racing

10/04/2019 - Grandmaster Jos Thoné from As in Belgian Limburg continues to be one of our sport's leading names both in Belgium and at international level. He has always been a trendsetter, and he has been a top level player every single season since his debut in 1991.
Federation news

Team Thoné provinciaal kampioen KBDB-Limburg 2018

20/11/2018 - Thoné Xavier & Maxim kroonden zich zopas tot algemeen kampioen KBDB-Limburg. Grote patron van de succesformatie uit het Limburgse As is Jos Thoné, die een uitgekiend team rond zich heeft geschaard.
Loft Report

Xavier & Maxim Thoné (Niel bij As, BE) win 1st Nat. Tulle old birds

04/08/2016 - They had already won a 1st Provincial Agen yearlings and Chalon-sur-Saône yearlings earlier this season, and the Thoné pigeon breed has now won a well deserved national victory old birds in the closing race from Tulle, with the fastest pigeon overall of 13,423 pigeons. It was already their 42nd first prize this season. Well done!