We have written ‘they’ on purpose… because behind the Demely Liliane loft there hides a triumviraat in the form of father Filip, mother Liliane and son David! Over the last few seasons they have climbed to the top of their province, belonged to the fine sprocket of better lofts in the province West-Flanders. Yet every year with the beginning of the new sport season they also have to wait and see what it will bring… will the pigeons be in form at the right moment, how long can they keep this form? By the toppers it is always a case of waiting worryingly, more so than by the average fanciers… especially as for these ‘toppers’ their image is also on the line! One can do everything as a fancier … but external factors (so as weather, wind, mass, liberation…) can often be of a decisive nature… not only where winning and losing is concerned, but also in getting into and keeping that oh so capricious ‘form fairy’. The Demely loft didn’t escape the changeable weather common in 2011 either… they also lost 2 very good pigeons, unfortunately this is also part of the pigeon sport… call it the reverse side of the coin! Although we can plainly say that the pigeons from our host perform best in nice "pigeon weather", something characteristic to their stock.
One of the nicest results of the season was from Poitiers, by nice to slightly cloudy weather on the racing line, whereby a slight NW-wind ensured that they had to ‘work’… something which really suited the Demely pigeons as it turned out! In the basketting centre from Fond club Vlamertinge, it resulted, against 142 yearlings, in : 1-2-3-4-5 ,... and there were 7 prizes from the 10 pigeons basketted. Provincial against 602 yearlings they began with: 2-7-8-9-11... (7/10)! In short, a result to be framed! Locally the victory was achieved with the 1° nominated, nl. 125/10 or Fast Lady, who took the honour with a no less than 15 minute lead with 1144m/min. This was not her first exploit, she previously achieved the following marvellous results, which finally crowned her ‘Ace bird Yearlings’ in the Bruges Championships, organised at provincial level!
-‘Fast Lady’ BE10-3085125
1° Ace bird Yearlings 2011 Bruges Championships
In 2010: -Clermont 472 p. 3 -Ablis 878 p. 5 -Tours 231 p. 13 -Tours 364 p. 1 Prov. 2.357 p. 13 In 2011: -Orleans 168 p. 1 -Orleans 187 p. 1 -Argenton 617 p. 1 Prov. 3.125 p. 10 -Poitiers 142 p. 1 (15 min. lead) I.Prov 602 p. 2 -Poitiers 130 p. 2 I.Prov 648 p. 3
Just to add that nearly all her top prizes were achieved with a velocity under the 1250 m/min… this ‘Fast Lady’ is at her best then by tough weather, or real ‘racing weather’… to put it into pigeon terms! Her lineage also speaks volumes:
Father: ‘The Freddy’ BE07-4093384
A direct Fr. & J.Vandenheede, and grandson of both the ‘Limoges 261/91’ and the ‘Goudklompje 874/98’ (as son of the ‘Sjah 695/02’)… absolute breeding toppers by De Rauw-Sablon!
Mother: ‘Beauty’ BE07-3161827
The line Schicht and Figo from Antoon & Hilde Reynaert! Or the line of the famous ‘Draaier’, self 18 x top ten and 4 x 1° prize, and father of 4 different 1° Prize winners (which together won 9 x 1st)! The ‘Draaier line’ is good for 23 different first prize winners and 49 first prizes since 2006 just in the loft of Demely… but in the references we also see numerous 1° prize winners out this line!
One thing is definitely clear… she doesn’t get it from a stranger, her brother was also a topper, namely the ‘Fast Freddy’… except that he always had a strange ritual by the homecoming, he would always wait for a loft companion to return home and then drive them into the loft before allowing himself to be clocked… as a result of which he was always preceded by a loft companion in the results! It was only in his last race that he entered the loft immediately… maybe due to thirst says our host… because it was a race flown in tropical conditions of around 30° degrees, but a raci in which his class floated to the top! As a yearling he was also at the top of the results a few times in nice pigeon weather… to then move to the breeding loft, as his dependants also turned out to have great ‘class’! A small selection from hit top performances:
-‘Fast Freddy’ won ao
Clermont 87 p. 2 (after loft companion) Ablis 155 p. 2 (after loft companion) Ablis 272 p. 2 (after loft companion) Ablis 194 p. 1 (fastest of 2269 p. in tropical conditions) Ablis 440 p. 3 Orleans 393 p. 5 Orleans 376 p. 5 Ablis 734 p. 6
The ‘Freddy’ x ‘Beauty’ is probably in the making of becoming a new ‘super couple’… because of the 8 youngsters this couple has bred up to now, 5 have already won one or more 1° prizes!
And there is so much more… because in addition to the ‘Fast Lady’ the Demely colony also houses a treasure of breeding and racing talent… a few of the most prominent racing hens are a.o.
-‘Dina 175/10’, bred out a crossing Reynaert x Kint x Verkinderen
In 2010: Ablis 93 p. 1 Ablis 878 p. 5 Ablis 393 p. 14 Ablis 473 p. 23 Clermont 729 p. 31 In 2011: Orleans 245 YL 1 243 p. 3 (o.b.) Ablis 191 p. 3 (o.b.) 220 YL 7 Clermont 106 p. 3 Tours 59 p. 2 (after loft companion) Prov. 518 p. 18 Orleans 187 YL 2 (after loft companion) 168 p. 3 (o.b.)
-Het ‘Tourske 144/10’, bred out the lines Rens v/d Zijde (Ludo Claessens) x Figolijn Reynaert raced a.o. as a youngster 3 weeks in succession :
Tours 231 p. 6 Tours 187 p. 3 Tours 395 p. 19 In 2011: Orleans 68 p. 1 Prov. 439 yl. 5 Tours 59 p. 1 Prov. 518 yl. 8 Orleans 187 p. 3 (after 2 loft companions) Orleans 168 p. 4 ,....
Another good pigeon is ‘Lisbeth 980/09’ (line ‘Brother Draaier’ x ‘Sister Freddy’), she won as a youngster :
Blois 362 p. 1 Roye 581 p. 7 Ablis 574 p. 17 Tours 130 p. 10
As a yearling and two year old she didn’t go into the loft with the youngsters until the middle of the season, where she was then trained with the autumn classics in mind! In 6 races she won no less than 5 x 1° prizes, with, at provincial level, a.o.:
St-Junien Prov. 1° prize (585 Km) with 1185 m/min La Souterraine Prov. 255 p. 7 La Souterraine Prov. 350 p. 8
Together with Lisbeth, ‘Liliane 983/09’ raced the same programme, and as a yearling and two year old achieved in 6 races a.o.:
1° Prov. La Souterraine 350 p. 2° Prov. St-Junien and 3 S/Nat St-Junien 2011 1° Gueret club, and Prov. 289 p. 9
‘Liliane’s’ father is a pure Vandenabeele pigeon, namely ‘Brother Geronimo 677/07’ via P.&D.Houfflyn x ‘Marcelleke 882/08’… a M.Aelbrecht and granddaughter of the ‘Marseille’ x ‘Fijn Blauw’ x ‘1° Nat Perpignan’ x ‘Bak 17’!
Finally we would like to introduce you to another 3 of the current toppers in the team of widow cocks:
-De ‘Gilbert 912/09’(also out the ‘Draaier line’, raced up to now:,
Blois 139 p. 1 Orleans 190 p. 2 Blois 141 p. 3 (after 2 loft companions) Orleans 183 p. 2 Blois 242 p. 3 Tours 130 p. 3 Blois 176 p. 9 Arras 164 p. 5 Clermont 214 p. 5 Orleans 366 p. 11 Arras 115 p. 10
-‘Zoon Draaier 914/09’, a phenomenal 1° prize winner with:
Ablis 119 p. 1 Roye 116 p. 1 Blois 133 p. 1 Orleans 366 p. 4 Blois 139 p. 3 Clermont 214 p. 4 Ablis 451 p. 4 Orleans 210 p. 5 Orleans 243 p. 8 Arras 164 p. 10
-‘Hazard, 988/09’, (also out the ‘Draaier line’), raced up to now :
Blois 141 p. 1 (Guldensporen) Arras 115 p. 2 (after loft companion) Clermont 214 p. 2 Orleans 376 p. 3 Orleans 190 p. 5 Clermont 8573 p. 7 (WVOU) Blois Prov. 1215 p. 9 Ablis 390 p. 9 Ablis 294 p. 14 Orleans 210 p. 13 Ablis 451 p. 15
Let one thing be clear, the Demely Liliane loft is a colony of pigeons with a great deal of promise. The magnificent series of results summarised at the end of this report prove it, but also the excellent number of top pigeons housed in this loft… with the absolute eye-catcher being the ‘Fast Lady’… the brand new 1° Ace bird Yearlings in the Bruges championships! Winning 1° prize is clearly anchored in this sort, and that opens perspectives! Congratulations!
Best results in 2011 :
Arras 115 p. 1-2-5-10-15… (8/9) Clermont 67 p. 1-6-13-21 (4/4) Clermont 446 p. 19-37-42-44-54… (8/11) Ablis 72 p. 2-5-8-11-13-17-22-23-24 (9/13) Ablis 143 p. 1-3-8-9-14-15-18-19… (12/18) Orleans 168 p. 1-3-4-12…(7/8) Orleans 187 p. 1-2-3-11… (10/12) Orleans 210 p. 5-11-13-15-23… (7/8) Orleans Pr. 366 p. 4-11-13-17 (4/6) Orleans Pr. 439 p. 5 (1/2) Orleans 376 p. 3-18-19-29-36-44 (6/6) Orleans 243 p. 3-4-8-13-14-17-22-30-31… (10/14) Orleans 249 p. 1-2-9-11-14-19… (10/14) Tours 59 p. 1-2-3-4-7-9… (9/12) Tours 283 p. 2-8-11-20-37 (5/6) Tours 136 p. 1-5-7-8-11-14… (12/13) Poitiers 142 p. 1-2-3-4-5-25-33 (7/10) Prov. 602 p. 2-7-8-9-11… (7/10) La Souterraine 62 p. 1-15 (2/2) Montauban 1393 p. 72 (1/2)
The Demely pigeons also perform excellently in numerous lofts abroad, for a few of the most predominant references : click here