Martin Martens is one of the unique fanciers in Belgium with
2 Provincial Ace Birds on his loft (in 2000 + 2004)
which are bred and raced by himself !!
7e National Ace Middle Distance KBDB 2004!
1st Interprovincial Blois 1.063 p. (430 Km)
2nd Interprovincial Chateauroux 4.759 p. (503 Km)
2nd Interprovincial Blois 908 p. (430 Km)
The pigeon fancier Martin Martens is a real specialist on the races from 300-600 Km, with the old birds. He races with his cocks on the classical widowhood. The past season 2003 was again very successful for Martin. Nearest the 1st Price Provincial Blois (which is already his 7th provincial victory), he also wins 2 x 2nd price Provincial on the provincial races from 430-600 Km in the province East-Flanders. In 2003 at Waarschoot, he became 1st Champion Chartres Old birds (Chartres is a race from 340 Km) in the strong union ‘Meetjesland’, where Martin was the only fancier who wins 16 on 16 with the 1st + 2nd delivered pigeon, on the 8 ‘middle distance’ races in 2003. Further, he was 3rd National Champ Middle Distance ‘Bricon Trophy’, 3rd ‘Mid Fond Trophy’(East + West-Flanders), wins 9 x 1st Prices in 2003 (from Clermont = 215 Km and farther)…
The start of a fairy-tale
Martin Martens came in contact with the pigeon-sport as a little boy. When he was more by his uncle (who was a fervent pigeon fancier) then at home, father Remi found that now, it was enough… and he decided to build a little pigeon-house for Martin. So Martin started with 4 pigeons, at the age of 14 years, with his own pigeon-loft . At the beginning, he was a short distance racer, but even soon came the call-note for the races on the middle and long distance.
The base of the colony
Emiel Waerniers and son Frans, from Knesselare, were in the eighties, the stars from East-Flanders on the races from 500 Km and farther. When they organised a public auction in 1980, Martin was the buyer of 2 Waerniers-birds (1 cock : the GUST ’80 + 1 hen : the BLAUWWITPEN MIELE ’76). These 2 pigeons became immediately the parents of the superb FENOMEEN 218/81, which was the first top-pigeon for Martin Martens on the Great Middle Distance races (400-600 Km). So the GUST, the BLAUWWITPEN MIELE and their son FENOMEEN became the first 3 basic pigeons, that later, are crossed with the superb Gaby Vandenabeele-pigeons from Dentergem, with great performances as result. So indeed, the super-hen BLAUWWITPEN MIELE ’76 was the mother of the famous LOURDES 153/83, which not only wins 2 x 1st price from Dourdan (324 Km), but almost get an international victory from Lourdes (930 Km) with
Lourdes 100 d. 1
Prov 513 d. 1
Nat 2.758 d. 2
Internat 4.077 d. 2
At Knesselare, Martin not only found some superb basic-pigeons, he also get lessons in pigeon-flying by 2 grand masters, namely Frans Waerniers and Remi Gyselbrecht, both national winners in the nineties. Up till now, both top-fanciers stayed good friends of Martin. One of the later super-breeders from Martin, was the superb CARLO ’86 (father of the super-crack BASSIE ’92), which was a direct Gyselbrecht-bird. He was a half-brother of the ‘crack’ SENNA ’85 from Gyselbrecht, which was on the breeding-loft the father of the ‘Barcelona-crack’ from Gyselbrecht : the ‘SCHUMACHER 198/94’ (2nd Intnat Ace pigeon Barcelona 1997-2001).
These birds were the basic-pigeons, which we find again in several actual top-pigeons at the Martin Martens-loft. But the properly starting shot for ‘the rush to the top’ was given with the contribution of the direct Gaby Vandenabeele-pigeons from Dentergem, a little bit later followed by the direct Gommaire Verbruggen-pigeons from Scherpenheuvel (Kaggevinne).
These world-class pigeons are the overture for extreme top-performances in the period 1990-1997, when Martin Martens won almost al the prominent championships on the Middle distance and Long distance races from 300-700 Km in his district. In illustration of this words we give you an anthology of these championships (some information by this : Fondclub Eeklo is the greatest ‘long distance union’ from Belgium) :
The dominating series of Championships from 1989-1994
- 1e CHAMPION East + West-Flanders Great Middle Distance 1994 (400-600 Km)
- GENERAL CHAMPION LONG DISTANCE at ‘FONDCLUB EEKLO’ 1994
- 1e CHAMPION ‘LONG DISTANCE’ Old Pigeons ‘FONDCLUB EEKLO’ 1994
- 1e TEAM-CHAMPION LONG DISTANCE Old Pigeons ‘FONDCLUB EEKLO’ 1994
- 1e TEAM-CHAMPION LONG DISTANCE YOUNGSTERS ‘FONDCLUB EEKLO’ 1994
- 1e CHAMPION YOUNGSTERS ‘BOTH FLANDERS’ 1993
- GENERAL CHAMPION ‘BOTH FLANDERS’ 1993 (East + West-Flanders)
- 1e CHAMPION YEARLINGS ‘GREAT MIDDLE DISTANCE’ FONDCLUB EEKLO 1993
- GENERAL CHAMPION ‘GREAT MIDDLE DISTANCE’ FONDCLUB EEKLO 1993
- 1e CHAMPION YEARLINGS ‘BOTH FLANDERS’ 1992
- 1e CHAMPION YEARLINGS ‘LONG DISTANCE’ FONDCLUB EEKLO 1992
- 1e CHAMPION YEARLINGS ‘GREAT MIDDLE DISTANCE’ FONDCLUB EEKLO 1992
- 1e TEAM-CHAMPION YOOUNGSTERS ‘LONG DISTANCE’ FONDCLUB EEKLO 1992
- 1e CHAMPION OLD PIGEONS ‘GREAT MIDDLE DISTANCE’ FONDCLUB EEKLO 1991
- 1e CHAMPION YOUNGSTERS ‘GREAT MIDDLE DISTANCE’ FONDCL.EEKLO 1989...
And above it :
1e PRICE PROVINCIAL TOURS YOUNGSTERS ‘92!
1e PRICE INTERPROV CHATEAUROUX YEARLINGS ‘93!
1e PRICE PROVINCIAL and 2e NAT. + INTERNAT. LOURDES Old P.‘87 !
1e PRICE PROVINCIAL TOURS OLD BIRDS ’97 !
1e PRICE PROVINCIAL TOURS YEARLINGS ’97 !
Almost incredible, if you know that every year nearly a half team of youngsters, find the death against the high tension cables in the neighbourhood of the Martens-loft. That’s the reason why Martin decided to move to the other site from Waarschoot where he build a new house and a new loft (in June 1998). All the pigeons came in a public auction (in bis = choose between 2 pigeons), and with the 40 pigeons that have left out of this auction, Martin had a new start at the Guido Gezellelaan on his new loft. Martin resolved to take back his place between the top-racers within 5 years (= 2003). But the super-cracks SUPER SPEED 080/96, RONALDO 374/97, KLEINE MASSIS 329/97 and the long distance-crack VALEN REMI 636/94, are directly in high spirits on their new loft. And what nobody could expect, is that Martin already won the 1st Price Inter-provincial Blois in 1998 (430 Km), and that he was already the 1st Champion ‘Middle Distance’ Old Pigeons and 1st Champion ‘Middle Distance’ Yearlings in 1999 !! So, Martin was directly ‘back in town’ ! The next ‘big shot’ came in 2000, when Martin was crowned as 1st Provincial Champion (in East-Flanders between almost 12.500 fanciers), with his ‘super-lady’ ELDORADO 717/00 which was the 1st Provincial Ace Pigeon ‘Middle Distance’ 2000 KBDB East-Flanders !! Immediately, it was clear that this Martin Martens was on the right way to build a new collection of superb top-pigeons ! Let’s have a look at the actual construction of the breeding-loft and the actual racing-team in 2003.
The basic-pigeons and top-racers in the picture
The breeding-loft from Martin Martens is mainly based on 3 basic-lines, namely : Gaby Vandenabeele from Dentergem, Gommaire Verbruggen from Kaggevinne, and the famous Janssen-Arendonk-dynasty. These 3 lines are crossed with each other, or they are crossed with new top-class pigeons that are introduced. Martin makes high demands on those new pigeons, because this birds must be exceptional top-pigeons or ‘cracks’ themselves, or must be direct children of such a wonder-bird… or to say it with one word : exceptional top-quality !! Martin is a man with a clear vision, and will not deviate from it. According to him, this is the only way to reach the top, and to stay there for a while. Let us present you separately, the current top-breeders and the top-racers of the 3 basic-lines :
The direct Gaby Vandenabeele – pigeons from Dentergem
The absolute basic-hen from the Martin Martens-loft is the ‘GOUDEN FIDELE 437/85’, direct from Gaby Vandenabeele – Dentergem as daughter of the super-crack FIDEEL 147/83 (a son from the world famous ‘KLEINEN 253/81). This ‘FIDEEL 147/83’ won himself the 1st Provincial Bourges Yearlings and 2nd National Limoges Derby, and is the grandfather of the 1st National Brive in 1995 (at Dentergem) !! This marvellous super-hen ‘GOUDEN FIDELE’ is already the mother and the grandmother of whole strain of exceptional crack-pigeons. One of her most famous sons by Martin, is the ‘super-crack’ the ‘KLEINEN 288/91’ (bred from 2 direct Gaby Vandenabeele-pigeons, namely : the WILLEQUET ‘89 x ‘GOUDEN FIDELE 437/85’), which is for the moment one of the basic-breeders on the Martens-loft.
This ‘KLEINEN 288/91’ succeeded several top-performances as :
4345288/91 THE ‘KLEINEN’
1e Orléans 382 D. - 3e Tours 430 p. - 3e Orléans 494 p. - 6e Tours 627 p. - 7e Châteauroux 568 p.
10e Châteauroux 512 p. - 19e Interprov. Orléans 1.034 p. - 19e Interprov. Châteauroux 824 p.
24e Interprov. Châteauroux 6.094 p. - 24e Prov. Châteauroux 3.040 p... enz.
For the moment, the KLEINEN 288/91 is one of the pillars on the breeding-loft which, next to himself, contains 3 direct sons and 9 hens of this super-bird, and a lot of grandchildren. One of his most famous daughters is the ‘NEW FIDELE ’99. There is no doubt of it, that this NEW FIDELE is on the right way to beat the breeding-results of her grandmother (the GOUDEN FIDELE). So, she’s already the mother of the 2 actual super-cracks on the Martin Martens-loft, namely the ‘LITTLE DARCO’ (a son of DARCO ’98 x NEW FIDELE ’99) and the ‘ARMSTRONG’ (the wonder-bird as son of the WITOOG FLORIZOONE ’98 x NEW FIDELE ’99). Let’s have a look on there performances until the end of the year 2003 :
LITTLE DARCO 571/01
Son of DARCO ’98 x NEW FIDELE ’99 which won already :
In 2001 as young bird :
Arras 273 d 1 - Arras 205 d 9… and a total of 7 prices
In 2002 :
Chartres 601 d. 1 - Chartres 393 d. 1 - Chartres 212 d. 2 - Chartres 364 d. 3 - Chartres 131 d. 4 - Chartres 319 d. 5 - Chartres 520 d. 10 - Chartres 349 d. 10 - Chartres 244 d. 12 - Chartres 524 d. 16 - Chartres 556 d. 18 - Chartres 829 d. 26… enz.
Won 17e Prov Ace Middle Distance KBDB East-Flanders 2002 !
In 2003 :
Clermont 448 d. 1 - Chartres 649 d. 1 - Chartres 417 d. 3 - Chartres 411 d. 3 - Chartres 205 d. 7 - Quievrain 786 d. 15 - Chartres 964 d. 24 - Quievrain 968 d. 43… enz.
With this he was the 7e Prov Ace Middle Distance KBDB East-Flanders 2003 !
In 2004 :
Chartres 632 d. 1 - Chartres 483 d. 1 - Chartres 372 d. 1 - Chartres 1.993 d. 3 - Chartres 809 d. 6 - Chartres 526 d. 13… enz.
With the first 5 results above here he wins the
1e Prov Ace Middle Distance Old Birds KBDB East-Flanders 2004 and
7e National Ace Middle Distance Fond KBDB 2004 !!
At the end of the racing-season 2004, he already wins a total of 40 prices with 29 x per 10 and 8 x 1e Prices !! A real supercrack !!
• ARMSTRONG 408/02
In 2002 as youngster :
Clermont 153 p. 1 - Clermont 191 p. 6 - Chartres 628 p. 12 - Clermont 526 p. 27
In 2003 :
Blois 146 yearlings 1 - Intprov 1.063 yearlings 1 - Blois 153 old pig. 2 - Intprov. 908 old pig. 2 - Chartres 550 p. 4 - Chartres 964 p. 7 - Chartres 291 p. 28
He won aready 17 Prices with 12 x per 10, and 3 x 1st Prices under which a 1st Price Interprovincial from Blois !!
Farther, the KLEINEN 288/91 is also the grandfather of the superman on the long distance-races : the VALE REMI 4503636/94 -> which is the son of the ‘ZOON LOURDES 905/93’ (a direct son of the 1st Provincial and 2nd International Lourdes : the LOURDES 153/83 x ‘GOUDEN FIDELE 437/85) x ‘KLEIN BRIVEKEN 867/93’, a hen with top achievements up to Brive (and daughter of the KLEINEN 288/91 x WENDY 257/92) or a coupling of a ‘SON x Granddaughter’ of the ‘GOUDEN FIDELE’ !! The list of performances of the VALE REMI (at the moment a top-breeder) contains next top-achievements :
• The VALE REMI 636/94
Was the 7e National Ace Pigeon Long Distance ‘De Reisduif’ 1997 !!
Chartres 243 p. 3
Limoges 440 p. (617km) 4 - Prov 1.827 p. 17 - Nat. 9.022 p. 147 (in ’96)
Limoges 431 p. 4 - Prov 1.787 p. 15 - Nat. 9.083 p. 135 (in ’96)
Limoges 531 p. 10 - Prov 2.149 p. 50 - Nat. 11.087 p. 187 (in ’97)
Perigueux 335 p. (698km) 15 - Prov 1.309 p. 56 - Nat. 5.594 p. 203 (in ’97)
Cahors 430 p. 7 (793km) - Prov 1.961 p. 8 - Nat. 11.838 p. 54
Argenton 619 p. 36 (530km) - Intprov 7.263 p. 351…
- An other important hen, direct from the Gaby Vandenabeele-loft, is the WITOOGJE BOURGES 965/90, which is a daughter of the BOURGES 017/87, winner of the 1st price from Bourges (and son of the superb PICANOL 240/82 x ILSE 007/85, and so he’s a grandson of the world famous super-breeder by Gaby : the KLEINEN 253/81, which is the father of wonder-birds like the WITTENBUIK, PICANOL, FIDEEL, STIER, TURBO, WOLFGANG, GOLDFINGER… ). This WITOOGJE BOURGES is on the Martin Martens-loft the mother of 2 exceptional crack-pigeons : the BASSIE 757/92 (son of the Gyselbrecht-pigeon, the super-breeder CARLO ’86 x WITOOGJE BOURGES) and the ‘KLEINE MASSIS 329/97 (this time the KLETSKOP MASSIS 316/94 is the father, more information about him by the Verbruggen-pigeons below)
• BASSIE 757/92 won :
1e Poitiers134 +p - 1e Poitiers 110 p- 2e Châteauroux 120 p- 2e Poitiers 195 p- 2e Bourges 398 p
3e Châteauroux 268 p- 3e Tours 588 p- 3e Tours 871 p- 3e Poitiers 245 p- 3e Châteauroux 200 p
4e Prov. Bourges 1.711 p‘95 - 4e Bourges 194 p- 14e Prov. Bourges 1.762 p‘93 - 14e Nat. Bourges 10.723 p 1995 - 35e Nat. Bourges 11.467 p1993
This BASSIE was doubtless one of the best ‘Great Middle Distance’-racers from Belgium during the years 1992-1997.
As you can see, the contribution of the Gaby Vandenabeele-pigeons undiminished takes care of top-successes at the Martin Martens-loft, even in 2003.
The direct Gommaire Verbruggen – pigeons from Kaggevinne
- Martin found exceptional pigeons for cross-breeding with this violent Vandenabeele-basic by the ‘maestro from the Hageland’ : Gommaire Verbruggen from Kaggevinne (Scherpenheuvel). Between this direct Verbruggen-pigeons, at this moment, we find 4 marvellous breeding-birds. The famous ‘KLETSKOP MASSIS 316/94’ is doubtless the most important breeder, and father of a lot of actual super-pigeons by Martin. He’s a son of the BLAUWE AS KLETSKOP 300/90 (a direct son of the world famous KLETSKOP 199/83) x ENGELKE MASSIS 807/89 (own daughter of the MASSIS 256/86, full brother of the KLETSKOP), or direct children from 2 winners of a 1st Price Semi-National at the Verbruggen-loft (and besides are the KLETSKOP and the MASSIS full brothers from each other). A collection of ‘super-quality’, which demonstrate immediately their super-class at Waarschoot. Let’s prove this with some examples :
• The KLEINE MASSIS 329/97 (a son of the KLETSKOP MASSIS 316/94 x WITOOGJE BOURGES 965/90, a direct Gaby Vandenabeele and also mother of the super-crack ‘BASSIE’, see up here) wins :
Blois 110 p. 1 - Blois 214 p. 3 - Prov 552 p. 3 - Bourges 721 p. 3 - Prov 3.370 p. 34 - Nat 21.593 p. 138
Argenton 93 p. 4 - Prov 516 p. 6 - Nat 4.461 p. 71 - Blois 274 p. 6 - Prov 935 p. 10 - Clermont 241 p. 9
Châteauroux 721 p. 23 - Prov 3.799 p. 145 - Argenton 886 p. 39 - Bourges 866 p. 52 - Blois B.VL 945 p. 34
Bourges 341 p. 22… etc.
He won a total of 64 prices, with 34 prices x per 10. In his whole career, he only missed 1 time his price ! A real ‘crack’ that, at the end of 2003, moved to the breeding-loft !
• FIGO 721/00
Chateauroux 641 d. 1 (in 2003) - Intprov 4.759 d. 2
Chateauroux 200 d. 1 (in 2002) - Prov 4.167 d. 20
Bourges 858 d. 3 (in 2004) - Prov 4.435 d. 7 - Nat. 23.694 d. 61
Chateauroux 677 d. 3 (in 2002) - Intprov 6.010 d. 34
Clermont 75 d. 3 -Chateauroux 718 d. 6 (in 2004) - Prov 3.805 d. 67
Tours 179 d. 9 - Beide Vl. 762 d. 70
Chartres 1.274 d. 65 (in 2004)
Blois Prov 1.183 d. 91… enz.
GIGGS 701/00
Own nestbrother from FIGO. He won already topresults as :
Tours 196 d. 7, Tours 758 d. 48, Tours 319 d. 19, Tours 1.347 d. 130, Chartres 301 d. 22, Blois 261 d. 12… and the racing-seasons 2003 + 2004 next topresulsts :
Chartres 1.237 d. 25
Chateauroux 641 d. 10 (in 2003) - Intprov 4.759 d. 45
Bourges 858 d. 16 (in 2004) - Prov 4.435 d. 25 - Nat 23.694 d. 128
Chateauroux 633 d. 10 (in 2004) - Prov 3.542 d. 19
Bourges 238 d. 21 (in 2003) - Intprov 2.136 d. 163
Finally, we have the DARCO ’98 (full brother of FIGO and GIGGS) which wins 33 prices himself (in the period 1998-2001) with 15 x per 10. He’s (coupled with the wonder-hen NEW FIDELE ’99) the father of the exceptional super-crack ‘LITTLE DARCO’ 571/01 (already 5 x 1e Price and 23 x per 10), which is described in detail up here, by his mother (the NEW FIDELE).
A half-brother from this top-breeder KLETSKOP MASSIS 316/94 was the GOMMAIRE 125/91 (also direct Verbruggen). This GOMMAIRE is, via his daughter ‘BIEKE 904/93’, the grandfather of the famous ‘Janssen-dynasty’(see below). So we can conclude that this successful breeding-line has a great importance in the extension from the Martin Martens-loft. A success-line where several 1st Price-winners, real ‘cracks’ and numerous top-breeders are descended from.
- Another important hen which claims a leading part on the breeding-loft is the WHITEPEN FLORKE 461/97, a 100% pure Verbruggen-pigeon. She’s a product of 2 direct Verbruggen-pigeons, namely the BLUE FLORRE 580/93, a half-brother of the super-crack ‘ZORRO’ by Gommaire (and in this manner a son of the brother 1st National Bourges from Flor Engels, Putte : the FLORRE 339/89 x DAUGHTER ‘KADET 002/86’ 317/92) x BLUE ‘VECHTERKE’ 115/91 (daughter of the famous brother of the super-star ‘020’ : ‘HET VECHTERKE 176/85 x VUIL DIKKE 235/87, a daughter of the 2nd Nat. Ace Pigeon ‘Middle Distance’ : the ‘DIKKE GORIS’). This WHITEPEN FLORKE is (together with the ‘JANSSEN 918/95’) the mother of ELDORADO 717/00 which was the
1st Provincial Ace Pigeon ‘Middle Distance’ KBDB East-Flanders in 2000 (between almost 12.500 fanciers : more information below ). And coupled with the LA SOUT ZOMBI ’96, this WHITEPEN FLORKE is also the mother of the best young hen in 2002 by Martin.
- also the ‘ZUS SEMI 266/97, a direct Verbruggen-hen and sister of the 1st Semi-National Chateauroux 8.676 p. in 1997, seems to have the possession of extra breeding-qualities. She’s a daughter of the BLUE ‘SCHONE 020’ 286/94 (a son from the wonder-bird ‘BLAUWE 020’ 020/83 x SISTER ‘ADONIS 020/93) x SONY KADETJE 393/92 (a daughter of the most expensive ‘middle distance’-racer for ever : the legend KADET 002/86 x SISTER SONY 607/87, a full sister of the world famous SONY from Jef, Luc & Nadia Houben, Itegem). This ZUS SEMI 266/97 is (coupled with the STIER JANSSEN) the mother of the top-racer SEMIJANS ’02 (see below by the ‘Janssen-dynasty’ for more information).
- The ‘MANDELA MM’ 292/99 is as well a direct Verbruggen-pigeon and one of the favourite breeders from Martin Martens for the ‘long distance races’. He’s a son of ‘ZOON CHIAPUCCI 470/96’ (this CHIAPUCCI 425/91 won 1st Prov Limoges 1.276 p., 2nd Prov Montauban 493 p., 3 Prov Brive 1.578 p. and 9th Nat Limoges 19.250 p, 11th Nat Montauban 5.553 p, 31 Nat Brive 23.510 p) x ‘MOTHER MANDELA 124/91’ (a daughter of the GESCHELPTE SCHILDERIJ 255/86, which is the own nest-brother of the MASSIS 256/88 -> 1st S/Nat Chateauroux 9.295 p, 5th Nat Bourges 13.166 p, 8th S/Nat Chateauroux 11.427 p…). Her son MANDELA 096/95 was a tremendous super-crack with following top-performances :
1e Prov. Limoges 989 p. - 3e Nat. Limoges 12.221 p. - 3e S/Nat. Châteauroux 5.743 p. - 47e Nat. Bourges 31.666 p.- 87e Nat. Limoges 19.676 p. (tot 10.000) - 93e Nat. Bourges 10.049 p - 181e Intprov Bourges 5.645 p
No wonder that Martin succeeds so well, with the contribution of the ‘world class-pigeons’ from Gommaire Verbruggen !!
The JANSSEN-Arendonk
- At least, we arrive by the 3rd top breeding-line from the Martin Martens-loft, the famous JANSSEN-Dynasty ! The basic-breeder from this dynasty is the wonder-breeder SCHONE WITOOG JANSSEN 806/89 (himself winner from 2 x 1st Prices, 2 x 2nd Prices etc… but above all a 100% pure Janssen-Arendonk-pigeon, because of his 4 grandparents were all direct Janssen-pigeons from Arendonk !!). Martin could buy this top-class pigeon on a public auction round Christmas 1994. It was a new shot in a bull’s eye !!
"SCHONE WITOOG" JANSSEN 806/89
*****************************************
1e HOUDENG 752 D.
1e CREIL 419 D.
2e ST.GHISLAIN 318 D.
2e ST.GHISLAIN 671 D.
3e HOUDENG 718 D.
5e DUFFEL 476 D.
7e DUFFEL 308 D.
8e PROVICE 511 D...
7e PROVINCIAL ACE PIGEON ‘MIDDLE DISTANCE’ 1992
*****************************************
Pigeons as this SCHONE WITOGER JANSSEN are born seldom. Still, the arise of a superior breed of pigeons, the basis to stay on the top of the pigeon-sport for years, the result of having the ‘fortune’, to possess ever such a ‘wonder-bird’ !! This SCHONE WITOGER JANSSEN is on the Martin Martens-loft nearest, or in cross-breeding with the success-line of the ‘GOUDEN FIDELE’ (Vandenabeele), and the KLETSKOP MASSIS (Verbruggen), the basis for a 3rd ‘super breeding-line’. It is almost unimaginable how this ‘golden super-breeder’, in hardly a few years (1995-2001), put his stamp upon the Martin Martens-loft. We already find again several 1st Price Winners and an innumerable series of ‘NEW SUPER-PIGEONS’ till the 3rd generation of this ‘golden super-breeder’. In Waarschoot, he became the father of 10 different 1st Price-winners !!
Just phenomenal and almost incredible!!
This super-breeder is on the Martin Martens-loft, the father of an exceptional series 1st Price-winners and other super-pigeons, from which we like to propose you the most important ones :
• • the JANSSEN 918/95
The JANSSEN 918/95 is just like his father a ‘golden breeder’. He’s a son of the SCHONE WITOOG JANSSEN ’89 x WEBBE 235/89 (a direct Gaby Vandenabeele, as daughter of a brother ‘GOUDEN FIDELE’ from Martin, namely the ‘LATE FIDEEL 592/85’ x KLARE PORRE 399/84). The JANSSEN 918/95 was a late bird from 1995, ans has only raced in 1996 and 1997 until the middle of June when Martin transferred him to the breeding loft. On his ‘list of honour’ we find top-performances like :
Chartres 279 p. 1 - Chartres 412 p. 2 - Chartres 649 p. 9 - Chartres 450 p. 11 - Chartres 182 p. 15
Chartres 301 p. 18… etc.
Because of the top-results realised by his son SUPER JANSSEN ’96 and his grandson RONALDO ’97, he was stopped for competition. A stroke of genius, because he is immediately the father and grandfather of real super-pigeons, among which next ‘nuggets of gold’ :
* In 1996, he became the father of the SUPER JANSSEN ‘96 (which wins himself the 1st Clermont 301 p, 3rd Clermont 127 p, 3rd Arras 409 p, 6th Clermont 213 p, 6th Chartres 110 p, 7th Chartres 280 p, 7th Chartres 159 p, 8th Chartres 216 p, 9th Chartres 402 p... etc.), and this SUPER JANSSEN was at the same time the father from the superb RONALDO 374/97 (which wins 1st Chartres 399 p, 2nd Chartres 405 p, 3rd Chartres 315 p, 4th Chartres 268 p, 5th Chartres 415 p, 7th Chartres 849 p, 8th Chartres 407 p… etc. and became the
7th Provincial Ace Pigeon ‘Middle Distance’ KBDB between almost 13.000 members !!).
A family of exceptional 1st Price-winners
* In 2000, the JANSSEN 918/95 (coupled with the WHITEPEN FLORKE ’97, a 100% pure Verbruggen, see higher up) became the father of the super-hen ELDORADO 717/00 which was the 1st PROVINCIAL ACE PIGEON ‘MIDDLE DISTANCE’ KBDB East-Flanders 2000 (between 12.500 members), and 1st Ace Pigeon ‘Middle Distance’ Meetjesland 2000 etc…
In 2003, this ELDORADO was coupled with the ‘CRACK Van Stichel’ 986/00 (a tremendous 1st Price winner) and those are the parents of the BLUE LADY 436/03 which wins 2 x 1st Prices as young bird !!
•ELDORADO 717/00 wins (only raced as yougster in 2000) :
Arras 163 p. 14 - Clermont 477 p. 45 - Chartres 975 p. 11 - Chartres 693 p. 3 - Chartres 999 p. 6 - Bourges 1.640 p. 34 - Prov. 8.624 p. 390 - Nat. Zone A 11.581 p. 344 - Chartres 703 p. 70 - Chartres 552 p. 47 -
Tours 326 p. 6 - Prov. 1.104 p. 17 - Interprov. 2.582 p. 18
This makes a total of 10 races with 10 prices, with 9 x per 10. Just know that on arrival from the races, she always lost about 2 or 3 minutes before she puts in the clock. So, she lost many 1st prices and top-prices, but finally she was and stays the best young bird on the ‘Middle Distance’ from East-Flanders in 2000 (between 12.500 members). We can conclude : all is well that ends well
• SUPER SPEED 080/96
There is no doubt of it, that the SUPER SPEED is the greatest ‘super-crack’ from this Janssen-dynasty. He’s a son of the SCHONE WITOGER JANSSEN x BIEKE 904/93, a daughter of the GOMMAIRE 125/91 (a half-brother of the top-breeder KLETSKOP MASSIS 316/94, see higher up) x BEAUTY ’91 (a 100% Gaby Vandenabeele and own nest-sister of the famous ‘KLEINEN 288/91’, also see higher up).
This SUPER SPEED won in the period 1996-2000 :
Blois 362 p. 1 (and also the 1st Price Interprovincial !! From 430 Km ) - Chartres 355 p. 1 (338 Km) - Arras 316 p. 1 - Chartres 198 p. 1 - Blois 83 p. 1 - Arras 194 p. 2
Chartres 110 p. 2 - Arras 512 p. 4 - Chartres 216 p. 4 - Chartres 202 p. 4 - Chartres 106 p. 4 - Chartres 673 p. 6 - Chartres 541 p. 6 - Chartres 516 p. 6… etc.
He wins within 4 years 49 Prices, with 30 per 10 and 5 x 1st Prices !! A wonder-bird ! He moved into the breeding-loft since 2001 !!
• Den ARGENTON 506/99
A full brother of the ‘SUPER SPEED’ ! The ARGENTON won himself :
Blois 65 d. 1 (430 Km) - Tours 156 d. 3 (469 Km) - B. Vl 581 d. 14 - Tours 281 d. 7 - B.Vl 1.105 d. 34 - Blois 208 d. 10 - Blois 145 d. 11 - Argenton 1.129 d. 18- Nat. 7.444 d. 153… enz.
Because his father became infertile in 2002, this ARGENTON has stopped racing, and was transferred to the breeding-loft, where he’s already the father of several good descendants.
• And there are some more top-pigeons from this Janssen-line on the Martin Martens-lofts, which are full brother or sister of the ‘SUPER SPEED’ and the ‘ARGENTON’
* The BLAUWE JANSSEN 559/99 (wins already 1st Arras… etc)
* BLUE POWER ’99 (a super-racer)
* the JANSSEN 787/00 (wins 1st Chartres 184 p, 2nd Chartres 315 p… etc)
* the STIER JANSSEN ’97 : came directly on the breeding-loft, as a late bird from ’97. He’s one of the current top-breeders, and father of the superb yearling in 2003 : the SEMIJANS ’02 (a son of STIER JANSSEN ’97 x ZUS SEMI 266/97, a direct Verbruggen-hen and sister of the 1st Semi/National Chateauroux, see higher up), which won in 2003 :
Blois 146 p. 5 en Interprov 1.063 p. 10 - Blois 153 p. 7 en Interprov 908 p. 10 - Chartres 964 p. 21, Chartres 550 p. 16, - Chartres 291 p. 26, - Chartres 505 p. 49, - Clermont 153 p. 14… etc
As you can see, this Martin Martens has succeeded enormously, with this 3 basic-breeding-lines. His present breeding- and racing-loft (consist of 25 breeding-pairs, about 40 racers, and every year about 100 youngsters) is build for 85% with this ‘top-class pigeons’. The other 15% are superior ‘crack-pigeons’ or direct children from those pigeons, which are used for cross-breeding with the 3 top-breeding-lines!!
You are interested in this pigeons, or you want more information,
then contact :
Tel : 0032 (0)9 377 74 02
E-mail : MartinMartens@pandora.be
User : 