Limbourg Erik

20/07/2018 - The past few weeks have all been about the Red Devils playing a great World Cup in Russia, with such players as Hazard, De Bruyne, Lukaku and Courtois being among the world's most renowned players. And pigeon racing has its international stars as well, one of them would be "The Barcelona" of Erik Limbourg.

18/10/2017 - Erik Limbourg from Brussegem in Flemish Brabant can look back on yet another great season, winning six provincial, one zonal and a few national top results. Meanwhile, several other lofts had great results with his pigeons as well.

02/07/2017 - We are probably repeating ourselves, but Erik Limbourg is having another outstanding season. And the Limbourg birds are doing great in other lofts as well: the invaluable Limbourg breed plays a prominent role for Gustaaf De Bisschop (1st National Argenton YLs) and for the Desbuquois brothers (2nd National Cahors).

18/03/2017 - Lucky 848, Joost, Blue Ace, Eagle Eye and Lucky 77 are pigeons with an excellent reputation. The descendants of Belgium's most famous pigeons have allowed Erik Limbourg to perform really well again this season. The name of Limbourg features in basically all the championships and competitions at zonal, provincial and national level.

29/07/2016 - The pigeons from Brussegem really dominated the national long distance classic of Limoges II, winning the first four provincial prizes yearlings, as well as claiming the provincial first prize old birds.

05/07/2016 - After seven weeks of racing at provincial or higher level, Erik Limbourg's list of achievements is more endless than ever. No less than nineteen (!) provincial top 10 prizes were won during those seven weeks, or just a little under three a week. Most of us can only dream of presenting such statistics.

06/05/2016 - Many fancier assumed that Erik Limbourg would need quite some time to regain his position as a national and international champion after his PIPA auction in May 2015. Well, this was not quite the case. Erik could only race with a team of yearlings and young birds, and yet 2015 was another stellar season for the champion from Brussegem.

25/08/2015 - The opponents of Playboy Gilbert will have to work very hard if they want to try and prevent him from winning the national ace pigeon championships middle distance. He currently has an impressive coefficient of 0.58%, which is considerably lower than the previous winners of this title.

05/05/2015 - We can say that Erik Limbourg enjoys taking on a new challenge every once in a while. He is a risk taker. The outstanding team of racing pigeons that has won so many prizes over the past five seasons, including the title of General Champion of Belgium KBDB 2014, will soon be sold in auction.

03/04/2015 - Erik Limbourg is a man who likes to start all over again. About five years after his record breaking public auction Erik has another surprise in store for us: he will be selling his entire collection of pigeons of 2013 and older between 27 April and 10 May 2015. You can now download our online catalogue of this mouthwatering auction or order a printed copy.

04/03/2015 - It goes without saying that Erik Limbourg has had a spectacular 2014 season, having won an international victory from Perpignan and such titles as General National Champion KBDB and 2nd Nat. Ace Pigeon Long Distance KBDB. However, we were equally impressed with the achievements of his pigeons in other lofts.

30/10/2014 - Several championship titles have been awarded recently, and one of the names that appear in many championship results is that of Erik Limbourg. The cherry on the cake this season was the title of General National Championship KBDB. He managed to win no less than five prizes in the KBDB championships!

12/08/2014 - We saw an impressive performance by Black Magic (BE10–2135147), who won the international race from Perpignan against 17,962 pigeons. He was clocked at 19:52’20”, completing 932.163km with a velocity of 1183.95m/m.

27/06/2014 - Erik Limbourg’s Magic 704 is the current leader in the PIPA ranking for best old bird in the Belgian national races with 4 prizes. This pigeon is one of today’s stars from the invaluable Blue Ace bloodline.

21/03/2014 - Erik Limbourg has been at the top of our sport at international level for many years. The fancier from Brussegem continues to breed new champions by pairing the bloodlines of Jef De Ridder, De Rauw-Sablon and Aelbrecht to the lines of new champions and by putting them through vigorous testing.

01/11/2013 - Erik Limbourg is mad about selecting pigeons. Finding the very best long distance pigeons has become a true passion for him and the only way to do that is by adopting a strict selection procedure.

13/08/2013 - The 2013 long distance season of Erik Limbourg looked a lot like a diesel train: he had a difficult start and a wonderful ending. The results of this wonder boy from Brussegem in the races from Souillac and Tulle were simply amazing! Erik won three provincial and three national prizes in Zone B in these two races!

18/10/2012 - On Friday 12 October the preliminary chamber of the KBDB dealt with the dispute between Eric Limbourg and Dr. Vandersanden, concerning the existence of fake and/or incorrect pedigrees that were used in the selling of pigeons that come from the loft of Eric Limbourg. A verdict will be delivered in a month's time.

09/09/2012 - The best old birds from Belgium over all one-day long distance races of 2012 belong to Erik Limbourg from Brussegem (5 prizes), Gino Clicque from Wevelgem (4 prizes) and Wilson Dekens from Zingem (3 prizes). The ranking is based on the national and zonal results per 20.

09/09/2012 - The best yearlings over all Belgian national long distance races of 2012 can be found in the lofts of Erik Limbourg from Brussegem (3 prizes) and Jos Van Olmen from Broechem (2 prizes). The classification is based on the prizes per 10.

12/07/2012 - This is an achievement that will long be remembered in the world of international pigeon racing. It is highly exceptional to have no less than eleven pigeons within the national top 40. Bravo!

12/06/2012 - With a provincial win for yearlings from Bourges on 26 May, a 1st provincial Chateauroux yearlings and a 1st and 2nd provincial Limoges last weekend, Erik Limbourg is definitely one of the key players in the province of Flemish Brabant!

04/06/2012 - After the many positive replies to last year’s double interview between the brothers Vandenheede and Verreckt-Ariën the same thing was done over again with 2 other icons of the international pigeon sport, namely Etienne Meirlaen & Erik Limbourg.

17/05/2012 - After the many positive replies to last year’s double interview between the brothers Vandenheede and Verreckt-Ariën the same thing was done over again with 2 other icons of the international pigeon sport, namely Etienne Meirlaen & Erik Limbourg.

12/12/2011 - Further to the investigation into the attempted burglary on 28 November, the police are asking whether there have been other (attempts at) loft burglaries in Belgium, Holland, France or Germany between the 26th and 30th of November.

18/09/2011 - When Erik Limbourg passes the basketting table, it is always with the ambition to ‘win’. Easier said than done of course, but still quite a ‘priority’ if you’re called Erik Limbourg! In this respect he left his ‘visiting card’ yet again from Gueret!

21/07/2011 - High pressure, low pressure, headwind or tailwind… it apparently makes no difference to the Limbourg pigeons, nothing seems to be able to still their hunger for victory, that was more than clear last weekend!

30/06/2011 - The climatic conditions this weekend were apparently to the taste of the Erik Limbourg pigeons! Not only in his own loft in Brussegem, but also in various other lofts in our country there were resounding victories achieved by and with Limbourg pigeons!

14/11/2010 - We have been informed that Gilbert Limbourg, the father of Erik Limbourg has passed away.

12/11/2010 - In 2009 Erik Limbourg sold all his old birds. The experts were in agreement that ‘mister magic’ from Brussegem would definitely return to the international top over three or four years, only the inveterate optimist dared to say 2 years.

26/06/2010 - Erik Limbourg & his pigeonpartner Geert De Clercq win with great lead the 1st International Bordeaux Yearlings and have by far the fastest pigeon in the whole race against 13.386 birds.

06/12/2009 - On this page, you can follow the 2nd day of the public auction of Erik Limbourg (Ace Pigeon Loft BVBA) LIVE!
Every minute, this list will be updated automatically with the most recent bids.

05/12/2009 - The first part of the Erik Limbourg auction was a huge success today! About 130 birds were sold today for 722.000 EURO incl. tax! This makes an average of 5.595 EURO / pigeon! Below you find the exact prices. Most expensive pigeon in the auction today was Eagle Eye, lot 30, which was sold to Marc De Cock at 132.000 EURO incl. tax, the most expensive pigeon ever sold in auction! Other bidders on this bird were Sorin Staenescu (Romania), Mr. Lin from Brussels, Wang Hueihuangiyi (through Luna Lai) & Mr. Zhang/Yong Lin, who were the last bidders against Marc De Cock. Tomorrow there is the final part of Erik Limbourgs auction, starting at lot 132. Also tomorrow the prices will be updated live on PIPA!

31/07/2009 - Who can offer the very best… Stronger yet: who DARE to offer their very best material… and yes: this year there are also a number of respected fanciers. One of these is mister-national-Ace pigeon-collector: Erik Limbourg from the Flemish-Brabant Brussegem. Because such a name is such a surprise, we couldn’t resist the urge to ask Erik himself about this drastic decision…

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