Broeckx Niels (Oud-Turnhout) may firmly reminisce about the 2024 season

What a season they have had in the house of Niels, Marleen and Jan Broeckx (Oud-Turnhout). The Broeckx family's racing team was hard at it again last season. Against the competition, there was little in the way of "compassion".
The definition of "all-round pigeon" really applies here because top prizes from 136km (Quievrain) to the long distance (750km) are simply in the DNA of the Broeckx pigeons. You cannot mould them more "all-round".

The "business card season 2023" therefore looks impressive with as "highlights"

1st and 3rd Olympiad pigeon Cat. E. - Marathon - Maastricht '24
21 x 1st prize (without doubles)
3 x 1st provincial in the long distance
19th and 22nd National ace KBDB long distance pigeon 
18 x Top-100 national 
6 x Top-15 national
1st Overall champion Quievrain "Samenspel Turnhout
1st Overall Champion Noyon "Samenspel Turnhout
1st Overall Champion Noyon "Soteo".

And so on.

The 2024 season was also one to remember. No less than 5 x Top-10 national and 25 x Top-100 national were added to the already impressive list of honors. All results see end of report

Finally got rid of that one gap.

If you asked Team Broeckx until August 2024 what they would like to win, they didn't think twice about the answer ... “a national victory” they said in chorus.
They succeeded last season on one of the most beautiful national races of the year: Bourges youngsters. After winning both the national race from Limoges (old) and Tulle (yearling) the 2nd National in 2024, they got the impression that it was going to be “just not” but that was without the exploits of “Queen Bourges”. “Queen Bourges (B24-6181545) took care of the first national victory ever at the Niels Broeckx home.  “Queen Bourges” not only won in her category but was also the fastest of all 39,695 Bourges racers.  
No wonder that both Marleen and Jan had a broad smile on their faces when we congratulated them on their national victory. This tastes like more ! 

Like to applaud...

One of Jan and Marleen's dreams was to play an Olympiad pigeon once in their pigeon career and look, in 2017 "Olympic 306'ke" made this dream come true by achieving 1st Olympiad pigeon Cat. C 

'Olympic 306'ke'. She won among others: 
1st Olympiad Ace Pigeon Cat. C Brussels 2017
9 National ace KBDB Great Middle Distance yearlings 2015
3 National Montluçon 16,982b. - 580km
14 National Châteauroux 25,710b. - 556km
14 National Guéret 16,262b. - 618km
15 National Châteauroux 6,850b. - 556km

As "Olympic 306'ke" was sold, Jan and Marleen decided to immediately give siblings a bin in the breeding loft. A decision they have not regretted for a second. The following breeding references provide proof:

Brilliant Runner BE15-6300239
full sister ‘Olympic 306’ke’:

==> Mother of BE19-6066046 ‘Remco Runner’
1     Quièvrain    1,351b
1     Quièvrain       176b
2     Quièvrain       471b
5     Quièvrain    1,723b
6     Quièvrain       764b
8     Quièvrain    1,799b
12   Quièvrain    1,804b
12   Quièvrain       275b
15   Quièvrain       403b
16   Quièvrain    2,106b
33   Quièvrain       460b 
35   Quièvrain       805b
83   Quièvrain    1,181b
103   Quièvrain  1,303b
156   Quièvrain  1,913b
 

Energetic Runner BE17-6056310
full brother ‘Olympic 306’ke’
==> father of BE19-6066012 ‘Wout Runner’ 
1     Quièvrain       275b
2     Quièvrain    1,351b
2     Quièvrain       592b
2     Quièvrain       234b
4     Quièvrain       323b
5     Quièvrain       341b
8     Quièvrain       471b
14   Quièvrain       467b
20   Quièvrain    1,723b
25   Quièvrain    1,804b
27   Quièvrain    1,484b
30   Quièvrain       460b 
33   Quièvrain       484b
34   Quièvrain       951b
35   Quièvrain    1,042b
36   Quièvrain    1,228b
40   Quièvrain    1,799b
62   Quièvrain       764b
70   Quièvrain    1,181b
77   Quièvrain    1,490b

 “Dauntless Runner” B17-6056046
Full brother ‘Olympic 306’ke’
==> father to 
19th National Issoudun 8,151b.
36th National Argenton 21,282b.
58th National Gueret 8,375b.
60th National Issoudun 14,758b.
114th National La Souterraine 14,037b.

“Gallant  Runner” B18-6018464
Full brother ‘Olympic 306’ke’
==> father to winners of (always Quievrain – 136km)
1st/907b. – 1st/234b. – 2nd/422b. – 2nd/386b. – 3rd/323b. - 
4th/1,858b. – 4th/287b. – 5th/484b. – 5th/278b. – 8th/427b. - 
8th/618b. – 10th/673b. – 13th/1,400b. – 16th/2,638b. – and so on

 “Gleeful Runner” B18-6247305
He is father to 

11th Nat. Aurillac 5,342b. (737km)
55th Nat. Limoges 7,211b. (700km)
60th Nat. Souillac 4,673b. (761km)
84th Nat. Chateauroux 24,617b. (555km)
93rd Nat. Limoges 10,653b. (700km)
and so on 

 

And we could go on like this for a long time

Olympiad pigeon with "Olympic New Elfje" in Romania 2022

And the dream of Marleen and Jan continues because also in 2022 they were allowed to represent Belgium at the Olympiad in Romania with hen "Olympic New Elfje".

And if you thought that with that you had seen the best of this Antwerp colony, you are completely wrong because for  Olympiad in Maastricht, Niels, Jan and Marleen managed to represent no less than 2 pigeons in Category F. 
A stunt of the highest order if you know that only 3 pigeons are allowed to go per category. 

 "Olympic F-16 Runner" B19-6066027
1st Cat. F - Marathon - Olympiad Maastricht 2024
Won: 
1st Olympiad bird Cat. E – Maastricht 2024 – Marathon + 700km
22nd National ace KBDB Fond 2023 
7th Nat. Aurillac 5,342b. – 737km
32nd Nat. Souillac 4,827b. – 760km 
86th Nat. Libourne 3,880b. – 828km
40th Nat (z) Limoges 3,604b. – 700km
7th Iprov. Vierzon 8,008b. – 501km 
5th Quievrain 1,307b. – 136km
7th Quievrain 2,767b. – 136km

“Olympic Linci Runner” B21-6083476
3rd Olympiad bird Cat. F – Marathon – Olympiad Maastricht 2024

Some history

Niels Broeckx is the son of Jan and Marleen Broeckx. The family moved from Baarle-Hertog to Oud-Turnhout in 2007. In Baarle-Hertog (Baarle-Nassau), they already played under the name 'Jan Broeckx'. In his turn, Jan is the son of 'Broeckx-Van Hees' from Oud-Turnhout, also formidable fund players. Pigeon sport is a family sport because the wives of the house, Maria Van Hees (Jan's mother) and Marleen Govaerts (Jan's wife) are also involved in pigeon sport on a daily basis and have become indispensable in caring for their winged friends. 
Jan Broeckx has been playing with pigeons for more than 25 years, including a good decades in Oud-Turnhout. He combined pigeon racing with work in his bakery in Baarle-Hertog. In 2012, the bakery was sold and from now on both Jan and his wife Marleen, who took care of the bakery shop, were able to focus entirely on 'pigeon-milking'. The result of this tight plan immediately resulted in good results for the youngsters from 2012 onwards. In 2013, these pigeons confirmed by winning quite a few prizes as yearlings. The trend was set and from year to year it went cresendo with the results of the Broeckx pigeons. 

About the system

The old and yearling birds are all played with partners staying at home. The old hens are played up to Limoges/Souillac (750km). The yearling hens work the national 500km programme while the yearling cocks get to prove their ability on the speed (Quievrain and Noyon). "To be quite honest" Jan tells "we also played 2 yearling cocks on the long distance and that tastes like more for the coming seasons".
The hens are somewhat compulsorily darkened. "Here right next to us there is a riding school" says Marleen "and especially in the winter period the adjacent arena is fully lit, just like a football field. No need to explain more, surely? The hens are darkened from 19h to 8h until mid-May. Afterwards, they are supplementary lighting until the end of the season, which is from 6am to 11pm.
The hens have the mixtures from the Beyers range on the menu. The basis is the Vandenabeele (low-protein) mixture and as the basketing day approaches, this is gradually replaced by Galaxy Energy. As extras, we then rely on products from the Herbots Animal and Herbovet range such as Brewer's yeast (B.M.T.) - 4 Oils - Proteins (Pro-Recup) - and so on...
On the medical front, we have full confidence in vet Raf Herbots. His guidance schedule in terms of vaccinations and cures is followed very strictly. Twice a year we sit in his waiting room and for the rest there is a lot of telephone contact. Against trichomoniasis, the well-known yellow drops go over the feed every week on Monday and Tuesday.

Numerous references
It is very striking how easily fanciers succeed with the Broeckx pigeons. This overview says it all
*Devroye Andre Mechelen:
15° and 16° nat. ace pigeon small middle distance :out of sister to our Olympic 306'KE
*Van Oeckel B&N:
4° and 5° nat.ace FOND : grandmother is sister to our Olympic 306'KE
1° nat. ace KHF old : grandmother is sister to our Olympic 306'KE
*Van Massenhoven Kris: 
1° nat.ace pigeon speed : grandmother is sister to our Olympic 306'KE
*Verhestraeten Sylvain:
2° nat.ace pigeon speed: grandmother is named 'Broeckxhen' and is also mother of 12° nat.ace pigeon speed, among others
*Karel Roden: DIVA  wins 15° and 94° national and this hen is mother of child at Peter vd Merwe with performance:6°/2436 pigeons
*Bart Verbeek: 20-581 flies: 19°nat Issoudun-36°nat Argenton-58°nat gueret-60°nat.Issoudun-114° nat. La Souterraine:comes from brother of our Olympic 306'KE
*1° berezenka OLR of 13310 pigeons 697km comes from our 306'KE line and Elfje line
*1° OLR Qatar 120km :from line 10°Nat.ace GHF Martine
*1° OLR in Mexico 436km: Elfje line:11°Nat.ace GHF,is grandmother of our Olympic New Elfje:2°Olympic pigeon Romania 2022 
* Danny-Nick Van Avondt : "Marleen" 19-041 flies 2°National Issoudun old 9777 pigeons :out of full brother 10°Nat.ace GHF Martine
*Buvens-Sleven: "20-701" flies 2°National Chateauroux of 15322 pigeons: father direct Broeckx Niels descends from full sister Martine: 10°Nat.ace GHF
*Bart Verdeyen: "Miss Limoges" 20-572 flies 13°National Limoges yearlings 9218 pigeons. Father is "King Niels 443", who flew 9° Nat.La Souterraine from 9136 pigeons with us and is now base breeder with Bart and Francis Verdeyen. "Mister Limoges" 16-437 flew 36°National Limoges 9661 pigeons and 43°National Cahors 6356 pigeons, father is also "King Niels 443"
*F.Maia De Almeida (Paris): pigeon flies 3 x top 10 of +- 3000 pigeons: father is "BR. Runner Kite" 09-935 (basic breeder)
*Geentjes-Haemhouts: 14-232:wins 2 x top 40 National : father is BR. Loper Vlieger 09-935(base breeder).
*Stessens Ines: 20-735:1st Ace Fondclub Turnhout and 2nd Ace jeugdclub Antwerp ’22 Fond:  Elfje-breeding line
*Roodhooft Andre: Marleentje: 1st National Argenton ‘23 ,fastest of 22,871b. , Elfje-breeding line
*Vanhoudt-Serré: 24th National ace All-Round youngbirds ’23 out Elfje x Olympic 306’KE – breeding line
*Danny Dockx: super racer out  “Olympic 306’KE” –line
*Marek Skrbek :1st National ace yearbirds Czech Republic 2022 - out Olympic 306’KE-line and Elfje-line

Marleen and Jan would like to say a final word of thanks to Nance - Bart Van Oeckel and their caretaker Kjenten. True friends for years and both of us are successful with each other's pigeons. That's the beauty of pigeon racing. Giving each other success 

 

BEST RESULTS 2024

1 NATIONAAL BOURGES 26549 JONGE DUIVEN - SNELSTE VAN 39695 DUIVEN     531KM
2 NATIONAAL TULLE 5733 JAARLING DUIVEN  685KM
2 NATIONAAL LIMOGES  6889 OUDE DUIVEN   700KM
5 NATIONAAL ARGENTON   16547 OUDE DUIVEN   581KM
10 NATIONAAL ARGENTON 8343 OUDE DUIVEN   581KM
4° GROTE PRIJS KBDB OVER 10 NATIONALE VLUCHTEN
2°KAMPIOENSCHAP PROVINCIAAL GHF OUDE EN JAARSE ANTWERPEN
3°KAMPIOENSCHAP PROVINCIAAL FOND OUDE EN JAARSE ANTWERPEN
1°KAMPIOEN JAARSE DUIVEN GHF JAARSE DUIVEN UNION ANTWERPEN
2°ALGEMEEN KAMPIOEN GHF OUDE-JAARSE-JONGE DUIVEN UNION ANTWERPEN

Beste Fondduif (2022-2024) 7 PRIJZEN (BE19-6066227)

TURNHOUTSE FONDVRIENDEN:
2°ALG.KAMPIOENSCHAP 1°GET. KLEINE FOND+FOND+MARATHON
2°ALGEMEEN KAMPIOENSCHAP KLEINE FOND

QUIEVRAIN 31-3 
OUDE 1274 SAMENSPEL TURNHOUT
1-10-11-16-30-30-32-47-51-54-70-86-127-128-…(19/24)

OUDE 1743 SOTEO
2-15-16-22-46-46-51-73-77-80-106-130-…(19/24)

JAARL 911 SAMENSPEL TURNHOUT
24-33-63-…(6/8)
JAARL 1188 SOTEO
43-58-105-…(6/8)

NOYON 7-4
OUDE 254 SOTEO
1-…(3/6)

QUIEVRAIN 12-5
4-5-47-65-132-141-142-…(16/21)

OUDE SOTEO 988

VIERZON 18-5
4-7-8-9-11-12-15-15-17-18-19-24-27-
1-27(2/2) JL 
168 /6°PROV 1370

BOURGES 25-5
9-11-17-20-26-69-…(12/20) OUDE 359
3-35-48-83-…(7/14) JL 564
21 NAT/18785

 LIMOGES 4-6
2-9 (2/2)  96 
93 NAT /10653

ARGENTON 8-6
2-8-14-15-20-…(16/19) LOKAAL 320 OUDE
17-22-25-32-48-61-…(15/21) LOKAAL 650 JL
5-44-88-90 NAT/16547 OUDE

 QUIEVRAIN 16-6
3-5-6-10-12-46-47-……(15/21) OUDE 800 SOTEO
3-4-…(3/5) JL  476 SOTEO

SANCOINS 23-6
1-9-12-13-16-17-..(9/14) OUDE 144
33 NAT/ 9753 OUDE   EN 52 NAT/12958 JL

TULLE 23-6
1-6-8-10(4/6) LOKAAL

MELUN 29-6
4-7-8-9-11-12-15-15-17-18-19-24-27-…(18/37)

LIMOGES 5-7
2-22-102-204-…NAT OUDE/6889

QUIEVRAIN 7-7 
26-58-63 (3/4) JONG 952

 SOUILLAC 14-7
60 -156-203-338-…NAT OUDE/4673
169 NAT JL /4073

 ARGENTON 14-7
10 NAT OUDE/8343

 QUIEVRAIN 24-7
31-40-41-42-48-51-58-69-82-84-88-95-103-119-128-130-147-153-153-158-158-158-161-169-169-175-178-180-180-182-183-…(72/123) JONG 1888  31 PER 10-TAL

 NOYON 28-7
1-10-13-14-20-25-31-35-37-45-57-64-66-…(39/108) JONG /877

 ECOUEN 3-8
1-2-9-9-11-16-22-25-29-40-44-50-53-54-66-71-74-85-85-103-104-105-106-107-108-115-…(48/112)

 BOURGES 10-8
1-15-19-79-200-232-249-277-321-464-535-… JONG 26549  (25/78) NATIONAAL
23 NAT JL 7617

97-NAT OUDE 5529

 VIERZON 18-8
1-4-5-6-7-9-10-12-14-15-16-21-25-26-29-32-35-39-40-42-46-….JONG 309 (30/49) LOKAAL

 ARGENTON 24-8
2-4-6-8-9-12-15-21-23-28-29-…(25/76) LOKAAL
33 NAT OUDE 3375

ARGENTON 8-9
83 NATIONAAL OUDE 1787

AANTAL TOP 100 NATIONAAL
25

TOP 10 NATIONAAL
1 NATIONAAL BOURGES 531KM JONGE DUIVEN 26549 DUIVEN /SNELSTE VAN 39695 10-8
2 NATIONAAL LIMOGES 700KM OUDE 6889 DUIVEN 5-7
2 NATIONAAL TULLE 685KM JAARLING 5753 DUIVEN 3-8
5 NATIONAAL ARGENTON 581 KM OUDE 16547 DUIVEN 8-6
10 NATIONAAL ARGENTON 581KM OUDE 8343 DUIVEN 14-7

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