Analyze Libourne national

Libourne du 22 juillet 2023

Karlo VAN ROMPAEY de St Trond dans 3.880 vieux

TEAM HOOYMANS.BE de Mol dans 4.822 yearlings

Libourne is two weeks earlier than last year. Having said that, this is certainly not the reason for such a great craze to materialise a strong increase in numbers, mainly among yearlings. Old pigeons increased by 563 pigeons, or 17%, while yearlings showed a bonus of 1830 pigeons, or 61%. East Flanders and Brabant saw a slight fall in the number of old pigeons. In yearlings, all the provinces and EPRs are progressing with more or less significant yields, such as Limburg which is doubling its numbers, but Flemish Brabant is increasing its basketings by only 12%.

Release was possible from 7.15am, in temperatures of 13°C and a light WNW wind.

With the top 10 in sight, the illusion of a surge in prices in the provinces of Antwerp, Limburg and Flemish Brabant is obvious. However, the 2 Flanders provinces have made a strong recovery to become the majority in the top 100 for both old birds and yearlings.

National Top 10 for old birds

1. 2. K VAN ROMPAEY de St Trond, 1490,8309 et 1489,9874 m

3. 10. Van Gaver T & M de Moortsele, 1481,9535 et 1460,3440 m

4. Geraerts-Vanlanden de Wijer, 1478,9049 m

5. N Broeckx de Oud-Turnhout, 1467,5240 m

6. Arien-De Keyser de Tielt-Winge, 1465,0430 m

7. 8. Team Hooymans.be de Mol, 1461,6595 et 1461,6163 m

9. Herbots J & R de Halle-Booienhoven, 1461,6081 m

This is an array of colonies that have been in good form since the start of the season. Everything is in place for the provinces of Antwerp, Limburg and Flemish Brabant to come out on top.

The Châteauroux scenario was repeated once again in Libourne, with Flanders taking almost all the top 100 prizes, divided between East Flanders (32), West Flanders (22), Antwerp (19), Limburg (15), Flemish Brabant (6), Hainaut (5) and Liège (1).

Big success for K Van Rompaey, who took the top 2 places in the nationals. Big success also for Van Gaver T & M who had the longest series of prizes in the top 100, finishing 3, 10, 11, 25, 27, 39, 100, followed by G Clicque in 38, 44, 55, 64, 72... Others achieved a clear round. This was the case with the 1/1s of M Poels ranked 35, Lequenne-Houfflain 69, J Schmitz 97...

The south of the country starts with Casaert-Sénéchal ranked 12, Pierre R & D 30, Lequenne-Houfflain 69, Harchies C & C 90, J Schmitz 97...

First arrivals by province and EPR

Limburg, K Van Rompaey de St Trond, 1490.8309 m, 1 national

East Flanders, Van Gaver T & M from Moortsele, 1481,9535 m, 3 nationals

Antwerp, N Broeckx de Oud-Turnhout, 1467,5240 m, 5 nat.

Flemish Brabant, Arien-De Keyser de Tielt-Winge, 1465,0430m, 6 nat.

EPR HBW, Casaert-Sénéchal de Russeignies "H", 1452.7160 m, 12 nat (Pierre R & D de Bossut-Gottechain "BW", 1437.5204 m, 30 nat) 

West Flanders, Neyrinck-Callens de Gullegem, 1439.5369 m, 27 nat.

EPR LNL, J Schmitz de Baelen "Lg", 1409,9790 m, 97 nat (G Delfosse de Mazée "N", 1400,4602 m, 142 nat and M Theisman de Habay "Lx", 1333,1337 m, 724 nat) 

The zones in brief

Zone A1, 392 old

Familie Schreel from Zedelgem won the zone and was ranked 32 nationally. The zone places only 2 pigeons in the top 100 and loses 15 prizes to the national.

The 10 pigeon prizes only include a few doubles and triples including Delrue I & G classified 5, 27, 28, H Decoster 6, 23, 31, B Jonckheere 3, 11, 34, M Lizoen 13, 37, 39... A few clear rounds are to be pinned such as the 1/1 of J Nobus 15, the 2/2 of F Malfait 7, 25, Gevaert-Eggermont 29, 40.

Zone A2, 1286 old

The leading triple is for Van Gaver t & M de Moortsele who start at the national 3. They are 59 of the zone to reach the top 100 and the fast closing allows 116 additional prices to the national.

The 3 longest series of prizes in the top 100 are for G Clicque classified 15, 19, 28, 34, 40, 63, 71, 76, 81, 86, Van Gaver T & M 1, 2, 3, 10, 14, 16, 59, 87, 93, Vandenheede F & J 5, 6, 61, 80, 83, 90, 91, 97...

In Wallonia, Casaert-Sénéchal 4, Lequelle-Houfflain 38, Harchies C & C 53, P Dubois 68...

Zone B1, 1056 old

G Smet from Lokeren won the zone and was ranked 13 nationally. The zone took 12 places in the top 100, ending the competition with a loss of 69 prizes at national level.

Among the repeat offenders in the top 100 were Geerinckx B & J ranked 19, 21, 26, 35, E Limbourg 20, 38, 47, 56, Van Overwaele-Gabriel 28, 74, 94, 96, N Wauters 7, 33, 49, 97...

The 1/1 are acquired by W Limbourg 36, M Wouters 62, Meldgaart M & C 68, Van Elsacker-Jepsen 69, as well as the 2/2 of R Van Rooy classified 41 and 73 or the 3/3 of K De Decker 25, 91, 99.

Zone B2, 767 old

We find the double national winner, K Van Rompaey from St Trond, but also 8 pigeons of the top 10 and 24 of the national top 100. The last 8 classified in the zone are excluded from the national.

In the prices not 10, we have K Van Rompaey classified 1, 2, 24, 47, 53, 74, Team Hooymans.be 6, 7, 10, 32, 65, N Broeckx 4, 9, 22, 39, Arien-De Keyser 5, 17, 21, 42...

There were clear rounds at M Poels 16, N De Coster 29 for 1/1s and at W Puts 35 and 50 for a 2/2.

On the Walloon side, we start with Pierre R & D 14, Delstanche-Goffart 28, N De Coster 29, Y Schoonyans 33, Thibaut-Boons 43...

Zone C, 379 old

Victory went to E Tollenaers from Lanaken, who was ranked 63 nationally. Only the first 3 are in the top 100 and the last 25 classified fall out of the national.

In the Prix par 10, we only find a triple obtained by Geelen L & J ranked 9, 17 and 22, as well as 2 clear rounds with the 1/1 of J Schmitz 3 and the 2/2 of E Tollenaers 1 and 21.

The Walloon colonies started with J Schmitz 3, JM Thome 4, G Delfosse 5, Michot M & G 6, JM Caro 7...

Some figures

Winner's speed, 1490.8309 m

Gap between the first 2, 18 seconds

Speed of the 100th place finisher, 1409.1342 m

Speed of the last classified, 1313.3200 m

Contest duration, 1h11'38''

Average gap between 2 pigeons, 4.4 seconds

Top 10 national yearlings

1. 5. TEAM HOOYMANS.BE de Mol, 1491,8682 et 1483,2312 m

2. 4. 9. K Van Rompaey de St Trond, 1490,7372, 1483,5058 et 1472,4004 m

3. 6. Vandenheede F & J de Zingem, 1485,1029 et 1478,8503 m

7. Noel-Willockx de Baasrode, 1476,4608 m

8. D Speybroeck de Vinkt, 1472,6783 m

10. Veulemans-Perilleux de Vissenaken, 1470,6795 m

The top 10 is made up of just 6 amateurs, including one triple and 2 doubles. The first 2 are also in the national top 10.

First arrivals by province and EPR

Anvers, Team Hooymans.be de Mol, 1491,8682 m, 1 national

Limbourg, K Van Rompaey de St Trond, 1490,7372 m, 2 nat.

Flandre Orientale, Vandenheede F & J de Zingem, 1485,1029 m, 3 nat.

Brabant Flamand, Veulemans-Perilleux de Vissenaken, 1470,6795 m, 10 nat.

Flandre Occidentale, G Clicque de Wevelgem, 1447,9748, 24 nat.

EPR HBW, Colsoulle P & F de Baisieux «H», 1433,8706 m, 49 nat  (Pierre R & D de Bossut-Gottechain «BW», 1379,6957 m, 317 nat.)  

EPR LNL, Damry-Depierreux de Retinne «Lg», 1418,8815 m, 90 nat (Detraux P & F de Gerin «N», 1388,6432 m, 244 nat et JP Degée de Hotton «Lx», 1362,1622 m, 469 nat)   

The zones in brief

Zone A1, 454 yearlings

L Pauwels de Loppem won the zone and was placed 28th nationally. By finishing 20 m after the national, the zone loses 30 prizes.

In the prizes by 10, we find D Schreel classified 7, 10, 19 and 44. F Castelein 16 is the first Walloon representative.

Zone A2, 1745 yearlings

Vandenheede F & J de Zingem won and won a wave of prizes in the top 100 with 30 entries including 8 in the top 10. The zone placed 47 pigeons in the top 100 and finished with 102 additional prizes at the national level.

The south of the country started timidly with K Saudoyez 37, Harchies C & C 50, Claes P & F 53...

Zone B1, 1412 yearlings

Double for Noel-Willockx de Baasrode who is also 7 nationally. The top 12 move into the top 100, but the last 83 classified are ejected from the national.

Not content with the top double, Noel-Willockx was also ranked 7, 15, 18, 19, 21, 25, 29, 50, 51, 65, 75, 81, 83... At the same time, we noted a few clear rounds such as the 1/1 of AV Vandenberghe 14, Coppens-Segers 85. Mention should also be made of W Van Hekken's 3/4 classified 3, 24, 49 with his 3 PM in order.

The Walloon colonies are well represented with Colsoulle P & F 5, Famille 3D 9, 11, JP Hannecart 30...

Zone B2, 734 yearlings

National and zone victory for Team Hooymans.be from Mol. The zone completes the top 100 with 31 prizes and takes an additional 23 prizes at national level.

In the prices per 10, we see a criss-cross between Arien-De Keyser ranked 10, 22, 25, 34, 42, 46, 55, 58, 66, K Van Rompaey 2, 3, 5, 7, 21, 26, 27, 45, Team Hooymans.be 1, 4, 8, 13, 48, 49, 61, 65, Van Oeckel B & N 15, 16, 32, 40, 47, 53, 70...

Sad results for the Walloon colonies who start with N De Coster 39, Verspreet-Muntoni 43, 56, A Oostens 54...

Zone C, 477 yearlings

The prize goes to Maes-Smeets-Hamers de Maasmechelen who is 62 national. The zone only includes 6 pigeons in the top 100 and loses 14 prizes to the national.

The prices by 10 reveal some series of 4 prices of which Bassez B & L classified 2, 4, 27, 28, JM Caro 16, 17, 19, 37, De Keyser-Dethier 12, 24, 36, 44, V Schroeder 18, 21, 29, 46, F Franssen 15, 22, 35, 47...

A few figures

Winner's speed, 1491.8682 m

Gap between the first 2, 25 seconds

Speed of the 100th place finisher, 1416.7961 m

Speed of the last classified, 1295.5824 m

Duration of the competition, 1h23'41''.

Average gap between 2 pigeons, 4.2 seconds

M Philippe