40 years being a super champion!! Marc Verschelde from Zulte -

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1 History 40 years being a super champion!! Marc Verschelde from Zulte - In all honesty we can say that Marc Verschelde is born as a real champion. Through his father, Marc came already in contact with pigeons as a child. His profound knowledge and the continuous search for perfection made him one of the biggest champions in a success story that lasts already almost half of a century. That s why we came up with the idea to write an article about this successful pigeon career starting from middle distance to the very long distance. * Looking into a pile of old newspapers!! While looking into the pile of old newspapers before us, we could find a lot of interesting information that helped us to make this piece of art. Already before the sixties Marc was a fancier helping out his father. In 1964 Marc really started his own career. His first two breeders came from Gustaaf Turpijn from Kortrijk out of the famous Kleinen and a late female of The offspring of this breeding couple was satisfying and the loft was rebuilt to keep more pigeons. End of 1965 some additional late youngsters from G. Turpijn came on the breeding loft and 1966 was the official start of the Verschelde loft. The start was directly a success. After the season 1966 Marc went with Gustaaf Turpijn to Jozef Lietaert from Rumbeke as Turpijn s pigeons were originating from this loft. Being a young fancier Marc got a 2 years old female, the Rapid and three late youngsters. To succeed in the longer distances he got from Goerlandt-Vandeputte another 2 late youngsters.. Together they became the parents of the Limoges 67 who won the 224th Argenton out of 1954p the 208th Limoges out of 6135 the 15th Limoges of 3046 pigeons. Resulting from the successes with the Lietaert pigeons, in 1968 additional late youngsters were bought and put directly on the breeding loft. Lietaert s pigeons were originating from Desmet-Matthijs and one of the late youngsters was the Rik - a son of the Oude Rik Desmet-Matthys and became basic pigeon nr 1 on the loft of Marc Verschelde. Marc said the following about Jozef Lietaert from Rumbeke : From 1969 onwards this man came to couple my breeders just until 1989 the year he became ill. I owe him a lot especially relating to the coupling and the way of playing. A great future champion From a report of the championships of the union De Werkman Waregem from 1969 we can read the following: Marc Verschelde a great future champion : 2nd Champion old and 1st champion youngsters and 1st General Champion against competitors as Julien Matthys-Vichte, Etienne Ollevier-Wervik, Desmet-Matthys Nokere Norbert Norman Oostrozebeke, Gebrs Denys Gistel, Camiel Devos Vlissegem, In the same article with header Champions are speaking! we could also read the following: The youth is the future and we are happy that such a young fancier has become the general champion. Before becoming a fancier he was convinced not only to make a solid strain but also to maintain his pigeons for 100% during winter and summer thereby assisted by his wife. * Always looking for reinforcement! In 1972 pigeons of the superb loft Lefebre-Dhaenens reinforced the breeding loft of

2 Marc. The years afterwards also pigeons of Baudoncq-Van Praet, Gerard Tytgat, J. Dierickx & Zn all from Zulte, M.& J. Vandenbogaerde Desselgem and Arthur Ide from Machelen came to reinforce the loft Verschelde. Also pigeons from André & Jozef Verheye from Waregem, Roger Vereecke from Deerlijk, Emiel Denys from Zulte, Gaby Deleersnijder from Zulte and Sylvère Toye came on the loft : among the interprovincial toppers A newspaper of 1974 mentions the Championships of that year in the joined championship Kortrijk-Waregem-Deinze-Otegem-Avelgem for the fanciers basketing for the Interprovinciale Entente ( Bef in that time was a lot of money!!)... and what do we see 1st Champion Marc Verschelde as only fancier with 10 prices with designated and against all big names of the region at that time. Another article mentions the two superstars of the loft Verschelde at that time : the Blauwen /71 (a late youngster) and the Merckx /72 (a youngster of the 3rd round of the Zwarten Lefebre-Dhaenens with Dochter Spook J. Lietaert ). About the Merckx we can read in the article that Marc says: Look at his palmares and think that he never came out of the good direction, nevertheless he is a real strong pigeon that can fly really hard. The Merckx flew 32nd Poitiers on 2027 d 14th Blois on 852d 18th Poitiers on 479d 25th Poitiers 877d 11th Blois 311d 2nd Argenton 583d.and reached 22 prices in 3 years he never missed a single price in his whole career! * In 1975 at the top again! We are going to 1975 and before us we can read the following story: Derby Orléans winner on the loft of Marc Verschelde in Zulte! Let s take a quote out of the article The first Gents Derby 1975 from Orleans yearlings is won by the young champion Marc Verschelde.with around 6 minutes ahead his first designated : the Witpen /74. As youngster trained to Survilliers and as yearling he won Clermont 27th on 252d Clermont 32th on 1455d -12th Dourdan 493d 11th Dourdan 366d and 1st Derby Orléans. Also in 75 Marc won the Coupe Robert Sion with 1st designated pigeon on 7 long distance races with 7 on 7. * In 76 & 77 & 78 only Verschelde! We found a lot of articles from 1976 and seasons really dominated by Marc Verschelde In 76 he was 1st Champion old and 2nd Champion youngsters in the region Kortrijk-Waregem-Deinze-Otegem-Avelgem on the flights of the Interprovincial Entente. He also won the Criterium of Flanders at Aalter on the long middle distance races, won the Price Fondclub Knokke on the at that time very famous Tours Knokke and was in various unions 1st or 2nd champion. Some results of that period show us the following : Orléans Aalter 334d: (6/6) Orléans 350d: (4/5) Orléans 233 yl: (7/9) Dourdan 323d: en 6/12 Orléans 350d: en..4/5 Chateauroux 481 yl: (3/4) Chateauroux 3081 yl: Angoulème : 1207d: (2/3) Clermont 808 youngsters: Orléans 384 youngsters: (6/9) Blois 2482 youngsters: (3/4) Tours 422 youngsters: (3/4) Orléans 1697 youngsters: (10/16) Orléans 430 youngsters: (9/12)

3 and so on Also in 1978 successes kept on going : in Fondclub at Waregem: 1st Champion old 1st Champion youngsters 2nd Champion in the regional races of the Interprovincial Entente. In the Koninklijke Courrier Colombophile 1st Long distance champion youngsters. In 80..from one podium to the other one! Relating to 1979 we did not found anything but we are sure that results were in same line as previous years? In 1980 we found following championships : - Marc Verschelde : 1st Champion both Flanders at Aalter - City Deinze: Hafoclub de Leiestreek : 1st General Champion : Marc Verschelde Results out of that time show the strenght of the Verschelde-team : Poitiers 389p: (4/4) Dourdan 271 old: and..10/10 Tours 563 old: /14..- Chateauroux 558 old: and..6/11 The article mentions: His only secret? To be at home, when the pigeons arrive. Also make time for the late ones and to take care of them even more then the other ones. They are requiring there female even more as they came home for them. That s why my wife always takes care of the clocks so that i can spend time on the lofts.. * In 82.splendid transition to the national long distance scene!! In 1982 Het Volk has a column named De Duivenspiegel where an article says : The Poitiers of Verschelde at his best! It was about the Poitiers /81 who just won the interprovincial Poitiers on 3187 yearlings. His father was a son of the Oude Rik (as last youngster of the Klaren of Desmet-Matthys) with the Zwart Gesch. van 76 : (origine J. Lietaert- Rumbeke: origine Vander Espt x Hector Desmet). The Poitiers is a late youngster that was not raced during the first year. As yearling he was raced for the first time from Blois and won 56th on 1223 pigeons. In 82 Verschelde made splendid results with amongst others on 221 pigeons from Poitiers (6/6), from Angoulème on 1979 pigeons and 7 on 9, Angoulème at Gent with on 887 pigeons and 3 on 5, Montauban W-Vl 1276 p: (3 on 3) and so on.. We also read in the article : Since Marc made the transition to the long distance races, he gets another idea on the pigeon and the taking care of it. On the long distance the quality of the pigeon counts more then the fancier. In the season 1982 Marc becomes in the Oostvlaamse Marathon 2nd Champion on 130 members. At the end of the season reinforcement is obtained from Frans Haerinck from Desselgem and from Gaby Demeulemeester - Zulte. * The pigeons of Marc Verschelde already 20 years at the top! J. Buyschaert writes in de Duivenbode of 83 an article about the great champion Verschelde titled : The pigeons of M. Verschelde write already 20 years of history. It starts with the following quote! Nowadays everybody knows M. Verschelde as a international and national long distance fancier with fame in Belgium and rest of Europe. 20 years ago nobody knew him, except as the young guy that accompanied father Omer during basketing for a short distance race. Father Omer was considered as a true short distance specialist : the king and emperor with very fast pigeons. Marc full of dynamism supported by the stubborn willingness must have thought already at that time : once I want to be a champion. He started as follows : first breeding out of quality pigeons and try to found couples that

4 match. * A mother out of the thousand is looking at the pigeons of M. Verschelde (Cl. Van Keymeulen) On March after an amazing season 1983 Clement Van Keymeulen writes in De Belgische Duivensport a splendid story titled A mother out of the thousand takes care of the pigeons of M Verschelde : The article start as this!... We are in Zulte in the Piste. The track for horses that has been used to build houses on. In number 41 lives Marc Verschelde next to the house of this parents where the 75 year old mother of Marc takes care of the pigeons of her son 365 times a year. No lack of caring thus, neither of good results. How harder the weather, the better the results: Dourdan 211old : and 5/10 Orléans 1110 old : and 9/14 Blois 1560 yl: (3/5) Chateauroux 315 yl: and.10/16 Angoulème 1011d: (3/4) Tours 446 old: /12 Poitiers 1794 old: 22-56(1 & 2) -73 and..5/8 Montauban 217d: 3-10(1 & 2) van 3d. Montauban Andt. Belge 3311 d: Limoges 271 yl: and.9/16 Limoges d national : and.13/22 Brive 1223 d: ( 9 ) Brive national 4170d: Brive years old national : ( 5 on 5 ) Marc had a splendid year!!! Also the youngsters : the first two out of Dourdan, first out of Tours, first out of LA Souterainne and Orleans. Was anybody ever better then Verschelde. He is a fancier 365 days a year. Each day he starts at 5.30 to take care of his pigeons. It takes courage. So far the article of Clement. * Was anybody ever better in all these years? In 89 the Zultenaar won amongst others the Nationale Ster der Juniors with1e & 2e designated on Argenton and the two La Souterraines. We noted another fantastic season in 89: Old and yearlings: Poitiers 267d: (12 on 15) Chateauroux Fondclub 301d: (13 on 21) Chateauroux prov. 5704d: (14 on 21) Barcelona Fondclub 414d: (2) Barcelona national 11650d: Limoges Fondclub 475d: (16 on 24) Limoges national d: (15 on 24) Youngsters: Blois provincial 3676d: 11-30(3) Bourges Fondclub 439d: (6) Argenton Fondclub 274d: 4-21(3) Argenton national 24300d: Tours Fondclub 220d: 1-5(3) Tours provincial 1946d: 6-27 Orléans Fondclub 183d: ( 6 ) Orléans provincial 710d: Tours provincial 2057d: (7) Brive Fondclub 239d: (16) * Verschelde slowly approaches the top of the national long distance scene! The year 90 where de Adonis and de As strike hard!!

5 In 90 Marc continued and won in a very special season also the TV on Bordeaux youngsters Remarkable also that he after 2 on 2 out of Barcelona in 89 with a lot of patience and step by step aims for the very long distance... with good result and in the meantime following results are made : Old and yearlings: Orléans 771d: (9/16) Orléans 308 jl: (6/9) Poitiers 158d: ( 5/7 ) Poitiers 188 d: (11/18) Pau 201d: 12-28( 2 ) Pau national 1549d: Poitiers provincial 4830 d: (18/24) Limoges Fondclub 476 jl: (14/24) Limoges national jl: (16/24) Tulle Fondclub 133d: (5) Tulle national 4989d: ( 5) Poitiers 87d: ( 7) Poitiers provincial 1292d: Narbonne provincial 479 yl: (2 ) Narbonne national 4420 old : (4 ) Narbonne national 2546 yl: (2 ) Perpignan international 10444d: (3 ) Youngsters: Dourdan 537d: (7/ 12) Bordeaux 165d: ( 3 ) Clermont 318d: (6/8) Orléans 468d: (7/9) Tours 102d: (6/8) a,d so on. From the first race out of Clermont on 424 pigeons it was already bull s eye with the Adonis /89, really a superb pigeon who flew in 1990 amongst others following prices : 4th Dourdan 150 d, 9th Orléans 423d, 12th Orléans 568d, 38th Chateauroux 6683d, 8th Poitiers 298d.. On the Orléans Zulte-Machelen Marc won the first price with the de As /89. Another superb pigeon with a splendid list of prices : 1st limoges Fondclub 476 yearlings 9th national Limoges 22436d 1st Orléans 186 old 2nd prov Poitiers 990 old 2nd Orléans 308 yearlings 2nd Poitiers 149 old 15th Chartres 228d 19th Chartres 328 old 19th Chartres 320 old 89th prov Tours 1354 old, and so on..once at the breeding loft the As became father of toppers Jordy de Jeremi de Jonas. * Marc focusses in the 9Oties more and more on the extreme long distance races. On their frontpage a few specialized pigeon magazines mentioned ; 1st Provincial Narbonne 1991 on 1165 pigeons and 3rd national on 5848 pigeons. Marc Verschelde! A clear signal that everything went smoothly for the champion from Zulte; In 91 he won the first long distance race of the season (Brive) in Fondclub Meulebeke with the Prost /98 against 301 pigeons, he is a grandchild of the Turbo : /82 who won out of Limoges 3rd national. The Prost had already 3 very special seasons and next

6 to the result out of Brive he also won price out of Cahors and Narbonne. The Narbonne- Vooruit /89 took the provincial victory in 91 on one of the last long distance races of the season. In 90 he won 938th national on Limoges and 96th national Narbonne 2546 pigeons. In 91 he excelled again from Narbonne with 1st provincial (15 ahead that s why the name) and 3rd national on 5848 p. His father is the /85, who is also father of other superb pigeons as the Adonis de Beer and others. he originates from the line of the Jonge Rik (Desmet-Matthys origine). Mother of the Narbonne-Vooruit is dochter Zot /80( out of Stichelbautsoort of Marcs father coupled with a female of Lefebre- Dhaenens). Results of the ninties!! In 1992: 1st Interprov. Union Oostvlaamse fanciers 1e Champion Very long distance old and yearlings FC Meulebeke Poitiers 155 old: ( 7 ) Poitiers 111 old: ( 8 ) Brive Fondclub 174 youngsters: 1-29(5 ) Brive national youngsters: Blois 320 youngsters: Blois prov. 6936d: ( 12/21) In 1993 Marc signed for significant results again Poitiers Fondclub 149 old: Poitiers 990 old provincial: (9/18) Tours provincial 770 youngsters: (7) Chateauroux Fondclub 297 yearlings: (14/24) Chateauroux provincial 7793d: (17/24) Some results of1994! Clermont 1477 youngsters: (17/30) Chartres 1142 youngsters: (14/25) Chateauroux 5715 yearlings: (12/22) Tours Fondclub 171 youngsters: (7/9) Tours provincial 2183 youngsters: (7/9) Limoges Fondclub 313 yearlings: Limoges national yearlings: (10/19) And what in 1995? You can already guess, again splendid results! Clermont 763 youngsters: Tours Fondclub 127 yearlings: (8/15) Tours provincial 2297 yearlings: ( 9/15) Chateauroux Fondclub 255 yearlings: Limoges Fondclub 288 yearlings: Limoges national 16854d: (11/24) Narbonne Fondclub: 70 yearlings: ( 7 ) Narbonne national 6207d: (4 /7 ) We are flashing to 1996 Clermont 205 youngsters: (10/16) Clermont 334 old: (12/26) Tours 137 old: (11 ) Tours 1957 old provincial: ( 10/11) Tours Fondclub 154 yearlings: Blois provincial 5170 youngsters: (18/30) Limoges Fondclub 415 yearlings: (14/15) Limoges national yearlings: (11/15) Brive Fondclub 105 old: (5 ) Brive national 5736 old:

7 Bordeaux Fondclub 240 youngsters: 4-5 ( 3 ) Bordeaux semi-nat 3445 youngsters: * De Provincial shows his class and more and more pigeons in the top of the national races! About 1997 we can read the following. A splendid season 1997 for Marc Verschelde with - 1e provincial Poitiers 2113 d - Montauban 7352 d national : 154e 424e (3 ) - Montauban Fondclub 122d: 4-12( 2 on 3) - Limoges nat old: 9 on 10 - Dax national 3276d: (2 ) - Narbonne Fondclub 101d: (3 ) - Narbonne national 6021 old: (3 ) - Chartres 93 yearlings: (9/16) - Bourges Fondclub 100 yearlings: ( 6 ) - Bourges Fondclub 181 old: ( 6 on 8) - Bourges national old: ( 7 on 8) - Tours Fondclub 158 old: (8/14) - Tours provincial 1968 old: ( 8/14) - Limoges Fondclub 374 yearlings: (12/21) - Limoges national yearlings: (11/21) - Poitiers prov old: (3 ) The 2 leaders of the loft in that season were the Blauwe Adonis later called the Provincial /93 and the Rambo /96. The first is a son of the Adonis /89 with the Lefebre-Dhaenens-duivin : /92. The Blauwe Adonis or the Provincial is full of class with splendid results over the years 30 prices and 3 times first provincial from Poitiers : -124e Chartres 1468 youngsters - 25e Chartres 792 youngsters - 9e Orléans 279 yearlings - 195e Tours 2286 old - 22e Tours 1957 old - 23e Blois 587 old - 2e Tours 158 old - 20e Tours 1968 old - 1e Poitiers 173 old - 1e Poitiers 2113 old - 1e Poitiers 1869d - 1e Poitiers 1547d - 9e Poitiers 1780d - 34e Poitiers 3505d and so on. The Rambo flew following results : - 26e Chartres 631 d - 49e Blois 5170d - 3e Tours 122 yearlings - 38e Tours 1968 old - 26e Tours 2125 yearlings - 5e Chateauroux 248 yearlings - 105e Chateauroux 5849 yearlings - 181e Chateauroux 7063 yearlings.enz. On Narbonne Marc got the 61e national of 6021 d with Batman /93, he won the 1st in the club out of 101 pigeons and the year therefore he won 25th national Brive out of Also don t forget that as a youngster he won the 110th on

8 18608 pigeons from Limoges. In the meantime Batman is already grandfather of the Sander /04 who won a very early price from Narbonne. 98.a season with two times first provincial Poitiers and topresults on the extreme long distance races In short 1998 became another great season!! De Belgische Duivensport mentioned on its front page : Two provincial victories on Poitiers provincial and topresults on the long distance races for Marc Verschelde. The story tells us that since 96 a lot of pigeons came over from Emiel Denys and that Marc aims more and more at the very long distance and overnight races. The Ronaldo /96 for example was the first Denys product that showed his class, he won as yearling 203rd nat Narbonne on 5619 pigeons and as twoyear old from Barcelona 4th in the club on 212 pigeons and national 237th on 12678p and international 518th of pigeons. In 1998 Marc can show following results on long distance taces with Barcelona 3 on 3 (in the club 4, 57, 69 on 212p, Dax 2 out of was also the year that the Pantani /97 really came up as the leader of the loft with Narbonne 1st Fondclub 162p 37th national 9104d, on this Narbonne Marc won in the club (18) and national on 9104 pigeons : this all with pure Denys pigeons was also the season that showed the Adonis as a real gifted breeder. He produced superb descendants as the Provincial, but even more 3 sons flew on 20th of juni 98 in real hard weather on Poitiers for following result : in the club on 171 pigeons 2nd -3rd en 4th, provincial on 3505 pigeons 23rd, 25th and 34th. Adonis is also father of the Bardy /95, who in 1998 already won 22 prices amongst others 29th Blois 541p 77th Chateauroux on 4036p 23rd Poitiers 3505p 60th Tours on 1968p 3rd Poitiers 2015p, and so on.. His brother the Raket /96 won as youngster 8 prices with amongst others 23rd Tours on 1543 p, 47th Tours 1968 p 364th nat Limoges 21313p 25th Poitiers 3505p 1st Poitiers 937 p.and so on On 24th of September Marc receives the following fax News from England Congratulations to Marc Verschelde of Zulte in East Flanders Province on the performances of his pigeons in England. - 1e National (Ireland) 5102 birds for D. Dixon Origin 100% M. Verschelde - 1e National from birds for Hughes & Stewart : Origin 100% M. Verschelde - 1e National from birds for S. Collins Origin 100% M. Verschelde - 1e National 7000 birds for B. Young: 100% Origin M. Verschelde - 1e National 8000 birds for B. Young : 100 % Origin M. Verschelde - 1e National 9000 birds for N. Jones : Origin 100 % M. Verschelde. Other results from 1998! Tours Fondclub 167 old: ( 11) Montauban Fondclub 107p: ( 3 ) Montauban national 7764 p: ( 3/3) Poitiers 1869 old: ( 5/8) Poitiers provincial 1547 old: ( 3) Perigueux Fondclub 159 old: ( 7/8) Perigueux national 6981 old: ( 6/8) * 1999:..the year of the Blauwe Marseille and the Adonis

9 Barcelona plus also 1st Champion Long distance old & yearlings..! We are in 1999 : the season in which Marc wins the 1st Interprovincial Long distance old and yearlings. In Club Meulebeke he is 1st Champion Long distance old pigeons. It was also the season that the Blauwe Marseille /97 got the 5th national on Marseille out of 3246 p and the Adonis Barcelona /96 the 6th national Barcelona out of pigeons. It also was the season in which the loft Verschelde worked in a fast way to the national top on long distance and overnight races : as starter Angouleme 4 on 5 then Cahors 2 on 3 Barcelona 2 on 4 and 1st and 4th in the club of 212 pigeons and 6th and 526th on pigeons national Dax 2 on 3 Marseille 2 on 2 with 1st and 25th Club on 136p plus national 5th and 431st out of 3246 p Perpignan 2 from 2 - Bordeaux 2200 youngsters : 1st and 9th plus prices on 9 pigeons.one word : fabulous..and furthermore.. Blois 937 old provincial: Tours Fondclub 128 old: Tours provincial 2015 old: ( 7/12) Poitiers Fondclub 194 old: Poitiers provincial 3382 old: (7/12) Montauban Fondclub105 old: ( 5 ) Montauban national 4403 d: Limoges Fondclub 218 old: ( 6 ) Limoges national d: ( 6 on 6) Poitiers 1078 old : ( 2) Tours provincial 3059 youngsters: (8/1) Tours Fondclub 149 youngsters: (11/15) Tours provincial 1255 youngsters: (11/15) * In 2000 with bravoure on the long distance and overnight! The season 2000 was blessed with a lot of topprices on the national races! the Zwarte Witpen /98 won amongst other the 1st price Cahors Interprovincial on 1019 pigeons and the 10th price national on 9989 pigeons.. It was again a splendid season with Brive national 5 on 7 Cahors national 3 on 3 Pau (inter)national 3 on 3 and on 8263d: Montauban national 2 on 3 Barcelona Fondclub 269 p: 1-29 (3) Barcelona(inter)national 2 on 3 and p nat. : Dax (inter)national 2 on 3 and 11807p nat: Narbonne old national 4 on 5 Perpignan (inter)national 4 on 5 A couple of these flights translated in figures!! Marseille national 1813 p: (3) Pau 546p: Pau national 2669 p: (3) Dax 364p: Dax national 4240p: (3) Brive provincial 1087p: and 5 on 7 Souillac national 7154p: ( 5/7) Perpignan national 6246 p: ( 4/5) On Perpignan it was the Donkere Fijnen /97 who flew the 187th national. As yearling he already showed his class with 233th on 9104 yearlings. Also the youngsters proved themselves in 2000 with the 1st place in the prestigious Interprovincial Criterium. Nex to that also

10 2nd General Champion Entente Belge 2nd Champion Barcelona Masters 3rd Champion National Marathon 4th Champion Westeuropean Marathon 4th Champion Large distance old BDS Championchips 5th Champion Large distance Jan Breydel Marathon Trophy and so on * In 2001 : again topresults from Cahors Limoges Souillac St Vincent - Barcelona.. It was amongst others in 2001 the Donkere Pau /97 who won 3 times at a row from this lovely city in the south of France. In 99 he won the 10th Fondclub on 537p zone west: 16th on 875p national 104th on 2428p and international 316th on 7880p. In 2000 he won in the Fondclub the 14th on 545p, in zone west 28th on 940p, national as 71th on 2669p In 2001 he finishes as 33rd Fondclub on 565p and as 102nd national on 2567 pigeons. As yearling the Donkere Pau was already the 113rd national of 4868 pigeons from Narbonne and showed in this way his pure long distance talent. It is a pure Emiel Denyspigeon from the Geschelpte Henry Tee /94( grandson of the worldfamous Tee) with the Dochter Adonis /94(line Pau Coutteau x Tee x dochter Marseille- Vanbruaene ). Another eyecatcher in that season was the Jeroen /99, who won as yearling already the 150th prov Bourges of 938 p the 44th prov Blois of 843p and the 1143th prov Chateauroux. In 2001 the Jeroen continued its performances and scored on Tours Bourges Poitiers and then finally on Limoges 1st price on 6245 old. In that same season 2001 the Pantani flew himself for the second time in a row in the picture on Barcelona! In 2000 he won already 1st Fondclub Barcelona on 269 p and 92th national on 13659d. plus 211th internat. on 26597p., in 2001 he won 2nd Fondclub on 251 p, 209th national on 13161p and international the 536th on old. Other results from the splendid season 2001! Chateauroux 407 yearlings: (13/29) Limoges 215 d: Limoges national zone A: 6245 d: Poitiers 93d: (5/9) Pau national 2657d: (3/5) Ruffec 1918d: (2/2) Barcelona 251d: 2-19(2/3) Barcelona national 13161d: Dax 87d: 6-7-8(3/5) Dax national: 4166d: Dax international 12176d: Souillac 107d: (6/7) Souillac national 7214d: St Vincent 383 old: (3/6) St Vincent 521 yearlings: (10/16) After the season 2001 some class pigeons went to the breeding loft : de Pantani de Donkere Pau de Raket. With the youngsters Marc won in 2001 amongst others the Marathon-competition. Some examples

11 Dourdan 960 youngsters: Tours Fondclub 296 youngsters: Tours prov youngsters: Tours Fondclub 209 youngsters: ( 8 ) Tours prov. 1677d: (8 ) Gueret 296 youngsters: (10/10) In 2002 great successes on long distance and overnight races! Despite the fact that some superb pigeons moved to the breeding loft after 2001, Marc had another great season in Since 99 he scored already a lot of pigeons in the top 100 national. Prove of the fact that everything went smooth on the long distance and overnight races! In 2002 it was the Bleu Diamond /00 who drew the attention on Montauban with 232nd national on 6711p (the year before he won 183th national on Beziers of 5420p). From San Sebastian the Kolonel /00 performed the 24th Eur-regio on 2549 p and 9th in the Franco-Belge on 1510 pigeons. In 2002 also the Schumi /99 confirmed his superb class. In 2001 he won already the 167th of 4166 from Dax and even beter in 2002 with 29th Castres from 4772p and Dax 1st in the club from 131p, national 22nd on 4772 old and international 39th of pigeons. The Schumi comes from Zoon 5 x3 Denys with Dochter 330..and is thus a product of the Tee-line of Emiel Denys. Marc concluded the season 2002 with following championships: 2nd Champion Barcelona Masters with 1st and 2nd designated 2nd Champion Long distance old Champions League 2nd Euro Diamond 4th Champion Old + yearlings Belgian National Fond Trophy and so on.. Some eyecatchers from 2002 Angoulème 267p: ( 3 ) Angoulème prov. 3346p: Castres 3222p: Chateauroux 580 yearlings: (6/9) Barcelona Fondclub 292 p: (5) Barcelona national 13021p: Dax Fondclub 131p: (7/14) Dax national 4772p: Dax international 14507p: Souillac 153p: (9) Souillac 7358 old: (6/9) San Sebastian Fondclub 250 p: (7/11) San Sebastian Eurregio 2549 d: (7/11) Béziers national 3539 yearlings: (3) * Marc Verschelde is a name we see a lot appear in the results of important championships This is the title we see in an article from the Fondkrant of 23 april 2004 on the splendid season 2003 of the champion from Zulte. A lot of first prices were won on the long distance races in the club. In that season 2003 also the great breeding capacities of the Adonis Barcelona

12 /96 were shown who himself won 3 times in a row Barcelona. Offspring of the Adonis: - Kim : /02, a female that won on Perpignan the 2nd provincial on 254 p and national 13th on 3954 pigeons, plus 17th international on 4534 yearlings. - Kevin : /02, won 21th prov Béziers on 242 p and 268th national on 4959p In 2003 Marc scored 3 topprices on Barcelona national and international, the Kolonel /00 won the 35th national on Barcelona out of p and the 83rd international on 20204p, the Kenny /99 won 1st in the club on 211p, the 21th national on 11806p and the 55th internat. on 20204p. Both pigeons are 100% Emiel Denys. The Barcelona 2003 was bulls eye as Marc won 4 on 5 prices. Also in 2003 the Schumi wins Castres 1st on 357 p(3rd prov) and 4th national on 4101p, plus again a splendid performance on Dax with 1st Fondclub on 138p, national 29th on 5026p and international 55th on pigeons. A superb flyer!! 2003 was concluded with a number of top results on various championships of which the most important1st Champion Large distance National in the BDS-Championchips. further on.. 3rd in the twoyear Euro Diamond Pigeon 3rd 3 year Euro Diamond Pigeon 5th Millenium Championchip 1st Champion long distance Riddersclub van België 2nd long distance Midden-Limburg 8tj. Internat. IFC 4000 Tongeren 2nd Castres Mariman-Cerafin Trophy 10th long distance Cureghem Centre and so on. The season 2003 in numbers!! Tours 2424 old: (14/20) Poitiers 342 old: (12/18) Castres Fondclub 87 old: Castres nat old: Barcelona Fondclub 211p: ( 5 ) Barcelona national old: Barcelona international old: Limoges Fondclub 299 old: (5/7) Limoges national old: (5/7) Dax Fondclub: 138 old: (8/12) Dax internat old: (9/12) Limoges Fondclub 491 yearlings: (10) Limoges national yearlings: (6/10) St Vincent Fondclub 214 old: ( 5 ) St Vincent Fondclub 267 yearlings: ;(9/11) St Vincent Eurregio 1892 old: ( 5) The first arrived pigeon was the Bento /00, a pigeon made for the heavy duty! Souillac 199 p: (8) Souillac national 8327 old: (6/8) Perpignan Fondclub 56 yearlings: ( 3/3) Perpignan internat yearlings: Out of Limoges the 242nd was obtained with Mario : /01, which proved his talent already by winning the 57th from Béziers national of 3539 pigeons. In the same season he already won the 1451th from Chateauroux of 7347 p and the 219th provincial of 1381 p from Blois. In 2003 the Mario also won the 1457th national of 6336 pigeons from Beziers and the 406th of 4190 pigeons from Poitiers.

13 From Castres the 30th national was won by the St Vincent : /99, which in 2001 won the 1st Fondclub on 383p and the 7th Eurregio of 3979 pigeons from St Vincent. In 2003 he won thus top on Castres but also the 257th of 5195 pigeons from Marseille (international 646th of pigeons). The St Vincent /99 arrived injured in 2004 from his first flight and was transferred to the breeding loft. In 2005 a yearling out of the St Vincent wins the 1st price in the club from St Vincent, 1st provincial Derby Hainaut and 93th national from pigeons. * In 2004 a lot of topprices and amongst others: Brive 3 on 3 Pau 2 on 2 Perpignan yearlings 4 on 4 and so on. Let s start with some results : Brive Fondclub 278p: (3) Brive zone A 6217p: Brive national 19477p: Pau national 2118p: ( 2) Pau international 8270p: St Vincent 1112p: St Vincent zone A: 3711p: Blois 567 youngsters: Limoges Fondclub 294p: (5/8) Limoges Fondclub 480 yearlings: (6/9) Limoges national yearlings: (7/9) Dax Fondclub 196p: (6/10) Dax provincial 636p: Dax national 6138p: Dax international 17526p: (8/10) St Vincent Fondclub 196p: (6/9) St Vincent Fondclub 502 yearlings: (4/7) St Vincent old Eurregio 1727p: (6/9) St Vincent yearlings Eurregio 1876p: (4/7) St Vincent Franco-Belge: 422 old: (6/7) Perpignan prov. 206 yearlings: ( 4) Perpignan national 4086 yearlings: (4 on 4) What s more the David /02 won the 3rd provincial from Tours of 2222 pigeons. Before he won already the 2nd provincial from Tours as youngster against 1760 competitors and as yearling the 13th from Limoges on 540 p and the 7th from Limoges on 491 pigeons. The year 2004 was also the season of the Pinocchio /00, he won from Dax the 2nd in the club on 196 pigeons 7th provincial of 636 p 14th national on 6138 p and 22nd international on pigeons. On Perpignan he won the 492nd on 6489 pigeons. The Mistral /00 excelled on St Vincent: club 8th from 196 p. - Franco-Belge 18th / 422p and Eurregio 36th / 1727 pigeons. * National topresult from Pau from Narbonne yearlings from Barcelona plus 1st interprovincial from Bourges yearlings!

14 The way to 2005 immediately started with an interprovincial victory on Bourges of 1060 yearlings. It was Apollo /04 who brought the victory to Zulte and the 6th Zone A on 6507 pigeons and national as 270th on yearlings. This Apollo is from a very special origin and is offspring from Zoon As /02 who is the son of the As /89 the super who won amongst other 9th nat Limoges on p 1st Orléans186p 2nd Poitiers 980p 2nd Orléans 308p and so on.. coupled with the Jeanny /97 (directly J. Vaneenoo). Mother of the Apollo is Rani /02 directly loft A & R De Saer Ruiselede she is the nestsister of the Geschelpte Stier : 1st acepigeon long distance KBDB and originates from Stier 1 : /95 with Dochter 1 den As /95. Marc basketed 8 old on this Bourges and won interprovincial on 997 p: with a total of 5 prices. Another star of the loft for the flights till 800 km is the David : /02.really a superb flyer from gold. David can show following results: In 2002: 1st Tours 210p 2nd prov. Tours 1761p In 2003: 13th Fondclub Chateauroux 540p 7th Fondclub Limoges 491p In 2004: 2nd Tours 351p 3th prov. Tours 2222p In 2005: 3th prov. Poitiers 204p 2nd Limoges Fondclub 187p 134th national Limoges 12266p. David /02 has as father:the Bl. Jonge Ludo II /00 (son from the Zoon Crayonné /92 of Wilfried Vandemaele with Bleekske Ludo /96, own daughter of the 1st nat. Narbonne 6092p of Fr. Warniers), mother of the David is the Dochter Donkere Patriot /99 : she won amongst others 18th Tours 1678p, 64th Tours 1255p and originates from the Donkere Patriot /97( son of the 1st nat Brive 5408p 96 with Dochter Rudy /93) with the Toursduivin /93, in the mother of the David we can find for at least 75% origin Jef Verheye. Almost as good at these distances is the Benny /00: In 2001: 13th Fondclub Limoges 416p In 2002: 9th Fondclub Limoges 293p 7th Fondclub Souillac 153p 129th national Souillac 7358 old 58tj national Souillac 2925 twoyears old In 2004: 6th Fondclub Poitiers 163p In 2005: 3th Fondclub Bourges 224p 10th interprov Bourges 997p The yearlings already proved their class. After the splendid performance on Bourges, also early birds on Argenton were noted : In the Fondclub on 433 p: Provincial on 5438 p: On Narbonne it was also bingo with the yearlings, in the Fondclub on 105 p : 1st and 3rd, national on 4664 p : 67th and 408th (2 ). The Sander /04 signed for the top performance 1st reg. on 105p 67th national on 4664p and 88th international on 5870 pigeons. The Sander is a grandson to the Batman (a.o. 68th nat Narbonne 97 and 25th nat Brive 96) and has as father Zoon Batman /98 (went seen his splendid origin straightly to the breeding loft and is originating from Batman x dochter Asgrauwe Paul /96 from line Tee - E. Denys), mother of the Sander is the Dochter Roodschele /02, again a pure Denys. How did the old pigeons perform? Some results on the large distance and overnight

15 races : Montauban 4 on 4 Pau 3 on 5 Barcelona 3 on 5 St Vincent 4 on 4. Montauban Fondclub 135p: ( 4 ) Montauban national 7303p: Pau Fondclub 559p: ( 5) Pau international 8438p: Barcelona Fondclub: 261p: (5) Barcelona national 12998p: St Vincent Fondclub 146p: ( 4 ) St Vincent Franco-Belge: 374p: The 8th international from Pau is won by the James /00, a splendid athlete who already won 8th in the club from Dax in 2002, 8th in the club from 138 p in 2003 plus 163th national of 5026p and international 394th from old. In 2005 he wins 4th in the club of 559 p and 4th national on 2212p and international 8th from 8438 p. The James is a pure Emiel Denys and has as father Jonge Norther Dancer /99( from Zoon Norther Dancer Nl /98 H. Muller en Zn Nl with Nestzus Kleine Tee Denys /94, full sister of the 7th internat Barcelona E. Denys), mother of the James is the 848 : /98, E. Denys and daughter from the Geschelpte Schonen /95 ( from one of the basic couples Schone Zwarten x Signorita II ) with Dochter Jong Mientje /97. We have also the topper from Barcelona 2005! It is the Douglas /01 a black male, who really has superb qualities. He won as yearling in 2002 the 142nd interprovincial on 4222p. from St Vincent, won in 2004 the 23rd Fondclub Bordeaux on 129 p and finally in 2005 on Barcelona 6th regional on 261p and the 120th national on 12998d. The Douglas again a pure Emiel Denys has as father : the 692 : /00 which is a son of the Asgrauwe 5 x /95 with Dochter Late Prins Tee, mother is Daughter Boy Georges /00 coming from the Boy Georges /97 ( brother of Pantani : won amongst others 92nd nat Barcelona 13659p 209th nat Barcelona p..) with Daughter Schone Zwarten /95 coming grom top breeding couple Schone Zwarten with Signorita II. In 2005 Marc won a lot of championships! : - 1e Champion Large distance national in the Zwalmvallei. - 1e Champion Marathon : Riddersclub van België - 1e Champion Long distance yearlings Fondclub Waregem. - 2e Champion Grand Fond Club Colombophile Leuze. - 2e Kamp Long distance old Fondclub Waregem - 2e Champion Large distance Riddersclub van België - 3e Alg. Champion old + yearlings Vlaamse Fondvrienden - 3e Internat. Champion Weitstreckenmeisterschaft Stolberg Germany. - 4e Champion National flights Inter Westvlaamse Vereniging. - 8e National Superprestige - 9e National Marathon - and so on. The Bento 926/00 showed he is a regular flyer.in 2003 he won the 43rd Eurregio on St Vincent of 1892 p, in 2004 he was 337th national on Bordeaux of 7519p and in 2005 he won 331st national on Montauban of 7303 old. In 2005 Dimas : /00 confirmed his qualities on long distance races: St Vincent 01 : 331 on 1213d San Sebastian Eurregio 02: 183 on 2549d Castres 02 : 372 on 3222d San Sebastian 03 Eurregio: 64 on 2881 d

16 Orléans 03: 881 on 7233d Bordeaux 04: 500 on 7519d St Vincent 04: 358 on 1727d Brive 05: 1425 on 7204d Montauban 05: 1687 on 7303d. In the mean time also the Mario /01 showed his class with : Limoges 04:416e provincial on 3329 pigeons 577e Brive zone A 04 on 6217 d 767e Brive 04 national on 19477d 1183e Béziers 04 internat. on 6602d 969e national Souillac 05 on 5985d 398e national Montauban 05 on 7303d. National and or international results in thetop-30 (till 2005) 1e national Limoges Derby (zone A) 3901 d in e national Limoges (zone A) 6245 old in e national Limoges yearlings in e semi-national Bordeaux 3085 youngsters in e Euro-inter St Vincent 1727 old in e national Narbonne 5848 old e national Limoges yearlings in e national Marseille 3246 old in e national Narbonne 3441 old in e national Pau 2212 old in e national Limoges 6844 old in e national Souillac 2925 old in e national Castres 4101 old in e national Barcelona old in e national Bourges (zone A) 6507 old in e national Souillac 7358 old in e Euro-inter St Vincent 3939 old in e national Brive Derby 1759 old in e international Pau 8438 old in e national Limoges yearlings in e Euro-inter St Vincent 1876 yearlings in e national Cahors 9989 old in e Benelux Marseille old in e national Souillac 7214 old in e national St Vincent (zone A) 3711 yearlings in e national Perpignan 3954 yearlings in e international Marseille old in e international Dax 6138 old in e national Limoges old in e international Perpignan 4534 yearlings in e national E.B yearlings in e national Tulle 5504 old in e national Barcelona old in e international Perpignan 3954 duivinnen in e international Dax old in e national Dax 4772 old in e national Brive old in e Euro-inter San Sebastian 2549 old in e national Limoges old in e national Limoges 6844 old in e national Brive 5736 old in e international Barcelona old in 1999

17 26e national Narbonne 4868 old in e Euro-inter St Vincent 1876 yearlings in e national Cahors 4582 old in e national Dax 5026 old in e national Limoges old in e national Limoges old in 1992 So far our story about almost half of a century of successes obtainted by Marc Verschelde Olmenlaan 43 at Zulte. Recent news available on