OLR WEEK #3 Week #3 of tracking One Loft Race Stats Project is moving right along. We’re striving to update the stats weekly and you will see races and breeders move up and down the rankings as more data and races become relevant. Some races are just starting and some have ended and...
Op de Beeck-Baetens Jelle and I closed Day One out with a visit to Willy, Eddy, and David Op de Beeck-Baetens in Putte, Belgium. This tandem is no stranger to the winner’s circle having raced from this same location for four generations starting with David’s great-grandfather Jules Op De Beeck. In 2009 they won 1st...
Turk Brand Syndicate has been a rising star in the field of One Loft Racing and once again they made the roses by winning the 2017 Omaha Grain Belt Classic with their hen “Omaha Queen.” Caner Uyar and Chad Blocklinger’s winning hen’s sire is a cross between Bart van Oeckel and Bart Geerinckx bloodlines and...
My friend Ulrich Lemmens invited me to visit him in Belgium once his new home and lofts were completed so when he told me he his house warming party was going to be Saturday September 25th I booked my ticket. I arrived at the Brussels airport at 9:30 am, Belgium is 6 hours ahead...
Starting the month of October we will auction 5+ birds each week on the always successful I-pigeon website. Young will be available from the best of our stock birds domestic and imported proven breeders. As I prepare for this auction I think of all the old and new fanciers I’ve had the pleasure to...
OLR Stats Week #2 Things are starting to roll now and Week #2 of tracking One Loft Race Stats Project is moving right along. Just like in all sports that track stats, as the season progresses the stats will become more meaningful and the best results will become known. We’re striving to update the...
America’s Dream Loft Jim Gabler 204 1st Avenue Sterling, IL 61081 Email: jimgabler43@gmail.com www.adlpigeons.com Phone 815-441-5179 Fax 815-626-9323 ...
By Alex Bieche acbieche2@gmail.com www.biechelofts.com In the early 80’s Karl Schellens as many other Belgium pigeon fanciers had a great love affair with their pigeons. Even back then the number of flyers was slowly going down but the competition level had climbed to new heights. The small lofts got bigger and the bigger lofts...
The American racing pigeon sport has lost one of its lions with the passing of Russ Burns. He served as the Secretary of the American Racing Pigeon Union for 10 years and dedicated himself to the promotion and advancement of the sport to every corner of the continent. The entire Loft Report team wishes...
Sylvère Toye , arguable one of the biggest names in the pigeon world passed away September 26, 2017. He was 81 years young. The 1980s were truly the era dominated by Sylvère Toye who would go on to win 1st National Ace Pigeon Fund, 1st International Pau, 1st National Limoges, 2nd National Champion Fund, 2nd...
