
winners of
Team de Weerd
Meet the champions of the 2024 season! click below to descover the top 10 pigeons, their pedigrees and details
Gaston van de wouwer
Super breeding cocks, cocks that are able to produce several generations of good pigeons with different hens, are as rare as white ravens. Only one year ago his name went all over the globe because of the total record auction of his loft, his national Ace hen New Kim was sold for the world record amount of 1.2 million US Dollar!
Good performance in one’s own loft does not suffice for Henk de Weerd to acquire pigeons for his breeding centre. References are also incredibly important, as these indicate the strength of genetics in a strain of pigeons. There is no lack of these at Gaston van de Wouwer.


Gaby vandenabeele
BLIKSEM is probably one of the best breeders in the modern pigeon racing sport. Just like his father and grandfather, he started by showing his abilities in the racing loft, with the following highlights:
Leo heremans
The sale of Leo Heremans’ pigeons in 2013 became a new cardinal point in the appreciation of short distance pigeons. His pigeons were sold for more than 4 million euros, and at € 310.000, BOLT is one of the most expensive pigeons ever sold. This assessment was based not only on results in his own loft, because the excellent fancier Leo was not bought along with it, but also by the enormous impact his pigeons had on a national and international level.


Stefaan Lambrechts
Because Henk is always on the lookout for reinforcement of his breeding centre, he stepped into his car and traveled to Berlaar in Belgium, where he bought 40 pigeons from young bird specialist Stefaan Lambrechts. His reasoning was not only based. on the excellent achievements of Stefaan himself, but certainly also on the long list of references which indicate that Stefaan’s pigeons easily propagate their qualities and demonstrate them in other lofts.