Noel Lippens Aarsele

Taveirne Rigole References of the Past, the Present & the Future Noel Lippens Aarsele The racing home of the world famouse "DE Vital" winner of 1st National Ace Pigeon Long Distance. 2nd Nat Montauban 6814 birds. 6th national Narbonne 6531 birds. 9th nat Cahors 8078 birds. "De Vital" is sire, g-sire, g-g-sire etc of birds to win all over the world including the Gaby Vandenabeel "Champion Blikem"the pigeon of 2000. The set up is brilliant and the view is just as good for this loft and bungalow that is set in grounds that are a pleasure to be in and built with pigeons in mind. I have had the information on this National winning fancier for well over 12 months but have been unable to get the full facts together but as with all reports we get there in the end and even now I have had to collect more information on the recent results. I am going to start with the loft because it is what we would all like to race to and designed with a minimum amount of work to be undertaken each day. This is a brick structure and a

continuation of the garage and living accommodation. The main highlights with the loft being a wide belt fitted below grilled floors to take the droppings away. This same system is also used in the nest boxes where a flick of a switch and it is all cleaned out, an ideal system. These lofts are a long way from the old lofts that Noel raced to when "Vital" was 1 st National Ace Pigeon long distance because that loft was a two story affair and not quite as easy to manage as the modern day system. The lofts also have water troughs between 3/4ft off the ground where they have an incoming water supply and a plug to let the water away. This works well because when you walk down the corridor you can see the water pipe coming downwards and then there is another pipe to take the water away whenever changes are made. The watering may be done communally but the feeding is all done to the individual birds in their boxes, this allows you to know what each pigeon is eating and also if a particular pigeon needs any additions for whatever reason. The feeding is based on the Gaby Vandenabeele mix from Beyers, there is also the addition of the Versele Lag mix of Gerry Plus which is given 100% for the long distance races. Everything is done for ease and convenience and who can blame anyone for not making the best advantage of what is available and of course their pocket can stand and now he has retired he can spend more time observing the birds. When you consider that Noel houses a good team of pigeons then the easiest ways are always the best, that team consists of 32 old cocks, 31 2yo and 32 yearlings. The continental systems are always different than the majority of lofts in the UK because they class and race their birds differently with maturity. They are raced with the future in mind and not sent too far too early which is a benefit with the long distance races in mind. Anyway Noel has 96 cocks that are raced on the widowhood system with their hens being housed in lofts away from the racers. I had spoken to Frans Rigole about Noel Lippens on several occasions mainly because of a pigeon called "Vital" who was 1 st National Ace Pigeon, more importantly followed by a string of good winning pigeons. What fanciers from the UK very often fail to recognise is the fact that many or should we say most of the top Belgium fanciers exchange birds quite frequently and they are not the pure family that many believe. These exchanges are why so many maintain such a high level of competitiveness and stay amongst the leading pack year after year. Noel is one such fancier with his own excellent breeding ideas and more importantly the new blood that is brought in at regular intervals. Just to give you an idea here are a few results achieved through the selections that Noel makes include and I must point out that these are just part of the National results. 2 nd 2 nd 3 rd 3 rd 5 th 6 th 6 th 7 th 8 th 8 th 8 th 9 th 9 th 9 th 9 th 9 th plus approximately another 80 positions in the top 100 during the last 20yrs. What you must also remember is that Noel is more inclined to go for the distance races that is more suitable living in this part of the Country. Going back to Noel's top winning "Vital" and it's breeding, I was told about this pigeon some time ago and probably due to the language barrier this information was interpreted incorrectly, which has now been put right. The breeding of "Vital" is very prominent at the present time in the breeding of many good pigeons, there are direct children of this cock in many top lofts and Noel must be pleased with the success's from this line. Not one of Noel Lippens racers but a fine example is "Vital Pomerol" winner of 1 st National La Souterraine 11,300b. 2 nd National Cahors 11,838b plus other top positions. To highlight the way the continental fancier's breed all you need to do is study such pedigree's and in this case we see that the main breeding comes through "Mercks Duivin" from Decroix Bros and "Blois 76" that originated from Gust Taveirne of the Taveirne-Rigole partnership on both sides and are the main base of this family. You could also add to that the "Blauwe Docker" another direct cock from Tavernier-Rigole who figures prominently in the breeding. However as with all good pigeons there is the cross brought in and in this case it is with the Erik Vermander "Old Witpen" winner of 8 top 100 prizes in National competition. When you study the top pigeons in recent years for Noel they more or less all have one thing in common and that is "Vital" is in the breeding. The best of 2002 are the same, look at "Clinton" winner of good prizes including 5 th National San Sebastian and is a son of "Vital". "Armstrong" is a winner of 4 th National Montauban, 8 th National Soulliac and is also from similar lines as is "Jackson" winner of 1 st National Soulliac Derby in 2002. They also win for others with such prominent fanciers as Gaby Vandenabeele who's wins include 1 st Provincial Poitiers with a g.son of "Vital". Jonckheere of Torhout won 1 st National La Souterraine and 9 th Nat Cahors with the same pigeon that is three

quarters Noel Lippens. Erik Vermander wins 3 rd International Pau and 3 rd National Beziers with Lippens pigeons, as do many other fanciers so you see they also win for others they are highly rated on the continent. As far as the racing goes as pointed out earlier it is all done on the widowhood system but there are differences, remember earlier how we said that the team is made up of yearlings, 2yo and old birds. Well the yearlings are the only ones who rear a nest of youngsters. What happens is the 2yo and old birds are paired and allowed to sit eggs for in the region of 8 days then separated but the yearlings rear a nest and then separated. Noel has found that this system suits his ways of racing and also bonds the pigeons to the boxes in their first year of racing. All racers are paired early in February; they go through the first cycle and are then re-paired around the third week in March just for a few days. They are then separated again and put onto the widowhood system and do not see their hens again until they return from the race, they are sent to the races with their encouragement being that the bowl is turned over and that it that, once the system is in full swing the pigeons know what is expected of them.

We have not mentioned a great deal on the stock birds that are made up of 20 top pairs and are put together in December, the youngsters from this round are all sold and not retained. Noel rears his quota of youngsters in March but with his interest growing in the young bird championships that could change. Prior to this season Noel has not taken much interest in racing youngsters but like everyone who races pigeons if you want to stay at the top then you must review your system and make changes from time to time. Noel has not raced the darkness but like other areas in the sport there may be a change of mind should he wish to extend his competition even further for the youngsters. To keep the pigeons healthy Noel does take time out to look in on the vet for inspections of his pigeons, this is something that a lot of top continental fanciers do. He does treat them on a precautionary basis for Trichmoniasis for five days prior to the season starting and there are further treatments every three weeks. If the conditions are poor for any race they are also treated for respiratory disease. It really was a pleasure to visit Noel and we must thank him for his time, I know that he has retired now but not when we made our visit. This place really is a pleasure to visit and with Noel being such a nice chap it made the visit all that much better even though the language barrier stopped a lot of direct communication. I would like to call again in the near future to see what changes have been made since Noel retired and many thanks for your time Noel.

DE VITAL DE GOUDEN KWEEKLIJN DOORHEEN DE LAATSTE DECENNIA De gouden stamduif Vital van Noël Lippens ligt op tal van hokken aan de basis van opmerkelijke prestaties tot op nationaal en internationaal vlak, hij werd een wereldspeler op het vlak van de erfelijkheid met top referenties bij de vleet! Wanneer we spreken over fond en zware fond, dan kunnen we niet om de naam van Noël Lippens heen, als bezitter van één de rijkste kweekstammen van ons land op dat vlak! Topsuccessen in beide disciplines hebben nooit enig geheim gekend voor Noël die in de duivensport een ideale uitlaatklep vond, naast zijn drukke beroepsleven als groothandelaar in de invoer en export van groenten en fruit. In de Blois 374/73 (een duif van August Taveirne) vond hij meteen een stamkweker van formaat, die de succestrein van meet af aan op de rails zette zijn beide zonen, de 901 en de Draaier trokken mee de kar, zoals verderop zal blijken! Hetgeen zou volgen zindert vandaag nog na binnen de catacomben van onze duivensport, met de gouden Vital als absolute trekpleister. In de periode 1982 tot 2000 lukte de kolonie Noël Lippens 18 noteringen binnen de nationale Top 10, waaronder 2 x 1 Nationaal, 2 x 2 Nationaal, 2 x 3 Nationaal en 91 duiven binnen de nationale Top 100! Dat vertaalde zich in volgend cijfermateriaal: 1 Nat. Kampioen Fond KBDB 93 1 Nat Asduif Fond KBDB 93 (met Vital ) 2 Nat Asduif Grote Fond KBDB 04 5 Nat Asduif Fond KBDB 93 (met Zwarte Narbonne ) 1 Nat Souillac Derby 2.925 d. 02 1 Nationaal Brive 4.831 d. 94 3 Nat Asduif Fond KBDB 00 (met Figo ) Olympiadeduif Zuid-Afrika 2001 (met Figo ) 4 Nat Kampioen Fond KBDB 92 5 Nat Kampioen Fond KBDB 87 + 99 11 Nat Kampioen Fond KBDB 03 2 Nat Montauban 6.814 d. 2 Nat Montauban 7.352 d. 3 Nat Brive 7.412 d. 3 Nat Narbonne 6.531 d. 3 + 8 Nat Souillac 7.358 d. 02 4 Nat Montauban 6.711 d. 02 6 Nat Montauban 7.203 d. 09 8 Nat Perpignan 7.603 d. 08 Enz 6 Nat Kampioen Fond KBDB 02 Met niet minder dan 28 x Top 100 Nationaal noteringen in de jongste periode 2006-2010! Hier werd de basis gelegd tot de roemrijke exploten, die zich aansluitend ook op andere hokken verder zouden manifesteren.

TOP REFERENTIE MET DE VITAL LIJN DE CANCELLARA 3X 1PROVINCIAL WINNER

Het huidige boegbeeld op de hokken Noël Lippens, super crack Cancellara is één der allergrootste supercracks van de huidige generatie, die in ons land rondvloog! Als kleinzoon van Vital is hij een perfect voorbeeld van de dominantie van deze kweeklijn als 3-voudig 1 Provinciaal winnaar, met onder meer - Cancellara BE04-4422698 09 Montauban Prov 1.105 d. 1 6 Nat 7.203 d. 07 Montauban Prov 921 d. 1 31 Nat 6.187 d. 09 Brive 66 Nat 17.478 d 08 Souillac Prov 1.712 d. 1 207 Nat 7.315 d. Hij is een zoon van de As Turbo x Tracy (dochter Vital ). De As Turbo (zelf ook 9 Nat & 25 Intnat Perpignan 18.192 d., 47 Nat & 76 Intnat Dax 17.526 d., 97 Nat Limoges 8.618 d.) is zelf een kleinzoon van de Turbo (zoon van de Draaier ) waardoor deze Cancellara in feite een stuk in lijn is geteeld naar de aloude stamvader bij Noël Lippens de Blois 374/73!

Wonderduif Bliksem Gaby Vandenabeele Vlieg- en kweeklegende 'Bliksem' bij Gaby Vandenabeele De Vital is (via zijn dochter Rita ) evenzeer grootvader van de fabuleuze Bliksem bij Gaby Vandenabeele en wat voor een impact deze Bliksem eerst als vliegduif, maar vooral later als kweekduif heeft gehad (en nog heeft) binnen onze actuele duivensport, is met geen woorden meer te beschrijven. De Bliksem was vooreerst zelf een gigant van crackduif, hij excelleerde met Poitiers Prov 1.488 d. 1 Chateauroux Prov 4.662 d. 2 Ruffec Prov 1.778 d. 4 Périgueux Prov 1.119 d. 5 Poitiers Prov 2.975 d. 8 De Bliksem was toen de beste duif van ons land, en de morele Nationale Asduif op de Grote Halve fond hij kreeg echter zijn verdiende haver niet, omdat de vlucht uit Périgueux niet voor halve fondvlucht in aanmerking werd genomen. Had Gaby hem op diezelfde dag op Bourges gezet was die kans wellicht zeer reëel

geweest. Op het kweekhok trad hij meteen in de voetsporen van zijn beide illustere grootvaders kweeklegendes Wittenbuik en uiteraard Vital! Zijn nakweek is buiten elke proportie, en ongeëvenaard enkele van zijn beroemdste kleinkinderen zijn zonder twijfel - Harry (bij Jan Hooymans in Kerkdriel-NL): 1 Nationale Asduif Fond WHZB 2009 1 NPO Chateauroux 5.979 d. 1 NPO Blois 5.553 d. 3 NPO Chateauroux 8.781 d. - Yvan (bij Deno-Herbots te Leefdaal-B): 1 Nat Asduif Halve Fond KBDB 2009 4 Nat Asduif Halve Fond KBDB 2008 1 Prov Asduif Fond Jonge KBDB 2008 1 Nat Zone A Gueret 5.166 d. 08 - Gil (bij Gommaire Verbruggen te Kaggevinne-B): 1 Nat. Bourges 11.215 d. 06 - Paola (bij Gaby Vandenabeele zelf): 1 Nat Argenton 7.390 d. 10 - Barnaby (eveneens bij Gaby Vandenabeele): 2 Nat Bourges 22.499 d. 09 - Marieke (bij Rik Cools te Ruiselede-B): De Bliksemlijn blijft vandaag de dag eind 2011, nog steeds geschiedenis schrijven op tal van hokken in binnen en buitenland en daar mag de Vital beslist zijn woordje in meespreken! De Blois 374/73 en zijn zonen, de nestbroertjes 901 en Draaier als stamkwekers!

08 Perpignan I.Nat 17.643 d. 10 07 Perpignan I.Nat 15.087 d. 49 10 Perpignan I.Nat 15.756 d. 125 09 Perpignan I.Nat 18.354 d. 229 Uit die zelfde kweeklijn als Cancellara stamt Gorki een Perpignancrack : De Gorki is een kleinzoon van de Zwarte Narbonne BE90-3376006 (zelf 5 Nat Asduif Fond KBDB 93 en o.a. 3 Nat Narbonne 6.531 d., 8 Nat Cahors 8.078 d., 58 Nat Brive 23.510 d ) ook al een klepper uit de lijn van de stamduif Blois. Dat we hier met een echte duivenstam te maken hebben, komt nog meer tot uiting als we de pedigrees even analyseren. Alles loopt zowat terug op de absolute stamvader de Blois 73. Zijn beide zonen van 1983, de nestbroertjes De 901 (o.a. vader van Vital ) en de Draaier vertolken hierin de hoofdrol! Zo is de Draaier zelf onder meer vader van de Turbo, die op zijn beurt grootvader is van de stamkweker Noël bij Erik Vermander, welke onder meer -vader is van de Clijsters : 2 Internat Pau 7.871 d. 01 -vader van Falco BE03-3003445, die won bij Gaby Vandenabeele 2 Prov Orleans 3.021 d. 2 Intprov Souillac 1.291 d. 07 7 Nat Brive 16.007 d. 07 24 Prov Souillac 1.712 d. 08 141 Nat Montauban 6.187 d. 07 199 Nat Brive 14.521 d. 08 408 Nat Cahors 9.275 d. 462 Nat Souillac 5.985 d. 29 Blois 467 d. 72 Nat Limoges Derby 6.617 d. 105 Nat Brive 20.310 d. 106 Prov Chateauroux 5.991 d. 132 Nat Limoges 12.266 d. 07

-grootvader van de As du Rhone bij Eric Vermander -grootvader van de 2 Nat Souillac 7.045 d. 10 bij Norbert Ally! Ook op talrijke andere hokken liggen de Noël Lippensduiven mee aan de basis van nationale topsuccessen denk maar aan -de Derby van Roger Vereecke -de 1 Nat Montauban bij Noël & Serge Decroix -de 1 Nat Albi bij Georges Bolle (met de Kolonel ) -de 1 Nat Pau bij Luc Vandenplas -de 1 Nat Montauban 2003 bij Gaston Dewulf -de 1 Nat La Souterraine & 2 Nat Cahors bij Boudewijn Jonckheere -Antoine van Landuyt won 2 jaar op rij de 3 Nat Asduif Fond KBDB -Antoon Vandenberghe werd 1 Nat Kampioen Fond KBDB -Frederik Everaert won 1 Prov & 1 Nat Zone A Libourne 09, Frederik heeft ook met zijn Mirage een fenomenale supercrack uit de Vital-lijn in huis 12 Nat Brive 16.007 d. 07, 27 Nat Brive 17.456 d. 09, 30 Intprov Vierzon 11.399 d., 36 Nat Narbonne 7.156 d., 75 Nat Limoges 15.507 d

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