Bart en Nance Van Oeckel (Oud-Turnhout) confirm their exceptional class also in 2023

"Seriously impressed"... that is the conclusion we can draw as we conclude our visit to Bart and Nance Van Oeckel. Impressed by the performances of the past few years, impressed by the quality of the Van Oeckel birds, impressed by the magnificent loft installation, impressed by the cosiness of the beautifully renovated farmhouse where Nance and Bart live, impressed by the well-thought-out and targeted strategy with which Bart and Nance (assisted by fanatical loft manager Kjenten Van Hecke) practise pigeon racing. 
Let us get straight to the point and, as our first item, shove the impressive performance list of the last 4 seasons under your noses. Of course, we can put pages of results on the table but we will deliberately limit ourselves to the national KBDB titles and Olympiad pigeons. Everyone knows how many times he himself has been on the podium of a national championship, so this list is going to say more than a thousand words (read results).

Let's start with the 2023 season. No less than 6 original Bart and Nance Van Oeckel pigeons are ranked among the national KBDB ace pigeons. Especially for you we list them briefly:

8th National ace KBDB Allround young birds 2023 (raced at Herbots Kobe and Kato)
10th National ace KBDB small middle distance youngbirds 2023
13th National ace pigeon Ranking long-distance over 5 national long-distance races 2023
14th National ace KBDB small middle distance yearling 2023
16th National ace pigeon yearling KBDB 2023
17th National ace pigeon small middle distance yearling KBDB 2023
26th National ace pigeon large middle distance young KBDB 2023

This impressive list complements perhaps a more than impressive existing list of Olympiad and KBDB rankings since 2020
1st National ace KBDB ½ Fond old birds '22
1st National Champion KBDB yearling 2021
1st Olympic Hope Cat. E 2020 
2nd Olympiad pigeon Cat. E 2020
2nd Olympic pigeon Cat. G. 2020
2nd Olympic hope Cat. G. 2020
2nd National ace KBDB yearling 2021
3rd Olympiad pigeon Cat. B 2020
3rd Olympic Hope Cat. B. 2020
3rd National ace KBDB Allround yearling + old 2021
4th Olympic Hope Cat. E 2020
4th National ace KBDB long-distance yearling 2021
4th National Champion KBDB ½ Fond old + yearling 2020
5th National ace KBDB long-distance yearling 2021
5th Olympiad pigeon Cat I 2020
6th National ace KBDB Fond yearling 2021
6th Olympiad pigeon Cat I 2021
6th National champion KBDB middle distance old + yearling 2022
7th Olympiad pigeon Cat I 2021
7th General Champion KBDB 2021
7th General Champion KBDB 2020
 

It makes one silent ! 

The base and current breeding gems

Bart learned the "pigeon craft" from his father Jan. "Father has been a super fancier all his life," says Bart. From the age of 10, Bart became a pigeon fancier under his father's wings. He went along with basketing, opened the clocks in the pigeon loft and helped take care of the pigeons. Bart, a baker by profession, put up a small 6-metre loft at the bakery in 2001 with the intention of playing only with youngsters, but the plan was thrown overboard when there were some toppers among them and a 10-metre loft was added. Among them was a pigeon belonging to Jan and Marleen Broeckx, fellow baker in Baarle-Hertog, which was a real standout. In 2008, Bart Van Oeckel had the 1st Olympiad pigeon "Miss Poznan" and the pigeon hobby gained momentum. In 2009, "F16" was born and became the ancestor of the colony. "Miss Poznan" and "F16" were bred from the "Zwarte Diamant", a direct pigeon of Luc, Bart, Jurgen Geerinckx, Wommelgem (via Jos Vissers). The "Zwarte Diamant" lived to be 17 years old.  In 2008, "Gaston Junior" was born and became the ancestor of the loft together with "F16". They both had the same mother. "F16" bred nothing but winners in several generations. 

Good friends Broeckx Niels, Jan and Marleen have the 1st Olympiad bird Cat. E Maastricht 2023 with a grandson of "F16"

The "Super Kleintje" B02/6330844 was bought at the total auction of baker Jef De Houwer, Retie and that was also a hit. From 2016 to 2020, 50 youngsters were exchanged every year with the Herbots family. Both lofts were successful with this. Bart and Nance won the 1st Nat. Limoges 2017 with the Herbots pigeon B16/2146311. They had the 1st Olympic Hope Cat. E and the 5th Olympic pigeon Cat. C with the B16/2146231, also a Herbots pigeon.
From 2018, a close friendship developed with Geert Lambrechts, Hallaar. And still every year a round of youngsters comes to Schuurhoven. The performances of "Olympic Elena" and "Olympic Nance", two direct Lambrechts hens raced by Van Oeckel, speak volumes. Spicy detail... "Olympic Elena" is mother of "Zilliqa", 1st National ace KBDB ½ long-distance old birds (more info see below)

 

In 2020, B20/6140804 "Olympic Super Werner" was bought from friends Linda and Werner Sas, Vosselaar. "Olympic Super Werner" became 3rd Nat. ace KBDB Speed youngsters 2020 and 3rd Olympic Hope Cat. F 2020.

One of the very first children that "Olympic Super Werner" gave birth to was "Sniper". "Sniper"...no ordinary guy...and what an added value to the breeding loft of Bart and Nance 

As a Christmas gift from Jan and Marleen Broeckx, Bart and Nance acquired the hen "Sister Olympic 306ke", which was paired with "F16" and became the parents of one of the best breeding cocks in Belgium, "F-Hao Hao". "F-Hao Hao" (B18-6058116) became father to 
"Zilliqa": 1st National ace KBDB ½ long-distance old pigeons 2022
"Shiba": 4th National ace KBDB Fond yearling 2021
"Poladot" 5th National ace KBDB Fond yearling 2021

 

"Zilliqa" 1st National ace KBDB ½ Fond old pigeons 2022

Let's go back to the 2022 season. Although Bart and Nance are already used to going on the podium during the national KBDB days, we are convinced that when they were then honored as the winner of the 1st national ace KBDB ½ Fond old pigeons we saw it. Secretly both Nance and Bart pinched away a tear of happiness.

But also other new top breeders put themselves in "the spotlights".

The Allround class of the Van Oeckel birds
In 2023… 28 x 1st prize (no doubles) from 130km till 830km. 

 

CHATEAUROUX 22-07-2023 547 KM
NATIONAL GHF 8.075 OLD
35-57-763 (3/4)
NATIONAL GHF 13.096 YEARLINGS 
2- 5- 6- 14- 20- 23- 24- 40- 44- 44- 46- 53- 57- 59- 80- 86-153-166-169-185-211-223-223-223-242-244-245-333-343-402-466-587-811-814-941-955-1071-1117-1146-1368-1374-1880-1942-2242-2635-3182 (46/66)

ARGENTON 26-08-2023 581 KM
National GHF 18.837 YOUNGSTERS 
10- 19- 28- 31- 44- 63- 64- 68- 95-120-163-180-224-289-307-320-356-381-385-410-425-465-471-480-520-557-560-563-564-593-598-608-616-654-655-659-710-779-781-839-906-920-967-985-995-1022-1027-1031-1165-1255-1267-1337-1339-1365-1406-1467-1475-1483-1575-1643-1838-1892-1961-1965-2055-2070-2077-2086-2155-2176-2273-2336-2338-2345-2349-2378-2428-2531-2759-2958-2992-3124-3282-3390-3459-3467-3701-3754-3780-3794-3913-4048-4087-4538 (94/181)

SOUILLAC 30-07-2023 761 KM
NATIONAL FOND 4.827 OLD
36- 56-171-641 (4/4)
NATIONAL FOND 6.085 YEARLINGS 
64- 66- 76-124-189-208-218-310-385-399-449-568-701-998-1114-1124-1297 (17/40)

TULLE 07-08-2023 685 KM
NATIONAL FOND 4.982 OLD 
32- 62-404-766 (4/6)

AURILLAC 16-07-2023 738 KM
NATIONAL FOND 6.512 YEARLINGS 
12-41-134-187-242-293-335-402-428-465-523-637-1121-1225-1276 (15/38)

QUIEVRAIN 14-05-2023 136.896 KM
SAMENSPEL TURNHOUT 644 OLD
1- 7-12-13-16-17-28-29-30-37-40-53-63-69-71-72-73-82-83-84-104-106-107-118-126-128-129-132-136-137-154-157-180-197-202-203-204-211 (38/58)
SAMENSPEL TURNHOUT  421 YEARLINGS 
1- 5- 7- 8- 10-11-17-18-19-20-21-26-33-37-39-40-41-46-47-48-56-58-59-66-71-72-73-74-77-78-93-94-110-122-127-128-129-133-138-139 (40/58)

MELUN 06-05-2023 340 KM

HAFO KEMPEN KHF 1.140 OLD 
1- 2- 8-20-71-92-107-149-213-266-376 (11/12)

HAFO KEMPEN KHF 692 YEARLINGS 
1- 2- 7-15-45-66-133-168 (8/10)

QUIEVRAIN 11-06-2023 136 KM

SAMENSPEL TURNHOUT 749 OLD 
1- 2- 6- 8- 9-11-16-19-20-51-55-63-64-69-71-80-91-92-100-101-112-114-115-116-128-131-133-134-137-140-143-146-167-181-193-198-200-202-203-204-228-230-238 (43/76)
VERBOND SOTEO 1.236 OLD 
1- 5-13-15-16-18-24-28-30-79-84-92-95-104-108-118-139-140-153-154-170-175-177-178-206-210-212-213-217-222-229-233-275-301-322-328-332-334-336-337-383-386-398 (43/76)
VERBOND SOTEO 770 YEARLINGS 
1- 4- 7- 8- 10-15-17-52-56-59-60-67-69-75-87-88-95-96-104-107-108-121-123-126-130-133-136-165-179-189-194-196-198-199-223-225-231 (37/69)

MELUN 24-06-2023 340 KM
HAFO KEMPEN KHF 600 OLD 
1- 2- 3- 5- 6- 7- 8-15-16-18-26-27-28-29-30-31-32-33-34-35-42-43-44-46-48-52-53-55-65-75-82-86-87-88-89-90-95-96-97-117-138-139-154-170 (44/65)
HAFO KEMPEN KHF 409 YEARLINGS
1- 3- 4- 5- 6-12-13-15-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-34-35-37-39-43-44-51-60-63-65-66-67-68-69-71-72-73-91-106-107-117-131 (39/58)

MELUN 08-07-2023 340 KM
HAFO KEMPEN KHF 454 OLD
1-4-5-6-8-11-12-13-16-18-19-20-22-23-24-26-30-31-40-43-44-46-48-50-51-52-54-55-59-60-65-67-68-69-80-82-104-105-107-111-112-114-125-128 (44/68)
HAFO KEMPEN KHF 332 YEARLINGS
1- 3- 4- 5- 7- 10-11-12-14-16-17-18-19-20-23-24-30-31-32-34-35-36-37-39-40-42-43-47-49-50-51-59-60-75-76-78-81-82-84-93-110 (41/61)

QUIEVRAIN 16-07-2023 136 KM
VERBOND SOTEO 2.207 YOUNGSTERS
1- 7-44-45-58-84-85-91-93-94-111-136-137-199-203-204-212-259-268-280-296-303-337-347-369-378-392-434-484-493-560-564-589-594-621-633-678-687-692-700-713-728 (42/97)

SERMAISES 16-07-2023 393 KM
VERBOND HAFO TURNHOUT + REGIO MECHELEN KHF 739 OLD
2- 3- 6- 7- 8-11-21-28-30-31-34-35-36-37-38-41-45-53-54-55-56-68-69-88-99-102-108-118-119-126-127-143-153-164-185-195-201-208-220-238-241 (41/74)
VERBOND HAFO TURNHOUT + REGIO MECHELEN KHF 538 YEARLINGS
2- 3- 6- 7- 8-15-21-22-23-25-26-27-28-31-35-39-40-41-42-50-65-70-72-74-79-80-85-86-97-106-114-131-137-141-145-154-168-171-179 (39/71)
VERBOND HAFO KEMPEN KHF 256 OLD
5-54 (2/2)
VERBOND HAFO KEMPEN KHF 160 YEARLINGS
2-30 (2/2)

SERMAISES 22-07-2023 393 KM
HAFO KEMPEN  908 YOUNGSTERS 
1- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 10-11-12-15-17-18-20-22-23-25-27-28-29-32-34-38-41-45-53-67-78-80-87-90-92-94-101-103-105-106-108-109-127-139-160-162-168-186-187-188-192-196-204-205-208-216-219-235-236-244-245-281-291 (59/118)
PROVINCIAL ANTWERP 2864 OLD
6-34 (2/2)
PROVINCIAL ANTWERP 1903 YEARLINGS 
5-22 (2/2)
PROVINCIAL ANTWERP 8.091 YOUNGSTERS 
5- 10- 28- 29- 31- 32-114-115-119-143-154-161-169-178-181-222-246-252-254-270-306-348-353-377-421-582-691-703-768-800-805-825-867-884-934-943-995-1001-1150-1236-1426-1478-1523-1670-1699-1703-1716-1726-1793-1793-1810-1882-1940-2059-2091-2191-2192-2498-2579 (59/118)

MELUN 05-08-2023 340 KM
VERBOND HAFO KEMPEN KHF 546 YOUNGSTERS
1-71 (2/3)

SERMAISES 12-08-2023 393 KM
HAFO TURNHOUT 366 YOUNGSTERS
1- 4- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10-11-12-14-15-16-17-18-22-23-26-28-29-30-31-32-41-42-44-50-52-56-57-69-70-74-79-81-82-97-103-107-112-121 (40/66)

RONDE VAN BELGIE 23-09-2023 118.335 KM
SAMENSPEL RONDE VAN BELGIE ST.JOB  501 YOUNGSTERS 
3- 4- 6- 10-21-22-23-24-26-28-29-31-47-50-51-52-69-81-113-114-137-138-140 (23/31)

RONDE VAN BELGIE 30-09-2023 93.922 KM
SAMENSPEL RONDE VAN BELGIE ST.JOB  511 YOUNGSTERS
2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9-11-14-15-16-19-20-26-27-28-29-47-57-59-70-72-73-81-82-148 (27/31)

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