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oken leg. The cage of the canary that had just recently passed away became the new home for the pigeon and Tamara and Natascha took care of it. As a fanatical fisherman, Leo had been visiting several pigeon fanciers because pigeon droppings are an important ingredient in fish food. As a teenager, Leo had homed some fancy pigeons and canaries and he therefore supported his daughters in homing this one pigeon. When they asked for more, Leo took them to the pigeon market and bought some more; he housed them in the ventilation area of the basement. “Get rid of these pigeons and build a decent loft, then I’ll help you on your way” Not much later, pigeon fancier Paul Huysmans (later husband of Marina Van De Velde, responsible for their success in pigeon racing) came to help Leo mend the windows in his kitchen. Paul heard some noise and said: “Leo, I hear pigeons. You never told me you had pigeons. Where do you house them?” When Leo told him where he housed them, the two had a good laugh. Paul was just moving at the time and said goodbye to pigeon racing. He offered Leo his two best pigeons and these two came to reinforce the pigeons bought on the market. Half of the henhouse was made into a new home for the now 8 pigeons and Leo asked his neighbour Louis Claes, a great champion in Vorselaar at the time and renowned for his skills in judging pigeons, to come and check if his pigeons were of any quality. When Louis walked into the loft and one of the pigeons produced droppings as thin as water, Louis said: “I’d better come back when you’ve built a decent loft and got rid of these pigeons. Do that and I’ll help you on your way.” Leo was than already infected with the pigeon bug and built a wooden garden loft for breeders in the lower sections and racers in the upper section. Only the two Paul Huysmans pigeons remained and Louis Claes joined Leo at the famous pigeon market in Lier to search for pigeons. Leo bred from his new team and in 1978 he made his debut as a pigeon fancier. Often he just basketed one youngster but this one, direct from the best Huysmans breeding hen, won 14 prize cards as a youngster. Leo felt like the emperor of Rome. From Louis Claes he purchased a breeding pair. The first two youngsters he bred from them were two dark pigeons since Louis had many dark pigeons. On many occasions, Leo had his ‘dark horses’ home before Louis clocked his and so a healthy rivalry started. Louis had taken Leo by the hand in pigeon racing, just like René De Cnodder had done in diamonds and again Leo showed he was a quick learner. In 1979 he was already Noyon champion with yearlings, beating around 250 fanciers. This was the herald of something extremely impressing. Heremans-Mols Even though Leo performed very well in those days, fun was the keyword in his career as a pigeon fancier. Leo worked long and hard, so in taking care of the pigeons he was partly dependent on the help of his wife Chris. Her efforts were enormous and together they did the job. Leo’s career in diamonds, however, kept on developing and he had less and less time to enter the lofts so all the work fell on Chris’ shoulders. That was really not the meaning of homing pigeons so Leo decided to approach Marcel Mols for the daily care of the pigeons. Marcel was the former world champion breeding canaries and a true social figure. For many years at the fair in Vorselaar he went to Leo after some drinks and said: “If I had your pigeons, I would dominate in Antwerp.” Leo laughed but saw Marcel was eager to make his words come true. He said: “You are the fancier and 7
“You’ll be the fancier and I’ll get the pigeons to reach the top” I will buy pigeons until we reach the top.” In late 1985 the partnership of Heremans-Mols made its entrance in pigeon racing. Leo made a name for himself in those days visiting public auctions of the best regional fanciers and always buying the stars of the auction, or direct children of them. “In my opinion only the best could produce the best,” Leo says, but it took a while before Leo’s investments were rewarded. Marcel found out racing pigeons was quite different from breeding canaries and it took him a while to get the skills required for winning. Over the years Marcel developed more and more into a fine fancier. The total colony of Staf Van Den Bempt was sold in 1988, 25 years overall champion of Vorselaar and by far one of the best short 8
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Surprise Son Safier 6050258-2008 1.
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Brother Safier 6356757-2009 Olympia
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Bolt: the best way to discribe the
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The Leo Heremans loft, where ‘Saf
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The hen of the ‘Roeper Pair’ &
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The very best of Leo Heremans - dir
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Wolfgang Roeper in the middle betwe
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1st and 2nd Nat. ace bird TBOTB 201
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(from son Hugo). 890/11 won 1st pri
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Top success Leo Heremans-pigeons Mi
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