Joep, now 75, has been living among the pigeons since he was seven years old. It was his father, that in the Limburg Really his son's love for the sport taught. Completely independent, he hammered a booth together and he played all his seventh in the pigeon club. The pigeons were regularly taken away a little on the bike for a flight. Often he went his own pigeons and doves fathers inkorven, the beloved than he listened to the stories of the older lovers around the fortunes of their pigeons. Even now he still like listening to the experienced players in his club and does not infrequently there are advantage.
Through his work Joep and Mieke came in 1974 to live in Apeldoorn. At that time, the district's Sizes many buildings from the ground up and one of them involved Joep and Mieke. On the small balcony soon came a few pigeons, and was a member of P.V Joep. Wilhelmina, order from the balcony – albeit limited – practicing his beloved pigeon. Many results were not made there, the temperature differences between day and night were clearly too big. Yet Joep from that time still retained a rash en. from 20 August 1979, unloading Budel, he gave 3 pigeons against 371 pigeons, he scored 3rd, 7and en 15e. Click here For an illustration of the results
Since 1985 the hobby at the current address is practiced to Deventerstraat just outside the center of Apeldoorn, where in the large garden was found a paradise of tranquility and space to companies pigeon.
In 1985 Joe got a round of youngsters from his friend Hub Peeters from Real, who flew great at that time with the Van Loon pigeons, whom he had met at Cornelissen Gilze-Rijen. Soon was taking an improvement in performance where.
From 2007 the breeding was much younger and annually supplemented with pigeons from Hans and Evert-Jan Eijerkamp . The Eijerkamp pigeons will Joep be concentrating on the one day long distance flights. Begin 2009 there are five pigeons from Gerrit Lahuis, from Sleen, added to further strengthen the breeding team for the day long distance.
A beautiful property, posted October 2003, already made in the first year of unexpectedly good results. The loft is equipped with all imaginable comforts. The loft is about 15 meter lang en 2 meters deep, it is provided with a conveyor belt for the discharge of the manure, in all department. Where the pigeons are also, Always the manure falls through the grates, which are made of wood or plastic. Through large sliding the manure under the grids can be removed easily. All departments are equipped with ATX radiation heating. The loft is on the front in the northeast,another option was to put the front on the west, but then he had always in rainy weather rain on the front. “I had to choose”, says Joep and opted for some more cold and somewhat later multiforme in the lofts and I think that choice was correct. The illumination is adjustable by sliding in the ceiling, but they are always just a little bit open. In front of the windows are made in two hinged parts and a fixed window below. The middle frame can be removed in its entirety in extreme high temperatures, to there windbreak in place. The upper frame functions as in- and uitvlieg window. End 2009 the roof is covered with old Dutch tiles, who spend a lot of oxygen in the loft. In this way I think to ventilate without drafts to get, because despite a new loft, often adjustments should be made in relation to site conditions. Altogether a property to be jealous. And, says Joep: “I am also glad. I am now retired and hope so too can enjoy many years of my pigeons. Naturally, together with Mieke, that are up to and including 2009 concentrated on the long distance flights. In connection with health Mieke early 2010 decided to stop overnight pigeons. We are going to only focus on the long flights and the game with the youngsters. As we think best to enjoy our hobby.
