Yves Thery is a friendly man but also a formidable competitor, a specialist in long distance and extreme distance events. He has built up a formidable track record both at the CIF and in the 1st region. Let us mention a 1st National Ace pigeon extreme distance 1 year old, a 3rd and a 4th European Ace pigeon Pipa ranking, a first place in the CIF championship 1 year old, a 5th place in the European cup etc., The father of the youngster present at Festubert is none other than Gandhi, 1st St Junien 1 year old among 2737 pigeons and the mother is a half sister of the 3rd European Ace pigeon on Pau!