L. Stabel & Son – 30 years of success

Father (Louis) and son (Eugene) Stabel race in combination and they are able to be constantly at the top in club and the combines, and also National they have very good results.

They take part in all the races organised by the semi-national organisation “Brabant 2000” and have had good results on all distances – but their main-focus is races from 100-650 km.

In 1985 the first success came with 3. prize from Dax against 13.308 pigeons – the same hen previously won 16. National Bergerac 15.069 pigeons and 7. National St. Vincent against 19.344 pigeons.
A year later Louis won the 1. National Orleans District 1 against 6.275 pigeons.

In 1990 Louis became National champion with youngsters and in 1992 Eugene won for the second time National Orleans. The years later they won a.o.: 3. National competition Youngsters WHZB, 7., 11., 19. and 22. National champion, 2. Overall ZNB, 2. Middledistance Acepigeon National for Europacup etc. etc.
And in “Brabant 2000” they won a lot of championships and as much as 17 TELETEXT pigeons (semi) National till 2007!

In 2021 they won for the 30. year in a row!!! the overall championship in their club with an average of 55 racing lofts with several big names in pigeonsport!

In season 2021 they won in total:

Club (±100 members, 55 recares)
1. non-nominated + 1. nominated over-all (30 years in a row)
1. nominated + 1. non-nominated short
1. nominated + 1. non-nominated short YB
5. nominated + 2. non-nominated late tour
1. nominated + 1. non-nominated long distance
6. nominated + 2. non-nominated middle distance
2. nominated + 1. non-nominated middle distance YB

1. ace-pigeon long distance met NL 19-3928081
1. ace-pigeon late tour met NL 17-3730823

Combine Hart van Brabant (±150 members) (short, middle distance, YB and late tour)
2. loft-champion late tour
8. loft-champion YB
9. loft-champion old

1. Ace-pigeon late tour NL 17-3730823
1. Ace-pigeon YB NL 21-2127666
2. Ace-pigeon YB NL 21-2127667

Section Union/rayon 4 (±300 members)
1. loft-champion long distance
1. loft-champion short YB
2. loft-champion short
4. loft-champion late tour
6. loft-champion middle distance YB
16. loft-champion middle distance

1. ace-pigeon late tour NL 17-3730823
1. ace-pigeon long distance NL 19-3928081
2. ace-pigeon middle distance YB NL 21-2127666
2. ace-pigeon all YB races NL 21-2127666
2. ace-pigeon short YB NL 21-2127540
4. Ace-pigeon long distance 19-3928053
4. ace-pigeon short YB NL 21-2127574
4. ace-pigeon all youngster races NL 21-2127666
5. ace-pigeon short YB NL 21-2127597
7. ace-pigeon all races old NL 19-1770253
8. Ace-pigeon long distance 19-3928220
9. Ace-pigeon long distance 18-5181228
9. ace-pigeon middle distance YBNL 21-2127548
9. ace-pigeon late tour NL 18-5181345
9. ace-pigeon all races old NL 19-1770253
10. ace-pigeon short YB NL 21-2127609

Provincial Brabant 2000 (±1175 members)
1. non-nominated long distance
1. Ace-pigeon long distance NL19-3928081
3. ace-pigeon long distance NL 19-3928053
4. nominated long distance
6. non-nominated youngsters
11. nominated youngsters
26. nominated short
29. non-nominated short

Fondclub Zuid Nederland
1. Golden Crack long distance NL 19-3928081
2. Golden Crack long distance NL 19-3928053
4. Golden champion Provincial Brabant 2000

National
1.Chateauroux National Section 1a 4.824 pigoens
4. ace-pigeon long distance ’19-’21 National Fondspiegel NL 17-3730915
4. ace-pigeon long distance ’18-’21 National Fondspiegel NL 17-3730915
9. ace-pigeon long distance National NL 19-3928081

Some references 2021
1. National Issoudun 34.092 p. (50%)
1. Ace Section (50%)
1. Niergnies 3.248 p. (50%)
1. Chateauroux 1.845 p./7.NPO 6.068 (50%)
1. Altona 915 p. (50%)
1. Issoudun 915 p. (100%)
1. Quievrain 158 p. (direct)
2. National Ace Longdistance Pipa-ranking (50%)
2. Chamaia 4.200 p. (100%)
2. Garlsdorf 559 p. (50%)
2. Bierges 264 p. (direct)
2. Issoudun 158 p. (50%)
3. National Ace Long Distance (50%)
3. Altona 431 p. (50%)
3. Peronne 291 p. (50%)
4. Final Victoria Falls One loft Race (50%)
4. Olympiad Longdistance 2022 (50%)
4. Salbris 5.420 p./17.NPO 17.448 p. (50%)
4. Garlsdorf 559 p. (50%)
4. Pont ST Max 148 p. (direct)
4. Morlincourt 139 p. (direct)
5. Nanteuil 155 p. (direct)
9. Sezanne 131 p. (direct)
10. Peronne 3.083 p. (50%)
10. Slesvig 1.839 p. (50%)
Etc.

The fanciers
Officially we see Louis Stabel and son Eugene, but in fact it is actually a trio because the “better half” – mother and wife Annet also contributes to their success. Louis is 69 years old and his son Eugene 41. Both were infected with the pigeon-bacillus on a young age and never came to recover from it.

The racing area
The Netherlands pigeon racing organization – N.P.O. – is divided into 11 districts, of which the middle and western part of the Noord-Brabant province forms district No. 2, known as “Brabant 2000”. As you can see from the map, it has four regions – 1, 2, 3 and 4. Its geographic situation is just north of the Belgian frontier. Their club in Goirle, the “Luchtstormers”, is located in the south-eastern part of region 4.

In the Goirle club they compete against 55 racers and many of them are strong lofts – such as wellknown lofts Wal Zoontjens and Reijnen-Bolton-de Hoogh.

The federations and combines they race as follows:

HVB – Hart van Brabant (150 members). A federation of 7 clubs in the eastern part of region 4. Here, they race short and middle distance with old birds and up to 320 km with young birds.

Union Rayon 4 (300 members). A combine of 18 clubs.

Brabant 2000 (1.175 members). The district comprising regions 1+2+3+4 as shown on the map where we fly long distance (semi-national) and overnight races.

National. This is a union of the provinces of Zeeland, Brabant and Limburg. Competition here is in overnight races, also 1 long distance race. And 1 young bird race from Orleans, but for these they only compete in “Brabant 2000”.

The building of the loft
In an historical perspective there have always been many great champions in Goirle and neighbouring villages. So Louis didn’t have to go far to obtain quality pigeons: in his own neighbourhood he got pigeons from Jan Verhoeven & son, Harry Verhoeven, Verhagen van Gorp and Christ vd Pol. In addition to these pigeons he purchased some birds from Ad Sas, who lived 5 miles from Goirle in Poppel, Belgium. Ad Sas had the right kind of racing birds in this loft from the world famous Louis van Loon, Poppel. Louis Stabel bought 28 youngsters from Ad Sas and one of them became a superbreeder. Descendants of this hen have won 5 National-races.

With pigeons from the above fanciers Louis and Eugene have been building a strong breeding fundament. Later on the they crossed their own base with pigeons from many local fanciers, so it is impossible to mention them al. Every year they buy some pigeons, but never named pigeons only from good racers and than from their best racers/lines. Every purchased pigeon will be tested in the races first. When they prove to be good racers they are crossed with their own pigeons. Occasionally they transfer new pigeons direct to the breeding loft.

The colony
Louis and Eugene are real programme-racers, and they take part in every program race from 100-1.000 km. In their area that means 14 short/middle distance races, 5 long distance races, 5 overnight races, 10 youngster races, 6 late tour races.
To be able to take part in all races they have 20 couple of breeders, 35 widowhood cocks and their hens, 80-85 widowhood hens with 32 cocks and a few couples for the overnight. They don’t race with the hens from the widowers in the start of the season, they only fly 6 autumn races. Also with the cocks from the widowhood hens they don’t race. They breed 200 -225 youngsters. For each discipline there is a separate loft.