Lineages
HISTORY
Bart, Luc and Jurgen Geerinckx
Bart and Jurgen have what it takes to succeed in pigeon racing. It didn't take them long to find a suitable name for a winning pigeon: Luc. We could call this a tribute to their father Luc, who taught them everything about pigeons, and who started the Geerinckx lineage. These two young fanciers from Wommelgem are one of the leading competitors in middle distance racing. There was a sad season after the death of their father, Luc Geerinckx. They soon turned into smiles, celebrating the national old bird victory of Argenton, in addition to other important victories.
They have also won the first prize of Argenton. Their pigeon Luc took 14h 00:52 to cover a distance of 558.366 kilometres. This made him the fastest pigeon in the pack with a speed of 1638.07 m/min. In this way, Luc continues to achieve great results at a high level, winning several provincial and national championships. Most pigeon fanciers know that Geerinckx pigeons are among the strongest in Belgium. It was his father Luc who formed the basis of his breed with the pigeons of his neighbour Jos Soontjens. This was a direct hit, because these pigeons formed the basis for the best top sprint team for years.
Subsequently he successfully switched to middle distance and the big middle distance competition. The real breakthrough came in 2004 when the Geerinckx breed was awarded the first KBDB Annual National Champion. The successful bloodlines of Gladiator, Willyke and Wittekop Sylvester made them a famous family and the Geerinckx pigeons became very popular even outside Belgium. Their popularity increased as they won more provincial prizes and, of course, their national victories are mind-blowing.
Currently, the breeding loft has 35 pairs of top pigeons as national winners (1st National Argenton '12 against 12,447 pigeons - 1st, 2nd National Argenton '13 against 16,325 pigeons...), Olympic pigeons (1 Olympic as all Nitra Pigeon '13-2 Olympic as Budapest Pigeon '15...), many winners and basic pigeon breedings, which correspond to the principles of "Geerinckx".
