Visits in 2004
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Nigel Langstaff and friends Here you see Nigel Langstaff and a group of friends. Nigel came to pick up a pigeon he bought in one of the auctions on PIPA.

President of Club Bruges This week, last of April, Mr Antoine Vanhove and his loft Manager visited the Gyselbrecht Loft.

Hungary Mr Istvan Bardos, the president of the Hungarian pigeon federation. Hungary is a country with many pigeon racers and a rich culture of pigeon racing. They have many long distance racers. Mr Bardos invited Gyselbrecht family to Hungary in January for the national exhibition !

Austria... Mr Primus, president of the Austrian pigeon federation and his austrian friend enjoying the quality of the Gyselbrecht birds...

Important Polish Visit On the left, editor of one of the largest polish pigeon magazines, on the right Marek, owner of the largest Polish pigeon website dobrylot.pl...

Gyselbrecht Breeding Loft Mr Chicheanu filming in the Gyselbrecht breeding loft, he was very impressed by as well pigeons as well the construction of the loft. On the right the young pigeon racer Mr Dinu Mihai !

Restaurant Together in the restaurant, Mr Mihai, Mr Chicheanu, Gaby Vandenabeele and Nikolaas. The Romanian pigeon racers were very impressed by Gaby Vandenabeele & his pigeons.

Romania 20th of April, Romanian pigeon racers. On the left Mr Dan, then Mr Chicheanu, Nikolaas and on the right Mr Dinu Mihai. Very nice people ! Mr Dan and Mr Chiceanu are big businessman in Romania, and Mihai is the future Pigeon Veterinary of Romania !

Croatia On the left Mr Filip Pudic, editor of the croatian pigeon magazine, also veterinary surgeon and organizer of the One Loft Race in Croatia, on the right another Croatian pigeon racer.

Romania... Mr Liviu Stefanescu, editor/owner of the only romanian pigeon magazine and also president of the Union of the Professional Breeders in Romania. His company is also importer of Natural , Belgica Deweerdt, etc...

Visitors from The Netherlands... Father and son, Arnold and Martin, de Poorter from the Netherlands. The son Martin is the pigeon racer and lives in Sluis. The father lives in Breskens and is a fan...but not a racer.

Dobbelaere Robert & Chris Father & Son Dobbelaere, the world famous racers from Marke ! They won First International Dax, First national Ace Pigeon...etc...! Very nice people!

Visite de France 3 amis de France !

Visit from Greece. The secretary of the Pigeon Federation in Greece Mr Patsis and Nikolaas

Irish pigeon friends Irish pigeon friends ! The man with the black leather jacket is Mr STEVE ! The NEW KID ON THE BLOCK !

American Visit ! Coincidently 2 American visitors on the same time. On the outsides Nikolaas and Carlo Gyselbrecht, in the middle the 2 American pigeon friends. Left Mr Gordon Matheson from TEXAS. On the right probably the most important American in pigeon sport, Mr Don Hart, who imports pigeons into the USA, who is exclusive importer for a lot of holland / Belgium pigeon brands, also owner of the European Breeding Loft ...

Spain, Argentinia, Belgium.... Here we got visit from Mr Carlos Marquez Prats, the president of the International Pigeon Federation, together with Mr Yves Van de Poel and another pigeon friend from Argentinia !

Jp Bogaerts, Kurt Haesen & Patrick Brothers Mr Jean Pierre Bogaerts, the national Barcelona winner 2002 in Belgium ( on the right )...then the Patrick Brothers ( winners of National PAU in UK and the second from left is Mr Kurt Haesen, the owner of the WORLDFAMOUS Lucifer ! All of them were very impressed with the quality in the gyselbrecht lofts...

Another English Coach ! Another english coach !

English people... An english coach in February 2004 ! Lovely people !

John Luchese Today we got visit from the famous American businessman and pigeon racer John Luchese. He is a good friend for 20 years already of Sylvere Toye, the West Flemish legend from Otegem. An email John wrote afterwards : Hi Nikolaas, Just a line to let you know how impressed I was with your pigeons, and the hospitality that was accorded me by you and you father. You are a fine, intelligent, articulate young man, and I see in the future you will be very successful in your endeavors. Good luck. I just read the interview of Carlo Napolitano of the Royal Lofts on pipa. It may interest you to know that I bought the pigeon that HM The Queen donated to the Blackpool auction. At the moment she is on her way to America. It was interesting to note that The Royal Lofts have Van Bruane blood in their pigeons, same as the one\'s I got from you, good for crossing. Regards to Dad, John Lucchese

Nouwen - Paesen Mr Jaak and son Dirk Nouwen in the Gyselbrecht Lofts. These two Limburg fanciers are theirselves owner of a fantastic long distance strain and won already a lot of top prizes ! One of their greatest victories is the first International Marseille few years ago... Also these two gentlemen were very impressed with the superb breeding material...

Italian Champions Group Mr Eros Carboni & Mr Athos, two top racers from Italy together with grandmaster Carlo Gyselbrecht...

Turkish Visit Mr Suleyman Meric ( Importer in Turkey of the Pipa products ) and a young ambitious pigeon racer, both live in Istanbul...

Mr Florin Moldovan Mr Florin Moldovan, and Dr Carlo and Nikolaas Gyselbrecht... Mr Moldovan is the president of the Romanian pigeon federation.

Romanian Visit Mr Florin Moldovan, the president of the Romanian pigeon federation, on the left in his red jacket, together with Mr Andrei Marius next to him. In the middle a german friend, then Mr Cosmin Olteanu, the owner of the biggest Romanian pigeon lofts, and on the right another German pigeon friend. The Romanian friends were very very impressed by the quality of top long distance racers they saw on the gyselbrecht lofts...

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