Stichelbaut Birds
Mr Frans Labeeuw of Bissegem
Hallo Emile.
It is possible that not all fanciers are familiar with the name of Frans Labeeuw.
I therefore would like to very briefly give some insite into the man and his pigeons.
This has reference to the pigeon that won the One Loft International Race in Cape Town.
When Ii wanted to import Stichelbaut birds all arrows pointed to Mr Frans Labeeuw of Bissegem.
It is said that he had the most original Stichelbaut birds in the world. His father Daniël was a friend of Alois
Stichelbaut and could get his hands on some of the very best from Alois. Frans followed in his fathers
footsteps and kept the birds pure … even Julez Gales mentioned it at some time in the past that his father
would have been proud of him. Many exceptional results were obtained all over the world with the
Stichelbaut birds. Van Hee build his family of pigeons based on Stichelbauts and Janssen crossings. It will
take me to long to mention all but here are a few on National and International level that i feel must be
mentioned.
In 2014 he won Barcelona Masters for the third time in tandem with Henri Vanneste having scored this
result in 2006 with Etienne de Vos and in 2008 with Chris Hebbrecht. By doing so he became the only
fancier to have won this title 3 times. Add to this the grand Prize of the City of Kortrijk on Barcelona, 3rd
and 6th Valence and the 80th Nationaal Perpigan against 6248 pigeons and it will be clear that the year
2014 was a excellent one for the Stichelbauts of Frans Laweeuw. Results can be shown where his birds
scored top positions for other fanciers against 10000 pigeons from Pau and Tarbes.
I would like to mention that in 2014 Freddy Descheemaeckers 1st National and 2nd International
Barcellona winner has a direct Stichelbaut for a mother. This hen’s pedigree is prominent in the bird that
won the 2020 Cape One Loft Race.
In 2010 the first 2 European birds on a OLR in China against 3800 pigeons originated on the Labeeuw loft.
To sum it up. The Stichealbauts of the loft in Bissegem were responsible directly and indirectly for no less
than 23 National and International first prizes! Mr Labeeuw’s entire loft of Stichelbaut birds were sold on
PIPA in 2018.
After reading this I hope it will provide some insight into the genetic make of the winning bird. regards.
Thys Matthysen Racing Silverbacks.