THESE STRAIN OF RACING PIGEONS ARE BRED FOR ONE LOFT RACES, THEY HAVE STAMINA, ENDURANCE, SPEED AND CAN WIN & FINISH THE RACE.
“QUALITY MAKES PRICE SECONDARY”
FULL SIBLING TO "BOCHAY"
2021 APPLE CUP WINNER
The man of few words, but great deeds: that was the Belgian craftsman Louis Van Loon. Famous because of his excellent race results, in fact he raced so well he was not allowed to race anywhere, he was shut out... legendary because his pigeons, beginning in the eighties, gave the pigeon sport an entirely new vision. Besides speed the van Loon pigeons proved to posses an unheard of determination and stamina. The van Loon pigeons also showed that they made excellent crossing material with any of the other inbred strains, but especially with the Janssen pigeons. As a result the van Loon strain grew to be one of the most influential strains in the history of the racing pigeons sport.
APPLE CUP 2021
HOOSIER CLASSIC 2022
Apple Cup 2024
Americas Average Special
Longhorn Classic final race 2024
A brief history of the Tacoma Racing Pigeon Club
The date of the AU charter was March 14, 1934, which still hangs on the wall at the clubhouse. The photo on our home page was an original photo taken shortly after it was built in the early 1940’s.
The AU Charter shows 29 members names written on it. The earliest being 1934 and the last ones being 1941. There was room on the charter for 40 names, but the blanks were never filled in. It might have had something to do with the war in progress.
We understand that the property was purchased by C.W.Wood and the members repaid him later. He lived in the same neighborhood at the time. He became a member in 1939 and the clubhouse was built a few years later by the general membership.
In those days we understand that there was only the Tacoma club, Greater Seattle and the Everett club in this area. In the earlier years the Tacoma club flew from the east and shipped by rail as far away as eastern Idaho. The birds were shipped in wicker baskets and were instructed to be released upon arrival by railroad personnel.
Later the clubs started the Northwest Federation and flew from the south as we do now.
We welcome any input to the history of the TRPC or correction to the few paragraghs above. Email us with any information you might have!
