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”
If there is one person who has sound instincts for pigeons, it is Leo Heremans from
the town of Vorselaar in Belgium. Starting in the 1980s and on to his record sales in
2013, Leo dominated short distance racing in the Kempen region, especially in the
highly competitive combines Zesverbond and Tienverbond, though he also had pigeons
that were very successful on the middle distance race. He became provincial champion
middle distance young pigeons together with Marcel Mols already in the beginning
of the 1990’s.
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!
