As an eight-year-old boy I got introduced to the pigoen sport from my grandfather, and have been loving it since. At that time there was only a participation at sprint races. We had won some local championships under the name Vandingenen-Vreys . Even this early, I achieved a second place at the Antwerp youth championships. From 1999,  I participated independenly in Zepperen and later in Ordingen (Limburg). At a later time my son Ian has joined me in the pigeon sport. We have been proudly playing under the name Ian and Peter Vreys.