Race Report
After several weeks of tiresome weather, during the weekend of May 12th and 13th our pigeons were treated to lovely flying weather with head wind, from north to northwest on Saturday and north to northeast on Sunday. Weather ideally suited to show off the best performers!
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We regret to announce the death of Louis Van Loon from Poppel, a celebrated pigeon fancier. The strain which Louis developed during his longstanding career always guaranteed success, even the greatest pigeon fanciers came to Poppel for top-quality birds. Louis himself always kept it simple. He died at the age of 89…
Race Report
After several weeks of tiresome weather, during the weekend of May 12th and 13th our pigeons were treated to lovely flying weather with head wind, from north to northwest on Saturday and north to northeast on Sunday. Weather ideally suited to show off the best performers!
News
The auction of the Janssen Brothers ends Sunday 13th of May at 3pm Belgium time! In total, you are able to bid on 20 auction lots containing 26 pigeons.
Pigeon & loft
Every four weeks on a Saturday, we will select some very interesting questions and answers concerning a certain topic (disease, medicines, etc.) and publish them on our homepage. Today's topic is adenovirus type I or young bird sickness.
Pigeon & loft
In the United Kingdom there are a number of different unions governing the sport of pigeon racing, the main one being the Royal Pigeon Racing Association. HM the Queen is the patron of the RPRA and maintains a loft of pigeons on her Sandringham Estate, hence the Royal title.
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On Tuesday 24th of April the Belgian TV channel ‘VTM’ broadcast a report on the Belgian pigeon sport in their late night news show ‘Telefacts’. You can watch the show here.
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Once again a select band of British lofts are offering birds bred in the ‘purple’ from their very best stock to PIPA and their clients. Believe me I know most of these fanciers personally and to a man I can assure you that they have been fearless in the acquisition of their base bloodlines.
Race Report
The races of the first weekend of May ran a difficult course, and one of the biggest downers: the weather! There is optimism still because the weather can only get better, even for last weekend’s best performers!
Race Report
The first weekend of May had its ups and downs. The races had a difficult run, postponed releases, non-released pigeons, ... There was just one party pooper as usual: the weather!
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After the many positive replies to last year’s double interview between the brothers Vandenheede and Verreckt-Ariën the same thing was done over again with 2 other icons of the international pigeon sport, namely Etienne Meirlaen & Erik Limbourg.
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Convoyers are invaluable in pigeon racing, and that is why the Belgian newspaper Het Belang van Limburg, together with pitts.be decided to follow them throughout the weekend to make an objective, uncritical and uncensored report. The goal was to give the pigeon fancier an idea of what happens with their pigeons whilst they are transported to the site where they are released.
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Since january 2012, PIPA already sold more than 2400 pigeons. In the last 4 months, there were only 7 people out of all of our buyers who didn't pay for their purchases.
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The last weekend of April will go down in history as one of the worst weekend racing ever in the UK. Rain and strong North Easterly winds meant that many races were held over from Saturday till Monday. One such organisation was the British International Championship Club. This club organises the International race programme for the UK and has a series of National races.
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Refreshing, exclusive and top measure made. These are keywords for the layout of the second version of the PIPA Collectors Edition. With the deadline for entree coming up, the sublime PIPA book gets its refurbished look.
