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04/09/2009 : Championship Of The World - September 5th 2009 - Barenton Bugny

Organizer: Federation Colombophile Française
Introduction:

Following 2003 Olympiads in Liévin, we will be honored and pleased to welcome you in this weekend of September 4 and 5, 2009 on the magnificent site of Natur'Agora, in the department of the Aisne, in Barenton-Bugny, on the occasion of the World Championship.

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Location
The city of Barenton-Bugny is located about ten kilometers away from the city of Laon, in the department of the Aisne (02), at equal distance between Saint-Quentin and Reims, close to the A26 motorway; at about 150 km northeast of Paris.
A 70-meter-long dovecote, capable to host more than 900 pigeons is built on a former sugar factory.

Access

  • Coming from Paris
    Take the A1 motorway towards Lille and exit in Compiègne.
  • While coming from Lille
    To take the A1 motorway towards Paris. Once in Arras, take the A26 motorway towards Saint-Quentin and Laon. Exit in Laon: Natur'Agora is located 5 km from there.
  • Coming from the East
    Take the A26 motorway towards Reims and Laon. Exit in Laon: Natur'Agora is located 5 km from there.
  • By plane
    From Paris, take the train at "Gare du Nord" station towards Laon, then to take a taxi to Natur'Agora.

History of the site
Six associations specialized in the environment united around a vast program to create Natur'Agora association. Hunters, fishers, hikers, pigeon fanciers, the ADREE (Association for the Development of Research and the Teaching on the Environment) and the Aisne Olympic and Sports Committee; all, actors and defenders of Nature are united in the same building in order to share their practices, their sensitivities, their visions of Nature and the way to practice their activities in the goal to valorize the natural heritage.
In this unusually rich setting of the basins of Cohayons, all these actors have settled to build the Aisne vast dovecote that will welcome the next World Championship.
The "agora" is the square where Greek citizens used to meet, the heart of the city, the place where citizens fully enjoyed their position of city-dwellers.
The name chosen for this center in the Aisne here claims for the quality of an agora, as a place dedicated to Nature, a place that your pigeons will appreciate.

Welcome of the pigeons
We welcome will take place from April 1 to April 30, 2009.
Pigeons must arrive at Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy. The person in charge, Mr. Desjardins, will be present to receive them. You can also bring them directly to Natur'Agora in Barenton-Bugny (arrowed course) where the trainer, Rudy Berton, will welcome them.
For all information, you can contact the administrative services of the French Racing Pigeon Association (FCF).

Careful : in order to import pigeons on the French territory, you/they must "be in possession" of :

  • a sanitary certificate ;
  • their pedigrees + property credentials ;
  • a declaration of vaccination against the illness of Newcastle (vaccine used to be mentioned) ;
  • a so-called "Pro Forma Invoice" mentioning that the pigeon as "no Commercial Value".

Please convey the expedition date to us at least one week before sending. Pigeons shall be min 30 days old and shall possess their property credentials (cardboard) as well as their pedigree. Once received in Natur'Agora, pigeons will become the property of the event promotor.

FEDERATION COLOMBOPHILE FRANÇAISE (FCF)
54, Boulevard Carnot 59000 Lille France
Tel.: +33 3.20.06.82.87
Fax: +33 3.20.15.01.57
E-mail: tffrnc r.d@nofe

Training flights and final races
Training flights will start as of mid-June.
The program of the event, the flights schedule and other the information will be available on : www.colombophiliefr.com
Training: 4 training flights are planned on 40, 50, 60 and 70 km.
Then four races will take place as follows:

  • Sézanne: August 7, 2009, 100 km 720
  • Sense: August 14, 2009, 200 km 811
  • Auxerre: August 21,2009, 200 km 811
  • Sézanne: August 28, 2009, 100 km 720

The final race will take place on September 5, 2009 either on Poitiers: 415 km or on Riom : 416 km, depending of the weather.
These four races plus the final race will lead to the calculation of the Ace Pigeon.

Booking of hotel rooms

  • Hotel of the Banner of France 63 EUR per room
    11, Rue Franklin Roosevelt
    02000 Laon
    Tel: +33 3.23.23.21.44
    Fax: +33 3.23.23.31.56
  • Hotel Ibis 63 EUR per room
    1134, Avenue Georges Pompidou
    02000 Laon
    Tel: +33 3.23.20.18.11
  • Hotel 1st class 37 EUR per room
    Rue Nicolas Appert
    02000 Laon
    Tel: +33 8.92.70.72.98
  • Hotel Saint Vincent 58 EUR per room
    Avenue Charles de Gaulle
    02000 Laon
    Tel: +33 3.23.23.42.43
  • Hotel Campanile 68 EUR per room
    Avenue Charles de Gaulle
    02000 Laon
    Tel: +33 3.23.23.15.05
  • Relais Château de Courcelles
    8, Rue du Château
    02220 Courcelleses-sur-Vesles
    Tel: +33 3.23.74.63.13
  • Hôtel Mercure
    Parc nautique de l'Ailette
    02860 Chamouille
    Tel: +33 3.23.24.84.85

Programme
Friday September 4, 2009

  • From 2 to 6 pm : - Welcome of the foreign delegations
    Registration of the pigeons of the World Championship
  • Starting at 6 pm : Axonnaise welcome party

Saturday September 5, 2009

  • 9:30 am : Official welcome of foreign delegations at Natur'Agora
  • Starting at 10:30 am : Visit of Natur'Agora complex
  • 12:00 am : Lunch in a marquee
  • Around 2:00 pm : Arrival of the pigeons
  • Starting at 5:00 pm : Sale of a few pigeons
  • 8:00 pm : Gala and presentation of the World Championship prizes

The program could be modified according to the meteorological conditions.

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