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As usual there was also a viewing day this year, on the 6th of February, at Gerard Koopman's in Ermerveen (the Netherlands). To give those who couldn’t be there an idea of how such a viewing day is like, we have made a short film for you.
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Just like we see during the national days of the KBDB in Ostend, the second day of the Fugare was not as busy as the first on Saturday.
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The rankings of the best Acebirds from Perpignan over the last 2, 3, 4 and 5 years are known. The winners are all Dutch: Jaap Van der Velden (2007-2011 & 2008-2011), Philip Geerdink (2009-2011) and Ad Fortuin (2010-2011).
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Alwin Petrie is maybe the best short and middle distance fancier in The Netherlands. Since the nineties he is the king of massive victories, all thanks to his golden breeding loft. He formed the golden lines of ‘Famous 05’ and ‘James Bond’ into a unique colony and bred new Int. top aces from them with ‘Porsche Bond’ (1. prov. ace, g.father 3x 1. NPO) & ‘Mister Bond’ (1. prov. ace & 1. NPO) …
Trip
Not only was the Fugare exhibition a bestseller, but also the party evening from ‘PiPa’ and ‘Het Duivenblad’ which took place on Saturday evening directly after the exhibition in the Xpo-rooms in Kortrijk was a real topper!
Trip
During his holiday on the beautiful volcanic Canary Island of Lanzarote, PIPA CEO Nikolaas Gyselbrecht took the time to visit some of the local fanciers to see how they experience pigeon racing.
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Today is the final day for 2 auctions: first there is the auction of 10 young birds of Chris Hebberecht, then there is the total auction (minus yb 2011 and 2012) of Arie Dijkstra. Below an intro on both auctions. The first auction is ending at noon (12.00pm) Belgium time.
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At the General Assembly of the Belgian pigeon association KBDB last Friday, the national race calender 2012 was adopted. It is now certain that the international race from Tarbes from last season is replaced by a race from St. Vincent.
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For over 20 years, pigeon fanciers in the UK have been paying the price for the bird of prey breeding and protection programmes. Now the situation has seriously become out of control, with attacks on racing pigeons from protected peregrine falcons and sparrow hawks.
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It is Arie Dijkstra, son of ex-professional soldier and National NPO Extreme Distance Champion 2011 Enne Dijkstra who has caused furore in all the race, competitions and championships over the last few years. With his 46 summers young he is still young and certainly ambitious. Yet he decided to sell his entire loft on PIPA, with the exception of the youngsters 2011 and 2012.
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During the night between Saturday the 11th of February and Sunday the 12th of February a total of 39 pigeons were stolen from the lofts of André Colbrandt. It was largely yearlings 2011 for own use.
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This week 3 new auctions have started: February Auction II, Vandenheede F&J: Auction of 28 young birds from the best breeders, and Team Hlavica: Auction of their 13 best young birds 2011.
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You've had to wait longer than usual... but on Saturday the 18th of February 2012 it will take place, we will all put on our 'party hats'… for the ‘Party’ from PIPA. It will take place at… the ‘Fugare’ exhibition in Kortrijk Xpo!
Race Report
The weekend of 10th -12th February saw the annual get together of the members of the British International Championship Club to honour the winners of the club’s National and International races for the 2011 season.
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With the foundation of his loft build around “Carl Lewis” Hardy Kruger has achieved the almost impossible against strongest International competition been it the most recent Olympiad or competing in the hardest OLR race in the world!
