Take a bet in our PIPA quiz following the Gaby Vandenabeele auction

Monday October 22th, 6 new auctions will start: Norbert Ally (BE), Guy Nihoul (BE), Gebroeders van den Brande (BE), Jelle Jellema (BE), Victoria Falls World Challenge Pigeon Race (ZIM) & Ian Stafford (UK)

Four different auctions closed on Sunday, and we briefly discuss each one below.

The OLR Derby Costa De Sol in Malaga had its 6th edition this year. This edition shows once again that the race organizers and their team have a lot going for them.

This ranking takes into account your 7 best results won in all races with a distance of between 300 and 799.999km that are part of the provincial racing competition. At least one result needs to have been won in a race of between 500 and 799.999km. The pigeons in this ranking have to be born in 2017 or earlier. This ranking is based on all the prizes that were won in competitions that have been acknowledged by the province AFTER the union competition. They need to count at least for the national championships sprint. They need to count at least for the national championships sprint. As for the long distance, we take into account all the results won in the entire province (If this is not possible due to asynchronous releases within a single province, we take into account the largest possible joint competition within the province.)

This PIPA ranking shows us which are the best pigeons from Argenton with 2 prizes. The available national, zonal and provincial results of Argenton I, II & III 2017 & 2018 were used for the calculation of ranking.

PIPA was invited as a special guest to the AU convention in Chicago in 2018. The Convention includes seminars, an exclusive public auction with birds provided from PIPA clients, a race, ... Top racers from Europe are also attending the event. Bart Geerinckx, Jelle Roziers, Adrien Mirabelle, Tom Van Gaver, Sakis Minovgioudis, Nikolaas Gyselbrecht,... will be present. Also Big Andy will be present. Updates of the trip will be done here regularly.

This PIPA ranking shows us which are the best pigeons from Argenton in 2018. The available national, zonal and provincial results of Argenton I, II & III 2018 were used for the calculation of ranking.

He claimed more than 26 first prizes, he won a 1st Zone B1 from Gueret, he claimed a 2-3-4-5-8 on a single day, and he even won the first 15 prizes in a single race. It goes to show that the Benny Steveninck pigeons were once again outstanding in 2018; they were at times impossible to beat!

Many fanciers dream of winning a national championship title or national ace pigeon title one day. Well, Gino Clicque was able to win both prizes in 2018 alone! He did even better: he not only won the national championship yearlings in the extreme long distance, he also claimed a 1st and 2nd national ace pigeon title in this category.

Rockefeller put the icing on the cake after another brilliant season for Marc De Cock, winning perhaps the most difficult ace pigeon competition in Belgium: 1st National Ace Pigeon All-Round KBDB 2018. Marc got his DNA tested and Rockefeller has the rare gene combination LDHA AB DRD4 CTCC!

This ranking takes into account your 12 best results won in all races with a distance of between 60 and 799.999km that are part of the provincial racing competition. At least two results needs to have been won in a race of between 500 and 799.999km. The pigeons in this ranking have to be born in 2017 or earlier. As for the sprint and the middle distance, this ranking is based on the results that were won in the competitions that have been acknowledged by the province AFTER the union competition. They need to count at least for the national championships sprint. As for the long distance, we take into account the results won in the provincial competition overall. (If this is not possible due to asynchronous releases within a single province, we take into account the largest possible joint competition within the province.)

It is often said that a female fancier can do wonders with pigeons, and Annick Goeteyn illustrates that season after season. She added another 13 first prizes to her palmares this season, including a provincial win from Orleans, and she had the fastest old bird in West Flanders both in Bourges and Chateauroux. Well done!

Monday October 14th, 7 new auctions will start: Brugse Barcelona Club (BE), Kristof Mortelmans (BE), Hok Reijnen Bolton (NL), Andreas Drapa (DE), Gino Clicque (BE), Comb. Elzinga (NL) & Daniel Bucaciuc (BE).

31 pigeons were sold on Sunday, across four smaller auctions. Here is a closer look at each event.

Barcelona Triple 5 is Erik Limbourg's sensational new racing bird. He started his impressive triple in 2017 with a 5th National from Barcelona, and he won the exact same prize again in 2018. On top of that, he also claimed a 5th National Perpignan this season. Or that is what was supposed to happen at least.