Ronny Menten has been a household name in the national and provincial longer middle distance competition for several years now. His palmares includes most notably a 1st National Bourges II in 2016 against 10,173 yearlings. Ronny has also been particularly successful thanks to his recent introductions from the invaluable breeding loft of Gino Clicque.

130 members entered 508 pigeons into the British International Championship Club race from Pau in conjunction with the international. Due to poor weather the birds were moved back to Mont-de-Marsan and after a one day holdover they were liberated at 07.35CEST into west north-westerly winds. The following is a report on the UK provisional result.

Most fanciers spend their entire career looking for that one stock breeder that can take their racing team to a higher level. Bart Geerinckx has come across one such pigeon in his collection: Gladiator. This breeding bird enabled him to gain international fame, and just as importantly his colleagues were able to benefit from it as well, also in 2017.

Last week the team celebrated its provincial victory from Valence, and last weekend they were victorious once again, this time winning a provincial first prize from Chateauroux against 4,740 yearlings.

The National winner England from Pau in the category "old birds" is Childs Dean (Basildon). The pigeon was clocked on Saturday at 18:58:21 CEST after a race of 856.725 km, achieving an average velocity of 1152.519 m/min.

The International winner from Pau in the category "old birds" is Ed Maat (Limmen, The Netherlands). The pigeon was clocked on Saturday at 20:45:49 CEST after a race of 1036.4 km, achieving an average velocity of 1310.54 m/min.

The National winner The Netherlands from Pau in the category "old birds" is Ed Maat (Limmen). The pigeon was clocked on Saturday at 20:45:49 CEST after a race of 1036.4 km, achieving an average velocity of 1310.54 m/min.

The National winner Germany from Pau in the category "old birds" is Herbots-Heller (Zweibrücken). The pigeon was clocked on Saturday at 18:38:39 CEST after a race of 850.58 km, achieving an average velocity of 1281.67 m/min.

The National winner France from Pau in the category "old birds" is Thullier-Sébastien (Villeneuve D'asq). The pigeon was clocked on Saturday at 18:04:00 CEST after a race of 796.27 km, achieving an average velocity of 1265.93 m/min.

The National winner Belgium from Pau in the category "old birds" is Rans Stijn & Jeroen (Wijgmaal). The pigeon was clocked on Saturday at 18:43:02 CEST after a race of 872.735 km, achieving an average velocity of 1306.42 m/min.

The National winner Belgium from Cahors in the category "old birds" is Comb Faes-Wils (Mol-Rauw). The pigeon was clocked on Saturday at 19:10:22 CEST after a race of 795.557 km, achieving an average velocity of 1252.12 m/min.

The National winner Belgium from Argenton I in the category "yearlings" is De Bisschop Gustaaf (Asse). The pigeon was clocked on Saturday at 12:50:06 CEST after a race of 519.705 km, achieving an average velocity of 1623.57 m/min.

The National winner Belgium from Argenton I in the category "old birds" is Van Horenbeeck Leo (Wijgmaal). The pigeon was clocked on Saturday at 13:02:30 CEST after a race of 535.573 km, achieving an average velocity of 1610.75 m/min.

36,004 birds have been basketed for this weekend's national race from Argenton, which is more than last year's 31,939 pigeons.

All preliminary results of Brive 2017 are now available online.