PIPA visits the AU Convention in Chicago (USA) - today final race Hoosier OLR! 1st prize is 250,000 us dollar!

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.

This PIPA ranking shows us which are the best pigeons from Châteauroux with 4 prizes. The available national, zonal and provincial results of Chateauroux I, II, III & IV 2017 & 2018 were used for the calculation of ranking.

After the DVV-Pigeons auction at the end of 2017, the combination started the 2018 racing season in a slightly changed form. It was the start of a new challenge and a new adventure for Johan De Vroe and Rudi Vandeputte.

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!

Several years ago Simeon Monev got involved in the pigeon sport and since then he has gone from strength to strength. He has built his family of Desmet-Mattjs pigeons around one particular pigeon, De Crazy 204 (BE04-4143204), a granddaughter of the famous de Gullit (BE92-4490676).

This PIPA ranking shows us which are the best pigeons from Châteauroux with 3 prizes. The available national, zonal and provincial results of Chateauroux I, II, III & IV 2017 & 2018 were used for the calculation of ranking.

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

Harry drew out his last breath in August, and his descendants paid homage to this fantastic pigeon, delivering some fantastic results over the course of the 2018 season. We zoom in on some of the most remarkable results.

Tjeerd and Jouke Elzinga maintain their position as one of the leading names in The Netherlands, after another great racing season. Their many top results can be mainly attributed to a select group of top class birds, including Esmee, New Hope, and Hallilujah.

This PIPA ranking shows us which are the best pigeons from Châteauroux with 3 prizes. The available national, zonal and provincial results of Chateauroux I, II, III, IV 2018 were used for the calculation of ranking.

Today, monday October 8th, 4 new auctions will start. These auctions will all end on Sunday October 21th.

Four different auctions ended last Sunday, with a revenue of 133,625 euro for 90 pigeons. Here is a brief summary for each auction.