New auction: Season Final - Part 1

Jan Hooymans scored a two out of two this weekend: he took the win in the NPO one day long distance race from Gien with a son of Sister Harry, against 4,581 pigeons. And he was victorious again in Asse-Zellik, this time with a son of Harry Junior.

The national and zonal results of the national race from Cahors are available.

Six different auctions closed today, Sunday 17th of June, and each one is briefly summarised below.

Where does it end! The descendants of the Laureaat Barcelona bloodline continue to leave their mark on the international pigeon racing competition. The breeding value of this bloodline is nothing short of amazing.

The National winner Belgium from Cahors in the category "old birds" is Bauters Jo (Gavere). The pigeon was clocked on Saturday at 16:15:08 CEST after a race of 733.507 km, achieving an average velocity of 1321.32 m/min.

Racing Team ADK was the only team in Belgium with no less than 5 yearlings in the top 100 of the national results in Chateauroux. This is another great result, with their outstanding performance from Vierzon still fresh in our memories.

These prizes were won with their first nominated pigeon, a talented racing bird that won a 2nd Prov. Vierzon three weeks earlier. He is a grandson of the iconic breeder and 1st Nat. Ace Pigeon Longer Middle Distance KBDB 2010 New Freddy. The yearlings did great as well, starting with a 2nd Provincial, just like in Valence. It was a very successful weekend!

Some things never change, especially not in pigeon racing. Some fanciers manage to achieve great results every single week, season after season, and Benny Steveninck is clearly one of them. The fancier from Hamme has had another very successful early season in 2018.

Two hundred and forty-one members entered one thousand, six hundred and sixty-one birds into the British Barcelona Club race from Messac. They were held over on the Saturday and due to bad weather they were brought back to Fougeres where they were liberated at 10.00CEST on the Sunday into a light south south east-wind. The following is a report on the provisional result.

Nothing pleases a fancier quite as much as getting great results with your team in your own loft. Nonetheless, it can be even more satisfying to see other fanciers get great results with your own pigeons.

These are the top performances from The Netherlands in the weekend of 09/06/2018 and 10/06/2018.

He has won 13 provincial and national titles over the past three seasons, and Adrien Mirabelle started the 2018 season with great flair as well. Numerous top results were won in Ghlin but the first real highlight of the year came on 2nd of June: a 1st Provincial Limoges, won by a highly talented bird with a remarkable pedigree.

These are the top performances from Belgium in the weekend of 09/06/2018 and 10/06/2018.

It was another renowned Belgian pigeon fancier that has just won the first long distance classic on the national calendar: Limoges I, or the Paris-Roubaix of the Belgian pigeon racing competition.

Two hundred and sixty-six members entered one thousand, eight hundred and seventy pigeons into the British International Championship Club race from Poitiers. They were liberated at 06.45CEST into a light south-east wind. The following is a report on the provisional result based on members verifications.