Andrew Kirkman (Frieston, UK) wins the North Road Championship Club race from Thurso 2019

Top pigeons as De Witbuik, Super Rossi, the Millennium couple and their offspring are still a guarantee for succes for Peter Theunis. These pigeons always perform at the highest level, whether or not crossed with the best pigeons of the Dutch and Belgian pigeon sport.

Last Saturday the National one day long distance race Vierzon was on the program for the Dutch pigeon fanciers. In addition to the National winner, the Netherlands also has a winner for each Sector (4 Sectors). Here we present you the National winner and the 'National' winner per Sector.

When you talk about the marathon races, this loft from the french speaking part of Belgium is from high value and each year is an opportunity to bring more success to the name of Stéphane & Alex Depasse as well as their friend Jo Lardenoye. This year, they were once again put under the spotlights after their performance on the major race from the calendar: Barcelona.

The racing season for old pigeons ended with a 1st Prov. Souillac YL, 1st Prov. Narbonne YL and 2nd Prov. Perpignan for Etienne Meirlaen in one week after having already won 1st Prov. and 2nd Nat. St. Vincent. Also the best long distance pigeon over 3 races in Belgium in 2019 resides in the lofts of Etienne in Deurle. A new top season for team Meirlaen!

Kurt & Raf Platteeuw will sell their entire colony on PIPA (minus the pigeons born in 2018/2019) plus some young birds from the very best pigeons, in March/April 2020.

"It is the first time that I manage to get 3 pigeons 2 times in the first 23 National for a race of +600 km against 6 and 7000 pigeons. All 6 pigeons have the same pedigree, they come from my very best pigeons."

These are the top performances from The Netherlands in the weekend of 10/08/2019 and 11/08/2019.

These are the top performances from Belgium in the weekend of 10/08/2019 and 11/08/2019.

The National winner England from Perpignan in the category "old birds" is Preece & Son (Dover). The pigeon was clocked on Sunday at 11:17:41 CEST after a race of 959.484 km, achieving an average velocity of 780.27 m/min.

Preliminary ranking in the category KBDB National Ace Bird Longer Middle Distance Yearlings 2019. 'Best yearling with 4 prizes in the Belgian national races' after the races from Vierzon, Bourges I, Châteauroux I, Argenton I, Montluçon, Issoudun, Bourges II, Châteauroux II. The available national, zonal and provincial results were taken into account for this ranking.

Provisional result KBDB National Ace Bird Longer Middle Distance Old Birds 2019. 'Best old bird with 4 prizes in the Belgian national races' after the races from Vierzon, Bourges I, Châteauroux I, Argenton I, Montluçon, Issoudun, Bourges II, Châteauroux II. The available national, zonal and provincial results were taken into account for this ranking.

A new racing weekend means that our PIPA rankings have been updated.

Click here to see the results.

The seventh and final International race of the season for the British International Championship Club was held on the 3rd of August from Perpignan.

The National winner Belgium from Châteauroux II in the category "yearlings" is Poels Maarten (Berbroek). The pigeon was clocked on Saturday at 12:26:51 CEST after a race of 526.548 km, achieving an average velocity of 1973.2 m/min.