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These are the top performances from Belgium in the weekend of 22/06/2019 and 23/06/2019.

This was perhaps a result that was bound to come, because the pigeons of the Jespers-Vanderwegen combination from Holsbeek had been in great form for a number of weeks now. They claimed quite a few top results over the past several weeks, and this provincial victory was almost inevitable. The race from Blois was in fact a major success across the board.

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

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

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Having been released at 7:15am British Time, the pigeons had to face a light head wind from the north east through most of France and indeed it was not until evening time that the French began to make their recordings around the Paris area.

Steve and Denise Wiggins from Basingstoke expected a five, to five and half hour fly for the birds to cover the 290 miles to their loft, so when their widowhood cock appeared from nowhere and flew straight into the loft at four hours forty four minutes they knew they had a good one.

The International winner from Pau in the category "old birds" is Comb Baas & Berg (De Kwakel , The Netherlands). The pigeon was clocked on Sunday at 05:48:18 CEST after a race of 1064.15 km, achieving an average velocity of 1138.98 m/min.

The National winner England from Pau in the category "old birds" is Gilbert Mark (Windsor). The pigeon was clocked on Saturday at 22:06:59 CEST after a race of 905.163 km, achieving an average velocity of 1087.96 m/min.

The National winner Belgium from Pau in the category "old birds" is Dhooge Martin (Ursel). The pigeon was clocked on Sunday at 05:07:37 CEST after a race of 917.282 km, achieving an average velocity of 1026.48 m/min.

The National winner Belgium from Montauban in the category "old birds" is De Witte Marnique (Maldegem). The pigeon was clocked on Saturday at 19:51:06 CEST after a race of 801.297 km, achieving an average velocity of 1025.86 m/min.

The National winner Belgium from Argenton in the category "old birds" is Henri Michael (Froidchapelle). The pigeon was clocked on Saturday at 13:40:29 CEST after a race of 446.36 km, achieving an average velocity of 1204.81 m/min.

The first international race takes place on 22nd of June. As in previous years, you can submit the arrival of all your pigeons in the international races here on PIPA, so that your colleagues can see when and in what country the pigeons are starting to come in.