Jan Hooymans (Kerkdriel, NL) has two new aces in his breeding loft: New Harry and Harry Junior

During the night of the 17th-18th of november, a horrible theft has been committed at Dominique Daniel. The loss is huge as among the stolen pigeons, there is a.o. the 1st & 2nd international St-Vincent 2018 as well as their parents.

Director Celestine Donough of WPROL has explained his aims for 2019. The main goal is to finalize the results as quickly as possible. Compelling condition: the files must be received within 24 hours after basketting and thus before liberation. And unfortunately this was not always the case in 2018.

Monday the 19h of November new auctions start: Leo Xue (CN), Roger Mylle (BE), Alpdag Brothers (TR), Andreas Drapa (DE), Jan Hooymans (NL), Davy Tournelle (BE), Batenburg- Van de Merwe (NL) & Arie Dijkstra (NL).

The highly successful pigeon breed of Hugo and Anita Batenburg has surprised us once again! They started the 2018 season with 4 national top 20 prizes in Pau, and they ended the season with an even better result: the fancier from South-Holland claims the title of 1st National Ace Pigeon ZLU in the national WHZB competition with Blue Ace 2018!

What is it that makes the pigeons of Alfons and Helmut Klaas perform so incredibly well in one loft races? Could it be the origins of their pigeons? But then again, there are plenty more pigeons with excellent origins. Yet, there is something that sets the Klaas pigeons apart from other pigeon families, and we can think of only one thing: these pigeons have better orientation skills than others, and they can find their way back home a lot quicker as well.

Despite his young age, each season seems looking the same for Hadrien Marsille. He has been recently crowned as National Champion Youth KBDB for the third time during his young career (2015, 2016 & 2018) but he doesn't limit himself to shine on the youth championships.

Ten auctions ended on Sunday 18th of November, raising 513,375 euro in total for 177 pigeons, or an average sale price of 2,900 euro. We briefly discuss each auction.

Hok Jos Vercammen has been a household name in pigeon racing for quite a number of years now; they have a national and international reputation thanks to their many great results. But their results of 2018 are really something else, even for team Vercammen.

The outstanding results of the A. & W. Drapa / Zhang youngbird team over the last years, has been crowned in a true champions manner in 2018 … with 1st until 8th acebird in the Sprinter Cup and 1st and 3rd National acebird Tipes competion. It’s reigning with great dominance or in other words: ‘winning the Drapa way’.

As I approach Arie's home I can already spot him sitting in his living room. Arie is not holding a pigeon this time but a guitar. As I enter the house, I spot a book about Pearl Jam. Clearly the Dijkstra family is not only about pigeon racing. Arie is musically gifted, "but I will always be a better fancier than a musician".

Up until a few hours before the start of the Gaby Vandenabeele total auction, fanciers could guess the total revenue of this auction on the PIPA website. With the auction having come to an end yesterday evening, we can now officially announce the winner of a pigeon gifted by the PEC!

Arnould and Jean-Marie Raets cannot tell if 2018 has been their best season ever. They are racing in a trio with Kenny, the 30 year old son of Arnoul, and their loft is located in the town of Kortessem in the province of Limburg. They have another big star in their loft with Strong Lady (BE16-2249108), which became 1st National Ace Pigeon shorter middle distance old birds.

On the door of many pigeon fanciers it still shines: the PIPA-calendar of 2017/2018 that was so popular at the most important shows in the world. PIPA now offers the opportunity to ensure a position on its successor: the PIPA-calendar 2019!

Almost 6.6 million euro and well over 8,000 euro on average for more than 800 pigeons - those are staggering numbers indeed. Here is a summary of the auction.

The often harsh weather conditions that we saw throughout the 2018 season felt like they were tailored for the fantastic Laureaat Barcelona bloodline of Carlo Gyselbrecht. These are the conditions in highly talented birds prevail. And it showed in the results: the team claimed several national top 100 prizes in the extreme long distance.