Mike Ganus welcomes Mix, winner of the 2018 SAMDPR, as the newest member of his impressive SAMDPR collection

Weather expectations: blue sky and sunny spells, cloudy, east-northeast wind

Weather expectations: blue sky, blue sky and sunny spells, cloudy, east-northeast wind

Weather expectations: blue sky, north-northeast wind

Stijn and Jeroen are a force to be reckoned with in the upcoming long distance races, having just won a 1st Prov. (589 p.), a 1st Zone B2 (2,408 p.), and a 2nd National (7,682 p.) from Valence with a fantastic prize percentage.

Victoria Falls World Challenge held the 5th ACE bird race and second Hotspot from Gweru, 450km to the South East of Victoria Falls on Saturday 16th June. A total of 655 pigeons were liberated at 7am in ideal conditions with clear skies, a maximum temperature of 27 degrees C and a slight headwind of 4km per hour.

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.

Today, Wednesday June 20th, Season Final Part 3 started

These are the top performances from Belgium in the weekend of 16/06/2018 and 17/06/2018.

Six hundred and twenty-nine members entered five thousand, one hundred and sixty pigeons into the National Flying Club race from Ancenis on 16th June 2018. They were liberated at 07.10CEST and the winner was clocked seven hours, twenty-nine minutes and forty-six seconds later at the Salford loft of John Crehan, also known as The Manchester Maestro.

These are the top performances from The Netherlands in the weekend of 16/06/2018 and 17/06/2018.

In only their third season after re-starting racing Stafford and Wilson of Saltburn, UK have won the Queen's Cup, the highest achievement in the north-east of England's pigeon racing scene. In this article we hear about the preparation for the race and the weekend of the race itself.

11,739 will participate in this year's race from Pau, making it the most successful edition in the race's history.

Supreme racer and breeder Mark Gilbert finished 1st in the British International Championship Club race from Poitiers, flown on Saturday 9th June.

Provisional result in PIPA-ranking: Best old bird with 2 prizes in the one day long distance races. The available national, zonal and provincial results of Limoges I, Valence, Cahors were taken into account for this ranking.

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.