First hotspot of the Victoria Falls World Challenge Pigeon Race on Saturday, May 25

41,989 (24,078 old birds & 17,911 yearlings) pigeons have been basketed for the first national race of this season. Last year, 39,411 birds were basketed.

Weather expectations: rather cloudy, showers, north wind, northwest wind

We are four weeks into the new season, and Annick Goeteyn has consistently been in the lead group. It resulted in a first prize from Clermont, as well as three second places from Arras and Clermont. She yet again settled for second place provincial in the first provincial race of 2019.

Thursday 23rd of May at 5PM the auction of Freddy & Jacques Vandenheede will start. This auction will run until Sunday June 2nd.

The first race of the 2019 season for the National Flying Club took place on the 19th May after a one day holdover and as it unfolded it became one of the most challenging for a long time so early in the season. The overall winner was Phil Priddle from Southampton.

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These are the top performances from Belgium in the weekend of 18/05/2019 and 19/05/2019.

A number of American and Canadan fanciers have scored high marks in Big Andy's one loft challenge. What was remarkable was the high number of prize winners that are related to the Roziers pigeon breed.

These are the top performances from The Netherlands in the weekend of 18/05/2019 and 19/05/2019.

The sprint fanciers from Northern Holland will no longer have to try and keep up with the sprint train of Jan Kuijzer. Jan, who was a Household name at national level, is forced to quit the sport which he repeatedly excelled in.

The National winner Belgium from Vierzon in the category "old birds" is Vandenheede Freddy en Jacques (Kruisem). The pigeon was clocked on Saturday at 14:44:22 CEST after a race of 426.87 km, achieving an average velocity of 1425.91 m/min.

The National winner Belgium from Vierzon in the category "yearlings" is Vandenheede Freddy en Jacques (Kruisem). The pigeon was clocked on Saturday at 14:44:38 CEST after a race of 426.87 km, achieving an average velocity of 1424.64 m/min.

Number of pigeons : 20,962 old birds, 11,606 yearlings, 32,568 in total.

Kurt & Raf Platteeuw are right where they wanted to be, as they continue their winning streak from 2018 (and the previous year): they claim a double interprovincial first prize from Blois, or a 1st and 2nd of 4,845 pigeons. This is quite a head start.

These are the top performances from Belgium in the weekend of 11/05/2019 and 12/05/2019.