Frans Bungeneers (Ranst, BE) - Barcelona specialist with numerous references

One of the best breeding hens of her generation is without doubt 't Goedje of Rudi De Saer. She laid the foundation for multiple generations of talented birds. This is quite a magnificent dynasty indeed, a bloodline that continues to produce talented new generations.

Monday the 27th of January, these new auctions will start: Shaun McDonough (UK), Frans Bungeneers (BE), Dean Pallatt (UK), Rutz & Sons (DE), Hardy Krüger (DE), BDS-team (BE), Veuve-Delbruyère (BE), Chris Debacker (BE) & Embregts-Theunis (NL).

Liliane Demely lived up to her reputation, claiming some impressive results again in 2019. She has clearly earned her place among Belgium's most renowned fanciers.

Michel and Peter have once again demonstrated their enormous potential, claiming another two prestigious ace pigeon titles in the international competition.

Shaun McDonough races already more than 20 years pigeons with his dad, but when his father felt that it became too much to cope with, they decided to do a total auction on PIPA. In this video Shaun presents his two main pigeons: Magic Pie & The Ultimate.

Klaas & Rik van Dorp were off to a flying start in 2019, with a title of 1st not nominated championship sprint in Rayon Central (Province 5). However, the sad passing of Klaas in June cast a dark shadow over this combination.

Wednesday the 22nd January, this new auction will start: Mark Gilbert (UK).

Last weekend's pigeon auctions raised 329.075 euro, selling 239 pigeons in total. This leads to an average sale price of 1,376 euro/bird. We walk you through each individual auction.

Monday the 20th of January, these new auctions will start: Jeroen & Stijn Rans (BE), Verweij-De Haan (NL), Jan Hooymans (NL), Gebroeders Scheele (BE), Rudi De Saer (BE), Liliane Demely (BE), Klaas & Rik Van Dorp (NL), Jewels of the sky Hyper Exclusive & Carlo Gyselbrecht (BE).

On Saturday evening, according to annual tradition, the public auction of PIPA & Les Green (Northern Premier Auctions) took place during the exhibition in Blackpool. Every year a special group of young pigeons is sold there. Again this year it was a great success, it became the most successful auction ever in Blackpool, with a total of no less than 125,000 EURO (107,100 GBP), 4,650 EUR / pigeon (3,962 GBP), for 27 youngsters.

The name of Houfflijn will always be associated with superstar Geronimo. The Geronimo dynasty has turned the Houfflijn family into an internationally renowned name, with major successes in the long distance and extreme long distance. And the success story continued in 2019.

Dehon-Demonseau, the man who raced Best Kittel, gives a bit of background on himself and the family that achieved 3 X 1. National Ace KBDB Sprint in 5 years time.

Long distance fancier Bert Vanden Berghe has had another very successful pigeon racing season, with most notably a title of 3rd best pigeon from Agen 2018-2019 in the PIPA Ranking, as well as a title of 5th Prov. Ace Pigeon middle distance KBDB East Flanders 2019.

With 3 national victories booked in only 3 years of time, Kevin Saudoyez showed the world he was one of the new leading names from the Belgian national scene. At only 31 years, he decided to face a new challenge.

The in-house pigeon family that Martin developed over the years is mainly based around three stock breeders: Rainman, Levi and New Rainman. These were then crossbred to some of the best marathon bloodlines he could find in The Netherlands and Belgium, and this led to the creation of a breed that competes with the best of the best in international marathon races.