The National winner Germany from Marseille in the category "old birds" is Devers Detlef (Wesel). The pigeon was clocked on Friday at 20:59:11 CEST after a race of 956.172 km, achieving an average velocity of 1119.4 m/min.

Weather expectations: cloudy, fairly strong wind, showers, west-southwest wind

Weather expectations: cloudy, fairly strong wind, showers, west-southwest wind

The pigeons of Peter and Gwen van de Merwe have shown to be in great shape in recent weeks. They demonstrated their form in the NPO race from Argenton, winning a 1st, 2nd, 5th and 6th against 8,125 pigeons.

19,362 birds (7,910 old birds & 11,452 yearlings) will compete in this weekend's national race from Argenton.

Jelle Jellema lives up to his reputation again in 2017 with a splendid result in the national race from Barcelona. His racing hen wins a 2nd National against 4,504 pigeons, and he has no less than 10 pigeons in the top 300. A great result.

The National Flying Club race from Tarbes was liberated on the 2nd July 2017 at 07.15CEST into a light south westerly wind. The birds cleared well and the wind was veering westerly over the channel and into the UK. The following is a report on the provisional result based on members' verifications.

A total of 7,876 pigeons will participate in the national race from Libourne, with 3,928 old pigeons and 3,948 yearlings. Click here for the details per club

After his provincial first prize from Pau Etienne went on to win two provincial second prizes (2nd Prov. Agen and 2nd Prov. Barcelona) in two weeks' time, and he has now taken another provincial first prize, this time from St. Vincent. He confirms his status as a national champion in the extreme long distance.

These are the top performances from The Netherlands in the weekend of 15/07/2017 and 16/07/2017.

The unsurpassed Harry bloodline of Jan Hooymans has been victorious in the NPO race from Bourges against 4,814 pigeons: the one year old racing cock Baron Harry claimed victory and was almost victorious in the Northern Union as well against 14,322 pigeons. The pigeon that beat him was Yolanthe, winner of two first prizes. She was promptly transferred to the Hooymans breeding lofts.

Preliminary 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, Brive, Cahors were taken into account for this ranking.

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Preliminary PIPA ranking result 'Best old bird with 3 prizes in the Belgian national races' after the races from Bourges I, Châteauroux I, Argenton I. The available national, zonal and provincial results were taken into account for this ranking.

Preliminary PIPA ranking result 'Best old bird with 2 prizes in the Belgian national races' after the races from Bourges I, Châteauroux I, Argenton I. The available national, zonal and provincial results were taken into account for this ranking.