Mark Gilbert - Performing at St. Vincent International

The National winner Belgium from Jarnac in the category "yearlings" is Casaert-Senechal (Russeignies). The pigeon was clocked on Sunday at 16:22:40 CEST after a race of 620.099 km, achieving an average velocity of 1102.07 m/min.

The National winner Belgium from Jarnac in the category "old birds" is Dufermont Michel (Moeskroen). The pigeon was clocked on Sunday at 16:00:55 CEST after a race of 608.251 km, achieving an average velocity of 1124.48 m/min.

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The National winner England from St.-Vincent in the category "old birds" is Gilbert Mark (Windsor). The pigeon was clocked on Saturday at 08:45:26 CEST after a race of 868.973 km, achieving an average velocity of 710.855 m/min.

The National winner The Netherlands from St.-Vincent in the category "old birds" is Vork Vincent (Noorden). The pigeon was clocked on Saturday at 06:06:29 CEST after a race of 1051.62 km, achieving an average velocity of 1066.03 m/min.

The National winner Germany from St.-Vincent in the category "old birds" is Stollenwerk Hubert (Eschweiler). The pigeon was clocked on Saturday at 05:18:00 CEST after a race of 980.428 km, achieving an average velocity of 1026.63 m/min.

The National winner Belgium from St.-Vincent in the category "old birds" is Caro Jean-Marc (Verviers). The pigeon was clocked on Friday at 21:31:09 CEST after a race of 940.843 km, achieving an average velocity of 1080 m/min.

The International winner from St.-Vincent in the category "old birds" is Dominique Daniel (Retschwiller, France). The pigeon was clocked on Friday at 20:40:05 CEST after a race of 917.12 km, achieving an average velocity of 1118.33 m/min.

Seventy-four members sent two hundred and forty-eight pigeons to the British International Championship Club race from Barcelona, in conjunction with the international. They were liberated at 09.00CEST. The following is a report on the provisional result based on members' verifications.

We go back in time to 1995 and the national race from Châteauroux, where team Vermeerbergen-Wilms caught pigeon fanciers across the globe in amazement, winning a 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th national of more than 10,000 pigeons!

A national first prize does not happen overnight but sometimes you can tell from the results in previous races that a pigeon loft is up to something special. In fact, many fanciers were not surprised to see the Gino Clicque pigeon breed take home a national victory in the yearlings' race from Châteauroux II.

The past few weeks have all been about the Red Devils playing a great World Cup in Russia, with such players as Hazard, De Bruyne, Lukaku and Courtois being among the world's most renowned players. And pigeon racing has its international stars as well, one of them would be "The Barcelona" of Erik Limbourg.

These are the top performances from The Netherlands in the weekend of 12/07/2018 and 12/07/2018.

Sometimes the good things come when you least expect them. The international first prize from Barcelona for Team Freddy De Jaeger is a textbook example. This is a crowning achievement after five years of excellent work. A well deserved win!

The renowned Chipo bloodline continues to deliver for Benny Steveninck from East Flanders. They were highly successful with Grandson Pepchi (national winner of Chateauroux of 2,780 pigeons and a 1st Provincial Montluçon of 3,700 pigeons) and the team now wins a 1st Zone Gueret with another grandson: Brother Pepchi BE16-4024909.