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21/02/2013 - The second part of the auction season 2012-2013 has already started a while ago. The second part will run from the beginning of February till the beginning of June. In that period we will again offer many quality birds.

20/01/2013 - A few minutes ago one of the most sensational auctions of this season started, that of the best Dutch one day long distance loft Marcel Sangers. All his breeders, his entire racing team and a selection of (many inbred) youngsters are sold in an auction that is bound to become legendary … keyword; quality of the next level.

11/01/2013 - In the one of the most difficult and testing seasons on record, this partnership have just completed another successful year by winning 14 federation trophies including all averages and finishing federation champions for the 13th time in the 28 years since joining the Lanarkshire Fed, an unbelievable strike rate of nearly 50% in the most competitive federation in Scotland.

31/12/2012 - At the end of every year we publish an overview of the most read articles (including the translations) on our website. For 2012 we split the list in two: yesterday we published number ten to six, today we present you with the top five.

30/12/2012 - At the end of every year we publish an overview of the most read articles (including the translations) on our website. For 2012 we split the list in two: today we publish part one with the numbers 10 to 6; tomorrow we give you the first five articles on the list.

30/12/2012 - Sunday two auctions are ending, below you find an intro on both auctions. First auction ends at 1pm Belgium time

27/12/2012 - On the 21st of January 2013, the total auction (except for the raced 2012 young birds) of Marcel Sangers (Eefde, NL) starts. Here you can already find a collection of what this colony has to offer.

25/12/2012 - Christmas is a time when everybody should be happy; a time when people give presents and spend the long and cold winter evenings together. The entire PIPA team wishes you and your family a happy Christmas!

23/12/2012 - Today four auctions are ending, below an intro on every auction. U find these auctions by clicking 'Auctions' in your menu.

21/12/2012 - Ko van Dommelen from Sint Philipsland in The Netherlands has won our prestigious IATP ranking with a comfortable lead. The Belgian Luc Wiels from Roosdaal took the silver medal and the German Rudolf Grün from Wincheringen completed the international podium.

18/12/2012 - The auction of Norbert Ally finished with a total amount of 272.992 euro. Not less than 7 persons were very close to this total amount with a difference less than 5.000 euro. As announced, we only could select 3 winners between them.

18/12/2012 - The young birds’ auction of Gerard Koopman (Ermerveen, NL) begins on Monday 17th December. Those who would like to take a closer look at the pigeons can do so on the viewing day.

16/12/2012 - This weekend 3 auctions are ending at PIPA: total auction Norbert Ally (minus yb 2012), total auction Thibaut-Boons (minus yb 2012) and a round of young birds of Marijke Vink (with DNA). Below an intro on every auction.

14/12/2012 - Some of our visitors were wondering what happened to the login menu. Well, we have put it at the top of our homepage!

09/12/2012 - In the past few weeks PIPA has welcomed three new employees. We would like to introduce them to you.

08/12/2012 - Every year Nikolaas Gyselbrecht and Luna Lai travel to China to pay a visit to a few important Chinese clients. This time they were accompanied by Annekatrien Vinck and Chonin Kuo, two new PIPA employees who were very enthusiastic and eager to know more about pigeon racing in China.

07/12/2012 - It was not so long ago that the New Freddy BE09-5052387 achieved worldwide fame with his title of first National Ace Pigeon Grand Middle Distance KBDB for Pierre Mathijs. That was in 2010, the same year when the PIPA Elite Centre decided to purchase this top class cock to turn him into a great breeder. In only two years he has gained a reputation as an outstanding breeding pigeon.

06/12/2012 - In the 2012-2013 auction season, which has been ongoing for a couple of months now, many birds have been sold so far but not all have been paid for. We are now reselling those non-paid birds.

05/12/2012 - Now that the days are shortening and 2013 is coming up, it's again time for our annual Christmas quiz. If you want yourself to pull out a nice present from under the Christmas tree, you should definitely participate.

05/12/2012 - Given the numerous phone calls and e-mails of fanciers asking us when the Norbert Ally auction will start, we wish to inform you that the auction will go online around 15:00 on Wednesday the 5th of December.

02/12/2012 - After the example of the forum topic 'Duivenhokken / Pigeon Lofts', in which fanciers can have pictures of their lofts published, we created the forum topic 'Uw beste duif / Your champion'. In this topic fanciers can have some photos of their best pigeon as well as its results posted.