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08/10/2014 - On Wednesday the 8th of October 2014, at 7 pm, the auction of Jelle Jellema will start. This auction will end on Sunday the 19th of October 2014.

24/02/2014 - On 24 February, Yong Lin's total auction (minus young birds of 2013 and 2014) will start. You can now browse through the English catalogue listing all pigeons included in this sale. The aucion will end on Sunday 9 March.

09/01/2014 - The week leading up to the fifth Hot Spot Car Race was quiet and uneventful mainly thanks to New Year, however the pigeons still got in three 50km training flights before the Hot Spot.

01/01/2014 - Just as in the past three seasons we end the year with an overview of our website’s most read articles (including translations). Today we give you numbers ten to six; the top five will be published tomorrow.

31/12/2013 - The auction of Gerard Koopman finished with an average amount of 3723 euros. No less than five fanciers were very close with a difference of 3 euros or less. Unfortunately, only three people win a prize.

31/12/2013 - Following yesterday’s part one we give you part two of the most read articles on our website (including translations).

29/12/2013 - This weekend 6 auctions will end. On Saturday the 28th of December Middle Distance Auction and Flavigny-Wozniack and on Sunday the 29th of December Gebr. Van Toor, Gerard Koopman, Mark Gilbert and Freialdenhofen & Sons.

28/12/2013 - With the rainy weather continuing in the week before the fourth Hot Spot Car Race, once again there were the all too familiar concerns about rain and strong head winds on the day of the Hot Spot Car Race; what the pigeons had to face though was light tail winds at liberation and perfect blue skies.

24/12/2013 - Christmas is the beginning of new life with the birth of Jesus, the messiah. Today people are less and less interested in this story, if at all. Church and religion have lost their appeal and yet we all believe in something, for instance in a better future or in a dream coming true. We all believe in our own way.

22/12/2013 - On Sunday 22 December three auctions will end. We would like to present them to you one last time.

18/12/2013 - PIPA made another trip to China at the end of November to visit the pigeon exhibitions of Langfang and Wuhan and to meet several of our PIPA clients in person.

16/12/2013 - We are coming towards the end of the year so it is time for our annual Christmas quiz. This time the winner of this quiz will have to make some room for a PEC youngster in his loft. We will also be giving away a number of PIPA gifts.

12/12/2013 - From 16 to 29 December 2013 the yearly Koopman Auction will run in which Gerard Koopman and his team offer a round of youngsters. You can now browse through the catalogue of this sale.

10/12/2013 - On 8 December five auctions will end. We would like to present them to you one last time.

10/12/2013 - One of the hardest challenges that the loft staff face is the decision to make to liberate or not. In the week running up the third Hot Spot Car Race the weather forecasts were bleak, with rain and very strong head winds forecast.

05/12/2013 - La Colombe Joyeuse has appointed Michèle Van Bael as its new president. She succeeds her father Danny, who was president since 2000 and passed away this summer.

01/12/2013 - On 1 December five auctions will end. We would like to introduce them to you.

30/11/2013 - With the extreme winds now a thing of the past, hopefully, Hot Spot Car Race 2 was run on 27 November.

30/11/2013 - Somebody has stolen pigeons from the loft of Andreas Drapa, 51 breeding hens were taken during the night from 27th to 28th November 2013.

27/11/2013 - The AU organised their yearly convention in the Gulfcoast Homing Pigeon Club in the Sunshine State Florida. Their 103rd convention was a great success.

26/11/2013 - On Wednesday 13 November the construction of the new PEC loft at the PIPA premises in Knesselare (Belgium) started. The erection is currently entering its final stage and is expected to be finished soon. We have listed the works conducted by the construction firm in the past few days along with a couple of pictures.