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26/03/2020 - Kurt and Raf Platteeuw have been setting records season after season. Dominating the pigeon racing competition looks like child's play for this fantastic combination, in part thanks to their highly renowned Platteeuw Cannibal bloodline.

26/03/2020 - PIPA is always striving to improve the user friendliness of its auction platform. The descriptions and the pedigrees of all pigeons in our online auctions are already being translated into Chinese, and we recently introduced a new feature called picture texts.

23/03/2020 - Jelle Van Sterthem is a promising newcomer in pigeon racing. It was world class player Gaston Van de Wouwer who put him on the right track, providing him with pigeons and invaluable advice. The 20 year old has already won two national second places!

21/03/2020 - Roger Debusschere has introduced another group of world class bloodlines in his breeding loft, with the winners of a 1st + 3rd International Agen, a 1st National Perpignan, a 1st National Jarnac, and a 2nd + 4th International Ace Pigeon extreme long distance, all from 2018. These were obtained alongside a number of direct descendants of national ace pigeons and Olympiad Pigeons.

21/03/2020 - The combination from Holsbeek excelled again in 2019. Their season highlights included a widely predicted national victory from Montluçon, as well as a title of 8th National Ace Pigeon longer middle distance KBDB YLs 2019.

20/03/2020 - Despite the world being heavily impacted by the coronavirus, the following fanciers can look back on a successful pigeon auction: Kas & Karel Meijers (NL), Ivan Baetens (BE), Roger Mylle (BE), Jutla Brothers (UK), Sangers pigeons (NL), Tom Van Gaver (BE), Francis Franssen (BE) & Kristof Mortelmans (BE).

20/03/2020 - Father John and his son Alex have been part of a highly successful combination for quite a number of years now, racing from the town of Nunspeet.

20/03/2020 - Golden Race Algarve 2020 is starting. In the previous 5 years, we have always had more than 5000 pigeons, in which more than 60% of the entries have been entered to the final race (average of the last 5 years). There were no cuts in premiums, and payment was made 15 days after the final.

19/03/2020 - Just a couple of years ago, we referred to Stefaan Lambrechts as a talented newcomer who was on the fast lane to the top. Today, this talented newcomer is a full-fledged pigeon fancier racing in a league of his own.

15/03/2020 - Roger claimed a 5th Nat. Ace Pigeon long distance & extreme long distance YLs KBDB in 2018, and he had Belgium's best pigeon from Perpignan across two seasons in his collection as well. And he continued to claim national titles the following season, with a 9th Nat. Ace Pigeon long distance & extreme long distance YLs KBDB 2019, and a title of 14th Nat. Champion KBDB in the same discipline. Impressive!

14/03/2020 - The 2014 season will always be unforgettable for Francis Franssen. It's indeed the year that he could climb two times on the podium of a national race on two major races from the national calendar. Moreover, these 2 performances were booked by two brothers.

12/03/2020 - All pigeons from 2017 and older of Kurt & Raf Platteeuw will be sold on PIPA, starting from Monday 16th of March. You can either browse the catalogue beforehand or check the collection online on Sunday 15th of March, right after the auctions from previous weeks have come to a close.

12/03/2020 - For years, the American pigeon fanciers have been selecting their pigeons mainly via One Loft Races all over the world. Pigeons that can often prove themselves in extreme conditions. Here we will introduce you to some of the very best fanciers in American pigeon sport.

11/03/2020 - The following auctions came to a close on Sunday 8th of March: Lubomir Kubacek (CZ), Alexandre Margris (FR), Jos Thoné (BE), Canion-Sobkowiak (BE), Dirk Van Dyck (BE), team Hooymans (NL), Jos & Lars Vercammen (BE), Maarten Huijsmans (NL), Cor De Heijde (NL), Van Ouwerkerk-Dekkers (BE) & Davy Tournelle (BE).

11/03/2020 - Kas and Karel Meijers have been one of pigeon racing's top teams for more than a decade now. The Heremans pigeons, with which they made a fresh start in 2007, have been of fundamental importance to this team throughout this journey.

10/03/2020 - 2020 is the 3rd edition, a clash of the titans! A single OLR, a single participation but you can win many qualifications: Europe Master Pigeons Cup with 503 prizes, FCI Racing Pigeons GrandPrix with two prizes, World Super Cup or World Master Cup and One Loft Race World League Cup!

08/03/2020 - Davy Tournelle can look back on a number of highly impressive achievements across the past several years. And he has dominated quite a few longer middle distance races along the way. Tiësto and his son Torres are the two leading names of this pigeon loft; their descendants have been phenomenally successful!

08/03/2020 - It's one of the most titled lofts in France and she honored its status throughout the racing season 2019: after several years of racing at top level and a big sale, the colony of Alexandre Margris continues to go ahead on various competitions in his country.

07/03/2020 - The pigeons of Dirk Van Dyck, the world famous sprint and middle distance champion, are seemingly inexhaustible. It showed again in 2019: their many great results led to two national ace pigeon titles.

07/03/2020 - Grandmaster Jos Thoné has been a leading name in pigeon racing for quite a number of years now. His team competes in every type of race, ranging from sprint to extreme long distance, from the local race from Mettet (102km) Limburg all the way to the Barcelona classic (1,108km).

07/03/2020 - Despite a very regular size, the combination formed by Roland Canion & Patricia Sobkowiak has a mission to shine as much as possible on the national races. Since 2015, the descendants of their basic pair have booked several early prizes on the national races as well as a few national ace pigeons rankings in the KBDB championships.