
The town of Malaga set the backdrop for a memorable weekend of pigeon racing, with the 7th edition of Derby Costa Del Sol taking place from 20th to 22nd of September. The race welcomed a record number of competitors: 1,754 pigeons.
Last week PIPA took up the invitation of another very interesting club of dedicated pigeon fanciers from Portugal and has visited the island of Sao Miguel (also called The Green Island), which is the main and the biggest island of the Azores with approximately 120 000 inhabitants.
From 16 to 27 November PIPA travelled to China, enjoying the company of Bart Geerinckx, Jelle Roziers, Tom Van Gaver, Davy & Patrick Tournelle, Jo Bauters, Nick & Roger Thys, Joël Verschoot AnD Jean-Marc Thibaut-Boons.
The OLR Derby Costa De Sol in Malaga had its 6th edition this year. This edition shows once again that the race organizers and their team have a lot going for them.
PIPA was invited as a special guest to the AU convention in Chicago in 2018. The Convention includes seminars, an exclusive public auction with birds provided from PIPA clients, a race, ... Top racers from Europe are also attending the event. Bart Geerinckx, Jelle Roziers, Adrien Mirabelle, Tom Van Gaver, Sakis Minovgioudis, Nikolaas Gyselbrecht,... will be present. Also Big Andy will be ...
Pas moins de 140 convives venus des 4 coins de France mais aussi de Belgique s'étaient donnés rendez-vous ce week-end à La-Teste-de-Buch (Gironde) à deux pas de sa plus célèbre cousine, Arcachon.
At the end of June PIPA was invited to attend the prize presentation and auction of the first edition of the Pioneer International Racing Pigeon Club's yearling race in Tianjin, China.
The 602 km final of the VFWCPR yearling race was released at 7.00am this morning, 584 birds were at the start and it took the first bird 7 hours and 17 minutes at a speed of 1375 m/m to get back to the loft.
PIPA travelled to China from 11 to 27 November, joined by Bart Geerinckx, Benny Steveninck, Davy & Patrick Tournelle, Tom van Gaver (DVV Pigeons) and Hardy Krüger.
Photoreport of the 28. International Pigeon Exhibition Kassel from last weekend.