John Crehan (Salford, UK) aka 'The Manchester Maestro' wins first national Ancenis with Solo Warrior - his single entry

These are the top performances from The Netherlands in the weekend of 16/06/2018 and 17/06/2018.

Today, Monday June 19th, 1 new auction will start. This auction will end on Sunday July 1st. Tomorrow, Wednesdau, June 20th, Season Final Part 3 will start.

In only their third season after re-starting racing Stafford and Wilson of Saltburn, UK have won the Queen's Cup, the highest achievement in the north-east of England's pigeon racing scene. In this article we hear about the preparation for the race and the weekend of the race itself.

11,739 will participate in this year's race from Pau, making it the most successful edition in the race's history.

Supreme racer and breeder Mark Gilbert finished 1st in the British International Championship Club race from Poitiers, flown on Saturday 9th June.

Provisional result in PIPA-ranking: Best old bird with 2 prizes in the one day long distance races. The available national, zonal and provincial results of Limoges I, Valence, Cahors were taken into account for this ranking.

Jan Hooymans scored a two out of two this weekend: he took the win in the NPO one day long distance race from Gien with a son of Sister Harry, against 4,581 pigeons. And he was victorious again in Asse-Zellik, this time with a son of Harry Junior.

Today, Monday June 18th, 1 new auction will start. This auction will end on Saturday June 30. Later this week Season Final - Part 2 and Season Final - Part 3 will start.

The national and zonal results of the national race from Cahors are available.

Six different auctions closed today, Sunday 17th of June, and each one is briefly summarised below.

Where does it end! The descendants of the Laureaat Barcelona bloodline continue to leave their mark on the international pigeon racing competition. The breeding value of this bloodline is nothing short of amazing.

The National winner Belgium from Cahors in the category "old birds" is Bauters Jo (Gavere). The pigeon was clocked on Saturday at 16:15:08 CEST after a race of 733.507 km, achieving an average velocity of 1321.32 m/min.

Racing Team ADK was the only team in Belgium with no less than 5 yearlings in the top 100 of the national results in Chateauroux. This is another great result, with their outstanding performance from Vierzon still fresh in our memories.

These prizes were won with their first nominated pigeon, a talented racing bird that won a 2nd Prov. Vierzon three weeks earlier. He is a grandson of the iconic breeder and 1st Nat. Ace Pigeon Longer Middle Distance KBDB 2010 New Freddy. The yearlings did great as well, starting with a 2nd Provincial, just like in Valence. It was a very successful weekend!

Some things never change, especially not in pigeon racing. Some fanciers manage to achieve great results every single week, season after season, and Benny Steveninck is clearly one of them. The fancier from Hamme has had another very successful early season in 2018.