01/02/2019 - La Colombe Joyeuse hands out their prestigious Europe Cup every season, and the 2018 edition was dominated by Dutch and Franch fanciers: places one and two go to Dutchmen Batenburg Van de Merwe and Jos Martens, with Frenchman Joél Thorel finishing in third place.
11/06/2018 - Met de vlucht van Pau op 22 juni 2018 start naar goede gewoonte het jaarlijkse Euro Diamond Pigeon-kampioenschap. Inschrijven is eenvoudig en goedkoop: €10 voor 2018 of €50 voor een vijfjarenlidkaart voor de periode 2018-2022.
05/04/2018 - Tenerife, the island of eternal spring, hosted the 13th edition of the final of the Derby Arona One Loft Race. The pigeons, all in great form, were basketed on Wednesday 21st of March. They were well prepared for the final race, having covered 1500km across 25 races.
14/02/2012 - The weekend of 10th -12th February saw the annual get together of the members of the British International Championship Club to honour the winners of the club’s National and International races for the 2011 season.
05/01/2012 - Andre Verbesselt has been forced to part with his wondrous collection of ‘Aelbrecht pigeons’! Simply because there is no other way… there is no option… the verdict is tough, but irreversible!
19/12/2011 - Recently British fanciers Mike and Cynthia Mitchell, Kevin and Moira Buddle and Geoff and Catherine Cooper made the journey to Belgium to attend the prize presentation for the Entente Belg at the Hotel Cortina, Wevelgem.
11/12/2011 - Now that the total auction of Verreckt-Ariën is online, we would like to present to you a short fragment of an interview in English with one of the best Belgian racing lofts of the past decade. The interview was conducted by the British fancier Tony Cowan in cooperation with ECL Productions.
16/11/2011 - Early Saturday morning Geoff Cooper and his wife Catherine, along with Mark Gilbert made the journey over to Verviers in Belgium to attend the prize presentation and collect their trophies for the fantastic International race they had from Agen with the Bordeaux Televie organisation.
27/10/2011 - The preliminary results of the national general championships and the national ace pigeon championships of the Belgian pigeon federation in 2011 are known.
17/10/2011 - Claessens-Wyndorps from Sint-Antonius (Belgium) are the winners of the individual championship this year. The club championship was won by the Belgian club 'St Gillis Waas'.
15/10/2011 - Remy Vantorre from Virelles wins the Euro Diamond championship this year. Germain D'Hondt from Anzegem is second, Willy Verbruggen from Londerzeel ended third.
22/09/2011 - On the Internet, a video has popped up in which 2 Russians are fighting by throwing pigeons at each other. Is this cruelty to animals or not? You can judge for yourself.
01/09/2011 - Thorsten Daum was one of Germany’s biggest champions in short & middle distance racing before he made a career switch to one loft racing. In the latter discipline, he is not part of the international top.
24/08/2011 - The CFW (long distance club of Wallonia) has finished its championship of best international ace pigeons from Marseille in the last three years. The winner is Jules Hardy from Riemst (Belgium).
26/02/2011 - On the 17th of February Virginie Claes, Miss Belgium 2006 and PIPA ambassador, appeared on a national television show called "man bijt hond" on the occasion of her visit to PIPA's lofts.
