Wilfred Sebens (Hoogezand, NL) is renowned for winning races against a large field

In 2017 Derek Rooney (UK) bought a daughter of Golden Prince in Gino Clicque's sale on PIPA. Years later she became the mother of First Lady: 1st National Middle Distance KBDB. A great success!

Cape Town International OLR was formed February 2019 and was the brainchild and longtime vision of Race Director Emile Slabber, to one day Host a Summer OLR in the beautiful Cape Town, which is very tourist driven and attractive that time of the year for many visitors from overseas.

The discovery of a golden breeding-hen, forms the basis for topperformances for many and many years. Wonderhen Yelena at Etienne Meirlaen is such a breeding-hen with golden eggs.

After the PIPA Sale of the Year, with "New General" the 2nd most expensive pigeon auctioned online ever ! Kurt Platteeuw gives special thanks...

Just before the Covid 19 pandemie, on 06-07 March 2020 at the Warsaw Plaza Hotel the 1st World Congress of the International Veterinary of Pigeons Association (IVPA) was held, during which the organization's authorities were selected for term of office 2020-2022.

The two-day auction closed on 30th of March, selling all old birds from 2017 and earlier + a group of youngsters of Kurt & Raf Platteeuw. This was a highly anticipated auction with plenty of race winners.

Monday the 30th of March these new auctions will start: Wilfred Sebens (NL), Frans Belleter (NL), Wendela Wiersema (NL), Derek Rooney (UK), Hardy Krüger (DE), Pieter Veenstra (NL), Geoff & Catherine Cooper (UK), Rudi De Saer (BE), Collectors items, Jelle Jellema (NL) & Etienne Meirlaen (BE).

Kurt & Raf Platteeuw have become the face of modern-day pigeon racing. They were able to produce brilliant results and claim important titles at provincial and national level almost uninterruptedly.

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.

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.

The following auctions ended on Sunday 22nd of March: Jelle Van Sterthem (BE), Jespers-Vanderwegen (BE), Comb. Nijboer (NL), BDS-team (BE), Roger Debusschere (BE), Jan Hooymans (NL), Arie Dijkstra (NL), Stefaan Lambrechts (BE), March auction, Best of USA (US) & Chris Hebberecht (BE).

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.

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.

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.

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!