Vasile Beldea and Nicu Șiclovan Wins the 2025 National Dresden Race

The 2025 national marathon racing season kicked off last weekend, as several pigeon racing provinces across the country hosted their first events in this prestigious category. These national competitions always attract special attention, both due to the prestige and competitiveness involved, and because they are open to fanciers from any county, regardless of local protocols or flight plans. A Strong Start in the Western Province –

The “Iacob Gabi & Costică” Team – Impressive Results Right from the Start

Among the pigeon fanciers from the Suceava Branch — a branch that has 852 active fanciers for the 2025 season — we now also find the team “Iacob Gabi & Costică.” This is their debut season as a team. However, their performance in the competitions held so far has been very good, with the potential to become truly outstanding. At first glance, one might assume this

The Gorj Fanciers Win the Pyrgos Marathon Race

This is the second consecutive year that the majority of pigeon fanciers from the Oltenia Province have been competing along the Bulgaria-Greece route. Unlike the 2024 season, this year Oltenia fanciers competed together starting from the very first marathon stage, with the release taking place in the town of Pyrgos (Greece). The Pyrgos marathon race, the first marathon stage of the 2025 season for Oltenia pigeon

Doru Holerga and Alexandru Otvos, the Winners of the First Marathon in the Transylvania Province

For the organization of the first race in the Marathon category, 354 pigeon fanciers from several counties of the Transylvania Province released their pigeons from the Polish town of Slupca. The race took place on June 20, 2025, with the release of the 2,635 pigeons entered in the competition at 06:12 AM. In the zonal Slupca race, the first Marathon event of the 2025 season held

Karlovy Vary 1 – The First Marathon Race of 2025 for the Western Province

The Western Pigeon Racing Province includes the following pigeon racing branches: Maramureș, Sălaj, Arad, Bihor, Timiș, Satu Mare, and Caraș Severin. Six of these branches—all except Caraș Severin—held their first marathon category race of the 2025 season together. The release location was Karlovy Vary, with the pigeons being released on June 21. In total, for the first marathon race of the 2025 season, 517 pigeon fanciers

Alexandru Popescu (DJ) Wins Three First Places in Three Consecutive Races

After six seasons of competing in the Gorj Branch, during which he became one of the top county and provincial champions, Alexandru Popescu moved his loft to Dolj County, in the village of Marotinu de Sus. This relocation took place in the autumn of 2023, during the young bird season. That same season, competing under the name "Team Popescu Alex", Alexandru Popescu won his first

Historic Result for Marian Tampău: 1st Place out of 29,070 Pigeons

Races with tens of thousands of pigeons entered are no longer just a dream for Romanian fanciers. We no longer have to look at rankings from Belgium or the Netherlands to witness such events. For several years now, fanciers from the Moldova province have been able to organize competitions that, not long ago, seemed impossible—races with over 25,000–30,000 pigeons entered. This year, they did it

Katowice, the Perfect Rtage for the Nicoară Vasile & Narcis team

A week ago, on June 9, the first long-distance race took place in the Bistrița-Năsăud and Cluj pigeon racing branches. The pigeons were released from the town of Katowice, Poland, having to cover between 520 and 560 km to reach their lofts. The first pigeons were clocked in after approximately six hours of flight, and for the father-and-son duo of Nicoară Vasile and Narcis, Katowice

Arad: Ștefan Știrbu and Eugen Stoica, the Standouts of the Jihlava Stage

The sixth race organized by the Arad Branch also marked the first race in the Long-Distance category. The organizers decided to release the pigeons from a classic location for the western region, namely Jihlava (Czech Republic). The first Long-Distance race from the Arad Branch took place on May 24. The 128 participating fanciers entered a total of 5,981 pigeons, which were released from the launch point

Suceava: The First Middle-Distance Race, the First Major Result of the Season for Laurențiu Paiu and Iosif Samoilă

In the 2025 season, pigeon fanciers from the Suceava Branch are competing, for the first time, on two racing plans for the Speed and Middle-Distance categories. In this context, the breeders participating in Plan 1 held the first Middle-Distance race of the year on May 10. In this stage, Laurențiu Paiu and Iosif Samoilă stood out as the winners, each taking first place in the

They Are the Winners of the First Middle-Distance Race in the Botoșani Branch

The 2025 racing season is in full swing, and some of the branches have already reached the middle-distance races, races with a distance of more than 350 km. Last weekend, the Botoșani Branch organized its first race in this category, and the winners are Eusebiu-Ioan Atănăsoaie and Dan Găină. For the first middle-distance race in the Botoșani Branch, the 222 participating fanciers basketed a total of

Ad Schaerlaeckens: more mistakes

Pigeon Fanciers who succeed are sometimes suspected of knowing a lot about pigeon and the same goes for those who write about pigeons. I am one of them, and therefore I dare to put this into perspective. Because believe me, even the greatest champions sometimes find themselves desperate when they watch their pigeons fly around the loft and notice they’re not training the way they’d like.They