Season Finale in Style – Berlin International 2025

The 2025 season for old racing pigeons reached its grand finale last weekend, concluding with the most eagerly awaited marathon stages of the year. Among these, the Berlin International stood out as one of the crown jewels of the competition calendar, organized directly by the U.N.C.R.-Columba. This marked the 15th consecutive year the Berlin stage has been held in Romania, and since 2023 it has taken

Here Are the Winners of the Medynai National 2025 Race

For the third consecutive season, the counties of Brăila, Galați, Vrancea, Buzău, Călărași, Ialomița, Tulcea, and Constanța form the Southeast pigeon racing province, with their own protocols and national races. One of the most important competitions in this part of the country is the Medynai National, whose 2025 edition took place starting on July 12. Pigeons had to fly between 950 and 1,150 km in the

National Madona 2025, Moldova’s Benchmark Competition

Unlike other regions, Moldova did not have to change its flight route for marathon stages. At the same time, fanciers from this province are among the most "conservative" in the country, in the sense that they have chosen—and succeeded—to maintain the same marathon stages for several years now, turning them into true "classics." One such stage is the National Madona, with liberation in Latvia, arguably

Stendal National 2025 – The Second Extreme Marathon Stage for the Western Province

Last weekend, more precisely on July 12th, 1,080 pigeons were released for the Stendal National 2025 race, an extreme marathon competition (+900 km). The event mainly gathered pigeon fanciers from the Western Province but also included a few brave participants from Mehedinți and Harghita counties. A total of 225 pigeon fanciers entered pigeons in the Stendal National 2025 race. These competitors came from 10 different pigeon

Athens National (Pyrgos) – Another Remarkable Marathon Race

Last weekend, on July 12, the second long-distance race of the season took place on the Bulgaria-Greece route, symbolically named "Athens National 2025". Although the pigeons were released from the Greek town of Pyrgos, the event carried this title as it marked the first national stage on this route for the current racing season. Just like the first stage, this edition delivered spectacular arrivals that

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