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

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

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

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