Road to Barcelona

Devo1956 · Tue Jun 30, 2026 9:10 pm

For the members following this topic, this Guy seems to do very well.

https://www.internationalseapigeons.com ... rformance/

Tony-P- · Tue Jun 30, 2026 9:44 pm

Good luck and hope it works out for you Leon

Diamond Dave · Wed Jul 01, 2026 8:34 am

Some pigeon that Jack Jones Devo. Its a hell of a career.
I have a question for any distance flyers looking in which is..... how many times in a season would you expect your birds to fly over 500 miles considering that most of that type of distance races are within the last 8 -10 weeks of the season.?

Devo1956 · Wed Jul 01, 2026 9:34 am

Diamond Dave wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2026 8:34 am Some pigeon that Jack Jones Devo. Its a hell of a career.
I have a question for any distance flyers looking in which is..... how many times in a season would you expect your birds to fly over 500 miles considering that most of that type of distance races are within the last 8 -10 weeks of the season.?

I think when your racing the distance, you have to be very selective with your team of birds. Choose which birds will take part, on the calender racing. A big part of this racing is the recovery i would say, so obseravation will play a very big part in selection. My aim would be to have a team, but each bird would only have upto 3 races throughout that season. Just my thoughts.

Devo1956 · Fri Jul 03, 2026 10:33 pm

There is so much preparation, that goes on before any race. And everyone will be different on how they prepare. Here is just one way, your thoughts?

Trev · Sat Jul 04, 2026 6:54 am

I see the first of this years Barcelona birds was clocked at 6.09am this morning, flying around 657miles into Belgium. There are another 2 in, 1 in France and 1 in Denmark.
Well done to them and good luck to all still waiting, let's hope the returns are good

Good luck with your venture too Leon, do your homework and be patient, it's going to take time.

Trev · Sat Jul 04, 2026 6:57 am

https://www.pipa.be/en/races/barcelona-int-2026
This is yesterday's liberation, just over 16,200 birds, 1,352 of them from the UK.

Diamond Dave · Sat Jul 04, 2026 3:30 pm

Congratulations to MG once again winning the Barcelona National. Awesome.
Still only 3 clocked up to now.

king · Sat Jul 04, 2026 4:19 pm

Been a very good race. Birds clocked as far as 832 miles. All the big names have clocked Jelle Jellema making it look easy again clocking 20 birds in 3 hours flying 771 miles
Prov. 3rd, 5th, 6th, 14th, 9th, 15th, 30th. open.

Devo1956 · Sat Jul 04, 2026 4:52 pm

king wrote: Sat Jul 04, 2026 4:19 pm Been a very good race. Birds clocked as far as 832 miles. All the big names have clocked Jelle Jellema making it look easy again clocking 20 birds in 3 hours flying 771 miles
Prov. 3rd, 5th, 6th, 14th, 9th, 15th, 30th. open.

Great result for Jelle, any news on 1st place King?