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Re: Road to Barcelona

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2026 9:10 pm
by Devo1956
For the members following this topic, this Guy seems to do very well.

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

Re: Road to Barcelona

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2026 9:44 pm
by Tony-P-
Good luck and hope it works out for you Leon

Re: Road to Barcelona

Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2026 8:34 am
by Diamond Dave
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.?

Re: Road to Barcelona

Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2026 9:34 am
by Devo1956
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.

Re: Road to Barcelona

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2026 10:33 pm
by Devo1956
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?


Re: Road to Barcelona

Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2026 6:54 am
by Trev
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.

Re: Road to Barcelona

Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2026 6:57 am
by Trev
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.

Re: Road to Barcelona

Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2026 3:30 pm
by Diamond Dave
Congratulations to MG once again winning the Barcelona National. Awesome.
Still only 3 clocked up to now.

Re: Road to Barcelona

Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2026 4:19 pm
by king
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.

Re: Road to Barcelona

Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2026 4:52 pm
by Devo1956
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?