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Last weekend was the weekend of the Marathon stages in our country, so all the pigeon fanciers in Romania kept a close eye on all these competitions. One of these stages was Karlovy Vary, the first Marathon stage of the Western Province, which rose to the level of a top competition, both in terms of participation and difficulty.
No less than 8,535 pigeons participated in Karlovy Vary 1. They belonged to a number of 746 breeders, from the counties of Arad, Timiș, Caraș Severin, Hunedoara, Maramureș, Bihor, Satu Mare and Sălaj. So, a more than consistent participation, to which were added the competition distances between about 750 and 900 km, all mandatory "ingredients" for a successful marathon.
Ovidiu Pop is the winner in the pigeon ranking
The pigeons employed at Karlovy Vary 1 were released on the morning of June 29 at 06:55. The first pigeons arrived after more than 10 hours of flight, the weather conditions being quite difficult along the entire route, namely heat and head wind. The lucky winner is none other than Ovidiu Pop, from Satu Mare, one of the very skilled breeders of the Western region.
Although he has only been competing for four years, he has already managed to prove his skill in this sport, also standing out in the Karlovy Vary marathon stage. Here he employed a team of nine widow pigeons and had the surprise of the hen RO-2022-0316348 arriving so well that she took first place on the release. This was found at 18:27:58, after flying the 759 km of the stage with an average speed of 1,095.31 m/min. "The pigeons are competing for widowhood.
I mate them on the 15th of February, they all necessarily breed one youngter, after which, when the youngsters are big enough, I leave them only with the males and do widowhood by rotation, then I separate them almost two weeks before the first stage definitive. For feeding I use the Beyers, with mixes like Energy, Long distance or Koopman.
From these I make a single mixture and serve it to the pigeons for 5-6 meals before boarding. I even took them to a 60 km training, after which they were able to stay together. In terms of origins, the winning female is from Kastelein pigeons, plus other combinations. She was late last year, which is why she only competed in a long distance race, after which she was stopped," detailed Ovidiu Pop.
Vasile Pop wins in breeders ranking
Karlovy Vary 1 was to be the stage of breeders from Satu Mare, this after the 1st place among breeders also went to a breeder from this county. The winner is Vasile Pop, this time being one of the most experienced pigeon fanciers of the county and the Western area, with almost five decades of participation in competitions.
He competes almost exclusively for these Marathon stages, using the "natural" (on the nest) method, even at this stage employing most of the pigeons having youngsters. The same was the case with the two team females, RO-20230575024 and RO-2023-2013224. They were basketed with youngsters in the nest and managed to arrive at 18:44; 21, and 19:02:26 respectively. With the distance of 733 km, which they flew at an average speed of 1,034.17 and 1,008.46 m/min., the two females ranked 19th and 41st in the launch.
They accumulated only 7.03 penalty points and it must be said that in this competition, Vasile Pop employed 13 pigeons, of which 11 ranked.
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