Arad: Arrivals Worth Framing for George Popescu and the Slăniceanu & Bartoș Team

Renowned for its competitiveness, with fanciers who bring home national trophies year after year in nearly every category, the Arad branch has once again staged a spectacular young bird season. Of the four races flown so far, the true highlights were th

Kunszallas 2: a catastrophe for some, a perfect race for Claudiu Sârghi

Four stages have taken place so far in the 2025 young birds season of the Timiș branch, a championship that began on August 23. Out of these four competitions, the most difficult was the second one, Kunszallas 2, where, by the time the race was closed,

Doru Caplea, the Pigeon Fancier from Mehedinți Who Carries Forward the Story of the Stichelbaut Pigeons

Caplea Doru is a dedicated pigeon fancier from Mehedinți County, with valuable experience and remarkable results in racing pigeon competitions. Through his passion and seriousness, Doru has managed to constantly establish himself on important podiums at both regional&nb

An Impressive Winning Streak for Victoraș Manole

Together with his brother Răzvan, Victoraș Manole, a pigeon fancier from Movila, Dâmbovița County, has long been recognized for his outstanding results at county, provincial, and even national level. Starting with the 2025 young bird season, Manole has also joined fo

Team Bedeleanu+Șchiau Wins First Three Stages with Young Birds in the 2025 Season

Pigeon fanciers Dominic Bedeleanu and Alexandru Șchiau, who have competed together as a team since 2021, based in Iclod, Alba County, are true specialists when it comes to racing young birds. Over the past few years, the pair have won numerous national trop

Vilnius National 2025 – One of the Most Demanding Marathon Stages of the Season

Vilnius National 2025 – One of the Most Demanding Marathon Stages of the Season The final national stage of the South-East Province, Vilnius National 2025, took place on August 2nd, when the pigeons were released at 06:20 from Vilnius, Lithuania. The competition distances exceeded 900 km for all participants, reaching up to approximately 1,050 km, thus classifying the race as an Extreme Marathon event. A total of

Sokolka National 2025 – The Stage of Fanciers Tudorel Hulea and Ionuț-Liviu Stan

Sokolka National is an Extreme category race, organized by the Dolj Pigeon Fanciers’ Branch. The stage was held for the first time in 2022, after fanciers from Oltenia and Muntenia were forced to change their flight route due to the war in Ukraine, and it proved to be a success right from the inaugural edition. This year, the pigeons were released on August 1st at

End of Season in the Moldavian Pigeon Racing Province: Birzai National Race

For pigeon fanciers in the Moldavian province, the season with mature pigeons traditionally ends with participation in the prestigious Birzai National race. Considered one of the toughest and longest races in the competition calendar, Birzai falls into the Extreme category and enjoys the reputation of being the true “final” of the regional championship. It is also one of the oldest races of its kind in

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