The final standings of the Mature Marathon 2025 category brought an interesting scenario. While not entirely unprecedented, it is certainly encouraging for all marathon enthusiasts, regardless of the size of the club they compete in. At this year’s Champions Gala, every fancier who stepped onto the podium in this prestigious category came from the South-East Province. The National Champion title was claimed by Dragoș Rîbalcă from

The eight races required to meet the norm in the Young Pigeons All Round category, with distances ranging from 100 km to over 475 km, proved to be a true test of endurance in the 2025 season for young pigeons only a few months old. Only 10 pigeons managed to achieve the norm in this category, and the performance is even more impressive given that

If at the “Mature” category almost one thousand norms were fulfilled by pigeons older than one year, at All Round Yearlings, the 2025 season recorded 449 norms achieved by yearlings. To reach this standard, the pigeons were required to score in eight race stages, with distances ranging from 100 km to over 475 km. Thus, the level of difficulty in this category is high, and the

    Among all the annual standards of the National Championship, the All Round category remains the most demanding, requiring the highest number of counted races: eight in total. These must fall within the limits of the Speed (100–300 km), Middle Distance (300–500 km), and Long Distance (over 475 km) categories, with between two and four races from each category being centralized. In addition, at least five