This was a great season for the marathon specialist Kaptein-Soeterbroek from North Holland. They had a very good results on the international flights, but it was also important the good number of players that had top results from pigeons coming out of their bloodlines.

José Balbino Posada González has been the winner of the I Memorial "Toni" 2022, to the pigeon that has achieved the highest average speed in the two long-distance releases of the last 2022 adult campaign.

Without any doubt, Jos Martens has become part of a handful of Elite fanciers in Europe. This 68-year-old retiree took his first steps in sports at an early age. Descended from a family of mine workers, as was customary at the time, pigeon racing has always been a family tradition.

Wiel Schaefer is the Dutch pigeon fancier who has reached the Podium of the National Marathon 2022. This 72-year-old retiree man and 30 years of pigeon career is the brilliant winner of the most prestigious national championship of the Netherlands in the long-distance races of the European circuit. “I usually basket between 2 and 5 pigeons in each of the 7 international flights of the annual calendar”, he tells us.

Since the year of its foundation in 1978, the Brugse Barcelona club has been awarding the title of “Gouden Vleugel” (golden wing) to the first nominated pigeon in the Barcelona international race. However, this same club began in 1982 the delivery of the prestigious “Primus Inter Pares” trophy, awarded to the best pigeon classified in 5 consecutive races from Barcelona.

Two pigeon lovers who began their journey in different years but united since 1999. We located the loft of Robin Smeets and Piet Penris in the small town of Urmond, on the border between Belgium and the Netherlands. A beginning in this hopeful passion marked by good results in short distance races has led them to take an interest in long distance races, becoming fully specialized in these pigeons with the only real objective of ZLU races.

Reaching second place on the podium in a competition like the Netherlands Marathon Noord is undoubtedly an achievement. Above all, knowing in advance that its competitors include the names of Jelle Jellema, IJsbrand Kaptein, Gebr. Brugemann, Verweij-de Haan, Kees Droog, Harold Zwiers, Jan Hommes and sons, Jurrian van Amerongen, etc.

Last 4th of December, the XI Conference of Colombofília of the Villa de Adeje took place in which, among other events, a speech on the preparation of the pigeons for the distances of Gran Fondo took place by the hand of Sandra & Antoon Deckers, 2021 National Grand Fund Champion in the Netherlands. In it he leaves us many details of his day-to-day life in his loft, information that we have found very interesting and that we now share with you.

La foto de arriba fue tomada por la mañana por mi esposa Carolina. Sin saber que esa tarde veríamos a nuestra “Riet” caer desde el cielo hacia el palomar como un cometa después de un vuelo de 1240 km,  alcanzando el pódium como 2ª Nacional Barcelona. Esta vez mi padre la vió venir, lo cual no logró la semana anterior con “Jannie” el 2º nacional Agen ZLU.

She actually took over the pigeon game from her partner who had already stopped for several years. Due to his health, he was temporarily unable to give them the care they needed and, in the beginning, Inne just started feeding the pigeons, but after a while she started to get more and more interested in the pigeon game. I started in 2015 in Binkom in the Long Distance and Extreme Long-Distance races with yearlings. Her start in 2015 was well worth it, with a 65% prize percentage and a lot of second and third places in the championships.

Next friday July 9th 2021, it will be writen a new page in the worldwide race for the long dístance marathon lovers: the Barcelona International. During the last 70 years, Cureghem Centre club has been the wellkown organizer (1951-2020). This year Club Entente Belge will run the Great honor to organize the event.

A hobby (like many others) deeply rooted in the family that has led Jose María to love this sport as we all love it. Since he was a child, he began to feel this love from the hand of his grandfather and his father, main pillars to maintain pigeon racing in the family.

OLR season begins and we do not want to miss the opportunity to bring you first-hand one of our collaborators: Derby Rias Baixas.

Armando began in the pigeon sport alongside his two brothers Angel Domingo and Juan Carlos joining the Arguijon Club but so passionate they were about the sport that, with some more friends, founded the Anaga Pigeon Club in their neighbourhood of Valleseco.

Marc Gielen is a 50-year-old marathon pigeon enthusiast that has been working for 4 years as a Logistics Teacher on an MBO course. Before that, he worked in logistics for 25 years.

Wim Muller started off his pigeon fancier career in 1970. Always alongside his wife, Rina, who has been a mainstay managing the loft, and nowadays with the support of his sons.

We approach a loft in our land and get to know Alfonso and Pablo more closely, two fanciers belonging to the Real Sociedad Colombófila de Oviedo who form the tandem "Los Carbayones" and who have agreed to show us their loft and show us some of their best pigeons.

We are pleased to bring you a new interview on our portal colombofilia.com. Miguel Ángel Veny, a young Balearic fancier, opens the doors to his loft in the small town of Porreres, on the island of Mallorca.

Colombofilia.com team wants to thank your active participation in Isbrand Kaptein’s auction. The process has been carried out with great professionalism, achieving magnificent results. Thanks to each and every one of you!

The 61-year-old Akersloot fancier has been a household name in Gran Fondo Marathon pigeon racing for decades. He has won numerous head prices on flights of more than 900 km and has frequently remained at the top of the podium in major national and international competitions on the European circuit.

We are very excited about the interview we are presenting you today. The Armenteros brothers (Jorge and Angel), champions of the 2020 Costa del Sol Derby, are giving us some tips about their passion for the sport.

Since 1981 in the world of pigeon racing, the Boonen brothers (Johan & Wil) have excelled in many national and international races in Europe, which leads us to be interested in their way of working and breeding. One of the best lofts in the Netherlands that we have been able to access and know first-hand.