Ronny Menten - he is always straight ahead, he always says what he thinks, he is a hard worker, honest and correct. Is there anyone else who did better on the national heavy medium haul flights? We will find out later. Ronny owns a lot of pigeons and it's not…

The fact that envy and resentment are foreign words for Henning Ronsdorf can only be seen from the fact that you have your greatest competitor in your best friend and still enjoy your hobby and leisure time together. Henning and Thomas Flitsch can be seen together all the time and are therefore everywhere, despite the age difference…

A great 2020 season… Over the past few years, Rik Cools and I have become friends. I got to know Rik and his wife Mieke better when we spent time together in China. Since we're both not very fond of hiking, we had some time to talk about our beloved sport. It has…

Norman Behrens lives in the beautiful town of Seehausen in the Altmark in Saxony-Anhalt. They travel in the regional association 453, where Norman has regularly positioned himself in the top places in recent years. So far he has only played the young animal journey and will take part in the old animal journey for the first time in 2021. Also interested…

2020 will be remembered by the whole world as a year in which everyone had to limit themselves and nobody thought that something like this could happen. Nevertheless: adjustments and changes had to be made. Our pigeon racing was not spared either. Nobody knew when we could start races again and…

After the very successful travel year 2019, as well as the participation in the Olympics in Poznan, the travel year 2020 became one of the, if not the best travel year for SG Kallen. The travel year 2020 was characterized in particular by various top placements at federal level and absolute dominance on the long flights. This although after the…

The successful strike community from Bavaria The strike community consists of the 37-year-old Mario Allmannsberger and the 41-year-old Christian Kainz. Both Allmannsberger and Kainz are fully engaged in professional life and both are young family fathers, which motivated the two of them in 2016 to found a club with a strict division of responsibilities. Since that time…

Immediately after Wal Zoontjens started completely independently in 1968 to play with pigeons in Riel (NL), he has always been one of the winners. As early as the 1930s, his father Jan Zoontjens was looking for better care methods. His guideline was the book ‘Food, Vitamins and…

Everyone who has met Jos Thoné will agree with this description: an all-round player and a winner with a very strong feeling for pigeons. Ambitious, passionate about pigeon racing and often ahead of his time. In 2001 Jos was looking for a versatile all-round mix, adapted to his playing system…

National winner 2020 After many national successes that made the name Verstraete world famous decades ago, it was possible to achieve another national victory in 2020. Other prizes won: 6/777, 14/582, 107 / 5.136, 449 / 8.585 pigeons. Both grandparents were also 1st bankruptcy winners from Bordeaux and Gueret. The name Verstraete is still associated with the…