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We had a record result on the middle distance race Melun (310km) last weekend! We had the kind of result that will be difficult to improve in the future. On their way home, the birds had to deal in France with moderate headwinds from the North. In Belgium the wind changed to strong sidewinds from the Northwest to Northnorthwest. In the category old birds + yearlings we won the 7 first (!) prize against 1,160 old birds. In the category yearlings we won the 13 (!) first prizes against 670 birds. On top of that we had also had the fastest bird of the whole release against +7,000 birds with a lead of three minutes on the second bird. Our prize percentage was also breathtaking, no less than 57 of our 59 entered birds won a prize. What a race this was for us!

It was Super Saturday at the Vercammen loft yesterday. We had outstanding results, on our two races Melun (310km) and Bourges (479km).

Past weekend we sent our birds to the Sermaises (362km) race. The birds had to stay two nights in the basket. The first half of the race the birds had to deal with head winds, the second half the wind direction changed and there was a tail wind for the pigeons. We started with the 1° prize against 1,838 birds!

Last weekend our birds flew the first middle distance race of the season, Melun (310km). The start of the middle distance season is always exciting. We are very confident about the quality of our racing team. But you always have to wait and see how the birds will perform, how their condition is with the national races being around the corner. Our birds performed very well on this Melun race. We are looking with great anticipation to their performances of the coming weeks and months.

Our top hen BE20-6166100 started the 2022 racing season as she ended the season before, in style! Today she won on her first race of the season 1° Quievrain (104km) against 413 birds, with an impressive lead on the number two in the race. It was a beautiful race with strong headwinds.

The Vercammen birds have already proven many times to be not only successful on the classic races but also on the One Loft Races. This time the exceptional performance was to be found in in the Algarve Great Derby One Loft Race (Portugal).

Our pigeons have been performing on a very high level this season. Already from the month of April they were to be found in the head of the race, no matter how the weather circumstances were. Our young birds continued these great performances of our old birds. This weekend we sent our youngsters to the middle distance race Melun (310km). It was a very tough race with scattered rain showers and strong head winds from start till end. Our young birds were phenomenal on this Melun (310km) race. According to some people this is THE result of the year in Belgian pigeon racing. We are very proud to have such a talented group of youngsters.

Our young birds team was outstanding this weekend. We started later than other years with our youngsters because of the bad weather circumstances. We had very few losses, the only disadvantage was that the birds were not ready to participate to the national races. We are very pleased about the general quality of these young birds, we are convinced that there are many talented birds amongst them. We sent our young birds team to the Sermaises (362km) race.

In the previous article you could already read an extensive report about the national races Tulle (657km) and Bourges (472km). In this article you can read more about the young birds races of last weekend. We sent our entire team of racing to two different races for young birds. The races were fast with a rather strong wind blowing from the West to Southwest. Our pigeons prefer tougher weather circumstances. Nevertheless our birds were again outstanding. It is really a joy to have such a talented team of racers.

It was a calm racing weekend for us and the birds. The short distance races were cancelled. The provincial race Fay-aux-Loges (402km) was normally scheduled on Saturday. Because of the predicted bad weather, we decided to keep our birds at home. However, at the very last moment the board of the KBDB Antwerp decided to released the birds on Friday. The weather on Friday was much better but also tougher for the pigeons: strong headwinds and a temperature that rose till 27°C.

Our first nominated pigeon "Mustang Queen"(BE19-6016108) did it again. She excelled on the national Chateauroux (526km) race. "Mustang Queen"(BE19-6016108) won last weekend 1° Provincial Chateauroux (526km) / 1° National zone Chateauroux (526km) / 6° National Chateauroux (526km) against 7,099 pigeons! She was the 1° fastest in National Zone B2 against 2,650 birds! It was a very tough race: three nights of basket + strong headwinds and hot weather on the way back home. Also the rest of our racing team did a great job.

The birds had to stay in the basket for three nights on the national Issoudun (505km) race. It was a beautiful race with many top birds in front! Our super pigeon “Mustang Disney”(BE19-6016042) excelled again. We had again 5 birds in the national top 100 and a very high prize percentage. After the bad weather of the last week, our youngsters could finally participate to their first official race of the season, Noyon (208km)! It was a very satisfying start of the young birds season for us.

The weather circumstances for racing pigeons are tough for already several weeks. Also this weekend the birds had to be persistent to find their way back home. The birds had to deal with turning winds (mainly head winds). The weather was also changing during the day from rainy till sunny. It was not an easy task for the birds. This kind of races is perfect for our pigeons to make the difference. They excelled again. We sent birds to the middle distance race Melun (310km) and the national race Argenton (555km). In this article we will discuss our results on the Melun (310km) race.

We had another successful racing weekend at our loft. For the third weekend in a row the weather circumstances were tough. The pigeons had to deal with summer temperatures and sidewinds. On top of that the birds had to fly in cloudy weather. Especially this last factor had as a result that some races were difficult. We sent birds to Sermaises (362km), the semi-national race La Chatre (544km) and the national race Limoges (672km).