Race Report :
Races 3,4,& 5
I'ts race day three on the the island of Tenerife and with the 3,006 pigeons that returned from the previous training flight safely basketed ,the convoy were once again on route to the third of five pre qualification races before the Xmas break and activation periods with the birds on site we all patiently awaited news on a possible liberation time on livestream ,and with the cameras showing cloudy conditions the arona team ensured that whilst this was the case the said clouds were high and the visibility was very good as temperatures increased to 22 to 24 degrees at the loft by 10am at 10.35 we were informed by the arona team that with every one happy with the current conditions the pigeons were liberated at 10.30 into a cloudy sky and light winds , with nearly a hundred followers on livestream anticipating an arrival time it was just prior to 25 minutes after liberation that a handful of pigeons could clearly be seen circling above preparing to land ,on doing so and after a few moments the winning pigeons entered through the trapping system ,pigeons arrived over the following minutes in ones and two`s as we awaited the larger batches that we all expected ,as a further five minutes past we finally witnessed a batch of around 50 pigeons and it was from this moment on that the landing board welcome batch after batch
Team Bacskai Sandor-Kellner Andrea
taking the top honour of 1st place training race three goes to team Hungary with a blue hen by the name of stella entered by Team Bacskai Sandor-Kellner Andrea at 10.56 31.15 ,team Evin Peter & Noemi and pigeon racheal 727 came in 2nd for team solvakia 10.56.42.85,3rd position and a second entry for team Hungary goes to entrant Horvath Szabolcs and pigeon oliver 10.56.47.00 just ahead of a second pigeon for Slovakia this time with team Ladicky I + J pigeon bibiana10.56.50.30 ,with hingary and Slovakia dominating the top four positions 5th place went to Team Dionisio & Pandiella from Asturias with pigeon Bobadilla at 10.5653.50 in 6th it was an entry by Team Karl-Heinz & Ralph Schleifer from Germany with bond gold recording an arrival time of 10.56.55.00 a clear two minutes ahead of the start of the first of the larger batches as they arrived with a second arrival for the Asturias partnership of team dionisio & pandiella with Hailsham Millie timing in at 10.58.09.20 to take 7th , just ahead of Team Mantel from the Netherlands in 8th with pigeon barca`s boy on 10.58.28.70.in 9th was the country of Tarragona and Manuel Fábregat Valmaña and pigeon cubana recorded its arrival on 10.58.40.35 rounding off todays top ten in 10th place were team Netherlands and Hein van Dam entry Busquets 10.58.41.25
NEW FOR 2017 WALES "BIG DREAMERS" 1ST UK RACE 3 as for the uk/irleand it was good to see a new syndicate for this year in the arona race as big dreamers syn from wales recorded their pigeon dreamers 36 in 26th position on 11.00.03.08 on looking at the returns it seemed clear that the pigeons were split and on speaking to jose later that day he believes that good old percy perigrine may have been in the versinity resulting in some of the pigeons going slightly off course ,however by nightfall 2958 of the entry's were safely perched and a little more experienced after such an ordeal ,the following morning a few more pigeons arrived and as we prepare for the next outing the returns rate for training race three stood on a satisfactory percentage rate of 98.46 %
RACE 4 WINNER FOR Team Slawomir Pluta Poland its race day four and at the lofts the 2,932 pigeons which safely returned from the previous race, were re-basketed and off on yet another journey, as part of phase one of the five pre activation and Christmas break qualifying races, unlike the previous races when small numbers had spilt from the larger batches and arrived a few minutes clear of the field ,on this occasion the pigeons have now learnt the routine i believe, as following yet again a 10.30 liberation and considering the distance had gone up by a few miles the birds completed the distance in a faster time unassumingly knowing that on their return their daily feed was awaiting them, as once the first batch hit the board they swiftly ran to the traps to record their return ,around sixty to seventy pigeons were ahead of the rest and after a short while for the computer to generate the result ,we waited patiently to see who would follow the the words of "the champion is",which final appeared as pigeon BANDERA entered by Team Slawomir Pluta from Poland at 10.54.37.80 which takes 1st position ,in 2nd place were team Belgium with Tess entered by Team Schaekers Brouns just beaten on 10:54:42,55 3rd position was a Portuguese pigeon named "second for team Team Asas do Sul on 10.54.44.10 4th was the Croatian pigeon named burin for Team Blazevic at 10.54.45.00,just ahead of a second arrival for the winning country Poland in 5th place as Team Przemyslaw Kozak recorded their entry jewka on 10.54.45.85,turkey takes the 6th spot as pigeon barkin arrived at 10.54.4605 for Ferhat Gülez in 7th we go back to Belgium and on this occation Vincent Neirynck`s pigeon olympe timed in at just a decimal behind on 10.54.46.35 ,in 8th and enjoying todays race was third arrival for team Poland as Bogdan Mlynarczyk with pigeon gaudy timed in at 10.54.46.35 9th we go to team Germany and fancier Reinhard Gebhardt with pigeon speed of sound marking its arrival on 10.54.47.00 and in 10th position it was Germany once again this time with an entry by alexandra gebel with atlantic 575 timing in at 10.54.47.80 as for the uk/irland entries its david hinkel that takes the honours from this one in 15th place with his entry batman recording an arrival time 10.54.52.80
batman 1st uk & 15th internal for dave hinkel over the following few minutes the pigeons returned once again in large numbers which pleased everyone watching the race around the world ,as congratulations to the arona team appeared on the livestream ,as its clear to see that the management of the pigeons and the daily routine of feeding and training is starting to pay off now ,with the pigeons on their return now trapping a lot better than first off ,which we expected to happen as the training gets more regular and they learn along the way ,remember for a lot of these pigeons ,they had never experienced the basket and large liberation's so its all new to them but they are grasping the expectations now on a daily basis 2932 from the initial liberation of 2960 were recorded home on and with a percentage rate of 99.05 home safely they have to overcome just one more event before we rest up for the activation period and Xmas break
winner of race 5 team photo for jkg transport syndicate Poland so here we go on sat 10th of dec ,and with four qualification races behind us we once again sit and anticipate the liberation from pre qualification race 5 ,with yet another small increase in distance and the usual suspects live on the chat on livestream we awaited news of the liberation of 2,932 pigeons that returned for race 4 and currently on site for liberation it was again a 10.30 liberation on the island of Tenerife as clear blue skies could clearly be seen above the lofts and a temperature rising to over 25 degrees we once again sat back to spot the birds on their return ,and what a race this proved to be as spotted the first sighting of pigeons this proved to be one of the best race in the history of the Tenerife one loft race for most as just as the first two arrivals pitched and entered the loft it seemed that over 2000 pigeons came in one large bunch and landed on the loft scrambling to enter the trapping system , when the result finally came through within the first three minutes over 1,000 of the entries had already recorded their return and with the remainder jostling for the opportunity to enter the loft the computer which formulates the results was working vigorously to put every arrival in order to provide the result with so many pigeon coming together there was however a clear winner seen entering the loft just ahead of the bunch and that was a white grizzle entered by jkg transport syndicate from poland which beat the stampied to take the top honour of 1st place with an arrival time of 10.50.06.95 in 2nd & 3rd positions it was team uk/ireland with team England syndicate Burntoft Trainspotters and pigeon burntoft sharon once again appearing in the top ten with a time of 10.50.19.05 ,followed in 3rd with peter oberholster also representing England with pigeon south carolina on 10.50.40.10 ,in 4th its another pigeon showing a bit of consistency in the early stages as team Portugal and Team Asas do Sul`s pigeon named "second" takes another top spot ,just ahead of team Denmark and pigeon biddy for M & C Hansen on 10.50.41.55 in 5th ,for 6th its one of the regular competitors in the derby arona over the past years that of , Team Klaas & Sohn from Germany with pigeon flashlight sa,recording a time of 10.50.42.20,just ahead of the Netherlands entry by Team Boekeloin 7th with pigeon maya on 10.50.42.30,moving onto 8th position and team Slovakia takes that with Team Wiedermann - Bardos with pigeon noemi on 10.50.42.70, it was a local fancier from the island of gran canaria who takes the 9th position with Team Zeolita with his entry levi recording 10.50 .44.30,and to round off training race five in 10th position is team paul smith for team england with pauls star rounding off the leading positions on 10.50.44.50
burntoft sharon 1st uk 2nd international race 5 as you can clearly see from the arrival times there was nothing really time wise to divide the leading pigeons, this format continued throughout the result ,which obviously lead to only a small number of pigeons adrift by mid afternoon and with a returns rate of 99.85 the team are more than happy in the way the pigeons have adapted to the routine of training ace pigeon after five races the leading positions in this category have changed on a few occasions however as we take this break this how the current score board is looking
alexandra gebel current ace pigeon leader with atlantic 575 1st Germany ATLANTIC 575 Alexander Gebel 11584
2 Portugal Second Team Asas do Sul 11551
3 Norway Wonderduk Team Gebert & Iura 11469
4 Slovakia Bibiana Team Ladicky I + J 11325
5 czech republic Lucas Go Team Vyslouzil Zdenek a Lucas 11308
6 Germany Weiß6 Christian Weiß 11287
7 Rumania Aris Team Pisla Daniel & Vintan George 11285
8 Scotland Fran-Tastic William Donachie 10949
9 Ireland Celtic Capall Team Highway Lofts 10914
10 Slovakia Sima Team Lesnicky 10819
owners activation so we are here with phase one completed, and with the Xmas break upon us its also time to think about activating the reserve pigeons that have now overcome both the orientation and breaking in period ,which for some is in excess of six months or more at the loft and for others having raced within their respect countries before making the trip and re-settling to their new location ,they have also come through five training races unscathed and ready to go again in the new year . so the pigeons have proven themselves to you the fancier by completing the above ,so now its surly time for you !!, the owner to repay them by rewarding them with activation into the next stage and giving them the opportunity of competing in the 2nd stage of training and later for the prize fund and new cars which are on offer in the hot spot races and the ultimate prize fund in the final race at the end of march at present owners activation is underway ,and will remain in place until the 22nd dec this is the only unique opportunity that you will have to activate and keep your entries in your respected syndicates and teams as after such date they will be offered out to third party interested parties for activation ,and from then on new owners have the opportunity of racing your pigeons in their names and subsequently claiming any prizes that such pigeons are honoured to gain there forth the price of activation is the same for both owners and third party interests at a cost of 220 euro per pigeon and whilst owners have first opportunity until the cut off date third party interests are taken on a first come first served bases so once the list however large or small is published on the website the advice would be to make any selections and contacting the arona team asap for all the new comers to the arona one loft race ,we hope that you have experienced all the added bonuses that the race offers ,you the fancier and competitor during these early races ,by visiting the website which is updated on a daily basis with information and forthcoming events and also the livestream which gives the added bonus of viewing the loft and witnessing the arrivals on race days ..all this adds up to one thing ,the arona team base themselves and ensure an honest and 100% transparent race for the benefit of themselves and to you the fancier , and your pigeons within their
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so on behalf of the arona team we wish you all a happy Christmas and successful new year and future success within the arona Tenerife one loft race and look forward to re-joining the race with you on jan 10th 2017
Tom Harris (derby arona one loft race) www.derbyatlantic.com
