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FINAL RACE 2007
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Provitional Race Schedule 2008!

Final Race: 10 May-2008
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1. As last years, reception will be prorogued to 30 September. In this period you can send new or substitute pigeons.

2. About 1st week of September, we will recount all pigeons in the loft and will inform you for possible lost pigeons in acclimatization period. Is possible that we will make individually photography of all pigeons in the loft.

3. From 10 September to 30 September you can send new pigeons, or free pigeons in order to replace all that you lost in this initial period (to 31 August).

Best regards.

J.Ledesma.

Exceptional AUCTION

The 2007 winners

Derby-2007 winners Online Auction
50 Cracks
¡ Now o Never !
Fliying overseas at 1200 m.m. with 36º temp. and dust in air.

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Final Race: 12 May 2007

The path was very hard...

We wait +500 persons !
& will go to race +166 pigeons.

From Fuerteventura Island 230 Km
The last training!

From Gran Canaria Island 130 Km
Another dangerous training!

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You will receive a SMS message in the moment that your first pigeon arrived !

22.000 Euros Prize money!

12,000 1st 2008 Race

SEND PIGEONS FROM 1 JUNE TO 31 AUGUST 2007

The unique REALITYSHOW in racing pigeon sport !

"LIKE NO OTHER"

1ST AGAETE

From Gran Canaria Island

The most crucial & dangerous training!

Race: 25 March 2007

3ST WaterTRAINING
Over the sea 60 Km + Over Island 70 Km

I believe that it would be safe to say, ( everyone would be in total agreement) that racing pigeons instinctively do not like to fly over bodies of open water. Pigeons will endure in most cases, hundreds of kilometers of additional flying time to go around a body of water as opposed to taking the risk of going over it.

So what is my sudden fascination with water, when most friends of mine know that I cannot swim a stroke? I am fascinated because it never fails to amaze me that the birds that we keep can have so much raw courage, so much power , so much strength , so much endurance, so much determination and such a love for home that nothing , not even a deadly ocean ( and would under all normal circumstances avoid) would ever keep them from trying to get to their homes. Yesterday I received an email that caught my attention , actually held me in awe as to what our pigeons are really capable of. I had never really contemplated whether or not racing pigeon fanciers existed in small remote island chains in the middle of the ocean.

Believe it or not , the coast of Africa, Morocco, the Sahara are not what I normally think of when I think of racing pigeons. Yet it seems that the Canary Islands ( officially a part of Spain) has a large , extremely dedicated and extremely courageous group of racing pigeon fanciers as well as racing pigeons! Though for the most part, we in America face the assaults of Mountains, forests, open prairies and deserts these relatively unknown and unheard of racing pigeon fanciers face the rigors of the open ocean every race day! The open ocean, not “Lake Simcoe and the narrows”, but

 the ocean with its gale force winds and gigantic waves, with its deadly calm one minute, and 10 storey waves the next.

I think that it goes without saying that the loses, in racing over the sea are very , very great! Equally great would be the elation and satisfaction of getting birds home in race time given these conditions. In my estimation, taking the emphasis away from 1st and reorganizing your thinking to recognize the achievement of such a test is an extremely positive development that would ultimately lead to the improvement and advancement of the overall qualities of this unique strain of pigeons capable of endurance or long distance racing over the sea!

(From Silvio Mattachione article)

This photo was taken from satellite and shows the "Canary Island Chain" in the ocean and the yellow mass to your right is the "Sahara" desert and the coast of Morocco. A violent storm is blowing desert sand over the islands and far beyond,  hundreds of miles out to sea. Not a very hospitable course

Click for BIG "TENERIFE"

Click for look complete "GALLERY OF 10 Feb 2007"

(07-2-07):

08 Feb 2007:

10ST TRAINING 57 Km

"Hoya fría"

CLICK FOR REAL TIME ARRIVALS

CLICK FOR REAL TIME ARRIVALS BY FANCIERS

In the last training only 4 pigeons lost.

Good look.

J.Ledesma

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(05-2-07):

9ST Training 50 Km

5- Feb-2007

Barranco Hondo at 12:30

 

Click FOR TRAINING RESULTS IN REAL TIME

Click FOR TRAINING RESULTS IN REAL TIME BY FANCIERS

 

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(03-2-07):

D. José Tereso, International Federación President at Derby Arona Loft !

D. Ricardo Melchior, Tenefife Presidente with us magazine

(01-2-07):

8ST TRAINING 40 Km

Güimar

Click for arrivals in real time

Click for arrivals in real time by fanciers

 

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(29-1-07):

7ST TRAINING 33 Km

Roques de Fasnia

Click for arrivals in real time

Click for arrivals in real time by fanciers

(26-1-07):

Click for look release photos "GALLERY RACE 26 JANUARY 2007"

6ST Training 30 Km

CLICK FOR ARRIVALS IN REAL TIME

Arrivals by fanciers

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(25-1-07):

¡6st TRAINING!

(Bad weather conditions - CANCELLED)

Orange ALERT yin Canary Islands.

Tomorrow will go

(24-1-07):

The 10 first classified pigeons in training races will keep a haward.

Good look!

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(23-1-07):

5st training from S. Isidro.

At 20 Km.

Good look!

CLICK FOR REAL TIME ARRIVALS

CLICK FOR REAL TIME BY FANCIERS

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(19-1-07):

STARTING THE EMOTION !

Pigeons in race at 18-ENERO-2007

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(14-1-07):

Derby Arona at local festives.

 

Click for photogallery "GALLERY 14 JANUARY 2007"

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(11-1-07):

THE FIRST BASKETING

(10-1-07):

New transportation system.

"Click 10 January 2007"

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(07-1-07):

Photo gallery of group of pigeons flying.

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(28-12-06):

"CLICK 28 December 2006"

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(27-11-06):

" VIDEO-CLIP PROMOTIONAL 2005 "

HIGHT DEFINICIÓN 200 mb

LOW DEFINICIÓN 70 mb

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(04-10-06):

"GALLERY 04 De October 2006"

(New 10-11-06):

Provitional Race Schedule !

1st over the sea 15 Km. - 23-Feb-2007

2st over the sea 30 Km. - 28-Feb-2007

3st over the sea 50 Km. - 5-March-2007

4st over the sea 50 Km. - 15-March-2007

5st over the sea 50 Km. - 19-March-2007

 

1st Gran Canaria Island 100 Km.- from 1 to 22 April-2007

2st Gran Canaria Island 100 Km.- from 1 to 22 April-2007

 

1st Fuerteventura Island 230 Km.- 29 April-2007

Final Race 300 Km: from 12 to 13  May-2007

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(30-09-06):

Today is deadline day of pigeons entries date. We have near 900 pigeons in the loft !!

Thank you. THANK YOU !! You can look new photos of you birds at "birds-entered" section "Participants".

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(29-09-06):

CARLOS MARQUEZ CHECKING PIGEONS

Today arrived D. Carlos Marquez at the loft site. He check pigeons and new installations. He Said: "SPECTACULAR". Look photo gallery at "PHOTO ALLERY 29 Septiember 2006"

Statistics by Contry/Zones:

	Provincia Palomas TENERIFE 271 GRAN CANARIA 214 BARCELONA 44 BALEARES 37 FUERTEVENTURA 35 BELGICA 35 LANZAROTE 34 LA PALMA 30 GOMERA 30 ALEMANIA 27 GRANADA 18 CASTELLON 16 MURCIA 13 ZARAGOZA 11 EEUU 10 THAILANDIA 7 MEXICO 6 CANTABRIA 6 SEVILLA 6 VALENCIANA 6 COLOMBIA 4 CADIZ 4 CUBA 4 ALICANTE 3 SALAMANCA 2 ASTURIAS 2 ARABIA 2 ARGENTINA 1

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Statistics by Clubs:

	CLUB Pigeons Nuevos HORIZONTES - TENERIFE 47 Fondo Club Guanarteme - GRAN CANARIA 46 Doramas - GRAN CANARIA 33 Esportiú Catalá A. Colombófiles - BARCELONA 31 GRAN FONDO - TENERIFE 30 G.C. Gomera - GOMERA 30 C.C.Puerto del Rosario - FUERTEVENTURA 30 Grupo Gran Canaria - GRAN CANARIA 28 C.C.Portuense - TENERIFE 26 Unión Sur de Alcalá - TENERIFE 23 La Paloma Mensajera - GRAN CANARIA 23 Real S.C. de Tenerife - TENERIFE 21 Ondas de Lanzarote - LANZAROTE 21 Ciudad Alta - GRAN CANARIA 20 Mensajeras de Arona - TENERIFE 20 Mensajeras de Almuñecar - GRANADA 18 La Luz - GRAN CANARIA 17 EL CABO - TENERIFE 17 Fond Wallonie - BELGICA 16 Real Hespérides - TENERIFE 16 C.C. Es Pla de Mallorca - BALEARES 15 C.C. San José - GRAN CANARIA 15 PEGASUS - TENERIFE 14 Guatisea - LANZAROTE 13 Adexe - TENERIFE 13 Abona Sur - TENERIFE 13 Centro C. La Palma - LA PALMA 12 Obrafo Tienen - BELGICA 11 Weitstrecken Club Stolberg - ALEMANIA 11 La PLANA - CASTELLON 10 Quest Syndicate - EEUU 10 Mensajeras de Aguere - TENERIFE 10 Amigos de La Palma - LA PALMA 10 C.C. Santa Eulalia - BALEARES 10 C.C. Arucas - GRAN CANARIA 9 Fondclub Eeklo - Ramillies - BELGICA 8 Valle de Aridane - LA PALMA 8 Parra Negra - GRAN CANARIA 8 REUS - BARCELONA 7 Bangkok Thailand - THAILANDIA 7 C.C. IBIZA - BALEARES 7 P. Mensajera Valenciana - VALENCIANA 6 Isla Baja - TENERIFE 6 Real de Gran Canaria - GRAN CANARIA 6 PENDIENTE - ZARAGOZA 6 Mensajera Egarense - BARCELONA 6 CANARAGÜI - TENERIFE 6 Cántabra-Vellavista - CANTABRIA 6 Club Guadalajara - MEXICO 6 Oberhausen Club - ALEMANIA 5 Gran Tarajal - FUERTEVENTURA 5 Delta - Santomera - MURCIA 5 Mensajera MAHONESA - BALEARES 5 C.C. Gran Canaria - GRAN CANARIA 4 ALAS LIBRES DEL QUINDIO - COLOMBIA 4 Alcora - CASTELLON 4 La Paz - GRAN CANARIA 4 C.C. GADES - CADIZ 4 Leipzig Club - ALEMANIA 4 Alas de Serpis - ALICANTE 3 Eureka - MURCIA 3 Mensajeras BILBILIS - ZARAGOZA 3 Alas Manchegas - MURCIA 3 Langgöns Club - ALEMANIA 3 Coria del Río - SEVILLA 3 ITALICENSE - SEVILLA 3 Ciego de Ávila - CUBA 3 C.C. Costa Sur - TENERIFE 2 Huerta de Murcia - MURCIA 2 Alas Zaragoza - ZARAGOZA 2 Círculo Colombófilo de Tenerife - TENERIFE 2 Berliner Club - ALEMANIA 2 Eickeloh Club - ALEMANIA 2 R.C. Oviedo - ASTURIAS 2 C.C. TACO - TENERIFE 2 C.C. LEVANTE - CASTELLON 2 C.C. Salmantino - SALAMANCA 2 Dubai Homing Club - ARABIA 2 Finca España - TENERIFE 2 C.C. Guayadeque - GRAN CANARIA 1 Nuevos Horizontes (CUBA) - CUBA 1 Alas del NORTE - TENERIFE 1 La Viajera del Viso - ARGENTINA 1

(25-09-06):

5 belgian fanciers (tandem Cleirbaut & Roziers with 4 pigeons in the loft) in Tenerife Holidays near of his pigeons

(18-09-06):

FIRST RAIN OF YEAR

Click for photos: "GALLERY 18 DE September 2006"

NEW LOFT FINISHED !

Bow you can see the incredible new intallations for you birds !. Click and check us pigeon paradise!!: "PHOTO GALLERY 15 Sept 2006"

(14-09-06):

THE CONTROL IS FINISHED !!

You can look new photos of you birds at "birds-entered" section "Participants". The birds are big moulting and not good photos for all. If in you pigeon photo read "RECUENTO" then you birds are in loft at 9 de September. If you are lost any bird, then you can send another for free until 30 of September.

We wait that you play with the biggest internet photo collection  of pigeons !

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And now, We have 42 pigeons from:

1.Jef Cuypers (Cuypers-Lamberton)
2.Cleirbout Kris & Roziers Jelle
3.Freddy De Jaeger
4.Marc De Cock - RACE PIGEON FARM nv
5.PIPA TEAM : Degrave – Gyselbrecht
6.Robert Van Eycken
7.Van de Poel & Family
8.TECHAVICHIAN Brothers

(click for: Pigeons entered)

SEND PIGEONS UNTIL 31 AUGUST 2006 !!!

	Coordinators	Telephone	Fax	Email
	RW Wagner	+1 705 428 0757	+1 705 428 3999	wagner@drlogick.com
	M. Jemal	+52-452-524-0956		mauriciojemal@intermatsa.com.mx
	Yves Vd Poel	+32-11-588-355	+32-11-584-346	ibc2000@skynet.be

Belgian fanciers:

Your contact in Belgium to send pigeons to the ONE LOFT RACE in Tenerife – Canary Islands:

Yves Van de Poel   Telephone / Fax  0032-11-588-355

FAX  0032-11-584-346

Postal address Dorpstraat 59 , 3450 Geetbets (Belgium)    ibc2000@skynet.be

Pigeons will be sent to Yves van de Poel !!

2006 Award and trophy for Richard Cass from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

2007 RACE OPEN NOW !!!

Een unieke opportuniteit om internationale faam te verwerven !

Download Sheet in English

Een unieke opportuniteit om internationale faam te verwerven !

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" LAST 2006 EDITION "

Look in the RESULT section in real time  RESULTS SECTION

F.C.I. world champion colombódrom-2005

D. André Lietaer in DERBY INTERNACIONAL ARONA-TENERIFE and has made his reservation for his participation in 2006-2007 edition.

Click here to look:

André Lietaer at Derby Arona

In "The Racing Pigeon" magazine 17-March-2006:

2nd Training OVER the SEA & "ACE" training pigeon at:

RESULTS SECTION

Hotel + breakfast FREE for all 220 participants !

Night 29-April-2006

Fantastic TEN-BEL Village, 5 min. from Derby International.

Sr. Nikolaas Gyselbrecht from www.PIPA.be arrived at Tenerife on 27-04-2006
 

Nikolaas will make a photo report on the final day of the race promoting the pigeon sport on the Canary Islands on PIPA and worldwide... He will Translate in Dutch and put it on PIPA. He will make a big photo report and also make a trip around Tenerife to visit TOP FANCIERS in order to make the pigeon sport in Tenerife and Canary Islands popular to the rest of the world through PIPA. PIPA will help collect pigeons in Belgium / The Netherlands.

New photos of all pigeons.

COMPLETE LIST OF PIGEONS IN LAST TRAINING RACE

RACE SCHEDULE:

Insular Federation

RESULTS 13-Feb-2006

Mayor of Arona START DERBY-2006.

11-02-2006.

Mayor of Arona START DERBY-2006. and televisión CHANEL-4.

CLICK TO LOOK AT PHOTOS.

11-02-2006. A large group from other islands watching THE DERBY

Click to look photos.

RESULTS

22-12-2005

Avian flu control by Canary Islands gouverment.

Ledesma family in year convention of CLUB MENSAJERAS DE ARONA-2005

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Words from Ex-president of International Federation D. Carlos Marquez Prats de Colombofilia:

Click on PHOTO to look at your pigeon !!!

COMPLETE LIST

We have 331 pigeons entered

Desert View Loft

Winner of the 2005 Sun City Million Dollar Race in South Africa, will participate in this race over the sea !!! With 10 Entries.

(look at pigeons entered)

D. Manuel De La Cruz Perez, 2 champion of last F.C.I. Grand Championship,

participated with 10 pigeons in this RACE !!!
 

(look at pigeons entered)

The International Racing Loft ARONA-TENERIFE Race is your opportunity to test your pigeons "over the sea" so that all entrants can enjoy an equal opportunity to prove their excellence.

Join the excitement of following the pigeon’s progress throughout the training, Hot Spot Races and final Race.

 +20,000 Euros PRIZE MONEY - 2007 !

Unofficial Training flights are held every day of the week with the exception of Sundays.
Note that dates and liberation times are subject to change without prior notice.

Prize money race schedule:

2 x Las Palmas 130 Km.

1 x Fuerteventura 230 Km.

Main race from Arrecife ( Near Morocco - Africa )  330 Km.

Certified VET: D. ILDEFONSO LUIS RODRÍGUEZ SEMPERE

Clearly the race evolves because of the interest of a great many people and will continue for as long as it provides what it has, an equal and fair opportunity to test your pigeons against the world’s best!

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