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Scheduled for tomorrow, 3 July from 103 km.   Have some fun with Bonus Races! They are also already open for Hotspot 4!   You can view the flight on our Home Page:  www.victoriafallswcpr.com   Basketing List - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1026   Live Results - .....

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Scheduled for tomorrow, 1 July from 103 km.   Have some fun with Bonus Races!   You can view the flight on our Home Page:  www.victoriafallswcpr.com   Basketing List - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1024   Live Results - https://www.vict.....

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If you have more than 7 Activated birds send us your Elite selection by 15:00 CAT today!   LAST CHANCE TO ENTER SUPER ACE, GRAND AVERAGES, KNOCK OUT AND ELITE! BUY UNPAID BIRDS NOW!   At 19:00 CAT tonight unpaid birds will have ring numbers replaced with codes.   HOTSPOT 3   Hotspot 3 from 192 km will be hel.....

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  RACE REPORT HOTSPOT 2 Hotspot 2 was held from Safari Lodge on Saturday 21st of June, 146 km from the loft. There was an Easterly wind and the temperature was cool. The winning bird’s velocity was 1607 m/min. 2142 pigeons were sent to the race and they returned as follows, 86 birds 5 minutes behind the winner (4%) 1013 birds within 15 minutes (47%) 1959 birds within 1 hour (91%) 2033 o.....

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Birds Activated before Hotspot 3 will automatically be entered into Super Ace, Grand Averages and Knock Out.   If a fancier has 7 Activated birds or less they will automatically be entered into Elite. If a fancier has more than 7 Activated birds their selection needs to be emailed to us by 15:00 CAT on Friday 27th June. If no selection is received the birds will be entered randomly. .....

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Competition Reminders   Super Ace & Grand Averages   All pigeons are included in the Super Ace and Grand Averages competitions up to and including the Hotspot 2 result. Only pigeons activated before Hotspot 3 will remain in these competitions (including bought birds).   Elite   Each entrant can select one Elite group only and must s.....

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Hotspot 2 from 146 km will be held tomorrow, Saturday 21st June from Safari Lodge. Liberation will be 07.00 weather permitting.   The minimum temperature is expected to be 15 degrees Celsius with a maximum daytime temperature of 28 degrees Celsius. A South East wind is predicted at 14 km/hr.   Bonus Races are open until liberation. Join the fun and enter now!   You can view the race on our Home Page: &n.....

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  RACE REPORT HOTSPOT 1 Hotspot 1 was held from Safari Lodge on Saturday 14th of June, 146 km from the loft. There was a strong wind from the East resulting in a fast race of 1764 m/min. 2226 pigeons were sent to the race and they returned as follows, 91 birds 5 minutes behind the winner (4%) 1443 birds within 15 minutes (65%) 2131 birds within 1 hour (96%) 2171 on the first day (98%) .....

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Bonus Races are open for HOTSPOT 2 scheduled for Saturday 21st June – start entering now!   Training Flight 12   Scheduled for tomorrow, 19 June from 103 km.   Enter Bonus Races now!   You can view the flight on our Home Page:  www.victoriafallswcpr.com   Basketing .....

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Scheduled for tomorrow, 17 June from 103 km.   Bonus Races are open!   You can view the flight on our Home Page:  www.victoriafallswcpr.com   Basketing List - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1011   Live Results - https://www.victoriafalls.....

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Hotspot 1 from 146 km will be held tomorrow, Saturday 14th June from Safari Lodge. Liberation will be 07.00 weather permitting.   The weather will be cold early morning at 10 degrees Celsius. There is a predicted East wind of 8km /hr and maximum daytime temperature of 25 degrees Celsius.   Bonus Races are open until liberation. Join the fun and enter now!   You can view the race on our Home Pa.....

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Unpaid reserves are now available for anyone to activate at $600 each by pressing the BOOK NOW button. These are the pigeons which are in breeder’s names currently.   Note that the original Donor birds in any For Sale fancier are still $800.   Please see the list here - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1008   Please ensure you complete the process by cl.....

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Loft List 11 June   We have had some pigeons return today and have published a Loft List as at 11 June which will facilitate Fanciers checking the statuses of their pigeons.   Please see the list here - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1008   When a Reserve bird is activated this List will automatically be updated (please refresh). Th.....

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Training Flight 10 - Last training before Hotspot 1   The last training flight before Hotspot 1 will now be tomorrow, on Tuesday 10th June from 103km.   At 11:00 am CAT on Thursday 12th June there will be no more reserves. Unpaid pigeons will be available to anyone to buy and all rights will transfer to the activator.   Breeders’ names and ring numbers .....

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Training plan before Hotspot 1 (which is scheduled for Sat 14 June)   We will have 2 short training tosses from 43 km. These will NOT BE ONLINE and not in averages as the birds will be released in groups.   We plan to have our last training flight ONLINE from 103 km on Wednesday, 11th June. On Thursday 12th June, there will be no more reserve pigeons. Unpaid birds will be available for sale, but .....

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  Scheduled for tomorrow, 4 June from 120 km. Race time closes at 18.30 on 5 June. Activations will automatically move to the next reserve in that team for any activated pigeons which do not clock in race time.   Fanciers have until 11 June to activate their reserve pigeons for $600 each.   On 12 June the remaining reserves will be available for anyone to activate by selecting the “BOOK NOW.....

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Scheduled for tomorrow, 31 May from 103 km.   Bonus Races are open!   You can view the flight on our Home Page:  www.victoriafallswcpr.com   Basketing List - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=999   Live Results - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.....

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  Training Flight 8   Scheduled for tomorrow, 28 May from 103 km.   Bonus Races are open!   You can view the flight on our Home Page:  www.victoriafallswcpr.com   Basketing List - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=997   Li.....

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  To our Valued Customers, 2026 is our 10th Anniversary and we are changing the race route by moving the loft close to Bulawayo with the same team and systems developed over the past 9 years. This is for the WELFARE OF THE PIGEONS AND TO REDUCE LOSSES AND IMPROVE YOUR RACING ENJOYMENT AND SATISFACTION. The new race route is a tried and tested route over many years by the Bulawayo Club with good returns flying over farmland, good.....

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Scheduled for tomorrow, 25 May from 103 km.   Enter Bonus Races now!   You can view the flight on our Home Page:  www.victoriafallswcpr.com   Basketing List - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=995   Live Results - https://www.victoriafallswcp.....

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Intake for 2026 season   We would like to advise all our valued participants that the intake for the 2026 race season will be from September to November 2025.   Please kindly contact your country agent for the exact dates when you should hand in your pigeons to them - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/agents.php     Training Flight 6   .....

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Scheduled for tomorrow, 21 May from 52 km.   Bonus Races are open!   You can view the flight on our Home Page:  www.victoriafallswcpr.com   Basketing List - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=991   Live Results - https://www.victoriafallswcpr......

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Scheduled for tomorrow, 19 May from 43 km.   The last online flight before this was on 7 May which was in a westerly direction. Since then we have been training from the South East which is the race route (130 degree change in direction). As there are no roads in between the 2 routes we had to start short again and be careful by gradually increasing in distance. We have had 9 training flights in between to get the pigeons used to the new direction.   .....

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Buying Donor Birds   Donor birds have a “BOOK NOW” button next to them on any basketing list or flight result.   Donor birds are $800 per bird.   Herewith the rules for Donor and Venture Racers - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/venture.php   How it works  .....

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Scheduled for tomorrow, 7 May from 47 km. Please note that after this Training Flight we will be changing direction from the westerly route which runs to Botswana over to the Bulawayo road to the South East (line of the race route). This is a 130 degree change in direction. We are therefore going to shorten the training distance whilst we change direction. The training flights will then gradually increase in distance. The next online training flight is planned for 20 May once the birds have f.....

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Scheduled for tomorrow, 5 May from 47 km.   Bonus Races are available!   You can view the flight on our Home Page:  www.victoriafallswcpr.com   Basketing List - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=980   Live Results - https://w.....

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We are pleased to announce that the first online Training Flight is scheduled for tomorrow, 2 May from 47 km. Grand Averages points accumulate from this flight.   For Sale Donor pigeons will be available for activation from Thursday 8th May. This will be through the “BOOK NOW” buttons online. Full details of the process will be sent out before then.   There are still some pigeo.....

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Loft List 17 April   Please view the latest loft list here – https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=972     Race and Training Programme   Herewith the race and training programme – https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/programme.php   The first online Training .....

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Please view the latest loft list here – https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=956   The pigeons are progressing well and all birds are now in one group. They are being tossed 6 days per week from short distances in small increments.   There are still pigeons that have not had the perch fee and one activation paid. If you have not paid please do so. Pigeons are hi.....

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All pigeons including those that finished quarantine recently are flying around the loft, some for 7 months already. They are being trained daily from short distances except the last groups which will be ready to join in the truck training soon. As the pigeons gain fitness, they will be more able to evade falcon attacks.   The first live training toss will be in May in preparation for the activation race planned for 4th June.   All pigeons have had e .....

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The intake into Victoria Falls is complete and has done reasonably well. We are excited for the season!   We are still fitting electronic rings on the last intakes after which we will be able to do a loft listing of all the pigeons.   We are happy to report that we have had high rainfall over the last few weeks which will assist the pigeons during the racing.   Please note that all perch fees for birds shipped plus 1 activ.....

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We wish to thank our loyal supporters for pigeons entered into the Victoria Falls Race and our agents who have marketed and collected birds for us.   The intake into Victoria Falls is progressing well and the intake is ending soon. There are more shipments expected to arrive at the end of January. After quarantine and orientation of the pigeons the remaining pigeons will be entered in the system. After all is complete we will be able to d.....

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To our valued customers,   After the first month of intake we have charged what is due to your race account. This is 1 activation per 5 bird team and a perch fee for all birds sent. The charged amount is due and payable upon shipping. We will give regular updates of birds that die which can be replaced. Any replacements are free of charge but can only be received up to the last shipment sent by your agents. If you haven’t already done so please pay your account .....

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Best Pigeons Auction The Best Pigeons Auction ends in 1 day, on Sunday 29th. Don’t miss out on obtaining some great birds which have proven themselves in a tough season! Here is the link - https://auctions.bestpigeons.com/index.php?page=search&sCategory=victoria-falls-performance-pigeons_4 Best Pigeons Aucti.....

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RACE REPORT FINAL RACE The Final Race was held from Tods Hotel 539 km from the loft with liberation at 6.50 am on Friday 26th July. There was little wind at liberation which soon picked up to a cross wind of up to 12 km/hr. There was some cloud and fog in patches to start but clear at release. The early morning was cold at 16 degrees Celsius but climbed rapidly during the day to 34 degrees Celsius (93 deg F) by 2 pm. From approximately 9.30 am the wind had swung to a .....

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To our valued participants,   In light of the difficult race and low returns, as per rule 6.4 we have decided to keep the race open until 19:00 on Sunday 28th. A reminder that any points earned for Super Ace, Grand Averages and Elite are reduced on each day clocked after the first bird.   Best regards Geoff Armand.....

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The basketing for the Victoria Falls Final Race is complete – https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=854   The Final Race will be held on Friday 26th from Tods Hotel 539 km Southeast of Victoria Falls. The liberation is planned for 06.50 am. There is a possibility of early morning fog which might delay liberation.   The temperature is expected to be 10 degrees Celsius at liberatio.....

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The last training flight before the Final is tomorrow, Monday 22nd July from 52 km. The pigeons won't fly again until the liberation of the Final on Friday 26th July.   Bonus races are open!   You can view the flight on our Home Page:  www.victoriafallswcpr.com Basketing List –  https://.....

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Scheduled for tomorrow, 20 July from 52 km.   Bonus races are open!   You can view the flight on our Home Page:  www.victoriafallswcpr.com Basketing List –  https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=850 Live Results –  https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/.....

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Scheduled for tomorrow, 19 July from 103 km.   Bonus races are open!   You can view the flight on our Home Page:  www.victoriafallswcpr.com Basketing List –  https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=849 Live Results –  https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/.....

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