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Scheduled for 06.30 on Wednesday 24th June from Nyamapanda, 591 km. We expect the speed to be approximately 1200 m/min according to the weather forecast at this stage.    Please see the basketing list of 996 birds here - .....

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As previously mentioned, there are some birds For Sale for the Enduro which were unpaid in the Final race. These birds are marked Enduro 1 to Enduro 116 with BOOK NOW buttons next to them.   Although their performance in the final remains hidden, below is an indication of where the remaining for sale birds clocked, in no particular order, for your inform.....

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Scheduled at 07.30 tomorrow morning, 19 June from 81 km.   Bonus Races are open!   Quick links;   Basketing List - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/re.....

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The Enduro Race will be held on Wednesday 24th June from Nyamapanda, 591 km. Liberation is planned for 06.30 weather permitting.   34 pigeons have been put one side for auction with PIPA and will not go to the Enduro. This is based on the following criteria; .....

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  RACE REPORT FINAL RACE   Race 10 - FINAL RACE from Nyamapanda 591 km, was liberated at 06.30 am on 12 June 2026. The sky was clear at liberation. There was a gentle headwind or no wind for the entire route. The maximum temperature was 25 degrees Celsius. The humidity was 30 to 40%. .....

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Scheduled at 06.30 tomorrow morning, 6 June from 184 km. This is the last time the birds will be on the road before the Final.   Bonus Races are open!   Quick links;   Basketing List - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1127   Live Results - .....

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  RACE REPORT HOTSPOT 5   Race 8 - HOTSPOT 5 from Murehwa, 454 km was liberated at 06.30 am on 30 May 2026. The sky was clear at liberation.  There was a 10km/hr headwind for the first 3 hours which changed to a 16km/hr cross wind. The maximum day time temperature was 18 degre.....

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Scheduled at 07.30 tomorrow morning, 3 June from 81 km. This will be the last Training Flight before the Final. On Saturday is Race 9 from 184 km and then basketing for the Final is on Wednesday next week 10 June. We will however be Loft flying.   Bonus Races are open!   Quick links;   Basketing List - https://www.vict.....

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Will be held tomorrow, Saturday 30 May from Murehwa, 454 km from the loft. Liberation will be 06.30 weather permitting.   Bonus Races are open until liberation. Enter now!   You can view the race on our Home Page:  .....

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Buying For Sale birds   All birds which are available to be bought by third parties have a “BOOK NOW” button next to them on any flight result. If the "BOOK NOW" button is not appearing next to a pigeon it means another person has bought it but it can only be moved to their name after the clock has b.....

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Scheduled at 07.00 tomorrow morning, 26 May from 81 km.   Bonus Races are open!   Quick links;   Basketing List - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1122   Live Results - https://www.victoriaf.....

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Scheduled at 06.30 tomorrow morning, 23 May from 184 km.   Bonus Races are open!   Quick links;   Basketing List - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1119   Live Results - https://www.victoria.....

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  RACE REPORT HOTSPOT 4   Race 6 - HOTSPOT 4 from Waddilove, 380 km was liberated at 06.30 am on 16 May 2026. The sky had broken cloud and there was a 10 km/hr headwind up to 9am. After that there was a 15km/hr side wind. The maximum day time temperature was 26 degrees Celsius......

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Scheduled at 07.30 tomorrow morning, 20 May from 78 km.   Bonus Races are open!   Quick links;   Basketing List - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1118   Live Results - https://www.victoriaf.....

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Will be held tomorrow, Saturday 16 May from Waddilove, 380 km from the loft. Liberation will be 06.30 weather permitting.   Bonus Races are open until liberation. Enter now!   You can view the race on our Home Page:  .....

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  RACE REPORT HOTSPOT 3   Race 5 - HOTSPOT 3 from Featherstone, 315 km was liberated at 06.30 am on 9 May 2026. The sky was clear with a gentle tail wind. The maximum day time temperature was 30 degrees Celsius.   .....

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Scheduled at 07.00 tomorrow morning, 12 May from 75 km.   Bonus Races (pooling) are open!   Quick links;   Basketing List - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1114   Live Results - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/live.php?ra.....

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The onus rests on the fancier to check that their entries marked for Super Ace and Elite are correct.   Race 5 - HOTSPOT 3   Will be held tomorrow, Saturday 9 May from Featherstone, 315 km from the loft. Liberation will be 06.30 weather permitting.   Bonus Races are open un.....

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  SUPER ACE   Best pigeon over all Hotspots and the Final. Total prize value US$ 79 400 with 100 prizes.   Entry US$ 60 due before Hotspot 3......

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  RACE REPORT HOTSPOT 2   Race 4 - HOTSPOT 2 from Orton Drift School, 261 km was liberated at 06.45 am on 2 May 2026. The sky was clear with little wind. The maximum day time temperature was 29 Degrees Celsius. Pigeons cleared well at liberation.   The first group arrived at 09.44 am with a v.....

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Scheduled at 07.15 tomorrow morning, 5 May from 46 km.   Bonus Races (pooling) are open!   Quick links;   Basketing List - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1110   Live Results - https:/.....

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Will be held tomorrow, Saturday 2nd May from Mvuma Road, 260 km from the loft. Liberation will be 06.45 weather permitting.   Bonus Races are open until liberation. Enter now!   You can view the race on our Home Page:  www.victoriaf.....

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  RACE REPORT HOTSPOT 1   Race 3 - HOTSPOT 1 from Hagley Farm, 216 km was liberated at 9 am on 25 April 2026. Liberation was delayed because of poor visibility, with low cloud and mist and a gentle cross wind. The pigeons cleared well. .....

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Scheduled at 07.00 tomorrow morning, 29 April from 70 km.   Bonus Races (pooling) are open!   Quick links;   Basketing List - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1106   Live Results - https://w.....

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Race 3 - HOTSPOT 1   Will be held tomorrow, Saturday 25th  April from Hagley Farm, 216 km from the loft. Liberation will be 06.45 weather permitting. The weather will be cool with patchy light rain. There is a predicted cross wind of 15 km/hr and 100% cloud cover.   Bonus Races are open until liberation. Join the fun and enter now! You can view the rac.....

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Scheduled at 06.45 tomorrow morning, 21 April from 186 km.   Bonus Races (pooling) are open!   Quick links;   Basketing List - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1101   Live Results - https://.....

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Scheduled at 07.30 tomorrow morning, 17 April from 46 km.   NOTE: All pigeons which clocked today from Race 1 have been put on Rest on the Recovery list and will not go to the training tomorrow.    Bonus Races (pooling) are open!   Quick links;   Basketing List - .....

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NOTE: After 14:00 CAT TODAY (14 April) all pigeons still marked as Reserves will be available for others to activate.   The onus rests on the fancier to double check that the statuses are correct for all their pigeons basketed for Race 1.   If you have made a payment to activate reserves and the birds are not showin.....

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NOTE: DEADLINE to activate reserves is Tuesday 14 April at 14:00 CAT. After which unpaid birds will become available for others to activate.   Fanciers can change their activated bird up to 18:00 CAT on Saturday 11 April by asking us to do it for them.     Training Flight 6   Scheduled at 07.30 tomorrow morning,.....

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NOTE: Fanciers have 7 days to activate reserves, DEADLINE Tuesday 14 April at 14:00 CAT. After which unpaid birds will become available for others to activate.   Fanciers can change their activated bird up to 18:00 CAT on Saturday 11 April by asking us to do it for them.     ACTIVATION RACE   Scheduled at 07.00 .....

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NOTE: per the rules Fanciers are "allowed to change their Activated pigeon up to 18:00 CAT on the fourth day after liberation of the activation race. Changes are not permitted thereafter."   As the Activation Race is scheduled for Tuesday 7th April, Fanciers can change their activated bird up to 18:00 CAT on Saturday 11 April.   It has come to our attention .....

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Race Programme   We are satisfied with the progress of the pigeons and how they are returning to the loft each flight. As such the planned updated race programme is online - https://www.vi.....

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Scheduled at 07.30 tomorrow morning, 2 April from 70 km.   Bonus Races (pooling) are open!   Quick links;   Basketing List - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1091   Live Results - .....

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Scheduled at 07.30 tomorrow morning, 1 April from 58 km.   Bonus Races (pooling) are open!   Quick links;   Basketing List - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1089   Live Results - .....

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The Final Race this season is scheduled for Friday 12th of June 2026. We would love to welcome any fanciers who are able to attend the events that week.   Herewith the events planned - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/.....

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Scheduled at 07.30 tomorrow morning, 31 March from 51 km.   Bonus Races (pooling) are open!   Quick links;   Basketing List - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1087   Live Results - .....

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Scheduled at 07.30 tomorrow morning, 30 March from 40 km.   Quick links;   Basketing List - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1085   Live Results - .....

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Scheduled from 06.45 tomorrow morning, 28 March from 31 km. Herewith the basketing list - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1083   Watch the returns live - .....

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Scheduled from 06.45 tomorrow morning, 27 March from 31 km. Herewith the basketing list - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1081   Watch the returns live - .....

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Scheduled from 06.45 tomorrow morning, 26 March from 21 km. Herewith the basketing list - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1079   Watch the returns live - .....

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Scheduled from 06.45 tomorrow morning, 25 March from 21 km. Herewith the basketing list - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1077   Watch the returns live - .....

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Scheduled from 06.45 tomorrow morning, 24 March from 21 km.   NOTE: this is Pre-Training and single basket releases. As such these flights DO NOT count towards Grand Averages and are shown online purely for the fanciers to see their birds.   .....

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We have started road training again and will be showing trainings online soon. When we are confident of the birds' progress we will announce the new Activation Race date.   Herewith the latest loft list - .....

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Update & Perch Fees payment reminder The road training of the pigeons was making progress but is currently suspended because of heavy rains over the last 2 weeks, so the birds have been Loft flying instead. The weather is forecast to continue being unsuitable for another week or more. We will have to delay the Activation Race so as not to take risks with the birds. When the weather is more suitable we will cont.....

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We are gearing up for a highly competitive and exciting race series in our 10th year at the Victoria Falls OLR. Pigeons are well settled and exercising to our satisfaction around the loft.   Training from the transporter has commenced with 5 to 6 tosses each week. We will have a number of live training flights leading up to the Activation Race s.....

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Herewith the first Loft List after quarantine and orientation losses - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1067   4371 pigeons from 36 countries!   Perch fees of USD $80 per bird sent has been charged to your account. At least 1 bird per fancier needs to be activated on intake at USD $600. If you have sufficient funds in your account (USD $600 after settling the per.....

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The quarantine of this year's intake is now completed. Most pigeons are out and flying around and basket training will start soon. We have received pigeons from 372 fanciers covering 36 countries. Thank you to those that sent birds, we appreciate your support! See below the list of participants in the 2026 season.   All fancier accounts now reflect the status of your pigeons with those that successfully completed quarantin.....

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  The intake for 2026 is still open!   The Race Loft at our new location is up and has a capacity of 6000 birds. So far we have received most of the first shipments and they cover the following countries; Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Kuwait, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, United Kingdom, United States and Zimbabwe. &nbs.....

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The construction of the Race Loft at our new location is progressing well. We are ready to receive 3000 pigeons so far with the first batch of birds going into the loft in the next few days! Watch a video of the loft progress here - https://youtu.be/Et7D64fhPOQ The intake for 2026 is in full swing, contact your country agent to send your pigeons! https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/agents.php .....

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The Victoria Falls OLR Auction on PIPA ends in 4 days’ time on Sunday 14th. Don't miss out on buying some proven pigeons from the challenging series!   Link to Auction here - https://auctions.pipa.be/.../2025-09-victoria-falls-olr.....

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