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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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Please see below the list of 89 pigeons chosen for export for sale by PIPA. The PIPA Auction is planned to start on 1 September and the link will be sent out in due course.   As per our terms pigeons not chosen by PIPA can be bought by the Activator by paying the sale price plus the cost of quarantine and shipping. Arrangement for delivery from quarantine in USA to the buyer is not included in the cost and must be arranged and paid to the shipper by the buyer. &nb.....

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  The big change at Victoria Falls OLR for our 10th Year of the Race   We are excited to announce the launch of the race from a new loft position, on a different route, for the sake of the pigeons and to reduce losses.   Please watch this video - https://youtu.be/lBDnr0pL9xg   Summary of conditions - 2026 RACE.....

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  RACE REPORT FINAL RACE The Final Race at Victoria Falls was held from Tods Hotel 539 km from the loft on Friday the 25th July. Congratulations to those fanciers and their birds that returned and won prizes. The race turned out to be another very tough day. Kuwait birds took the 1st and 2nd positions with 3rd going to Slovakia and 4th to Germany. Yet again many different countries were represented in the top 10 results. There was a North wind (he.....

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The Final Race at Victoria Falls was held on Friday 25th July. All the competitions ended on Saturday 26th at 18:30 but not all prizes were won in the Final Race yet. As per our rules we have decided that pigeons which continue to return can win a prize until all places are filled or until 18.30 on Monday 28th. Any un-won prizes will be credited evenly between the positions that have been filled.   Best regards The Victoria Falls Team.....

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10 hours to go until the liberation of the Final Race!   14 hours left to pool your birds! Do it now before it’s too late!!!   Don’t forget to upload your pedigrees in your login or send them to us to upload.   Good luck for tomorrow!.....

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The basketing for the Victoria Falls Final Race is complete – https://www.victoriafallswcpr.com/results.php?opt=5&id=1040   The Final Race will be held on Friday 25th from Tods Hotel 539 km Southeast of Victoria Falls. The liberation is planned for 06.45 am.   The temperature is expected to be a minimum of 10 degrees Celsius and a maximum of 25 degrees Celsius. There is expected to be clear skie.....

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Please note: Basketing for the Final Race will take place from 07:00 am on Wednesday 23rd July instead of 14:00. Pigeons will depart early afternoon to give enough time to negotiate the road and many detours as well as enough time for stopping to feed and water enroute. The plan is to arrive to the liberation point on Thursday afternoon to feed and water and let the birds rest overnight for Friday’s liberation.   .....

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  RACE REPORT HOTSPOT 5 Hotspot 5 was held from Raceway on Tuesday the 15th of July 2025, 378 km from the loft. Basketing for the race was done on Sunday morning, 13 July to enable the vehicle to travel the road which is under re-construction. The pigeons were fed and watered enroute and arrived at the liberation point on Monday afternoon. Liberation the next morning was into clear skies and the birds cleared quickly. There was an East North-.....

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Scheduled for tomorrow, 19 July from 47 km.   Enter 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=1037   Live Results - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.....

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Hotspot 5 from 378 km will be held tomorrow, Tuesday 15th July from Raceway. Liberation will be 07.00 weather permitting.   The minimum temperature is expected to be 13 degrees Celsius with a maximum daytime temperature of 26 degrees Celsius. A South East wind of 7 km/hr is predicted at liberation and an East wind of 15km/hr in Victoria Falls at 11 am.   Have some fun with Bonus Races! They are open until liberat.....

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  RACE REPORT HOTSPOT 4 Hotspot 4 was held from Lupane Dam on Saturday 5th of July 2025, 237 km from the loft. There was a North wind to start (head wind) which changed to an East wind by 8 am. Temperatures ranging from 11 degrees Celsius to a maximum daytime temperature of 27 degrees Celsius. The first pigeons arrived at a Velocity of 1450 m/min. Some of the birds that returned the second day were injured. 1864 pigeons were sent to the race and t.....

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Scheduled for tomorrow, 10 July from 103 km.   Enter 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=1032   Live Results - https://www.victoriafallswcp.....

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Scheduled for tomorrow, 8 July from 103 km.   Enter 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=1030   Live Results - https://www.victoriafallswcpr.....

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Hotspot 4 from 237 km will be held tomorrow, Saturday 5th July from Lupane Dam. Liberation will be 07.00 weather permitting.   The minimum temperature is expected to be 13 degrees Celsius with a maximum daytime temperature of 27 degrees Celsius. An East wind is predicted at 15 km/hr.   Enter Bonus Races now! They are open until liberation.   You can view the race on our Home Page:  .....

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  RACE REPORT HOTSPOT 3 Hotspot 3 was held from Fatima on Saturday 28th of June 2025, 192 km from the loft. There was a South wind along the way, temperatures ranging from 11 degrees Celsius to a maximum daytime temperature of 25 degrees Celsius. The first 4 pigeons arrived 8 minutes ahead of the next birds. The winning bird’s velocity was 1696 m/min. 1993 pigeons were sent to the race and they returned as follows, .....

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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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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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  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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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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