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RACE REPORT FINAL RACE

The Final Race was held from Kyle Dam near Masvingo from 598 km. The weather was clear with good visibility and variable wins. The first 2 hours of flight had a slight headwind up to 7km per hour. The middle part of the race had a slight assisting wind and the final leg had a side wind and headwind of up to 17km per hour. The maximum temperature was 27 degrees Celcius.

2271 pigeons were sent to the race. The first pigeon “Little Finn” entered by Brinkmann Racing Pigeons clocked after 7 hours 26 minutes of flying and was 5 minutes in front recording a velocity of 1339 m/min. This pigeon also won the Knock-out competition. There was a steady flow of returning pigeons which were well spread out. By the end of day one 299 pigeons had returned. 

When the race closed at the end of day 2 there were 1219 pigeons home.

Super Ace Competition

The final leg of the Super Ace was decided with the US$ 700 000 prize pot. This was won by Marnus Nel of South Africa with “Love 3”.

Final Race

The Final Race was won by Brinkmann Racing Pigeons of Germany with “Little Finn”.

Team Competition

The team competition was won by Oberholster Team of South Africa.

Knock Out Competition

The Knock Out was won by Brinkmann Racing Pigeons of Germany with “Little Finn”.

Grand Averages

Grand Averages was won by Mohammad Al Otaibi from Kuwait with “NW”.

We as the Victoria Falls Team extend our gratitude to all participants and congratulation to the prize winners and to those that clocked birds in the final.

Prize money has been credited to your race account. If you would like a pay out of any or all of your prize money kindly send us a request by email.

We are pleased to announce that we will offer a voluntary Enduro series of races in a scheme to be announced separately to this report.

GPS Trackers

Below are the individual links for the tracking birds with speed for reference of when they returned.

FIRST DAY ARRIVAL – GPS TRACKS

Ring 30 - (1191 m/s) https://skyleader.com.tw/share/20220729C1TsCi

Ring 6 - (1151 m/s) https://skyleader.com.tw/share/20220729wq7qwg

Ring 27 - (975 m/s) https://skyleader.com.tw/share/20220801R7sXNL

SECOND DAY ARRIVAL  - GPS TRACKS

Ring 26 - (502m/s) https://skyleader.com.tw/share/20220801UV47lI

Ring 2 – (440 m/s) https://skyleader.com.tw/share/20220801JcucJ8

Ring 36 - (437 m/s) https://skyleader.com.tw/share/20220801KnksJF

Ring 21 - (426 m/s) https://skyleader.com.tw/share/20220801hSP7Qy

Ring 8 - (418 m/s) https://skyleader.com.tw/share/20220801ojlU32

Ring 13 - (417 m/s) https://skyleader.com.tw/share/202208012YH4Lj

Ring 34 - (415 m/s) https://skyleader.com.tw/share/20220801xq0MB1

Ring 32 - (398 m/s) https://skyleader.com.tw/share/20220801o7jr93

Ring 18 - (380 m/s) https://skyleader.com.tw/share/202208011Ze1LN

Ring 12 - (375 m/s) https://skyleader.com.tw/share/20220801hUrhda

Ring 16 - (363 m/s) https://skyleader.com.tw/share/20220801T72KZV

Ring 23 - (361 m/s) https://skyleader.com.tw/share/20220801VLSj63

Ring 3 - (351 m/s) https://skyleader.com.tw/share/20220801mBNLsT

Ring 5 - (434 m/s) https://skyleader.com.tw/share/202208012SuCjE

Ring 10 - (334 m/s)  https://skyleader.com.tw/share/20220801O2LcUA

Ring 37 - (287 m/s) https://skyleader.com.tw/share/20220801G087gI

Ring 38 - (286 m/s) https://skyleader.com.tw/share/20220801UJRFSk

Ring 25 - (276 m/s) https://skyleader.com.tw/share/20220801s7oKaT

Best Regards,

The Victoria Falls Team