One Loft Racing (OLR)
When David came back to the pigeon sport in 2019, his plan was just to breed and send birds to various one loft races. However, he was offered a racing loft with some pigeons at PV Pleines association in Zandvoort and this was an offer he couldn't resist!
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Danny had also had some success in One Loft Racing, including 42nd in the Derby Sevilla, with a young cock, Barry, which is now in our breeding loft.
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We see OLR as a great leveller, removing the individual skill of the fancier to manage a race team better than their competitors and putting the emphasis solely on the pigeons. Of course, some luck is involved as well.
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Our best results in OLRs so far, are as follows:
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2021
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Pyramids International (Egypt)
31st from 1612 birds, 150 km
55th from 1157 birds, 350 km
46th from 984 birds, 430 km
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Algarve Great Derby (Portugal)
82nd from 2453 birds, 210 km
149th from 2371 birds, 291 km
34th, 40th & 221st from 2025 birds, 490 km
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Pattaya International (Thailand)
101st and 461st from 6463 birds, 120 km
368th from 5611 birds, 155 km
235th from 5402 birds, 245 km
46th from 5234 birds, 330 km
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Algarve Winter Derby (Portugal)
66th from 1230 birds, 382 km
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Victoria Falls World Challenge (Zimbabwe)
4th from 5969 birds, 103 km
64th from 5958 birds, 103 km
396th & 536th from 5730 birds, 120 km
115th and 203rd from 5492 birds, 192 km
129th from 5272 birds, 235 km
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2022
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Algarve Great Derby (Portugal)
144th from 2490 birds, 193 km
215th from 2349 birds, 205 km
156th & 444th from 2063 birds, 486 km
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Algarve Golden Race (Portugal)
479th from 4685 birds, 230 km
798th from 3622 birds, 505 km
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Derby Costa del Sol (Spain)
79th from 1670 birds, 180 km
189th & 273rd from 1654 birds, 207 km
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Victoria Falls Enduro Series (Zimbabwe)
9th & 38th from 1105 birds, 103 km
40th from 1075 birds, 103 km
28th and 50th from 1060 birds, 150 km
59th from 977 birds, 150 km
5th from 942 birds, 192 km
38th from 925 birds, 318 km
32nd and 71st from 824 birds, 435 km
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Winter Derby Costa del Sol (Spain)
56th from 1397 birds, 151 km
8th & 48th from 1361 birds, 177 km
138th & 146th from 1329 birds, 206 km
36th & 121st from 1219 birds, 260 km
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Algarve Winter Derby (Portugal)
115th & 120th from 1309 birds, 150 km
10th from 1274 birds, 180 km
16th & 157th from 1158 birds, 230 km
38th & 114th from 1091 birds, 289 km
29th from 1038 birds, 350 km
138th & 274th from 1013 birds, 486 km
2023
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Victoria Falls World Challenge (Zimbabwe)
13th from 4295 birds, 100 km
150th from 4277 birds, 100 km
139th from 4171 birds, 100 km
30th and 43rd from 4070 birds, 150 km
253rd from 3646 birds, 192 km
60th from 3379 birds, 237 km
282nd from 3069 birds, 318 km
60th and 100th from 1105 birds, 318 km
28th from 943 birds, 435 km
102nd from 735 birds, 582 km
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Algarve Golden Race (Portugal)
243rd from 3941 birds, 296 km
78th from 3175 birds, 505 km
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Derby Costa del Sol (Spain)
132nd from 1451 birds, 185 km
59th from 1411 birds, 255 km
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2024
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In 2024, we are competing in the following OLRs:
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1/ AfrikaPro (South Africa)
2/ Algarve Elite (Portugal)
3/ Derby Carmelo Yupi (Spain) - details of our team are here
4/ Derby International FCI Costa del Sol (winter) (Spain)
5/ Derby Moledo Yearlings (Portugal)
6/ Derby Riachos Yearlings (Portugal)
7/ Victoria Falls World Challenge Pigeon Race (Zimbabwe)