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Record-Breaking Season 2024: AviRings Derby in Numbers and Facts

7/2/2024

This year's season is record-breaking for AviRings Derby in many aspects. We are proud to announce that we have gathered 2,350 pigeons from over 340 fanciers across 24 countries. Thank you to all participants for your trust and support! We also apologize to those whose pigeons we could not accept due to full capacity. We are looking forward to your registration in the next season.

Season Highlights:

  • International Participation: The largest number of pigeons were sent by fanciers from the Netherlands (680), followed by Germany (505), with noticeable increases in participation of fanciers from Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland, and also other countries.
  • Exceptional Competition: The race attracts the most successful pigeon fanciers globally.
  • Successful Quarantine Completion: Out of 2,350 pigeons, 2,221 successfully completed quarantine, resulting in approximately 5.5% losses during the darkening phase. The initial list of pigeons will be published before the first training session.
  • Pigeon Health and Safety: Pigeons are vaccinated three times (herpes, rota, pocken) and are preventatively treated with Giantel products to ensure their health.
  • Training Commencement: We will begin the first short training sessions in the coming days. The training schedule is published in the AviRings app.

AviRings Derby is synonymous with a modern OLR, striving to stay ahead of the competition. All pigeons are photographed and chipped within first week of arriving in Slovenia. Participants can track their pigeons' activities in the loft by logging into the AviRings app. We are also testing several innovative products in the field of sports pigeon racing and look forward to presenting them to the public.

In the 2024 season, we switched to Beyers pigeon feed, which is already showing results. The quality and wide range of mixtures for all development stages of young pigeons are crucial for their success. The results are already visible. More information about feeding will be published in a special blog post.

The active season is beginning, which is the most exciting phase for all of us. The pigeons are already training intensively around the loft. The first training sessions will follow next week, and the first race is scheduled for August 4, 2024. We wish everyone the best of luck – may the best pigeon win!

AviRings Derby Team

U600 Race - Prizes

Ultimate Race 600, 1. 10. 2024 - Prizes in total amount of 31.500 EUR

U600 - Activated Pigeons

We are publishing a list of currently activated pigeons for U600 Race.

List of the pigeons for activation (U600 Race)

We are publishing a list of the pigeons that can be activated for U600 Race.

U600 Race - Derby 2024

U600 Race 2024 Prepositions and Deadlines

Final Flight Rescheduled – Mark Your Calendar!

Unless there is a drastic change in the forecast, we are planning to hold the final race on Saturday, September 21st. You are all warmly invited to join us as we await the pigeons in this challenging race of 521km.

Important Notice: The final flight will not be held on 14. 9. 2024

We are postponing the final flight because of the bad weather forecast ...

This week's training is canceled; Race 2 is already on Saturday

Dear participants We skiped weeks trainig and we will go directly to the second race of 170km on Saturday, 10th of August. Next week will be significantly higher temperatures, especialy on Monday as the second race was initally planned. Pigeons came very well from the first race, so they do not need a long recovery time. Wish you good luck on Saturdays race.

Loft list - 09. 7.2024

We publish the loft list on 9.7.2024, after first pre-training. There were 2170 pigeons registered on that day. 5 pigeons are flying under unassigned chippring; this birds we will identify at latest on the basketing for the first race. 

Record-Breaking Season 2024: AviRings Derby in Numbers and Facts

This year's season is record-breaking for AviRings Derby in many aspects.

Present Yourself to other Derby 2024 Participants

Upload Your Profile Photo to AviRings Account to better Present Yourself to other Derby 2024 Participants.

AviRings Derby 2023 Pigeons at PIPA

AviRings Derby Auction 2023 on PIPA is successfully finished, and we are very happy with the results. We want to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to PIPA for their invaluable support in auctioning our finest pigeons.....

Ultimate 600 Race

U600 race is the first race with youngsters from this distance we ever had in AviRings. Although our pigeons are only 6 months old, we are sure they can write the history.

List of the pigeons (not injured) -18.9.2023

Here we published the list of the pigeons on 18.9.2023

Ultimate 600 Race

Prepositions about Ultimate 600 race

List of the quarantine pigeons - 16.9.2023

Pigeons that came few days before the final back from the hard semifinal or injured pigeons we didnt send to the final race. Here is the list of this pigeons.

Loft list_07.09.2023

We published the loft list after the hard semi-final flight - standings 7.9.

Final race 2023 inviation

Join us at the final event of the AviRings Derby 2023. Come and see the loft, witness the basketing for the final race and be at the picnic when we will await the winning pigeons. There will be food and drinks and good company! For further information, don't hesitate to contact us: derby@avirings.com

After race 3...

Race 3 was very hard, although more than 90% of the pigeons returned, which is a clear sign the birds were top-prepared, and they can defy any so unexpected challenges on this difficult route. What is coming?  After race 4, we start with the separation of sexes.  3-races CUP A new competition is coming to life: the 3-races Cup. The results of race 4 (320km), race 5 (400km), and final race (520km) will be considered on the AviRings “3-races” Cup – 2023. The pigeon with the lowest total time in those 3 races will win these AviRings “3-races” Cup competitions.

Bets explanation

We are starting with the new season of the Bet&Win game. We have introduced some changes in order to make pigeon racing at AviRings Derby even more thrilling.

First race is approaching . . .

We organized an AviRings derby successful training session, and the birds are improving with each one. As the tension rises, it's a testament to the hard work and dedication put into preparing for the upcoming events.

Some short instructions

Dear fanciers, Please login into the app and check if the ring numbers are correctly inserted; check your account standings if everything is correct. In case your avi-account standing is negative, please bring it to the 0 as soon as possible. Pigeons from participants with no paid participation fees will be unable to participate in the races!   AviRings Derby Team

Just only a month till first trainings ....

AviRings Derby is an exciting pigeon racing event in Slovenia! It's great to hear that the capacities for 2023 have been fulfilled, with 330 participants and 2100 pigeons. The upcoming training and races will surely be thrilling for the participants and the spectators. Starting with the first training in a month's time, the pigeons will have the opportunity to develop their skills and endurance. There will be 5 races, ranging from 120 to 400 kilometers, and after that will be held the final race (520km). Each race will likely test the pigeons' speed, navigation, and ability to handle varying distances. The final race is scheduled for September 10th, which will mark the event’s climax. It will be interesting to see which pigeon emerges as the champion after the intense competition throughout the whole season. The final race often holds the highest stakes and can be quite unpredictable. Following the final race, there will be the Ultimate 600 race, held two weeks later. This race will feature only the activated birds, adding another layer of excitement and competitiveness. It's an opportunity for the top-performing pigeons to showcase their skills once again in a high-stakes race. Overall, it seems like a well-organized and engaging pigeon racing event with a comprehensive schedule. Best of luck to all the participants and may the best pigeon win!

AviRings Derby 2023 started

AviRings Derby 2023 The third edition of AviRings Derby started revolutionary at the beginning of the season. Enormous interest to participate in our OLR surprised us positively. Early registrations from our top countries, like Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and Slovenia, indicated that we would fulfill the loft capacities this year. Indeed. We also got pigeons from “new” countries like Romania, the Czech Republic, Ireland, and Denmark. Participants in the first two editions apricated our work. We can promise to do our best to make the 2023 edition even better and definitely bigger with more hard competition. We collected pigeons in 3 big rounds: March, April, and at the beginning of May. Every round means more than 3200km in a few days over Europe (Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and back). This year we collected pigeons with our new truck, where the pigeons have all the comfort we can imagine on long journeys. Some memorable moments we captured in an excellent video.

Final race, AviRings Derby 2022, 13.9.2022 - some photo moments from the loft location

602 pigeons were released at 7:20 in the morning (Central European Time). The morning in Tiszabecs was cold, only 11 C°, and the moderate north wind was blowing. The release was successful. Pigeons went quickly towards the West-West-North direction, which was less cloudy.  The first pigeons came at 15. clock. The winner was Marko Goranič from Slovenia with the cock SLO-22-112-3805, which also won the 3-races CUP competition, Till the evening, 237 pigeons came; in the following days, over 400 pigeons returned . It was a very successful final event; the attendant crowd, the sport pigeon, lowers from Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Austria, and Slovenia, enjoyed the arrivals.

Login instructions

Having problems with the login to your derby personal page? Here are the instructions how to login

A Unique Approach to Pigeon Racing on the AviRings Derby 2021: Darkening of the Loft

The AviRings Derby 2021 will be a unique one loft race in many ways. First of all, it will be the very first race in Europe in which all racing pigeons will be wearing a GPS tracking ring, it will be the first race that will feature separation of the pigeons in the competition phase and it will also bring one more important difference in comparison to other similar derbies: loft darkening in the training phase. This will ensure fair conditions for all pigeons participating in the competitions, keep your pigeon champions in the best possible shape for the finals and raise the entire competition to a whole new level. Are you ready to find out more?

Defying Distance: 24/7 Live Stream from the Loft at the AviRings Derby 2021

When your pigeons are at a race, you probably feel a bit restless. How are they doing, what’s happening with them and are they doing well at races? All these are the usual questions all pigeon fanciers ask themselves during the races, but we’ve got some great news: at the AviRings Derby 2021, you won’t have to ask yourself these questions – because you will already have all the answers.

Faster, Further, Better: Widowhood in the World of Pigeon Racing and at the AviRings Derby 2021

Widowhood is a well-known concept in the world of modern pigeon racing; almost every pigeon fancier practises it in one form or another. However, most racing pigeons are only separated by gender once they reach adulthood. At the AviRings Derby 2021, we’ve decided to take things one step further to make the pigeons even faster and guarantee that they can go even further. This means that the pigeons in the race will be separated by gender as soon as they reach sexual maturity.

First pigeons in the loft

The first pigeons arrived in the loft and are feeling great.

Testing of the GPS pigeon rings

The final tests of the GPS pigeon rings are being done. Soon there will be more than 200 pigeons equipment with GPS rings on each race.

A team of two dedicated experts

A team of two dedicated experts. Together, they are determined to change the world of pigeon racing with this revolutionary GPS pigeon tracker.