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FINAL RACE Prize Money & GPS Trackers 2022-08-01

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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”.

Pos	Country	Fancier	Ring #	Pigeon	Prize
1	South Africa	Marnes Nel	ZA21 WPU 6743	Love 3	$ 100,000
2	Qatar	Ummbirka Loft	QATAR QAT 21-747	Boeing 747	$ 60,000
3	Germany	Team Germany - Werner A. Waldow & Silvia Thiel	DV 04858-21-4286	Nevada	$ 40,000
4	Netherlands	Arie Dijkstra	NL 21-1451551	Pancho Ulla 551	$ 30,000
5	Germany	Brinkmann Racing Pigeons	DV 02752-21-368	Little Finn	$ 20,000
6	Zimbabwe	PJ van Druten	ZW21 MRPF 4676	( CLEO )	$ 18,000
7	South Africa	Michel Debecker	ZA 21-08470	Vechter	$ 16,000
8	Poland	Tadeusz Niznik	PL 0235-21-3455		$ 15,000
9	Belgium	AMAJE TEAM	BE 21-4153381		$ 12,500
10	South Africa	RMG Racing	ZA21 SHU 0822	MAJIC WONDER	$ 10,000

Final Race

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

Pos	Country	Fancier	Ring #	Pigeon	Prize
1	Germany	Brinkmann Racing Pigeons	DV 02752-21-368	Little Finn	$ 70,000
2	Belgium	Flying Wouters Family	BE 21-6163237	Zimbabwe 237	$ 40,000
3	South Africa	Johann Grobbelaar	ZA21 TRPF 5867	Mieke	$ 20,000
4	Germany	Team Germany - Altmiks - Pigeons	DV 03684-21-268		$ 15,000
5	Kuwait	Adel Al-Hadiyh Loft	KW FED 21-1099661	Golden Black 61	$ 10,000
6	Belgium	PIPA Breeding & Al-Tahadi Loft	BE 21-4202720		$ 8,500
7	Kuwait	Hassan Al-Watri	KW WATANYA 21-710985		$ 6,000
8	Kuwait	Hassan Al-Watri	KW WATANYA 21-710965	Hassan 3	$ 5,000
9	Poland	JKG Transport	PL 020-21-5791		$ 4,000
10	United States	Ganus Family Loft	AU21 GFL 1099		$ 3,000

Team Competition

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

Pos	Country	Fancier	Prize
1	South Africa	Team Oberholster	$ 100,000
2	South Africa	Michel Debecker	$ 50,000
3	United States	Ganus Family Loft	$ 25,000
4	Qatar	Ummbirka Loft	$ 15,000
5	Germany	Brinkmann Racing Pigeons	$ 10,000

Knock Out Competition

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

Pos	Country	Fancier	Ring #	Pigeon	Prize
Winner	Germany	Brinkmann Racing Pigeons	DV 02752-21-368	Little Finn	$ 10,000

Grand Averages

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

Pos	Country	Fancier	Ring #	Pigeon	Prize
1	Kuwait	Mohammad Al Otaibi	KW FED 21-1051584	NW	$ 8,000
2	South Africa	Michel Debecker	ZA 21-08470	Vechter	$ 7,000
3	Qatar	Ummbirka Loft	QATAR QAT 21-747	Boeing 747	$ 6,000

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.