After the National Columbophile Exhibition, the best pigeons in Romania at the Olympic categories went to the Czech Republic, where, at the end of January, Central and Eastern Europe Cup for racing pigeons was held. Our country has had one of the most impressive participations so far, in the exhibition in Brno being present many pigeons from our country. The Romanian pigeons did very well not only at the level of participation, but especially at the level of prizes won. With top rankings in all categories, including the countries rankings, Romania has won no less than six European titles, of which two trophies of 1st place.
From one end of the rankings to another, the pigeons of romanian fanciers were always among the first. However, the best rankings were made in the shorter distance categories, categories where most important trophies were obtained.

Platon Brothers (Bistrita Nasaud county), winners of the 2nd place of A Category
As it is known, at the international competitions participate those pigeons who manage to fulfill the palmares record of the categories, from short distance to extreme long distance. The first of the categories in which Romania successfully participated in the European Cup was Category A (Short distance), meaning Short distance Palmares, where 10 ranked races between 95 and 420 km are required, for two consecutive years. In this ranking, from Romania, Platon Brothers from Bistrita Nasaud participated, who placed second, right after a Polish fancier. Platon brothers performance was possible due to hen RO-17-0268031, winning two national 3rd place trophies in 2019, for Old birds Short distance and Palmares Short distance. In the same category, from Romania also participated Culda Family, Salaj, who also managed to be in the first part of the ranking, on the 9th position.

Team Fekete + Lucaciu (SJ), European champions for B Category
In the next category, B (Middle distance), similar to Palmares Middle distance category of our national championship (8 stages with distances between 285 and 630 km, ranked in two consecutive seasons), team Fekete+Lucaciu won 1st European place. So we can proudly say, with no doubt, that the best Middle distance pigeon for the past two years in Central and Eastern Europe is wearing a Romanian ring. The cock, RO-16-0158611, has a outstanding palmares at the national level. In two years of flying career, it has won nine national trophies, of which five of national 1st place, for Old Birds Middle distance, Short distance Palmares, Middle distance Palmares, All-round Palmares and Ace Speed Palmares. Also for middle distance category, Romania was also represented by Pasha, which ranked 11th, and by Florian Căbău from Timiș, whose pigeon ranked 15th, in a ranking that included a total of 30 pigeons.

Predună&Purcărea and Manole Victoraș+Răzvan, very close to the podium of C Category (Long distance)
In Category C (Long distance palmares, 6 stages over 475 km ranked in two consecutive years), Romania was very close of winning another European trophy. Teams Predună&Purcărea from Olt and Manole Victoraș+Răzvan from Dâmbovița ranked right after the podium, in 4th position, respectively 5th. On the 6th place, came Victor Diaconu from Bacău. Even without a trophy, with these three very good results, we can say that Romania had a consistent performance also for this category.