Last week, on May 24, the debut of the season took place in the Arges Pigeon Association, with a first race of considerable proportions.

More than 11,000 pigeons were engaged in this competition, the first place being awarded by Giuliano Rădulescu. In the other competition, not less important, the fanciers one, the best of the 218 pigeon fanciers who participated was Iulian Anghel. Pogoanele (approximately 140-180 km) was the competition that started the 2020 season in the Arges Pigeon Association. The stage involved a significant number of pigeons, 11,309, and 218 fanciers. The launch of the pigeons was made at 06:00 and, as mentioned, the 1st place on the launch was won by Giuliano Rădulescu from Costești.

A perfect 2020 season start for Giuliano Rădulescu

Giuliano Rădulescu has been competing for two years as a member of the National Federation of Pigeon Fanciers in Romania, after, for almost 10 years, he was one of the best fanciers in the UCPR. Due to personal problems, the 2019 season was a short one for Giuliano Rădulescu, competing in only four stages. However, he returned in force this year, winning 1st place at the launch of the first competition. The winning cock, RO-16- 0024917 was the protagonist of other very good races, winning another first place on the launch in the past. This time it arrived in he loft at 07:55:29, covering the 168 km of the stage with an average speed of 1454.96 m / min. The pigeon fancier from Argeș participated with 101 pigeons in this first competition of the year, ranking no less than 68 of them, out of which 9 pigeons in the top 50.

With this very good percentage, Giuliano Rădulescu ranks fifth among fanciers. On the other hand, in fanciers competition, the 1st place was won by Iulian Anghel. Of the 67 pigeons that Iulian Anghel engaged in this competition, 40 of them also ranked it. The first pigeon in the team placed third on the launch, and the other one was the 28th. These two very good rankings of the first two pigeons in the team helped Iulian Anghel to have a coefficient of only 2.75 penalty points and to achieve the first important result of this season.