The first marathon stage of this season, organized by Bacău county, took place on June 11, 510 fanciers from Bacău, Neamț, Iași and Vaslui counties, launching at 5:35 a.m., from the Polish town of Augustow, a number of 13,107 pigeons. The fastest among them managed to arrive compactly in the lofts around 14:00, the difference in flight speed between the pigeons being only a few meters per minute.

The 1st place of this stage arrived in the loft was recorded at 13:48:39. It is the hen with series 0513863-2020, belonging to pigeon fancier Constantin State (cover photo) from Târgu-Neamț, who managed to fly the 775 aerial kilometers with an average speed of 1,570.21 m/minute. The hen was nominated to the team by Constantin, who bred her from the cock series 281022-2007, a pigeon purchased from the Transilvania pigeon loft. This cock was competed by Lucian Mermezan in 2007, where he took the 2nd Ace place. The mother of the winning hen is a daughter of the fancier’s basic pigeon, the cock with the series 412654-2019, original Nouwen-Paesen.

Remus Floria`s performer

Remus Floria from Bacău took 2nd place on the launch, with the cock series 0262245-2020, which is a combination of the pigeons of Petrică Țugui and Marcelin Solot. He had to cover at this stage a distance of 853 kilometers and developed an average speed of 1,567.84 m/minute. This cock was nominated for the team, being one of the best from Remus’ flight group, as several of his close relatives fly well, with top places in the marathon and extreme marathon stage rankings. It is played in nest position, natural method, and at this stage he left on scrambled eggs. In the ranking of Bacău county he took 1st place in the category of pigeons. Lucian Baronu from Racova, with the young cock 0226539-2021, and Răzvan Ionuț Hanganu from Moinești, with his cock 0233377-2019, took the 2nd and 3rd places of Bacău county.
On the third step of the podium in the general ranking of the stage in the category of pigeons, the first pigeon from the team arrives, the cock with the series 0513052-2020, of the Țurluianu Family from Târgu-Neamț. He traveled the 775 kilometers at a speed of 1,566.05 m/minute. This cock is brother of the hen 640005-2016 “Gloria” (65.51 pts. In 2 years rankings Long distance category), these pigeons based on Cor de Heijde and Batenburg origins.

Romeo Turluianu and Tudor Catuna

The Țurluianu family had very good arrivals at this stage, they basketed 16 pigeons and ranked 7. The first three pigeons that arrived at their loft are pigeons nominated for the team, pigeons with which they also occupy the 2nd place on release in the fanciers category ranking. The second pigeon to arrive is the cock series 0513019-2020, he managed to come right after the first pigeon to arrive and takes 4th place on the launch with a speed of 1,565.94 m/minute. He is the son of “Dolly” (1st place Marathon P 4 years ranking in the county). These two cocks took the 2nd and 3rd places in the pigeon category in the Neamț county ranking. The number three pigeon arrived is also a cock, 0513013-2020, which is a brother to 0513019-2020, also being a son of the famous “Dolly”. Romeo Țurluianu is in charge of the training of the pigeons, and his favorite flying method is the natural nest position method.

Fanciers from Neamţ county, “in power” in the Fanciers’ ranking

In the rankings of the fanciers category of the stage, the 1st place is assigned to Vasilica Popa from Zănești/Traian, Neamț county. The three pigeons that brought him this beautiful result were the first to arrive at the loft, they are all three males, and in order of arrival they have the following series: 0528780-2020, 0528787-2020, 0528750-2020. Vasilica prepared the pigeons for this stage in widowhood method, engaged a batch of 14 pigeons and managed to rank 6 of them. All these cocks originate from the cock that is the basis of the breeding, i.e. a son of “Pipo Inzaghi” of Florin Grigorescu.

Adrian Dancef

Adrian Dencef from the town of Răucești, Neamț county, engaged a batch of 35 pigeons at this stage, ranks 15 of them, succeeding with his team to get on the podium of this stage, occupying the third step in the fanciers category. The first pigeon to arrive at the team is the cock, he ranks 49th in the general ranking of the stage, has the series 9008951-2018 and is the son of a good flyer from the Dancef aviary. The second pigeon arrived is the hen 0510637-2020, she ranks 129th on the release and is the daughter of two good fliers from this aviary, in the long distance and marathon categories. The third pigeon arrived at the team is the male with the series 2001606-2020, he occupies the 184th place on the launch and is the son of the county champion 9008957-2018 in the Allround yearlings category from 2019, paired with the hen 098730-2018 who was 3rd county place in the same category, in the same year.

Andrei Avădanei

In Iasi, Andrei Avădanei holds the supremacy of this stage by occupying the 1st and 2nd county places in the category of pigeons from a number of 2516 employed pigeons and 104 fanciers. The two fast cocks with the series 0410526-2019 and 0964964-2020, arrive 1 minute apart from each other. Andrei is a young pigeon fancier aged 29, he owns marathon pigeons since 2019. In 2020 it was the first season when he competed in the marathon with a batch of widowed yearlings, that did not disappoint him and finished the season with 10 norms in the Marathon ace Yearlings category, even achieving a 1st and 3rd place in the county at the Birzai National stage. The first cock widower to arrive from this stage flew the 778 air kilometers at an average speed of 1,513.95 m/minute and managed to arrive at 14:09:03 on the first day of arrivals. He has 4 ranked marathons in his records, and in his veins he carries 50% Florentin Asmarandei blood and 50% blood from Ioan Pește’s pigeons. The cock in the 2nd place arrived at 14:10:49, developed an average speed of 1,508.76 m/minute in flight, and as origins is a half-brother from the mother of the cock that occupies the 1st place in the county at this stage and has father a cock brought from the aviary Gheorghe Olaru.
The 3rd place in Iași county is occupied by a beautiful and fast yearling hen 1069077-2021, belonging to Florin Zaharia, a hen that managed to fly the 779 aerial kilometers at a speed of 1,507.65 m/minute.

Nicu Grapă and Ionuț Niță

In Vaslui county, the history of Iași repeats itself. Here the team Grapă and Niță from Bădeana dominate the ranking and win the 1st and 2nd county places from a number of 1954 pigeons entered at this stage by the 101 participating fanciers. The first pigeon that arrives in Iași county, respectively in Grapa and Niță aviary, is a cock and has the series 0590885-2020. He had an aerial distance of 913 kilometers to cover, a distance he flew at an average speed of 1,452.06 m/minute. Both his parents are original Mihai Vasiliu pigeons. The 2nd county place is the yearling hen with the series 1138827-2021. She is bred from a cock brought from Daniel Sărăcutu from Tecuci and a hen with Freialdenhofen blood, brought from Vasile Muntean from Sibiu. This team has been active in this wonderful sport since 2020, and the flight method by which the two members of the team train their pigeons is natural. Sergiu Mihai Mihăilescu with his hen 0718728-2019 climbs to the 3rd place of Vaslui county.