The launch of the Youngsters Marathon stage of the Western Province, from the town of Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, whose organizer was Bihor County, took place on September 12, at 10:05 am. The race turned out to be an extremely difficult one for the young pigeons, after two days of competition managing to reach their lofts, according to the provisional ranking, only 14 young birds, from the range of four of six participating counties.

Mihai Bogdan Lunca

The first youngster announced in the ranking belongs to Mihai Bogdan Lunca, from Caraș-Severin county. He has the series 0216090-2022 and arrived in the loft on the second day of the competition, at 10:11:27, flying the 823 aerial kilometers with an average speed of 964.08 m/minute. As origins, it comes from pigeons from old lines brought to the loft in 2007, a line that brought the owner numerous performances in the long distance stages. In Mihai Bogdan Lunca’s loft, from this stage, the second youngster also arrived, again in the second day of the competition, at 13:08:28. There is a degree of kinship between the first youngster that arrived at the loft and the second one due to the fact that they have a common grandfather.

Codruț Năstasă

Codruț Năstasă from Arad announces the second youngster in the rankings, the bird having the series 0060111-2022. The father of the youngster is the cock 0268002-2012, brought from Radu Petrușan from Salonta, and the mother, with the series 426635-2015, is the original Codruț Năstasă, being the granddaughter of 171091-1998, who took the 14th national place in the Marathon Yearlings category.

Alexandru Tudoman

Youngster 0053917-2022, which belongs to Alexandru Tudoman, from Arad county, a young pigeon fancier who has been racing racing pigeons for only two seasons, arrives third in the provisional ranking, the next day, at 10:07:42. His parents are purchased from the loft of Nicu Siclovan, his father has blood from the Kuipers, Wonder, Weghen lines and his mother is a pigeon by Nouwen Paesen. During the two years of pigeon racing, Alexandru noticed in his loft that, in this sport, the genetics of the pigeons, their health, the work and the time you offer them is very important.

Răzvan & Dani

The first youngster announced from Bihor county and the fourth arrived in the rankings has the series 0520060-2022 and belongs to the Răzvan & Dani Team. He arrived home the next day at 10:33:48. As origins, he has Freialdenhofen pigeons behind him, his grandparents being brought from his good friend, Ioan Chereji.

Familia Lele

In Timiș, at 17:00:35, the pigeon with the series 1144041-2022, which belongs to the Lele Family, arrives, being the tenth pigeon announced in the competition. The cock with the series 1144041-2022 is a combination of 50% Dinu Moise and 50% Gheorghe Struț, from pigeons with Etienne Devos, Andre Colbranth and George Carteus blood, pigeon families that have behind them several national champions such as “Super” “61” , “40”, “41”, “55”, “Olympic” “023”, “843”, etc.

Until the publication of the article, no pigeon had arrived in the other two participating counties, Satu Mare and Sălaj, with the mention that for the last one we have only one participant in this race – Dănuț Tărău.