IPRR Worldwide Photo Gallery

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Carlo Napolitano Loft Manager to H.M. Queen Elizabeth ll. Sandringham . Norfolk . England.	George Azar of Australia George Azar outside his loft	Interior view of George Azar's loft	Rod Adams [ England ] Rod is a very experienced fancier. He holds fantastic race results from Bourges a race he is determined to win each year. Next to racing Rod has a golden keyboard for writing articles for the fancy.
Leo Turley of Perth - A very successful pigeon flyer and a very able administrator	Leo Turleys lofts	Leo Turley lofts	The Royal lofts in the Netherlands
Interior of Leo Turley's loft, under construction	Interior ventilation system	Ventilation extraction exit from loft	Leo Turleys lofts
Property of Leo Turley of Perth, Australia. Slate - Janssen - Cock. Purchased from Ponderosa - Australia. Down from Schallie 972, Old Merckx 77, Marilyn, Wonderboy 05. James Bond etc	Property of Leo Turley of Perth, Australia. Blue - Janssen - Hen. Purchased from Ponderosa - Australia. Down from Blue Angel x Director and Wishbone x Inbred 05-77	Alberto E. Cespedes Fernandez Cuban pigeon fancier	Sr. Otillo Batista Presidente de la Sociedad Colombofilia de Holguin Cuba
Steve & Linda Jonelli. Breeding loft under construction			Steve & Linda Jonelli - Oregon USA.New Racing Loft
Ready for release at Barcelona	International release at Barcelona	Sres. Rodolfo Rodriguez Mangual (Pto. Rico) and Otillo Bastista (en su Palomar). Cuban pigeon fanciers.	Steven van Breemen the editor of The Winning Magazine
Des Moore - Australia - World reknown writer on pigeon topics	Des & Mrs Moore - Denmark - Australia	The lovely home of Des Moore - Denmark - Australia	Jose Ledesma.Manager and President of Canary Islands Breeding Station. http://www,joseledesma.com/CIBSingles
Bill “The Book” Richardson of the USA . Well known fancier and Author for pigeon publications worldwide. Respected throughout the USA and Canada for his great knowledge of the sport.	Bill Verco of Australia .A prolific writer on all aspects of pigeons and pigeon racing.	Iraqi pigeon dealer Munadil Abdel-Sattar al-Ghamdan.	Maurice Jemal of Mexico . Outstanding pigeon breeder and writer of articles on Advanced Breeding Methods.
Frans van den Heuvel of Middelbeers – The Netherlands. Prominent in the middle and long distance races	Roger Brown from Australia is a pigeon fancier and a professional wildlife photographer with a Worldwide reputation. His work has appeared in all the leading wildlife publications including the National Geographic. He is a tireless observer of the happenings around him and a great ally of the Worlds wildlife and the habitat in which they live.	Wim Peters of South Africa . Fancier, Veterinary, Organiser, Writer and author of two books concerning pigeon health care.	Martin van Staden. Pretoria – South Africa .
Bob Rowland. Florida . U.S.A. Well known Feature writer.	Gordon A Chalmers DVM. Canada. Famous Author and scientist amongst the pigeons vets.	Dennis Barrie McCarthy. Pretoria . South Africa. Gifted writer about the finer details of the sport.	Nick Oud of Canada. Pigeon writer and translator

	Barcelona liberation 2004
Dave Shewmaker. Obtained degree in Genetics from the University of California .	Dan Thompson. Racing pigeon fancier since 1992. Professional background in the field of Infrared and Optical detection. Writes articles on eye physical and functional traits. Not to be confused with “Eyesign”.	Born in 1951, in Sora , Italy , Silvio Mattacchione moved to Canada in 1955. He earned a B.A. and an M.A. in History from the University of Waterloo in Waterloo , Ontario , Canada . He is known worldwide as a specialist publisher of books on pigeons, parrots, cage birds, poultry and waterfowl. Several of these books are recognized as extremely important works for specialist breeders. Silvio's articles on pigeons have been published in racing pigeon journals in the U.S.A., Canada, China, Taiwan, Mexico, and Australia . He has published four books on pigeons: The Will To Prepare by Bob Kinney, Rotondo On Racing Pigeons by Joe Rotondo, and World Champions 1994 by Kenechi Yoshihara. His most recent book on pigeons is The Pigeon Guide by Shannon Hiatt and Dr. Jon Esposito. These books collectively have done more to bring the husbandry of pigeons into the 21st. Century than anything previously available.
Basil Gossman (South Africa ). Born in Cape Town in 1945. Had his first pigeons at age of 5 and has kept and raced them ever since. A terrific writer on all aspects of pigeons and pigeon racing.	Dr Pascal Lanneau (Belgium). In 1997 studied at University of Gent . Writes in-depth articles on pigeon diseases, detection and treatment.	Rohan Fyffe (USA). Ex-Paratrooper United States Marine Corp. Commenced racing pigeons in 1999. Club average speed winner in 2002 and 2003. Has made big impact as writer of pigeon racing topics – worldwide.	Mark Stafford [ Australia ] Australian pigeon racer, Mark Stafford, has been able to successfully combine his love of pigeon racing and his love of writing to produce what he thinks is a great balance.
		Barcelona 2005 (Photo's courtesy of www.pipa.be)
The 157 English entries awaiting to be stamped.	The processed pigeons are put straight on to waiting trucks.	Barcelona 2005 (Photo's courtesy of www.pipa.be)

The brand new Cabine-Express from Lathouwers, in total 11 trucks make up the convoy to Barcelona.	The immense stock of pure maize, their food on the voyage.	The arrival of the 131 Polish pigeons.	Wink and I always enjoy visiting about availability of particular birds, answering questions, and the "sport" in general on-line, on the phone, or with visitors.

W. "Bill" Cowell, (alias Bilco), Ex-army, Journalist and ex-editor, has travelled and met fanciers world wide in 23 different countries. His writings have been published officially in the "BHW", "Racing Pigeon", "Pigeon Sport", "Pigeon Racing News & Gazette", Pigeon Racing Pictorial, "Winning Magazine", "La Lato Massagero", "The Australian Fancier" etc, and have been copied - with and without permission - in Swedish, Thai, Japanese, Taiwanese, German, Belgian, French, and other language magazines world wide over the past 40+ years, in addition to short stories published in National newspapers and magazines. 70 years a successful fancier, he prefers to fly in Open and Classic races, rather than in Club programmes because, he says, he has more time to prepare the birds. Fairly fluent in five languages, he also held a Pilot's Licence in the 1950's and spent several years mending bones after trying sailing, scuba-diving, skiing, parachuting, gliding and hang gliding, sports he still loves. Is currently looking for a new hen before emigrating to France, where he hopes to settle down in the not too distant future. Latest report. No more applications please! – he’s found his hen. France here they come!		Dennis Wall – born in England in 1929. Kept racing pigeons since 1946 (60 years). Over the years has written articles for “The Racing Pigeon” – “PIGEON Sport” – Australian Racing Pigeon Journal” and ‘Winning’ on-line magazine. Received “The Golden Pen Award” for his contributions to “PIGEON Sport”. Can only speak one language – English (with a Norfolk dialect). Now only concentrates on channel racing with the BICC and hopefully in the Internationals. His one aim in life – to move the sport forward – and move with it.