Most South Australian pigeon flyers go a lifetime without winning an SAHPA race … But Xuezhi (Rambo) Yang and Hongrui (Dennis) Gao did it in just five seasons in the sport. They had placed 4th (twice) 7 th 8 th in the SAHPA before , but winning the SAHPA has always been their dream. The…
The Haidar Bros have established themselves as a formidible force in Victorian pigeon racing over the past two decades The Lebanese trio of Moussa, Ali and Ahmed Haidar began their pigeon journey in Thomastown in the late nineties when their father had fancy pigeons…. but that interest eventually morphed into racing pigeons – and in…
Southern Adelaide Suburbs flyer Shawn Manuel scored the biggest win of his pigeon racing career when he won the 2024 Vin Blanden Cobar Classic Manuel. who had previously won the 2014 Tatura to Adelaide Association race, defeated 2024 Overall Points Winner Jim Marafiote to win the Cobar Crown His four year old Blue Bar Hen…
One of Australia’s most competitive and successful One Loft competitors, Phillip Gorman, is winding down his involvement in pigeon racing due to illhealth The West Australian businessman has rewritten the record books in One Loft Pigeon Races in three States, grabbing a big share of the prizemoney along the way (Phil Gorman with a different…
It is no surprise that retired veteran South Australian flyer Max Taylor was known as Mr Consistency in the SA Homing Pigeon Association. The 85-year-old has won many of the major races in the SAHPA, taken out the Association points in 2001, and has been placed in the top ten almost a dozen times. Max…
Len and Rick Drew are one of Australia’s most dynamic father and son pigeon racing partnerships. The have now won the Blue Ribband Alice Springs to Adelaide race TWICE, and are ultra consistent performers in the South Australian Homing Pigeon Association having finshed 2nd in the Overall Aggregate Points in 2023, and 3rd in 2024…
There have been a lot of successful partnerships in Australian Pigeon Racing … but Lance Pittaway and Stephen Lynott would be up there with the best of them They have become a dominant force in the Barrier and Broken Hill Pigeon Racing Club over the past seven years winning the Club’s Aggregate points three times…
The Ponderosa Australia Stud Story (Reprinted ….Courtesy The Australian Racing Pigeon Journal) John Hofman was the man behind the first legal importation of racing pigeons into Australia since the 1940’s … so we asked him to tell his story……… (Picture – Courtesy John Desira) The story leading up to the…
Eighty-three year old John Brislin is a Life member and Legend of the Victorian Homing Association having competed at the highest level for over 50 years The VHA is the oldest of the five Victorian Feds having been established in 1900. John Brislin is known internationally for his racing and breeding exploits having won 21…
EIGHT Time SAHPA Overall Aggregate Points Champion South Australia’s Jim Marafiote is one of Australia’s greatest living racing pigeon flyers He stamped his place in history in the 2024 season – winning the Overall Aggregate Points Championship for a record 8th time It was a runaway victory with his win virtually in the bag two…
Popular North Suburban Club and SAHPA Stalwart Fred Dimella is a powerhouse of the South Australian Homing Pigeon Association He ranks only behind Jim Marafiote in Overall Aggregate Points wins in the SAHPA (living flyers) Fred was an outstanding sportman in his younger years and was introduced to pigeon racing by one of the Sports…
High profile West Australian Pigeon Racing identity and former Stud master Des Sippetts passed away in Western Australia on April 22nd, 2024 Des Sippetts revolutionized Australian Pigeon Racing with the importation in the late 1980’s and 90’s of some of the best racing pigeons from elite studs in the northern hemisphere including the United Kingdom…
Fifty-three year old Chris Mav is a popular member of the South Australian Homing Pigeon Association – having won 3 Association races from Marla, Ouyen and Hamilton – and Border Village in the SA Long Distance Club Chris has raced in the East Suburban, West Torrens, Hyde Park, Metro and North Suburban clubs … and…
Eighty-four year old Alan Thede is a highly successful old-school Adelaide pigeon breeder and flyer. He lived through the Golden years of pigeon racing when the South and Australian Pigeon Association had almost 400 members, competing against some of the biggest names in the sport including Vin Blanden, Allen Goodger, John Pryor and Bill Walford…
Veteran South Australian pigeon breeder and racer Alvon Richardson passed away on March the eleventh, 2018, at the age of 92. Alvon’s father Keith, and Brother Harold were both successful pigeon men, and Alvon bred a hen that was sold to legendary flyer John Pryor at the Sires Produce Sale. It went on to become…
