Victorian Racing Pigeon Union

20/09/2026

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20/09/2026

🏁 COOMBAH CLASSIC – 20th SEP 2026 🏁
VRPU Classic Race

A massive congratulations and thank you to everyone who participated, attended and supported this year’s Coombah Classic.

On behalf of the Union, we would like to thank everyone who made the basketing night such a great event. Basketing night is an event in itself, bringing people from all walks of the federation together to share memories, have a chat, enjoy a BBQ and celebrate our great sport. We truly appreciate everyone who came along and supported the event.

🏆 PRIZES

This year, 20 positions received prizes, recognising the efforts and achievements of our members.

🥇 1st Prize – Gazzola & Clark
🔥 An outstanding velocity of 2193.18

🥈 2nd Prize – Gatt L & C
💨 A dominant velocity of 2163.63

🥉 3rd Prize – John Floros
👏 Putting together a great performance with a velocity of 2155.60

🏅 4th Prize – Brad McPherson
A consistent performer and another strong result in our Classic Race.

🏅 5th Prize – Fred Loft (F. Kharsi)
👏 Top effort! One of the Union’s newer recruits to the sport, and a fantastic result.

Congratulations to everyone who placed and everyone who participated. It was great to see the prizes spread across the field and recognise the efforts of so many flyers.

Thank you once again to everyone who supported the 2026 Coombah Classic.

🏁 Congratulations to all, and we look forward to seeing you at the next sale! 🏁

19/09/2026

19/09/2026

Good luck

06/09/2026

🏁 VRPU – 6/09/2026 – 3rd & FINAL MILDURA

H. Parkinson Produce – Mildura 3
And that’s a wrap on the 2026 VRPU Sprint Series! 🏁🐦

A massive congratulations to everyone who took part in the series. It was certainly a challenging one, with plenty of tough races along the way, but congratulations to all the flyers who stuck it out and competed right through to the end.

🏆 SPRINT SERIES WINNER – MR John Floros 🏆

A massive congratulations to John Floros, who absolutely smashed the Sprint Series!

Some of John’s outstanding results throughout the series:

🥇 2 x 1st Federation
🥉 3rd Federation
🏅 4th Federation
🏅 7th Federation
🏅 9th Federation

An outstanding series and some seriously consistent racing. Well deserved, John congratulations on a fantastic effort! 🏆

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🏁 MILDURA 3 – RACE RESULTS

48 VRPU flyers sent 847 birds. 🐦

🔥 1st Fed – A & AJ Alvarez
A massive congratulations to AJ on a well-deserved 1st Fed win!
What a fantastic performance and a great way to finish the Mildura series. Brilliant flying!

🥈 2nd Fed – Gary Church
Well done to Gary on a brilliant 2nd Fed!
An outstanding effort and another fantastic result.

🥉 3rd Fed – John Dismore
Congratulations, John, on a fantastic 3rd Fed, along with 1st Club and 1st Section!
Super close at the top and a terrific placing. Well done!

🏆 4th Fed – VMRO (C. Veljanovski)
What a terrific result! 4th Fed, 1st Club and 1st Section an outstanding achievement, especially being so far away.
Congratulations on a fantastic performance!

💪 5th Fed – Share & Murrells
A strong performance to finish 5th Fed!
Well done on another great result.

Congratulations to all the winners, placegetters and everyone who put a bird in the race.

That’s the Mildura series and the 2026 sprint series done and dusted! 🏁

A big thank you to everyone who raced, supported and contributed throughout the series. It was definitely a challenging one, but that’s pigeon racing and that’s what makes the wins even sweeter!

Congratulations to all and well done!

02/09/2026

Due to predicted bad weather on Saturday, basketting now Friday night for Sunday race.

29/08/2026

🐦 VRPU – 29/08/2026 – 2nd Mildura for the Season 🐦

47 VRPU flyers sent 835 birds — another great turnout and another tough Mildura race!

🔥 1st Fed – Michael Doria
A massive congratulations to Mick Doria on a fantastic 1st Fed victory! 🥇👏 A brilliant performance and a very well-deserved win. Congratulations Mick! 🔥

🥈 2nd Fed – Cini & Denaro
What a great result for Steve & Joe, taking out 2nd Fed! 👏🐦 An outstanding performance and a fantastic result for the partnership. It’s great to see Steve back amongst the action and firing again! 💪🔥

🥉 3rd Fed – P & P Pace
What a performance from P & P Pace! 👏🔥 Taking out 3rd Fed in a very tight finish is an
Another Fed podium for P & P and they were only a whisker away from an even bigger result! 🥉🔥👏🏆 naming you guys the Mildura champions.

🏆 4th Fed – John Floros
Another terrific result from John! Finishing 4th Fed is a fantastic achievement and once again demonstrates the consistency of the loft. Well done! 💪👏

💪 5th Fed – Robbie Taylor
A strong performance once again from Robbie, taking 5th Fed! 👏🔥 Another great result and another solid showing at the pointy end.

🏆🐦 Congratulations to all the winners, placegetters and everyone who competed in another Mildura race.

27/08/2026

Could everyone who is planning to participate in the Wedderburn 2nd September toss this coming Wednesday please let John Share know on 0409 195 049, along with the number of birds you will be sending.

We need to confirm the numbers so we can determine the appropriate trailer size to bring to the Union Rooms on Tuesday.

Thanks

23/08/2026

Could everyone who is planning to participate in the Wedderburn toss this Wednesday please let John Share know on 0409 195 049, along with the number of birds you will be sending.

We need to confirm the numbers so we can determine the appropriate trailer size to bring to the Union Rooms on Tuesday.

Thanks