One hour lasted the fifth test of the regional pigeon farming in Albatana, which had to be interrupted by heavy rains in the town of Albacete. Only one pigeon lost a minute of scoring and, as a noteworthy fact, the help of a crane was needed to pick up the participating specimens from an area of tall pines. This Thursday the last pigeon of the hundred that were missing, ‘Brexit’, by Paloma Martínez, has been recovered, so the outcome of this regional will take place on Sunday with all the birds that started the competition, a success for the organizers .
For the fifth and test, a blackberry owned by Guillermo Belmonte was flown at 6:31 p.m. He had little time to demonstrate more than about seven stops in pine and cypress trees in the center of Albatana. At one hour and five minutes from the beginning of the contest, the refereeing team ended the day because the rain prevented several specimens from following the pigeon, which was good, but could not make a difference given the short time it had to be used.
‘Corazón Rojo’ and ‘Metodico’ are tied for the lead, closely followed by ‘Cipollini’. In the absence of two tests, the noble part of the classification of this regional in Albatana is made up of ‘Don Galián’, ‘Specialist’, ‘Karamba’ and ‘Maniquí’. These seven pigeons are in a range of 22 points and there is only one test left to decide who will be the six representatives of the Castilian-Manchego pigeon culture in the Copa del Rey and, of course, to meet the champion.
Also, in the final test on Sunday, for which a massive influx of fans is expected, more than 500, the champion of the day could be, in addition to the official prizes, with about 6,000 euros in the auction that will be held by of the local club. In addition, this Friday the presence on Sunday in Albatana of the vice president of the Royal Spanish Federation of Colombiculture, José Vicente Cervelló, and the president of the National Inspection Committee, Carmelo Andreu, together with the Mayor of the town of Albatana, members and state security forces and a selection of the best athletes of this modality at the national level.
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