Fugare...
...means “to take flight” in Latin; a good name for a sport show that is flying high!
Conversations with suppliers, clubs and breeders in the racing pigeon world convinced us that it is high time that Belgium had its own top level racing pigeon show:
FUGARE 2011, the 1st International Racing Pigeon Show! The first edition is scheduled for 19 and 20 February 2011 in Kortrijk Xpo (B).
An ideal location in the epicentre of the pigeon world:
Belgium, where pigeon racing originated, has over 40 000 pigeon fanciers and no less than 30 000 of them live within a radius of 100 km around Kortrijk, in addtion to the 10.000 fanciers in the North of France. Kortrijk also straddles Flanders and Wallonia and is just 20 km from Lille and Tournai, and 250 km from Paris, Amsterdam, Cologne and Luxembourg. England is not far either: just a short Channel hop to Calais or a Eurostar ticket to Lille. FUGARE 2011 has everything it takes to be an international fair for pigeon fanciers
The right time:
18 & 19 February is an ideal period. Pigeon fanciers are beginning to feel that spring in the air and are eager to get started again. It is also an ideal time to sell young pigeons.
Product categories:
At FUGARE 2011, products may be exhibited in the following categories only:
• pigeon feed
• supplements for pigeons
• breeding lofts, breeding pens
• equipment for breeding lofts and
pens
• pigeon racing software
• electronic and other
identification & timing
systems, leg bands, chip rings
• transport of pigeons
• pigeon videos & photography
• pigeon trophies
• pigeon auction houses,
websites etc.
• race organizers
• specialist pigeon magazines,
clubs, websites etc.
• miscellaneous products for the
pigeon sector
• sale of pigeons, pigeon
breeders
• etc.
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Practical details
Dates and opening hours:
Saturday 19 February '11: 9 - 17 hrs
Sunday 20 February '11: 9 - 16 hrs
Kortrijk Xpo, Halls 5 & 6
Entrance price:
6 € per person.
Get a discount of -1 € via this site.
How to get here:
Kortrijk Xpo is located right next to Exit no.2 of the E17 motorway:
- Coming from Brussel/Gent: E40 to
Gent, E17 to Kortrijk, Exit no. 2
signposted Expo
- From Mons/Doornik: E403, E17
direction Gent, Exit no.2 - Expo
- From Oostende/Brugge: E403 to
Kortrijk, R8 direction Kortrijk-Zuid, Exit
no.2 - Expo
- From the Netherlands/Antwerp: A1 to
Breda, E17 to Antwerpen-Gent-
Kortrijk, Exit no.2 Expo
Parking space:
Large car parks are available on the Kortrijk Xpo campus. Parking costs just 1.50 € per day.
Shuttles are available to the new shopping mall ‘K’ in Kortrijk, for the partners of the visitors.
Organisation:
FUGARE 2011 is an initiative of Kortrijk Xpo.
FUGARE 2011 is organised with the support of the KBDB / RFCB |