Racing Pigeon Pictorial International – June 2018

I

have always regarded myself as being a bit of

an eccentric, a pigeon fancier, ferret

connoisseur, collector of old bottles, walking

sticks, etc. My mind will always be thinking

about racing pigeons, pigeon genetics and how

to breed and race champion pigeons. So when I

met Robert Galea and John Borg, Birkirkara, Malta,

I realised that my addiction to pigeon racing was

still in its infancy, as compared to these two pigeon

fanatics.

Now we all know of those pigeon fanciers who are

a big fish, in a small pool, ie champion of their

club, with less than a dozen fanciers, but these

guys are phenomenal, together with their racing

partners, they are Champions Short Distance in the

second biggest club in Malta, Birkirkara Homing

Union, Club 03, with some 80 members. I repeat 80

members. Fantastic by any standards. So who are

these guys?

Robert Galea is a young and dedicated fancier,

who has raced pigeons for over 30 years and has

always flown in this extremely competitive

Birkirkara club. John Borg has raced pigeons from

ten years of age, also in the Birkirkara club and

was always interested in the long distance racing.

In 2012, John and Robert decided to form a

PIGEON CRAZY

FANATICS OF MALTA

John Borg and Robert Galea

Birkirkara, Malta

by Tony Harte

Andy Trumpeter, Robert Galea, John Borg and Paul Walters.