PARTICIPATION RULES 2026
Enrolment is open to all pigeons, national and international, and all pigeons should wear an official ring 2026
To ensure the health of the pigeons, with quarantine, vaccination, and creating immunity we will receive pigeons from 1 March up to 1 May 2026
Each team will consist of 5 pigeons, (500€) and 2 pigeons free all will compete for prizes in all the races.
The pigeons will be accommodated in a purpose built loft that will ensure equal conditions for each pigeon. Pigeons will be flown to perches only, and sexes will not be separated.
When registration forms are not received properly filled out and not mentioning information on the order of the pigeons, the VOLR organization will register the pigeons in ascending order of the number of rings. Changes can only be made in the entries of the pigeons up to 5 days before the start of the official races.
All participants must be partners/participants of the VOLR.
Bank charges for transfers to the VOLR bank account are the responsibility of the participants.
The registration in the race only becomes effective and definitive after all amounts due have been paid, and if these payments are not made, the amounts earned and payable by the VOLR, whether prizes or values for the purchase or sale of pigeons, revert to the Organization, which it will then hand over to charities.
For activations contact agent in your country, or send email to contact@ olrvarna.com. Reservation requests will be sorted in order of arrival of the request to the email, and only validated after enter Money in bank account.
If any pigeon is lost in the adduction, it can be replaced until the 31st of May, with no extra registration costs.
For shipping prices contact the agent in your country or the Organization.
Pigeons must be vaccinated against PMV, within 20 days before shipping, and must be between 45/60 days old.
The space in the loft is limited to a maximum of 2100 pigeons. Places will be provided on a first come, first served basis whereby places will be guaranteed to teams that have been registered / reserved first. To register, simply send your registration/membership form, to the email contact@ olrvarna.com, or to agents in different countries, after which you must make a deposit of 100 euros for each team to be registered within 15 days, to guarantee a place in the loft. In case of cancellation, this amount is non-refundable.
According to studies and rules of good accommodation and space, a loft can accommodate 6/7 pigeons per cubic meter of air, and the VOLR loft is 27 meters long by 4 meters wide and 3.00 meters high, all open at the front and with an exit of air in the upper part of the loft, which gives 324 cubic meters of air, which means that the maximum capacity we provide (2268 pigeons) for the loft gives around 4.2 pigeons per cubic meter of air.
If any pigeon is not paid 2 times, pigeon do not go again to auction, and reverts to the organization.
The values referring to % of the sale of pigeons at auction will be paid, after all auctions have ended, and the pigeons are paid by the buyers. If any pigeon is sold and is not paid by the buyer, it will be auctioned a second time. The percentage for the owner is the value of 35% of the paid sale.
All pigeons must be accompanied by a card/property title (mandatory) and pedigree. Pigeons that do not have a complete pedigree (father, mother and grandparents), the owner will not be entitled to a percentage of the sale price. The organization will only receive pedigrees up to 8 days after the 550km final race.
All pigeons that enter the loft will be given an electronic ring.
Basketing for the final race will be organized by the VOLR, with the supervision and participation of independent entities, and where all the pigeons will be stamped on a wing with the word VOLR. A list of all the pigeons participating in the final Race will then be made available to those that are present, the press and the website of the event and Benzing. The pigeons will be accompanied to the release site by independent entities that will supervise the release, which will be carried out with the support of a national meteorologist.
All values announced for prizes are based on the entry of 1000 pigeons paid, and the Organization reserves the right to change the prize values in percentage, up or down, as more or fewer teams entered.
In the loft, the National rules on the non-use of drugs will be followed and the pigeons will be analyzed regularly by the official Veterinary.
All training and HOTSPOTS to be disputed and scheduled may be changed for meteorological reasons, or other reasons outside control of Organization. If temperatures on the day of a training or HOTSPOT, at the drop-off location, halfway point or at the finish, are higher than 30 degrees, the organization may change the distance to less km.
If in the final race the maximum temperatures of the day are higher than 30º, or other adverse conditions, the organization may change the race to a shorter distance.
The organization decided that final race will be at August 8, but in order to check all the weather conditions before the race, the dates can be changed, and the correct date will be announced 3 days before.
The Organization’s decision is final.
The system for confirming the arrival of pigeons in training and competitions is an authorized electronic system.
Due to the date of the event, the “daylight” system will be used because of the moulting of the pigeons’ feathers.
TERMS OF AUCTIONS
For auctioned pigeons, the owners receive 40% of the money of the listed price, Varna One Loft Race will receive 40% and 20% will go to cover the photo costs, operational costs and tax. If the pigeon doesn’t have a pedigree, the owner only receives 20% of the money. Pigeons that are not sold in the first auction become property of Varna One Loft Race. In such case the owners are not entitled to any percentage regarding future auctions or sales.
The final amount payment must be made within 10 days from the end of the auction. In case of payment failure or other financial problems regarding the buyer, the pigeon is given to the previous bidder, if he wishes, or is otherwise re-auctioned.
The transport fees, for pigeons bought in the auctions, must be paid by the buyer.
THE TERMS OF THE AUCTIONS WILL BE OBSERVED VERY STRICTLY!
For any further clarification, please don’t hesitate to contact us.