I’m Filippo Roncella, I was born in 1967 and I breed racing pigeons since 1982. In the years I’ve introduced many pigeons from the best loft of Belgium, Holland and Germany. Now in the breeder loft there are for the 90% pigeons directly imported from my Dutch friend Maurice Van der Kruk. In these pigeons we can find: Janssens, Van Loon, De Klak, P. Van Gompel, Nellis Van De Pol e Romein.

My lofts are in the garden behind my home. The first racers’ loft is 6 metres long and 2 metres depth: it has 3 rooms (2 for the 16 widowers male and 1 for the 16 racing widowers hens). The second racers’ loft is 7,5 metres long and it has only 2 rooms (1 for the 24 widowers male and 1 for the 16 hens). The new young pigeons’ loft, made by Punt, was build in 2006 and it’s 7,50 metres long: it has 3 rooms and can receive 120 pigeons. The 2 lofts with aviary are for the 24 breeders couples. I’ve got another Punt’s loft (3 metres long and 2 depth) for the young pigeons born in the summer time: this loft can receive 40 pigeons.

My favourite races are short (200-300 km) and middle (350-500 km) distance with the old and also the young pigeons. With some pigeons I try long distance (800 Km).

For the old pigeons race I use male and female with widowhood system. For the young pigeons I prefere sliding doors system. From 2001 I use Tipes rings for the pigeons’ electronic clocking.