WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP  SEPTEMBER 5TH 2009
 BARENTON BUGNY (02-AISNE)

 

     
   

World Championship

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Introduction 

Following 2003 Olympiads in Liévin, we will be honored and pleased to welcome you in this weekend of September 4 and 5, 2009 on the magnificent site of Natur'Agora, in the department of the Aisne, in Barenton-Bugny, on the occasion of the World Championship.


 Location 

The city of Barenton-Bugny is located about ten kilometers away from the city of Laon, in the department of the Aisne (02), at equal distance between Saint-Quentin and Reims, close to the A26 motorway; at about 150 km northeast of Paris. 
A 70-meter-long dovecote, capable to host more than 900 pigeons is built on a former sugar factory.


  Access 

Coming from Paris 
Take the A1 motorway towards Lille and exit in Compiègne. 

While coming from Lille 
To take the A1 motorway towards Paris. Once in Arras, take the A26 motorway towards Saint-Quentin and Laon. Exit in Laon: Natur'Agora is located 5 km from there. 

Coming from the East
Take the A26 motorway towards Reims and Laon. Exit in Laon: Natur'Agora is located 5 km from there. 
By plane 

From Paris, take the train at "Gare du Nord" station towards Laon, then to take a taxi to Natur'Agora.
 History of the site 

Six associations specialized in the environment united around a vast program to create Natur'Agora association. Hunters, fishers, hikers, pigeon fanciers, the ADREE (Association for the Development of Research and the Teaching on the Environment) and the Aisne Olympic and Sports Committee; all, actors and defenders of Nature are united in the same building in order to share their practices, their sensitivities, their visions of Nature and the way to practice their activities in the goal to valorize the natural heritage.
In this unusually rich setting of the basins of Cohayons, all these actors have settled to build the Aisne vast dovecote that will welcome the next World Championship.
The "agora" is the square where Greek citizens used to meet, the heart of the city, the place where citizens fully enjoyed their position of city-dwellers. 
The name chosen for this center in the Aisne here claims for the quality of an agora, as a place dedicated to Nature, a place that your pigeons will appreciate.


 Welcome of the pigeons 

We welcome will take place from April 1 to April 30, 2009.
Pigeons must arrive at Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy. The person in charge, Mr. Desjardins, will be present to receive them. You can also bring them directly to Natur'Agora in Barenton-Bugny (arrowed course) where the trainer, Rudy Berton, will welcome them. 
For all information, you can contact the administrative services of the French Racing Pigeon Association (FCF). 

 

     
 

 

 

Careful: in order to import pigeons on the French territory, you/they must "be in possession" of:
- a sanitary certificate; 
- their pedigrees + property credentials; 
- a declaration of vaccination against the illness of Newcastle (vaccine used to be mentioned);
- a so-called "Pro Forma Invoice" mentioning that the pigeon as "no Commercial Value". 

Please convey the expedition date to us at least one week before sending. Pigeons shall be min 30 days old and shall possess their property credentials (cardboard) as well as their pedigree. Once received in Natur'Agora, pigeons will become the property of the event promotor.

FEDERATION COLOMBOPHILE FRANÇAISE (FCF)
54, Boulevard Carnot 59000 Lille France 
Tel.: +33 3.20.06.82.87 
Fax: +33 3.20.15.01.57 
E-mail: fcf@nordnet.fr 

 

 

TRAINING FLIGHTS AND FINAL RACES

Training flights will start as of mid-June.
The program of the event, the flights schedule and other the information will be available on: www.colombophiliefr.com 
Training: 4 training flights are planned on 40, 50, 60 and 70 km.


Then four races will take place as follows: 
- Sézanne: August 7, 2009, 100 km 720;
- Sens: August 14, 2009, 200 km 811;
- Auxerre: August 21, 2009, 200 km 811;
- Sézanne: August 28, 2009, 100 km 720. 
The final race will take place on September 5, 2009 either on Poitiers: 415 km or on Riom: 416 km, depending of the weather.
These four races plus the final race will lead to the calculation of the Ace Pigeon. 

 BOOKING OF HOTEL ROOMS  

- Hotel of the Banner of France 63 EUR per room
11, Rue Franklin Roosevelt
02000 Laon
Tel: +33 3.23.23.21.44
Fax: +33 3.23.23.31.56 
- Hotel Ibis 63 EUR per room
1134, Avenue Georges Pompidou
02000 Laon
Tel: +33 3.23.20.18.11 
- Hotel 1st class 37 EUR per room
Rue Nicolas Appert
02000 Laon
Tel: +33 8.92.70.72.98 
- Hotel Saint Vincent 58 EUR per room
Avenue Charles de Gaulle
02000 Laon
Tel: +33 3.23.23.42.43 
- Hotel Campanile 68 EUR per room
Avenue Charles de Gaulle
02000 Laon
Tel: +33 3.23.23.15.05 
- Relais Château de Courcelles
8, Rue du Château
02220 Courcelleses-sur-Vesles
Tel: +33 3.23.74.63.53 
- Hôtel Mercure
Parc nautique de l'Ailette
02860 Chamouille
Tel: +33 3.23.24.84.85 

  PROGRAMME 

- Friday September 4, 2009 
From 2 to 6 pm:
Welcome of the foreign delegations 
Registration of the pigeons of the World Championship
Starting at 6 pm:
Axonnaise welcome party

- Saturday September 5, 2009 
9:30 am:
Official welcome of foreign delegations at Natur'Agora
Starting at 10:30 am:
Visit of Natur'Agora complex
12:00 am:
Lunch in a marquee
Around 2:00 pm:
Arrival of the pigeons 
Starting at 5:00 pm:
Sale of a few pigeons 
8:00 pm:
Gala and presentation of the World Championship prizes

The program could be modified according to the meteorological conditions. 

 

SIGHT-SEEING...

  

 
 

Center Parks 
Situated close to the medieval city of Laon and the city of Reims, the domain of the Lac de l'Ailette is an invitation to the relaxation, with your feet in water.

Soissons and its vase 
Soissons is 35 km away from Nartur'Agora. It is in 486 that Clovis seizes the Vase of Soissons that was of a remarkable beauty. 


Château-Thierry 
Its grapevines of Champagne. The sides of the Marne and its cruises. 

 

Natur'Agora
Six associations specialized in the environment united around a vast program to create Natur'Agora association. Hunters, fishers, hikers, pigeon fanciers, the ADREE (Association for the Development of Research and the Teaching on the Environment) and the Aisne Olympic 

World War I Museum
Close to the Cave of the Dragon, on the Chemin des Dames, the underground fortress, where French and Germans fighters took refuge, is today the main museum of the department dedicated to the World War I. 

The Maroilles
Gastronomy of the Thiérache. It is in the VIIth century that one finds the first traces of the Maroilles cheese.

 

Laon 
Former capital of France and city of future..

 


and Sports Committee; all, actors  and defenders of Nature are united in the same building in order to share their practices, their sensitivities, their visions of Nature and the way to practice their activities in the goal to valorize the natural heritage.

In this unusually rich setting of the basins of Cohayons, all these actors have settled to build the Aisne vast dovecote that will welcome the next World Championship.
The "agora" is the square where Greek citizens used to meet, the heart of the city, the place where citizens fully enjoyed their position of city-dwellers. 
The name chosen for this center in the Aisne here claims for the quality of an agora, as a place dedicated to Nature, a place that your pigeons will appreciate.