Strong interest in FCI Grand Prix Control
After the Call for FCI Grand Prix Controllers was announced, FCI received 34 applications from fanciers all over the world. All the applicants had to attend 2 training sessions had pass to final test before they could be appointed FCI Grand Prix Controllers.
The training was quite intensive since each session last 4 hours and they covered the most fundamental and comprehensive knowledge about all aspects of FCI Grand Prix, namely:
- IT knowledge
- Pigeons’ welfare
- Trainings, races, weather forecast
- Competitions (New Grand Prix Category, Super Cup, Master Cup)
- Loft Management
- Communication (with loft owners, with FCI, with public)
- Obligations (fees, reports, auctions)
- Loft evaluation (5* system, „Loft of the Year” Award)
All the applicants who took part in the training took the final test to prove that they have sufficient knowledge to be authorized as an FCI Grand Prix controller. In the end, there were 28 applicants who successfully passed the test. They are:
| Name | Country |
|---|---|
| 1. 1. Alessandro Segnini | Italy |
| 2. Alexandru Huzu | Romania |
| 3. Anfossi Davide | Italy |
| 4. Ante Filipović | Croatia |
| 5. Arkadiusz Maziarz | Poland |
| 6. Árpád Sudicki | Serbia |
| 7. Bas Van Beveren | The Netherlands |
| 8. Clemens Ivanschitz | Austria |
| 9. Daniel Krajcik | Slovakia |
| 10. Darko Žegarac | Croatia |
| 11. David Madeira | Portugal |
| 12. Denis Culic | Croatia |
| 13. Elena Lyubimtseva | Russia |
| 14. Franz Hermans | Belgium |
| 15. Goran Grafina | Croatia |
| 16. Ivan Phillips | India |
| 17. Jo Vos | The Netherlands |
| 18. Martin Lembke | Germany |
| 19. Mihajlo Maćuš | Serbia |
| 20. Mihalik Csaba | Hungary |
| 21. Mountassif Mouad | Morocco |
| 22. NUNO MARQUES | Portugal |
| 23. Rui Repas | Portugal |
| 24. Selçuk KÖROĞLU | Turkey |
| 25. SFATY YOUNESS | Morocco |
| 26. Schindler Gábor | Hungary |
| 27. TOUATI SACI | Algeria |
| 28. Viglidán Ágoston | Hungary |
FCI would like to extend most sincere congratulations to the successful applicants. After this, those who are appointed by FCI to control certain FCI Grand Prix OLRs will receive a separate control order. Only after receiving this control order can they start to supervise the FCI Grand Prix OLRs indicated by the FCI Grand Prix Management.
The OLR-s will receive an official notification about the controller in 2022.
All participants believe that this is a step forward in the development of FCI Grand Prix races and the whole pigeon sport.
