National Ace Young Pigeon

Only automated entries will be accepted for National Ace Pigeon Awards. Race secretaries or their authorized representatives must upload their organization’s race files to the AU National Data Base (NDB) via the Internet using the latest version of Winspeed©. Questions regarding this procedure should be addressed to the AU Awards Chairman. By uploading races to the NDB, race secretaries certify the accuracy of their organization’s results.

The National Ace Pigeon awards are presented to individual birds performing in races within a single race series. The scoring is accomplished using the Universal Performance Rating (UPR) system. Percentiles for each race performance are calculated by dividing the bird’s position in a race by the total number of birds entered in the race and converting the result into a percentage. These percentages are then averaged over the number of required races to determine the Unirate (averaged percentile rankings). Bird nominations are not required to be eligible.

Races at all organizational levels of competition, including specials, are eligible for National Ace Pigeon award consideration. The NDB program will automatically select the bird’s best score from among the various competition levels for each day’s race. Bird’s Unirates are automatically optimized for each award. Birds are then ranked in their order of increasing Unirates. Smaller Unirates are better, i.e.; a 5% unirate is better than 10%.

Final rankings will be for National, AU Zone and State. Real time interim results will be posted on the AU website – NDB link. The AU Awards Chairman will verify final results. The top qualifier for each award will be crowned National Ace Pigeon for that award category and will receive a certificate. The top 10 national qualifiers will also receive certificates.

NATIONAL ACE PIGEON PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
1.LONG DISTANCE: The pigeon must clock in the top 20% in three (3) different races (different dates). Each race must be 350 airline miles or more. The mileage of the three races must total 1275 miles or more. The unirates of the three races must average 10% or less.
2.MARATHON: The pigeon must clock in the top 20% in two (2) different races (different dates). Each race must be 475 airline miles or more. The mileage of the two races must total 1050 miles or more. The unirates of the two races must average 10% or less.
3.MARATHON TRIPLE CROWN: The pigeon must clock in the top 20% in three (3) different races (different dates). Each race must be 463 airline miles or more. The mileage of the three races must total 1542 miles or more. The unirates of the three races must average 10% or less.
4.MIDDLE DISTANCE: The pigeon must clock in the top 20% in four (4) different races (different dates). Each race must be less than 350 airline miles. The mileage of the four races must total 800 miles or more. The unirates of the four races must average 10% or less.
5.ALL DISTANCE: The pigeon must clock in the top 20% in four (4) or more different races (different dates). At least one race must be less than 250 airline miles and at least one race must be more than 450 airline miles. The mileage of the races must total 1200 miles or more. The unirates of the qualifying races must average 10% or less.
6.YOUNG BIRD: The pigeon must clock in the top 20% in four (4) or more different races (different dates). The mileage of the races must total 800 miles or more. The unirates of the qualifying races must average 10% or less.

Deadlines:
February 1 of each year for the previous Young Pigeon series
August 1 of each year for the previous Old Pigeon series
Race Secretaries are encouraged to upload races each week.