About Us

Greg Friese has been racing pigeons in Brisbane/Ipswich for decades. This story is from the Australian Racing Pigeon Journal from November 2019.

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A previous story about Greg, his family and his birds, published in 2004 – Click here

Greg Friese’s Bloodline: “The Grinders”

“The Grinders” are a line-bred family of birds that were bred from the best long-distance birds in Brisbane in the 1980s.

Sales: A good variety of quality pigeons are available for purchase. Please contact Greg directly to arrange a time to view the pigeons and you can choose the birds you like. All pigeons have a full pedigree available.

Phone: (07) 3271 1439

Wing Theory: Photos of my pigeons’ wing theory – Click here (these were published in the recent Australian Racing Pigeon Journal however they were labelled incorrectly. The link has the correct labels)

Long Distance Cock bird photos https://gregfriesepigeonlofts.wordpress.com/long-distance-cock-birds/

History: A complete history of Greg’s bloodlines and results can be found here

News (updated December 2022)

More success for Greg’s birds!

This is BC H QPF 2021 3866. She came 1st in the Open Quilpie Fed Race, a distance of 866km at a velocity of 1106mpm. She is the grand-daughter of Bird 1096 and a first cousin to BC H IRPA 1178 (see below).

3866 was the only bird home on the day in the entire QRPF, flying for 14 hours and clocking in at 8:30pm in the dark. Only 2 birds have achieved this in the past 10 years!

This is BC H IRPA 1178. She came 2nd in the Windorah Fed (QRPF), a distance of 1060km. She is a great-grand-daughter of bird 1096, and first cousin to 3866 (details above)

2021: Detailed Pedigree of the birds that Greg clocked in the QRPF Fed 1st Quilpie Fed (875km) and the Windorah Fed (1060km) Click here