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[Claudio]

By now I am sure all are aware that the first event of the 2009 Series was hit by the worst weather experienced in the area for the last 15 years on the second day of the event. With gusts of wind recorded near by at 100 km/h it is no surprise that play had to be suspended on safety grounds at 1.00pm on Saturday afternoon and no further play was possible that day.

When it was confirmed that 5 fields could be put back in to play on the Sunday the decision to suspend play for division 1, SPL and then inlay CPL was taken as all teams had completed two matches each, so this was the fairest point to stop and we will play all rescheduled games in Div 1, SPL & CPL in a way which has the least impact on the affected teams. Also the priority was given to complete division 3 and division 2 matches as these teams would predominately not be in Germany . Further details of exactly how this will take place will follow after careful consideration and consultation is given to all aspects.

I would just like to add my heart felt thanks on behalf of the Millennium for the incredible support and understanding from the vast majority of the teams and trade who where there and could tell that there was nothing to be done but sit it out . I would also thank the local council of Fuengirola who really helped to ensure we could continue on Sunday and of to the incredible effort of the millennium crew and refs as well as those who rolled up there sleeves at 4.30am and had 5 fully functional fields up and running by 8.30am .

At this point I would take the opportunity to squash rumours that the major reason for play being stopped was because the new field system was not good enough for the job. The exact opposite is the case. The 3 inflatable fields continued to play for 30 minutes longer than the standard pole system of fields 4 and 5 as play was suspended on these due to poles being snapped clean in half by the wind. Play was stopped on safety grounds as there was the real danger of injury to players from flying debris from tents, tables etc. The inflatable fields were deflated in 2 minutes and sustained no damage. It is a fact that if the Millennium had been using the traditional netting system there would have been no chance of any play at all on Sunday as there would have been no fields left. The only delay to rebuilding the inflatable fields was the fact that the turf had actually been lifted by the wind and needed to be reset. After this the netting system, which was completely undamaged, took 5 minutes to re-inflate.

The continued filming by Eurosport was a great success and we look forward to some great footage from them, I think the weather will make for some very interesting programming, and let us not forget the magnificent success of the first live web cast by Spirit of Paint who had more than double the anticipated viewing figures which was fantastic.
It is of great testament to our staff, refs, the cooperation and understanding of the players and the now proven success of the new netting system that all division 3 and division 2 matches were completed in total.

It is a great shame that nature should conspire against us all in such a way, but much larger events such as Formula 1, tennis and golf suffer in just the same way as we have just done. The show always goes on. This will not prevent us from returning to such a fantastic venue with such a great party atmosphere. Despite the weather this atmosphere very much continued with the teams who knew they would not be taking any further part taking advantage of the many bars which saw some serious partying.

As I say further news and confirmation of how the missing matches of the league teams will be played will be issued shortly .
See you all in Germany and if any of you have a direct line to mother nature please have a word.

Kind Regards

Barry Fuggle

CEO Millennium series

[derRoGeR]

was für ein Gesülze....^^

Ich sag immer noch, man sollte nicht in Afrika am Meer Paintball spielen!!

Mal schauen wie lange es dauert, bis wirkliche Infos kommen!

RogeRogeR

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[silv]

hmmm Roger, wie war das noch mal mit Afrika??jetzt hab ichs dir doch tage lang bei gebracht, ESPAñA

[GynDoUrden]

Hey ich bin in knapp einem Monat in Malaga aber werde dann Wake Surfen und dann zeig ich den Afrikaner mal was wir davon halten...

[abocalypse]

Ich hab von einem Spanier vor Ort erfahren, dass in der Nähe von Malaga ein Wake-Board-Hotspot sein soll. Kein Wunder also, dass dort gerne mal ein rauhes Lüftchen weht. tztztz

[staY4two]

News, News, News aber für meinen geschmack keine guten...

Dear Teams ,

Please accept our apologies for the length of time it has taken to get this
info out to you. First of all this was not an easy task to find a fair and
economical way to play the missed matches for you the teams. Then we had to
look at the amount of matches that needed to be played and ensure they
didn't interfere with the Bitburg event itself and that teams were not asked
or expected to play so many games in one day .

We then have the restriction of only having space for 5 fields at Bitburg
and then last of all the proposed ban from some in the German government
which we had to make sure would not effect this event . This of course took
Ulrich and Sascha out of being able to solve this issue for a number of
days.

After much communication and valuable feedback from a great number of teams
here is the detail you need. We will endeavour to play all remaining prelim
matches and as many of the remaining matches as possible in Bitburg , and
we will then play any remaining and the finals of the Fuengirola Beach Cup
in Paris .

To help achieve this we would be grateful if any teams from Div one , SPL
and CPL who will be available to play matches on Thursday afternoon to
please let us know so we can build a schedule to get as many games played
on Thursday to help ease the pressure . This is not a must play Thursday, it
is a request to see who can and how it will help.

No teams or matches will be played on Monday .

CPL teams please be aware that you will have matches scheduled for Friday
morning and not just in the afternoon as normal.

Details of seeding, rosters, layouts etc will be sent out next week and they will be
resolved in a manner that is most convenient to teams.

Thank you all for your patience but I believe we have found a way to play all
the matches and end with a result at all levels, without any additional cost
to teams and player and in a manner which is fair to all teams in both
events.

Please all, I urge you once again to motivate as many teams, players, anyone
from the paintball community to support vigorously this German event so that
we can do our bit to help fight this proposed ban by showing what a great
sport this is. Help prevent the spread of this anti paintball piece of
legislation across the whole of Europe.

[derRoGeR]

Die sollen sich ruhig Zeit lassen, der nachste Event ist ja zum Glück nicht schon in zwei Wochen oder so.....

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