Sad News from Sofia
2006-06-19
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A few minutes ago Racketlon.com was reached by the sad
news that the tournament director of the Bulgarian Open (Onik
Kassabian) has decided to cancel the event, due to massive last
minute cancellations!
The third straight Bulgarian Open was scheduled to take place
this weekend (21-23 July). Participants at the two previous
events in 2004 and 2005 have reported about great hospitality and
interesting experiences at this event, "the most
eastern" and also "probably the most interesting"
on the tour.
But this year's event has seemingly been haunted by bad luck.
First (back in May, only three months before tournament date) the
event had to be postponed by one week due to a sport centre
availability issue. A few weeks later the original tournament
director (and the director of both previous events) Puzant
Kassabian, was reported seriously ill. Luckily, he now seems to
be happily recovering but he was forced to hand over the
responsibility of the organisation on very short notice and
preparations suffered.
Please, find below a message from the organisers (original tournament director Puzant Kassabian and his nephew Onik Kassabian, who replaced him recently).
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Dear Racketlon community, dear friends, dear racketlon fans,
We hereby would with regret would have to inform you that the
scheduled for being held from 21st till 23rd July 2006 Bulgarian
Open Racketlon Championships 2006 will have to be cancelled.
Unfortunately, due reasons that as a matter of fact were out of
our hands, the entire organization for the event began a bit late
and probably this derived to not so many foreign players register
of participation. At the same time we managed to attract some
Bulgarian players to participate, but the fact that we did not
have many foreign players made them withdraw in the last minute
and left us with only few players that by our opinion are
insufficient number for holding an international event.
We do regret the disappointment that our decision may have or
will cause to all of you, but we can promise you that for next
year the organization will start much earlier no matter what and
will comply fully with the respective IRF regulations and by-
laws. We even have managed to secure a sponsor, who committed to
finance the event and to provide EUR 3.000 prize money fund that
will be distributed among the finalists.
Once again, please excuse us for the caused inconvenience and
hopefully after forgiving us you will find yourselves willing to
come to next years Bulgarian Open Racketlon Championships
2007 and share some unforgettable moments together as we always
have before!
Thank you for the understanding!
Regards
Organizers
Bulgarian Open Racketlon Championships 2006
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