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2009 Millennium changes for 2009 season

Dates and Venues 2009
1st Event: 24.04.09 – 26.04.09 Fuengirola Beach – Malaga – Spain
2nd Event: 29.05.09 – 31.05.09 Bitburg – Germany
3rd Event: 03.07.09 – 05.07.09 Paris (Plus Intercontinental Cup) – France
4th Event: 18.09.09 – 20.09.09 Basildon – England (New Venue)
5th Event: 23.10.09 – 25.10.09 Location TBA (Very Shortly)

Millennium Cup and Millennium championship
2009 Millennium will have two titles like in all the main sports.
The Millennium Series Championship consists of 4 events (event1, 2, 4 and 5) instead of 5.
The 3rd event will be a true CUP.

CPL, SPL, D1 and D2 teams will play 3 matches in a division of 4 teams.
The best team of each group will be directly qualified in the Pro group where teams will play direct single direct elimination (1/16 final, 1/8 final. 1/4 final, 1/2 final and final)
The best 2nd team of each group will be qualified in the semi pro group where they will also play direct single elimination. (Example attached)
LIMITED TO 128 TEAMS. Some wild card entries will be available subject to final numbers.

There will be also a cup for M5 (d3).
Teams will play 10-15 preliminary games using race 2 format in a division of 6 teams
The best team of each grouped will be directly qualify in the AM1 group where teams will play directly the 1/4finals
The best 2nd team will be qualified in AM2 group where they will play the ¼ finals.
LIMITED TO 48 TEAMS

More changes:

Gun rule changes
PSP suggested ROF of 12, 10 and 8 for different skill levels, now agreed to use ROF 10 universally for all from 2010, MS will start already in 2009 with ROF 10.

New Seeding in CPL
In order to avoid the same teams often being in the same prelim groups, team owners have decided to test a new seeding system for the CPL.
A format where all teams would play each other two times over the season with all teams having exactly the same number of games has been discussed, but discarded for 2009. Instead the known and proven system will continue with the addition of a random factor.
All 16 teams are put into four “hats”: Rank 1-4 in I, Ranked 5-8 in II, Ranked 9-12 in III, Ranked 13-16 in IV. Preliminary groups A, B, C & D will each get one team from each hat drawn randomly. The draws will be done in public at the end of each event. The draw for the first event will be done on a live webcast in English by Spirit of paintball in March. If successful, a similar system can be used for SPL and Div 1 in 2010.

Field layout commission 2009
Steve Di Pietro and Laurent Hamet will be assisted by Nick Truter

SupAir bunkers
Introduction of small pillars, like in PSP in order to help moves.

"Fixed" games
In order to reduce opportunities of fixed games, the two top teams in each group will now play the first instead of the last match against each other.

Sister team enhancements
1. Players from teams of the same club can only move to teams in a higher division, if such a team is not more than two categories higher. Example; Players from “Sister Team 2” registered in Div 1 can move to SPL or CPL. If “Sister Team 2” is playing in Div 3, they can only move to Div 2 or 1.
2. A player must play at least one tournament with the team they were registered with before moving up. Example; Player from “Sister Team 2” registered in Div 2 has to actually play one event in Div 2 first before they move up to “Sister Team 1” in Div 1 or SPL.
3. A second team in SPL and Div 1 will get a discount of 10% on their annual license fee. A second team in Div 2 will get a discount of €100 per event.

General rule change
Players will no longer be eliminated for leaving behind non-safety related equipment

Relegation
Stays the same.
Top 4 teams from CPL 2008 are to be nominated by the EPBF for the Intercontinental Cup 2009 as the European contingent. Bottom 2 teams from CPL with be relegated to SPL after the season ends.
Top 2 teams of SPL will be promoted to CPL at the season end. The bottom 4 teams of SPL will be relegated to Div 1 at the season end.
Top 4 teams of Div 1 will be promoted to SPL at the season end. The bottom 4 teams of Div 1 will be relegated to Div 2 at the season end.
Top 3 teams of Div 2 will be promoted to Division 1 at the season end.

Gun teching at vendor’s booths
This will be allowed with certain restrictions (out of site, no noise, safety etc).

Scoreboards
Scoreboard start/stop signal to be louder. Scoreboard signals from different fields to be more distinct.

Reffing
Refs to use red & yellow flags in order to make penalties more visible.

Dear Teams, Paintball Industry and Players,

Firstly to update you on Malaga, The Fuengirola Cup; we are very pleased to say this is now really shaping up to become an amazing event to kick of the season in the sun and is sure to eclipse last years event. We have some really kick ass stuff laid on for you including a players mega party to be held in no less than the Fuengirola Castle, which over looks the venue, with the full cooperation and support of the local council and the Mayor. With Eurosport filming the event you could also have your moment of fame as well.

Hotels are filling up fast, so if you want to take advantage of the Millennium deals offered, you need to do so very soon before the hotels open up the blocked deals to the general public.

With this in mind if you fancy treating yourself to a bit of luxury then why not stay at the Hotel Beatrice Palace Spa?! This is just 20 mtrs from the venue with great sea and beach views. We have negotiated great rates and block booked the rooms exclusively but the hotel will only hold these for another 14 days before they release them for general sale and revert to standard rates. The Beatrice is going to be the centre of life at this event with its numerous bars and restaurants, indoor and outdoor pools and spa facilities. To make your reservation email reservas.palacebeatrizhoteles.com and use key word paintball, or phone +34 952 922 000

Looking forward to seeing you all in Fuengirola Malaga and starting the season with a party in the sun to wash away the credit crunch blues. We are now pleased to announce confirmed dates and venues for Germany and the UK. These are;

Bitburg is back on the 29th -31st May 2009
The Millennium returns to Bitburg to the same great hotels and area, but a brand new and larger venue on the aerodrome just 500m from the old venue. Having listened to you, the players, and how you wanted that great party atmosphere back in Germany we have fixed up a great event with the Eiffel Stern hotel at the heart of everything. With its new bar and Nightclub as well as new clubs and bars around the hotels it promises to be just that.

Full booking info and great special deals will be posted on the web very soon so keep a look out for details.

New venue for UK
The UK event is now confirmed as once again in Basildon, London but at a new venue of Barleylands Show Grounds on the 18th to 20th of September 2009. Due to the development of the former venue we had to locate a new one and have come up with a great alternative. Being just 1 mile from the old Gloucester park site it offers great grass pitches and access, and being a show ground the danger of the great British weather turning it into a mud bath has gone with hard standing walk ways for the trade area and field access. Best of all we still retain the closeness of the hotels and the great leisure, restaurant, bars and clubs of the festival park.

Again full details will be posted on the web in the next few days.

As for our 5th and final venue we are still in final negotiations and will be issuing a statement very soon on this, but what we can say is that it will be an excellent and exciting addition to our series. We would like to thank all of you the players, teams and industry for your continued support and patience it has not been an easy task to pull together for 2009.

See you all on the beach in Spain.

Barry Fuggle
Managing Director