PRESS RELEASE #19

25th May 2002

TWO ADDITIONAL NATIONAL TEAMS + CHANGES IN THE WRTC2002 COMPETITOR ROSTER

As stated earlier, the WRTC2002 organizing committee reserved an option to add some teams to their original team selection. The committee is now pleased to welcome two new nations to compete at the WRTC2002 event, increasing the team number to 52.
These two invited teams had presented their original high quality applications by the original deadline. Adding them as two new nations will increase the represented countries to 34 including the nationalities represented by the invited referees.

The WRTC2002 organizing committee is pleased to announce the addition of the following two teams for the WRTC2002:
Team Estonia: Arvo Pihl, ES5MC + Toivo Hallikivi, ES2RR
Team Latvia: Girts Budis, YL2KL + Olegs Osrzigallo, YL3DW.

Please also note the following changes in the previously announced competitor roster:
Heinrich Langkopf, DL2OBF replaces Ulrich Weiss, DJ2YA
Bernd Och, DL6FBL replaces Wilfried Gottschhald, DJ7AA
Lucas Maiorov, LU1FAM replaces Martin Mansalvo, LU5DX

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