At a meting held in LAHTI with Virpi Hurri and Tiina Kovisto of the Lahti Organising Committee on 8th December it emerged that false rumours are circulating to the effect that there is no accommodation currently available in Lahti for the forthcoming WMA Stadia Championships during July and August 2009. Furthermore a German Masters magazine, published and distributed this month, perpetuates this false rumour.

Please therefore take note that THERE IS NO TRUTH IN THESE RUMOURS and that I have been satisfied, on facts placed before me by Virpi and Tiina, that there is presently an abundance of accommodation available in Lahti for athletes and their accompanying companions, before, during and after the event.

However, athletes and affiliates who delay in making their reservations with Tiina do run the risk of making their reservations late and at a time when all the available accommodation in Lahti will have been taken up. If so, accommodation will then have to be obtained outside of Lahti proper, even as far afield as Helsinki.

Those athletes and affiliates wishing to make their reservations with Tiina can contact her at LAHTI TRAVEL OY, Rautatienkatu 22, PL 175, FI-15111 Lahti, or Tel +358 (0) 207 281 750 and
Fax +358 (0) 207 281 751, or by e-mail at tina.kovisto@lahtitravel.fi

Monty Hacker