December 16, 2002
EIRE competed in all 4 days at Zeltweg, but evident to everyone was the absence of team manager William Ponissi.

We caught up with him on the phone, and he told us the following: "It's been a really dramatic month for the team. On December 4th we received the news of the terrible loss of a really good friend and supporter of the team, who was about to join as help for the website. We'd like to remember him here;

Dragos Utureanu, 18/7/1981 - 4/12/2002."

William Ponissi then told us, on a different note, that his absence in Austria was due not only to the desperation for the loss of his friend, but also to a deep contact with some new sponsor companies, of which he personally hosted the pretty delegates sent to the team's HQ.