Okay everybody..  here we go.   It's the results of the BeoWorld 2012 Struer Trip 'Draw'

To clarify, I emailed back each and every applicant to say their entry had been received, which of course gave them assurance that they were in 'the draw'.  I received a total of 78 emails asking for a total of 114 places.

After that, i assigned each email 'application' a number.  I then went onto 'random.org' and asked for one individual number at a time, taking into account the fact that if i drew 20 numbers at once which included 15 'couples' it'd take us well over the limit !!  It was a time consuming process, but of course the only way.

I've now drawn the names - and we have a total of 20 people to announce, who will be literally getting a trip which is tailor made for the worlds biggest B&O fans on the worlds biggest B&O website – BeoWorld!  This is a real ‘behind-the-scenes’ and ‘access all areas’ (well, nearly all – I think they’d shoot us just before we crossed the idealand border..) but this is certainly a trip which the normal public would never be able to experience.

We’ve also included a total of 10 ‘reserves’ – and the rules for these are at the end of this post.

The Trip/Tour date has changed to slightly later in the same month – and will be on Tuesday May 22^nd and Wednesday May 23^rd 2012.

Those traveling from afar would be advised to arrive in Struer on Monday May 21^st, but I will be in email contact with all attendees with hotel details in due course.

So, without further ado..  here are the names and usernames of the lucky members who will be invited to attend and are guaranteed a place if they can make it.

Mr A. Holmstrom (bayerische) – 1 Place

Mr G. Hohlbaum (hemenex) – 2 Places

Mr A. Ashar (mobileman100) – 1 Place

Mr R. Vervoort (RUDYV) – 1 Place

Mr E. Bunner (evman140) – 1 Place

Mr G. Collins (Dudley) – 2 Places

Mr G. Robbins (Large48) – 2 Places

Mr L. Ernst (larskoelle) – 1 Place

Mr M. Welborn (Malcolm) – 1 Place

Mr J. Hoejbjerg (trucker) – 1 Place

Mr J. S. Boreaux (js) – 1 Place

Mr O. Persson (ola) – 2 Places

Mr E. Greenaway (elephant) – 2 Places

Mr P. Schafer (iPoditiv) – 1 Place

Mr R. McMorran (langleyav) – 1 Place

This makes 20, and all the people above will be emailed with this confirmation.

If you are part of the above and cannot now attend, please let me know as soon as possible.

Finally, I will make a list of 10 ‘Reserves’ in case any of the ballot winners are unable to attend.  I will ask for FULL and definite confirmation from the initial 20 people, and if this cannot be given I will offer the place or places to the people on the reserve list, starting at the top and working down.

Note ;  if a ‘1 Place’ drops out, that ‘1 Place’ will be offered to the top of the reserve list as 1 place only – even if the person has requested ‘2 Places’. If it is refused, it will then be offered to the next person on the list, then the next until it is taken.

The Reserve List is as follows ;

Mr F. Brasz (Ferdinand) – 2 Places

Mr F. de Ruiter (beocool) – 1 Place

Mr C. Stene (grieg007) – 2 Places

Mr P. Sandstrom (psand) – 1 Place

Mr L. Nelwan (Leslie) – 1 Place

Mr L. Frederiksen (beolion) – 1 Place

Mr D. Sirensjo (Daniel) – 2 Places

This concludes the announcement.  I will be in touch with all of the people above by email over the next 48 hours.

Thank you for your interest, and I’m sorry everybody couldn’t come – I’d love to meet every single one of you!

Kindest Regards

Lee