From the 31st August to the 5th September, 2010 I greet Dear Sir or Madam, dear sports friends, on the occasion of the Bitburger SaarLorLux Open you as a sports minister in the Saarbrucken Saarland hall warmly.

The sport owns a high value in our land. The numerous sporty big events which have taken place during the past years with us, but also the substantial wide-sporty engagement of the Saarland citizens and female citizens file an impressive report of this sports enthusiasm.

Hence, I am glad especially that the organizer's community has succeeded by the obligation of international top players and female top players again in offering a badminton to highlight in Saarland. With this World-Grand-Prix-Turnier the fascination and dynamism of the badminton sport is presented to the numerous spectators and female spectators very closely.

The Bitburger SaarLorLux Open take place this year already to the 23-rd time and are a steady component of the Saarland sports calendar. Especially I would like to thank at this point the numerous honourary assistants and female assistants as well as the sponsors without whose extraordinary engagement the adjustment of such big events with the organizational and financial expenditure necessary in addition would not be to be performed.

For the Bitburger SaarLorLux Open in 2010 I wish the spectators and female spectators exciting competitions, to the sportsmen and sportswomen a lot of success and the organisation team a free from problems expiry of this high-carat sports arrangement.




Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer