Directing the Italians...

The team behind Exclusive Ballooning's Exclusive Cup event have spent the week in Italy directing the Italian national hot air ballooning championships.

Chief pilot Andrew Holly was the event director and set the tasks for all competitors to fly along with deputy director Frazer Davey.

Tony and Anna Molony who officiate at the Exclusive Cup were in charge of scoring whilst team Exclusive's competition observer Amy Kington is overseeing debreifing and logistics regarding measuring teams.

The event, the 24th Italian championships was held in Mantova near Verona and thededicated website setup for the event by Exclusive Ballooning proved very successful www.balloonitaly.com The site carried live weather and webcam plus target info so you could follow the flights in real time. There was also up to the minute task data information together with results which mirrored the event's official notice board in real time.

Live information was tracked via Twitter and FaceBook, the team are now back in the UK ahead of the fourth Exclusive Cup this weekend.