Kurt Betschart was a non starter which necessitated some rearrangement of the Pairs. Mathew Gilmore is now paired as Stayer with Bruno Risi and Ronny Lauck had been pressed into service paired with Luke Roberts. Franz Stocher is now paired with Stefan Steinweg (Ger) instead of Thomas Fothen as oringinally scheduled. At this time there is no word on why Kurt Betschart did not start.
At the end of Night One, two pairs shared the Zero Lap with Kappes-Beikirch leading Aldag-McGrory by 18 points.
