"I was inspired by the Armatirian Winter VexGames athletes!" Alesini admitted,
"You know, until now many of them were unknowns too, but when you watch them light
it up in Seepaeyguey, winning medal after medal, it sorta gives you confidence in
yourself, that you can really do it, even though you are the new kid on the
block.  So I just went out there and let it rip!"

Alesini also benefited when Vinitor KALVIACK used the long putter for too long a
putt.

Alesini watched Kalviack bogey Sunday's last hole of the Saelens-Bieri-Senteck
Open, then tapped in a par putt for his first career IGT victory.

"It's a better feeling than I thought," Alesini said. "I have been in this
situation before in my amateur days.  You always think the guy is going to make
the shot."

"You're going to win some and lose some," Kalviack said. "This won't be the last
one."

Alesini and Kalviack arrived at the par-4 18th hole of the Sparkling Waters Golf
Club, tied at 15-under-par. Both players drove the fairway, but Alesini's approach
found the back of the green while Kalviack's landed in the secondary fringe to the
left of the cup.

Kalviack, who used the unconventional elongated putterfor this tournament, had a
layer of rough grass between his ball and the green. The shot seemed to call for a
pitch and run, but Kalviack used the putter and paid for it as the grass slowed
his putt to the left of the hole, five feet short.

"I was playing to win," said Kalviack, who has won once before on the IGT in his
career. "I wasn't trying to get in a playoff."

Alesini left a 20-foot birdie try about 18 inches short and awaited Kalviack's par
putt, which rolled past the hole. He tapped in for bogey.

"I didn't want to run it four or five feet past," Alesini said. "I wanted to keep
the ball around the hole."

"The grass type is so unpredictable. I totally misread the second putt," said
Kalviack.

Alesini spent little time over his putt, knocking it in for his first win,
collecting Z 666,000. He fired a 3-under-par 68 for a 15-under 269.

"I'm just so happy that I hung in there on the back nine, made a few birdies and
gave myself a chance," Alesini said.  "To win in my second tournament is just
unbelievable... who would have thought?  But I love the feeling!" he smiled.

Mattiace joins Peter KILET as the only two first-time winners so far this year.

Kalviack's closing bogey was one of three he had on the final seven holes. He
carded a final-round par 71 and finished at 14-under 270, tied with Pietrich
KLUFFEN and Amea ARETASUNA.

"Basically, I laughed at myself," Kalviack said. "I lost the tournament -- it was
mine to win.  Hats off to the rookie, he hung in there til the end, and after my
screw-up deserved to win!"

Kalviack began the day with a one-shot lead over Caledon's Thomas DE BROTHIE
(another rookie), with Alesini another stroke back. After putting together birdies
on Nos. 10 and 11, Kalviack opened a three-shot advantage.

But Alesini was making birdies as well, draining three in a row before a bogey at
No. 13. Kalviack, who had bogeyed No. 12, also bogeyed the par-3 16th, where his
tee shot found a bunker.

That cut Kalviack's lead to one stroke and Alesini tied it with a birdie at the
par-5 17th, two-putting from 50 feet. Kalviack missed a seven-footer for birdie
and settled for par.

"It's a tough pill to swallow but I played well all week," he said. "My short game
let me down a little down the stretch."

De Brothie carded a 71 and finished at 13-under 271. He came up short in his bid
to be the first player from Caledon to win an IGT event.

Young Solanchatkan Wouter MÄRKLIN fired a 66 -- the best round of the day -- and
tied for ninth at 10-under 274.  Westrian star Valdemar OOSTINGVERDE had to
withdraw after three holes in the last round due to weakness caused by a stomach
flu that had kept him up all night.  Oostingverde was in the top-10 at the time of
his withdrawal.  He is expected to be fine in time for the Vexillium Match Play
Championships next week.

The final results and earnings, in RealmsZaster:

Alesini (ARM)              Z 666,000   69-65-67-68--269    15-under

Kluffen (WES)              Z 276,266   67-67-68-68--270    14-under
Kalviack (KAL)             Z 276,266   69-65-65-71--270
Aretasuna (UTA)            Z 276,266   69-68-65-68--270

De Brothie (CAL)           Z 148,000   66-67-67-71--271    13-under

Seruca (KAL)               Z 123,950   68-70-66-68--272    12-under
Nithz (OOO)                Z 123,950   68-71-64-69--272
Ouesreche (SVA)            Z 123,950   70-68-68-66--272

Märlkin (SCK)               Z 96,200   72-68-68-66--274    10-under
Uunderfvil (KTZ)            Z 96,200   69-68-69-68--274
Lavamil (KAL)               Z 96,200   71-67-68-68--274
Burchard (CHR)              Z 96,200   66-71-70-67--274

Beobidhenhe (EDE)           Z 74,000   73-67-67-68--275     9-under
Rellaux (CMR)               Z 74,000   69-69-71-66--275

Lariman (REZ)               Z 61,050   69-67-71-69--276     8-under
Okay (WMC)                  Z 61,050   71-69-67-69--276
Yurhaus (MER)               Z 61,050   67-68-72-69--276
Norling (ALT)               Z 61,050   69-68-70-69--276

Mandrin (BOW)               Z 46,435   69-71-66-71--277     7-under
Bilau (NAM)                 Z 46,435   69-69-71-68--277
McFeeley (SPA)              Z 46,435   69-69-72-67--277
Cates (DAV)                 Z 46,435   69-68-67-73--277

Disbach (ARO)               Z 32,005   70-70-70-68--278     6-under
d'Estaing (AET)             Z 32,005   71-68-70-69--278
Gortsidler (ALT)            Z 32,005   69-72-69-68--278
Lyons (UNT)                 Z 32,005   66-70-69-73--278
N'Banj (UTA)                Z 32,005   71-69-70-68--278
Elf (DEU)                   Z 32,005   69-70-68-71--278

Tay (WMC)                   Z 24,050   67-69-73-70--279     5-under
Indurain (DEU)              Z 24,050   69-71-68-71--279
Kilet (BOW)                 Z 24,050   72-66-68-73--279
Protheroe (FRW)             Z 24,050   69-69-69-72--279
Kresnick (SCK)              Z 24,050   65-69-73-72--279

VanElvis (WES)              Z 19,980   71-68-73-68--280     4-under
de Druuidt (WES)            Z 19,980   70-69-69-72--280
Von Chicken (WES)           Z 19,980   71-70-71-68--280

Larocquette (DAV)           Z 13,729   73-66-73-69--281     3-under
Shigetsuki (WMC)            Z 13,729   71-71-69-70--281
Rannatosu (UTA)             Z 13,729   71-71-67-72--281
Kepparketl (ALT)            Z 13,729   70-69-72-70--281
DuBraal (KTZ)               Z 13,729   70-71-69-71--281
Gelfinger (LCP)             Z 13,729   68-72-69-72--281
Kilandra (BOW)              Z 13,729   70-69-72-70--281
Thrusa, III. (ANS)          Z 13,729   69-72-69-71--281
Shonaugh (SOM)              Z 13,729   70-71-71-69--281
VenVechtenrouth (WES)       Z 13,729   69-71-72-69--281
Hovanec (ANS)               Z 13,729   70-69-73-69--281
Kruddorf (SCK)              Z 13,729   68-71-71-71--281
Saemundur (VMK)             Z 13,729   69-72-66-74--281

Rosebridge (SOM)             Z 8,924   69-69-70-74--282     2-under
Pescitel (ALT)               Z 8,924   72-68-71-71--282
Leuwenzaan (LOM)             Z 8,924   68-72-70-72--282
Deball (STK)                 Z 8,924   71-71-71-69--282
M. Rothies, Jr. (WES)        Z 8,924   70-72-67-73--282

Galinheira (ORD)             Z 8,251   66-73-72-72--283     1-under
de Dronk (ALT)               Z 8,251   69-73-72-69--283
Gaessler (CMR)               Z 8,251   71-71-70-71--283
Brescha (MOA)                Z 8,251   73-67-70-73--283
Pickering (ARM)              Z 8,251   71-69-70-73--283
Phetphongsy (ANS)            Z 8,251   75-67-69-72--283
Kekrade (GUW)                Z 8,251   71-70-69-73--283
Lubjana (DRA)                Z 8,251   73-69-72-69--283

Olio (MOA)                   Z 7,844   70-72-71-71--284     even
Blavik (VMK)                 Z 7,844   71-70-73-70--284
Kronberg (CAB)               Z 7,844   71-69-73-71--284

Sinclair (FRW)               Z 7,659   71-69-71-74--285     1-over
Bartrim (FRW)                Z 7,659   71-71-72-71--285

Vinterbana (VMK)             Z 7,511   69-71-72-74--286     2-over
Parsley (DAV)                Z 7,511   74-67-72-73--286

de la Court (AET)            Z 7,289   69-73-70-75--287     3-over
Chassea (MER)                Z 7,289   70-71-73-73--287
di Cravengianhe (DEY)        Z 7,289   67-72-72-76--287
Antanavo (LEN)               Z 7,289   72-70-74-71--287

Aloysius (CMR)               Z 6,956   69-70-71-78--288     4-over
DeJargen (BOW)               Z 6,956   71-71-73-73--288
Lumle (LEX)                  Z 6,956   71-68-76-73--288
Almeida (PCL)                Z 6,956   71-70-76-71--288
Fagundes (EST)               Z 6,956   73-68-72-75--288

Anchinaheto (EDE)            Z 6,734   71-68-75-76--290     6-over

Chyr (ALB)                   Z 6,660   72-70-73-78--293     9-over

Oostingverde (WES)                Z 0   67-69-70-WD