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Marco Templin at Wasserpark felt course in Wien.  (Photo by minigolfnews.com 2009)

Wasserpark felt course in Wien hosted a friendly tournament between Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the Austrian WAT 21 club team. Also Nigeria had planned to participate in the event, but they had problems getting a visa to Austria. The rules of Austrian Minigolf Federation forbid giving financial guarantees for visa applications of foreign minigolf players, which would have been necessary in this case.

Wasserpark felt course has an impressive total length 232 m (12.86 m per lane), being one of the most challenging felt courses in Central Europe. Even more so in the bad weather of this weekend, which forced shortening the tournament to 5 rounds, from the originally planned 7 rounds.

The local club team WAT 21 won the friendly tournament of men’s teams, with total score 1134 (average 37.80). German national team candidates (without the Erlbruch brothers) were second, with total score 1135 (average 37.83). The national team of Austria was third, with total score 1174 (average 39.13), and national team of Switzerland was left 4th, with total score 1237 (average 41.23).

Victory in women’s team competition went to Switzerland, with total score 711 (average 39.50). Germany was second with total score 732 (average 40.67), and Austria third with total score 752 (average 41.78).

Best players of the friendly tournament were Herbert Bäk (WAT 21) with average 33.20, Philipp Albrechtsberger (WAT 21) 34.00, Christian Freilach (Austria) and Marco Templin (Germany), both with average 34.60.

Rebecca Weber of team Switzerland. (Photo by minigolfnews.com 2009.)

Individual results:

Women (6 rounds):

01.   38.00   Sandra Wicki (SUI)
02.   38.67   Stefanie Kern (GER)
03.   38.83   Rebecca Weber (SUI)
04.   39.83   Birgit Heschl (AUT)
05.   40.50   Alice Kobisch (GER)
06.   41.67   Anita Büttiker (SUI)
07.   42.00   Andrea Hackl (AUT)
08.   42.83   Jessica Werkmann (GER)
09.   43.50   Elisabeth Gruber (AUT)
10.   51.50   Karin Klupaty (AUT)

Men (5 rounds):

01.   33.20   Herbert Bäk (WAT21)
02.   34.00   Philipp Albrechtsberger (WAT21)
03.   34.60   Marco Templin (GER)
04.   34.60   Christian Freilach (AUT)
05.   36.20   Achim Braungart-Zink (GER)
06.   36.80   Marco Henning (GER)
07.   36.80   Vitus Spescha (SUI)
08.   37.00   Heinz Weber (AUT)
09.   37.00   Manfred Lindmayr (AUT)
10.   37.00   Mike Mann (SUI)
11.   37.60   Csaba Pálinkás (WAT21)
12.   38.00   Alexander Geist (GER)
13.   38.20   Oleg Klassen (GER)
14.   38.60   Sascha Spreier (GER)
15.   39.00   Marco Eigenmann (GER)
16.   39.00   Ádám Fazekas (WAT21)
17.   39.20   Daniel Klosek (GER)
18.   39.20   Christian Gobetz (AUT)
19.   39.50   Markus Berger (AUT) 4 rounds
20.   40.00   Günther Inmann (AUT)
21.   40.00   Christian Schlager (AUT) 2 rounds
22.   40.20   Rudolf Klupaty (AUT)
23.   40.40   Max Hermann (GER)
24.   41.40   Miroslav Stoparic (GER)
25.   41.80   Marcus Rottensteiner (WAT21)
26.   42.00   Raphael Wietlisbach (SUI)
27.   42.40   Jürgen Bertel (AUT)
28.   42.80   Norbert Wagenhofer (WAT21)
29.   42.80   Martin Kaiser (SUI)
30.   44.20   Marvin Hauri (SUI)
31.   44.60   Martin Knapp (AUT)
32.   45.40   Bernd Gaida (AUT)
33.   46.40   Reto Sommer (SUI)
34.   49.60   Marco Nicolussi (SUI)

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