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Germany and Austria Win Big at European Miniature Golf Championships


Portugal 29 Aug 2016 at 05:09 | Published by: PatPenguin | Views: 17005 | News search

Germany and Austria Win Big at European Miniature Golf Championships
Team and Individual Stroke-Play Champions  (Photo by European Championships Facebook Page)

Vizela, Portugal – The Open European Championship were held from August 24th through August 27th on the VizelGolfe miniaturegolf and concrete courses. Although rain and thunder suspended play many times during the first day, the organizers of the tournament ensured that all twelve stroke-play rounds and all match-play rounds were completed during the four days. There were 170 participants for the tournament, including 123 players representing sixteen countries, making it the largest event to date in 2016 that was organized by the World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF) and it’s continental federations.

The miniature-golfers from Germany continued their winning streak in 2016 by taking both the men’s and women’s team titles. Both championship races were very close with the German men only winning by 2 strokes (team total 1126 - 6 players for 8 rounds) over team Sweden (team total 1128). The Czech Republic took the bronze medal (team total 1141). During the Czech Republic’s rounds, Marian Strasko had an amazing run on the concrete course setting a world record of 87 strokes over four rounds, helping his finish in the individual competition.

The race was almost as tight in the women’s division as team Germany won by just 4 strokes (team total 580 - 4 players over 8 rounds) over the Austrian team (team total 584). The Czech women also grabbed the bronze medal in this division (team total 596).

In the individual stroke-play competition the results favored the Austrian players and were extremely close for all of the positions. In the men’s division each of the top spots was determined by only one stroke. After twelve rounds Fabian Spies from Austria took the gold medal with a 274 over Markus Nilsson of Sweden (275). The bronze medal went to Marian Strasko with a 276.

In the women’s division, Karin Heschl of Austria won gold by a slightly larger margin of 3 strokes, shooting a 285 compared to the 288 shot by Nicole Birkelbach from Germany who took second. Another German, Melanie Hammerschmidt took third place with a score of 289.

The match-play results shook up the winners even further as all of the stroke-play winners were eliminated prior to the semi-final rounds. In the women’s division Austria stayed on top with Elisabeth Gruber taking the gold medal over Jana Nakladalova of the Czech Republic. Switzerland gained its first medal when Maja Wicki tool the bronze in the women’s division. In the men’s division Germany returned to the top of the podium with Sebastian Heine taking first place against teammate Denis Kapke. Eirik Seljelid of Sweden rounded out the podium with the bronze.

The tournament is promoted by the European Minigolf Sport Federation, which is a part of the World Minigolf Sport Federation. The European Minigolf Sport Federation (EMF) is the umbrella organization of 36 Minigolf sport associations Europe-wide.

The World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF) is the umbrella organization of 57 Minigolf sports association's worldwide with continental associations in Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. There are more than 38,000 competitive minigolf players registered with the WMF via the 57 member nations, with 900-plus clubs between them. Over 1,000 courses are approved for official competitions and around 1,500 minigolf tournaments held each year.

Additional Links:
World Minigolf Sport Federation: http://www.minigolfsport.com

Tournament Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vizelaminigolfopen2016

European Minigolf Sport Federation Website:
http://www.minigolf-europe.org
Email: media-manager@minigolf-europe.org

For further information on the WMF and international Minigolf competitions please like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/minigolfsport/ and visit http: www.minigolfsport.com.

Pat Sheridan
WMF Sport For All Committee
Editor-in-Chief, Minigolfnews.com

Evgeny Kaplun
WMF Media Manager
mediamanager@minigolfsport.com

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Former Champ Back on Top of Farminginton Tournament

United States of America 25 Aug 2016 at 13:41 | views: 19613 | Comments: 0

It's been a few years since his last win but Ron Asselin of New Britain, Connecticut (CT) returned to winning form for the 35th Annual Pat Guglielmo Memorial Farmington Miniature Golf tournament as he lead wire-to-wire to secure the win by 3 strokes over Alex ...
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Open European Championships Take Place August 24 - 27 in Portugal

Open European Championships Take Place August 24 - 27 in Portugal

Portugal 23 Aug 2016 at 03:38 | views: 14672 | Comments: 0

Vizela, Portugal – The best minigolf players in Europe return to Vizela for the Open European Championships starting on August 24th. The tournament will be played on the VizelGolfe miniaturegolf and concrete courses. Eight rounds will be played the first two ...
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Sweden and Germany Atop 2016 Senior European Championships

Finland 22 Aug 2016 at 13:16 | views: 14397 | Comments: 0

Lahti, Finland – While the German youth were sharing the spoils of success with the Czech Republic in Austria, the German seniors were battling it out with the Swedish seniors in Lahti. The 2016 Senior European Championships, organized by the European Minigolf ...
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Sweden and Germany Atop 2016 Senior European Championships

Manse 1 Wins Finnish National League 2016!

Manse 1 Wins Finnish National League 2016!

Finland 21 Aug 2016 at 02:55 | views: 15767 | Comments: 0

The third and last leg of the Finnish League took place on miniature and was held at Koivukylä, Vantaa on July 23rd & 24th. Team Manse 1, which started the weekend in a lead of the League, kept its position and got to celebrate the victory! In spite of Manse 1’s ...
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