Austria: “You have too many minigolf championships.”
11 Dec 2008 at 13:54 | Published by: JJM | Views: 11702 | News search
The trophies of European Championships 2008. (Photo by Arto Borg 2008)
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Austrian Minigolf Federation (ÖBGV) has decided to arrange
two national championships separately in 2009:
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a traditional competition with total points count (to be played 24-25 July 2009)
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a cup competition for 32 best men and 16 best women
in the traditional competition (to be played 26 July 2009)
This plan was accepted with a majority vote in ÖBGV General Assembly in November 2008,
as a compromise between supporters of the traditional playing system
and supporters of the new trend of cup competitions.
But soon after this decision was made, Austrian Minigolf Federation
got some trouble with the national sports authorities, BSO
(Bundessportorganisation).
BSO has announced that minigolf players cannot have more than one official National Champion
(Staatsmeister). Two different minigolf champions will not be officially
recognized by the state of Austria (as was planned by ÖBGV, when it decided
to arrange two championships separately, with total points system and with a cup system).
Many sports have championships with
different competition systems, different running distances etc.
(For example: running 100 m, 200 m and 400 m, or timed skiing and chase sprint skiing.)
But Austrian sports authorities ruled that minigolf players cannot have an officially recognized
National Champion (Staatsmeister) separately with a cup system and with total points system
(or separately on felt, beton and eternite).
BSO explains that the state of Austria officially recognizes such championships,
which are played in the same way also in other countries of the world.
A cup system and a total points system are not recognized as separate
official championships, because they are not typically played separately in international
championships. But in the future they can be officially recognized,
if EMF or WMF starts playing minigolf championships separately with a cup
system and with total points system.
Now Austrian Minigolf Federation is back in square one:
it must decide which competition will be regarded as the official
National Championships 2009: the total points competition on 24-25 July,
or the cup competition on 26 July.
» news article at Bahnengolf-Info website (in German language)
Playing system of official championships in different countries (2008):
Austria
Czech Republic
Denmark
Germany
Great Britain
Finland
France
Italy
Latvia
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Russia
Slovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
USA
WMF
EMF
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1 total points, eternite
1 cup, combi (beton + eternite)
2 separately, total points: eternite, beton
4 separately: cup combi (E + F), total points B, E, Cobigolf
2 separately: cup MOS, total points MOS (*)
3 separately, total points: beton, eternite, felt
1 total points, felt
1 total points, beton
1 total points, eternite
3 separately, total points: eternite, felt, combi (beton + eternite)
2 separately, total points: beton, eternite
1 total points, combi (beton + eternite + felt)
1 total points, eternite
1 total points, combi (eternite + felt)
1 total points, combi (eternite + felt)
1 total points, 80% beton
1 total points, MOS
1 total points, MOS
1 cup, combi (typically eternite + felt or beton)
1 cup, combi (typically eternite + felt or beton)
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* = Minigolf championships in Great Britain are not officially recognized by the state, because British sports authorities regard minigolf as a form of golf,
not as a separate sport.
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