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In this interview, media committee member Wilhelm Bauer talked with Friedl Hofstädter, founder and CEO of 3D Minigolf. 3D is the number 1 producer of professional minigolf balls. Besides that, 3D produces minigolf balls for amateurs, as well as minigolf and golf putters. They discuss the impact of Covid-19, the chances that have come up during this crisis for the minigolf sport and tips for minigolf players about how to make the best out of this pandemic. Klick here to get to the
Interview with 3D Minigolf.
WMF together with DMV and MGC Murnau are proud to announce the alternative event for the cancelled YWC 2021 – Minigolf Youth World Grand Prix 2021 in Murnau, Germany.
The official event dates are from Tuesday, August 10th to Saturday, August 14th. Tuesday to Thursday are official training days and Friday to Saturday the tournament days. The official invitation will come out in around 10 days’ time, but here are some rough guidelines:
Youth national teams are entitled to participate, most likely with max. 12 players per nation. It will be a strokeplay event for individual youth girls and youth boys. A team competition for teams of four (with one result cancelled each round) will be included. We are also considering the possibility to
form teams from several nations, so that smaller nations could also participate in the team competition.
Iran Minigolf association held the 5th round of nationwide cup of Minigolf sport, on the occasion of arrival of anniversary of “Liberation of Khorramshahr”. The competition took place on the Miniature Minigolf course of Mellat Park, Tehran. 60 participants competed. In both women and men category. The athletes were from Tehran, Alborz, Qom, Mazandaran, Gilan and Khorasan Razavi provinces. The Golf Federation officials were also presence.
The current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic situation seems to be slowly improving, but there are still travel restrictions and lockdowns in some parts of the world. It is very difficult to imagine World Championships being played in July, even in a reasonably restricted manner with adjusted schedules and accompanying events around the championships, such as opening and closing ceremonies, etc. Travel restrictions regarding entry into Germany are currently being relaxed, but visitors from some potential participating countries would still possibly have to undergo quarantine on entry at present. It is also unclear what size of events can take place in the city of Bamberg in July. Many teams also face quarantine upon return from Germany. Furthermore, our participant survey of May 17 revealed that there is reluctance to participate. We believe that not all nations and individuals who wish to participate in the World Championships will be able to do so in July. The organizers would suffer significant losses with a smaller field of participants and at the same time incur higher costs by ensuring a safe championship.
Therefore, the World Deaf Minigolf Championships 2021 is hereby cancelled.
The organizers have confirmed their intention to hold the event in 2022 and so we are looking forward to the World Deaf Minigolf Championships 2022 in Bamberg.
