World Adventure Golf Masters 11 th -12 th September 2017 at Zaton Holiday Resort in Nin / Croatia PROMOTER approved by Technical Committee of WMF in January 2017
INVITATION WORLD ADVENTURE GOLF MASTERS 11 th -12 th SEPTEMBER 2017 PROMOTER: ORGANIZER: LOCATION OF COURSES: World Minigolf Sport Federation Turisthotel d.d. Zadar in cooperation with Croatian Minigolf Federation Draznikova ul. 76T, 23232 Nin, Croatia (Zaton Holiday Resort) course A: MOS (adventure golf) PARTICIPATION: CATEGORIES: All active members of the WMF, as long as they came up to their obligations towards the WMF. WMF ExCo can on application approve the participation of nations, which are not yet active members of WMF. Individual: Female youth, male youth (if any of these categories will have fewer than four participants, the categories will be played as one mixed youth category) Female seniors, male seniors (if any of these categories will have fewer than four participants, the categories will be played as one mixed senior category) Women, men (if any of these categories will have fewer than four participants, the categories will be played as one mixed general class category) Teams: National teams with four players without substitutes (no category limits / national team clothing mandatory for team players / registration only by active member federation) In total max. 80 players are allowed for the tournament. If more than 80 players are registered by the deadline, and WMF and Organizer see no possibility to run the competition according to the schedule, they have the right after checking all options to cut the number of participants. If the number of players exceeds 80 and a cut is necessary, the registrations will be accepted in the order of receipt at WMF Sport Director. However, players registered by WMF active member federations are always preferred to private players. MODE: Team strokeplay competition for national teams: 6 qualifying rounds and 1 team final round (round 7) for the best 6 teams after 6 qualifying rounds Title (6 + 1 rounds): Winner World Adventure Golf Masters, team category Individual strokeplay competition: 6 qualifying rounds in all categories and 1 overall final round (round 8) for the best 18 players of the overall competition after 6 qualifying rounds Title in each category (6 rounds): Winner World Adventure Golf Masters, category Title overall champion (6 + 1 rounds): World Adventure Golf Master Tournament jury has the right to change the number or rounds if necessary due to final number of participants. COACHES: PENALTIES: Maximum of two coaches per nation are allowed on the course during the competition, regardless of the number of participating players of the nation. Penalties for players The standard system described in WMF worldwide international sport rules chapters 18 is used in the team competition and individual strokeplay competition. 2
Penalties for coaches For coaches, the standard penalty system described in WMF worldwide international sport rules chapter 19 is used throughout the entire tournament. REGISTRATION: Until June 30 th 2017 with enclosed form only to: WMF Sport Director Pasi Aho Messerschmittstrasse 1 D - 96052 Bamberg email: sportdirector@minigolfsport.com If participants from your country need visa for travelling to the championships, please send information including all necessary data VERY EARLY to the organizer!! PRACTICING FEE: Pre official training: EUR 3 / day / player (payable to organizer) PARTICIPATION FEE: PRIZE MONEY: ACCOMODATION AND VISA CONTACT: EUR 70 for players, coaches and officials No additional fee for teams Fees have to be paid until June 30 th 2017 to the account of WMF. Please note that all banking fees (also those charged by the recipient's bank) must be paid by the sender and the full amount must arrive to the WMF account. When transferring from a bank outside the eurozone, please choose a charging option ensuring that all bank charges are paid by the sender ( OUR charging option in most payment systems). Please pay right in time and only to: Bank: Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken IBAN: SE80 5000 0000 0593 0828 6683 SWIFT: ESSESESS Participation fees are non-refundable after the registrations have been confirmed by WMF. In case no starting spot can be given to some players due to high number of participants, their fees are returned. For further questions please contact WMF Sport Director For delayed registrations or payments the participation fee is 125 % of the fee above. Cash prizes for all category winners as well as for at least the best three players in the overall individual competition. Final breakdown of cash prizes will be published latest at the technical meeting of WAGM. Overview of available accommodation options at Zaton Resort can be found at http://www.zaton.hr Special offers for the participants are available by using the booking code ZATONHR2017 Please contact Zaton Resort directly. WMF members have received separate information on the special offers via e-mail. For visa assistance, please contact: Croatian Minigolf Federation, Mr. Mislav Bjazic crominigolf@yahoo.com The worldwide international sport rules of WMF including supplementary rules and worldwide international sport regulations are applied for the World Adventure Golf Masters. In particular please note the WMF system-specific rules of Minigolf Open Standard. Each participant or for minors their legal guardian must have signed the forms for acceptance of WADA-code 2015 as well as media coverage and accept the WMF anti-doping regulations in current version. Sport shoes and uniform team sports clothing appropriate for minigolf are required during official practice time and tournament. Only sports hats are allowed. Pasi Aho WMF Sport Director 3
S C H E D U L E The accreditation of all participants has to be filed immediately after arrival at Zaton, latest Sunday, September 10 th 2017, 9 a.m. SATURDAY, 9 th SEPTEMBER 2017 09.00 am 06.00 pm official training for all participants after 06.00 pm no training allowed due to the opening ceremony 000 pm last possibility for written complaints regarding courses 000 pm inspection of the courses by the representative of WMF and a member of the Organizer 07.00 pm opening ceremony SUNDAY, 10 th SEPTEMBER 2017 09.00 am 06.00 pm official training for all participants after 06.00 pm free training 09.00 am deadline for accreditation of participants 100 pm deadline for payment of practicing fees 100 pm technical meeting 000 pm deadline for team lineups MONDAY, 11 th SEPTEMBER 2017 FIRST DAY OF COMPETITION 09.00 am four (4) rounds for all participants with rolling start from lane 1 starting order: female seniors, male seniors, female youth, male youth, women, men TUESDAY 12 th SEPTEMBER 2017 SECOND DAY OF COMPETITION 09.00 am two (2) rounds for all participants with rolling start from lane 1 starting order: female seniors, male seniors, female youth, male youth, women, men starting order in the categories will be reverse leaderboard order from day 1 end of category competitions and qualifying rounds for finals 000 pm WAGM team final round for the best 6 teams after 6 qualifying rounds (+ equal scores) starting order: reverse leaderboard order from the qualifying rounds 000 pm WAGM individual final round for the best 18 players of the overall competition after 6 qualifying rounds (no category limits for this overall title) starting order: reverse leaderboard order from the qualifying rounds Medal ceremonies will take place at the course right after the end of the individual final round. 07.00 pm closing ceremony 4
Latest registration date: June 30 th 2017 WORLD ADVENTURE GOLF MASTERS 2017 ZATON / CRO NATIONAL FEDERATION / PLAYERS COUNTRY Arrival date at Zaton: Contact E-Mail: Contact phone nr: REGISTRATIONS BY NAME FOR THE WORLD ADVENTURE GOLF MASTERS 2017 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 1 1 1 1 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. NAME, FIRST NAME IN PRINTED LETTERS BIRTHDATE EXCEPTIONS CATEGORY Exceptions: A) medical attestation for no sport shoes B) medical attestation according to the anti-doping regulations of WMF 5
Registration date: Sunday, September 10 th 2017, 2 p.m. WORLD ADVENTURE GOLF MASTERS 2017 ZATON / CRO NATIONAL FEDERATION TEAM REGISTRATIONS BY NAME FOR THE WAGM 2017 Players have to be listed in the starting order for the team final round NAME, FIRST NAME IN PRINTED LETTERS NATIONAL TEAM 1 NATIONAL TEAM 2 NATIONAL TEAM 3 NATIONAL TEAM 4 6