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Team Britain: Kellard will travel alone to Odense


United Kingdom 24 Jul 2009 at 08:59 | Published by: JJM | Views: 8901 | News search

Team Britain: Kellard will travel alone to Odense
Keith Kellard in Canegrate, Italy.  (Photo by Kevin Botto 2007)

2009 was hoped to be a breakthrough year for British minigolf getting active in other playing systems than MOS (adventure golf and crazy golf), with WMF-funded training camps in Austria and in Great Britain.

But one of the main goals of the WMF-funded project, to see a full British team at World Championships 2009 in Odense, will not become reality. Keith Kellard is the only British player who has confirmed his plans to play the tournament, with Austrian Willy Bauer as his coach.

Only some weeks ago British players were still planning to send a full team to the competition, which was also one of the conditions for receiving money from WMF. Economical support was optimistically expected from private sponsors and from the British Minigolf Association.

One player retreated from the team because of medical reasons, some sponsors changed their attitude as it seemed that Britain will not get a full team, and the conservative wing of British Minigolf Association leadership promised only as much economical support as is customary in any typical year, while the team candidates had hoped for an increase in funding.

As the negotiations about funding delayed further and further, the players started feeling insecure about their travel plans, and finally the entire project of a British team to Odense collapsed in a sour atmosphere, with criticism exchanged between the two sides of British minigolf politics, the conservative supporters of traditional British playing systems and the liberal supporters of international playing systems.

One British player will be seen in Odense anyway, which is more than what 40% of WMF member countries will do on the international scene during this year 2009.



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Sweden Hans (Hans Bergström)

24 Jul 2009 at 20:12
One common view, that I actually can agree on, is that there should only be one World Championship in our sport. And if you have this view you might understand that some want to play this only championship on a surface they favor. The major reason to have only one World Championship is that you would like to have only one world champion. Not a bunch of them like it is in other sports like swimming and cross country skiing. It is easier to do marketing and get attention in media if you only have one name to brand.

United Kingdom MrX (Andy Exall)

24 Jul 2009 at 17:21
Looking at our current poll, it looks like 50% for and 50% against


I find it strange that people would vote no at all to playing Adv golf championships, just because they don't want to play they possibly don't want others to either.
There can be no other reason to vote no, other than it maybe favours GB players, perish the thought.

United Kingdom Sealand (Anthony Pope)

24 Jul 2009 at 14:40
On the plus side, if Willy Bauer adopts a Jose Mourinho approach, then the subject of 'squad rotation' will be a simple task

Finland JJM (John Mittler)

24 Jul 2009 at 13:29
Everyone is protecting their own traditions, not least WMF itself.

Looking at our current poll, it looks like 50% for and 50% against.

United Kingdom Sealand (Anthony Pope)

24 Jul 2009 at 11:50
Quote: with criticism exchanged between the two sides of British minigolf politics, the conservative supporters of traditional British playing systems and the liberal supporters of international playing systems.

I think here lies the well documented UK / USA and European MiniGolf divide. Many players from the UK / USA view the MOS system as being the more liberal, forward looking system whereas Beton, Felt & Eternite is viewed very much as the conservative, old-school system. What all these systems have in common is that, at the highest level, all require enormous amounts of skill & preperation.

It would have been great to see a GB Team in Odense and I'm not sure of the full story behind its reduced size but good luck to Keith whose meticulous approach to play stands him in good stead for the tournament.

Will the UK / USA Vs Euro systems ever find some middle ground? Who knows?

Still, vive la difference!

United Kingdom MrX (Andy Exall)

24 Jul 2009 at 11:50
Conservatives v the Liberals, it's our next General Election!

It's a shame though that our team has only one (albeit very good) player, with no courses in the UK comparable with the Tournament venue, we simply aren't & never will be good enough in depth to field a quality team. Basically team selection is down to who can go rather than the best players, most aren't interested because they don't play those courses & it's plain to see that you need to regularly to be any good on them.
From the look of the latest poll, it appears that most Europeans are not willing to try adv golf either, for possibly the same reasons that GB has in struggling to field a team, ie; a possible fear of the unknown.
My personal situation means I'm unavailable to go, but hope to one day.

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