Vergiate Review

Italian Open International Tournament Vergiate Review, 3 - 4 November 2001

There's only one thing you can say about this tournament - It's a must. Only the Italians can organise a tournament in such a way that you get dual playing satisfaction. You play minigolf during the day then they take you out to play in the evening! The 'toughest Betong course in Italy' during the day and wonderful food, entertainment and a disco in the evening - what more can you ask for. Well, a coach, and I was fortunate enough to have the best in Max.

The course is situated smack in the middle of Vergiate - it has a bar!! The cappuccino is the best I have tasted, the beer is excellent and the grappa - well I never got the chance as I had my fill at the meal on Friday. Delicious hot snacks are cooked on the barbecue outside and you get the added bonus of chestnuts.

The format: Two and a half days of practice, Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning. Believe me you'll need this much time, probably more. I only managed a day, as I arrived late Thursday evening and on Saturday morning I was slightly incapacitated. I wasn't much better by the first round in the afternoon. However I got my best score of the three rounds. The other two being on the Sunday.

The amount of minigolf talent on display was phenomenal, if you need to learn Betong or you just want to have a good time this is the place to visit. This has got to be the friendliest tournament I've ever been to.

A memento - a slice of the Chief of Police's tie. They know how to have a good time!

Visit the Vergiate website now and make sure you're part of the fun next year (November 2-3 2002).

Special thanks to Max, Ermes and all of the people who organised and participated, thanks also to Thomas for getting me to and from the bar.

Full results and photos

Nominativo	Cat.	1° giro	err 1° giro	2° giro	err 2° giro	parziale	err parziale	3° giro	err 3° giro	Tot	err Tot
Perazzolo Niccolò – Lozza	j	33	2	36	5	69	7	38	6	107	13
Arzuffi Boris- Paderno	j	38	5	40	8	78	13	33	3	111	16
Mariotti Marcello – Vergiate	j	41	10	38	5	79	15	37	4	116	19

Cibin Luisa - Lozza	sd	35	4	37	5	72	9	38	4	110	13
Borfiga Enrica – San Romolo	sd	38	6	49	14	87	20	40	8	127	28
Colombo Daniela – Vergiate	sd	41	8	42	7	83	15	46	12	129	27
Brem Paulette - Badenweiler	sd	47	14	43	9	90	23	42	8	132	31
Rader Valtrud – Bac Baden	sd	56	23	58	25	114	48	51	18	165	66

Bozzetti Rodolfo – Vergiate	sh	31	2	33	2	64	4	30	0	94	4
Ravizzoli Giancarlo – Vergiate	sh	31	1	33	2	64	3	35	4	99	7
Aldrovandi Renato – Lozza	sh	34	4	33	2	67	6	33	3	100	9
Bon Riccardo – Sebino	sh	31	3	35	3	66	6	35	2	101	8
Aghemo Angelo – Relax Time	sh	36	7	33	1	69	8	32	1	101	9
Rossi Ettore – Lozza	sh	33	2	32	3	65	5	37	5	102	10
Brem Karl – Badenweiler	sh	39	8	34	0	73	8	31	2	104	10
Zappa Enrico – Relax Time	sh	35	5	33	1	68	6	36	6	104	12
Secondelli Franco – Vergiate	sh	33	3	32	0	65	3	42	10	107	13
Benvenuto Luigi – Lozza	sh	36	5	38	3	74	8	34	3	108	11
Girola Renato – Vergiate	sh	33	3	39	5	72	8	36	5	108	13
Trolese Gabriele – Vergiate	sh	35	2	39	6	74	8	36	5	110	13
Luethi Fritz – Amriswil	sh	39	5	35	2	74	7	37	5	111	12
Mariotti Aldo - Vergiate	sh	36	3	36	3	72	6	39	7	111	13
Mazzadi Luciano – Gufi	sh	39	6	37	4	76	10	36	4	112	14
Gerolin Marco – Milano	sh	41	8	37	6	78	14	34	1	112	15
Clerici Angelo – Relax Time	sh	42	9	39	7	81	16	32	1	113	17
Rossi Alfio – Vergiate	sh	39	5	34	3	73	8	41	7	114	15
Vallicelli Walter – MC 2000	sh	41	7	34	3	75	10	39	7	114	17
Lasia Giuseppe – Vergiate	sh	33	2	38	4	71	6	44	10	115	16
Rader Alfred – Bac Baden	sh	40	9	35	4	75	13	40	7	115	20
Perazzolo Paolo – Lozza	sh	36	4	45	12	81	16	36	4	117	20
Giovannelli Giancarlo – Milano	sh	42	9	39	6	81	15	40	7	121	22
Salvi Alfredo – Vergiate	sh	40	7	39	5	79	12	42	11	121	23
Fumagalli Mimmo – Milano	sh	43	9	41	8	84	17	38	6	122	23
Anselmi Romano – Vergiate	sh	43	9	40	8	83	17	44	12	127	29
Sebastiani Cesare – MC 2000	sh	38	6	126	91	164	97	126	91	290	188
Serafino Filippo– San Romolo	sh	126	91	126	91	252	182	126	91	378	273
Cavaliere Nicola – San Romolo	sh	126	91	126	91	252	182	126	91	378	273

Barcellini Laura – Vergiate*	d	35	4	31	1	66	5	30	0	96	5
Goglione Susy – Le Palme Losone	d	35	3	31	1	66	4	34	2	100	6
Brianza Marzia – Lozza	d	34	3	36	4	70	7	32	2	102	9
Speroni Vania – San Romolo	d	38	6	39	6	77	12	32	2	109	14
Lucarelli Maura – MC 2000	d	38	5	41	7	79	12	33	3	112	15
Dardi Monica – Monza	d	37	5	40	6	77	11	44	12	121	23
De Palma Daniela – Follonica	d	38	7	48	13	86	20	36	7	122	27
Bini Emanuela – Paderno	d	42	9	40	6	82	15	42	7	124	22
Dal Monte Monica – San Romolo	d	38	5	41	8	79	13	49	14	128	27
Di Pasquale Elena – Vergiate	d	58	25	49	17	107	42	44	11	151	53

Mattaini Guido – Vergiate	h	31	1	29	0	60	1	30	0	90	1
Giroldini Rudy – Vergiate	h	32	0	31	1	63	1	29	0	92	1
Rossi Fulvio – Vergiate	h	32	3	31	2	63	5	30	0	93	5
Ciceri Massimiliano – Vergiate	h	31	2	31	2	62	4	32	3	94	7
Molteni Ivano – Lozza	h	34	1	31	1	65	2	30	1	95	3
Pirovano Matteo – Novi Ligure	h	33	4	31	1	64	5	31	0	95	5
Morello Stefano – San Romolo	h	33	2	30	0	63	2	33	5	96	7
Smaia Galliano – Bovisio	h	31	2	34	5	65	7	31	3	96	10
Porta Paolo – San Romolo	h	33	1	31	0	64	1	33	1	97	2
Porta Piero – San Romolo	h	32	1	36	2	68	3	29	0	97	3
Raspanti Roberto - Follonica	h	34	1	31	1	65	2	32	3	97	5
Ambrosini Marco – Monza	h	33	3	34	1	67	4	32	3	99	7
Cazzato Jean Louis – Locarno	h	33	1	36	4	69	5	31	2	100	7
Curd Jurgens – Amriswil	h	31	2	34	2	65	4	36	3	101	7
Di Bella Antonio – Relax Time	h	36	3	32	1	68	4	33	3	101	7
Franchini Ermes – Vergiate	h	36	3	33	2	69	5	32	3	101	8
Fiorani Tino – Vergiate	h	31	2	36	4	67	6	34	3	101	9
Rovera Gabriele – Lozza	h	33	2	32	0	65	2	37	5	102	7
Civitelli Marco – Vergiate	h	35	3	33	3	68	6	34	2	102	8
Palandri Cristian – Follonica	h	32	4	36	4	68	8	34	1	102	9
Weber Peter – Amriswil	h	31	0	37	5	68	5	35	3	103	8
Prestinari Sergio – Bovisio	h	35	3	32	2	67	5	36	4	103	9
Pellegrini Sergio – San Romolo	h	34	3	33	3	67	6	37	4	104	10
Garbui Domenico - Vergiate	h	35	5	33	3	68	8	37	4	105	12
Garbui Roberto – Vergiate	h	35	2	38	4	73	6	33	2	106	8
Corio Fabio – Vergiate	h	37	5	35	3	72	8	34	1	106	9
Ghiraldi Yuri – Lozza	h	39	6	34	2	73	8	33	4	106	12
Preziosa Vittorio – MC 2000	h	35	4	34	1	69	5	38	6	107	11
Vittimani Giancarlo – Vergiate	h	34	3	37	6	71	9	36	3	107	12
Origgi Andrea – Paderno	h	33	2	41	9	74	11	33	3	107	14
Sozzi Hermes – MC 2000	h	36	5	34	3	70	8	37	6	107	14
Galbiati Luciano – Lozza	h	34	2	37	4	71	6	37	4	108	10
Cantelli Lorenzo – Follonica	h	36	4	34	3	70	7	38	5	108	12
Tedeschi Gianfranco – Vergiate	h	36	4	40	8	76	12	34	2	110	14
Serafino Enrico – San Romolo	h	38	6	37	5	75	11	35	6	110	17
Nappo Daniele – Sebino	h	32	0	39	6	71	6	40	6	111	12
Haegler Paolo – Le Palme Losone	h	36	2	35	4	71	6	40	7	111	13
Ruff Thomas – Remseck	h	36	4	37	5	73	9	38	5	111	14
Tullio Bruno - Bellinzona	h	36	3	37	4	73	7	39	6	112	13
Orsenigo Luigi – Paderno	h	40	7	35	3	75	10	37	6	112	16
Tizianel Ernesto – Relax Time	h	31	2	44	11	75	13	37	4	112	17
Krammer Rudy – Le Palme Losone	h	42	9	35	3	77	12	36	4	113	16
Pierozzi Roberto – Follonica	h	37	5	38	7	75	12	40	8	115	20
Pisani Marcello – Novi Ligure	h	37	6	38	7	75	13	40	8	115	21
Fornara Virgilio – San Romolo	h	40	6	39	6	79	12	37	4	116	16
Trizio Raffaele – Monza	h	39	7	37	6	76	13	41	9	117	22
Rizzo Massimo – MC 2000	h	38	7	37	5	75	12	44	12	119	24
Lauriola Stefano – Paderno	h	39	7	37	4	76	11	45	12	121	23
Ribelli Salvatore – Monza	h	41	9	43	10	84	19	37	6	121	25
Gambassi Mirko – Follonica	h	48	13	41	7	89	20	34	4	123	24
Bertolini Andreas – Bluedenz	h	44	11	46	12	90	23	42	10	132	33
Davies Tim – Planet HastingsC.G.C.	h	43	9	48	15	91	24	48	14	139	38

CLASSIFICA SQUADRE
VERGIATE 1		381
VERGIATE 2		382
SAN ROMOLO 1		392
LOZZA 2		398
RELAX TIME		408
SVIZZERA		415
FOLLONICA		416
LOZZA 1		417
TICINO		436
MC2000		445
PADERNO		447
MONZA		458
SAN ROMOLO 2		480

* New womens record

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Hole 4	Hole 3	Hole 2	Hole 17	Holes 15/16

Hole 18 and bar	Hole 15	Cat j. winners	Cat sd. winners	Cat sh. winners

Cat d. winners	Cat h. winners	Cat h. winners	Overview	Bar

Overview	Overview	Laura	View to bar	Hole 13

Hole 12	Hole 10

A personal breakdown of the holes. Piste maps care of AceMax. My purpose was to try for the first time both European style miniature golf equipment and Betong in preparation for the European Championships. Those who have never experienced this course type are in for a bit of a shock.

Unlike in the UK - if you miss the first obstacle shot you generally have to place the ball back on the tee! Exceptions are holes 1,2,5,11,12,13 &14.

1. & 2. Relatively simple but for the fact everyone outside the bar is watching.

3. A real problem, again everyone outside the bar can see and the first shot demands a degree of precision unheard of in minigolf in the UK. Even when the ball does go through the obstacle there is a difficult shot to follow.

4. An absolute nightmare, the initial shot needs to be even more precise than hole 3.

5. & 6. Once you know how, two relatively easy holes.

7. The longest hole on the course, downhill, severe right to left. When you finally reach the putting circle your troubles have just begun.

8. Easy to get through the first obstacle, the cone is another matter. Second shot varies from where at the base of the cone you are.

9. Oh dear. Precision again! It doesn't help if you've got a severe case of the yips either!

10. & 11. Easy and Easiest.

12. 13. &14. Simple

15. & 16. Back to precision. Nerves probably shot by now.

17. Straight shot unless you fancy yourself as a bit of a player.

18. When you know how - simple. If you don't, expect a seven.

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