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Tue, 25 Oct

Benalmádena

Spain 2022 (Ages 9-17) 7th Annual International Championship + Champion of Champions 2023 World Qualifier

3-Day Championship 2022 (54-holes) 25-Oct (La Cala Europa) & 26-27th Oct (Torrequebrada)

Time & Location

25 Oct 2022, 12:50

Benalmádena, C. Club de Golf, 1, 29630 Benalmádena, Málaga, Spain

About the Event

This tournament is an Annual event held in Spain. It is an Open Competition for any junior golfer with a handicap and playing experience. Since 2015 we have attracted players from all across Europe, Scandinavia, Middle East, Russia, Japan and Thailand. We use premier Championship venues for players aged 9-17 years (Based on age as at 1/10/22) Players compete within age groups. Boys and Girls welcome. Tour Membership is NOT required, but recommended for discounted entry fees.

AGES 9-17 (3-DAYS)

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European Championship 2023

2024 dates: may 28-30, 2024.

U.S. Kids Golf is excited to return to East Lothian for the 14th annual U.S. Kids Golf European Championship, where the world’s best young golfers, ages 5-18, compete. In 2022, a field of over 500 players and their families traveled from more than 50 countries to compete in Europe’s premier junior golf tournament at the Home of Golf.

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Golfway partners with European Junior Golf Tour

Published on 5th Apr 2023

Golfway is delighted to announce a partnership with the European Junior Golf Tour (EJGT). The EJGT is a non-profit organisation dedicated to providing a series of junior tournaments in Europe, particularly the UK, and has been established since 2000. Based out of Pryors Hayes Golf Club in Cheshire, the EJGT aims to assist and educate young players, helping them to achieve their maximum potential and fulfil their personal aspirations. The tournament series aims to create a fun, friendly and stimulating environment for participants and their families. The partnership between Golfway and EJGT will help to foster young talent and provide the necessary resources for the sport to grow at the grassroots level. This partnership will enable EJGT to continue to offer a platform for junior players to participate in tournament experiences. Golfway equipment will feature at the tournaments with chipping and putting challenges for attendees.⁠ Roger Shutt, EJGT Founder said " Golfway work closely with the R&A, the Golf Foundation and other junior golf programmes around the world. The Golfway grassroots coaching initiatives perfectly integrate with our mandate of providing a series of golf tournaments for young children in the UK and mainland Europe. Nick Horrocks, Director of Business Development at Golfway said " We are delighted to become the title sponsor of The European Junior Golf Tour and look forward to working closely on projects in the future. Roger has done a fantastic job at providing a platform for junior golfers and we are excited to work together to provide accessible tournament opportunities for young people. " For more information visit the European Junior Golf Tour website .

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Top prospects announced for 41st staging of the European Open

The 41st European Open on the North Course at Green Eagle Golf Courses will present an attractive mix of thrilling top-class sport and exciting live entertainment from May 30 to June 2, 2024.

"We are incredibly excited about the European Open this year," said Tournament Director Dirk Glittenberg. "We saw in 2023 what an inspiring atmosphere is created in the natural grandstands at Green Eagle Golf Courses when the title is at stake. Goosebumps are already inevitable. The impressive atmosphere on this great course for fans, plus top-class golf and a spectacular live experience with side events around the famous Ferris wheel - we are looking forward to this event with great excitement, which once again guarantees a first-class golf spectacle."

One of the key questions is whether the many German fans on the Nord Course will be able to celebrate their first home victory on the DP World Tour in 16 years after recent strong German performances - or whether one of the top international golfers will be able to lift the legendary European Open trophy into the North German sky. Germany's Marcel Siem and Max Kieffer, who came very close to triumph last year as runners-up in front of thousands of enthusiastic spectators, will once again challenge the top Northern Irish talent Tom McKibbin, winner of the 2023 European Open. Rasmus Højgaard (Denmark), Matteo Manassero (Italy), Bernd Wiesberger (Austria), Haotong Li (China), Rafa Cabrera Bello and Pablo Larrazàbal (both Spain), Jesper Svensson (Sweden) and Major winner Danny Willett will also tee it up in Hamburg. The 2016 Masters Champion will tee off in Hamburg for the first time after his strong comeback at Augusta last week.

"I can’t wait to head over to Hamburg for the European Open this year and hopefully it will be a great week," said Willett. "I had six months away from the game after undergoing surgery on my left shoulder. After putting in a lot of hard work into my rehab and working with the team around me, I’m buzzing to get back out on the course," said Willet, who was surprisingly able to play right up front on his surprise return at Augusta a few days ago.

"I’m looking forward to teeing it up at Green Eagle Golf Courses and we always receive great support in Germany from the fans. I enjoy playing in Germany and in 2012 I was able to get my first win on the DP World Tour," explains the 36-year-old, who has collected other titles in his career in addition to the Major in Augusta, including the Dubai World Championship, the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, the Nedbank Challenge in South Africa and the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland.

The former top ten player in the world will be up against highly motivated German starters on his debut, in addition to the major task of the Nord Course. After four second places in the past five editions, Germany is hoping to crown its first German winner of the prestigious tournament since Bernhard Langer in 1995. The North Course at Green Eagle Golf Courses, with its rousing atmosphere, has always been a great place for the top German golfers.

"The atmosphere last year was fantastic," said Kieffer. Marcel Siem added: "I've never experienced such an outstanding atmosphere at a German tournament - it was by far the best tournament in terms of atmosphere. It is also one of the best tests of the year on the Tour."

Michael Blesch, founder and owner of Green Eagle Golf Courses, said: "Last year, the former DP World Tour CEO Keith Pelley found the condition of our greens on Sunday in excellent condition. We want to measure ourselves against that again this year and are doing everything we can to present the right course for the great atmosphere. We have a long-term vision and want to develop this great event every year."

Ferris wheel and Porsche as a hole-in-one car

The event program on the Green Eagle Golf Courses course is also creating anticipation. The Ferris wheel is returning and, at a height of almost 40 meters, will provide the best views of the event directly behind the 18th green. The ride on the Ferris wheel is free of charge for tournament visitors. Below the Ferris wheel and at the top spots on the tournament course, such as the 14th fairway with a view of holes 13 to 16, food stands will ensure the best event atmosphere. A large number of exhibitors with side events and offers promise a comprehensive on-site experience in the Public Village. This includes new attractions and a further improved live experience for fans around the 14th hole. Another highlight is the emotional brand experience from Car Partner Porsche, which this year will once again include a spectacular hole-in-one prize on the famous 17th hole. HSV stadium announcer and Radio Hamburg Morning Show host Christian Stübinger will provide entertainment at various side events, on the 18th green and at the award ceremony.

VIP experience: golf up close with world-class cuisine

Thomas Bühner, one of the few German 3-star chefs, will be providing the team with top-class culinary delights during the tournament. The top chef has brought friends from international and regional cuisine to Hamburg to spoil his guests in the Garden Lounge directly on the 18th fairway with sports-inspired bistro cuisine and daily changing dishes. Tickets for the culinary journey with the best view of the sporting action are available at: https://europeanopen.golf/tickets/

Tournament tradition since 1978

The European Open will be held at the Green Eagle Golf Courses near Hamburg until at least 2026. An impressive success story is thus being continued. Since it was first held in 1978 - with a break between 2010 and 2014 - numerous world golf stars have tried to put their name on the impressive trophy. Bernhard Langer, Colin Montgomery, Retief Goosen, Sir Nick Faldo, Sandy Lyle, Paul Casey and Ian Woosnam, among others, have been successful.

Tickets for the spectacular week are now on sale. Children up to and including the age of twelve receive free admission to the tournament grounds on all tournament days. Discounted youth tickets are again available for young people aged 13 to 17. Link to ticket sales: https://europeanopen.golf/tickets/

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Russia Taekwon-Do Federation consist from 46 district members, all of them are using the services, knowledge, assistance of the National Federation. This is the reason why they are rapidly growing.

Luckily we can say that Russia has win the fight against the Corona Virus and everything is working normally and smoothly with some very small restrictions. This allows to grow and develop.

On March 2021, the Omsk Region Taekwon-Do Championship (ITF) was held in the Krasnaya Zvezda Sports Complex in Omsk.

1196 people took part in the competition. Athletes competed in five disciplines of taekwondo (ITF): tul, sparring, breaking boards, traditional sparring and special equipment. The competition for the awards was held on 8 doyangs.

All winners and prize-winners of the competitions were awarded with medals and diplomas. Athletes who won the first 3 places - with cups!

Congratulations to all of you on your successful performance! We wish you further sports victories and achievements!

And this is only one district out of 46!!

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The European Junior Golf Tour provides a competitive playing experience and platform for junior golfers to develop their game.

Organising a series of tournaments both regionally and around the UK is the aim and objective as players compete within their age group categories.

The Tour will be all inclusive to provide a platform for young players to experience tournament golf whilst playing a broad mix of golf venues to test their golfing skills.

To assist and educate the players to achieve their maximum potential and fulfil their own personal goals and aspirations, the Tour creates a fun, friendly and stimulating environment for members, guests and their families.

Who is Celine Boutier twin sister Christie Boutier?

Boutier began playing golf at the age of 7. She had a very successful amateur career, winning the 2010 Skandia Junior Open Girls, Classic de Joyenval, European Girls Team Qualifying, and Italian International Championship. In 2011, she won the Annika Invitational.

In 2012, Boutier enjoyed victory at the European Nations Cup Individual, Internationaux De France Juniors (Trophee Esmond), German International Amateur, and European Ladies Amateur Championship.

Who is Celine Boutier’s twin sister Christie Boutier?

Christie Boutier is a twin sister of Celina Boutier. The two could not be more dissimilar, despite the fact that Celina’s identical sister does not play golf. The twin sister’s Thai parents, Jacqueline and Christophe Boutier, welcomed her into the world on November 10, 1993, in Clamart, France.

Christie prefers a low-key way of living and operates her business discreetly. Therefore, nothing about her private information is known.

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Traveler’s guide to the city of Omsk, Western Siberia’s secret gem

Omsk was founded in 1716 when a wooden fort was constructed to house a Cossack unit in the area to protect the expanding Russian frontier from Central Asian nomadic incursions. It served various administrative functions throughout the 1800s and became infamous as a place of exile and incarceration. The city was rundown when selected as a hub for the Trans-Siberian railway in the 1890s. Many international trade companies and foreign consulates relocated here and the remnants of their offices can still be found in the city today.

The mystery of Kolchak’s gold

Kolchak was entrusted with a large portion of the Tsarist’s gold reserves, yet amazingly lost much of it. Supposedly 250 million rubles were lost (about $8 million at the time). Legend has it that they were buried near the village of Taiga, yet numerous excavations have turned up nothing. The area still attracts the occasional fortune seeker.

Kolchak’s headquarters are located at what is today the Omsk Regional Archives at Broz Tito St., 3. Nothing shows how much times have changed as the imposing Kolchak statue that was unveiled in 2012 around the corner. The statue guards Kolchak restaurant , a four-story culinary complex featuring a steak house, an Irish pub, a Central Asian café and an Italian eatery.  For more details on where and how to dig Kolchak's gold, see Top Ten Mysterious Lost Treasures of Russia  

Dostoevsky and the Tsar

Most foreigners have heard of Omsk via writer Fyodor Dostoevsky who spent four years here as a prisoner (1849-1853). He spent most of his time in Omsk in squalor and chains and with no books besides the Bible, however, it left an indelible mark on his memory and influenced his future literary output. There is a statue of the writer in chains grasping a Bible at the corner of Partizanskaya and Spartakovskaya streets, where Dostoevsky undoubtedly stepped many times. A museum dedicated to the author's time in Omsk is located nearby at Dostoevskogo St. 1. The local university is also named for him.

Tarskaya Street is one of the city’s oldest thoroughfares. It features a monument to victims of Stalinist repressions and the Tara gates, originally built in 1792 as one of the four entrances to the Omsk fort. Nearby stands the Assumption Cathedral, one of the largest churches in Siberia. Future Tsar Nicholas II laid the first stone here in 1891 when making his way back to St. Petersburg after his Eastern journey.

In Omsk you are never more than a few steps from the village, made clear when one exits the center to the north, where most houses are wooden and roads unpaved. Stroll along Bulatova and Rabinovicha streets, a well-preserved ensemble of wooden architecture.  

Omsk’s cultural heritage

One of Omsk’s most famous sons is Symbolist painter Mikhail Vrubel (1856-1910). Vrubel ignored contemporary trends and focused on themes from fairy tales, demons and religious subjects and also designed a majolica frieze for the Metropol Hotel in Moscow. Omsk’s Fine Arts Museum is named for him and features a number of his works .

Over the years a number of tourists have tripped over the monument to Stepanych. This bust of a plumber rising from a sewer was the idea of Omsk’s former mayor after a trip to Slovakia in the 1990s. Stepanych has become one of the symbols of the city.

Omsk is a hockey town, with one of the major teams, Avangard , in the KHL, Russia’s premiere professional league. Russian champions on several occasions, check out a match at Omsk Arena. But if you can’t catch a game there’s a large kiosk featuring the team’s merchandise at the airport.  

Siberian punk, jazz and the classics

Perhaps Russia’s most famous punk band, Grazhdanskaya oborona (Civil Defence), was formed here in 1982. The band was active until 2008 when lead singer Yegor Letov died of heart failure at age 43. Letov is buried at the Staro-Vostochnoe cemetery. A sprawling graveyard with thousands of graves, fans should stop at the administration for help in locating his grave.

One of Omsk’s longest running live music venues is Jazz Cafe Party Piano . With live jazz and rock every night of the month, it’s legendary throughout Siberia. Take a taxi as it’s hard to find. Other options for live music include the Viking Folk Bar and Harat's Pub .  

How to get there

The southern and northern branches of the Trans-Siberian Railway converge here with about 10 trains going to or from Moscow on any given day (37-47 hours each way) and many trains travel to and from the Far East (4-5 days) daily. Aeroflot, Transaero, and S7 fly to Moscow daily (3 hours). Less frequent flights connect to Saint Petersburg (3 hours), Krasnoyarsk (2 hours), as well as Frankfurt, Hannover and Köln in Germany (5 hours). For more information check out aeroomsk.ru

Where to stay

Central hotel choices include Tourist with rooms starting from 1800 rubles (about $47) and Ibis Sibir with rooms starting at 4000 rubles (about $104).

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The Top 12 Things to Do in Omsk

Feel the love in the very heart of Russia

In Russia, all roads lead to Moscow , on account of the city's status as the national capital and its importance throughout history. If geography were the deciding factor, however, the Siberian city of Omsk would be the point where all Russia's roads converge—it's located literally in the heart of the country, approximately as far from Vladivostok as it is from the Belarusian border. Omsk boasts a spate of exciting attractions, even if you simply make a stop here as you ride the Trans-Siberian Railway eastward or westward.

Marvel at Assumption Cathedral

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Orthodox architecture never gets old, even if you've been traveling in Russia for a long time. This is particularly the case when it comes to the Assumption Cathedral of Omsk, whose gold-and-turquoise domes look resplendent under the blue skies that bless Omsk during the warmer months of the year. The cathedral was built in 1891 under the orders Nicholas, the last Tsar of Russia.

Time Travel at Omsk Fortress

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The bad news? Much of what was once Omsk Fortress is now a residential area, with the only notable landmark that still stands being Tobolsk Gate (think Paris' Arc de Triomphe , but yellow and smaller). The good news? There's essentially no reason for a military fortification to exist in today's peaceful Omsk, which means you can stroll amid parks and cafés and imagine the area being war-torn—a small sacrifice to make in exchange for not being blown to bits.

Go Green at Ptich'ya Gavan'

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Or white, as it were: Omsk is covered with snow several months of the year, which means that its prized Ptich'ya Gavan' central park is often more of a winter wonderland than the green reprieve you experience in summer. The park is popular with local families, to whom you can say "Privet" (Hello) as you walk past.

Walk on Omsk's Artsy Side

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Although the building that houses Omsk District Museum of Visual Arts is unmistakably Russian, the collection you find inside is surprisingly eclectic for a city deep in Russia's interior. Recent collections have included a revival of Van Gogh's great works, among others. This is a particularly enjoyable Omsk attraction on cold winter days, when temperatures can drop far below freezing and sunshine can be rare.

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Though Omsk is a relatively large city, the skies over it become dark enough in the evening for stargazing. While visitors are not permitted to use the expensive telescopes housed inside, exhibits inside the museum provide a fascinating look into the cosmos, narrated by expert astronomical guides.

Shop on Lenin Street

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Lenin Street's name is appropriate: Although it's the high street of a city thousands of miles from Moscow, the European-style architecture and cosmopolitan vibe you feel as you stroll past its boutique and cafés evokes the capital of Russia more than its forlorn interior. Local specialties you can purchase here include rustic jams made from local berries (and even, in some shops, cedar cones), as well as handmade rugs from Kazakhstan, which sits just south of Omsk.

Sample Siberian Cuisine

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Speaking of unique Siberian food, it's not just preserves made from the fruits of evergreen trees. Omsk is a great place to discover the flavors of Russia's wild interior, whether you eat zagutai and stroganini (Siberia's take on sushi) or classic Russian plmeni dumplings filled with decidedly Siberian ingredients, such as bear and rabbit meat. Vkusno ! (That's Russian for "delicious"!)

Enjoy Historical Houses—While You Still Can

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The wooden houses that line Nikolskiy Prospekt aren't protected, but they should be. Historical structures that are unfortunately in a state of disrepair, these houses are slated for demolition at some unspecific point in the future. Be sure to catch a glimpse of these historical house before they're gone. There will, however, be at least one left standing for a long time. The Omsk State Art Museum is in a traditional wooden house.

Go to the Circus

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Omsk State Circus is a popular spot for local families, whose children love the opportunity to see acrobatic performances and animals that wouldn't otherwise make appearance in Siberia. If you do attend a show here, keep in mind that ethics with regard to animal treatment might not match up with those in North America or Western Europe, to say nothing of the smell that can pervade the auditorium during and even after a show.

Be a Drama Queen

While there's no guarantee that any shows will be playing at Omsk Drama Theater at the time of your trip, a visit to this 19th century building is a spectacle in and of itself. While not as huge, say, as Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre, it's nonetheless an ornate architectural wonder that hearkens back to a glorious time in history. The interior of the theater is even open during the daytime; ask the person who's inside if any tours are available when you turn up.

Explore Cities Deeper in Siberia

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Siberia starts in Omsk, even if you can't continue far into it. If you don't plan to travel on the Trans-Siberian Railway, take one of two day trips from Omsk. Travel to Tobolsk, whose hilltop Kremlin is one of the most picturesque in all of Russia, and whose beauty inspired a photo by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev that ended up winning several awards. Or visit Tomsk, where you'll find a botanical garden dedicated to Siberian flora, and a museum that celebrates wooden architecture.

Ride the Trans-Siberian Railway

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The idea of leaving Omsk behind can seem difficult, especially now that you've gotten to know this city in the heart of Siberia as well as you have. The mint-colored facade of Omsk Railway Station will make you smile, however, even if you're crying inside as you depart. Though it's not quite on the mid-line of the Trans-Siberian route between Moscow and Beijing , Omsk is a worthy starting place to begin a journey to either. If you head east make sure to stop in Irkutsk , the home of Lake Baikal and another underrated Siberian city.

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