World
Flying Disc Federation (WFDF)
Kalmar, Sweden
July 11-17, 1999
For more information: Tournament Director Joakim Reinius. reinius@kfk.org Web: www.kfk.org
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World Championships in Sweden, 1999. Finally, Sweden will host the biggest tournament ever… It's not the FPA Worlds, but the WFDF Worlds. Seven different disc events joined in one big party. Make sure that you don't miss this opportunity to be a part of some great disc play.
All this will take place in the wonderful city Kalmar. Kalmar is a nice old town on the southeast coast of Sweden. It is a summer city where a lot Swedes, and other tourists, go to spend their vacation. Different events are happening all the time.
Personally, I have tried to go to as many tournaments hosted by the Kalmar Frisbee Klubb as possible over the years. They sure know how to make you feel welcome and have a great time. Because Kalmar is a smaller city, the disc players in town are well known and that helps when they run tournaments. Media get involved, spectators come to watch, and so on.
In 1997 Kalmar FK hosted the Swedisc Open, which is the unofficial European Championships. This was a BIG success and I must say that it was probably the best run tournament that I've been to, including several US Opens, WFDFs, and FPA Worlds. For those of you who played the WFDF Worlds in Helsinki 1997, or heard about it, all I can say is: Kalmar in 1999 will be even better!
After traveling to tournaments in the US ten times or so now, and having the honor of getting to know so many interesting players, I must say that I have always felt fortunate. It has always been a pleasure to play different tournaments in the US, meeting new faces and "old" friends. Because of this I sure hope that a lot of you FPA Freestylers will take the opportunity to visit Scandinavia, Sweden and Kalmar. It's about time for you to make the big trip and meet new European friends. IT WILL BE WORTH IT.
Because this is an Overall tournament as well, freestyle will only be played in one division. In Europe we've never had the tradition of playing three-way (Co-op) so this means that there will only be Pairs during this event. The idea of having it an "Open" division (both Pairs and Co-ops) has been mentioned, but right now Pairs has been chosen. After discussions, it seems like some problems are involved in having it "open." As I understand it, Pairs would have some disadvantages in the judging categories.
In order to offer the freestylers more competition and jam time, Kalmar FK, are working on having one more freestyle tournament a couple of days after the WFDF-Worlds on the nearby island, Öland. Öland is another beautiful summer paradise crowded with tourists.
Take care and I hope to see all of you in Kalmar in 1999.
Stefan Karlsson