Austrian Curling Association
| Austrian Curling Association | |
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| Founded | 1980 |
| president | Marcus Schmitt |
| Association headquarters | Kitzbühel |
| Homepage | ÖCV |
The Austrian Curling Association (ÖCV) is the interest grouping of all curling clubs in Austria and a member of the World Curling Federation .
tasks
- The promotion and dissemination of curling in Austria . To represent the interests of its members at home and abroad and to represent the sport to international curling organizations.
- Organize Austrian and regional championships and association games. Assign its members to organize international competitions and championships abroad, to organize international competitions in Austria on behalf of the international professional associations.
history
The ÖCV was founded on July 11, 1980 in Kitzbühel . The first association president was Günther Hummelt who remained in office until his death in July 2010. The deputy at the time was the President of the Kitzbühel Curling Club, Dieter Küchenmeister. As early as 1981, a women's and a men's team took part in the European Championships in Grindelwald. In 1982 the women qualified for the World Cup in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, and in the games against England and France, the men also qualified for the 1983 World Cup.
As in various other countries in Central Europe, the sport of curling was first introduced in Austria by Scottish winter sports guests. Scots were already playing curling behind the Grand Hotel in Kitzbühel in the 1930s, but the locals were not interested in this new winter sport back then.
It was not until the winter of 1951/52 that the spa director of Kitzbühel, Baron von Menshengen, brought the Scottish coach Jimmy Fleming to Kitzbühel and the tourist association bought stones and brooms and prepared one, later three ice rinks, did curling also gain a foothold in Austria.
In 1955 the "Kitzbühel Curling Club" (KCC) was founded and locals also began to practice this sport. Numerous tournaments were announced and many Scottish athletes came to play curling in Kitzbühel.
Similar efforts were started in St. Anton am Arlberg, St. Johann in Tirol and Seefeld, but only the Kitzbühel Curling Club became a member of the RCCC (Royal Caledonian Curling Club - the "mother club") and only in Kitzbühel did the number increase Curler too. At the beginning of 1960, numerous former ice hockey players joined the curlers in Kitzbühel, and a further upswing could be noted.
In the meantime, the curlers moved from the open-air rink to the new artificial ice rink - this also brought a temporary upturn. Unfortunately, this stagnated again. It was not until the winter of 1974/75 that a new management team at the KCC provided new initiatives. New members were recruited, courses held and tournaments announced. Soon there were again over 100 curlers practicing their sport in Kitzbühel. A second club was founded in Kitzbühel, the CC Halali, and a club was also founded in neighboring Kirchberg. Efforts to interest Seefeld, Zell am See and St. Anton also failed, but the goal of founding an association was clearly in view.
In 1982 the ÖCV was accepted into the International Curling Federation (ICF) - today the World Curling Federation (WCF) . In 1988 Günther Hummelt was elected Vice President and in 1990 President of the World Curling Federation. During his 10-year tenure as WCF President, he managed to get curling recognized as an official Olympic winter sport and was the 7th winter Olympic sport for the first time at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan .
Regional associations
The ÖCV consists of the Upper Austrian Curling Association (OÖCV) and the Vienna State Association for Curling (WLC).
| society | founding | state | Abbreviation |
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| Kitzbühel Curling Club | 1955 |
 Tyrol
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| Curling Club St. Johann | |||
| 1. Lower Austria Curling Club Union St. Margarethen | |||
| 1. Upper Austrian Curling Club Traun | 2002 |
 Upper Austria
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Upper Austria |
| Danube Curling Club Linz | 2014 | ||
| Curling Club Steyr | 2014 | ||
| 1. Vienna Curling Club | 2006 |
 Vienna
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W. |
| Curling for Austria | 2006 | ||
| Ottakringer Curling Club | 2007 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ History of the ÖCV ( Memento of October 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Curling clubs Austria ( Memento from February 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive )