Bush ball
Bushball is a fun sport and the combination of cross golf and soccer. It is not to be confused with soccer golf , which is based on the same basic principle, but differs in essential parts from bush ball.
Rules, procedure and goal of the game
The aim of the game is making a banner, the so-called "poles" (Engl .: bar ), with a football , with as few shots as possible. Both the flagpole and the cloth count as goals. There is no set course , instead the players take turns choosing the position of the target themselves. Bushes, trees and other existing obstacles (park benches, watercourses etc.) are included to make it more difficult to hit the flag.
Before the start of the game, the order of the players is drawn. The first player sets up the flag for the first round, the second player then starts the game. When all players have one turn, the second player raises the flag for the second round, and so on.
Each player has a maximum of nine shots to hit the pole. If he does not hit the target afterwards, ten points are noted (9 plus one penalty point) and it is the next player's turn. At the end of each round, the player with the fewest shots in the round in question is given a “best round”.
The first round is over when each player has set up the flag once. The players can decide for themselves how many rounds they complete (however, two rounds with a maximum of six players are common). The winner is the player who used the fewest shots at the end of the last round. In the event of a tie, the number of “best rounds” decides.
It is important when playing that the ball must not be touched while it is still moving. That means it has to roll out after every shot. Before a shot, players are allowed to remove loose objects such as branches, stones, etc. in order to be able to shoot safely. However, obstacles in front of the ball may not be moved.
Relationship to variants of golf
Aiming at a flag is an analogy to golf , the low entry threshold particularly connects Buschball with the simpler golf variants swing golf and cross golf . While golf is played with clubs and balls are put into holes, bushball is played with the foot, analogous to soccer golf. In contrast to this, there are no fixed lanes, there is no hole, but only played on the flag that represents the goal. This eliminates the need to intervene in the ground, so that you can play in all public green spaces without a permit. Players choose the position of the target themselves, which creates an additional tactical element. The course of the game is changed again and again, and there is generally no "off", instead the ball must also be played out of the bushes.
history
The sport was first played in 1977. Back then, some friends didn't have enough players for a soccer game and so they tried to hit trees and street signs with the soccer ball. After this got too boring, they included bushes as obstacles and the first variant of the sport was born.
After a while, however, interest flattened until about 30 years later the student Johannes Schmitt heard about Buschball. Together with Martin Sowa, he revised the concept of the game. Due to the increased risk of playing on traffic signs, they designed the "Pole" as a portable target.
Players and clubs
Since the "rebirth" of the sport, the number of players has increased constantly. In 2008 there were still 35 regularly active players, a year later around 150 players were registered. The first Buschball Club is the 1st Buschballverein Rheinhausen '08 eV , which was founded in 2008 in Rheinhausen . In 2009 the 1st Hamburg Poppenbütteler Buschball Club '09 eV in Hamburg and the 1st Buschball Club Cologne 2009 eV in Cologne followed. On November 11th 2011 the 1st Buschball Club Frechen 2011 eV was founded. There are now other clubs and syndicates in Solingen, Leipzig, Dresden and Ilmenau, among others.
German championship
On June 5, 2010, the first German bush ball championship took place in Frechen. A total of 61 players from all over Germany took part in the championship. First, the players had to qualify in the preliminary round for the intermediate round. In the intermediate round, the best 32 participants came, who then fought for the 16 final round places. In the final, Christoph from 1. BC Cologne 09, who was already favored in advance, was able to prevail against Sonja (1. BC Solingen 09), Judith (1. BC Cologne 09) and Jakob (1. BC Cologne 09).
The second German championship followed on June 18, 2011, and Frechen was the venue again. This time Nico from 1. BC Cologne 09 secured the title in the final against Alex (Dirmstein), Bernd (VTHC Frechen) and Lothar (Frechen).
The third German championship was held on June 16, 2012 in the Kurt-Bornhoff-Sportpark in Frechen. A bushball player won the tournament for the first time: Judith from 1. BC Cologne 09 landed ahead of last year's winner Nico (1. BC Cologne 09), Olaf (1. BC Frechen) and Andreas (1. BC Frechen).
The results of previous tournaments:
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| space | Name (club / place) | space | Name (club / place) | space | Name (club / place) |
| 1. | Christoph (1st BC Cologne 09) | 1. | Nico (1st BC Cologne 09) | 1. | Judith (1st BC Cologne 09) |
| 2. | Sonja (1st BC Solingen) | 2. | Alex (Dirmstein) | 2. | Nico (1st BC Cologne 09) |
| 3. | Judith (1st BC Cologne 09) | 3. | Bernd (VTHC Frechen) | 3. | Olaf (1st BC Frechen) |
| 4th | Jakob (1st BC Cologne 09) | 4th | Lothar (cheeky) | 4th | Andreas (1st BC Frechen) |
| 5. * | Claudio (Viktoria Frechen) | 5. | Christoph (1st BC Cologne 09) | 5. | Kabommel (1st BBC Niederrhein) |
| 5. * | Manuel (1st BBC Niederrhein) | 6th | Jens (BBV Rheinhausen 08) | 6th | Hartmut (1st BC Frechen) |
| 7th | Florian (1st HPBC) | 7th | Jakob (1st BC Cologne 09) | 7th | Claus (Cologne) |
| 8th. | Slide (1. BC Solingen 09) | 8th. | Judith (1st BC Cologne 09) | 8th.* | Flo (BBV Rheinhausen 08) |
| 9. | Janek (BBG Dresden) | 9. | Jamil (Niederkassel) | 8th.* | Thomas (1st BC Frechen) |
| 10. | Thomas (Cologne) | 10. | Sonja (1st BC Solingen 09) | 8th.* | Lothar (1st BC Frechen) |
* shared space
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official Bushball Rules
- ↑ The rebirth of the bush ball (article in the Hamburger Abendblatt)
- ↑ Development of the bushball sport
- ↑ Current list of Bushball players
- ↑ Homepage 1. BBV Rheinhausen 08 eV
- ↑ Homepage 1. HBPC 09 eV ( Memento of the original dated February 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Homepage 1. BC Cologne 09 eV ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Homepage 1. BC Frechen ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Current list of Bushball clubs
- ↑ Report on the German championship 2011 ( Memento of the original from July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Report on the German championship 2012 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
