Clubs without a winter pool
The German Swimming Federation (DSV) led since the early 1950s, more than two decades in addition to the open championships at all levels and competitions for "clubs without Winterbad" (VoW) by. Clubs that did not have a sports-friendly indoor pool (25-meter pool or larger) within a ten kilometer radius were eligible to participate.
VoW competitions were very common in swimming in those days. In view of the lack of equal opportunities, they should give athletes from VoW clubs additional incentives in addition to competitions against athletes from indoor swimming pool clubs, as the former were barely able to train or not at all from September to May. Since mostly only large cities had indoor swimming pools until the mid-1960s, the number of clubs entitled to participate was very large for many years. Entire districts had to wait for their first indoor swimming pool until the 1970s, and in what was then the administrative district of Lüneburg , one of the largest in terms of area in Germany, the first indoor swimming pool suitable for sports was only opened in Lüneburg in 1960 . VoW competitions were then completely discontinued within a few years in the first half of the 1970s after a comprehensive supply of indoor swimming pools had largely been achieved.
Swimming, diving and synchronized swimming
Titles in swimming , diving and synchronized swimming were awarded at separate events (“VoW best fights”), or VoW competitions were integrated as sub-disciplines in open championships. The DSV also kept separate leaderboards in swimming. Wiltrud Gorski from Delmenhorster SV , who won the 100-meter breaststroke at the German championships in 1953 , came to German title honors at VoW competitions as well as open championships . The last German VoW best fights took place in 1973 in Rendsburg .
Water polo
The title holders in water polo (men only) were determined parallel to the normal league games. The winners of the regional eliminations (mostly tournaments) met from 1956 to 1972 at the end of the open water period on a national final round with four teams for the freestyle of the German VoW best, which often took place in front of large crowds. Water polo clubs with a successful VoW tradition include TV Werne , SV Kamen 91 and Lehrter SV .
literature
- Heinrich Achtelik, 25 years of the Lower Saxony Swimming Association e. V. District of Lüneburg. 1947 - 1972 , Winsen (Luhe) 1972.
- Wolfgang Philipps, Sun - Water - Air. 90 years of swimming in Lehrte and in Lehrter SV, 1921 - 2011 , Lehrte 2011. (Illustrative representation of a Lower Saxony VoW club)
Individual evidence
- ↑ On water polo and the general VoW framework cf. in particular Philipps, p. 18 ff.