​The Board of Directors of the Federation for International FootGolf has officially initiated the process to conform the Players Committee, the Rules and Etiquette Committee and the Statutes & Law Committee. We expect to confirm the names on each committee between January 31st and February 15th. 

The next release of the FIFG World Tour and the launch of the annual world calendar is scheduled for January 23rd. Due to being unable to confirm courses and dates because of holiday and seasonal closures, some countries have asked and been granted an extension of time. More dates will be confirmed by January 31st.

 The Federation for International FootGolf has released the second update  to the world tour for players and organisers. Our Board of Directors is working with the FIFG Member Countries who are waiting for their affiliated course operators to confirm places and dates; along with the organisers of FIFG Approved continental tours like the EFT, The Tour of the Americas and The Pacific FootGolf Tour; with six Live Scoring & Ranking Software providers, etc., to launch the third update to the ​FIFG World Tour, World Ranking and Annual Calendar 2017 on January 23rd.

ORGANISERS
Since no Major tournaments have been assigned yet, starting on January 1st, 2017, all FIFG Member countries will have the same opportunity to submit their applications to host a Major in their Region. Presidents may now contact the Board of Directors and request their passwords to have access to the terms and conditions to apply online. By the end of next week the Board of Directors will meet again and will connect with our members to discuss all matters regarding the worldwide competitions.

We have received requests and unofficial applications from course operators, private event organisers and other organisations not affiliated with us, to host FIFG-50/100/250/500 and Major World Tour tournaments in coutries where we already have representatives. It is important to mention that under no circunstances will the FIFG conduct business in any shape of form with any person or entity not afiliated to our organization in that country. If you are interested, please contact the FIFG member in your country. Thank you for understanding!
If the FIFG is not present in your country, the Board of Directos will evaluate your request with one of our approved continental tour organisers and will consider the possibility to support a promotional tournament. It will not be included in the World Calendar and it won't have any points for the FIFG World Tour or World Ranking, until a national organisation in that country becomes part of the Federation for International FootGolf.

PLAYERS
Please visit www.fifg.org under world tour / players to have access to our 2nd update.
If you are affiliated to an FIFG Member Country, please contact them if you have more questions or want to register to the FIFG World Tour 2017. You cannot register directly with the FIFG. For those players who live in countries where the FIFG is not yet present please contact us directly using the CONTACT FORM on our website.

NEW COMMITTEES
The Players Committee, Rules Committee and Statutes & Law Committee will be announced on January 15th, 2017.

Thank you for your support and Happy New Year!


Roberto Balestrini 
FIFG President
On behalf of FIFG Board of Directos
​roberto.balestrini@fifg.org
+1-760-880-4444

The Board of Directors of the Federation for International FootGolf has officially initiatated the process to conform the following committees:

a) Players Committee

b) Rules and Etiquette Committee

c) Statutes & Law Committee

More details on December 31st, 2016.

TOURNAMENTS AND COMPETITIONS
- World Tour & World Ranking. This week all active member countries will receive the FIFG World Tour 2017-2018 Package with information about the worldwide competition organized by the Board of Directors of Federation for International FootGolf and the launch of the FIFG World Ranking, reserved for players affiliated to FIFG Member Countries.
- Calendar of Activities 2017 . The Board of Director will actively work with all Member Countries in December to conform the FIFG Calendar 2017 and will present it in January. New update on Tournaments & Competitions on December 15th, 2016.


MEMBERSHIPS.
This week, all active FIFG Member Countries will receive the Membership Package 2017. Starting on January 1st, 2017 the Federation for International FootGolf will open the following countries for new membership requests:
- Croatia
- Spain
- Panama
- Portugal
The Puerto Rico FootGolf Association will continue developing the sport of FootGolf under the umbrella of the American FootGolf League as an AFGL Chapter. New update on memberships on December 15th, 2016.


COMMITTEES
The Membership Committee is conformed by Shinpei Matsuura President of FootGolf Japan and Leonardo Fernandez, President of FootGolf Australia. The Committee of Tournaments and Competitions is conformed by Javier de Ancizar, President of FootGolf Argentina and Romuald Pretor, President of France. The SportAccord and Drug-Alcohol FIFG Committees are unfied and conformed by Leonardo Fernández, President of FootGolf Australia,  Kisung Dennis Kwon President of FootGolf South Korea and Maurits Van Tubergen Lotgering, President of FootGolf Holland. The Committee of Rules and Etiquette, Players Committee and Statutes Law Committee will be announced on December 15th, 2016.


IMPORTANT
The FIFG Logo is reserved for FIFG Member Countries, exclusively. We kindly request to all FootGolf enthusiasts around the world to respect our branding.


WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA.
The new official website and social media channels of the Federation for International FootGolf will be activated during the first quarter of 2017. The board of director will start working on these and other important communication matters in mid January.


CONTACT
To contact the FIFG Board of Directors, please call at +44 20 3887 2300 or send an e-mail to board@fifg.org - For more information about the Federation for International FootGolf visit: www.fifg.org

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The new FIFG Board would like to keep you informed on the current and future activities. We will give you monthly updates with our progress towards the main goals set by the Board. We would also like to keep you informed of any other matters we become aware of and regard as valuable for international FootGolf.
Here is a brief description of current activities and our future work for the rest of 2016.

August – September 2016

During the months of August and September the new Board members worked with the members of the previous Board to get to know the situation and to get access to relevant information to perform our duties. The board is currently defining the 2017 Budget. This process requires careful consideration of uses of funds as well as sources of those funds.
 
October 2016

During the month of October, we will send the 2017 Budget to all our FIFG Member Countries and will make sure every member country is advised of the objectives of the budget, the expected results as well as the obligations derived from the budget. We will also focus on reviewing FIFG memberships (this work is already under way), both from existing member countries and from countries applying to become FIFG members. We will initiate the formation of a Players Committee that will allow us to hear and include player opinions and views in some specific projects and regarding important matters.

November 2016

We are going to establish a Rules Committee to work together with member associations representatives and players to update our Rulebook. The Rules Committee will have the objective of updating our rulebook based on the experience accumulated since the last refresh and to make it evolving by creating mechanisms to periodically reviewing specific rules. We will work on a Player Membership scheme that gives players benefits at the time it allows FIFG to officially integrate those players to the organization.

December 2016

One of the main objectives of this Board is to get FIFG to become a SportAccord member. Works toward this goal have already started and we are gathering the necessary information, both from the previous Board and from external sources. We expect to be able to give you an update on our progress in this area by December. We are working in other areas as well and the Board activities are not limited to the mentioned above. We are excited to be working together towards such key objectives for the development of our sport. Please feel free to contact your FIFG Member Country if you have any questions or comments.

Thank you for your support,

 

FIFG Board of Directors.

The election for the Vice Presidents of the FIFG has ended and the result have been confirmed by an independent voting system.  The new Vice Presidents of the FIFG will be Shinpei Matsuura-Japan and Javier de Ancizar-Argentina.  Official results are published below. More information will be posted over the next 24 hours. Congratulations to Javier and Shinpei for winning and we wish both of them much success as they join the Board of the FIFG as Vice Presidents.
 
The next few weeks will bring about a winding up of the previous Board and transfer of duties to the new Board.  

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