The European Pitch and Putt Association (EPPA) is the governing body for

Pitch and putt Pitch and putt is an amateur sport very similar to, and derived from, golf, where the hole length is typically up to and just 2–3 clubs are typically used. The game was organised and developed in Ireland during the early 20th century, befo ...

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. It was formed in 2000 by representatives from the

Pitch and Putt Union of Ireland Pitch and Putt Ireland, formerly the Pitch and Putt Union of Ireland (PPUI), is the governing body for pitch and putt in Ireland. The sport of pitch and putt originated in Cork in the 1930s, and developed elsewhere in Ireland throughout the 1940 ...

(

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), British Pitch and Putt Union (

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), Associació Catalana de Pitch and Putt (

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the nort ...

), Association Française de Pitch and Putt (

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), Pitch and Putt Bond Nederland (

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) and Federazione Italiana de Pitch and Putt (

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). Lately, other members joined EPPA: Dansk Pitch and Putt Union (

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), Norges Pitch & Putt Forbund (

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

), Scweizerischen Pitch and Putt Verband ( Switzerland), Federazione Sanmarinese Pitch and Putt (

San Marino San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world an ...

) Associació Andorrana de Pitch and Putt (

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), Deutscher Pitch & Putt Verband (

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) and Asociación Gallega de Pitch and Putt ( Galicia). EPPA's headquarters are in

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...

(Ireland), and the president is Mervyn Cooney of the Pitch and Putt Union of Ireland. The vice-president is Jo G. Brand (Norway) and the board members are Brigitte Albisetti (Switzerland), Toni Lloret (Catalonia) and Michael Murphy (Ireland). Martin Whitelaw is the General Secretary. European Pitch and Putt Association stages the

European Pitch and putt Championship The European Pitch and putt Pitch and putt is an amateur sport very similar to, and derived from, golf, where the hole length is typically up to and just 2–3 clubs are typically used. The game was organised and developed in Ireland during ...

, played biennially from 1999 to 2007 and every 4 years since 2011, and the European Pitch and putt Strokeplay Championship, played since 2011. * In 2009, Association Française de Pitch and Putt (

), Federazione Italiana de Pitch and Putt (

), Federazione Sanmarinese Pitch and Putt (

) and Dansk Pitch and Putt Union (

) vacate their membership of EPPA, after the creation of another international association, IPPA.

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{{Sports governing bodies in Europe European sports federations Pitch and putt Golf associations

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