Saturday, April 27, 2013

A New Career High Minigolf Ranking!

Gottfrieds in the latest British Minigolf Association Rankings.

The British Minigolf Association has updated the BMGA Strokeplay Order of Merit and BMGA Season Only Rankings for the 2013 season following the 14th annual BMGA British Masters Minigolf championship held at the 18-hole Splash Point Mini Golf course in Worthing, West Sussex.

Tackling the Volcano hole at Splash Point Mini Golf

After achieving a 4th place finish in the BMGA British Masters competition I am now ranked at a career-high of 5th in the BMGA Strokeplay Order of Merit National Ranking List. 121 players are currently ranked in the list, with Emily at number 42.

Photo of Minigolf being played at Splash Point Mini Golf course in Worthing
Emily in a play-off at Splash Point Mini Golf

The British Minigolf Association was formed in 1998 and is the governing body for Minigolf Sport, including Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf and organises tournaments and produces rankings lists for its members across the UK. The BMGA is a member of the World Minigolf Sport Federation and the European Minigolf Sport Federation. Two BMGA membership options are available – Free and Tour Pro. Further details can be found on the BMGA website.

BMGA Strokeplay Order of Merit National Ranking 2012-2013 Season following the BMGA British Masters:
1. Michael SMITH 3185
2. Adam KELLY 2785
3. Sean HOMER 2046

8. Tony KELLY 1785
9. John MCIVER 1655
10. Andy EXALL 1555
11. Brad SHEPHERD 1416
12. Scott LANCLEY 1405
13. Fred BLACKBURN SHAW 1351
14. John MOORE 1226
15. Alex PRAGNELL 1187
16. Kevin MOSELEY 1130

17. Chris JONES 1116
18. Marc CHAPMAN 1100
19. David GOMM 1066
20. Seth THOMAS 1060
21. Ruth BURKE 1040
22. Chris HARDING 1030
23. Alan NORMAN 986
24. Paul JOHNSON 946
26. Gareth HOLMES 922
29. Nick SANDQVIST 810
30. Keith KELLARD 800
31. Trevor EXALL 760
32. Alastair SHAW 515

33. Stephen GOW 500
35. Denis EXALL 300
36. Mark WOOD 297
38. Stephen LANGFORD 280
40. Simon HONE 251
41. Oli PAXTON 250
43. Owen JOHNSON 223
44. Rupert CONEY 220
45. Nick CHITTY 185
46. Chris HANNIGAN 180
47. Jon ANGEL 122
48. Alan FAWDEN 120
49. Peter JONES 120
50. Nuno CUNHA 100
52. James WATERHOUSE 70
53. Brenda SMITH 62
54. Chris WOOD 27
55. Marina BREEDEN 21
62. Brian SMITH 2
63. David PRAGNELL 2
64. Adam BREEDEN 2
65. Adrian PARSONS 1
66. Graham STURTON 1
67. Jeremy MOON 1
68. Helen EDWARDS 1
69. Steve LOVELL 1
70. Chris CLARK 1
71. Steven RAGLESS 1
72. Derek CLARK 1
74. Jonathan BRISTOW 1
75. Philip HANDRIHAN 1
76. Kyle MCSPORRAN 1
77. David SIMPSON 1
78. Josh PENMAN 1
79. Kieran JONES 1
80. Vanessa WOOD 1
81. Oli POOLE 1
82. Neil PARSONS 1
83. Jonathan GOY 1
84. Harry MEDAWAR 1
85. Chris JOHNS 1
86. Caroline BENFIELD 1
88. Giuseppe RUGGIERO 1
89. Matthew HUMPHREY 1
90. Rhys GRANT 1
91. Aidan LEE 1
92. Ed EVANS 1
93. Allun WAKEFIELD 1
94. Paul JONES 1
95. Tom DAILEY 1
96. Georg BAUER 1
97. Charlie TALBOT 1
98. Harley EDWARDS 1
100. Lee EDWARDS 1
101. George EDWARDS 1
102. Bulent HOSSEIN 1
103. Tarik HOSSEIN 1
104. Mustafa MANYERA 1
105. Ayten MANYERA 1
106. Andrew FRANKLIN 1
107. Rose MAHONEY 1
108. Jack MATTHEWS 1
109. Anna GREEN 1
110. Alan MCLAUGHLIN 1
111. Toby FITZHERBERT 1
112. Neil GRAY 1
113. James MULLINS 1
114. Paul TATTERTON 1
115. Graham CALDERBANK 1
116. John BARRON 1
117. Matthew LEMMON 1
118. Robert WITTON 1
119. Mike KOZIOL 1
120. Chris WALSH 1
121. Nicholas BROWN 1

In the BMGA Season Only Rankings for 2013 I am currently ranked at number seven, with Emily at number 10, with a total of 49 players having competed in an official BMGA Tour contest so far this season.

The BMGA also operates a Season Only Ranking List for Clubs and a BMGA Matchplay Order of Merit Ranking for competitions including the BMGA British Matchplay Championship and BMGA British Doubles Championship.

In the current BMGA Club Rankings the Midlands Minigolf Club of which I am a member is at number two, while Emily and her cohorts in the Cambridgeshire Mini Golf Club are at number three of six clubs.

BMGA 2013 Season Club Rankings following the BMGA British Masters:
2. Midlands Minigolf Club - 32
5. London Minigolf Club - 8
6. Planet Hastings Crazy Golf Club - 1


In the November 2012 edition of the World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF) Minigolf Rankings Emily is in tied 113th place of 113 positions alongside players from Iran, China, Portugal and Thailand. 123 players are listed in the WMF General Class (Adults) Women’s category. In the WMF General Class (Adults) Men's category I am ranked in tied 391st place of 391 positions. A total of 399 players are in the list and I sit alongside GB team-mates Scott Lancley and Brad Shepherd, and players from Russia, Hong Kong, Norway, Hungary and China. Overall Great Britain is ranked 18th of 29 Nations, with Germany at number one, Austria at two and Sweden at number three.

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6 comments:

Richard Gottfried said...

With Emily and I this year sitting out the BMGA British Minigolf Championships in Wroxham, Norfolk in order to take care of some dog sitting duties we have dropped down the British Minigolf Association Tour Strokeplay Order of Merit Rankings.

I am now ranked at 8th and Emily is now 43rd in the 123 player strong national ranking list.

Richard Gottfried said...

In the latest British Minigolf Association Season Only Rankings for 2013 I am ranked at number 11, with Emily at number 17.

Check out the BMGA website for more information, rankings, events and membership details.

Richard Gottfried said...

Here are the latest updates from the British Minigolf Association Tour Rankings.

Following the BMGA British Adventure Golf Open held in Hastings in June 2013 I moved up one place to 7th of 125 players in the BMGA Strokeplay Order of Merit, with Emily 44th.

In the BMGA Season Only Rankings for 2013 I moved up to 8th place of 56 players, with up to Emily 15th.

Having sat out the BMGA British Open in Margate in order to attend our fifth wedding of the season(!) I am now ranked 10th of 127 players, with Emily remaining at number 44 in the BMGA Strokeplay Order of Merit.

In the BMGA Season Only Rankings I am now at number 15 of 63 players, with Emily ranked 23rd.

For more information about the British Minigolf Association please visit the BMGA website. You can also join the BMGA for free online.

Related Blog Post:
- Join the British Minigolf Association for the 2013 Minigolf Season

Richard Gottfried said...

The latest edition of the British Minigolf Association's Official Order of Merit Ranking List has been published following the Planet Hastings Crazy Golf Open tournament and sees me remain ranked 10th and Emily stay at 44th. There are now 130 players ranked in the two-year cumulative ranking list.

For more information about the British Minigolf Association check out the BMGA website.

Richard Gottfried said...

In the BMGA Season Only Rankings for the 2013 Minigolf Season, updated after the Planet Hastings Crazy Golf Club Open tournament, I am now ranked at number 18 of 68 players, with Emily at number 25.

Richard Gottfried said...

Following the World Crazy Golf Championships in Hastings the British Minigolf Association has published the latest national ranking lists.

In the BMGA Official Strokeplay Order of Merit I am ranked at number 11 of 161 players with 3,035 points. Emily is ranked at number 47 with 618 points.

In the BMGA Season Only Rankings for 2013 I am at number 17 of 112 players with 2,390 points. Emily is ranked at number 26 with 1,725 points.

For more details about the British Minigolf Association please visit the BMGA website. You can also join the BMGA for free online.