Showing posts with label Tim 'Ace Man' Davies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tim 'Ace Man' Davies. Show all posts

Monday, October 29, 2012

Watch the Nutters with Putter Pro Crazy Golf Team on Eggheads!

The Nutters with Putters team take on TV Quiz Giants the Eggheads on BBC Two and the iPlayer!

The 'legendary' episode of the great TV Quiz show Eggheads was shown on BBC Two this evening!

At the time of its repeat airing I happened to be buying a Calzone for my tea. What are the chances eh.

From today and for the next seven days you can watch the episode of Eggheads that featured the Nutters with Putters team of Crazy Golfers from the British Minigolf Association! Check out the show on the BBC iPlayer here.

I led the team through the application and audition process and got us onto the show that was filmed in late 2008 and first aired in July 2009! We were on Series 10, Episode 49.

Enjoy.

Eggheads
Front Row: The Nutters with Putters from l-r Kevin Botto, Richard Gottfried (Captain), Tim Davies, Andy Booth, Sean Homer and Chris Harding.
Back Row: The Eggheads from l-r CJ, Daphne, Barry, Kevin and Chris.

Link:
- Eggheads, BBC Two - iPlayer
- BMGA Players take on the Eggheads, again!

Related Blog Posts:
- Nutters with Putters on Eggheads
- Eggheads-related Blog Posts

Saturday, December 03, 2011

Crazy Golf article in December 2011 Issue of Picture Postcard Monthly.

An article about Crazy Golf Postcards written by me and fellow Crazy Golf Museum Curator Tim 'Ace Man' Davies has been published in the December 2011 issue of Picture Postcard Monthly.

Picture Postcard Monthly is the top magazine for collectors of old and modern postcards worldwide and has been informing and entertaining the postcard world since 1980.

The Crazy Golf Postcards article looks at the history of Miniature Golf and Crazy Golf around the world since 1867, as well as featuring 14 postcard images showing a wide-range of Minigolf courses.

Issue 392, December 2011 costs £2.60 (+85p P&P) and also features articles on such topics as the Women’s Land Army, to Comic postcards from New Zealand, and Are postcards better mint or used? As it’s the Christmas issue there are also a number of seasonal articles, including one on Seasonal greetings from outer space!

You can order the latest issue of Picture Postcard Monthly online, details of the December 2011 issue can be found here.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Grudge Match - Crazy Golf Rivalry to be shown on Channel 4 this week!

One of THE reasons I became a Professional Minigolfer is once again on telly this week - the excellent Grudge Match!

The show features great sporting rivalries and the Crazy Golf episode features the epic rivalry (that exists to this day) between Tim 'Ace Man' Davies and John 'Big Top Ted' McIver.

It'll be on Channel 4 on Wednesday 19th October at 5.25am, or an hour later on Channel 4+1

If you've seen it, watch it again. If you've never seen it, watch it. Tell your friends. Tell your family. Tape it. Watch it again! Enjoy it :-)

Friday, September 09, 2011

British Players Performances in Major WMF Minigolf Competitions

Tim 'Ace Man' Davies, webmaster of MiniatureGolfer.com and Crazy Golf Legend, has updated the details of Great Britain Minigolf Sport Team Members Results at major WMF Championships on his website.

You can view the full details at British performances in Major European Competitions.

Emily and I have played for the Great Britain Minigolf Sport Team at two overseas Minigolf Championships - the 2008 WMF Nations Cup in Tampere, Finland and the 2011 WMF Nations Cup in Stockholm, Sweden.

My results in 2008 see me ranked at 61st of 73 performances at major WMF Championships, with Emily's results in Finland ranking her 69th.

We both improved massively in our performances in the 2011 Nations Cup as my performance sees me at 27th and Emily at 40th.

The results in the list include details of major World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF) Competitions including Nations Cups, European Minigolf Championships and World Minigolf Championships.

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Minigolf, Crazy Golf, Strange Games and Wacky Events Christmas Gift Ideas...

With Christmas fast approaching, what better time to blog a post about some great Christmas Gift Ideas available from the friends of the Ham & Egger Files.

Within the Minigolf, Crazy Golf, Strange Games and Wacky Events World there are a number of products you can pick up, they include:

"Nutters With Putters" (Book, eBook & DVD) - Crazy golf instructional DVD and Book from BMGA Tour Legends Tim 'Ace Man' Davies & John 'Big Top Ted' McIver. Covers a lot more besides Crazy Golf training too!?

The Putting Penguin has a range of Miniature Golf products for sale on Zazzle and their great new minigolf book "10 Courses for 10 Years" is available from Lulu.com.

Montegue Blister's Strange Games - Book and eBook - covers Mini and Crazy Golf, and a whole lot more in the world of Strange Games (includes another Ham & Egger Files favourite - Finger Jousting).

Wacky Nation - Book - Covers the World Crazy Golf Championships and 49 other Crazy Contests in the UK. The Wacky Nation team of Sally and James are also the organisers of the UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships.

And if you're really stuck for a gift idea you could pick up a Potty Putter Toilet Golf set! I got one for Christmas last year!

Thursday, September 23, 2010

The Minigolf Welly Boot Swamp Ball Incident in Hastings

Report from an infamous event in the world of miniature golf.

The Minigolf Welly Boot Swamp Ball Incident in Hastings
Following the BMGA British Open at Planet Hastings Adventure Golf course on Sunday 19th September a strange thing happened!? A report from both Ollie 'The Machine' Florence and Tim 'Ace Man' Davies is likely to follow, but here's my take on "The Minigolf Welly Boot Swamp Ball Incident in Hastings"!

During the last round of the BMGA British Open, Swedish minigolfer Mattias Ståhl was annoyed (to say the least) that he'd scored a 5 on the 17th hole. In his frustration he launched his Maier Classic Minigolf Ball into one of the many ponds/swamps at the White Rock Gardens course (in fact it was the very same patch of water that a player had slipped into on Friday)!

The Minigolf Welly Boot Swamp Ball Incident in Hastings
The Minigolf Welly Boot Swamp Ball Incident in Hastings
The Minigolf Welly Boot Swamp Ball Incident in Hastings
With the aide of some small flimsy fishing nets, followed by applying garden rakes to the quagmire the intrepid minigolfers just could not find the ball.

The Minigolf Welly Boot Swamp Ball Incident in Hastings
The Minigolf Welly Boot Swamp Ball Incident in Hastings
Keen to find the missing ball to add to his collection eager BMGA Tour rookie Ollie 'The Machine' Florence decided to take the plunge to retrieve the ball!!!

The Minigolf Welly Boot Swamp Ball Incident in Hastings
The Minigolf Welly Boot Swamp Ball Incident in Hastings
The Minigolf Welly Boot Swamp Ball Incident in Hastings
He didn't find it, and also struggled to get out of his wellies! But was eventually relieved of them by Marion 'Double Trouble' Homer, while top German minigolfer Karsten Hein and KMGC Captain Sean 'Freebird' Homer and others looked on.

The Minigolf Welly Boot Swamp Ball Incident in Hastings
It was left to 'Big Top Ted' John McIver to recover what was the second lost ball of the weekend, following the loss of Marc 'The Force' Chapman's ball in the hedges by the 12th/13th hole on Friday morning!

The Minigolf Welly Boot Swamp Ball Incident in Hastings
After using a very unique technique the ball was retrieved (along with all manner of other detritus - including what looked like a grenade)!!!

The Minigolf Welly Boot Swamp Ball Incident in Hastings
The Minigolf Welly Boot Swamp Ball Incident in Hastings
The Minigolf Welly Boot Swamp Ball Incident in Hastings
Upon finding the prized ball, Ted lobbed it towards Ollie who posed for a few snaps with it.

The Minigolf Welly Boot Swamp Ball Incident in Hastings
The Minigolf Welly Boot Swamp Ball Incident in Hastings
Related blog posts:
- Hastings
Course Played #43 Hastings (White Rock Gardens)

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Miniature Golfers Launch ‘The Crazy Golf Museum’

15th July 2010
News Release
For Immediate Release

Miniature Golfers Launch ‘The Crazy Golf Museum’


Two of the premier miniature golfers in the UK have joined forces to create The Crazy Golf Museum. Tim 'Ace Man' Davies and Richard 'Squire' Gottfried run the most visited websites and blogs on the subject of minigolf and crazy golf. The natural progression of this is to bring together all the information gathered over the years to create the World's First Virtual Crazy Golf Museum.

Tim and Richard’s joint goal is to create a Virtual Crazy Golf Museum online and then create a physical Crazy Golf Museum showing visitors the history of the game, collections of scorecards, tokens, badges, scorecards, flyers, balls, putters, games etc. and acting as the worldwide archive for Miniature Golf and Crazy Golf ephemera.

The Crazy Golf Museum’s ‘Curators’ have a vast archive built up over their many years playing the game, and are keen to enhance this with donations to help grow and support the collection in the future. The Virtual Crazy Golf Museum can be viewed at www.crazygolfmuseum.info

Tim 'Ace Man' Davies said of the launch “Crazy Golf has been at the forefront of sporting innovation since its conception. I'm enthused that we will be able to showcase the people's sport and its development to a worldwide audience.”

Richard 'Squire' Gottfried said “I’m really pleased that The Crazy Golf Museum is launching. The pooling of our minigolfing resources from our many years of playing the game will be a great resource for anyone who’s ever played, visited a course, or is into traditional pastimes. It’s going to be a great adventure in expanding the collection and setting up The Crazy Golf Museum.”

For more information on The Crazy Golf Museum please contact Tim or Richard at tim@crazygolfmuseum.info or richard@crazygolfmuseum.info

Ends

Notes for Editors
• Tim ‘Ace Man’ Davies is the most decorated Minigolfer in the UK and is a five-time World Crazy Golf Champion. For the past decade he has dominated the British Crazy Golf scene and would like to give something back.
• Richard ‘Squire’ Gottfried is a keen Minigolfer and has been blogging about his Minigolf Career and his travels to the UK’s courses for over four years at the Ham and Egger Files. To date he has visited 240 minigolf courses on his Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. During this time he has also won five BMGA Tour titles. Not a day goes by without him picking up his Putter!

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