Monday, September 10, 2012

Minigolf Report from the 2012 Midlands Open & BMGA British Doubles Championships

10th September 2012
Press Information
For Immediate Release

Minigolf Report – Midlands Open & BMGA British Doubles Championships

Luton Minigolfer Richard Gottfried was in action over the weekend as he competed in two tournaments at the 12-hole Minigolf Course at the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge, Solihull.

Midlands Open

First up was the Midlands Open competition held on Saturday 8th September.

The competitors at the 2012 Midlands Open in Dorridge

Richard finished in tied tenth place in the 34-player field with a score of 94(-2) following rounds of 22, 23, 26 and 23. The four-round competition was won by the reigning World Crazy Golf Champion, Oxford’s Michael Smith with a score of 78(-18).


Richard Gottfried playing at the 2012 Midlands Open minigolf tournament as Oliver 'The Machine' Florence and Alastair Shaw look on

BMGA British Doubles Championships

The 2012 BMGA British Doubles Championships were held on Sunday 9th September. Richard teamed with Margate’s Scott Lancley for the second year in a row. The team finished in seventh place overall in the 16-team competition.

Commenting on the weekend’s events Richard said “The Minigolf course at the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge is one of my favourite courses and always presents a great challenge. I’m pleased with achieving another pair of top ten finishes on the BMGA Tour in two very competitive fields. It was a pleasure to once again team with Scott Lancley in our attempt to win the British Doubles, unfortunately we lost our quarter final match against the eventual champions, but we’ll have another crack at the titles next year.”

In the BMGA British Doubles Championships each of the competing 16 teams played in a round robin group qualifying stage, before moving on to a knockout stage to determine the final rankings.

Team Sqonky at the 2012 BMGA British Doubles Championships in Dorridge - l-r 'Squire' Richard Gottfried and Scott 'Donkey Gringo' Lancley

Richard and Scott were second in their group with two wins and a draw, after defeating Marina Breeden and Adam Breeden, Alex Pragnell and Alastair Shaw and tying with Michael Smith and James Rutherford. This meant they qualified for the play-off matches for positions 1-8.

In the quarter final match against Ted McIver and Nick Chitty they were handed their first loss and entered the pool for positions 5-8. McIver and Chitty were the eventual champions, defeating the duo of Seth Thomas and Chris Smith in the final. Gottfried and Lancley lost their next classification match against Marion Homer and Sean Homer, but were victorious in their match against Oliver Florence and Richard Skeggs in the play-off for 7th/8th place.

The immaculately turned out players of Team Sqonkey at the 2012 BMGA British Doubles Championships

The Gottfried & Lancley team finished the BMGA British Doubles Championships with a win/loss record of three wins, one draw and two defeats. The team’s career record stands at seven wins, one draw and five losses in thirteen matches on the British Minigolf Association Tour.

Ends

4 comments:

The Machine said...

I'm not sure I'm looking on. I think I'm looking away.

Richard Gottfried said...

Following the weekend's BMGA Tour events at the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge the British Minigolf Association Rankings have been updated.

In the BMGA Strokeplay Order of Merit Rankings for 2012 I remain in 12th place of 87 players. Emily did not play in the Midlands Open tournament and is in 41st position in the rankings.

In the BMGA Matchplay Order of Merit Rankings I have moved up one place to be ranked 15th of 60 players. Emily did not compete in the BMGA British Doubles Championships and is ranked in 41st position.

Richard Gottfried said...

Following the Midlands Open the British Minigolf Association (BMGA) Season-Only Rankings list for 2012 has been updated.

In the latest list I remain in 5th position out of 64 players.

Emily is in 40th place.

Richard Gottfried said...

The Premiere Miniature Golf Tournament Prediction Expert - The Putting Predictor - made some predictions ahead of last weekend's BMGA Tour double-header of competitions in Dorridge.

Check out his/her/its predictions of the Midlands Open and the BMGA British Doubles Championships and then see his/her/its review of the Doubles post-event.

Related Blog-post:
- A New Minigolf Blog! Who is the Putting Predictor?