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.

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

4. James RUTHERFORD 1935

5. Richard GOTTFRIED 1926

6. William DONNELLY 1826

7. Peter EMMERSON 1800

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

25. Christopher SMITH 936

26. Gareth HOLMES 922

27. Craig PATTERSON 837

28. David DONNELLY 837

29. Nick SANDQVIST 810

30. Keith KELLARD 800

31. Trevor EXALL 760

32. Alastair SHAW 515

33. Stephen GOW 500

34. James TRUBRIDGE 492

35. Denis EXALL 300

36. Mark WOOD 297

37. Oliver FLORENCE 285

38. Stephen LANGFORD 280

39. Steve STURDY 260

40. Simon HONE 251

41. Oli PAXTON 250

42. Emily GOTTFRIED 248

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

51. David HARTLEY 70

52. James WATERHOUSE 70

53. Brenda SMITH 62

54. Chris WOOD 27

55. Marina BREEDEN 21

56. Richard SKEGGS 11

57. Marion HOMER 3

58. Richard LINDEN 3

59. Martin GREENHEAD 3

60. Ollie GREENHEAD 3

61. Paul GODDING 3

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

73. Marc BAZELEY 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

87. David BODYCOMBE 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

99. Jon HANCOCK 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:

1. Kent Minigolf Club - 110

2. Midlands Minigolf Club - 32

3. Cambridgeshire Mini Golf Club - 13

4. Splash Point Mini Golf Club - 9

5. London Minigolf Club - 8

6. Planet Hastings Crazy Golf Club - 1

The BMGA Matchplay Order of Merit Rankings remains the same as for the 2012 season-end as no matchplay contests have yet taken place in the 2013 season. In the BMGA Matchplay Order of Merit for 2011-12 I was ranked 15th of 60 players, with Emily in 41st place.

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.

Links:

• British Minigolf Association

• World Minigolf Sport Federation

Related Blog Posts:

• Minigolf Report – 2013 BMGA British Masters in Worthing

• Film of the 2013 BMGA British Masters Minigolf Championship in Worthing

• Join the British Minigolf Association for the 2013 Minigolf Season

• End of Season BMGA Tour Minigolf Rankings for 2012