Visiting and playing the 541st Miniature Golf course on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour!
.JPG "The 9-hole Crazy Golf course in Burton upon Trent") |
| The 9-hole Crazy Golf course in Burton upon Trent |
While in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire I made a visit to Shobnall
Leisure Centre in the town as my friend, Minigolf rival and Midlands Minigolf
Club member
Jam Trubridge had told me there was a Crazy Golf course there.
Arriving at 6pm on a cold November evening I was warmly
greeted by the staff and asked them what time the Minigolf course was normally
open – luckily for me the reply was “It’s never closed”.
.JPG "Playing hole 9 on Shobnall Leisure Complex's Crazy Golf course") |
| Playing hole 9 on Shobnall Leisure Complex's Crazy Golf course |
I was expecting the Miniature Golf course visit to be the
541
st overall, but yet another closed course visit (having
previously been to 215 courses that I couldn’t play for one reason or another).
However, as it was open and available to play it become the 326
th
course played on the
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006.
.JPG "A view of the Shobnall Crazy Golf course from hole 4") |
| A view of the course from hole 4 |
The course was of the fibreglass and felt variety, with a
number of obstacle on the course in addition to dog leg hole layouts,
unfortunately there wasn’t a
‘Humpty’ on the course – an obstacle I’ve found on
many courses of this type.
.JPG "Hole 8 - a roll of the dice - I came close to acing the hole") |
| Hole 8 - a roll of the dice - I came close to acing the hole |
The courses, manufactured by
DK Fibreglass, play the best
when they are laid out on a solid foundation. Thankfully the 9-hole course at
Shobnall Leisure Complex was built on concrete foundations which meant the ball
rolled well and the course stayed in place (unlike a course of this type Emily
and I once played in
Lytham St Anne’s).
The 9-hole Crazy Golf course is reasonably priced at
£1.80 a round and it was good fun. Unfortunately my round went for a Burton* as
I didn’t score a single hole-in-one. In the chilly and shivery conditions I
shot a round of 24(+6).
.JPG "The 9-hole Crazy Golf course at Shobnall Leisure Complex in Burton upon Trent") |
| The 9-hole Crazy Golf course at Shobnall Leisure Complex in Burton upon Trent |
Mark and the team at the leisure centre were really nice
and friendly and asked lots of questions about the world of Minigolf – they were
also knowledgeable about the game and had heard about tournaments. It was
really nice to visit a new place and receive such a great welcome, I’ll
definitely be heading back to Burton and the leisure centre, and
Emily and
I
are looking forward to a tour of all the other Mini, Crazy and Adventure Golf
courses we’re yet to play in the East Midlands!
.JPG "The course and leisure centre get the thumbs up from me") |
| The course and leisure centre get the thumbs up from me |
.JPG "A very dark view of the Pitch & Putt Mini-Golf course at Shobnall Leisure Centre") |
| A very dark view of the Pitch & Putt Mini-Golf course at Shobnall Leisure Centre |
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* Is it possible to visit, talk, or write about Burton
upon Trent without using the phrases “gone for a Burton”, or “went
for a Burton”? I think not...
.JPG "The Midlands Minigolf Club A-team, from l-r Mark 'The Horse Whisperer' Swain, Jon 'The Black Knight' Drexler, 'Squire' Richard Gottfried, John 'Uncle Al' Moore")
.JPG "The Cambridgeshire Mini Golf Club, from l-r Chris Smith, Emily Gottfried, Brenda Smith, Seth Thomas")
.jpg "Indomigo Minigolf. Photo courtesy of Indomigo")
.jpg "The Indomigo Minigolf course kit's case and images of the course layouts possible. Photo courtesy of Indomigo")
.jpg "The contents of the Indomigo Minigolf course kit. Photo courtesy of Indomigo")
.jpg "The Indomigo Minigolf course set-up and in action. Photo courtesy of Indomigo")
.JPG "Great Britain 3 at the WMF World Adventure Golf Masters tournament in Hastings, East Sussex from l-r John Moore (c), Emily Gottfried, Richard Gottfried, Craig Patterson")
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+-+Copy.JPG "Paul 'Johnson Paul Johnson' Johnson playing shot number ? on hole 7 at Quest Merry Hill")
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.JPG "The 9-hole Crazy Golf course in Burton upon Trent")
.JPG "Playing hole 9 on Shobnall Leisure Complex's Crazy Golf course")
.JPG "A view of the Shobnall Crazy Golf course from hole 4")
.JPG "Hole 8 - a roll of the dice - I came close to acing the hole")
.JPG "The 9-hole Crazy Golf course at Shobnall Leisure Complex in Burton upon Trent")
.JPG "The course and leisure centre get the thumbs up from me")
.JPG "A very dark view of the Pitch & Putt Mini-Golf course at Shobnall Leisure Centre")
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.JPG "The UrbanCrazy Signature Minigolf course at the 2013 London Golf Show")
.JPG "Jon 'The Stance' Angel teeing-off (and en route to victory) in our Minigolf challenge match")
.JPG "Jon plays a shot over the ramp on hole 4")
.jpg "Lining up a shot on the Casino hole")
.JPG "Playing the bonus 7th hole")
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.JPG "The Straight Putt wall hanger and rules. Along with the day's leaderboard - with a magnificent 17 points from one player!")
.JPG "The range of puttup scorecards")
