There will be Halloween Putt Putt at Victoria Park Golf Complex in Brisbane, Australia in September and October.
The miniature golf course at Victoria Park Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia has a Halloween Putt Putt event running from the 17th September to the 31st October.
We're big fans of Halloween and haunted minigolf courses so it was excellent to hear about this event. We've played a few Halloween and haunted-themed courses and holes on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. Hopefully we'll see some in the UK again.
It'll be interesting to see what other decorated and themed miniature golf courses we find out about in the run up to Halloween this year...
Results of the Putt18 4 Nations Cup international golf putting tournament.
We played in the inaugural Putt18 4 Nations Cup international miniature golf putting competition at the weekend.
The event saw us compete for the UK against pairs from Australia, New Zealand and the USA.
Each player had a 16-minute time limit to play four 18-hole rounds for a 72-hole total score.
The results of the Putt18 4 Nations Cup
The event was won by the New Zealand team of Cameron Couper and Matt Ansley with an 8-round total of 572.
The Australian duo of Josh Mars and Nathan Lamplough were runners-up with a total of 583.
The USA team of Pat Sheridan and Tom Loftus were in third place with a total of 604.
Emily and I shot an 8-round total of 658. Not too bad considering we only had a day to practice!
The low round of the event was shot by Australia's Josh Mars with a score of 65.
We're looking forward to playing some more competitions and friendlies on the Putt18 game mat. We'll be trying out the set in different spots around the house to find the optimum putting surface too.
Many thanks to the team at Putt18 for sending us the game mat and selecting us to play in the event.
Report from the Putt18 4 Nations Cup international miniature golf tournament.
We played in the first Putt18 4 Nations Cup international miniature golf tournament at the weekend.
The event saw us compete for the UK against pairs from Australia, New Zealand and the USA.
Each player had a 16-minute time limit to play four 18-hole rounds for a 72-hole total score.
The results of the Putt18 4 Nations Cup
The event was won by the New Zealand team of Cameron Couper and Matt Ansley with an 8-round total of 572.
The Australian duo of Josh Mars and Nathan Lamplough were runners-up with a total of 583.
The USA team of Pat Sheridan and Tom Loftus were in third place with a total of 604.
Emily and I shot an 8-round total of 656. Not too bad considering we only had a day to practice!
The low round of the event was shot by Australia's Josh Mars with a score of 65.
We're looking forward to playing some more competitions and friendlies on the Putt18 game mat. We'll be trying out the set in different spots around the house to find the optimum putting surface too.
Many thanks to the team at Putt18 for sending us the game mat and selecting us to play in the event.
Practice for the Putt18 Home Putting Challenge 4 Nations Cup international event.
Here's a practice round on the Putt18 Golf Putting Mat Game ahead of the Putt18 4 Nations Cup tournament.
The Putt18 Home Putting Challenge 4 Nations Cup international competition tees-off at 8pm (UK time) on Saturday 16th May and will see us face-off against teams from Australia, New Zealand and the USA.
My mum and dad read about a model village in Australia based on Abingdon in Wednesday's Oxford Mail. Amaze Miniature Park in Western Australia also has a minigolf course.
Among the town landmarks featured at Amaze Miniature Park are the County Hall Museum (from which buns are thrown on special occasions), St Nicholas Church and the Old Anchor Inn.
It's funny that Amaze Miniature Park has a minigolf course too as the Crazy Golf course in Abingdon's Abbey Meadows closed at the end of last season following many many years of use.
Coeliac Disease is a lifelong autoimmune disease caused by intolerance to gluten and the only treatment is to adhere to a strict gluten free diet.
Coeliac Australia is aiming to ensure an increase in the number of medical practitioners who are aware of the correct diagnosis procedure and model of care for Coeliac Disease.
While public recognition of Coeliac disease is high, it is one of the most under-diagnosed conditions and awareness of the condition by medical professionals continues to be low.
In the UK Coeliac Awareness Week will run from 11 to 17 May.
The National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA) is the group behind Celiac Awareness Day in the USA, taking place on Sunday 13 September. The NFCA also supports Celiac Awareness Month in May.
My antipodean Minigolf chum Allan 'The Putter King' Cox has put(t) together a great video of 100 Minigolf Trick Shots!
Two and a half years in the making the 21 minute video shows the crazy minigolfer playing at a variety of Putt Putt, Minigolf, Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf courses down under and making a huge array of brilliant miniature golf trickshots!
Putt Putt Champion to attempt a Minigolf Hole-in-One World Record in Australia!
On Sunday 16th September 2012 Allan 'The Putter King' Cox will attempt (and no doubt succeed) in a World Record of scoring 570 holes-in-one in Minigolf/Putt Putt Miniature Golf!
The World Record is a fundraiser for Allan's five-year-old nephew Chaise Edenborough who has soft tissue cancer and type-one diabetes. The target is to raise $5000 for the Oncology Department at the Westmead Children's Hospital, Parramatta, near Sydney, Australia.
The World Record Attempt will be played at the Putt Putt Ermington Miniature Golf course in West Ryde, Australia.
All the best to Allan in his attempt. I have no doubt that he'll be able to break the World Record. He is after all a five-team Australian Putt Putt Champion and the reigning Putter King!
The Putter King has posted a Facebook Question asking for fans worldwide to vote on their favourite trick shot (mine or my rival Allan Cox's) and the contestant with the most votes as of Sunday, November 13th at 11:59 P.M. JST will be deemed the winner of the 1st Annual Putter King Scavenger Hunt.
Please vote for my video of a Blindfolded Minigolf Hole-in-One at the following link:
Both of us gained a total of 820 PKSCAVHUNT points in our quest for the title and trophy. Our Minigolf friend and Putter King Miniature Golf Scavenger Hunt rival Pat Sheridan of the USA was the bronze medallist with a very impressive haul of 585 points.
The Putter King has posted a Facebook Question asking for fans worldwide to vote on their favourite trick shot (mine or Allan's) and the contestant with the most votes as of Sunday, November 13th at 11:59 P.M. JST will be deemed the winner of the 1st Annual Putter King Scavenger Hunt.
On the 26th of August 2011 the Putter King Minigolf Company in Japan announced the first-ever Putter King Miniature Golf Scavenger Hunt. The contest, which closes on the 1st of November 2011, has been taking place on Miniature Golf courses worldwide and people were invited to track down and record items and achievements related to all forms of Minigolf.
In total 17 tasks were set, with some activities also carrying bonus points. Altogether I have managed to complete 15 of the 17 tasks. The activities in the 2011 Putter King Miniature Golf Scavenger Hunt have had the hunting players designing new holes, playing new courses, showing off their minigolf ball collections, (re)learning Maths & Physics (in a fun way), doing arts & crafts, autograph hunting, scoring holes-in-one, creating minigolf trick shots and a whole lot more!
Details of the tasks, and links to photos and videos of the activities I have completed are below.
1) Autographs of 2 professional miniature golfers, each from a different country. (45 points; 5 bonus points if the professional miniature golfers are also from 2 different continents).
- One from five-time World Crazy Golf Champion Tim 'Ace Man' Davies (WAL/FRA) and one from Pat Sheridan (USA)
3) Build your own full-size miniature golf hole. (75 points; up to 100 bonus points available depending on the craftsmanship, playability, creativity and fun factor of your hole)
- On the 24th and 25th October I built "PK Island" - a full-size minigolf hole with a plateau and ramp obstacle. Photos - 1, 2, 3, 4. Videos - 1, 2
14) Picture of yourself with at least 6 different colored miniature golf balls. (10 points; 2 bonus points for each additional color {limit of 10 bonus points})
- Me and 11 different coloured Minifold Balls
17) Video of yourself successfully making a trick miniature golf shot. (40 points; up to 100 bonus points available depending on the difficulty and complexity of the trick shot)
- For this task I made a Blindfolded Hole-in-One shot!
On Emily's Crazy World of Minigolf Tour of our Antipodes Emily has played two courses, one in Melbourne, Australia, and one in Auckland, New Zealand. While at the Lilliputt Mini Golf course in Auckland, Emily also had the chance for a tour of the new 'Tee-Rex Alley' course, which is 'Under Construction' at the centre.
In the last four years we have played courses in all four home nations (and on a number of Islands in the UK), and in Finland (Tampere), the USA (Denver and Las Vegas), and Austria (Vienna).
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
