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| The Midlands Minigolf Club's Ball of Fame! |
The Midlands Minigolf Club (MMGC) was formed in 2005 and are two-time national team champions, winning the title for the first-time at Stratford-upon-Avon in 2008 and regaining the title in Hastings in March.
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| Playing in the national final in Hastings |
I'm proud to have been a member of the MMGC since my debut season in 2007 and have been a member of both winning teams alongside Chris Harding (2008), John Moore (2008 & 2015), Jam Trubridge (2008), Michael Smith (2015) and Seth Thomas (2015).
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| The winning Midlands MGC team of Seth Thomas, John Moore, Michael Smith and Richard Gottfried |
The Midlands Minigolf Club's Ball of Fame (BoF) was produced by 3D Minigolf in Germany. Details of other Balls of Fame can be found on the 3D Minigolf website.
When playing in minigolf-sport competitions players can choose to use a wide-variety of specialist balls. Each has a a different property in terms of hardness, weight, bounce, surface and size. In the last 70 years more than 10,000 minigolf balls have been produced!
The Midlands Minigolf Club's BoF has the following properties: Bounce 5cm, Shore 37, Weight 45g. It's a low bounce ball and is slightly softer than average. It's good for direct shots and our club captain Michael Smith has highlighted some holes on the Pirate Golf course in Hastings and the Star City Adventure Golf course in Birmingham where it could be useful. The MMGC BoF costs £15. To secure one of the limited edition balls please get in touch via the MMGC's Facebook page.
The MMGC consists of a dedicated group of crazy minigolfers from around Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the USA. For more information check out the club's Facebook, Twitter, and other MMGC-related blog posts.
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| The 2015 BMGA British Club Champions in Hastings. From l-r Seth Thomas, Michael Smith, Brenda Smith, Paul Johnson, Owen Johnson, Richard Gottfried, John Moore, Chris Smith |
Around the world there are over 900 minigolf clubs and 38,000 competitive minigolf players registered with the World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF) via the 55 member nations. For further info on the sport of minigolf and essential kit and equipment check out the WMF's Starting out in Minigolf guide.
Links:
- Midlands Minigolf Club on Facebook
- Midlands Minigolf Club on Twitter
- 3D Minigolf
Related blog posts:
- Midlands Minigolf Club
- Crazy about Mini Golf Balls
- Minigolf Clubs in the UK
.jpg "The Midlands Minigolf Club squad at the 2015 BMGA British Club Championships. From l-r Seth Thomas, Michael Smith (c), Brenda Smith, Paul Johnson, Owen Johnson, Richard Gottfried, John Moore, Chris Smith")
.jpg "Michael Smith playing hole 14 of the Pirate Golf course at Hastings Adventure Golf")
.jpg "John Moore plays a shot down hole 14 of the Pirate Golf course at Hastings Adventure Golf")
.jpg "Seth Thomas playing hole 15 in the final of the BMGA British Club Championships in Hastings")
.jpg "Richard Gottfried playing hole 15 in the final of the BMGA British Club Championships in Hastings")
.jpg "The 2015 BMGA British Club Championships winning team of Richard Gottfried, Michael Smith (c), Seth Thomas and John Moore")
