British Minigolf Association Tournament Calendar for 2014

Competition dates for the British Minigolf Association’s 2014 season announced.

The British Minigolf Association’s calendar of Minigolf, Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf events for the 2014 Tour season has been announced, with nine competitions taking place at eight courses.

The 2014 Miniature Golf competition season officially teed-off at the BMGA Star City Open at the 36-hole indoor Minigolf complex at Adventure Island Mini Golf in Birmingham on the 26th of January, an event won by Oxford’s Michael Smith.

Emily playing hole 2 on the Lost Hut Trail of the Adventure Island Mini Golf course at Star City in Birmingham

The first outdoor event of the season will see the BMGA British Masters played at the 18-hole Splash Point Mini Golf course in Worthing, West Sussex on the 13th of April.

Playing the Splash Point Mini Golf course in Worthing

Next up will be the BMGA British Championships at the 18-hole Strokes Adventure Golf course in Margate, Kent which begins on the 10th of May.

Hole 1 of the 18-hole Strokes Adventure Golf course in Margate

This will be followed by the Bluewater Challenge Cup Pro-Am competition at the Pirate Cove Adventure Golf course at Bluewater Park on the 25th of June. The course will also be the venue for the BMGA British Matchplay Championship on the 6th of July.

Emily playing the Pirate Cove Adventure Golf course at Bluewater Park in Kent

The 18-hole Pirate Adventure Golf course in Hastings, East Sussex will host three tournaments from the 19th of September, with the BMGA Players Championship, BMGA International Players Championship and the BMGA British Open titles being contested.

Emily playing in the WMF World Adventure Golf Masters tournament on the Pirates Adventure Golf course in Hastings

In October the BMGA Tour will be back in Hastings for the Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships played on the 18-hole Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf course and teeing-off on the 25th of October.

Playing the 5th hole - The Windmill aka The Turbines of Death - of the 18-hole Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf course in Hastings. The course is the host venue of the World Crazy Golf Championships

The BMGA Tour returns to the Lost Island Encounter Adventure Golf at World of Golf in Sidcup for the Kent Open on the 9th of November, with the Kent Minigolf Club’s Invitational Tournament concluding on the 8th.

Playing the Lost Island Encounter Adventure Golf course at World of Golf Sidcup

Rounding out the 2014 Miniature Golf season will be the BMGA British Club Championship held once again at the Basingstoke Golf Centre’s 9-hole Minigolf course in Hampshire.

Playing the last hole of the 9-hole Mini Golf course at Basingstoke Golf Centre in Hampshire

There are also a number of Club ‘Open’ Minigolf competitions to be confirmed, along with the BMGA British Doubles Championship.

For more details of the British Minigolf Association and the BMGA Tour Calendar please visit the BMGA website.

You can also "Meet the characters from the professional world of crazy golf!" in this great video by the Pub Sport Portal.

Emily and I have visited and played at all of the BMGA Tour’s 2014 tournament venues on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, check out the links below for details from our visits:

- Splash Point Mini Golf in Worthing - Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - Course Visit #181

- Course Played #34 Margate (Strokes) - Adventure Golf -Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

- New Course Visits - Pirate Cove Adventure Golf at Bluewater!

- Hastings Seafront - 18-Hole Pirate Adventure Golf Course- Minigolf Played #219

- Course Played #39 Hastings (Seafront) - Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf - Crazy World of Minigolf Tour Archives

- Lost Island Encounter Adventure Golf at World of Golf Sidcup - Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - Courses played 205 & 206

- Basingstoke Golf Centre - New Mini Golf courses played onthe Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Links:

- British Minigolf Association

- BMGA Roll of Honour for the 2013 Season

Related blog posts:

- How to join the British Minigolf Association
- British Minigolf Association blog posts

Minigolf Report: Gottfried’s begin new Minigolf Season at the 2014 BMGA Star City Open in Birmingham

Luton Minigolfers Richard and Emily Gottfried teed-off in the first event of the 2014 British Minigolf Association (BMGA) Tour season on Sunday 26th of January at the BMGA Star City Open competition at the Adventure Island Mini Golf centre at Star City in Birmingham.

Richard scored a three-round total of 101(-7), having scored 36, 33 and 32 to finish in 11th place in the 40-player field.

Richard Gottfried playing Hole 9 at the Adventure Island Mini Golf course at Star City in Birmingham

Emily scored a three-round total 109(+1) after rounds of 40, 36 and 33 to finish in 20th place overall.

Emily Gottfried plays Hole 2 of the Lost Hut Trail course at Adventure Island Mini Golf in Birmingham

The 2014 BMGA Star City Open tournament was played over three 18-hole rounds on the Lost Hut Trail course at the Star City venue, and was won Oxford’s Michael Smith. Cambridgeshire’s Adam Kelly was runner-up, with Kent’s Andy Exall third.

Richard still jointly holds the official BMGA course record of 28(-8) on the Lost Hut Trail which he set in 2010 at the BMGA National Open.

Richard and Emily are now in their eighth-year as BMGA Tour players. Last season Richard finished the year in 11th place of 163 players in the 2013 BMGA Official Strokeplay Order of Merit Rankings, with Emily in 48th position.

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How to join the British Minigolf Association

Details of how you can join the British Minigolf Association for the 2014 Tour Season. Membership is available as a BMGA Tour Pro, or in a free online option.

British Minigolf Association Tour Players at the Midlands Opening Tournament in Dorridge 2012

The British Minigolf Association (BMGA) is the National Governing Body for Minigolf, Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf sport in the UK and offers two membership options for players - 'Free' & 'BMGA Tour Pro'.

- The 'Tour Card Membership' costs £20 for the season (rising to £25 if purchased from the 1st of February 2014) and entitles players to discounted pre-event practice rates at tournament venues on the calendar (some venues will offer these rates all season) and priority entry to selected events (subject to availability) before entries are opened to non Tour Pro members and the general public.

- The 'Free Membership' option is available via an online registration on the BMGA website and allows members to receive regular newsletters on forthcoming events, ranking updates and results from competitions on the BMGA Tour.

The 2014 BMGA Tour season tees-off on Sunday 26th of January with the Star City Open competition held at the Adventure Island Mini Golf course at Star City in Birmingham.

If you have any questions about British Minigolf Association membership or official tournaments please contact the BMGA via its website.

Check out these videos from the 2013 British Minigolf Association Tour

Videos from the BMGA British Masters Minigolf Tournament in Worthing and the BMGA British Club Championships in Basingstoke during the 2013 British Minigolf Association Tour season.

Filmed by the team at 2 Dog Imaging the first video shows action and highlights from the 2013 BMGA British Masters national miniature golf tournament that was won by Adam Kelly and held at Worthing's Splash Point Mini Golf course in Denton Gardens.

Filmed by Craig Rodhouse from the Pub Sport Portal the second video has action and interviews from the final event of the  British Minigolf Association 2013 season, the BMGA British Club Championship Minigolf tournament held at Basingstoke Golf Centre in Hampshire.

Links:
- British Minigolf Association
- 2 Dog Imaging
- Pub Sport Portal

Related blog posts:
- How to join the British Minigolf Association
- Film of the 2013 BMGA British Masters Minigolf Championship in Worthing
- Check out Minigolf on the Pub Sport Portal

Minigolf interview with the Pub Sport Portal

Check out the interview I gave to Craig Rodhouse from the Pub Sport Portal during the British Minigolf Association's British Club Championship tournament in Basingstoke.

   

You can also view an interview with the BMGA's Chairman, the avuncular Sean Homer, on the Pub Sport Portal YouTube Channel, as well as a video of the whole event.

Related blog post:

- Check out Minigolf on the Pub Sport Portal

Links:

- Pub Sport Portal website

- Pub Sport Portal YouTube Channel

- Pub Sport Portal on Twitter

Check out Minigolf on the Pub Sport Portal

Film of the BMGA British Minigolf Club Championship in Basingstoke.

The recent BMGA British Club Championship Minigolf tournament held at Basingstoke Golf Centre in Hampshire was visited by Craig Rodhouse from the Pub Sport Portal website.

Following the competition, the final event of the British Minigolf Association Tour’s 2013 season, a film showing the event highlights was put together – and what a great video it is too, with plenty of holes-in-one on show.

Check out the blog and video at the Pub Sport Portal.

Related blog posts:

- Minigolf Report – Gottfried’s Final Results of the 2013 BMGA Season

- Pub blog posts

- Minigolf and Crazy Golf courses in Pub Beer Gardens

- Basingstoke Golf Centre - New Mini Golf courses played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Links:

- Pub Sport Portal

- Pub Sport Portal on Twitter
- Pub Sport Portal on YouTube

- British Minigolf Association

- Basingstoke Golf Centre

- Kent Spitfires win British Minigolf Club Championships 2013 at Basingstoke Golf Centre

- Minigolf posts on the Pub Sport Portal

Minigolf Report – Gottfried’s Final Results of the 2013 BMGA Season

25th November 2013

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Minigolf Report – Gottfried’s Final Results of the 2013 Season

Report from the BMGA British Club Championship in Basingstoke.

Luton Minigolfers Richard & Emily Gottfried closed out the 2013 British Minigolf Association Tour season at the 9-hole Mini Golf course at Basingstoke Golf Centre in Hampshire.

Richard Gottfried playing hole 2 at the Basingstoke Golf Centre's Mini Golf course. Photo by Mark Swain

In the BMGA British Club Championship on Sunday 24th November Richard played for the Midlands Minigolf Club and he and this three team mates finished the event in third-place for the third year in a row. Emily and her Cambridgeshire Mini Golf Club team were ninth in the event, which featured teams from five of the BMGA’s Minigolf Clubs.

Richard captained the Midlands A-team which consisted of Newcastle’s John Moore, Bangor, Northern Ireland’s Mark Swain and Jon Drexler from Memphis, USA.

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

Following the British Club Championship Strokeplay Qualifier the Midlands A-team were in tied four place in the seedings. The team then fought through to the semi-finals but were on the losing end in their match against eventual champions the Kent Minigolf Club.

In the bronze-medal match the team faced the London Minigolf Club and won the game at the second extra-hole of a sudden-death play-off.

The Cambridgeshire Mini Golf Club, from l-r Chris Smith, Emily Gottfried, Brenda Smith, Seth Thomas

In the 2013 BMGA Official Strokeplay Order of Merit Rankings Richard finished the season in 11th place of 163 players, with Emily in 48th position.

In the 2013 BMGA Season Only Rankings Richard finished in 18th spot of 115 players with Emily ranked 27th.

The British Minigolf Association’s 2014 Tour tees-off in January at the BMGA Star City Open at the 36-hole indoor Adventure Island Mini Golf course in Birmingham.

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End of Season BMGA Tour Minigolf Rankings for 2013

Richard & Emily Gottfried's End of Season British Minigolf Association Tour Rankings for 2013.

The British Minigolf Association has published the final rankings for the 2013 UK Miniature Golf tournament season.

This year Emily and I were in our seventh year as British Minigolf Association Tour Pro players.

In the 2013 BMGA’s Official Strokeplay Order of Merit Rankings I finished in 11th place of 163 players, with Emily in 48th position.

Richard playing the final hole at the BMGA British Crazy Golf Open held in Hastings

In the 2013 BMGA Season Only Rankings I finished in 18th spot of 115 players with Emily ranked 27th.

Emily in a play-off against Paul Godding in the BMGA British Masters at Splash Point Mini Golf in Worthing. Ted McIver tends the flag

After achieving a 4th place finish in the 2013 BMGA British Masters competition I reached a career-high BMGA Tour ranking of 5th in the BMGA Strokeplay Order of Merit National Ranking List. My previous highest Minigolf rankings had been 7th in the 2010 BMGA Order of Merit and 5th in the BMGA Season Only Rankings for 2012.

My end of season position this year is the highest in the Strokeplay-only version of the Order of Merit, having previously finished the 2009/10 season in 11th place in the old combined strokeplay and matchplay Order of Merit.

Emily has had a great year on the BMGA Tour finishing third in the BMGA British Matchplay Championship in Boscombe, Dorset as well as winning the Category 3 title in the BMGA British Masters, and she was the Category 3 runner-up at the BMGA British Crazy Golf Open in Hastings.

Emily also became a two-time WMF World Adventure Golf Masters Women's Champion when she defeated reigning champion Ruth Burke in a play-off for the title. At the WMF World Adventure Golf Masters we competed as part of Great Britain 3 and finished in fifth place in the team event.

2013 BMGA Tour Season Results for Richard and Emily Gottfried:
- BMGA Star City Open - Richard = 13th, Emily = 18th (24-players)
- BMGA British Crazy Golf Open - Richard = 11th, Emily = 20th and Category 3 runner-up (33-players)
- BMGA British Masters - Richard = 4th, Emily = 12th and Category 3 winner (27-players)
- BMGA British Adventure Golf Open - Richard = 10th, Emily = 19th (23-players)
- BMGA British Matchplay Championship - Emily = 3rd, Richard = DNP (17-players)
- World Crazy Golf Championship - Richard = 21st, Emily = 51st (78-players)

Video of the 2013 BMGA British Masters at Splash Point Mini Golf in Worthing, by 2 Dog Imaging.


2013 WMF Season Results for Richard and Emily Gottfried:
- WMF World Adventure Golf Masters - Richard = 20th, Emily = 27th and Women's Champion (37-players)
- WMF World Adventure Golf Team Masters - Great Britain 3 (Richard Gottfried, Emily Gottfried, Craig Patterson and John Moore) = 5th of 7 teams

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

There is one competition left on the 2013 BMGA Tour, with the BMGA British Club Championship taking place at Basingstoke Golf Centre.

The 2014 BMGA Tour tees-off at the BMGA Star City Open at Adventure Island Mini Golf in Birmingham on Sunday 26th January.

In the BMGA 2013 Season Rankings for Clubs Emily and the Cambridgeshire Mini Golf Club finished in second place. Richard and the Midlands Minigolf Club finished in third place of six teams.

The British Minigolf Association is the governing body for Minigolf Sport, including Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf. Formed in 1998 the BMGA organises Minigolf competitions for its members across the UK. The BMGA is a member of the World Minigolf Sport Federation and the European Minigolf Sport Federation. Two options are available for Membership of the British Minigolf Association. Further details can be found on the BMGA website.

World Minigolf Sport Federation Rankings

In the March 2013 edition of the World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF) Minigolf Rankings Emily is in tied 130th place of 130 positions alongside players from Iran, China, Portugal, China and Thailand. A total of 140 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 406^th place of 406 positions. A total of 413 players are in the list and I sit alongside GB team-mates Scott Lancley and Brad Shepherd, and players from Russia, Hong Kong, Norway and China.

Overall Great Britain is ranked 18th of 29 Nations, with Germany at number one, Austria at two and Sweden at number three.

The November 2013 edition of the WMF Rankings is due to be published soon.

Related Blog Posts:

- Miniature Golf Player Profile of Richard Gottfried

- Miniature Golf Player Profile of Emily Gottfried
- A New Career High Minigolf Ranking!

Links:

- British Minigolf Association

- BMGA Roll of Honour 2013

- Final Season Only Rankings published

- End of season BMGA Strokeplay Order Of Merit
- World Minigolf Sport Federation

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

BMGA British Crazy Golf Open 2013 Videos

Videos from the British Minigolf Association's first-ever British Crazy Golf Open tournament played in Hastings on Sunday 3rd of March 2013.  

The final shots of the 2013 BMGA British Crazy Golf Open


The runner-up play-off at the BMGA British Crazy Golf Open 2013 - hole 1

The runner-up play-off at the BMGA British Crazy Golf Open 2013 - hole 2


The Category 1 Aces Prize Play-off at the 2013 BMGA British Crazy Golf Open in Hastings

The Category 3 Aces Prize Play-off at the 2013 BMGA British Crazy Golf Open in Hastings

Link:
- British Minigolf Association

Minigolf Report – Gottfried’s compete in first-ever BMGA British Crazy Golf Open tournament in Hastings

4th March 2013

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Minigolf Report – Gottfried’s compete in first-ever BMGA British Crazy Golf Open tournament in Hastings

Luton Minigolfers Richard and Emily Gottfried played in the British Minigolf Association’s first outdoor event of the season on Sunday 3rd March as they teed-off in the inaugural BMGA British Crazy Golf Open competition played on the 18-hole Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf course in Hastings, East Sussex. 

In the three-round contest Richard finished in 11th place overall in the 35-player field and 7th in Category 1, with Emily in 20th place overall, and runner-up in the Category 3 event contested by 16 players. All players in the new tournament played two rounds of standard BMGA strokeplay Crazy Golf, before a final round took place with players using rules with all balls in play at the same time.

Richard Gottfried playing the final hole of the BMGA British Crazy Golf Open

Richard scored a three-round total of 115(+7), having shot 36, 41 and 38. Emily scored a total 121(+13) after rounds of 38, 43 and 40. The winner was Craig Patterson of Thame, Oxfordshire, with a score of 109(+1).

Richard said “It was certainly an interesting tournament with some surprise results. I’m annoyed with myself for a poor second round that put me out of contention. It’s now time to focus on the BMGA British Masters at Splash Point Mini Golf in April.”

Emily said “I was pleased with my performance in the first round, but my second round was terrible. I did make up ground in the Crazy-rules round, and was pleased to finish in 20th place overall and second in Category 3. Hastings was a great venue as usual, even if it was a bit chilly!”

Emily Gottfried, the BMGA British Crazy Golf Open Category 3 Runner-up

On Saturday 2nd March both Richard and Emily were in action in the first round of matches in the new BMGA Club League. Richard and the Midlands Minigolf Club lost to the London Minigolf Club by 2-holes in the team matchplay contest. Emily and her Cambridgeshire Mini Golf Club team-mates lost to the Kent Minigolf Club by 1-hole.

The next BMGA Tour event is the BMGA British Masters Championship at Splash Point Mini Golf in Worthing, West Sussex in April. 

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New Factsheet from the British Minigolf Association

Check out the British Minigolf Association's website for 33 Facts and Stats about the British Minigolf Association and Minigolf in the UK.

The BMGA has a new Factsheet available with information, stats and facts about the BMGA since its formation in 1998. It also contains links to useful websites and associations in the sport of Minigolf.

The British Minigolf Association is the governing body for Minigolf Sport, including Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf. Free and BMGA Tour Pro Membership options are available. For more information please visit the BMGA website.

Link:
- British Minigolf Association Factsheet

Minigolf Report – Gottfried’s begin new Miniature Golf Season at the BMGA Star City Open in Birmingham

13th and 18th place finishes for Luton-based Minigolfers Richard & Emily Gottfried at the first-event of the BMGA season.

Luton Minigolfers Richard and Emily Gottfried were back in Minigolf action on Sunday 27th January as they teed-off in the first competition of the British Minigolf Association’s 2013 Tour season at the BMGA Star City Open at Adventure Island Mini Golf, Star City, Birmingham.

Richard finished in 13th place for the second year in a row, with Emily in 18th place in the 24-player field.

Richard scored a three-round total of 104(-4), having scored 35, 37 and 32. Richard still jointly holds the official BMGA course record of 28(-8) on the Lost Hut Trail which he equalled in 2010 at the BMGA National Open. Emily scored a total 109(+1) after rounds of 36, 32 and 41.

Richard Gottfried playing the 8th hole at Adventure Island Mini Golf

The tournament was played over three 18-hole rounds on the Lost Hut Trail course at the Star City venue and was won by Michael Smith. Adam Kelly was runner-up, with Paul Johnson third.

Richard said "I’m happy with my round of 32, but my 35 and 37 weren't good. I didn't drop many shots, but missed too many hole-in-one opportunities. Emily played some really good Minigolf and it was disappointing to see her drop so many shots on one bad hole. I’m really looking forward to playing at the new BMGA British Crazy Golf Open in Hastings in March and the BMGA British Masters at Splash Point Mini Golf in Worthing."

Emily Gottfried on the 9th hole at Adventure Island Mini Golf

Emily said “Adventure Island Mini Golf at Star City remains as a fantastic location for a winter tournament, as well as a great start to the new season. My first two rounds were great and I played well, but unfortunately one bad hole on the third round was enough to put me out of prize contention. Still, I enjoyed the tournament and the weekend, and can’t wait for the next competition in March.”

Richard and Emily are now in their seventh year as BMGA Tour Pro players. Last season Richard was ranked 5th of 120 players in the BMGA Season Rankings, 15th of 96 players in the BMGA Strokeplay Order of Merit Rankings and 15th of 60 players in the BMGA Matchplay Order of Merit Rankings. Emily was ranked 37th in the Season Only Rankings and 41st place in both the Strokeplay & Matchplay Order of Merit Rankings. Richard was 17th in the 2012 ‘Castle Golf’ World Crazy Golf Championship. And in last year's World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF) Rankings Richard placed in tied 391st place in the WMF General Class (Adults) Men's category, with Emily ranked in tied 113th place in the WMF General Class (Adults) Women’s category.

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Links and Further Information:

- The British Minigolf Association is the governing body for Minigolf Sport, including Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf. Free and BMGA Tour Pro Membership options are available. For more information please visit the BMGA website

- A British Minigolf Association Factsheet with 33 Facts and Stats about the BMGA and Minigolf in the UK can also be found on the BMGA website

- Adventure Island Mini Golf at Star City website