Minigolf in Košice, Slovakia

A look at a Minigolf course in Košice, Slovakia.

The Minigolf Club Classic course in Košice, Slovakia

Many thanks to our friend and minigolf rival Chris Jones for sending us these snaps of a Minigolf course he spotted on a recent trip to Košice, Slovakia. Unfortunately he arrived too early for a round.

The Minigolf Club Classic course in Košice, Slovakia

Related blog posts:
- Guest blog
- Chris Jones

Penguin Park at a Mini-Golf course on an old Newquay postcard

Finding another great scene on an old minigolf postcard.

I'm always on the look out for old minigolf postcards and I found a cracker at an antiques fair in Stockport today for just 25p.

No sign of the Mini-Golf course on this card, except on the caption

The Harvey Barton Viewcard shows the Penguin Park at the Mini-Golf Course, Newquay, Cornwall and was sent from Newquay on the 27 July 1970.

We played the course - now called Gilmore's Golf - during our two-week holiday around the coast of South West England back in 2015.

Gilmore's Golf in Newquay was the 639th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

There was no sign of the Penguin Park when we were there, however the course itself is largely unchanged from its original construction in the 1960's.

If you look at the right of the card you can see a man in a striped jumper paying for his round. This same man appears in the postcard below. The hole the ladies are playing and the one to the left of it can be seen in the photo we took when we visited the course in 2015

Gilmore's Crazy Golf course as it looked in the summer of 2015. Not much has changed since it was built in the 1960's. The course is something of a rarity on these shores as it's of the Beton / Concrete variety more commonly found in continental Europe

If you look closely you can see the ladies in the purple jackets from the other postcard in the middle of this card

I'm sure the old postcard will be of interest to our friends over at The Putting Penguin minigolf review site.

Related blog posts:
- Newquay
- Postcards
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Mini Golf in the South West of England

Tantogårdens Bangolf in Stockholm, Sweden

A look at the courses at Tantogårdens Bangolf in Stockholm, Sweden.

Back in June 2011 Emily and I traveled to Stockholm, Sweden to play for Great Britain in the WMF Nations Cup international minigolf tournament.

Playing the Concrete minigolf course

The tournament was held on the Concrete aka Beton and Miniaturegolf aka Eternit courses at the Tantogårdens BGK at Tantolunden Park in Södermalm, Stockholm.

Emily at the start of her record breaking round on the Miniaturegolf course

The Beton course was the 250th we played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

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The Eternit course was the 251st we played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

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The World Minigolf Sport Federation is the umbrella organisation of 63 Minigolf sports associations worldwide with continental associations in Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. There are more than 38,000 competitive minigolf players registered with the WMF via the 63 member nations, with 900-plus clubs between them. Over 1,000 courses are approved for official competitions and over 1,500 minigolf tournaments are held each year.

Emily and I have competed in a number of international WMF events, including the Nations Cup in Finland and Sweden and the World Adventure Golf Masters in England.

Emily holds the British women's record score on the Miniaturegolf (Eternit) format of the game after scoring a round of 24 (-12) on the 18-hole course at the 2011 WMF Nations Cup.

Link:
- Tantogårdens Bangolf

Related blog posts:
- Sweden
- Stockholm
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- #250 - Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - Stockholm, Sweden - Beton
- #251 - Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - Stockholm, Sweden - Eternit
- Minigolf Report - Gottfried’s play for Great Britain in the WMF Nations Cup International Minigolf Tournament in Stockholm, Sweden