Laser Tag in Birmingham

Spotting a Laser Tag centre in Birmingham.

On my recent trip to Birmingham I stumbled upon the Laser Tag centre at Teamworks Karting in Digbeth.

Great to know there's one there. I really need to have another game of laser tag soon.

Check out the Teamworks Karting website for more information.

Along with my sixth sense in finding minigolf courses I seem to also be able to sniff out a laser tag arena wherever I go.

Mr Mulligans Space Golf in Birmingham

A visit to Mr Mulligans Space Golf in Birmingham.

On Wednesday I was down in Birmingham and swung by Mr Mulligans Space Golf centre at Broadway Plaza.

The red planet

Mr Mulligans Space Golf in Birmingham is home to three 12-hole Adventure Golf courses - Asteroid, Supernova and Mars Base.

This was an interactive hole with a spinner on the screen deciding how you play your tee shot. Unfortunately the screens on the other two courses were broken

I played all three layouts, with the Mars Base the best of the bunch as it had the most interesting hole designs and looked out of this world.

The airlock into the Mars Base

A look at the Mars Base course

The colours on the Mars Base course were very nice

In the engine room

A reactor

There are now Mr Mulligans courses in Basildon, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Castleford, Cheltenham, Milton Keynes - outdoors and indoors, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sidcup, Stevenage, Tonbridge and Woking.

Aboard the Mars Base

What's a little fallout, huh? Have a nice day!

By hole 10 I had a nice healthy glow

The last Mr Mulligans course we played was the Space Golf venue in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne on Miniature Golf Day in 2018.

We've still got to visit the Mr Mulligans courses in Basildon, Bournemouth, Nottingham, Tonbridge, and the indoor course in Milton Keynes.

The courses at Mr Mulligans Space Golf in Birmingham were the 929th, 930th and 931st visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006.

Visit the Mr Mulligans website for more information, opening times and prices.

The Floodgate in Digbeth opens tonight

Good luck to the team at The Floodgate in Birmingham as the venue opens today.

The new entertainment spot is home to the UK's first indoor UV Pit-Pat Table Golf course.

Pit-Pat at The Floodgate

The 18 Pit-Pat tables are set in a graffiti art covered glow-in-the-dark area.

You can also play on the indoor baseball batting cages and a curling rink at the social sports venue.

Visit The Floodgate website for more information, opening times and prices.

Check out my videos from my visit on Wednesday for a taste of the Pit-Pat Table Golf course.

The Floodgate is about to open

A new indoor activity entertainment centre is opening in Digbeth, Birmingham.

The Floodgate social sports and games bar is opening soon in Digbeth and will offer people the chance to play the game of Pit-Pat.

Pit-Pat is similar to minigolf, but is played on elevated tables where you use cues to play the ball, rather than putters.

Playing the only other Pit-Pat course to have previously been in the UK

The Floodgate opens at The Custard Factory in Digbeth, Birmingham on Friday 1st November.

The Pit-Pat layout at The Floodgate will be the UK's first indoor Pit-Pat and the only playable course. Until a few years ago the UK's first and only other Pit-Pat layout was on the seafront at Western Putting on Banjo Road in Littlehampton.

The now sadly closed Western Putting in Littlehampton was home to a Pit-Pat layout, Crazy Golf and a grass Putting course

A view of the UK's first Pit-Pat course

Here's me scoring a two in a crazy way!

Emily scoring a two.

Shooting through a hoop.

I first saw the game of Pit-Pat aka Hindernis Billard while on a minigolfing trip to Austria in March 2010.

Pit-Pat Hindernis Billard at the Askoe Wien Wasserpark in Austria

Pit-Pat Hindernis Billard at the Askoe Wien Wasserpark in Austria

Pit-Pat Hindernis Billard at the Askoe Wien Wasserpark in Austria

As well as Pit-Pat the indoor competitive socialising venue will feature a curling rink and baseball batting cages.

We're looking forward to a Crazy World of Minigolf Tour visit to The Floodgate.

Visit The Floodgate website for more information, opening times and prices.

Check out my other Pit-Pat related blog posts.

Crazy Golf at Becketts Farm in Birmingham

That Funky Golf Place minigolf course now open at Becketts Farm in Birmingham.

There's a new 18-hole indoor minigolf course at Becketts Farm in Wythall, Birmingham. The course opened earlier this year. Another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour!

Find out more at That Funky Golf Place and Becketts Farm.

Mr Mulligans Adventure Golf to open in Birmingham

New Mr Mulligans Adventure Golf course opening in Birmingham.

The new Mr Mulligans Adventure Golf venue opening in Birmingham will welcome its first customers before Christmas.

Mr Mulligans Birmingham course will follow in the footsteps of the Newcastle Space Golf venue

Work is nearing completion on the new indoor Adventure Golf centre at Broadway Plaza in Birmingham. Mr Mulligans Space Golf will feature three nine-hole courses with a Martian theme, as well as a bar and restaurant.

Newcastle's Space Golf course had a lunar theme

Mr Mulligans Space Golf in Birmingham will be the 12th venue from the team at Mr Mulligans. The 11th course in Bournemouth and more are to follow!

About to land an ace

We've played a number of the Mr Mulligans Adventure Golf courses, most recently at the Space Golf course in Newcastle. Those three layouts were the 841st, 842nd and 843rd visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Related blog posts:
- Mr Mulligans
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Birmingham

Link:
- Mr Mulligans

Joe Joe Jim's Crazy Crazy Golf at Fletcher's Arcade in Birmingham

A visit to Joe Joe Jim's Crazy Crazy Golf course at Fletcher's Arcade in Cofton Hackett, Birmingham.

On Sunday 5th August we visited the 829th miniature golf course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and what a course it was!

Our first game of Crazy Crazy Golf

Joe Joe Jim's Crazy Crazy Golf course at Fletcher's Arcade in South Birmingham is a unique and quite frankly ludicrous minigolf course. If you're expecting to play a 'regular' round of Crazy Golf there you'll be in for a surprise.

Using the wizard's staff was one of many different 'Putters' we used during our round

The course and game-play has to be seen and experienced to be believed. It really is Crazy Crazy Golf! What's extra special about the layout is the inspiration the course owner's and designers have drawn from the local area, history, their business and their own interests.

Hole 1 involved a number of 'putting' styles, including a rope pulley

This was the first time I've putted using a spirit level

The final putt was played with a normal club

My favourite hole at the course - Wac-Man!

Fletcher's Arcade has been on the same site since 1920, with the Crazy Crazy Golf course an addition in 2017.

Emily playing the 'plain' Just Crazy Golf hole

Emily won our minigolf match-up on the outlandish 9-hole Crazy Crazy Golf course with a score of 61 to my 64. The course was the 829th overall course visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since 2006. It was the 791st course visited in the UK and the 491st we've played.

Hole 1 - The Man Hole

Hole 2 - The Longbridge Job

Hole 3 - Two Tongued Toad Hole

Hole 4 - Middle Earth

Hole 5 - WAC Man

Hole 6 - Just Crazy Golf

Hole 7 - Rock N Roll

Hole 8 - Blind Fold Hole - yes, you do have to play it blindfolded. Your opponent has to guide you on how to play it, as the score you make is added to THEIR total!

Hole 9 - Whole Lot of Laughs - you tee-off while sat on Jasper Carrott's funky moped!

As well as the Crazy Crazy Golf course Fletcher's Arcade has a number of great retro arcade games including Pac-Man, Track & Field, Space Invaders and Defender. It's well worth a visit.

Playing Pac-Man

Check out Joe Joe Jim's Bar and the Fletcher's Arcade website for more info, opening times and prices.

The arcade is also home to one of only two Little Pro Family Golf Games made by Bromley. What a treat it was to see it and have a play on it!

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Birmingham

Link:
- Joe Joe Jim's Bar and the Fletcher's Arcade website