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

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

Join the British Minigolf Association for the 2013 Minigolf Season

Membership available to join the British Minigolf Association for the 2013 Minigolf Season.

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

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

- The 'Tour Card Membership' costs £20 for the season 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.

Full details of what is available to members under the two tiers of membership can be found at the BMGA Membership Page. To register for Free BMGA Membership please visit the BMGA website registration page.

The BMGA organises and promotes Miniature Golf and Crazy Golf competitions each year. Last season there were 28 competitions, with fourteen full BMGA Tour Ranking events held on eleven courses. You can find more details on the Roll of Honour for the 2012 season.

Last season I competed in twelve full British Minigolf Association Tour events and won a BMGA Tour title with victory at the BMGA & Putterfingers Oswestry Games Championship in July. Emily and I also represented Great Britain at the WMF World Adventure Golf Masters in Hastings and I ended the year with a career-best ranking of 5th in the BMGA Season Only Rankings for 2012.

You can download an information sheet with details of the BMGA and 'The (Abridged) Rules of BMGA Minigolf' here.

If you have any questions about BMGA Tour membership please contact the BMGA via its website.

Yours in sport,

'Squire' Richard Gottfried

BMGA Tour Pro

Great Britain International

Member of the Midlands Minigolf Club

Member of the BMGA since January 2007

A new sport or game for 2013?

What sport or game that we haven't tried already should we give a go in 2013?

As well as playing lots of Minigolf on our travels around on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, Emily and I also regularly compete in British Minigolf Association competitions at Crazy Golf, Miniature Golf and Adventure Golf courses. We also enjoy participating in 'side-tournaments' and trying out new sports and games.

2012 was the year of Bar Billiards and 2011 saw us play a fair bit of Laser Tag, but what sport or game shall we take-up in 2013?

Related Blog Post:

- Behold...

End of Season BMGA Tour Minigolf Rankings for 2012

Details of Richard & Emily Gottfried's End of Season British Minigolf Association Tour Rankings for 2012.

 

Luton Minigolfers Richard & Emily Gottfried completed their sixth year as British Minigolf Association Tour Pro players at the 2012 BMGA British Club Championship.

 

The BMGA's final rankings for the 2012 season, along with the BMGA Roll of Honour have been updated and posted on the British Minigolf Association website.

 

Richard finished the season ranked in a career-high of 5th place in the 2012 BMGA Season Only Rankings. Emily was ranked 37th in the 120 player strong rankings.

 

In the BMGA Strokeplay Order of Merit Rankings Richard finished in 15th place of 96 players, with Emily in 41st place.

 

In the BMGA Matchplay Order of Merit Richard was ranked 15th of 60 players, with Emily in 41st place.

 

In the BMGA 2012 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 World Minigolf Sport Federation Rankings are due to be updated in December.

 

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 here.

 

Related Blog Posts:

- Miniature Golf Player Profile of Richard Gottfried

- Miniature Golf Player Profile of Emily Gottfried

Links:

- British Minigolf Association

- BMGA Roll of Honour 2012
- Roll of Honour for the British Minigolf Association’s 2012 Season Published
- British Minigolf Association’s End of 2012 Season Only Rankings Published
- British Minigolf Association’s Official Strokeplay Order of Merit Rankings Published
- British Minigolf Association’s Official Matchplay Order of Merit Rankings Published

Videos from the Final of the 2012 'Castle Golf' World Crazy Golf Championships in Hastings

Action from the final of the 2012 ‘Castle Golf’ World Crazy Golf Championship that was played on the 18-hole Crazy Golf course in Hastings, East Sussex on Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th October 2012.

Michael Smith managed to retain his title to become a two-time ‘Castle Golf’ World Crazy Golf Champion in the 53-player field.

Check out the links below to view action from the final of the 2012 'Castle Golf' World Crazy Golf Championships in Hastings:

 

Final Round - Hole 17 - James Rutherford plays

 

Final Round - Hole 17 - Michael Smith & Adam Kelly playing

 

Final Hole of the Final Round - View 1 - Michael Smith, Adam Kelly & James Rutherford playing their final shots of the tournament

 

 

Final Hole of the Final Round - View 2 - Michael Smith, Adam Kelly & James Rutherford playing their final shots of the tournament

Links:
- Full results of the tournament can be found here and here
- More information on the British Minigolf Association (BMGA) and the calendar of Minigolf, Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf competitions the organisation runs
- You can join the British Minigolf Association for FREE with the standard online membership available. For more details please visit the BMGA Membership page
- For more information on the Hastings Adventure Golf courses please click here

Happy Miniature Golf Day 2012!

Wishing everyone all the best on this most wonderful day.

Whatever you call the great game of Miniature Golf and wherever you are in the world I hope you have a brilliant Miniature Golf Day 2012!

As ever, according to the Holiday Insights website, the 21st of September is Miniature Golf Day.

 

If you're looking for a Minigolf course to play then the list of courses at MiniatureGolfer.com is a great place to start. Pretty much every course in the world is listed on the site, with more added as they are 'discovered'!

On our travels Emily and I have visited and played a great many courses (and a fair few closed, abandoned and derelict ones) and you can check out those we've been to on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour list.

If you fancy taking up the game 'professionally' and are in the UK then do have a look at the British Minigolf Association - you can join for FREE. Do also check out the BMGA on Facebook and Twitter. There is also a World Minigolf Sport Federation which has member associations all over the world.

If you're in the USA, or looking to visit, then you must check out The Putting Penguin. There are stacks of course reviews of Minigolf courses, along with details of upcoming tournaments.

If you don't get a chance to do anything Minigolf-ey this Miniature Golf Day then don't worry. The next one will be on Saturday 11th May 2013! There is also a Minigolf Tag (Minigolf Day) in Austria each year. It's also in May.
 

While looking around for Miniature Golf Day related information online I found out about the 'Mini Golf Day and Crab Feast 2012'. It's a charity Minigolf tournament raising funds for The Ed Block Courage Award Foundation and taking place at ParTee Golf in Baltimore, Maryland, USA on Saturday 29th September 2012!

And remember - Miniature Golf Day is ALWAYS on the 21st September, so next year it'll be on a Saturday.
 

Related Blog Posts:

- Miniature Golf Days in 2012

- Dates for your Diary - National Miniature Golf Day

- Happy Miniature Golf Day 2011

- How I celebrated Miniature Golf Day 2011

- Let's get Minigolf 'trending' - Twitter, Minigolf and #MinigolfMonday

- Types and Variants of Miniature Golf visited and played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour List & Links

Links:

- MiniatureGolfer.com

- The Putting Penguin

- British Minigolf Association (BMGA)

- World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF)

- National Miniature Golf Day on Wikipedia (within ‘Miniature Golf’ article)
- Miniature Golf Day on the Holiday Insights website
- #MinigolfMonday on Twitter

Minigolf Report from the 2012 Midlands Open & BMGA British Doubles Championships

10th September 2012

Press Information

For Immediate Release

Minigolf Report – Midlands Open & BMGA British Doubles Championships

Luton Minigolfer Richard Gottfried was in action over the weekend as he competed in two tournaments at the 12-hole Minigolf Course at the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge, Solihull.

Midlands Open

First up was the Midlands Open competition held on Saturday 8th September.

The competitors at the 2012 Midlands Open in Dorridge

Richard finished in tied tenth place in the 34-player field with a score of 94(-2) following rounds of 22, 23, 26 and 23. The four-round competition was won by the reigning World Crazy Golf Champion, Oxford’s Michael Smith with a score of 78(-18).



Richard Gottfried playing at the 2012 Midlands Open minigolf tournament as Oliver 'The Machine' Florence and Alastair Shaw look on

BMGA British Doubles Championships

The 2012 BMGA British Doubles Championships were held on Sunday 9th September. Richard teamed with Margate’s Scott Lancley for the second year in a row. The team finished in seventh place overall in the 16-team competition.

Commenting on the weekend’s events Richard said “The Minigolf course at the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge is one of my favourite courses and always presents a great challenge. I’m pleased with achieving another pair of top ten finishes on the BMGA Tour in two very competitive fields. It was a pleasure to once again team with Scott Lancley in our attempt to win the British Doubles, unfortunately we lost our quarter final match against the eventual champions, but we’ll have another crack at the titles next year.”

In the BMGA British Doubles Championships each of the competing 16 teams played in a round robin group qualifying stage, before moving on to a knockout stage to determine the final rankings.

Team Sqonky at the 2012 BMGA British Doubles Championships in Dorridge - l-r 'Squire' Richard Gottfried and Scott 'Donkey Gringo' Lancley

Richard and Scott were second in their group with two wins and a draw, after defeating Marina Breeden and Adam Breeden, Alex Pragnell and Alastair Shaw and tying with Michael Smith and James Rutherford. This meant they qualified for the play-off matches for positions 1-8.

In the quarter final match against Ted McIver and Nick Chitty they were handed their first loss and entered the pool for positions 5-8. McIver and Chitty were the eventual champions, defeating the duo of Seth Thomas and Chris Smith in the final. Gottfried and Lancley lost their next classification match against Marion Homer and Sean Homer, but were victorious in their match against Oliver Florence and Richard Skeggs in the play-off for 7th/8th place.

The immaculately turned out players of Team Sqonkey at the 2012 BMGA British Doubles Championships

The Gottfried & Lancley team finished the BMGA British Doubles Championships with a win/loss record of three wins, one draw and two defeats. The team’s career record stands at seven wins, one draw and five losses in thirteen matches on the British Minigolf Association Tour.

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British Minigolf Association Rankings Updates - July 2012

The latest British Minigolf Association Rankings Lists have been updated following the Tournaments at the Oswestry Games and the BMGA British Matchplay Championships.

In the BMGA Official Strokeplay Rankings for 2012 I have moved up one place and am now ranked 12th of 87 players. Emily is now in 40th spot.

In the BMGA Season Only Rankings for 2012 I have moved up to a new career high of 5th place of 54 players. Emily is 34th.

Neither of us played in the recent BMGA British Matchplay Championships. I am now ranked in 16th place of 58 players, while Emily is in 39th position.

For more information on the British Minigolf Association please visit the BMGA website.

Latest British Minigolf Association Tour Rankings (April 2012)

Updated BMGA Tour Rankings for Richard & Emily Gottfried following the BMGA British Masters.

The latest British Minigolf Association Tour Rankings have been released following the BMGA British Masters competition at Splash Point Mini Golf in Worthing, West Sussex.

For the 2012 minigolf season the BMGA ranking systems have been amended. The BMGA Order of Merit has been split into two separate lists - the BMGA Strokeplay Order of Merit & the BMGA Matchplay Order of Merit. The calculation of the BMGA Season-only Rankings list remains the same.

BMGA Season-only Rankings 2012

Richard Gottfried - 11th

Emily Gottfried - 27th

# of players in list - 40

BMGA Strokeplay Order of Merit Rankings 2011-2012

Richard Gottfried - 22nd

Emily Gottfried - 39th

# of players in list - 85

BMGA Matchplay Order of Merit Rankings 2010-2012

Richard Gottfried - 9th

Emily Gottfried - 37th

# of players in list - 55

BMGA Rankings Details:

- The BMGA Season-only Rankings are separate to the official BMGA Strokeplay & Matchplay Order of Merit Ranking lists and are based only on the current season’s results

- The official BMGA Strokeplay rankings are calculated by adding a player’s top four scores of the current season to the top two scores from the previous season

- The official BMGA Matchplay rankings are made up from the results from the previous two seasons of the BMGA British Matchplay Championships and BMGA British Doubles Championships, along with the results from the current season

Link:

- British Minigolf Association

Midlands Minigolf Club vs Planet Hastings Crazy Golf Club at Sandbanks Hole 5 part 2

Footage from the 2009 BMGA British Club Championships match between the Midlands Minigolf Club B team and Planet Hastings Crazy Golf Club A team. Played at Sandbanks Crazy Golf course on Sunday 4th October 2009.

 

The Midlands Minigolf Club can now be found on Facebook.

Sandbanks Crazy Golf website.

British Minigolf Association website.

Midlands Minigolf Club vs Planet Hastings Crazy Golf Club at Sandbanks Hole 5 part 1

Footage from the 2009 BMGA British Club Championships match between the Midlands Minigolf Club B team and Planet Hastings Crazy Golf Club A team. Played at Sandbanks Crazy Golf course on Sunday 4th October 2009.

 

The Midlands Minigolf Club can now be found on Facebook.

Sandbanks Crazy Golf website.

British Minigolf Association website.

Midlands Minigolf Club vs Planet Hastings Crazy Golf Club at Sandbanks Hole 4 part 2

Footage from the 2009 BMGA British Club Championships match between the Midlands Minigolf Club B team and Planet Hastings Crazy Golf Club A team. Played at Sandbanks Crazy Golf course on Sunday 4th October 2009.

  

The Midlands Minigolf Club can now be found on Facebook.

Sandbanks Crazy Golf website.

British Minigolf Association website.

Midlands Minigolf Club vs Planet Hastings Crazy Golf Club at Sandbanks Hole 4 part 1

Footage from the 2009 BMGA British Club Championships match between the Midlands Minigolf Club B team and Planet Hastings Crazy Golf Club A team. Played at Sandbanks Crazy Golf course on Sunday 4th October 2009.

 

The Midlands Minigolf Club can now be found on Facebook.

Sandbanks Crazy Golf website.

British Minigolf Association website.