Mini Golf and Crazy Golf on Southsea Common

Revisiting the Minigolf courses on Southsea Common.

While celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in Southsea we swung by the Miniature Golf courses at Castle Golf on Southsea Common.

The GOLF hut and grass Minigolf course on Southsea Common

Unfortunately we didn't have time to play the Crazy Golf, Mini Golf Putting or Pitch & Putt layouts on this occasion. They are great fun though.

The Crazy Golf course on Southsea Common

A view of one of the Crazy Golf holes on Southsea Common

The Crazy Golf was the 61st played and the grass Putting course was the 62nd on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in 2008. We're yet to play the Pitch & Putt course there.

The Pitch & Putt course on Southsea Common

Related blog posts:
- Revisit to the Mini-Golf courses on Southsea Common
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

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New indoor adventure golf course in Cardiff, Wales

New 36-hole adventure golf course to open in Cardiff.

There's a brand new indoor minigolf course opening in Cardiff, Wales this year - Treetop Adventure Golf!

The themed miniature golf centre will have two 18-hole layouts set in a rainforest environment. One will be called the 'Tropical Trail' while the other is the 'Ancient Explorer'.

Looking at the Treetop Adventure Golf course website the courses will feature a thunderstorm, swamps, talking trees and more. Tree Top Adventure Golf will also have a bar and cafe.

The new indoor adventure golf course is due to open in Spring 2015 and will be located at St David's Dewi Sant Shopping Centre in Cardiff.

We're looking forward to visiting and playing the course as part of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've been to quite a few indoor mini, crazy and adventure golf courses over the years and they're a great way to play the game in all weathers.

Members of the team behind the course have designed and built some great indoor adventure golf courses that we've played for fun and in competitions in places like Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, Aberdeen, Manchester and Nottingham, as well as outdoor courses in Hastings.

Playing the Jungle Rumble Adventure Golf course at the Liverpool ONE shopping centre

At Adventure Island Mini Golf in Birmingham's Star City leisure and entertainment complex

Links:
- Treetop Adventure Golf course website
- St David's Dewi Sant Shopping Centre website
- Castle Golf Adventure Golf Developments

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Indoor Mini, Crazy and Adventure Golf courses

Minigolf Report – Gottfrieds compete in the World Crazy Golf Championships

28th October 2013 

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For Immediate Release

Minigolf Report – Gottfrieds compete in the World Crazy Golf Championships

Luton Minigolfers Richard and Emily Gottfried competed in the ‘Castle Golf’ World Crazy Golf Championships at the Adventure Golf Complex on Hastings seafront on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th October.

Richard was making his seventh appearance and Emily her fifth in the eleventh-annual ‘Castle Golf’ World Crazy Golf Championships.

Richard Gottfried plays hole 2 of the Hastings Crazy Golf course during the hole-in-one charity challenge competition

In the 78-player tournament played on the 18-hole Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf course Richard finished in 21st place with Emily in 51st place. The competition was played in tough weather conditions with winds of over 30mph affecting the exposed seafront course.

Video: Emily Gottfried playing hole 1 during the 5th round of the 2013 World Crazy Golf Championships

Richard scored rounds of 45, 37, 35, 41, 44 and 42 for a total of 244 (+28), an average of 40.7 shots per round, and said “I was happy to be making a return to action on the British Minigolf Association Tour and the World Championships after being sidelined with a back injury for much of the season. I was pleased with my play on day two in the very windy conditions, but I let myself down on day one with only one under-par round. As ever the event was fun and certainly interesting with the weather to contend with.”

Emily scored rounds of 45, 43, 39, 45, 41 and 54 for a total of 267 (+51), an average of 44.5 per round, and said “Despite the terrible conditions, and some very poor scoring on my part, I enjoyed the tournament, and wasn’t too disappointed with my 51st place. I’m also really pleased for Olivia to be the first female winner. She played exceptionally well and deserved the victory. I can’t wait to play again next year.”

The overall winner of the ‘Castle Golf’ World Crazy Golf Championships was Olivia Prokopová from the Czech Republic with an average of 35.7 shots per round.

Richard will be competing at the Kent Open tournament in Sidcup Kent, and the pair will both next be in action at the BMGA British Club Championship at Basingstoke Golf Centre in November. They will be lining up against each other in the tournament as Richard plays for the 2008 National Champions the Midlands Minigolf Club, while Emily is a member of the Cambridgeshire Mini Golf Club.

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Minigolfnews.com 'Minigolf Photo of the Year' Competition Entry

Entry to the Minigolfnews.com Photo of the Year competition for the 2012 Minigolf season.

Here's the photo I am submitting on behalf of Emily Gottfried for the Minigolfnews.com Minigolf Photo of the Year competition.

The most avid spectator at the 2012 'Castle Golf' World Crazy Golf Championships in Hastings watches Richard Gottfried playing the 18th hole of the seafront Crazy Golf course

It was taken during the final rounds of the Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championship in Hastings on Sunday 28th October 2012. The dog was one of the most excited members of the crowd at the event!

Links:

- Minigolfnews.com
- Photo of the year 2012 vote coming up

Related Blog Posts:
- Doggone Minigolf!
- Minigolf Report – Richard Gottfried a finalist in the ‘Castle Golf’ World Crazy Golf Championship

Watch the World Crazy Golf Championship on Trans World Sport this week

Tune in to Trans World Sport on Sky Sports this week to watch the feature on the World Crazy Golf Championship in Hastings!

 

This year’s ‘Castle Golf’ World Crazy Golf Championship was filmed for a feature that will be shown on the TV sports show Trans World Sport this week.

 

From the Trans World Sport programme listing:
"This week, time with Belarusian football team BATE Borisov. Plus, meet the stars of the Professional Bull Riding Tour in Texas, and the Crazy Golf World Championships in England."

 

Trans World Sport will be shown on Sky Sports in the UK on the following days and times:

07/11/2012 - Sky Sports 1 at 10pm

08/11/2012 - Sky Sports 2 at 12pm

08/11/2012 - Sky Sports 2 at 4pm

09/11/2012 - Sky Sports 4 at 2pm

10/11/2012 - Sky Sports 4 at 9am

10/11/2012 - Sky Sports 4 at 1pm

 

Links:
- Trans World Sport
- ‘Like' Trans World Sport on Facebook
- Follow Trans World Sport on Twitter
- British Minigolf Association
- BMGA News Item “World Crazy Golf Championship to feature on Trans World Sport this week”
- BMGA News Item “Minigolf Report from the 2012 Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships in Hastings, England”
- World Crazy Golf Championship 2012 – Event Page

- Minigolf Report – Richard Gottfried a finalist in the ‘Castle Golf’ World Crazy Golf Championship

Minigolf Report – Richard Gottfried a finalist in the ‘Castle Golf’ World Crazy Golf Championship

Richard Gottfried 17th in the 2012 ‘Castle Golf’ World Crazy Golf Championship in Hastings, East Sussex, England.

 

Luton Minigolfer Richard Gottfried represented England for the sixth time at the tenth-annual ‘Castle Golf’ World Crazy Golf Championship played at the Adventure Golf Complex on Hastings seafront on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th October.

Richard Gottfried teeing-off in the final of the 2012 'Castle Golf' World Crazy Golf Championship in Hastings

In the 53-player Richard reached the final and finished in 17th place overall. In the two-day seven-round tournament played on the 18-hole Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf course Richard made the cut to qualify for the final having scored a hole-in-one on the last hole of the qualifying rounds to avoid the need for a play-off to make the final round.

Richard Gottfried playing hole 3 in the final of the 2012 'Castle Golf' World Crazy Golf Championship in Hastings

Richard scored rounds of 37, 40, 40, 38, 43, 36 and 38 for a total of 272(+20) total

Richard Gottfried - 2012 'Castle Golf' World Crazy Golf Championship Finalist - Photo: BMGA

Following the tournament Richard said “After missing the cut last year I was very pleased to be a World Crazy Golf Championship finalist again. A number of changes were made for this year’s event with new balls introduced, the cups were made smaller and new felt had been laid on some of the holes. This all combined to make the tournament very different to last year and a very tough contest for all the players. It was a great weekend of top quality Crazy Golf and I’m looking forward to the 2013 World Championships already.”

Richard Gottfried playing hole 4 in the final of the 2012 'Castle Golf' World Crazy Golf Championship in Hastings

Richard has been a finalist in the World Crazy Golf Championships four times in his six appearances and on each occasion he has finished in 17th place.

Richard Gottfried playing hole 16 in the final of the 2012 'Castle Golf' World Crazy Golf Championship in Hastings

The overall winner of the ‘Castle Golf’ World Crazy Golf Championships was Oxford’s Michael Smith who became a two-time champion after retaining the title he won last year.

 

The World Crazy Golf Championship was the last individual BMGA Tour event for Richard in the 2012 season as he is unable to compete in the Kent Open at Sidcup in November.

 

The latest British Minigolf Association Ranking Lists will be updated later this week. Heading into the World Crazy Golf Championship Richard was ranked 17th of 88 players in the 2012 BMGA Official Strokeplay Order of Merit rankings. Following her runner-up finish in the Planet Hastings Crazy Golf Club Open earlier in the month Emily Gottfried had moved up from 41st place to be ranked 37th. In the BMGA Season Only Rankings Richard was ranked 5th of 86 players, with Emily at 31st position.

 

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Videos of the 2011 Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships in Hastings

Videos of the final hole and sudden-death play-off that Emily and I took at the 2011 Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships in Hastings are now online on my YouTube Channel.

Please feel free to like/comment/share/link to/embed them etc. etc.

Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships 2011 - Final Group play the 18th Hole v.1

Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships 2011 - Final Group play the 18th Hole v.2

Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships 2011 - Final Sudden-Death Play-off - Holes 1-4



Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships 2011 - Final Play-off - Hole 1

Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships 2011 - Final Play-off - Hole 2 - Michael Smith Wins!

Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships 2011 - Final Play-off - Hole 3

Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships 2011 - Final Play-off - Hole 4

Minigolf Report – Gottfrieds play in Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships

31st October 2011
Press Information
For Immediate Release

Minigolf Report – Gottfrieds play in Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships

Luton Minigolfers Richard & Emily Gottfried represented England at the ninth-annual Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships at the Sea Front Adventure Golf Complex in Hastings on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th October. It was the fifth time Richard has played in the tournament and Emily’s fourth appearance.

In the 74 player field Richard finished in 25th place with a six round total score of 210(-6). Emily finished in 51st place with a score of 233(+17) on the 18-hole Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf course. Emily also finished 5th in the Castle Golf Women’s World Crazy Golf Championships.

The overall winner of the Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships was Oxford’s Michael Smith, who defeated Andy Exall and James Rutherford in a sudden-death play-off. Olivia Prokopova from the Czech Republic won the Castle Golf Women’s World Crazy Golf Championships.

Richard scored rounds of 36, 37, 33, 35, 33 and 36 for his 210(-6) total and said “This year’s World Crazy Golf Championships was the closest yet, there were so many players battling to make it into the top 18 and despite my best efforts I couldn’t seem to score enough Aces. Most of my shots were tap-ins for two this weekend so it’s frustrating that more of them didn’t drop in first time. I’ll be back for another crack at the World title next year and can’t wait for it.”

Emily scored rounds of 40, 39, 38, 39, 37 and 40 for her 233(+17) total and said “I was a little disappointed with my performance, although I don’t think the scores accurately represented how I was playing. But it was a fantastic tournament with a nail-biting final round and play-off”.

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17th spot in the World Crazy Golf Championships

I've achieved the rank of 17th in the Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships in Hastings three times in a row (2008, 2009 and 2010), and with the launch of Peter Parr's new Minigolf Majors Results and Rankings Archive website I decided to have a look at who else achieved the 17th spot before me!

2007 - Nick Chitty
2006 - Stuart Godfrey
2005 - Jan Palmer
2004 - Trevor Exall
2003 - Sam Birkett

Link to the full list of the 'Top-18's' in the World Crazy Golf Championships.

Link to the Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Rankings 2003-2010.

Unofficial Booklet of the 2010 World Crazy Golf Championships.

Gottfried Minigolf Rankings in 2010 - BMGA, WMF, WCGC, MMGC, GMGC

With the 2010 Minigolf and Crazy Golf season completed here are the updated rankings for Richard & Emily Gottfried in the various Miniature Golf Ranking Lists published by the Governing Bodies and Clubs within World Minigolf and Crazy Golf.

British Minigolf Association - BMGA
BMGA Order of Merit Rankings 2009-10
Richard Gottfried - 11th of 98 players - new end-of-season career high
Emily Gottfried - 41st of 98 players

BMGA Season Only Rankings 2010
Richard Gottfried - 7th of 160 players - new end-of-season career high
Emily Gottfried - 100th/101st (tied) of 160 players

Castle Golf
Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Rankings 2003-2010
Richard Gottfried - 26th of 260 players
Emily Gottfried - 55th of 260 players

World Minigolf Sport Federation - WMF
WMF World Minigolf Rankings as at November 2010
Richard Gottfried - 413 of 413 places / 431 players
Emily Gottfried - 138 of 138 places / 158 players
Great Britain - 20th of 31 Nations

Green Mini Golf Club - GMGC
GMGC Minigolf Rankings as at End of 2010
Richard Gottfried - 16th of 37 players

Midlands Minigolf Club - MMGC
MMGC Club Rankings (based on BMGA Order of Merit Rankings 2009-10)
Richard Gottfried - 2nd of 19 players
Emily Gottfried - 11th of 19 players

MMGC Club Rankings (based on BMGA Season Only Rankings 2010)
Richard Gottfried - 2nd of 17 players
Emily Gottfried - 17th of 17 players
MMGC - 2nd of 6 Teams