Minigolf tournaments at Clambers Adventure Golf in Hastings, East Sussex

Looking back at the 2010 BMGA Players Championships and BMGA British Open in Hastings, East Sussex.

I competed on the British Minigolf Association tour between 2007 and 2015 and many of those contests took place in the seaside town of Hastings in East Sussex.

In 2010 the BMGA Players Championships and BMGA British Open were held at Clambers Adventure Golf in White Rock Gardens (aka Planet Hastings).

I finished tied for 11th place in the 29 strong field of the BMGA Players Championships and 28th place of 56 in the BMGA British Open.

Clambers Adventure Golf is sadly now a lost course.

Where Clambers Adventure Golf sat was once a model village. After it closed it became an outdoor laser tag arena!

World Rock Paper Scissors Day 2026

Happy World Rock Paper Scissors Day.

Today is World Rock Paper Scissors Day!

World Rock Paper Scissors Day is always on the 27th August.

Competing in Rock Paper Scissors tournaments.

Emily and I have competed in several Rock Paper Scissors competitions over the years, including the International Rock Paper Scissors Championships and UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships.

Competitive Rock Paper Scissors draws a crowd!

Check out the videos in my Rock Paper Scissors Playlist on YouTube. The RPS events we've played in have been wild and crazy events with spectacular atmospheres!

Rock Paper Scissors tournaments around the world.

Do you know of any other Rock Paper Scissors tournaments or championships that take place in the UK or around the world? Do let me know in the comments.

Taking on football legend Neil 'Razor' Ruddock at the International Rock Paper Scissors Championships in 2012

Related blog posts:

• Rock Paper Scissors
• Janken
• International Rock Paper Scissors Championships
• UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships
• UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships

Videos:

• Rock Paper Scissors Playlist on YouTube
• UK Rock Paper Scissors Championship 2010 - The Grand Final
• UK Rock Paper Scissors Championship 2010 - Opening Match
• UK Rock Paper Scissors Championship 2010 - Emily Gottfried's 1st Round Win
• UK Rock Paper Scissors Championship 2010 - Richard Gottfried's 2nd Round Loss
• Sportingbet UK Rock Paper Scissors Championship 2011 - Emily Gottfried's 2nd Round Win
• Sportingbet UK Rock Paper Scissors Championship 2011 - Emily Gottfried vs. Oliver Florence in the Last 32 / 3rd Round

World Crazy Golf Championships 2027 in Hastings

The dates for the 2027 World Crazy Golf Championships have been announced.

The World Crazy Golf Championships 2027 in Hastings, East Sussex will take place on Friday 11th, Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th June 2027.

Emily playing in the World Crazy Golf Championships in Hastings

2027 will see the 24th edition of the World Crazy Golf Championships take place.

Playing in the World Crazy Golf Championships in Hastings

The event is held on the 18-hole outdoor Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf course at the seafront Hastings Adventure Golf complex.

Emily playing at the 2014 World Crazy Golf Championships

Playing at the 2014 World Crazy Golf Championships

The World Crazy Golf Championships began in 2003 and has been held at Hastings Adventure Golf every year, except 2020 when the event was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The current World Crazy Golf Champion is Rocky Bullin who is enjoying his first reign as world champion.

As well as the overall World title, the three-day championships also sees titles up for grabs in competitions including team and junior events.

Playing at the 2015 World Crazy Golf Championships

Find out more about the World Crazy Golf Championships

Check out the Hastings Adventure Golf website and the World Crazy Golf Championships section.

Emily playing at the 2014 World Crazy Golf Championships

Playing in the World Crazy Golf Championships

Emily and I both made our debuts in the 2007 edition of the event back when it was known as the Virgin Money World Crazy Golf Championships. It was Emily's first ever miniature golf tournament.

Playing in the final of the 2009 World Crazy Golf Championships - I am a four-time finalist in the event

Emily and The Gommery Trophy at the 2014 World Crazy Golf Championships. Emily is a two-time winner of the trophy awarded for most holes-in-one by players who finish outside the final top 18

Paradise Island Adventure Golf Open Championship 2026

Information about the 2026 PIAG Open Championship.

The Paradise Island Adventure Golf Open Championship returns this month.

The PIAG Open tees-off on Thursday 16th July, with Paradise Island Adventure Golf courses around the UK offering players the chance to enter the event when they play a round at a PIAG course.

About the PIAG Open adventure golf championship

The PIAG Open Championship is taking place across Paradise Island Adventure Golf courses between Thursday 16th and Sunday 19th July.

Paradise Island Adventure Golf has seven venues in England and Scotland.

Find out more on the Paradise Island Adventure Golf website.

Winning the PIAG Open Championship

I won the PIAG Open Championship at the Manchester Trafford Centre venue in 2018, with Emily winning the competition in 2019.

Paradise Island Adventure Golf Open Champion 2018

Paradise Island Adventure Golf Open Champion 2019

Find your nearest Paradise Island Adventure Golf course

Visit the Paradise Island Adventure Golf website for more information on the PIAG courses in Glasgow, Cheshire Oaks, Manchester, Sheffield, Derby, Rushden Lakes and Plymouth.

Minigolf tournaments at Clambers Adventure Golf in Hastings

A look back at the 2010 BMGA Players Championships and BMGA British Open in Hastings, East Sussex.

I competed on the British Minigolf Association tour between 2007 and 2015 and many of those contests took place in the seaside town of Hastings in East Sussex.

In 2010 the BMGA Players Championships and BMGA British Open were held at Clambers Adventure Golf in White Rock Gardens (aka Planet Hastings).

I finished tied for 11th place in the 29 strong field of the BMGA Players Championships and 28th place of 56 in the BMGA British Open.

Clambers Adventure Golf is sadly now a lost course.

Where Clambers Adventure Golf sat was once a model village. After it closed it became an outdoor laser tag arena!

2026 World Crazy Golf Championships in Hastings

Good luck to the competitors in the 2026 World Crazy Golf Championships in Hastings.

The major miniature golf tournament returns for its 23rd edition from the 5th to 7th June 2026.

Richard Gottfried playing in the World Crazy Golf Championships

The World Crazy Golf Championships began in 2003 and has been held at Hastings Adventure Golf every year, except 2020 when the event was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The current champion is Marc 'The Force' Chapman who is enjoying his fifth reign as world champion.

We both made our debuts in the 2007 edition of the event back when it was known as the Virgin Money World Crazy Golf Championships. It was Emily's first ever miniature golf tournament.

Emily Gottfried playing in the World Crazy Golf Championships

Find out more.

Visit the Hastings Adventure Golf website to find out more about the 2026 World Crazy Golf Championships.

2026 British Minigolf Association Calendar of Events

Details of the British Minigolf Association Tour Calendar of Events for the 2026 Season.

The British Minigolf Association - the National Governing Body for the sport of minigolf in the UK - has released details of its 2026 Tour Calendar of Events.

18 events have been announced, with the Thanet Open at Lost Island in Margate, Kent teeing-off the season on the 1st February 2026. The 2026 BMGA Tour season is capped off with the British Indoor Minigolf Open at Volcano Falls in Castleford, West Yorkshire on the 29th November 2026.

Find out more

Check out the BMGA website for information about the British Minigolf Association, minigolf competitions, minigolf clubs and more.

The 2025 BMGA Tour Season.

The current BMGA Tour Season draws to a close on the 7th December with this years British Indoor Minigolf Open at Volcano Falls in Castleford.

Playing on the BMGA Tour.

Emily and I were full members of the BMGA from 2007 to 2015 and played in hundreds of minigolf, crazy golf and adventure golf tournaments around the UK during that time.

I'm a seven-time winner on the UK national minigolf circuit, including two BMGA British Club Championships in 2008 and 2015, and a four-time finalist in the World Crazy Golf Championships. Through the BMGA I represented Great Britain in Nations Cup international tournaments in Finland and Sweden in 2008 and 2011.

Emily made her debut in the 2007 Virgin Money World Crazy Golf Championships and won 'The Gommery' Aces Title at the World Crazy Golf Championships in 2014 & 2015. A two-time WMF World Adventure Golf Masters Women's Champion, Emily is also the British Women's Record Holder on the Eternit system of Miniature Golf with an 18-hole round of 24 (-12) at the Nations Cup in Stockholm in 2011.

Links:

• British Minigolf Association
• European Minigolf Sport Federation
• World Minigolf Sport Federation

Related blog posts:

• BMGA
• BMGA Tour
• British Minigolf Association
• Richard Gottfried's Minigolf Player Profile
• Emily Gottfried's Minigolf Player Profile
• In the Crazy Golf Museum - minigolf membership cards

The 2009 Blackpool Pleasure Beach Open minigolf tournament

Looking back at the 2009 Blackpool Pleasure Beach Open minigolf tournament.

I won the Blackpool Pleasure Beach Open minigolf competition 16 years ago today.

We played in the Pleasure Beach Open minigolf tournament at the Adventure Golf course in Blackpool 16 years ago today. The event was held as part of the Illuminations celebrations.

We had a cracking time in the seaside resort and to top things off I won!

The trophy for the tournament is still one of the best I've seen in the world of minigolf!

The 2009 Pleasure Beach Open minigolf tournament in Blackpool.

The second Blackpool Pleasure Beach Open minigolf tournament was played on the 12-hole Adventure Golf course. After three rounds and 36-holes I won the tournament with a score of 81, eight shots ahead of runner-up John Moore, and 17 shots ahead of third-placed Steve Gow.

My first round score of 24 also smashed the previous course record. And it's still the official course record on the layout.

I shot the course record - a 24 in the first round of the 2009 Pleasure Beach Open. However, Peter McGillivray's name and round of 25 shots has been up on the board since 2016! But I'm not bitter about it lol

Find out more about the Pleasure Beach Adventure Golf course

Visit the Pleasure Beach website for more information about the Adventure Golf course.

The Pleasure Beach Adventure Golf course in Blackpool in June 2024

Learn more about minigolf tournaments.

Check out the British Minigolf Association (BMGA) and World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF) websites for further details about how to get started playing competitive minigolf, and information about minigolf tournaments around the world.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The Pleasure Beach Adventure Golf course was the 44th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when we first visited for the inaugural Pleasure Beach Open contest in 2008.

Related blog posts:

• Blackpool
• Blackpool Pleasure Beach
• Gottfried wins the 2009 Blackpool Pleasure Beach Open

The PIAG Open Championship 2025 tees-off today

Information about the PIAG Open Championship 2025.

The Paradise Island Adventure Golf Open Championship has returned.

Your chance to win six months of unlimited adventure golf and the PIAG Open trophy.

The PIAG Open tees-off today, Thursday 17th July, with Paradise Island Adventure Golf courses around the UK offering players the chance to enter the event when they play a round at a PIAG course.

The Tiki Hut Trail course at Paradise Island Adventure Golf at the Trafford Centre in Manchester

About the PIAG Open adventure golf championship.

The PIAG Open Championship is taking place across Paradise Island Adventure Golf courses between Thursday 17th and Sunday 20th July.

Paradise Island Adventure Golf have eight venues in England and Scotland.

Find out more on the Paradise Island Adventure Golf website.

Winning the PIAG Open Championship.

I won the PIAG Open Championship at the Manchester Trafford Centre venue in 2018, with Emily winning the competition in 2019.

PIAG Open Champion in 2019

PIAG Open Champion in 2018

Find your nearest Paradise Island Adventure Golf course.

Visit the Paradise Island Adventure Golf website for more information on the PIAG courses in Glasgow, Livingston, Cheshire Oaks, Manchester, Sheffield, Derby, Rushden Lakes and Plymouth.

Enter the 2026 World Crazy Golf Championships in Hastings

Entries open for the 2026 World Crazy Golf Championships in Hastings.

Entries are now open for the 2026 World Crazy Golf Championships to be played at Hastings Adventure Golf in Hastings, East Sussex.

Today, Monday 7th July, marks the opening of entries for the 2026 World Crazy Golf Championships at Hastings Adventure Golf.

Richard Gottfried playing in the World Crazy Golf Championships

The major miniature golf tournament returns for its 23rd edition from the 5th to 7th June 2026.

The World Crazy Golf Championships began in 2003 and has been held at Hastings Adventure Golf every year, except 2020 when the event was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The current champion is Marc 'The Force' Chapman who is enjoying his fifth reign as world champion.

Emily Gottfried playing in the World Crazy Golf Championships

Find out more.

Visit the Hastings Adventure Golf website to find out more about the 2026 World Crazy Golf Championships.

PIAG Open Championship 2025

Information about the PIAG Open Championship 2025.

The Paradise Island Adventure Golf Open Championship returns this month.

Your chance to win six months of unlimited adventure golf and the PIAG Open trophy.

The PIAG Open tees-off on Thursday 17th July, with Paradise Island Adventure Golf courses around the UK offering players the chance to enter the event when they play a round at a PIAG course.

The Tiki Hut Trail course at Paradise Island Adventure Golf at the Trafford Centre in Manchester

About the PIAG Open adventure golf championship.

The PIAG Open Championship is taking place across Paradise Island Adventure Golf courses between Thursday 17th and Sunday 20th July.

Paradise Island Adventure Golf have eight venues in England and Scotland.

Find out more on the Paradise Island Adventure Golf website.

Winning the PIAG Open Championship.

I won the PIAG Open Championship at the Manchester Trafford Centre venue in 2018, with Emily winning the competition in 2019.

PIAG Open Champion in 2019

PIAG Open Champion in 2018

Find your nearest Paradise Island Adventure Golf course.

Visit the Paradise Island Adventure Golf website for more information on the PIAG courses in Glasgow, Livingston, Cheshire Oaks, Manchester, Sheffield, Derby, Rushden Lakes and Plymouth.

Are you the UK's Worst Crazy Golf Player?

Wicksteed Park is looking for the UK's Worst Crazy Golf Player!

Wicksteed Park in Kettering, Northamptonshire is searching for the UK's Worst Crazy Golf Player - and they'll be rewarded with a lifetime pass to play the Pig n' Putt minigolf course at Wicksteed Park!

Check out the Wicksteed Park website and Facebook Page for more information and to find out how to enter the competition to find the UK's Worst Crazy Golf Player.

The Pig n' Putt minigolf course at Wicksteed Park is a course we're yet to get to on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. I have however played crazy golf there before. Looking through my family photo albums we've got photos of me and my brother Jon playing a round at Wicksteed Park in the 1980s!

2025 British Minigolf Association Calendar of Events

Details of the British Minigolf Association Tour Calendar of Events for the 2025 Season.

The 2025 competitive minigolf season tees-off at Hastings Adventure Golf with the Hastings Open 25th Anniversary competition on the 2nd March and runs until the 16th November when Mr Mulligans Dino Golf in Sidcup hosts the English Open.

You can find out more about the British Minigolf Association on the BMGA website.