Crazy Pool at Roxy Ball Room Merrion Street in Leeds

You can find a Crazy Pool course in the basement of Roxy Ball Room Merrion Street in Leeds.

We played the Crazy Pool course at Roxy Ball Room Merrion Street in Leeds while meeting up with our friend Cat for a meal at The Oxford Place in the city last month.

In our game on the 9-table layout I scored the win with a round of 17, Cat was runner-up with 26, with Emily shooting a 30.

Crazy Pool is a mix of crazy golf and cue sports, with the game played on a table using a golf ball to tackle obstacles, and played with a cue rather than a putter.

I've previously played Crazy Pool at the Roxy Ball Room venue at the Manchester Arndale.

Ten of Roxy Ball Room's 19 venues are home to Crazy Pool layouts, they are:

• Birmingham (Victoria Square)
• Bristol (Union Street)
• Leeds (Merrion Street)
• Leicester (Humberstone Gate)
• Liverpool (Hanover Street)
• London (St Mary Axe)
• Manchester (Arndale)
• Nottingham (The Cornerhouse)
• Sheffield (Charter Square)
• York (The Stonebow)

Some Roxy Ball Room venues have Mini Golf courses called Roxy Golf. We've played the Leeds and Manchester venues, and have swung by the Liverpool location on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Roxy Ball Room venues have a range of competitive socialising games

Check out the Roxy Leisure website for more information.

Playing Crazy Pool at Roxy Ball Room Merrion Street in Leeds

You can find a Crazy Pool course in the basement of Roxy Ball Room Merrion Street in Leeds.

We played the Crazy Pool course at Roxy Ball Room Merrion Street in Leeds on Saturday 24th May while meeting up with our friend Cat for a meal at The Oxford Place in the city.

In our game on the 9-table layout I scored the win with a round of 17, Cat was runner-up with 26, with Emily shooting a 30.

Crazy Pool is a mix of crazy golf and cue sports, with the game played on a table using a golf ball to tackle obstacles, and played with a cue rather than a putter.

I've previously played Crazy Pool at the Roxy Ball Room venue at the Manchester Arndale.

Ten of Roxy Ball Room's 19 venues are home to Crazy Pool layouts, they are:

• Birmingham (Victoria Square)
• Bristol (Union Street)
• Leeds (Merrion Street)
• Leicester (Humberstone Gate)
• Liverpool (Hanover Street)
• London (St Mary Axe)
• Manchester (Arndale)
• Nottingham (The Cornerhouse)
• Sheffield (Charter Square)
• York (The Stonebow)

Some Roxy Ball Room venues have Mini Golf courses called Roxy Golf. We've played the Leeds and Manchester venues, and have swung by the Liverpool location on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Check out the Roxy Leisure website for more information.

Crazy Pool Awareness Day - Monday 28th April

Roxy Leisure is holding Crazy Pool Awareness Day on Monday 28th April 2025.

Next Monday is the inaugural Crazy Pool Awareness Day!

The indoor game found at Roxy Ball Room locations is a cross between crazy golf and pool. Played with a pool cue and a golf ball you need to tackle a variety of obstacles on the felt covered tables.

Crazy Pool at Roxy Ball Room at the Manchester Arndale

To celebrate, customers can get 50% off Crazy Pool bookings made online from Monday 28th April to Sunday 4th May. There is also a social media giveaway to win a year's worth of Crazy Pool. Find out more on the Roxy Leisure website.

One of our two local Roxy Ball Rooms venues - at the Manchester Arndale - is home to a Crazy Pool course.

The Rules of Crazy Pool

Ten of Roxy Ball Room's 19 venues are home to Crazy Pool layouts, they are:

• Birmingham (Victoria Square)
• Bristol (Union Street)
• Leeds (Merrion Street)
• Leicester (Humberstone Gate)
• Liverpool (Hanover Street)
• London (St Mary Axe)
• Manchester (Arndale)
• Nottingham (The Cornerhouse)
• Sheffield (Charter Square)
• York (The Stonebow)

Check out the Roxy Leisure website for more information.

Crazy Pool at Roxy Ball Room Merrion Street in Leeds

You can find a Crazy Pool course in the basement of Roxy Ball Room Merrion Street in Leeds.

The games you can play at Roxy Ball Room Merrion Street in Leeds

Crazy Pool is a mix of crazy golf and cue sports, with the game played on a table using a golf ball to tackle obstacles, and played with a cue rather than a putter.

We've played Crazy Pool at the Roxy Ball Room at the Manchester Arndale venue.

One of the Crazy Pool tables at Roxy Ball Room in Manchester

You can find Roxy Booze & Ball Games locations in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield and York.

Check out the Roxy Ball Room website for more information.

You can find Crazy Pool at the Roxy Ball Room locations in:

• Birmingham (Victoria Square)
• Bristol (Union Street)
• Leeds (Merrion Street)
• Leicester (Humberstone Gate)
• Liverpool (Hanover Street)
• Manchester (Arndale)
• Nottingham (The Cornerhouse)
• Sheffield (Charter Square)
• York (The Stonebow)

And a new venue at St Mary Axe in London is opening soon with Crazy Pool among the games to play.

Some Roxy Ball Room venues have Mini Golf courses called Roxy Golf. We've played the Leeds and Manchester venues, and have swung by the Liverpool location on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour:

• Leeds (Boar Lane)
• Liverpool (Cavern Quarter)
• Manchester (Deansgate)

Crazy Pool at Roxy Ball Room Manchester Arndale

Playing the Crazy Pool course at Roxy Ball Room Manchester Arndale.

We recently played the Crazy Pool layout at the Roxy Ball Room at the Manchester Arndale Centre on Withy Grove.

The indoor game is an 11-hole course and is a cross between crazy golf and pool.

Played with a pool cue and a golf ball you need to tackle a variety of obstacles on the felt covered tables.

Check out the Roxy Ball Room website for more information.

Crazy Pool at Roxy Ball Room Manchester Arndale was the 577th course played and 1,066th visited overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Foot Pool at Pontin's Prestatyn Sands

Playing another new game on our travels.

We recently stayed at Pontin's Prestatyn Sands for a Holiday on the Buses fanclub event and while there we got to play a new game - Foot Pool!

The Foot Pool / Football Pool table at Pontin's Prestatyn Sands Holiday Camp

It was great fun and an interesting mix of the two sports.

The Rules

In our match-up I defeated Emily two games to nil.

Emily playing a shot

Booting the footpool football

Link:
- Pontin's Prestatyn Sands

Related blog posts:
- Sports and Games Played
- Holiday on the Buses
- Pontins
- Prestatyn

Plonk Golf Crazy Golf at Efes Snooker Hall in London

Playing the pop-up crazy golf course at Efes Snooker Hall in Dalston.

On St George's Day 2015 I attended the preview launch night of London's newest mini golf course - Plonk Golf.

Along with former minigolf Pro Brad 'The Fist' Shepherd we went along to put the course through its paces ahead of its full launch to the public on Wednesday 29 April.

Hole 7 - the half-pipe-tunnel - looks like an easy ace...it's not

The Crazy Golf course layout is within Efes Snooker Club on Stoke Newington Road and is set-up on either side of the snooker hall with 9 very tricky holes to master.

The second half of hole 5 involves a Pool table!

Plonk Golf has been created from reclaimed materials that have been repurposed to create a very unique miniature golf course. There's a working volcano on the first hole, a birdcage on the hill at the third, a loop-di-loop to tackle on the fourth, and a pool table making up half of the hole on the fifth hole. There are also more pipes and tunnels than you can shake a stick (or golf club) at!

The working and smoking volcano on hole 1 at Plonk Golf!

The Plonk Golf course is the brainchild of the team at The House of Revelry and will be open on Wednesdays (6pm to 12.30am) and Thursdays (12pm to 1am) from the 29 April. A round on the course will cost £7.50 per player.

Plonk Golf poster

The course was the 596th visited and 360th played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

At minigolf course visit #596

In our match-up on the Plonk Golf course I defeated Brad in round one, scoring a 20 to his 27 and setting the clubhouse record.

Hole 6 was one of my favourite holes

In our second game we both shot scores of 20. we were very happy to both finish with a hole-in-one on the incredibly tricky 'Jump into the bucket' shot on the ninth hole!

Brad about to play the 6th hole at Plonk Golf

The minigolf course will be changing through the duration of its pop-up at Efes, with new obstacles and hole configurations, which'll certainly make it even more crazy.

Results of the Plonk Golf Pro Challenge

You can find Plonk Golf at Efes Snooker Club, 17B Stoke Newington Road, Stoke Newington, London N16 8BH. The nearest station is Dalston Kingsland (Overground).

Efes Snooker Hall is housed in a nice Art Deco building on Stoke Newington Road

For more information and booking details check out the Plonk Golf website.

Links:
- Plonk Golf website
- Plonk Golf on Facebook
- Plonk Golf on Twitter
- Efes Snooker Hall on Twitter
- The House of Revelry website

Related blog posts:
- Minigolf and Crazy Golf courses in and around London
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Plonk Golf in Dalston, London

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