Minigolf Report - BMGA British Doubles Championships 2011

3rd August 2011
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Minigolf Report - BMGA British Doubles Championships - Gottfried & Lancley 7th, Gottfried & Shepherd 10th

The 2011 BMGA British Doubles Championships were held at the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge, Solihull on Sunday 31st July, with both Richard and Emily Gottfried competing.

Photo: Team Sqonkey - 'Squire' Richard Gottfried and Scott 'Donkey Gringo' Lancley

In the tournament Richard teamed with Margate’s Scott Lancley for the first time, while Emily reformed her team with London’s Brad Shepherd. Richard’s team achieved seventh place overall; with Emily’s team finishing in tenth spot in the 14-team competition.

Each of the competing 14 teams played in a round robin group qualifying stage, before moving on to a knockout stage to determine the final rankings.

Richard and Scott won their group with two wins and a loss, to qualify for the play-offs for positions 1-8, only to be defeated in their next match against the defending champions Chris Harding and Marc Chapman, who went on to win the event for the second time.

The Gottfried/Lancley team (playing as 'Team Sqonkey) had a win/loss record of three wins, and three defeats.

Photo: Team Sqonkey look on as Richard 'Gentle Touch' Skeggs plays the seventh hole at Dorridge as his Team Wilson team mate Oliver 'The Machine' Florence watches

The Gottfried/Shepherd duo (playing as 'Fist N Lemony') had a win/loss record of two wins, one draw and three losses.

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Minigolf Report - Midlands Open 2011 - Emily Gottfried 7th, Richard Gottfried Ties for 8th Place

3rd August 2011
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Minigolf Report - Midlands Open 2011 - Emily Gottfried 7th, Richard Gottfried Ties for 8th Place

Luton Minigolfers Richard and Emily Gottfried were in action over the weekend as they competed in two competitions at the 12-hole Minigolf Course at the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge, Solihull.

First up was the Midlands Open competition on Saturday 30th July, with Emily finishing in seventh place in the 25 strong field with a score of 95(-1). Emily had been in tied second place with British Number One Michael Smith heading into the last round, and with her strong performance in the event placed higher than Richard Gottfried for the first time in a BMGA Tour event. Richard carded a four-round total of 96(par) to finish one-shot behind in tied eighth place with London's Nick Sandqvist.

Photo: Emily plays the 12th hole in the final round

Emily scored rounds of 25, 22, 21 and 27 for her 95(-1) total.

Richard scored rounds of 25, 22, 23 and 26 for his 96(par) total.

Emily said “The Midlands Open was a fantastic tournament for me. I played particularly well in the first three rounds, so I was very pleased to be playing in the leading group going out into the fourth and final round. Unfortunately it was an average round for me, which came just when other player seemed to be reaching their peak, so I dropped down the leader board. I still enjoyed the tournament greatly and it was nice to play the final round with such good players as Chris Harding and Michael Smith.”

The four-round competition was won by the reigning World Crazy Golf Champion, Birmingham’s Chris Harding with a score of 88(-8). Greenhithe’s Sean Homer defeated Canterbury’s Marc Chapman and Lewisham’s James Rutherford in a play-off to take second place after the trio had scored 90(-6).

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The Dorridge Invitational Minigolf Competition 2011

As a warm-up to the Midlands Open the Dorridge Invitational Competition was contested on the 12-hole Minigolf course at the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge, Solihull on the evening of Friday 29th July 2011, with the eight players making up the field drawn from those still practicing.

Lewisham/Tooting/Hither Green/London/Wandsworth’s Seth ‘Clockwork Orange’ Thomas picked up the win in the 12-hole one-round event with a three shot margin over runner-up James ‘The Rocket’ Rutherford. Nick Sandqvist was third on 25.

The Dorridge Invitational Competition 2011
Rank Player Score
1 Seth Thomas 20
2 James Rutherford 23
3 Nick Sandqvist 25
4 Richard Gottfried 27
4 Richard Skeggs 27
6 Marina Breedon 28
7 Emily Gottfried 29
7 Adam Breedon 29

Minigolf Doubles Teams - Gottfried & Lancley / Gottfried & Shepherd - Sponsorship Opportunities Available

A new Minigolf Doubles Team will be created at the upcoming 2011 BMGA British Doubles Championships to be held at the Four Ashes Golf Centre, Dorridge, West Midlands, as Luton's 'Squire' Richard Gottfried teams up with Great Britain team-mate Scott 'Donkey Gringo' Lancley, who hails from Margate. In last year's tournament Richard's team (with Kevin Moseley) were on the podium in 3rd place, losing only one-match during the event. Scott's team (with Nick Chitty) finished in 13th place.

Emily 'Coach' Gottfried will also be in action at the BMGA British Doubles Championships, once again teaming with London's Brad 'The Fist' Shepherd. Last year the duo were 3rd in the Lost World Classic in Hemsby, Norfolk. In the 2010 BMGA British Doubles Championships Emily and her partner Cindy Kukielka finished in 4th place, while Brad and his team-mate Chris Jones finished in 7th spot.

All four players are Great Britain International Team Members.

Both Minigolf Partnerships are seeking Sponsorship for the one-day tournament, with opportunities for player sponsorship also available for the Midlands Open minigolf competition to be held the day before the BMGA British Doubles Championships at the end of July.

To sponsor the teams, and/or Richard and Emily Gottfried in future Minigolf tournaments please get in touch.

Link to the British Minigolf Association.

Minigolf Report – Richard Gottfried Runner-Up in the Midlands Invitational Tournament 2010

18th July 2010
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Minigolf Report – Midlands Invitational Tournament 2010

Luton Minigolfer Richard Gottfried was runner-up in his second consecutive tournament at the weekend’s Midlands Invitational Tournament (MIT) played on the 12-hole Minigolf course at the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge, Solihull on Sunday 18th July.

In the field of 14 players Richard led the way after the first three rounds with scores of 21(-3), 22(-2) and 20(-4) to hold a four-shot lead. However, victory was not to be, as he scored a 27(+3) in the fourth round to record a total of 90(-6), to eventually lose out to current British Number One, Birmingham’s Chris Harding who scored 87(-9).

The result does mean that Richard has won a place in the Midlands ‘A’ Team for the BMGA British Club Championships later in the season. He will play alongside Chris Harding, Kevin Moseley (3rd) and Matthew Harding (4th). In 2008 Richard was a member of the team that lifted the BMGA Club Championships.

Earlier this month Richard was runner-up in the BMGA British Matchplay Championships in Worthing, and the Midlands Invitational Tournament second place is his fifth BMGA Tour Career runners-up spot.

After the tournament Richard said “Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. I’m amazed that I managed to contrive to lose, by turning a four-shot lead into a three-shot loss! On the positive side, to get another runner-up finish shows that I’m there contending for titles and I’ve now had eight top ten finishes from the ten competitions so far this season. Dorridge is a fantastic course and great tournament venue and I hope to be back there again soon.”

Last year Richard was 5th in the MIT, and in the other two MITs he has competed in he has been 3rd and 4th.


Emily Gottfried also played in the competition, but scored rounds of 32(+8), 32(+8), 28(+4) and 27(+3) for a four-round total of 119(+23) and last place.

Photo: The Midlands Minigolf Club (MMGC)

Photo: The MIT Top Four - The Midlands Minigolf Club (MMGC) 'A' Team. From l-r Chris 'Who' Harding, Matthew 'El Barto' Harding, Kevin 'Max' Moseley and 'Squire' Richard Gottfried

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The Dorridge Classic - Results

Results of the Irregular Mini Golf Tour Dorridge Classic on the 29th September 2008.

'Squire' Richard Gottfried vs. Emily 'Coach' Gottfried

Rank/Player/Round 1/Round 2/Total
1. Richard Gottfried - 29(+5) - 23(-1) = 52(+4)
2. Emily Gottfried - 33(+9) - 25(+1) = 58(+10)

Richard wins the Dorridge Classic.
Emily wins the Wenlock Cup with two Aces.





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Dorridge Minigolf Practice Rounds – 22.09.08

Round 1 – 27 (+3)
Round 2 – 30 (+6)
Round 3 – 26 (+2)

The Road to Margate - Dorridge

In a pre-british Open warm-up a second visit was made to the 12-hole Minigolf Course at Dorridge.


With the weather a lot better (and drier) than the previous visit my scores improved with rounds of 28 (+4), 26 (+2) & 26 (+2).


All good practice ahead of the BMGA British Open in Margate.


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- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
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Minigolf Course Number 72 - Dorridge

Playing the Minigolf course at Dorridge's Four Ashes Golf Centre.

The 72nd Minigolf course played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was the 12-hole Minigolf course at the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge on the 1st September 2008.

Despite it being a very rainy day the course played well and was quite a challenge. My scores were:
- Round 1 - 31
- Round 2 - 30



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- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
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- Mini Golf course at the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridg (September 2017)

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