UrbanCrazy Minigolf at the 2013 London Golf Show

Playing UrbanCrazy's "Signature" Miniature Golf course at the London Golf Show at Earl's Court.

UrbanCrazy have lots of balls to choose from in their product catalogue!

On Friday 8th November I headed along to the London Golf Show to support Minigolf business UrbanCrazy who were exhibiting their Signature Minigolf course layout.

The UrbanCrazy Signature Minigolf course at the 2013 London Golf Show

Jon 'The Stance' Angel teeing-off (and en route to victory) in our Minigolf challenge match

Jon plays a shot over the ramp on hole 4

Lining up a shot on the Casino hole

At the show they had set-up a 6-hole course highlighting the range of possibilities available from the Signature course design. There was also a 7th bonus hole-in-one challenge hole to play to win a prize from Monarch airlines.

Playing the bonus 7th hole

The course was the 324th played and 539th visited on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since 2006!

In a series of Crazy Golf challenge matches I lost to Jon 'El Pato' Angel by quite a few shots - 21(+9) vs. 17(+5) - the bumpy hole 3 my undoing. I then defeated Richard '147' Linden 15(+3) vs. 17(+5), before I teamed with UrbanCrazy's team member Adam (who needs an official nickname) in a doubles match against the team from World Golf Net. The match went to the wire with victory going to us with a scoreline of 35(-1) to 38(+2) for the World Golf Net duo.

In addition to the Minigolf course UrbanCrazy had their brand new game - PongCrazy - at the show. Check out my blog post and video of a PongCrazy match here.

Last year the team at UrbanCrazy had a 9-hole (plus bonus hole) course layout at the London Golf Show and fellow Minigolfer Oliver 'The Machine' Florence and I had five rounds on the tricky course. That layout was the 308th course played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The Signature course from UrbanCrazy offers a huge number of possible layout permutations and they reckon that they'll have tried each and every one of the them in 44-years time!

UrbanCrazy are also sponsors of the Great Britain Minigolf Sport Team.

Related blog posts:

- PongCrazy – the brand new game from UrbanCrazy

- UrbanCrazy blog posts

- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour List & Links

Links:

- UrbanCrazy

- London Golf Show

Playing the puttup Indoor Golf Putting Game

Giving the puttup putting game a play at the 2013 London Golf Show.

While at this year's London Golf Show at Earl's Court I got to have a go on the puttup indoor putting game layout.

puttup consists of three obstacle components - Straight Putt, Pace Putt and Breaking Putt - and are a real tricky miniature golf challenge!

Playing the Putt Putt puttup hole

The set pieces are very well designed & crafted and are made from oak. Each piece comes with special wall mountings and rules carved into the wood.

The Straight Putt wall hanger and rules. Along with the day's leaderboard - with a magnificent 17 points from one player!

It's a great fun game and very tough too! I didn't manage to trouble the players at the top of the leaderboard and scored a paltry five points.

Having a go on the Breaking Putt puttup hole

The puttup team had created some great scorecards for the show - a great addition to my collection of Miniature Golf ephemera and that of the Crazy Golf Museum.

The range of puttup scorecards

Check out puttup on Twitter and Facebook and the puttup website.

The three-hole course was the 540th visited and 325th played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006 and one of a very wide-range of Miniature Golf courses found in that time!

Links:

- puttup

- London Golf Show

Related blog post:

- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

PongCrazy – the brand new game from UrbanCrazy

Playing the brand new game from UrbanCrazy – the game is a cross between Table Tennis/Ping Pong and Crazy Golf/Minigolf.

At the 2013 London Golf Show at Earl’s Court I got a chance to play a brand new sport – PongCrazy!

Me and the PongCrazy Crazy Golf Ping Pong Table!

It’s a cross between Table Tennis and Miniature Golf and is great fun to play.

Here’s a video of an epic encounter between 'Squire' Richard Gottfried and Jon 'The Stance' Angel at the London Golf Show at Earl's Court on Friday 8th of November 2013.

This is also my 500th YouTube video!!!

The Rules of Play for PongCrazy

Check out the PongCrazy website to see the range of tables available to play the game.

Related Blog Posts:

- UrbanCrazy blog posts

- Ping Pong blog posts

- Table Tennis blog posts

- Wrong Pong blog posts

Links:

- PongCrazy
- UrbanCrazy
- London Golf Show 2013

Playing the GolfParc course at the London Golf Show

A bit of Pitching on the GolfParc Mini Golf layout at the London Golf Show at Earls Court.

 

At the 2012 London Golf Show my fellow Minigolfer Oliver ‘The Machine’ Florence and I had a go on the GolfParc Golf set-up and a nearest the pin competition laid out by the Golf Coaches on the course. In the three-hole contest Ollie picked up the win and was complimented on being a short game expert by one of the coaches. Kind words for the big man.

 

On the green of the GolfParc course

GolfParc is part of Factory Eleven, a business that design innovative sports equipment and in addition to Golf Parc they have a Cricket and Tennis set-up. The GolfParc layout was good fun and well made - it's designed for younger players so they Clubs were undersized for us.

 

Here’s a pic of me playing the GolfParc layout and here’s one of Ollie.

 

The Velcro covered balls were a nice touch as it allowed you to stop the ball dead next to the hole with your shot (as deftly demonstrated by Oliver). The GolfParc equipment has been designed to help with the understanding of the fundamentals of Golf in a fun and interactive environment.

 

Back in May the GolfParc team ran an online Minigolf game competition to raise awareness of the Golf Parc kit.

 

Links:
- GolfParc
- Factory Eleven
- London Golf Show
- Previous Blog Post – GolfParc challenge - online golf game competition running throughout May!

Las Vegas Long Putt Challenge at the London Golf Show

Attempting the ‘Las Vegas Long Putt Challenge’!

 

While at the 2012 London Golf Show at Earls Court last week my fellow Minigolfer Oliver 'The Machine' Florence and I had a go at winning a trip to Las Vegas on the ‘Las Vegas Long Putt Challenge’ 70 foot long Golf Hole!

 

We paid for six balls and played three each. Ollie quickly took his three goes but was unable to win. I came remarkably close with my second shot, but it wasn’t to be and we left empty handed. A shame as Las Vegas is such a great place to visit.

One of my three attempts before it ran passed the hole

The Long Putt Challenge at the London Golf Show was part of a promotion for the Las Vegas Challenge Golf Amateur Golf Challenge. The actual competition at the Bali Hai Golf Club offers a player who can score a hole-in-one on a designated hole a chance to win £1,000,000!!!

A Putt too far.

In September 2011 Emily and I visited Las Vegas and finished first and second in the The Putt Park Annual Mini-Golf Tournament!

 

Links:
- Las Vegas Challenge
- London Golf Show

 

Related Blog Posts:
- Las Vegas Blog Posts on The Ham & Egger Files
- Minigolf Report - Gottfried one-two at The Putt Park Annual Mini-Golf Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Playing the new UrbanCrazy Minigolf course at the London Golf Show

Playing the 308th course on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

 

Last Friday fellow Minigolfer (and sometimes Blogger) Oliver ‘The Machine’ Florence and I headed to the London Golf Show at Earls Court to check out the brand new ‘Signature Course’ from Minigolf suppliers UrbanCrazy.

The new UrbanCrazy Minigolf course

The team from UrbanCrazy were at the three-day event and their 9-hole layout was in a great spot with plenty of people taking the chance to play a round of Miniature Golf.

Playing hole 8

Ollie and I played four 9-hole rounds and an 18-hole matchplay contest on the course with Ollie setting an impressive course record of 15(-3) with his last round. A score that would go unbeaten for the duration of the show!

Ollie on target on hole 6

The new UrbanCrazy course has some interesting and tricky obstacles and playing surfaces – they are not all flat felt! One of the holes was made of metal.



Following the Brown Sign for a Hole-in-One on hole 5!

The course became the 308th played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and 512th visited overall since September 2006.

Ollie's nemesis until the final round where he scored an Ace to take the course (and show) record - the 9th hole



Minigolf match results:

Game 1
Richard – 20(+2)
Oliver – 23(+5)

 

Game 2
Richard – 22(+4)
Oliver – 25(+7)

 

Game 3
Richard – 22(+4)
Oliver – 23(+5)

 

Game 4
Richard – 18(par)
Oliver – 15(-3) *course record

 

Game 5
18-hole matchplay:
Oliver won 1 up



Hole 7 - the toughest hole on the course

While chatting to the UrbanCrazy team we were told that some of the attendees had mentioned seeing the World Crazy Golf Championships on Trans World Sport and Sky Sports News and the BMGA Minigolf Team on BBC Quiz Show Eggheads. I also talked to one of the stallholders and when I mentioned Minigolf she said she’d heard about it from watching Eggheads on the BBC Channel in Tenerife!

Ollie attempts to win a flight

The UrbanCrazy course also had a bonus 10th hole which offered anyone who scored a hole-in-one on it a chance to win a pair of European flights courtesy of Monarch Airlines. Neither of us made the Ace on the hole. The course and 10th hole challenge were also raising funds for Lords Taverners, a charity that gives young people a sporting chance.

 

Links:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- UrbanCrazy

- UrbanCrazy - A golfer's paradise
- London Golf Show
- Oliver Florence’s Blog