Crazy Boules in Shoreditch

There's a Crazy Boules pop up in Shoreditch, London this festive season.

Crazy Boules is a cross between Petanque and Crazy Golf!

The Crazy Boules pop up in Shoreditch is a six hole (or should that be piste?) course (or should that be terrain?).

The Crazy Boules pop-up will be open from Thursday 5th December and runs for eight weeks to Sunday 26th January 2025.

Check out the Crazy Boules website for more information.

Crazy Boules sounds like a lot of fun. We're big fans of Crazy Golf and Petanque, so it could be the perfect combination!

Roxy Ball Room opening in London in 2025

Roxy Ball Room will be rolling out its brand of indoor competitive socialising and indoor entertainment in London next year.

Keep an eye on the Roxy Ball Room website to find out more about the new Roxy Ball Room London venue opening at St Mary Axe next to The Gherkin.

Roxy's London St Mary Axe will be home to a Crazy Pool course, as well as many of the brand's other popular games including Tech Darts, Ice-Free Curling and American Pool.

We've visited several of the Roxy locations on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - the first being the Leeds Boar Lane venue back in 2016.

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

The locations have a mix of games including Roxy Golf and Crazy Pool.

Where to find Roxy Golf indoor minigolf courses

You can play Roxy Golf at Roxy Ball Rooms at Leeds (Boar Lane), Manchester (Deansgate) and Liverpool (Cavern Quarter).

Where to find Crazy Pool courses

There are Crazy Pool courses at Roxy Ball Rooms at Birmingham (Victoria Square), Leeds (Merrion Street), Leicester (Humberstone Gate), Liverpool (Hanover Street), Manchester (Arndale), Nottingham (The Cornerhouse), Sheffield (Charter Square) and York (The Stonebow).

Visit the Roxy Ball Room website for more information on the venues, prices and opening times.

New Mini Golf course at Ferndale Community Sports Centre in Lambeth

Active Lambeth investing in a new mini golf course at Ferndale Community Sports Centre.

Ferndale Community Sports Centre in Lambeth, London will be home to a new mini golf course as part of Active Lambeth's plans to improve leisure and recreation facilities across the borough.

Visit the Active Lambeth website for more information.

It'll be another new course in the capital for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Crazy Golf at the Dog and Duck pub in Walthamstow

There's a Crazy Golf course at the Dog and Duck pub in Walthamstow E17.

The Dog and Duck pub in Walthamstow, London has a minigolf course in its beer garden.

Visit the Dog and Duck website and social media for more information.

It's another course for us to check out on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. It's fun seeing pubs adding minigolf in their beer gardens and we've played a few on a travels over the years.

Plonk Crazy Golf in Hackney

The Plonk Crazy Golf in Hackney, London has had a makeover and reopens on Friday 2nd August.

Plonk Crazy Golf Hackney is an outdoor version of Plonk Crazy Golf, courses that are more often found at indoor locations in the capital.

Check out the Plonk Crazy Golf website for more information about the 9-hole layout in Hackney, as well as the other Plonk Crazy Golf courses.

We've visited several of the Plonk Crazy Golf venues on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, including the very first Plonk Crazy Golf course when it was a pop-up at Efes Snooker Hall in Dalston back in 2015.

Mini Golf in the Greenwich Peninsula

A pop up mini golf course will be set up in the Greenwich Peninsula from July to September.

Wild Swing Mini Golf will be in the Canteen Courtyard and have a floral design. The 9-hole outdoor course will be available to play for £2 per player from Thursday 18th July until Monday 2nd September.

Visit the Greenwich Peninsula website for more information.

The course has been created by artists Baker & Borowski. They also created the 9-hole themed Crazy Golf layout inspired by the rave culture in the King's Cross area back in the 1980's and 90's. I played that course in February 2020.

Crazy Golf at the Summer of Sport in the City of London

Pop-up Crazy Golf will be one of the sports on offer at the Summer of Sport in the City.

You can play Crazy Golf in Aldgate Square daily between 11am and 9pm from Monday 1st July to Sunday 11th August.

Swingers Crazy Golf will also be holding a Summer Party at their venue at Brown's Buildings on Friday 9th August.

Check out the Sport in the City website for more information of the events taking place across the five Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in the city of London.

Coca-Cola Street Golf at Gravity MAX Westfield Stratford City

There's a Coca-Cola Street Golf course at Gravity MAX Westfield Stratford City.

The new Gravity MAX Westfield Stratford City indoor entertainment centre will be home to a Coca-Cola branded indoor street crazy golf course.

Gravity MAX Westfield Stratford City opens on Friday 17th May.

Check out the Gravity MAX Westfield Stratford City website for more information.

We visited the Urban Street Golf at Gravity MAX in Liverpool last November.

The Coca-Cola Street Golf course will be a new one for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Urban Street Golf at Gravity MAX in Liverpool

Three new Golf Fang venues planned

There are plans for three new Golf Fang venues to open in London, Bristol and Nottingham this year.

You can currently find Golf Fang indoor crazy golf venues in Liverpool, Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow, Sheffield and Cardiff.

Visit the Golf Fang and Big Fang Collective websites for more information.

The new locations will be new places to check out on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

New Golf Fang opening in London

A new Golf Fang indoor minigolf venue is planned to open in Waterloo, London in 2024.

There are plans for three new Golf Fang venues to open in London, Bristol and Nottingham this year.

You can currently find Golf Fang indoor crazy golf venues in Liverpool, Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow, Sheffield and Cardiff.

Visit the Golf Fang and Big Fang Collective websites for more information.

The new locations will be new places to check out on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Japanese-themed mini golf course planned for London

A new indoor mini golf venue could be opening on Fleet Street in London.

Tokyo Hit is planned to be a Japanese-themed mini golf course, complete with bars and food served in an immersive Tokyo environment.

Emily has been to Japan before and I'm hoping to visit one day too. In the mean-time Tokyo Hit sounds like it could be really cool.

It'll be interesting to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Putt Club Crazy Golf - London Docklands

A look at the Putt Club Crazy Golf course at London Docklands.

Many thanks to my friend and minigolf rival Gareth Holmes for sending over these photos from his visit to Putt Club Crazy Golf London Docklands.

Putt Club has locations in Southampton, Hull, Leicester, London Edmonton, London Docklands, and Watford.

Visit the Putt Club Crazy Golf website for more information.

They are all new venues for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Lane7 London Victoria

There's a new Lane7 venue in London.

The new Lane7 indoor entertainment centre recently opened its doors in London Victoria. The venue is home to a Crazy Golf course and other games.

Check out the Lane7 website for more information.

We played the 9-hole indoor minigolf course at Lane7 in Newcastle upon Tyne in 2019. It was the 840th course visited and 495th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Lane7 indoor mini golf in Newcastle upon Tyne

Janken: The International Rock Paper Scissors Championships 2012

A look back at the 2012 International Rock Paper Scissors Championships in London.

We competed in the International Rock Paper Scissors Championships in London eleven years ago this week. Time certainly flies!

We teamed up with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Dave Barry and his daughter Sophie from the USA to take part in the huge event.

The San Marino Rock Paper Scissors team

More than 150 athletes from 16 teams competed in the Wacky Nation organised tournament held at the Knight’s Templar Pub on Chancery Lane in London.

As we couldn’t play as a combined "UK-USA" team we decided to represent the plucky nation of San Marino instead.

Prior to the start of the competition I challenged football hard man Neil ‘Razor’ Ruddock to a 'friendly' RPS contest to warm-up. Needless to say I won the shootout! It was an ill-tempered clash with plenty of foul language and gamesmanship. The heated battle almost resulted in a knock-out punch too!

Clash of the titans

International Rock Paper Scissors

Matches in the Round Robin stage of the main-event were played in a ‘first to four points’ format with each player in the team taking it in turns to win a point by competing in a ‘best of three’ Rock Paper Scissors game. Our team managed to rack up a win loss record of won four, lost one.

Before any teams could advance from our pool a play-off was required as Austria and Lapland A had also finished with four wins and one loss!

Thankfully our team was able to win both matches to advance alongside Lapland A, with the Austrians sent home.

The first semi-final saw San Marino take on the Vatican City team in a ‘first to six points’ match.

Unfortunately we lost and were therefore unable to go for gold.

Sadly we just missed out on the podium, suffering defeat to Great Britain in the repechage to ultimately finish in fourth place.

The final was a battle between the might of Lapland A and the Vatican City, with the Laplanders finishing on top and grabbing the gold medal.

Getting to the semi-finals of the International Rock Paper Scissors Championships was the furthest I ever reached in an RPS tournament, having been knocked out in the preliminary rounds of national competitions held in 2010 and 2011.

New Putt Putt Noodle Crazy Golf courses

There are new Putt Putt Noodle minigolf courses opening in several locations in the UK.

Those katakana characters on the left of the logo translate as 'Lucky'

The new Putt Putt Noodle minigolf venues will include:

• Aberdeen
• Bedford
• Basingstoke
• Bristol
• Central London
• London E6
• Colchester
• Glasgow
• Liverpool

There are currently Putt Putt Noodle courses in Norwich, Poole and Telford.

Visit the Putt Putt Noodle website for more information.

Junkyard Golf in Camden, London

A new Junkyard Golf indoor crazy golf venue is opening in Camden, London this summer.

The team at Junkyard Golf are opening a new London crazy golf venue, with their largest site being created in Camden. The location is set to open in August.

Visit the Junkyard Golf website for more information.

Free minigolf in Canary Wharf, London

There's a free play minigolf course in Canary Wharf, London.

The pop-up course is in place for the summer.

Visit the Canary Wharf website for more information.

Shoreditch Balls Crazy Golf in London

There's a Crazy Golf course in Shoreditch.

Many thanks to our fellow minigolf enthusiasts at A Couple of Putts for letting us know there's a new(ish) miniature golf course in London that we didn't know about already!

Shoreditch Balls opened on Old Street in late 2021 and is a new venue to add to our Crazy World of Minigolf 'To Visit' list.

Check out the Shoreditch Balls website for more information.

I used to work in the Shoreditch area of Hackney and commuted into Old Street everyday back in the mid-noughties. Those were the days when there were next to no minigolf courses in the capital. Fast forward to 2023 and you can't move for places to have a putt. At my last count there were 37 minigolf, crazy golf and adventure golf locations in the city.

Junkyard Golf in Camden, London

A new Junkyard Golf venue is opening in Camden, London this year.

The team at Junkyard Golf are opening a new London crazy golf venue, with their largest site being created in Camden.

Visit the Junkyard Golf website for more information.

Birdies Crazy Golf at Angel Central

A visit to Birdies Crazy Golf at Angel Central Shopping Centre in Islington, London.

Birdies Crazy Golf at Angel Central

Emily swung by Birdies Crazy Golf at Angel Central Shopping Centre in Islington, London, making it course number 1,002 on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Birdies Crazy Golf at Angel Central

Birdies Crazy Golf at Angel Central

Birdies Crazy Golf at Angel Central

Birdies Crazy Golf at Angel Central

Check out the Birdies Crazy Golf website for more information.

Advertising on the tube for the venue

You can also find Birdies Crazy Golf venues at Battersea and Roof East.

We played the first Birdies Crazy Golf course back in November 2015 at The Vaults underneath Waterloo station.