Putt18 Home Putting Challenge 4 Nations Cup practice round

Practice for the Putt18 Home Putting Challenge 4 Nations Cup international event.

Here's a practice round on the Putt18 Golf Putting Mat Game ahead of the Putt18 4 Nations Cup tournament.

The Putt18 Home Putting Challenge 4 Nations Cup international competition tees-off at 8pm (UK time) on Saturday 16th May and will see us face-off against teams from Australia, New Zealand and the USA.

Richard tees-off at 8pm.

Emily tees-off at 8.30pm.

Many thanks to the team at Putt18 for sending us the game mat and selecting us to play in the event.

Putt18 4 Nations Cup international tournament

Information about the Putt18 Home Putting Challenge 4 Nations Cup international event.

We will be competing in the Putt18 Home Putting Challenge 4 Nations Cup international event this Saturday.

The competition tees-off at 8pm (UK time) and will see us face-off against teams from Australia, New Zealand and the USA.

• Representing Australia - Josh Mars and Nathan Lamplough
• Representing New Zealand - Cameron Couper and Matt Ansley
• Representing the USA - Tom Loftus and Pat Sheridan
• Representing the UK - Richard Gottfried and Emily Gottfried

Check out the Putt18 website for more information.

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Last month New Zealand defeated Australia in the Trans-Tasman Cup.

The world record score for a round of Putt18 was recently set by Josh Mars with a round of 10 under par.

Many thanks to the team at Putt18 for sending us the game mat and selecting us to play in the event.

Related blog posts:
- Putt at Home
- Indoor Minigolf
- Richard Gottfried Player Profile
- Emily Gottfried Player Profile

Link:
- Putt18

Lumberjax Mini Golf in Rotorua, New Zealand

Finding out more about the Lumberjax Mini Golf course in Rotorua, New Zealand.

Lumberjax Mini Golf in Rotorua

Minigolf is a wonderful game and we've met some great people on our travels. Last April James Astrop from Lumberjax Mini Golf in Rotorua, New Zealand visited the UK with his family and I met up with them for a look at the minigolf courses in Manchester city centre. James brought some superb minigolf items from his course and his own miniature golf travels. They are some fine minigolf collectibles.

A marvellous selection of minigolf items from Lumberjax Mini Golf

Scorecards from James' minigolf travels!

Lumberjax Mini Golf is the brainchild of James and his father Alan, who work together at 3D Workshop in Auckland. The 1850's logging-themed course they've created looks amazing.

Leaflets and scorecards from Lumberjax Mini Golf

The Lumberjax Mini Golf course website is well worth a look as it's packed with information and photos of the course, from the initial concept through to installation.

Scorecard from Lumberjax Mini Golf

Scorecard from Lumberjax Mini Golf

Scorecard from Lumberjax Mini Golf

You can also follow the Lumberjax Mini Golf course on Facebook and Instagram.

A pencil from Lumberjax Mini Golf

A very smart badge from Lumberjax Mini Golf

A logo golf ball from Lumberjax Mini Golf

Lumberjax Mini Golf is located within Motion Entertainment, New Zealand's number one Entertainment Mall and the largest all-weather action-packed indoor entertainment centre in the country.

A game card from Lumberjax Mini Golf

James has got a brilliant job title!

A flyer / coupon from Lumberjax Mini Golf

A flyer / coupon from Lumberjax Mini Golf

Leaflet from Lumberjax Mini Golf

Leaflet from Lumberjax Mini Golf

Leaflet from Lumberjax Mini Golf

A scorecard from the New Zealand Mini Golf Pro League played at Lumberjax Mini Golf

A scorecard from the New Zealand Mini Golf Pro League played at Lumberjax Mini Golf

Emily has been lucky enough to visit New Zealand and while there managed to play at Lilliputt Minigolf in Auckland. Like Lumberjax Mini Golf, Lilliputt Minigolf is also a venue on the New Zealand Minigolf Federation's tournament circuit.

A cap of the New Zealand Minigolf Federation

In March Lumberjax Mini Golf will be the host venue of the New Zealand Minigolf Open tournament.

We're looking forward to having a holiday in New Zealand in the future and we'll definitely be having a few games at Lumberjax Mini Golf in Rotorua.

Related blog posts:
- New Zealand
- Scorecards
- Ephemera

Links:
- Lumberjax Mini Golf
- New Zealand Minigolf Federation

Happy April Fools' Day!

Happy April Fools' Day!

Did you get reeled in by our egg-shaped minigolf story or not?

A spoof story about an egg-shaped golf ball on April Fools' Day AND Easter Sunday was impossible to resist

New regulation minigolf ball

We've heard there's going to be a new shape of golf ball allowed in minigolf tournaments - it's oval!

The egg-shaped ball will certainly add to the unpredictable nature of Crazy Golf tournaments.

Who knows who hatched the ingenious plan to inject more fun into the sport of minigolf. Hopefully we'll find out later today

Popular in our antipodes, the balls are used for the game of Golf Cross aka Kiwi Ball and enjoyed a short trial run at Adventure Island Mini Golf in Birmingham back in 2013 thanks to minigolf star Tiger Pragnell. Unfortunately the test event ended prematurely with myself and team-mate Adam Kelly in the lead. I'm looking forward to using the ball again - even though it rendered any course notes irrelevant with it's ludicrous bounce and roll.

There are thousands of different specialist minigolf balls available for use in tournament play, with hundreds more produced each year. I own a fair few - including a special Ball of Fame created to celebrate the second time the Midlands Minigolf Club won the British Club Championships

With the sport gaining momentum down under it's little surprise that the strange new ball is going to be used in competitions more often. The New Zealand Mini Golf Federation recently hosted the second NZ Minigolf Open competition at Lilliputt's T Rex Alley and Safari mini golf on Tamaki Drive in Auckland. The pro event was won by Australia's Allan 'The Putter King' Cox.

I bet my mate, minigolf rival and North West rugby correspondent Marc 'The Roller' Bazeley will be pleased to hear about the move too.

We've played quite a few variants of 'golf' including most kinds of miniature golf, although we're yet to play the Putt Putt brand of the game. Some of the versions include Pitch & Putt, FootGolf, Crazy Golf Pool, FootPool and Pit-Pat.

Gluten free from New Zealand and Australia

Emily recently returned from our antipodes and brought me back some great gluten free goodies.

Bakeworks gluten free Triple Chocolate Cookies

Ernest Adams gluten free Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

Kez's gluten free Vienna Eclair biscuits

The gluten free biscuits were all bought from a Countdown supermarket at the Westfield Albany shopping centre in Auckland, New Zealand.

While at the Southgate Melbourne shopping mall Emily also noted that there were 24 places offering gluten free options for diners!

Searching for dining options in the Southgate Melbourne mall Emily found 24 gluten free choices

On her trip to Spain earlier this year I also got a lot of interesting gluten free snack and treats.

It's always brilliant finding (and eating) different gluten free food as the strict and lifelong gluten free diet can get a bit samey.

Links:
- Bakeworks
- Ernest Adams
- Kez's
- Coeliac New Zealand
- Coeliac Australia

Related blog posts
- New Zealand
- Australia
- Gluten Free

- Coeliac
- Funny things about being a Coeliac
- Coeliac Awareness Week in Australia
- Sin Gluten

Minigolf courses not played in New Zealand last week

During Emily's trip to Auckland, New Zealand she didn't have time to play the following minigolf courses:
- Transylvania Indoor Blacklight Mini Golf
- GloPutt Glow-in-the-Dark Minigolf
- Jungle World Adventure Golf at Firmount Golf Park
- Puttstix Mini Golf

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - 'Down Under' - Australia & New Zealand

On Emily's Crazy World of Minigolf Tour of our Antipodes Emily has played two courses, one in Melbourne, Australia, and one in Auckland, New Zealand. While at the Lilliputt Mini Golf course in Auckland, Emily also had the chance for a tour of the new 'Tee-Rex Alley' course, which is 'Under Construction' at the centre.

These two courses played in Oceania are the 207th and 208th courses played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, and the 11th and 12th overseas!

In the last four years we have played courses in all four home nations (and on a number of Islands in the UK), and in Finland (Tampere), the USA (Denver and Las Vegas), and Austria (Vienna).

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Australia
- New Zealand

Lilliputt Minigolf in Auckland, New Zealand

Lilliputt Minigolf in Auckland, New Zealand becomes the 208th course played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Minigolf Globetrotter Emily 'Coach' Gottfried has made the 208th Minigolf course visit on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour with the playing of the 18-hole Lilliputt Mini Golf course on Tamaki Drive, Hobson Bay, Auckland, New Zealand!


Emily tells me her favourite hole at the course was the 16th.




Other photos of the Lilliputt Mini Golf course.









A branded Bin!




Emily tells me there are two courses at the Lilliputt Mini Golf Centre, one of which is open, while the other - The 'Tee-Rex Alley' course - is currently under construction so Emily could not play it on her visit. Photos below.






I look forward to making a visit to the Lilliputt Minigolf Course myself in the future!

Link:
- Lilliputt Minigolf Course website

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- New Zealand