The Pirate Bay Adventure Golf course in Guernsey is hosting the inaugural Pirate Bay Easter Open minigolf competition this week until the 10th April.
The tournament is open to all, with players submitting their scores between the 24th March and the 10th April. 20 children and 20 adults will then make 'the cut' and be invited to compete in the grand final on the 15th April.
Thanks to my mate and minigolf rival Tiger Pragnell for letting me know about the event.
We're looking forward to visiting Guernsey and having a round on the new course. My fellow minigolf enthusiast played the course last year and guest blogged about it here on the Ham and Egger Files.
A look back at our visit to the Smugglers Cove Pirate Adventure Golf course in Brean Sands, Somerset.
While on our short break in Somerset back in November 2012 we called into the seaside town of Brean to see what minigolf we could find there. One of the unexpected discoveries was the Smugglers Cove Pirate Adventure Golf course.
The layout was fairly small, but plenty of piratey theming had been piled into the playing area.
Unfortunately as has so often been the case on our travels, the course was closed so we didn't get to play it.
Playing the Crazy Golf course at the Rhos Fynach pub and restaurant in Rhos on Sea.
You can find the course on Rhos Promenade
We began our holiday in North Wales at Colwyn Bay and Rhos on Sea on Miniature Golf Day. To celebrate the occasion we teed-off on the Crazy Golf course at the Rhos Fynach pub and restaurant in Rhos on Sea.
Holing out on The Pirates Skull hole
The sign has a nice map of the course
Nice to see a windmill on the course
The Crazy Golf at the Rhos Fynach in Rhos on Sea became the 462nd played and 781st visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
The green of the windmill hole has a plateau on it too
In our match-up on the 9-hole course I won with a score of 31 to Emily's 34.
Playing out the windmill hole
Hole 3 - The Squid - is one of two holes on the course that has a choice of cups to aim for. A 'Kids' and an 'Adults' version - both were pretty tough!
The pirate ship on the 6th hole
Always nice to see some Crazy Golf advertising
The course has an excellent scorecard with a nice map of the layout.
The course map is a neat touch
The results of our round
Check out the Rhos Fynach website for more information, opening times and prices.
Playing the new Pirate Island Adventure Golf at Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Camp in Rhyl.
On Saturday 23rd September we visited the Pirate Island Adventure Golf course at Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Camp in Rhyl. What a brilliant minigolf course it is!
Dueling pirates and a huge octopus. That's how we roll
At the start of our holiday we'd stayed in Llandudno and while having a walk on the pier we'd spotted a poster advertising the new Pirate Island Adventure Golf course at Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Park. As part of our break would be in Prestatyn we could look forward to adding another course to our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour list.
Over the last eleven years we've visited more than 780 miniature golf courses. While some of these courses look similar they certainly don't all play the same way. Luckily for us the layout at the Robin Hood Caravan Park in Rhyl was a dream to play. It's brilliant that after all the years we've been playing we can still find new and unique courses that are also brilliant FUN to play.
X marks the spot
The 18-hole Pirate-themed Adventure Golf course has some eye-catching features - from a great white shark to a huge octopus and a large pirate ship - and plenty of humps, bumps, lumps and obstacles around each hole. Plus there is great pirate music playing as you make your way around the course.
The holes are long, challenging and reward good tee shots
Emily putting at Pirate Island
One of the things that made the course really playable was the fact that even though it was technically borderless, the high sides of the greens meant you could play some strong shots and rebounds off obstacles without fear that the ball would run out of play.
In our match-up on the course I won with a score of 33 - hitting 5 holes-in-one. Emily shot a round of 40, with 3 holes-in-one. We asked the man in the hut what the lowest score was and he said we were the first to ask (and tell him what we'd got). That means the course record MUST be my 33! Let me know if you can better it...
Happy to top the 'podium'
Our game was very good value at £5 for an 18-hole round and we'll be back to play it again.
The sight that greets you as you approach the 18th green
Always great to see a BIG shark on a minigolf course
