Seagulls at Hastings Adventure Golf

It didn't take long for the seagulls of Hastings to make a home on the roof of the new advertising trailer at Hastings Adventure Golf!

Hastings Adventure Golf is the home of the major tournaments... and a lot of seagulls!

One of the perils of playing minigolf at the seaside are seagulls. If they're not pooing on you or the course, they're after your chips and in the case of some players even their balls!



Hastings Adventure Golf was hosting the BMGA British Minigolf Championships on the Pirate Golf course. Next month the minigolf complex plays host to the WMF World Adventure Golf Masters tournament, while in October the World Crazy Golf Championships take place on the Arnold Palmer course.

Links:
- Hastings Adventure Golf website
- Hastings Adventure Golf on Facebook
- Hastings Adventure Golf on Twitter

Related blog posts:

- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

- Hastings
- Seagulls
- Perils of the Seaside #1 - The Seagull
- Seagull Sullies Minigolf Scorecard in Hastings
- Worthing's Splash Point Mini Golf Course Becomes a Temporary Seagull-Free Zone!

Perils of the Seaside #1 - The Seagull

The British Coast's Public Enemy Number One!

While enjoying a day out in the Essex seaside town of Walton on the Naze a MASSIVE Seagull came after me!

I wasn't even eating a bag of chips.

Related Blog Posts:
- Seagull Sullies Minigolf Scorecard in Hastings
- Worthing's Splash Point Mini Golf Course Becomes a Temporary Seagull-Free Zone!

Seagull Sullies Minigolf Scorecard in Hastings

A run-in with a Seagull on the Pirate Adventure Golf course in Hastings.

One of the perils of playing Minigolf at the seaside is the threat of Seagulls. It has been known for players to have their ball gobbled up by a greedy Seagull during a tournament and there are always plenty of them milling around on the look out to steal chips and other food from competitors.

During the sixth round of last weekend’s WMF World Adventure Golf Masters competition in Hastings, East Sussex our group’s scorecard, which I was holding at the time, was splattered by a passing Seagull causing a minor delay in play while we cleaned up the card. Luckily the scores for myself, Alex 'Perfect Par' Pragnell and Lavdim Zylfiu were not smudged.

The Sullied Adventure Golf Scorecard

The splat from the seagull sits astride the scores on the sullied scorecard

A number of players did question whether the offending Gull was Top Gull, "Lancing, Worthing & Brighton's Premier Seagull", or if it was one of his mates from the #GullMafia???

A Seagull takes a break in the fountain between the 10th & 11th holes at the Hastings Pirate Adventure Golf

Did Top Gull make a visit to Hastings from Lancing, Worthing or Brighton?

Related Blog Posts:

- Worthing's Splash Point Mini Golf Course Becomes a Temporary Seagull-Free Zone!

- Minigolf Report - Gottfried’s play in the 2012 WMF World Adventure Golf Masters International Championship in Hastings

Worthing's Splash Point Mini Golf Course Becomes a Temporary Seagull-Free Zone!

Seagulls at Splash Point Mini Golf in Worthing and on Twitter, but not at the BMGA British Masters

Prior to the 2012 BMGA British Masters miniature golf tournament in Worthing on Sunday there had been some chat and worry on twitter about whether the Seagulls of the town (and its neighbouring town of Lancing) would be attacking the players of the British Minigolf Association Tour and the prized champion's jacket!

Richard Gottfried on the Seagull-free Splash Point Mini Golf course first thing on Saturday morning

Some Twitter chatter on the 14th and 16th of April had led to concerns that players competing in the BMGA British Masters could be divebombed off of Seagulls in the area!

A very active Seagull on Twitter is @Top_Gull. In fact he claims to be "Lancing, Worthing & Brighton's Premier Seagull"!

Some of Top Gull's friends gather on the perimeter of the Splash Point Mini Golf course during the practice day

Through the Splash Point Mini Golf course Twitter account (@Worthing_Golf) a request for @Top_Gull to not poop on the players as they played in Sunday’s tournament, or on the coveted BMGA British Masters Jacket that was eventually won by Michael Smith, was put out.

A pair of Seagulls squabble over who gets to eat what I believe to be a toasted cheese sandwich!?

Luckily a ‘No Fly Zone’ was declared by Top Gull and his #gullmafia and the players and the tweed jacket all escaped attack which Splash Point Mini Golf very much appreciated.

Is this @Top_Gull at the Splash Point Mini Golf course on Saturday???

The Seagulls stayed away from Splash Point Mini Golf course on tournament Sunday and could be found on the beach instead!

Related Blog Posts:

- Minigolf Report - Richard Gottfried 16th at the BMGA British Masters at Splash Point Mini Golf, Worthing

- Splash Point Mini Golf in Worthing - Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - Course Visit #181

- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - List and links for all Miniature Golf courses visited to date

Seagull Related Video:

- Minigolfer 'Squire' Richard Gottfried practices ahead of the 2009 BMGA British Championships on the Sea Front Minigolf course at Hastings, watched by a crowd of Seagulls

Links:

- Top Gull on Twitter

- Splash Point Mini Golf website

- Splash Point Mini Golf on Twitter

- "Crazy Golf, Public Toilets and seagulls - this story has it all! "Sullied Skeggs sees off seagulls to seal Minches win"" - blog post about a blog post by Oliver 'The Machine' Florence

- "Sullied Skeggs sees off seagulls to seal Minches win" - the blog post by Oliver 'The Machine' Florence

- British Minigolf Association (BMGA)

Crazy Golf, Public Toilets and seagulls - this story has it all! "Sullied Skeggs sees off seagulls to seal Minches win"

The latest Minigolf Blog Post from my BMGA Tour rival and fellow Crazy Golf Blogger Oliver 'The Machine' Florence is certainly an interesting read:

"Sullied Skeggs sees off seagulls to seal Minches win"

Tweet: Crazy Golf, Public Toilets and seagulls - this story has it all!