Jas, aka The Polish Hammer, had been too injured to compete in last Friday’s Finger Jousting event, however once I spotted the ideal arena for a Finger Jousting Championships he made a miraculous recovery and so we had a Quick Play Rules match in the Llanyrafon Amphitheatre!
Squire Richard of Surleigh faces off against Jas 'The Polish Hammer' Kukielka at the Llanyrafon Finger Jousting Arena in Cwmbran, Wales
The match was played to one-point, with the first combatant to strike a prod or poke on his opponent declared the winner. Jas, well known for his Finger Jousting prowess on the international circuit (especially by the Dutch), started strongly, but fatigue and his minor middle finger injury that had hindered his attempt to win the World Alternative Games Finger Jousting title meant that I managed to pick up the win after a hard fought bout!
Squire Richard of Surleigh tries to get the upper hand on Jas 'The Polish Hammer' Kukielka at the Llanyrafon Finger Jousting Arena in Cwmbran, Wales
The victory meant that my Finger Jousting Winning Streak has now been extended to 87 matches!
The Finger Jousting battle between Squire Richard of Surleigh and Jas 'The Polish Hammer' Kukielka used the full space of the Llanyrafon Finger Jousting Arena in Cwmbran, Wales
My career Win-Loss record now stands at 118 wins from 130 contests, with 109 wins from 116 matches since I became an official member of the World Finger Jousting Federation in 2006.
For £7.40 you can join a Squire as he is being trained for Knight Hood at the castle, situated on the banks of Loch Ness, and see if you have what it takes to be a Knight and learn the chivalric code! Sounds like a bargain.
The events are running at Urquhart Castle this Easter and are running on Friday 6th April and Saturday 7th April.
Perhaps I'll attend a session in the future ...
Video of a Finger Jousting Match between me (Squire Richard of Surleigh) and my arch-rival Sir Myles of Hampshire in a point play rules Finger Jousting match at the Luton Finger Jousting Arena on the 25th March 2007.
On the 26th of August 2011 the Putter King Minigolf Company in Japan announced the first-ever Putter King Miniature Golf Scavenger Hunt. The contest, which closes on the 1st of November 2011, has been taking place on Miniature Golf courses worldwide and people were invited to track down and record items and achievements related to all forms of Minigolf.
In total 17 tasks were set, with some activities also carrying bonus points. Altogether I have managed to complete 15 of the 17 tasks. The activities in the 2011 Putter King Miniature Golf Scavenger Hunt have had the hunting players designing new holes, playing new courses, showing off their minigolf ball collections, (re)learning Maths & Physics (in a fun way), doing arts & crafts, autograph hunting, scoring holes-in-one, creating minigolf trick shots and a whole lot more!
Details of the tasks, and links to photos and videos of the activities I have completed are below.
1) Autographs of 2 professional miniature golfers, each from a different country. (45 points; 5 bonus points if the professional miniature golfers are also from 2 different continents).
- One from five-time World Crazy Golf Champion Tim 'Ace Man' Davies (WAL/FRA) and one from Pat Sheridan (USA)
3) Build your own full-size miniature golf hole. (75 points; up to 100 bonus points available depending on the craftsmanship, playability, creativity and fun factor of your hole)
- On the 24th and 25th October I built "PK Island" - a full-size minigolf hole with a plateau and ramp obstacle. Photos - 1, 2, 3, 4. Videos - 1, 2
14) Picture of yourself with at least 6 different colored miniature golf balls. (10 points; 2 bonus points for each additional color {limit of 10 bonus points})
- Me and 11 different coloured Minifold Balls
17) Video of yourself successfully making a trick miniature golf shot. (40 points; up to 100 bonus points available depending on the difficulty and complexity of the trick shot)
- For this task I made a Blindfolded Hole-in-One shot!
With nothing to do today but mow the lawn, I decided to 'build' a Mini Golf Hole in my back garden.
Suggestions welcome for ideas of Crazy Golf Obstacles to add to it?
At the First BBQ of the Season back in March, me, Oliver 'The Machine' Florence & Simon 'Practice' Hall created a Minigolf course using a selection of obstacles from the Crazy Golf Museum archives.
