Winning the Weymouth Mini Golf Open tournament

I won the Weymouth Open minigolf tournament on this day in 2008.

The inaugural Weymouth Open minigolf tournament was held on the 18-hole Pirate Adventure Mini Golf course at Weymouth Sea Life Centre at Lodmoor Country Park in Weymouth, Dorset on Sunday 12th October 2008.

Weymouth Open results.

I had an excellent career record in Weymouth Open events. As well as winning the individual title in 2008, my team-mate Chris Harding and I were the Weymouth Open doubles champions in 2011.

I was also runner-up in the 2009 and 2011 events and seventh in 2010. In the 2009 tournament Kevin Moseley and I were tied after two rounds and it took 4-holes of a sudden-death play-off to separate us.

Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The Pirate Adventure Mini Golf course was the 77th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Find out more about the course at Weymouth Sea Life Centre.

Visit the Weymouth Sea Life Centre website for more information on the Pirate Adventure Mini Golf course at Lodmoor Country Park.

Find out more about minigolf tournaments in the UK.

The British Minigolf Association organises several minigolf competitions each year. Visit the British Minigolf Association (BMGA) website for more information.

Find out more about minigolf tournaments around the world.

The World Minigolf Sport Federation is the world governing body for the sport of minigolf. Its national and continental member associations organise competitions around the world. Visit the World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF) website for more information.

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• Competition
• Tournament
• British Minigolf Association
• Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
• Minigolf Player Profile - Richard Gottfried

Crazy Golf on the roof of Selfridges Oxford Street in London

A look back at the Bompas & Parr rooftop crazy golf course at Selfridges Oxford Street in London.

Back in the summer of 2012 Bompas & Parr created a brilliant 'London Landmark in Cake Creations' crazy golf course on the roof of Selfridges on Oxford Street!

The course harked back to the early 1930's when the department store had a miniature golf course as part of the rooftop garden.

The Selfridges rooftop crazy golf course was the 298th course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in June 2012.

The 2012 edition was a brilliant idea and a tricky, but fun 9-hole layout. We played a number of tournaments up there and I became the Crazy Golf with Bompas & Parr Champion in August 2012.

Minigolf tournaments at Clambers Adventure Golf in Hastings, East Sussex

Looking back at the 2010 BMGA Players Championships and BMGA British Open in Hastings, East Sussex.

I competed on the British Minigolf Association tour between 2007 and 2015 and many of those contests took place in the seaside town of Hastings in East Sussex.

In 2010 the BMGA Players Championships and BMGA British Open were held at Clambers Adventure Golf in White Rock Gardens (aka Planet Hastings).

I finished tied for 11th place in the 29 strong field of the BMGA Players Championships and 28th place of 56 in the BMGA British Open.

Clambers Adventure Golf is sadly now a lost course.

Where Clambers Adventure Golf sat was once a model village. After it closed it became an outdoor laser tag arena!

20 for 20 - Playing for Great Britain at the 2008 Nations Cup of Minigolf in Tampere, Finland

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

We made our Great Britain minigolf team debuts at the 2008 Nations Cup of Minigolf in Tampere, Finland.

Emily playing on the Beton Concrete Minigolf course in Tampere, Finland during a practice session

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• 20 for 20
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20 for 20 - The Blackpool Pleasure Beach Open minigolf tournament

20 for 20: 20 years of our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This month we're celebrating two decades of our crazy minigolfing adventures.

I won the Blackpool Pleasure Beach Open minigolf tournament in 2009.

I won the Blackpool Pleasure Beach Open tournament on the 5th September 2009

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• 20 for 20
• Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
• Our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour is 20 years old this month

World Crazy Golf Championships 2027 in Hastings

The dates for the 2027 World Crazy Golf Championships have been announced.

The World Crazy Golf Championships 2027 in Hastings, East Sussex will take place on Friday 11th, Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th June 2027.

Emily playing in the World Crazy Golf Championships in Hastings

2027 will see the 24th edition of the World Crazy Golf Championships take place.

Playing in the World Crazy Golf Championships in Hastings

The event is held on the 18-hole outdoor Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf course at the seafront Hastings Adventure Golf complex.

Emily playing at the 2014 World Crazy Golf Championships

Playing at the 2014 World Crazy Golf Championships

The World Crazy Golf Championships began in 2003 and has been held at Hastings Adventure Golf every year, except 2020 when the event was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The current World Crazy Golf Champion is Rocky Bullin who is enjoying his first reign as world champion.

As well as the overall World title, the three-day championships also sees titles up for grabs in competitions including team and junior events.

Playing at the 2015 World Crazy Golf Championships

Find out more about the World Crazy Golf Championships

Check out the Hastings Adventure Golf website and the World Crazy Golf Championships section.

Emily playing at the 2014 World Crazy Golf Championships

Playing in the World Crazy Golf Championships

Emily and I both made our debuts in the 2007 edition of the event back when it was known as the Virgin Money World Crazy Golf Championships. It was Emily's first ever miniature golf tournament.

Playing in the final of the 2009 World Crazy Golf Championships - I am a four-time finalist in the event

Emily and The Gommery Trophy at the 2014 World Crazy Golf Championships. Emily is a two-time winner of the trophy awarded for most holes-in-one by players who finish outside the final top 18

Janken-pon: The 2012 International Rock Paper Scissors Championships

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

We competed in the International Rock Paper Scissors Championships in London 14 years ago this week. How time flies!

Competitive Rock Paper Scissors draws a crowd!

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 on Thursday 9th August 2012.

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' Rock Paper Scissors contest to warm-up.

Clash of the titans

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!

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 the Lapland 'A' team 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.

Competitive Rock Paper Scissors

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

Rock Paper Scissors tournaments around the world...

Do you know of any other Rock Paper Scissors tournaments or championships that take place in the UK or around the world?

The Brewmaster's Open minigolf tournament at the Camden Town Brewery in London

Playing crazy golf in a brewery!

The Brewmaster's Open minigolf tournament took place at the Camden Town Brewery in London on this day in 2012.

We competed in The Brewmaster's Open at the Camden Town Brewery 14 years ago today. It was part of the brilliant summer of sport in the capital.

Richard Gottfried, Christopher Gottfried, Alan Norman, Emily Gottfried, Seth Thomas and Simon Hall at The Brewmaster's Open

More than 200 players competed in the tournament on the pop-up 5-hole crazy golf course.

Richard Gottfried, Alan Norman and Seth Thomas on the podium at The Brewmaster's Open

Alan 'Stormin' Norman won The Brewmaster's Open with his round of 8. I finished in tied 2nd place alongside Seth Thomas.

The scorecards for the event

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• Camden Town Brewery
• Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Link:

• Camden Town Brewery

Paradise Island Adventure Golf Open Championship 2026

Information about the 2026 PIAG Open Championship.

The Paradise Island Adventure Golf Open Championship returns this month.

The PIAG Open tees-off on Thursday 16th July, with Paradise Island Adventure Golf courses around the UK offering players the chance to enter the event when they play a round at a PIAG course.

About the PIAG Open adventure golf championship

The PIAG Open Championship is taking place across Paradise Island Adventure Golf courses between Thursday 16th and Sunday 19th July.

Paradise Island Adventure Golf has seven venues in England and Scotland.

Find out more on the Paradise Island Adventure Golf website.

Winning the PIAG Open Championship

I won the PIAG Open Championship at the Manchester Trafford Centre venue in 2018, with Emily winning the competition in 2019.

Paradise Island Adventure Golf Open Champion 2018

Paradise Island Adventure Golf Open Champion 2019

Find your nearest Paradise Island Adventure Golf course

Visit the Paradise Island Adventure Golf website for more information on the PIAG courses in Glasgow, Cheshire Oaks, Manchester, Sheffield, Derby, Rushden Lakes and Plymouth.

Minigolf tournaments at Clambers Adventure Golf in Hastings

A look back at the 2010 BMGA Players Championships and BMGA British Open in Hastings, East Sussex.

I competed on the British Minigolf Association tour between 2007 and 2015 and many of those contests took place in the seaside town of Hastings in East Sussex.

In 2010 the BMGA Players Championships and BMGA British Open were held at Clambers Adventure Golf in White Rock Gardens (aka Planet Hastings).

I finished tied for 11th place in the 29 strong field of the BMGA Players Championships and 28th place of 56 in the BMGA British Open.

Clambers Adventure Golf is sadly now a lost course.

Where Clambers Adventure Golf sat was once a model village. After it closed it became an outdoor laser tag arena!