Photos of Putting - Tampere, Warwick & Blackpool

Swedish Felt Course in Tampere, Finland

Warwick Adventure Golf

Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Alpine Golf

Photos of Putting - Warwick

Putting at Warwick Adventure Golf

3rd of 9 at the II'nd

The Ham & Eggers Sports and Social Club could only manage 'Bronze' position in the George II pub quiz this week.

But, two wins out of three appearances in four weeks is not too bad!

Video - Local News TV - Richard Gottfried, Minigolfer

http://www.local-news.tv/recently_added/v284-minigolf/

BMGA British Open 2007 - Video

Minigolf Course number 71!

Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Adventure Island Mini Golf League 2008

Week 1
Player No. Name Played Pts Rank
1 Chris Harding 3 9 1 *
4 Richard Gottfried 3 6 2 *
8 John Whitehead 2 6 2
5 Emily Gottfried 3 3 5 *
6 Jam Trubridge 2 3 4
2 Matthew Harding 3 3 5 *
7 Andy Gonsalves 2 0 7
3 Sabine Boze 2 0 7

*Includes details of one match from Week 2 (played in advance)

For more information about Adventure Island Mini Golf at Star City see:
http://www.adventureminigolf.co.uk/

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - 70 Minigolf Courses Played

All courses played between 30th September 2006 & 2nd August 2008
1. Abingdon (Abbey Meadow) – Crazy Golf
2. Abingdon (Abbey Meadow) – Pitch & Putt
3. Bedford – Putting Green
4. Birmingham (Star City) – Adventure Golf (Hidden Cove Challenge)
5. Birmingham (Star City) – Adventure Golf (Lost Hut Trail)
6. Blackpool (Pleasure Beach) – Adventure Golf (New)
7. Blackpool (Pleasure Beach) – Adventure Golf (Old)
8. Blackpool (Stanley Park) – Crazy Golf
9. Blackpool (Starr Gate) – Minigolf (Arnold Palmer)
10. Brighton (East of Palace Pier) – Crazy Golf
11. Brighton (Peter Pan's) – Adventure Golf
12. Broadstairs (Lillyputt Minigolf) – Lillyputt Minigolf (Arnold Palmer)
13. Broxbourne (Paradise Wildlife Park) – Adventure Golf
14. Coalville – Adventure Golf
15. Eastbourne (Treasure Island) – Adventure Golf
16. Felixstowe (Fantasia) – Adventure Golf
17. Felixstowe (Mannings) – Golf FX
18. Felixstowe (Sea Front) – Crazy Golf
19. Felixstowe (Sea Front) – Putting Green
20. Filey – Crazy Golf
21. Great Yarmouth (Arnold Palmer) – Minigolf 18 Hole
22. Great Yarmouth (Arnold Palmer) – Minigolf 9 Hole
23. Great Yarmouth (Hollywood Adventure Golf, Windmill Theatre) – Indoor Adventure Golf
24. Great Yarmouth (Jungle Golf at the Gardens) – Crazy Golf
25. Great Yarmouth (Pirates Cove) – Adventure Golf
26. Great Yarmouth (Pleasure Beach) – Adventure Golf
27. Hastings (Planet Hastings) – Minigolf
28. Hastings (Seafront) – Adventure Golf
29. Hastings (Seafront) – Crazy Golf
30. Hastings (Seafront) – Minigolf
31. Hayling Island – Adventure Golf
32. Letchworth Garden City – Par 3 Mini Golf/Pitch & Putt
33. Letchworth Garden City – Putting Course on Grass
34. Lowestoft – Adventure Golf
35. Luton (Stockwood Park) – Mini Golf/Pitch & Putt
36. Luton (Wardown Park) – Crazy Golf
37. Luton (Wardown Park) – Mini Golf/Pitch & Putt
38. Luton (Woodside Animal Farm) – Adventure Golf
39. Lytham St Anne’s – Crazy Golf
40. Margate (Little Oasis Crazy Golf) Cliftonville – Minigolf (Arnold Palmer)
41. Margate (Palm Bay Café) Cliftonville – Crazy Golf on Grass
42. Margate (Strokes) – Adventure Golf
43. Milton Keynes (Willen Lake) – Adventure Golf
44. Northwick Park – ‘Mini Majors’ Adventure Golf
45. Portsmouth/Southsea (Treasure Island) – Adventure Golf (Victory & Warrior Trails)
46. Ryde (Isle of Wight) – Adventure Golf
47. Rylstone Gardens (Isle of Wight) – Crazy Golf
48. Sandown (Isle of Wight) – Beton Crazy Golf
49. Sandown (Isle of Wight) – Indoor Adventure Golf
50. Scarborough – Adventure Golf
51. Shanklin (Isle of Wight) – Adventure Golf
52. Shanklin (Isle of Wight) – Beton Crazy Golf
53. Shefford, Bedfordshire (The Green Man Pub) – Crazy Golf
54. Southend-on-Sea (Adventure Island) – Adventure Golf (Aztec & Inca courses)
55. Southend-on-Sea (Arnold Palmer Minigolf) – Minigolf
56. Southsea – Crazy Golf
57. Southsea – Putting Green
58. Southsea (Golf Links) – 9 Hole Par 3/Pitch & Putt
59. St Albans, Hertfordshire (Verulamium Park) – Crazy Golf
60. Stonham, Suffolk (Stonham Barns) – Crazy Golf
61. Stratford-upon-Avon – Minigolf
62. Tampere, Finland – Beton
63. Tampere, Finland – Eternit
64. Tampere, Finland – Swedish Felt
65. Warwick (St Nicholas Park) – Adventure Golf
66. Warwick (St Nicholas Park) – Derelict Crazy Golf
67. Watford (Top Golf) – 9 Hole Putting Green
68. Watford (Top Golf) – Adventure Golf
69. West Hagbourne, Oxon (Horse & Harrow Pub) – Crazy Golf
70. Wroxham Barns – Adventure Golf

2008 WMF World Minigolf Rankings

2008 WMF World Minigolf Rankings (released in July 2008).

Rank/Previous Rank/Country
1. ( 1.) Germany
2. ( 3.) Sweden
3. ( 2.) Austria
4. ( 4.) Switzerland
5. ( 5.) Netherlands
6. ( 7.) Czech Republic
7. ( 8.) Finland
8. ( 6.) Italy
9. (11.) Slovakia
10. (10.) Denmark
11. ( 9.) Belgium
12. (13.) Portugal
13. (12.) Hungary
14. (17.) Slovenia
15. (18.) Latvia
16. (19.) France
17. (15.) Japan
18. (16.) United States of America
19. (20.) Great Britain
20. (21.) Russia
21. (14.) Romania
22. (23.) Poland
23. (22.) Norway
24. ( - ) Canada
25. (28.) R.O.C. (Taiwan)
26. (26.) Thailand
27. (24.) Liechtenstein
28. (25.) Ukraine
29. ( - ) China

The next edition of the WMF World Minigolf Rankings will be published in November 2008.

Finger Jousting Win-Loss Record

Finger Jousting Win-Loss Record (To 05/08/2008)

Career Win-Loss Record Stats
Played 107
Won 97
Lost 9
Tied 1
% Won 90.65%

Richard Gottfried - Minigolf Career Record 04/08/2008

Minigolf Career - BMGA & Independents (To 05/08/2008)
Minigolf Career Tournaments Played: 32
Minigolf Career Tournament Wins: 4
Minigolf Career Second Places: 0
Minigolf Career Third Places: 3
Minigolf Career Top Ten Finishes: 13
Minigolf Career Other Finishes: 12

2007-2008 BMGA Tour Career (To 05/08/2008)
BMGA Tour Tournaments Played: 21
BMGA Tour Tournament Wins: 1
BMGA Tour Second Places: 0
BMGA Tour Third Places: 1
BMGA Tour Top Ten Finishes: 7
BMGA Tour Other Finishes: 12
BMGA Tour Ranking: 15th (1,446 Ranking Points)

2008 BMGA Tour (To 05/08/2008)
BMGA Tour Tournaments Played: 10
BMGA Tour Tournament Wins: 1
BMGA Tour Second Places: 0
BMGA Tour Third Places: 1
BMGA Tour Top Ten Finishes: 2
BMGA Tour Other Finishes: 6
BMGA Tour Ranking: 15th (1,446 Ranking Points)

2008 Independent Tournaments (To 05/08/2008)
Independent Tournaments Played: 11
Independent Tournament Wins: 3
Independent Second Places: 0
Independent Third Places: 2
Independent Top Ten Finishes: 6
Independent Other Finishes: 0

Minigolf Report – Wroxham Barns, Norfolk & Star City, Birmingham

5th August 2008
Press Information
For Immediate Release

Minigolf Report – Wroxham Barns, Norfolk & Star City, Birmingham

During the mid-season gap in BMGA Tournaments Luton Minigolfers Richard and Emily Gottfried accepted invitations to compete in two Minigolf tournaments at Wroxham Barns, Norfolk & a competition and league at Star City in Birmingham.

As members of the Great Britain Minigolf team Richard and Emily headed to the newly opened 18-hole Adventure Golf course at the Wroxham Barns complex on Saturday 2nd August to compete in two Tournaments against six fellow Great Britain Internationals.

The morning’s tournament saw Richard win the Wroxham Barns Strokeplay Tournament and set a new course record of 34 strokes (-2) in the process. Emily finished in 4th place with 44 (+8).

In the day’s second tournament, Richard finished in 5th place with a round of 44 (+8), while Emily scored 47 (+11) for 6th place.

Richard said, “It’s a great feeling to be the holder of a course record again. Ever since my record score of 32 at Hastings was bettered in March I’ve been looking to shoot a nice low score to hold another.”

On Monday 4th August the duo travelled to Star City’s 36-hole Adventure Golf Complex in Birmingham. On Richard’s last visit to the course he lifted the Adventure Island/Heart FM Open title; however this time he could only manage a tied third place with John Whitehead, with both players scoring 76 (+4) over two rounds in the eight-player Adventure Island Mini Golf Invitational. In her first visit to the Star City course Emily finished with a score of 84 (+12) for 7th place.

In the Adventure Island Mini Golf League 2008 which also teed off on Monday Emily is currently ranked 4th with 3 points following one win and one loss after defeating Andy Gonsalves, but losing against Jam Trubridge. Richard is currently in joint first place with 6 points after wins against Sabine Boze and Matthew Harding.

Following the matches over the past week Richard said “Emily and I have put together some good scores in these competitions and I hope that we can use the experience to gain success in the upcoming BMGA Players Championship and BMGA British Open in Margate in September.”

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Wroxham Barns – Shooting Gallery

Another Shooting Gallery, another Hillbilly Theme! Great fun, but watch out for ‘Little Spitting Bull’!

Air Hockey – Minigolf Professionals

In a battle of the titans BMGA British Number 14 Steve Gow took on BMGA British Number 15 Richard Gottfried at the noble sport of Air Hockey at Wroxham Barns on 2nd August.

The outcome – a 4-4 draw!

Wroxham Barns Tournament – a new course record

At the launch of the new 18-Hole Adventure Golf Course at Wroxham Barns in Norfolk, Richard Gottfried set a new course record of 34 strokes (-2) while playing in the Wroxham Barns Strokeplay Tournament.

Wroxham Barns Strokeplay Tournament, 02.08.08
Rank/Player/Score
1. Richard Gottfried – 34*
2. Steve Gow – 43
3. Keith Kellard – 43
4. Emily Gottfried – 44
* New Course Record

In the day’s second tournament, the Wroxham Barns Invitational Tournament, Richard achieved 5th place with a round of 44 (+8), while Emily scored 47 (+11) for 6th place.

Wroxham Barns Invitational Tournament, 02.08.08
Rank/Player/Score
1. Keith Kellard – 35
2. Steve Gow – 37
2. Jon Angel – 37
4. Chris Harding – 41
5. Richard Gottfried – 44
6. Emily Gottfried – 47
7. Lionel Bender – 48
8. Madeleine Bender – 54

Course Skellington

Spotted lurking in Captain Hook's Adventure Golf in Ryde.

Putting Interrupted

While playing a round on the Putting Green in Southsea we were treated to an awesome display by the Red Arrows.

Not a Minigolf course in Southsea, but it looked like it

Spotted on Southsea Seafront.

No Enrty!?

Spotted at Portsmouth's Ferry Port.

One of them is right though!

Great Britain's 15th Best Minigolfer

It's Official!

Jungle Adventure Golf Courses...

...always seem to feature crashed planes!

This one in Shanklin is by far the scariest!

Rylstone Gardens Scoreboard

We all scored 'Very Good'

Easy to find course!

If visiting the Isle of Wight there are no excuses for not finding the Rylstone Tea Gardens Crazy Golf Course!

Photos from the Isle of Wight Minigolf Tour

Shanklin's Beton Crazy Golf Course


Shanklin's Jungle Adventure Golf Course


The Rylstone Tea Gardens Crazy Golf Course - 50 years old and still going strong!


Captain Hook's Adventure Golf in Ryde

Two weeks in a row!

For the second week running the Ham & Eggers Sports and Social Club team won the George II Pub Quiz.

This week we beat 5 other teams, with a total of 31 points out of 50.

67 courses visited and played so far!

Since 30th September 2006 I have played a total of 67 ‘Minigolf’ courses!

These have included Minigolf, Miniature Golf, Crazy Golf, Adventure Golf, Putting Greens, Eternit, Beton, Swedish Felt and a Pitch & Putt or two.

Shooting Shacks – Hayling Island

After a fruitless search in Portsmouth, Southsea, Shanklin, Sandown and Ryde on the Isle of Wight two Shooting Shacks were found in Hayling Island’s Funland.

They were:

The Hillbilly Shooting Gallery




And The Spooky Shoot (which seems to be a Japanese Import!)

Hayling Island Scarecrow Festival

Following the completion of the Minigolf Tour of Hampshire & the Isle of Wight we explored the excellent Seaside resort of Hayling Island which was holding a Scarecrow Festival.

In our Scarecrow searching, in-between rides at Funland, Crazy Golf, Stone Skipping and Steam Train Riding, we managed to spot 30 of the potential 246 that have been created and listed in the Scarecrow Trail Sheet.

The Hayling Island Scarecrow Festival is running from 26th July to 9th August.

See www.haylingscarecrows.co.uk for more information.

Overseas Minigolf Tours

Setting off to Hayling Island or the Isle of Wight? Then don’t forget:
- Your passport
- Duty Free Allowance
- To check if your mobile phone will work
- Travel Insurance
- To check local times
- A phrase book

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Invitational Tournament 2008

Three days…
Five towns…
Two (Three?) Islands…
Nine courses…
125 holes…

…The Hampshire & Isle of Wight Invitational Tournament 2008!

New Adventure Golf Course at Wroxham Barns, Norfolk

Minigolfers Richard & Emily Gottfried have been invited to the launch of a brand new 18 hole Adventure Golf course at Wroxham Barns, Norfolk.

According to the organizers lots of exciting things will be going on, including a challenge match between the reigning World Crazy Golf Champion, Chris Harding, and a top local golfer!

The course has been built by UrbanCrazy, sponsors of the Great Britain Minigolf Sport Team.

More details on Wroxham Barns can be found here:
www.wroxhambarns.co.uk

Full details of the event and photos of the course are to follow.

New Minigolf League!

The first 36 hole Minigolf course in the UK, at Birmingham’s Star City Leisure Complex, is due to start a League night in August, starting with a singles Invitational tournament in early August.

More details can be found here:
www.adventureminigolf.co.uk

Ham & Eggers – Quiz Champions of the George II Pub!

The Ham & Egger Sports and Social Club entered its first Pub Quiz in many years at the George II pub in Luton’s Bute Street yesterday evening and ended as the winning team.

With a total of 39 points out of 50 over five rounds, the quiz went to a tie breaker after another team gained two extra points on top of their score of 37 for having the funniest team name (CFLR).

The tie breaker question was “The author of Jeeves & Wooster is known by his initials P.G., what is his surname?” and without any hesitation the answer “Wodehouse” was given by the Ham & Eggers team to win the quiz.

One question that did outfox the Ham & Eggers was:
“LARGE FAT NOISE is an anagram of which 80’s pop star?”

Night Crazy Golf and the Irregular Mini Golf Tour Emu Open

The Seafront Crazy Golf Complex in Hastings is open until 11pm at weekends!

Eastbourne - Treasure Island Adventure Golf

A top notch course and a true test of Putting skill.

Related blog posts:

- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

- Eastbourne

Link:

- Treasure Island Pirate Adventure Golf

Blackbeard's Treasure Island

Another seaside town, another Shooting Gallery!

This time in Eastbourne.

Related blog posts:

- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

- Eastbourne

A quest is over

After two years and countless attempts to win an Emu hand puppet from a seaside amusement arcade 'Grabber' I finally won one last Saturday.

Here he is in 'The Smuggler's' pub on Saturday night.


And here he is guarding the Putter Bags on Day 2 of the BMGA British Championships.



Related blog posts:
- Emu

Swing and a Miss!

Quality Batting Cages at Northwick Park in Harrow.

Practice Softball or Baseball - £2.50 for 15 balls!

Also home to a BIG Golf course and a 'Mini Majors' Crazy Golf course!

"Emily is third in the country"

The Luton News and Dunstable Gazette wrote a story on 16th July about Emily's first podium place after she finished 3rd in the BMGA British Women's Minigolf Championships.

BMGA Order of Merit Rankings 14 July 2008

Ryanair Magazine follows the British Minigolf Team

http://ryanairmag.com/2008/07/01/mini-masters

Minigolf Report – BMGA British Championships 2008

14th July 2008
Press Information
For Immediate Release

Minigolf Report – BMGA British Championships 2008

Luton Minigolfers Emily and Richard Gottfried travelled to Hastings, East Sussex on the 12th and 13th July to compete in the first Minigolf Major of the 2008 Season, the BMGA British Championships. Over two days 33 competitors played 126 holes, in seven 18-hole rounds at the Planet Hastings Minigolf Course at White Rock Gardens.

The tournament was won by Hastings own Tim ‘Ace Man’ Davies who carded a new course record score of 26 (-10) to finish with a total score of 226 (-26). The 26 scored was also the best ever round of Minigolf recorded on British Soil. In second place was Andy Exall of Tunbridge Wells, who had led the tournament from round one but carded a 35 (-1) in the final round for a total of 230 (-22). Third was John McIver of Hastings with a score of 243 (-9).

Emily finished in 26th place with scores of 41, 56, 42, 46, 46, 41, 48 for a total of 320 (+68). Emily also achieved a new personal best score on the Planet Hastings course, with her pair of 41’s besting the score of 48 she recorded in March 2008.

In the BMGA Women’s Championships Emily achieved her best result to date and a spot on the podium after finishing in third place, behind five-times Women’s champion Ruth Bullin of St Leonards-on-Sea and Jo Williamson of the Planet Hastings Crazy Golf Club.

Emily said “I am really thrilled to be Britain’s number three Female Minigolfer. It was a really tough tournament and on a difficult course, and the competition was close right up to the final round, so it is really satisfying to achieve third place.”

In the main BMGA British Championship tournament Richard finished in 18th place with a seven round total of 284 (+32) carding scores of 37, 46, 40, 39, 42, 41, 39. His score of 37 (+1) is a new personal best on the Planet Hastings course (having previously achieved a best score of 51 (+15) in March 2008).

Richard said “I am fairly pleased with my scores, and I was happy to have set myself a new personal best. I’ll be looking to go under par when I return to this course again in March for the Hastings Open.”

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