Course played #33 - Crazy Golf at Stonham Barns in Suffolk

The 33rd course visited and played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was the 9-hole Crazy Golf course at Stonham Barns, Suffolk. We first played there on the 27th August 2007.
















More course visits on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We revisited the Stonham Barns course in September 2013.

Links:
- Stonham Barns
- Stonham Barns Golf Centre

Minigolf, Crazy Golf, Strange Games and Wacky Events Christmas Gift Ideas...

With Christmas fast approaching, what better time to blog a post about some great Christmas Gift Ideas available from the friends of the Ham & Egger Files.

Within the Minigolf, Crazy Golf, Strange Games and Wacky Events World there are a number of products you can pick up, they include:

"Nutters With Putters" (Book, eBook & DVD) - Crazy golf instructional DVD and Book from BMGA Tour Legends Tim 'Ace Man' Davies & John 'Big Top Ted' McIver. Covers a lot more besides Crazy Golf training too!?

The Putting Penguin has a range of Miniature Golf products for sale on Zazzle and their great new minigolf book "10 Courses for 10 Years" is available from Lulu.com.

Montegue Blister's Strange Games - Book and eBook - covers Mini and Crazy Golf, and a whole lot more in the world of Strange Games (includes another Ham & Egger Files favourite - Finger Jousting).

Wacky Nation - Book - Covers the World Crazy Golf Championships and 49 other Crazy Contests in the UK. The Wacky Nation team of Sally and James are also the organisers of the UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships.

And if you're really stuck for a gift idea you could pick up a Potty Putter Toilet Golf set! I got one for Christmas last year!

Minigolf courses not played in New Zealand last week

During Emily's trip to Auckland, New Zealand she didn't have time to play the following minigolf courses:
- Transylvania Indoor Blacklight Mini Golf
- GloPutt Glow-in-the-Dark Minigolf
- Jungle World Adventure Golf at Firmount Golf Park
- Puttstix Mini Golf

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - Course Played #30 Luton (Stockwood Park) - Mini Golf/Pitch & Putt

Minigolf course visit #30 on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was to the 9-hole Mini Golf course at Luton's Stockwood Park.

We first visited the course on the 4th of August 2007, and have returned to play there many times since. It's a well maintained Mini Golf (Pitch & Putt) course, and fun to play.





You also get some good views from the course of Aircraft taking off and coming in to land!

Richard Gottfried's Career Record in National Minigolf Tournaments 2007-2010

Richard Gottfried's Career Record in National BMGA Minigolf Tournaments 2007-2010

BMGA British Championships
2010 - 11th (Tied) of 26
2009 - 25th of 31
2008 - 18th of 33
2007 - 19th of 36

BMGA British Matchplay Championships
2010 - 2nd of 32
2009 - 9th (Tied) of 32
2008 - 26th of 29
2007 - n/a

BMGA British Open
2010 - 28th of 56
2009 - 25th of 49
2008 - 28th of 64
2007 - 29th of 46

BMGA British Masters
2010 - DNP
2009 - 23rd of 30
2008 - 22nd of 30
2007 - 24th of 28 (Debut)

BMGA British Club Championships
2010 - DNP
2009 - 7th of 8
2008 - 1st of 7
2007 - DNP

BMGA British Doubles Championships
2010 - 3rd of 16
2009 - 9th of 17
2008 - 11th of 14
2007 - DNP

BMGA National Open
2010 - 8th of 35
2009 - n/a
2008 - n/a
2007 - n/a

BMGA English Open
2010 - 24th of 34
2009 - 16th of 37
2008 - 4th of 36
2007 - 23rd of 26

BMGA Scottish Open
2010 - 8th of 29
2009 - n/a
2008 - n/a
2007 - n/a

Ping Pong Challenge Match at Wardown Park, Luton

On Sunday 28th November Emily and I headed to Luton's Wardown Park to play some Table Tennis in preparation for my participation in the upcoming "World Series of Pong" Ping Pong Tournament!


In a best-of-three sets match, played in somewhat snowy conditions, I managed to defeat Emily 21-6, 21-19, followed by a 5-2 victory in a one-off first-to-five-points challenge match.




With two Sunday's worth of singles Ping Pong Practice under my belt I feel confident ahead of the upcoming World Series of Pong Slam Jam Grand Final Doubles Tournament in Tooting!

Match Introduction


Warming-up


Last Sunday I lost to Simon 'Practice' Hall at the Wardown Park Ping Pong table.

About the World Series of Pong

Not so Wacky Waving Arm-Flailing Inflatable Tube-man spotted in Dunstable

This "Not so Wacky Waving Arm-Flailing Inflatable Tube-man" spotted advertising a car wash in Dunstable today was similar to the "Not so Wacky Waving Arm-Flailing Inflatable Tube-man" that we spotted advertising a Car Wash in Tower Hill, London in October 2009.


Other posts about Wacky Waving Arm-Flailing Inflatable Tube-men on the Ham & Egger Files!

Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm-Flailing Tubeman are products sold by Al Harrington of Al Harrington's Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm-Flailing Tubeman Emporium and Warehouse.

Al Harrington also sells "Crudely-Painted Not-So-Funny Plywood Cut Out Folk Art".

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - 'Down Under' - Australia & New Zealand

On Emily's Crazy World of Minigolf Tour of our Antipodes Emily has played two courses, one in Melbourne, Australia, and one in Auckland, New Zealand. While at the Lilliputt Mini Golf course in Auckland, Emily also had the chance for a tour of the new 'Tee-Rex Alley' course, which is 'Under Construction' at the centre.

These two courses played in Oceania are the 207th and 208th courses played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, and the 11th and 12th overseas!

In the last four years we have played courses in all four home nations (and on a number of Islands in the UK), and in Finland (Tampere), the USA (Denver and Las Vegas), and Austria (Vienna).

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Australia
- New Zealand

Lilliputt Minigolf in Auckland, New Zealand

Lilliputt Minigolf in Auckland, New Zealand becomes the 208th course played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Minigolf Globetrotter Emily 'Coach' Gottfried has made the 208th Minigolf course visit on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour with the playing of the 18-hole Lilliputt Mini Golf course on Tamaki Drive, Hobson Bay, Auckland, New Zealand!


Emily tells me her favourite hole at the course was the 16th.




Other photos of the Lilliputt Mini Golf course.









A branded Bin!




Emily tells me there are two courses at the Lilliputt Mini Golf Centre, one of which is open, while the other - The 'Tee-Rex Alley' course - is currently under construction so Emily could not play it on her visit. Photos below.






I look forward to making a visit to the Lilliputt Minigolf Course myself in the future!

Link:
- Lilliputt Minigolf Course website

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- New Zealand

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - Course Played #48 Lytham St Annes - Crazy Golf

On the way home from Blackpool following the inaugural Blackpool Pleasure Beach Open we drove back through Lytham St Anne's where we found two Crazy Golf courses on the 15th April 2008.

We played the first one we saw, but due to time constraints and the fact the course was very busy, we didn't play the second one (it looked much the same as the first - below).











The course did have a 'Humpty' Obstacle though :-)

Related blog posts:
- Minigolf, Crazy Golf and Adventure Golf Courses in and around Blackpool
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - Courses Visited List

Link:
- MiniLinks Lytham St Annes