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

A look back at The Brewmaster's Open minigolf tournament at the Camden Town Brewery in London.

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

Ready to compete

It was a superb event played on a portable 5-hole minigolf course from UrbanCrazy set up in a brewery! More than 200 players competed in the tournament.

Playing hole 1

The scorecards were some of the best I've ever seen.

Beermat scorecards!

It was a marvellous day out.

Taking a 'refreshment break' at the Camden Town Brewery during The Brewmaster's Open tournament

Christopher Gottfried playing in The Brewmaster's Open at the Camden Town Brewery in London as Emily and Simon Hall look on

  

Hole 1

Inside the brewery miniature golf course

Alan Norman teeing-off the competition

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

The podium - me, Alan Norman and Seth Thomas

The leaderboard

We also played our own three-round tournament, you can read about it in my blog post Mini Golf at the Camden Town Brewery in London.

In action

Check out the Camden Town Brewery website.

Visit UrbanCrazy's website for more info on portable putting courses.

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Tee-Rex Adventure Golf course at Cardiff Golf Centre

A look at the Tee-Rex Adventure Golf course at Cardiff Golf Centre in Old St Mellons.

The Tee-Rex Adventure Golf course at Cardiff Golf Centre in Old St Mellons, August 2019

It's been a year since we played the Tee-Rex Adventure Golf course at Cardiff Golf Centre.

The 18-hole dinosaur-themed Adventure Golf course was the 916th visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to 954 courses since September 2006.

Visit the Tee-Rex Adventure Golf website course for more information.

The Tee-Rex Adventure Golf course was built by the team at HM Adventure Golf in 2017.

Missing Wales

We really miss being able to visit Wales and normally by this point in the year would've already popped over the border a few times to visit friends, explore some new places, go to the seaside and play some minigolf.

It'll be brilliant when it's once again safe for us to visit.

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Peterborough Minigolf at Dobbies Garden Centre

A look back at our first visit to Peterborough Minigolf at Dobbies Garden Centre.

It's been over five years since we first visited the Peterborough Minigolf course at Dobbies Garden Centre. Time certainly flies!

It only seems a short while ago that we swung by for a game.

It's a brilliant 12-hole course, full of testing layouts and obstacles. A nice test of putting skill.

The course was the 382nd played and 662nd visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to 954 courses in total since September 2006.

We actually revisited Peterborough Minigolf in February of this year on one of our last road-trips before the coronavirus pandemic hit.

Visit the Peterborough Minigolf course website for more information.

The course was another superb build by the team at UrbanCrazy.

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New minigolf course open in Hull

New pirate adventure golf course now open at East Park in Hull.

A new 9-hole pirate-themed crazy adventure golf course has opened at East Park in Hull.

Visit the East Park Pirate Golf Facebook page for more information.

Minigolf courses in Hull

As well as the new crazy adventure golf course at East Park you can play miniature golf at the Pirate Adventure Golf course at One Stop Golf and at the Putt Club indoor crazy golf course at TeamSport.

A Lost City Adventure Golf venue is also being built at St Stephen's shopping centre.

Hull has been on our to visit list for a few years and we look forward to heading there and playing the minigolf courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future.

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Putt18 World Pro League - Week 3

I'll be teeing-off in week 3 of the Putt18 World Pro League at 4.45pm this Friday, 7th August.

You can watch my four rounds live on Facebook.

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More information on the Putt18 golf game mat can be found on the Putt18 website.

Related blog posts:
- Results from week 2 of the Putt18 World Pro League
- Results from week 1 of the Putt18 World Pro League
- Putt18

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Homer Burger

I saw this fun piece of Homer Simpson graffiti art at Ghetto Golf in Digbeth, Birmingham.

Related blog posts:

- Homer Simpson

- The Simpsons

- Ghetto Golf

New app at Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby, Norfolk

The Lost World Adventure Golf course in Hemsby has a new app.

The team at the Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby, Norfolk have introduced a new mobile scoring and loyalty app for the 9-hole course. It's available to download for free on Android and iPhone.

It looks very nice indeed and gives maps for each of the holes, details of the rules, a selfie function and more.

The loyalty points system is a nice touch too and is a continuation of the paper-based loyalty cards available at the course.

When you sign up to the app you automatically receive 300 points onto your card.

The Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby was the 88th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in May 2009. It's still one of our favourites and we have fond memories of competing in tournaments there.

We can't wait to get back for another round there in the future. I've downloaded the app ready to play. I'll be digging out our previous rounds to load into the History element of the app which allows you to view all your past games.

Each of the holes has a map in the top left corner. When you click on it a larger view will open with a tip on the best way to play it

Download the app to see how the animated action shows the skill shot route from tee to cup

The Lost World Adventure Golf app is available to download for free on Android and iPhone.

Visit the Lost World Adventure Golf website and Facebook Page for more details, views of the holes, opening times and prices.

I recently blogged about the social distancing measures in place at Lost World Adventure Golf in Hemsby.

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Minigolfing at Blake End in Essex

A look back at the minigolf course we played at Blake End in Essex.

We played the 9-hole Swedish Felt Mini Golf course at Blake End Craft Centre near Braintree, Essex back in 2009.

It was the 95th course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Related blog posts:
- Swedish Felt Mini Golf courses in Essex
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Essex

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Happy National Watermelon Day

Today is National Watermelon Day.

This is still one of the best niche business shopfronts I've seen on my travels.

Logman Ltd - a business on Caledonian Road in London that specialises in watermelons

Spot the odd one out...

Can you spot the odd one out?

- Top: Pyramids on the Crazy Golf course at Manor Park in Glossop, Derbyshire.

- Bottom left: The Stockport Pyramid.

- Bottom right: The pyramid hole on the old Crazy Golf course at Greens in Padstow, Cornwall.

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Lester's Independent Trading Co.

What a Del Boy!

It's always fun seeing parody shop signs

Miniature Golf in Salford

Finding two minigolf courses in Salford.

We found two miniature golf courses by accident while out on our daily outdoor exercise yesterday afternoon!

Both layouts were in the City of Salford - one was a Putting Green at Victoria Park in Pendlebury, Swinton and the other was a Pitch & Putt course at Buile Hill Park in Salford.

Neither course was open

It's always nice to find minigolf courses we didn't previously know about. It was especially crazy as both are fairly close by!

We've now been to 954 courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006.

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Crazy World of Minigolf Tour update - August 2020

Putting at home continues in the Greater Manchester lockdown zone.

While our out-of-home putting has been temporarily paused by the coronavirus pandemic we have been doing a fair bit of putting at home and writing about the game.

I've been competing in the Putt18 World Pro League and we've both been part of the Filwood Fantastic Mini Golf Club based down in Knowle West, Bristol.

We have also, quite surprisingly, managed to find some miniature golf courses we didn't already know about while out on our daily outdoor exercise!

At the currently closed Putting Green in Victoria Park, Swinton

When the pandemic lockdown hit we had been to 948 courses on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since September 2006. We've now been to 954 minigolf courses. We've got 40 of the original 600 we set out to visit left and a whole host of new courses to play at too!

• Number 949 was the Pitch and Putt course at Wythenshawe Park in Manchester. We also revisited the Crazy Golf course while we were walking there.
• Numbers 950, 951 and 952 were the three courses at the new Puttstars Mini Golf venue in Rochdale. The 9-hole layouts are called Zig Zag, Slingshot and Pin Ball.
• Numbers 953 and 954 were visited in Salford and both were completely unexpected visits while walking in Victoria Park, Swinton and Buile Hill Park in Salford. The first was a Putting Green, the second was a Pitch and Putt course.

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In the Crazy Golf Museum - minigolf membership cards

A look at minigolf association and club membership cards in the UK.

As a collector of minigolf items and ephemera and Curator of the Crazy Golf Museum it's always nice to look back at things we've picked up along the way during our minigolf adventures.

British Minigolf Association

I joined the British Minigolf Association in 2007 and received my first BMGA membership card entitling me to discount at certain courses and entry into BMGA competitions.

British Minigolf Association membership card 2007

Here are my BMGA Tour Cards from 2008-2015.

British Minigolf Association membership cards 2008-2015

Midlands Minigolf Club

In 2007 I was invited to become a member of the Midlands Minigolf Club and am a member of the club to this day. While we don't have an official membership card the club does have an official Ball of Fame to commemorate the second BMGA British Club Championship title we won in 2015. The MMGC is now a three-time national title winning team.

The Midlands Minigolf Club Ball of Fame

Green Mini Golf Club

During the 2010 and 2011 seasons I was also a member of the Green Mini Golf Club in Hither Green, London. The GMGC was a superb club and the venue was home to the UK's only full-size Swedish Felt Mini Golf course. The GMGC held weekly Tuesday night tournaments and I enjoyed travelling from Luton to Hither Green and back after work each week to compete. I won the club's first-ever weekly tournament in 2010.

The Green Mini Golf Club membership card

European Minigolf Sport Federation and World Minigolf Sport Federation

I have competed in European Minigolf Sport Federation and World Minigolf Sport Federation competitions in Finland, England and Sweden and although a WMF player license is allocated to players a physical document is not issued. We did however have some very nice player cards created for us at the 2008 EMF Nations Cup in Tampere, Finland.

At the 2008 Nations Cup in Tampere, Finland

Are you a member of a minigolf club or association? I'd love to see and share more examples of membership cards from around the world.

Porthcawl

Ah to be at the seaside on a day like today.

Looking through my photos from last year I spotted this lovely view of the beach in Porthcawl, Wales.

I can't wait to be able to head back out on our travels and visit the coast.

It was slightly outside of the season so I couldn't have a game on the Putting Green in Griffin Park

Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines at Coney Beach

What are the 7 Dimensions?

Topcuts

Spotted in London on my last trip down to the capital earlier this year.

Fore Play Crazy Golf goody bags

We love seeing minigolf merchandise and the team at Fore Play Crazy Golf in Glasgow are offering the first 100 guests at the course a 'Baw Bag' containing a selection of items, including a branded face mask.

🎉 Be one of our first 100 golfers and get a Fore Play goody bag! 🎉

To welcome youse back on August 1st, our first 100 guests at our Glasgow venue will get their own Baw Bag.

Dinnae wait - you'll have to be fast!#ForePlayCrazyGolf #ReadyToPlay #ForePlayGlasgow #Glasgow pic.twitter.com/teGA8nEFFj

— Fore Play Crazy Golf (@4PlayCrazyGolf) July 24, 2020

Fore Play Crazy Golf reopens its doors on Saturday 1st August.

Visit the Fore Play Crazy Golf website for more information on the Glasgow and Edniburgh venues.

We're looking forward to playing at both locations on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour in the future. Both sites opened since our last visits to the Scottish cities.

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