International Axe Throwing Day - 13th June

International Axe Throwing Day aka World Axe Throwing Day is observed annually on the 13th June.

This year International Axe Throwing Day is on Friday the 13th of June! How apt!

Axe Throwing at The No Work Club in Lincoln

Last summer we met our friends Laura and Martin in Lincoln and booked in to do some Axe Throwing for the first time. That was at The No Work Club. The venue also has an indoor Crazy Golf course.

An Axe Throwing-themed Crazy Golf hole at The No Work Club in Lincoln 

You can often find minigolf and axe throwing at the same location. As competitive socialising venues have boomed in popularity new places are opening and offering a range of games and activities.

Emily lining up a throw in Lincoln

Bullseye!

There's axe throwing and an outdoor adventure golf course at the Go Wild centre in Haverhill, Suffolk. I swung by there last year too.

I've also had a go at an Axe Throwing arcade game!

An Axe Master axe throwing arcade game in Southend-on-Sea

Playing an axe throwing arcade game in Southend-on-Sea

An axe throwing arcade game at King Pins in the Manchester Arndale centre - the venue also has a Crazy Golf course

International Axe Throwing Day was established by the World Axe Throwing League (WATL).

Pizza Hut and Domino's Pizza are next door neighbours in Bury St Edmunds

I can't recall seeing these fierce rivals as neighbours before!

Not a sight I've seen before!

That fence should probably be BETWEEN the two units!

Minigolf at Landal Holiday Park Het Vennenbos

A look at the minigolf course at the Landal Holiday Park Het Vennenbos in the Netherlands.

My brother Christopher, a charter member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, and his family recently played the minigolf course at the Landal Holiday Park Het Vennenbos in the Netherlands.

The scorecard (Midgetgolfkaart)

The 18-hole course is of the 'eternit' miniature golf variety.

Check out the Landal Holiday Park website for more information.

The course at Landal Holiday Park Het Vennenbos was the 1,131st course visited overall on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The course is described as 'Midgetgolf', this is a name minigolf has been commonly referred to as in the Netherlands since the 1930s.

New Adventure Golf at Prairie Sports Village in Burnley

There are plans to create a dinosaur and volcano-themed Adventure Golf course at Prairie Sports Village in Burnley, Lancashire.

The new 18-hole outdoor adventure golf layout will replace the current 9-hole mini golf course and putting course.

Visit the Prairie Sports Village website for more information.

It'll be a new course for us to check out on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Mini-Golf at Halwyn in Cornwall

A new Mini-Golf course is opening in Crantock, Cornwall.

There will be a new mini-golf course opening as part of the new Halwyn feasting barns, driving range and mini-golf venue in Crantock, Cornwall.

The venue is planned to open this month.

Check out the Halwyn website for more information.

It'll be another new course for us to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

This time ten years ago we were part-way through our mammoth minigolf road-trip around the south west coast - we can't believe it's been that long since we were there! It's also crazy to think we went to 62 courses during that two-week trip!

House of Holes Crazy Golf in Derby has closed

The indoor House of Holes Crazy Golf venue in Derby has closed down.

Unfortunately we never made it back to Derby on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour since the course opened so were unable to add it to our played list.

We have got this flyer for the House of Holes Crazy Golf course in Derby that we found at Hartshead Moor Services

Did you ever play at the House of Holes?

Grafham Water Mini Golf in Cambridgeshire

The Grafham Water Centre in Cambridgeshire has a Mini Golf course.

There's a 12-hole outdoor minigolf course at the Grafham Water reservoir in Cambridgeshire.

Check out the Grafham Water website for more information.

It'll be a new course for us to check out on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

World Crazy Golf Championships 2025 in Hastings

The 2025 World Crazy Golf Championships will be held in Hastings, East Sussex from the 6th to the 8th June.

The major miniature golf tournament returns for its 22nd edition this weekend.

You can find out all the details on the Hastings Adventure Golf website.

Richard Gottfried playing in the World Crazy Golf Championships

We 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.

Emily Gottfried playing in the 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 champion is Marc 'The Force' Chapman who is enjoying his fourth reign as world champion.

The competition is played on the 18-hole Crazy Golf course at Hastings Seafront. The layout is of the Arnold Palmer Putting Course variety. The course was the 39th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in October 2007.

Crazy Pool at Roxy Ball Room Merrion Street in Leeds

You can find a Crazy Pool course in the basement of Roxy Ball Room Merrion Street in Leeds.

We played the Crazy Pool course at Roxy Ball Room Merrion Street in Leeds while meeting up with our friend Cat for a meal at The Oxford Place in the city last month.

In our game on the 9-table layout I scored the win with a round of 17, Cat was runner-up with 26, with Emily shooting a 30.

Crazy Pool is a mix of crazy golf and cue sports, with the game played on a table using a golf ball to tackle obstacles, and played with a cue rather than a putter.

I've previously played Crazy Pool at the Roxy Ball Room venue at the Manchester Arndale.

Ten of Roxy Ball Room's 19 venues are home to Crazy Pool layouts, they are:

• Birmingham (Victoria Square)
• Bristol (Union Street)
• Leeds (Merrion Street)
• Leicester (Humberstone Gate)
• Liverpool (Hanover Street)
• London (St Mary Axe)
• Manchester (Arndale)
• Nottingham (The Cornerhouse)
• Sheffield (Charter Square)
• York (The Stonebow)

Some Roxy Ball Room venues have Mini Golf courses called Roxy Golf. We've played the Leeds and Manchester venues, and have swung by the Liverpool location on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Roxy Ball Room venues have a range of competitive socialising games

Check out the Roxy Leisure website for more information.