10 Minutes in Canvey Island

On a trip to Southend-on-Sea today we decided to take a quick detour to Canvey Island as it was on our 'seasides to visit' list.

Despite the driving rain we decided to brave the elements and have a walk along the seafront and to our amazement what did we discover but a 9-Hole Arnold Palmer Crazy Golf course in Cheeky Monkey's Fun Fair that was previously unknown to us!





Unfortunately it was closed (what with it being a very wet day in November), but we'll be back in Canvey Island in 2009 to test it out and give it a Crazy World of Minigolf Tour play.


Related blog posts:
- List of courses visited and played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Minigolf and Crazy Golf in Essex
- Canvey Island
- 10 Minutes in Canvey Island

Minigolf Rankings - BMGA, WMF, WCGC & AIMG

Richard Gottfried
2007-2008 BMGA Order of Merit Ranking – 14th of 68 Players*
2008 BMGA Season Only Ranking – 8th of 129 Players**
2008 WMF World Minigolf Ranking – 425th of 433 Places (443 Players)***
2008 Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships – 17th of 68 Players****
2008 AIMG League Ranking – 2nd of 8 Players*****

Emily Gottfried
2007-2008 BMGA Order of Merit Ranking – 46th of 68 Players*
2008 BMGA Season Only Ranking – 29th of 129 Places**
2008 WMF World Minigolf Ranking – 115th of 120 Places (129 Players)***
2008 Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships – 43rd of 68 Players****
2008 Castle Golf Women’s World Crazy Golf Championships – 3rd of 9 Players****

Notes on the Rankings Systems:
* The BMGA Order of Merit Ranking System is calculated by adding a player’s top four scores of the current season to the top two scores from the previous season. BMGA competitions are played on Minigolf Open Standard (MOS) courses.
** The BMGA Season Only League Table Ranking System began on 16/03/2008 following the first event of the 2008 Tour (the PHCGC Open). These rankings are separate to the official BMGA Order of Merit Rankings and are based only on the current season’s results. Points are scored only in official BMGA events and will not be carried forward to the next year. Points are awarded in multiples of 5, starting at 10, up to the second placed player when the difference to the winner will be 10.
*** The WMF World Minigolf Rankings are those of the World Minigolfsport Federation and are published twice annually. Competitions that earn WMF Ranking Points are predominantly played on Eternit, Beton and Swedish Felt Courses.
**** The Castle Golf World Crazy Golf Championships Rankings are based on the annual World Crazy Golf Championships that take place in Hastings, rules dictate that all players must use only one type of ball for play (Minigolf tournaments allow players to choose from a number of different balls of varying properties). In 2008 a Women’s Championship was introduced and competed for in parallel with the main tournament.
***** The AIMG League Ranking is based upon weekly competition at the Adventure Island Mini Golf Courses at Star City, Birmingham.

Official WMF World Minigolf Rankings (Nov 08)

Following our selection to compete for the Great Britain Minigolf Sport Team in the 2008 Nations Cup in Finland back in May, Emily and I have received our Official World Minigolfsport Federation (WMF) World Minigolf Rankings for International Team Competition.

In the Women's Rankings Emily is ranked in tied 115th place of 120 places (129 players qualify to be currently ranked) and is one of only two Great Britain female minigolfers currently ranked in the WMF List (the other is Marion Homer). Along with Emily and Marion, Ruth Bullin is the only other female to have represented Great Britain in a WMF Sanctioned International Minigolf Tournament.

In the Men's Ranking List I am ranked in joint 425th of 433 places (443 players qualify to be currently ranked).

In the Nations Rankings Great Britain has dropped one place to 20th in the World. Germany, Sweden and Switzerland are currently ranked 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The USA has also dropped one place, and are now 19th in the List.

More information and the full rankings can be found at the World Minigolfsport Federation (WMF) website http://www.minigolfsport.com and http://www.minigolfsport.com/download/ranking-list.pdf

Details of our participation in the 2008 Nations Cup can be found here http://hamandeggerfiles.blogspot.com/2008/05/nations-cup-tampere-finland.html

Details about the British Minigolf Association (BMGA) can be found here www.minigolf.org.uk