Felixstowe Minigolf July 2010 - Hollywood Holes Crazy Golf - Old New Minigolf Frames - Derelict Course - Adventure Golf

On Saturday 10th July 2010 we also headed to Felixstowe, Suffolk.

The Hollywood Holes Crazy Golf course is still there.




The old location for the Hollywood Holes actual course was being used for an Active Sports Event (a bit ironic).




The course that was going to be built is still in mothballs - piled up next to the Donkey Rides.


Previous visits - 1 and 2.

We played the 9-hole Adventure Golf course on the sea front.






In the Irregular Mini Golf Tour event, we drew on 27(+9).

We didn't play Mannings Magical Golf (Golf FX), as we were heading to a potential course in Saffron Walden.

Crazy Golf in Ipswich (Christchurch Park) - Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - Course Played #183

Crazy Golf in Ipswich (Christchurch Park) - Crazy World of Minigolf Tour - Course Played #183


On Saturday 24th July 2010 we made a trip to Ipswich, Suffolk and the new Crazy Golf course that has been set up in the town's Christchurch Park.



We had been tipped off about its existence by Emily's sister who lives in the town (Emily originally hails from Ipswich).

When we arrived at 10.50am the course was being laid out.

By 11.15am we were able to play, however only 8-holes were set up. With the 9th hole about 1/7th of the way to being complete!?



It's £1.50 a round and you do get a scorecard with a game.

In our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Ipswich Classic Competition Emily won with a great 24(+8), to my 32(+16).

Holes 1-8.











Hole 9!?








Check out the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour blog post for links to other course visits since September 2006.

Gluten Free in Suffolk - Ipswich & Felixstowe

While in Ipswich and Felixstowe we managed to find some excellent Gluten Free restaurants and shops.

In Ipswich we went to Church's Bistro & Bar for lunch. They have a dedicated Gluten Free menu and a huge range of options.

I chose the Ham Hock Terrine followed by the 100% Beef Burger. Both were magnificent.




If you're a Coeliac and in the Ipswich area you must visit. And even if you're not, the 'normal' food was great too.

In Felixstowe we spotted that The Good Food Shop sells Gluten and Wheat Free Cakes and food. I had a really nice Iced Banana Cake.

On the way we also went to Cox's of Letchworth - a brilliant Fish & Chip Shop that does excellent Gluten Free Batter. While in Letchworth Garden City We also drove round the UK's first roundabout (six times)!

Minigolf Report – Richard Gottfried Runner-Up in the Midlands Invitational Tournament 2010

18th July 2010
Press Information
For Immediate Release

Minigolf Report – Midlands Invitational Tournament 2010

Luton Minigolfer Richard Gottfried was runner-up in his second consecutive tournament at the weekend’s Midlands Invitational Tournament (MIT) played on the 12-hole Minigolf course at the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge, Solihull on Sunday 18th July.

In the field of 14 players Richard led the way after the first three rounds with scores of 21(-3), 22(-2) and 20(-4) to hold a four-shot lead. However, victory was not to be, as he scored a 27(+3) in the fourth round to record a total of 90(-6), to eventually lose out to current British Number One, Birmingham’s Chris Harding who scored 87(-9).

The result does mean that Richard has won a place in the Midlands ‘A’ Team for the BMGA British Club Championships later in the season. He will play alongside Chris Harding, Kevin Moseley (3rd) and Matthew Harding (4th). In 2008 Richard was a member of the team that lifted the BMGA Club Championships.

Earlier this month Richard was runner-up in the BMGA British Matchplay Championships in Worthing, and the Midlands Invitational Tournament second place is his fifth BMGA Tour Career runners-up spot.

After the tournament Richard said “Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. I’m amazed that I managed to contrive to lose, by turning a four-shot lead into a three-shot loss! On the positive side, to get another runner-up finish shows that I’m there contending for titles and I’ve now had eight top ten finishes from the ten competitions so far this season. Dorridge is a fantastic course and great tournament venue and I hope to be back there again soon.”

Last year Richard was 5th in the MIT, and in the other two MITs he has competed in he has been 3rd and 4th.


Emily Gottfried also played in the competition, but scored rounds of 32(+8), 32(+8), 28(+4) and 27(+3) for a four-round total of 119(+23) and last place.

Photo: The Midlands Minigolf Club (MMGC)

Photo: The MIT Top Four - The Midlands Minigolf Club (MMGC) 'A' Team. From l-r Chris 'Who' Harding, Matthew 'El Barto' Harding, Kevin 'Max' Moseley and 'Squire' Richard Gottfried

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The Crazy Golf Museum on Strange Games

Montegue Blister's excellent Strange Games website has details of the launch of The Crazy Golf Museum in the blog post "News from the crazy world of Crazy Golf".

If you're not a follower of the Strange Games Blog and you're into your odd and obscure sports you jolly well ought to be!

Miniature Golfers Launch ‘The Crazy Golf Museum’

15th July 2010
News Release
For Immediate Release

Miniature Golfers Launch ‘The Crazy Golf Museum’

Two of the premier miniature golfers in the UK have joined forces to create The Crazy Golf Museum. Tim 'Ace Man' Davies and Richard 'Squire' Gottfried run the most visited websites and blogs on the subject of minigolf and crazy golf. The natural progression of this is to bring together all the information gathered over the years to create the World's First Virtual Crazy Golf Museum.

Tim and Richard’s joint goal is to create a Virtual Crazy Golf Museum online and then create a physical Crazy Golf Museum showing visitors the history of the game, collections of scorecards, tokens, badges, scorecards, flyers, balls, putters, games etc. and acting as the worldwide archive for Miniature Golf and Crazy Golf ephemera.

The Crazy Golf Museum’s ‘Curators’ have a vast archive built up over their many years playing the game, and are keen to enhance this with donations to help grow and support the collection in the future. The Virtual Crazy Golf Museum can be viewed at www.crazygolfmuseum.info

Tim 'Ace Man' Davies said of the launch “Crazy Golf has been at the forefront of sporting innovation since its conception. I'm enthused that we will be able to showcase the people's sport and its development to a worldwide audience.”

Richard 'Squire' Gottfried said “I’m really pleased that The Crazy Golf Museum is launching. The pooling of our minigolfing resources from our many years of playing the game will be a great resource for anyone who’s ever played, visited a course, or is into traditional pastimes. It’s going to be a great adventure in expanding the collection and setting up The Crazy Golf Museum.”

For more information on The Crazy Golf Museum please contact Tim or Richard at tim@crazygolfmuseum.info or richard@crazygolfmuseum.info

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Notes for Editors
• Tim ‘Ace Man’ Davies is the most decorated Minigolfer in the UK and is a five-time World Crazy Golf Champion. For the past decade he has dominated the British Crazy Golf scene and would like to give something back.
• Richard ‘Squire’ Gottfried is a keen Minigolfer and has been blogging about his Minigolf Career and his travels to the UK’s courses for over four years at the Ham and Egger Files. To date he has visited 240 minigolf courses on his Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. During this time he has also won five BMGA Tour titles. Not a day goes by without him picking up his Putter!

Related blog posts:
- Ephemera
- Merchandise

Minigolf in Southend on Sea - The Southend Masters

On 11th July 2010 we played two rounds at the Adventure Island Adventure Golf course in Southend on Sea.

The former host venue for the BMGA British Masters was the venue for the first BMGA Tour Competition I competed in - the 2007 BMGA British Masters - where I was 24th of 28 players, and the 2nd place novice player.


On this visit Emily and I played the Irregular Mini Golf Tour Southend Masters, with me coming out the victor with an 18-hole total of 43(+7) compared to Emily's 55(+19).













The Inca and Aztec courses at Adventure Island were the 14th and 15th courses visited and played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back in 2007.


A new addition to the course is the Helicopter on top of the Hut!

Minigolf in Southend on Sea - Arnold Palmer West Course

Where there once was a course, then became earth, and is now a bit grassy.

I wonder what the plans are for the plot of land?