As part of the 2011 Cystadleuaeth Minigolff Cymraeg (Welsh Minigolf Tournament) we made a Minigolf Revisit to Tredegar Park in Newport, Wales.
Not a lot has changed on the course since our first visit last year, when the 9-hole Crazy Golf became the 192nd course played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
The only change we could spot was that a brick is missing on the hole below.
Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour list of courses visited and played
- Wales
- Minigolf etc. - English to Welsh translations
A blog about our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. With a sprinkling of nostalgia and urban exploration for good measure.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Minigolf Revisit to the 9-hole Crazy Golf course at Tredegar Park in Newport, Wales
Labels:
Crazy Golf,
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour,
Cystadleuaeth Minigolff Cymraeg,
Newport,
Revisit,
Wales
Location:
Newport, Newport, UK
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Sunday Chores - Build a Mini Crazy Golf Hole in Your Back Garden
With nothing to do today but mow the lawn, I decided to 'build' a Mini Golf Hole in my back garden.
Suggestions welcome for ideas of Crazy Golf Obstacles to add to it?
At the First BBQ of the Season back in March, me, Oliver 'The Machine' Florence & Simon 'Practice' Hall created a Minigolf course using a selection of obstacles from the Crazy Golf Museum archives.
Suggestions welcome for ideas of Crazy Golf Obstacles to add to it?
At the First BBQ of the Season back in March, me, Oliver 'The Machine' Florence & Simon 'Practice' Hall created a Minigolf course using a selection of obstacles from the Crazy Golf Museum archives.
Labels:
Back Garden,
Crazy Golf,
Gardening,
Ideas,
Lawn,
Mini Golf,
Squire
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Dodgeball Update - New Club - Harpenden Dodgeball Club
If you're in the Luton and Harpenden areas and are into Dodgeball you may be interested to hear that there is a new Dodgeball Club in Harpenden, as well as the existing Luton Dodgeball Club that meets in Leagrave.
The Harpenden Dodgeball Club meets for training and matches on Thursdays at the Highfield Oval in Harpenden.
The Luton Dodgeball Club meets on a Monday, although after this week's session there will be a summer break and training will begin again in September.
I have now played Dodgeball in four organisations - Dodgeball UK (2005-2007), Get Back Into/UKDBA 2010-2011) and England Dodgeball (2011-), as well as a number of clubs.
My all-time (2005-2011) Dodgeball Win-Loss Record stands at: Played-386, Won-189, Tied-7, Lost-190.
Dodgeball in Luton
The Harpenden Dodgeball Club meets for training and matches on Thursdays at the Highfield Oval in Harpenden.
The Luton Dodgeball Club meets on a Monday, although after this week's session there will be a summer break and training will begin again in September.
I have now played Dodgeball in four organisations - Dodgeball UK (2005-2007), Get Back Into/UKDBA 2010-2011) and England Dodgeball (2011-), as well as a number of clubs.
My all-time (2005-2011) Dodgeball Win-Loss Record stands at: Played-386, Won-189, Tied-7, Lost-190.
Dodgeball in Luton
Labels:
Dodge Ball,
Dodgeball,
Harpenden,
Harpenden Dodgeball Club,
Luton,
Luton Dodge Ball Club,
Richard Gottfried
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Emily wins a Doritos Dip Desperado Challenge at an Asda in Watford!
Prior to visiting the new Dinosaur Safari Adventure Golf Course at the A1 Driving Range in Arkley, Hertfordshire (the 262nd course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour) we headed to the Asda in Watford to meet up with our Minigolf opponents for the day Jon Angel and Cheryl Joseph.
The reason for meeting place?
A Doritos Dip Desperado Challenge!
Jon's company UrbanCrazy (the Great Britain Minigolf Team Sponsor) creates minigolf courses and props, and also designs and builds all sorts of giant games and features. One of which was the Doritos Dip Desperado Challenge which had been touring Asda branches all over the UK.
The object of the game was to see how many giant Dorito Chips you could get in a jar of the new Doritos Dip, with three out of four Chips in the Dip earning you an Esteban Ortega Dip Desperado t-shirt.
Emily managed the feat and won a t-shirt. I failed to get any Chips in the Dip.
The reason for meeting place?
A Doritos Dip Desperado Challenge!
Jon's company UrbanCrazy (the Great Britain Minigolf Team Sponsor) creates minigolf courses and props, and also designs and builds all sorts of giant games and features. One of which was the Doritos Dip Desperado Challenge which had been touring Asda branches all over the UK.
The object of the game was to see how many giant Dorito Chips you could get in a jar of the new Doritos Dip, with three out of four Chips in the Dip earning you an Esteban Ortega Dip Desperado t-shirt.
Emily managed the feat and won a t-shirt. I failed to get any Chips in the Dip.
Labels:
Cheryl Joseph,
Doritos,
Emily Gottfried,
Jon Angel,
New Sport,
Not Minigolf,
Richard Gottfried,
UrbanCrazy
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Dinosaur Safari Adventure Golf Course Played at the A1 Driving Range in Arkley, Hertfordshire
Another new Miniature Golf course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour!
Last month while on an On The Buses Event around Elstree & Borehamwood me, Emily and Brad Shepherd spotted the building of a new Adventure Golf course in Arkley, Hertfordshire. Today, a group of us headed there to have a game. It became the 262nd course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
The course is an 18-hole 'Dinosaur Safari' Adventure Golf and features a variety of holes, with hills, ramps, plateaus, rocks and water hazards.
There are also a number of Dinosaurs around the course. None of them gave us any problems though.
To enter the course and meet the 'Live Dinosaurs' you have to enter through a Time Travel 'Device'!
A sound piece of advice on this sign!
To mark our visit we held a Minigolf Competition to crown the Arkley Dinosaur Safari Golf Classic Champion.
Four players teed-off in the event with me and Emily teaming up to take on my Minigolf (and BIG Golf) rival Jon 'El Pato' Angel and his partner Cheryl 'Shuffler' Joseph.
In the Individual Event I defeated Jon by one shot, scoring a 41(+5). Emily and Cheryl tied for third place with scores of 49(+13).
In the Doubles Event Emily and I defeated Jon and Cheryl by one-shot - 90 vs. 91.
In the Doubles Matchplay Emily and I won 1-up.
In the Boys Against Girls Match Jon and I won 83-98.
After the Adventure Golf we also had a go on the Driving Range, a warm-up of sorts for our yet to be completed 'Best of 5 Pro Spirit Challenge Tour' Competition!
Video introduction of the course visit with a 'special' guest appearance by Jon 'El Pato' Angel.
Previous Blog Post About The Course - New Dinosaur Safari Adventure Golf opening at the A1 Driving Range in Arkley, Herts (near Elstree & Borehamwood)
Like the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour on Facebook, check out our YouTube channel and follow me and Emily on Twitter.
Last month while on an On The Buses Event around Elstree & Borehamwood me, Emily and Brad Shepherd spotted the building of a new Adventure Golf course in Arkley, Hertfordshire. Today, a group of us headed there to have a game. It became the 262nd course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
The course is an 18-hole 'Dinosaur Safari' Adventure Golf and features a variety of holes, with hills, ramps, plateaus, rocks and water hazards.
There are also a number of Dinosaurs around the course. None of them gave us any problems though.
To enter the course and meet the 'Live Dinosaurs' you have to enter through a Time Travel 'Device'!
A sound piece of advice on this sign!
To mark our visit we held a Minigolf Competition to crown the Arkley Dinosaur Safari Golf Classic Champion.
Four players teed-off in the event with me and Emily teaming up to take on my Minigolf (and BIG Golf) rival Jon 'El Pato' Angel and his partner Cheryl 'Shuffler' Joseph.
In the Individual Event I defeated Jon by one shot, scoring a 41(+5). Emily and Cheryl tied for third place with scores of 49(+13).
In the Doubles Event Emily and I defeated Jon and Cheryl by one-shot - 90 vs. 91.
In the Doubles Matchplay Emily and I won 1-up.
In the Boys Against Girls Match Jon and I won 83-98.
After the Adventure Golf we also had a go on the Driving Range, a warm-up of sorts for our yet to be completed 'Best of 5 Pro Spirit Challenge Tour' Competition!
Video introduction of the course visit with a 'special' guest appearance by Jon 'El Pato' Angel.
Previous Blog Post About The Course - New Dinosaur Safari Adventure Golf opening at the A1 Driving Range in Arkley, Herts (near Elstree & Borehamwood)
Like the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour on Facebook, check out our YouTube channel and follow me and Emily on Twitter.
Labels:
Adventure Golf,
Arkley,
BIG Golf,
Cheryl Joseph,
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour,
Dinosaur,
Dinosaur Safari,
Driving Range,
Emily Gottfried,
Hertfordshire,
Jon Angel,
Richard Gottfried
Location:
Arkley, Barnet, Greater London EN5, UK
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
"Morning Campers!" A British Holiday Camp Exhibition at Stevenage Museum - with Crazy Golf!
Stevenage Museum in Hertfordshire is currently running an exhibition about British Holiday Camps.
The exhibition, entitled "Morning Campers!" looks at British Holiday Camps through the years and has a number of displays and interactive elements, one of which is Crazy Golf!
The exhibition even has an interactive Mini Golf course to play.
The "Morning Campers!" exhibition at Stevenage Museum runs from the 16th of July until the 3rd of September 2011 and is well worth a visit.
Along with Tim 'Ace Man' Davies, I am a Curator (and 'Janitor') of The Crazy Golf Museum. The aim of The Crazy Golf Museum is to show visitors the history of the game, collections of scorecards, tokens, badges, scorecards, flyers, balls, putters, games etc. and act as the worldwide archive for Miniature Golf and Crazy Golf ephemera.
Link to The Crazy Golf Museum
Blog Post - Miniature Golfers Launch ‘The Crazy Golf Museum’
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
The exhibition, entitled "Morning Campers!" looks at British Holiday Camps through the years and has a number of displays and interactive elements, one of which is Crazy Golf!
The exhibition even has an interactive Mini Golf course to play.
The "Morning Campers!" exhibition at Stevenage Museum runs from the 16th of July until the 3rd of September 2011 and is well worth a visit.
Along with Tim 'Ace Man' Davies, I am a Curator (and 'Janitor') of The Crazy Golf Museum. The aim of The Crazy Golf Museum is to show visitors the history of the game, collections of scorecards, tokens, badges, scorecards, flyers, balls, putters, games etc. and act as the worldwide archive for Miniature Golf and Crazy Golf ephemera.
Link to The Crazy Golf Museum
Blog Post - Miniature Golfers Launch ‘The Crazy Golf Museum’
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
Labels:
Crazy Golf,
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour,
Holiday,
Holiday Camp,
Stevenage,
The Crazy Golf Museum
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Andover Crazy Golf - Minigolf Course Played #255
The 255th course we played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, and the third of the day on the 15th July was the Crazy Golf course at the Charlton Lakeside Pavilion in Andover, Hampshire.
The visit was entirely unexpected and only happened as we took a wrong turn on our way to the Stonehenge Golf Centre in Larkhill, Wiltshire!? Luckily for us the course was open until 8pm.
In our 18-hole Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up I defeated Emily 44-47.
Video: A different way to play the 18th Hole
Related blog post:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
The visit was entirely unexpected and only happened as we took a wrong turn on our way to the Stonehenge Golf Centre in Larkhill, Wiltshire!? Luckily for us the course was open until 8pm.
In our 18-hole Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up I defeated Emily 44-47.
Video: A different way to play the 18th Hole
Related blog post:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
Labels:
Adventure Golf,
Andover,
Crazy Golf,
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour,
irregular mini golf tour,
irregular minigolf tour
Location:
Andover, Hampshire, UK
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Bracknell Crazy Golf - Jocks Lane Park - Minigolf Course Played #254
The second minigolf course of the day played on Friday 15th July 2011 was at Bracknell's Jocks Lane Park.
There is an 18-hole Crazy Golf course there, which actually consists of two 9-hole courses. The front-nine holes are Swedish Felt B-Run type Miniature Golf, while the back-nine holes are a farm-themed Crazy Golf course.
In our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up...I defeated Emily.
The park is also home to a Miniature Railway, organised by the Bracknell Railway Society.
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
There is an 18-hole Crazy Golf course there, which actually consists of two 9-hole courses. The front-nine holes are Swedish Felt B-Run type Miniature Golf, while the back-nine holes are a farm-themed Crazy Golf course.
In our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up...I defeated Emily.
The park is also home to a Miniature Railway, organised by the Bracknell Railway Society.
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
Labels:
Bracknell,
Crazy Golf,
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour,
irregular mini golf tour,
irregular minigolf tour,
Miniature Railway,
Swedish Felt B-Run
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Go for 'broke' at Ladbrokes in Stevenage Old Town - Missing Letters Sign
Labels:
Broke,
Fail,
Ladbrokes,
Missing Letters,
Sign,
Stevenage,
Stevenage Old Town
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
Maidenhead Adventure Golf - Minigolf Course Played #253
On Friday 15th July 2011 we visited the brand new Adventure Golf course in Maidenhead.
The course was the 253rd played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and is located at the Maidenhead Golf Centre.
The course is a 9-hole set-up featuring bunkers and water hazards and is very good fun.
In our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up...Emily defeated me 26-28.
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
The course was the 253rd played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and is located at the Maidenhead Golf Centre.
The course is a 9-hole set-up featuring bunkers and water hazards and is very good fun.
In our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up...Emily defeated me 26-28.
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
Labels:
Adventure Golf,
Crazy World of Minigolf Tour,
irregular mini golf tour,
irregular minigolf tour,
Maidenhead
I’m a Champion Miniature Golfer on a tour of the UK’s minigolf and crazy golf courses. Coeliac living a gluten free life. Train nerd. Retro gamer. Urban explorer.
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