Fella's Crazy Golf in Weston-Super-Mare - Miniature Golf Course Played #260

The second Miniature Golf course played in Weston-Super-Mare was the 14-hole Fella's Crazy Golf which is just opposite the Grand Pier.

The course was Open and ready for me and Emily to face-off in the next stage of the Weston-Super-Mare Pennant contest.

The course charged £1.60 a round for Adults...

And, in a Crazy World of Minigolf Tour first, also charged an extra 30p if you wanted a scorecard and pen to score your game!

The course was the 260th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

In our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up Emily defeated me 39 to 43, and also took the lead in the Weston-Super-Mare Pennant contest as we headed off to play the third and final round!

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Miniature Golf Putting at Weston-Super-Mare, plus a Miniature Railway!

On Sunday 17th July 2011 we headed to Weston-Super-Mare and the first Miniature Golf course we played was the Putting at Beach Lawns. The course is also home to a Miniature Railway!

The course was very well maintained and excellently marked out ready for our game.

In our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up I defeated Emily by one-shot, scoring a 50, to her 51.

The course became the 259th Miniature Golf course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, and it was the first course played as part of the day-long tournament between me and Emily for the 2011 Weston-Super-Mare Pennant.

The course had some really great touches, including its own Railway Station!

And the Putters Junction Signal Box.

And if I had been smaller I could have driven my own Tram!

All in all a great stop-off on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Clevedon Crazy Golf - Landmark 400th Minigolf Course Visited - 258th Played

On Sunday 17th July 2011 we visited the 400th course overall on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour!

The course was the 9-hole Crazy Golf on the seafront at Salthouse Fields in Clevedon, North Somerset.

The course was the 400th course we have visited overall since the 30th of September 2006.

The course was a tricky one to play and a lot of the shots needed to be very firm to carry them over some subtle obstacles within the course's concrete construction.

In our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up I defeated Emily by just one shot to take a 23-24 victory.

Speaking with Rob the course owner, he told me that most players score in the thirties so anything under 25 is a good score. He also challenged me to a match-up on our next visit to Clevedon, a match I am looking forward to.

Rob told me the Crazy Golf course has been in place in Salthouse Fields since the 1960's and he runs it along with the Miniature Railway that runs around the park.

Clevedon was a nice little seaside and we would visit again.

Related blog post:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Celtic Manor Adventure Golf - The Celtic Challenge & Kingdom of Legends - Courses Played 256 and 257

On Saturday 16th July 2011 we headed to the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales to play the two new Adventure Golf courses there.

The courses were played as part of the the 2011 Cystadleuaeth Minigolff Cymraeg (Welsh Minigolf Tournament), and became the 256th and 257th courses played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Both of the courses are 9-hole layouts, with the Celtic Challenge featuring Celtic-related obstacles, as the name would suggest. While the Kingdom of Legends course features scaled down versions of famous holes from BIG Golf.

Video Introduction


Video: Scoring a Hole-In-One on a Double-Plateau Hole

One of the features of the Celtic Challenge course is the 'sail' yourself rafts that you have to use to navigate parts of the course. Great fun and a first on any minigolf course we've been to.

While we were there I also spotted a little Putting Green, I didn't get a chance to play it though.

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour list of courses visited and played
- Wales
- Minigolf etc. - English to Welsh translations

Minigolf Revisit to the 9-hole Crazy Golf course at Tredegar Park in Newport, Wales

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

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.

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

Dodgeball - then and now

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.