Grudge Match - Crazy Golf Rivalry to be shown on Channel 4 this week!

One of THE reasons I became a Professional Minigolfer is once again on telly this week - the excellent Grudge Match!

The show features great sporting rivalries and the Crazy Golf episode features the epic rivalry (that exists to this day) between Tim 'Ace Man' Davies and John 'Big Top Ted' McIver.

It'll be on Channel 4 on Wednesday 19th October at 5.25am, or an hour later on Channel 4+1

If you've seen it, watch it again. If you've never seen it, watch it. Tell your friends. Tell your family. Tape it. Watch it again! Enjoy it :-)

The Jewel in the Crown - Minigolf Hole Design at the Putter King - Your Votes Needed

I have entered the Putter King Minigolf Hole Design Contest with my hole 'The Jewel in the Crown' which incorporates the Putter King's 'regal' theming into a very tricky uphill hole with a raised green, where the hole is enclosed by a Crown!

You can check out the Design at The Jewel in the Crown - Submission. Please click on the thumbs-up symbol at the bottom of the page to vote for my hole design too.

If you too want to enter the Putter King Minigolf Hole Design Contest then check out the submission details on the Putter King website.

The Putter King is also running it's 1st Annual Miniature Golf Scavenger Hunt with minigolf fans all over the world competing to win the competition! You can check out the #PKSCAVHUNT Leaderboard at 2011 #PKSCAVHUNT Leaderboard

The Weymouth Preliminaries Rock Paper Scissors Contest

Ahead of the upcoming 2011 UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships a bunch of Minigolfers, some of whom will be competing in the tournament, faced-off in The Weymouth Preliminaries Rock Paper Scissors Contest at the Weymouth Annual Octoberfest Beer Festival.

The tournament saw five competitors square-off in 'best-of-3' matches. The results and order of play were a little hazy, possibly due to the effects of the environment that the contest took place in!

Firstly, a 'random' draw was held to see who would face who in Round One, and then battle commenced...

Results:
- Oliver 'The Machine' Florence lost to Richard 'The Rock' Gottfried 1-2
- Emily 'Lemony' Gottfried beat Paul 'The Terminator' Jones 2-1
- Kevin 'Alex Kidd' Moseley - bye to Round Two
- Oliver 'The Machine' Florence lost to Paul 'The Terminator' Jones 1-2 in a 'Best Loser Match'
- Paul 'The Terminator' Jones lost to Kevin 'Alex Kidd' Moseley* 1-2
(* Kevin 'Alex Kidd' Moseley was given a 'Public Warning' for playing an illegal throw of 'Sausage' in the first game)
- Richard 'The Rock' Gottfried beat Kevin 'Alex Kidd' Moseley 2-1 in the 'Final' - see below for footage

Video: RPS - Weymouth Preliminaries at Octoberfest - The 'not' Grand Final



However, it had been forgotten that Emily had in fact won her first round match against 'The Terminator' and was through to the next round too!!!

So, in the 'Actual' Grand Final (which was not filmed) Emily 'Lemony' Gottfried defeated Richard 'The Rock' Gottfried 2-1.

Weymouth Preliminaries Ultimate Grand Champion of RPS 2011 - Emily Gottfried

Second Runner-up Kevin 'Alex Kidd' Moseley summed up the contest perfectly when he said "Can't even organise a tournament at a p*ss-up!"

Next time I think a Round Robin Tournament Format will be used!

2011 UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships - Event Details at Wacky Nation. The 2011 Championships are being sponsored by Sportingbet.

Other Blog Posts about the great game of Rock Paper Scissors:
- UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships 2010 - Report, Photos and Videos from the Event!
- GoRPS Rock Paper Scissors Championships in Birmingham
- Rock Paper Scissors Tournament at The Crown in Bristol

Janken

Unplayed Crazy Golf course at Hoburne Holiday Park, Christchurch, Dorset

There is a Crazy Golf course at Hoburne Holiday Park in Christchurch, Dorset. We didn't get to play it as we weren't staying there.

Another course unplayed on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Putting Course in Felpham, near Bognor Regis - Minigolf course played #276

The 276th and final Miniature Golf course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour roadtrip from Southsea to Felpham was at the Blakes Road Putting Course.

The 18-hole layout was tricky indeed, with Emily scoring a 52 to my round of 50. A very close battle on the Irregular Mini Golf Tour.

A wayward shot left Emily with a tricky next Putt!

Felpham is walkable from Bognor Regis and the course is worth a visit if you're in the area.

It's also another Miniature Golf course that has a Brown Tourist Sign to lead you to it.

As an aside, if you do visit Felpham then the Beachcroft Hotel is very close to the course and the restaurant there does some very good food. We dined there with both the 'Gluten Free' and 'normal' options after our round of Minigolf and before the long journey back home. Very tasty it was too.

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour courses visited and played list

Arnold Palmer Mini-Golf course at Waterloo Gardens in Bognor Regis - course played #275

The 275th Miniature Golf course played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was the 18-hole Arnold Palmer Mini-Golf course at Waterloo Gardens, on the esplanade in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.

We visited and played the course on Sunday 2nd October 2011.

The course is in excellent condition and in a great location. With the very warm weather on the day the course was also very busy every time we walked past it, but we managed to find a time when we wouldn't have any large groups in front of us and jumped on for a round as part of our Irregular Mini Golf Tour competitions.

In our match-up Emily beat me 39-42 with a start of two Aces in a row. However this was followed by two 3's, but she still scored an 'out' of 18. Some excellent play on an excellent Crazy Golf course.

Unfortunately neither of us managed to win a FREE GAME on the Lucky Last Hole.

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

An unplayed Miniature Golf course in Bognor Regis - Marine Park Gardens

As the regular summer season was over the Putting Course at Marine Park Gardens was closed until next year. However, the visit to the course as part of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was a bonus as it had not been on our 'to visit' list until the man at the Crazy Golf & Putting Kiosk in Hotham Park had told us about it. He'd also informed us it wasn't going to be open to play, but we still had to go and have a look ahead of any future visits to Bognor Regis.

The course does look to be in good condition, with plenty of lumps and bumps to make the Putting tricky.

Link to the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour courses visited, played and not played

Crazy Golf and Minigolf Putting at Hotham Park, Bognor Regis - Courses played #273 & 274

Hotham Park in Bognor Regis, West Sussex is home to two Miniature Golf courses. One is a 12-hole Crazy Golf, the other is an 18-hole Putting Course. We visited and played both on Sunday 2nd October 2011. They became the 273rd and 274th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The Crazy Golf course was not like any other course going by the name 'Crazy Golf' that we had seen or played before! It's more like a Pitch & Putt style of Miniature Golf, with a 'green' to aim at from a patch of grass, or concrete slabs. Some of the holes are really bizarre (crazy!), including the Bridge that you've got to putt over!

Only one of the twelve holes actually resembles a Minigolf/Crazy Golf course as most people would know it.

In our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up on the Crazy Golf course Emily defeated me 45-50.

In our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up on the Putting course Emily defeated me 46-54.

The park also has a Miniature Railway and part of the track runs next to the Crazy Golf course.

The Minigolf courses (and some other leisure facilities) at Hotham Park and Marine Park Gardens in Bognor Regis, and others at Felpham and Littlehampton are operated by Inspire Leisure. The scorecards have a good list of all the other courses in the area, which was very handy indeed. The very helpful man in the hut at Hotham Park told us that we were lucky the weather was so nice and hot as the courses had actually closed for the season the weekend before. He said that the Marine Park Gardens course would still be closed, but that if we made it to Littlehampton the Adventure Golf course (and Pitch & Putt) there would be open as it's a year round course.

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Crazy Golf at Chichester Golf Centre, Hunston - Course played #272

The 272nd course played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour was the 9-hole Crazy Golf course at Chichester Golf Centre, Hunston.

The course is a nautical themed 9-hole Swedish Felt B-run type and was in good condition.

It was the first course we've played that had a huge Dolphin to putt through! The Sea Dweller's Crazy Golf in Chapel St Leonards that we played on our Lincolnshire roadtrip earlier this year was home to a smaller Dolphin obstacle.

In our Irregular Mini Golf Tour Match-up I defeated Emily 27-30.

Photos of the course:

There was also a small Putting Green/Course at the Golf Centre. However, we didn't play it.

It's another Crazy Golf course that you can find by following Brown Tourist Signs.

Related blog post:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

Link:
- Chichester Golf Centre