8th September 2014
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For Immediate Release
Minigolf Report from Dorridge
Results from the Midlands Open competition and BMGA British Doubles Championships held at the Four Ashes Golf Centre.
Luton Minigolfers Richard and Emily Gottfried competed in two Minigolf tournaments at the 12-hole course at the
Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge, Solihull on the 6th and 7th September.
In the
Midlands Open competition held on Saturday Emily finished in 17th place overall in the 29 player field. Richard was 19th.
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| Emily playing the fourth hole at the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge |
Emily scored a four-round total of 98(+2) with rounds of 26, 24, 24 and 24.
Richard scored a total of 100(+4) after rounds of 25, 24, 25 and 26.
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| Richard Gottfried playing hole five at the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge |
On Sunday the pair teamed-up for the first time since 2008 to take on thirteen other duos in the
BMGA British Doubles Championship. After six rounds of play the team finished in 6th place.
A score of 22(-2) in the first qualifying round saw them top the rankings. This was followed up with a 24(par) to finish 5th in the preliminary classification round.
In the seeded matchplay knockout stages they were drawn against the London pair of Max Plaice and Becky Statham and would go on to win 3&2.
In the quarter-finals the duo were defeated 3&2 by Margate’s Scott Lancley and Hastings’ John ‘Ted’ McIver.
The team bounced back in the classification match against Cambridge’s James Rutherford and Canterbury’s Marc Chapman with Emily scoring holes-in-one on four of the six holes she played and Richard acing the final hole for a 1up victory.
The pair were defeated by Brechin’s Freddie Blackburn-Shaw and London’s Will Donnelly in the match for 5th place, with Donnelly scoring a hole-in-one at the first hole of a sudden-death play-off.
Commenting after the weekend’s events
Emily said “I was really pleased with my 17th place finish in the Midlands Open. I felt that I played well, scoring quite a few aces, however I was let down by my performance on one particularly tricky hole. I carried that level of performance over into the Doubles on the second day of competition, achieving consistent aces through the day. Richard and I were a great team, helping and motivating each other and I was pleased with sixth place.”
Richard said “Emily played well all weekend and was a great partner in the British Doubles, scoring a huge amount of aces and we picked up some good wins and a great first round score.”
Michael Smith of Oxford won the Midlands Open, with Birmingham’s Chris Harding teaming with Smith to win the BMGA British Doubles Championship.
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.JPG "Emily Gottfried playing hole 12 of the Minigolf course at Dorridge")
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.JPG "Richard Gottfried playing the 12th hole at the Four Ashes Golf Centre in Dorridge")
