Mini Golf at Lane7 in Newcastle

A visit to Lane7 in Newcastle.

On the 21st September last year (Miniature Golf Day) we called into Lane7 in Newcastle to play the indoor minigolf venue there.

The 9-hole course is located in the basement and sits alongside a tenpin bowling lane and bar area.

It's a nice little course and was good fun to play.

Make sure you read the rules first

The Lane7 Mini Golf course was the 495th played and 840th course visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.
 

In addition to the Mini Golf course you can play tenpin bowling ping pong, beer pong and American Pool at Lane7. There's also karaoke and a cool retro games arcade.

Visit the Lane7 website for opening times and prices.

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Minigolf to feature in the CSIT World Sports Games 2019

Speed minigolf to feature in the CSIT World Sports Games 2019 in Tortosa, Spain.

A new version of minigolf will feature in the CSIT World Sports Games 2019 in Tortosa, Spain this July.

The CSIT World Sports Games are organised by the International Workers & Amateurs in Sports Confederation, and are recognised by the International Olympic Committee.

The WMF International Minigolf Speed Championships 2019 will take place over three competition days, with medals awarded each day in six age categories in three different speed disciplines on a version of a miniaturegolf (eternit) course.

In action on an Eternit Miniature Golf course at the Nations Cup in Tampere, Finland

The event will be played with one official championship ball to keep the conditions equal for everybody. The draft course layout can be viewed on the WMF website. The 12 hole course has been developed with a miniaturegolf (eternit) style, but the lanes will be slightly smaller than normal to allow easier hole-in-ones reflective of the fast-paced nature of the event.

You can find out more about the WMF International Minigolf Speed Championships 2019 and the event format on the World Minigolf Sport Federation website.

The CSIT World Sports Games is an international event with thousands of participants that takes place every two years in a different city. It is based on the idea of the International Workers’ Olympiad of the 1920s/30s and celebrated in an environment of tolerance, respect and sustainability.

One of the main aims of CSIT is the idea of Sport for All and the organising of Games for amateurs & workers, competitive & non-competitive, for young & old, men & women from all over the world.

The CSIT World Sports Games 2019 will feature 19 CSIT Championships including events in Athletics, Football, Judo, Tennis, Table-Tennis, Para-Sport, Petanque, Wrestling and more.

In addition to these events there will be 15 CSIT Partner Championships including Cheerleading, Powerlifting, American Football, the intriguing Fireball(!) and more.

As well as Minigolf the CSIT World Sports Games will also feature Pitch & Putt and Golf tournaments.

The CSIT and the WMF are both members of GAISF, the Global Association of International Sports Federations.

The World Minigolf Sport Federation is the umbrella organisation of 63 Minigolf sports associations worldwide with continental associations in Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. There are more than 38,000 competitive minigolf players registered with the WMF via the 63 member nations, with 900-plus clubs between them. Over 1,000 courses are approved for official competitions and over 1,500 minigolf tournaments are held each year.

Emily and I have competed in a number of international WMF events, including the Nations Cup in Finland and Sweden and the World Adventure Golf Masters in England.

Emily holds the British women's record score on the miniaturegolf (eternit) format of the game after scoring a round of 24 (-12) on an 18-hole course at the 2011 WMF Nations Cup in Sweden.

Emily playing hole 1 on her way to a British women's record round on the Eternit format of the sport at the WMF Nations Cup 2011 in Stockholm, Sweden

We were both in the sport's international rankings from 2008 to 2016 following our debut for the Great Britain team at the 2008 Nations Cup championships in Tampere, Finland.

Links:
- CSIT World Sports Games 2019
- World Minigolf Sport Federation
- International Workers & Amateurs in Sports Confederation
- Global Association of International Sports Federations

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Amazing Strokes minigolf book by Gretchen Smith

Checking out the new Amazing Strokes miniature golf book by Gretchen Smith.

Last year minigolf super-fan Gretchen Smith published a new book all about minigolf.

Amazing Strokes is a mammoth tome all about minigolf, crazy golf, adventure golf and Putt Putt. It's packed full of information, stats, facts, reviews and interviews with players, course owners, tournament organisers and other fans of the game.

Amazing Strokes is a massive minigolf book. It's almost as thick as a golf ball!

It was really nice to be able to contribute to the book with details from our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour and the Crazy Golf Museum.

The BIG minigolf book weighs in at a whopping 606-pages and it'll certainly take a while to read through.

Check out the Amazing Strokes website for more information and details on how to purchase the book. You can also buy the book on Amazon.

Visit Minigolfnews.com for an interview with Gretchen.

Crazy Golf at the Pleasure Gardens in Great Yarmouth

A look at the Crazy Golf course at Nelson Gardens in Great Yarmouth back in 1980.

I recently bought 50 more postcards for my collection of minigolf cards and among them was this nice old postcard showing the Crazy Golf course at Nelson Gardens in Great Yarmouth.

Nelson Gardens Great Yarmouth postcard. A Sapphire Card. Postally used on 23 July 1980

We visited and played the course on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour back on the 9th June 2007. The course was the 25th we played.

Unfortunately at the start of the 2008 summer season the 11-hole minigolf course was changed from a Safari Golf to a Segway Grand Prix!

The Pleasure Beach is still home to a 12-hole Adventure Golf course.

Visit the Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach website for more info.

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Crazy Golf in Scarborough

We're planning to revisit Scarborough this year, having previously only spent two hours in the seaside town in June 2008.

Back then we played one of the minigolf courses in the town, the 9-hole Adventure Golf course on the North Bay seafront. That course was the 55th played on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The Adventure Golf course in Scarborough's North Bay

Our fellow Crazy Golf bloggers at Two Crazy Golfers have visited Scarborough many times and played all the courses there.

This time we're hoping to play the other courses there too:

• Merlin Pirate Adventure Mini Golf at the Sea Life Centre
• Miniature Golf (Pitch & Putt) at Peasholm Park
• Putting at Peasholm Park
• Crazy Golf near Peasholm Park
• Holbeck Putting Green in the South Bay
• The Sands Crazy Golf in the North Bay
• The Crazy Crab Crazy Golf course

If you know of any other minigolf courses in, or around, Scarborough do let us know.

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Mr Mulligan's Space Golf in Newcastle

A visit to Mr Mulligan's Space Golf course in Newcastle.

On the 21st September last year (Miniature Golf Day) we swung by Mr Mulligan's Space Golf course in Newcastle to play the three new courses at the indoor minigolf venue.

There are three 9-hole courses on the adventure through Mr Mulligan's Space Golf, starting at the Inventors Hangar, then moving through the Cosmic Storm onto the Lunar Crash.

The theming at the course is really well done, with my favourite section being the Moon.

We've played a number of the Mr Mulligans Adventure Golf courses on our travels, with the three layouts becoming the 841st, 842nd and 843rd visited on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. They were the 496th, 497th and 498th courses we've played.

There are two more new Mr Mulligan's courses now open in Bournemouth and Birmingham. They join the existing courses in Castleford, Cheltenham, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Sidcup, Stevenage, Tonbridge and Woking.

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A postcard of Hastings Mini Golf

A look at the Crazy Golf course in Hastings.

I recently bought 50 more postcards for my collection of minigolf cards and among them was this nice old postcard of the Arnold Palmer Putting Course in Hastings, East Sussex.

A postally unused Hastings Mini Golf postcard C6911 by Judges Limited Hastings. The player is on hole 12

The Judges postcard shows the 18-hole Crazy Golf course in the foreground and you can just make out the grass Putting course in the background. The course on Hastings sea front is still recognisable today, although the area has had quite a few new additions - not least in the shape of two themed adventure golf courses.

How hole 12 of the Crazy Golf course looked in 2015

The Hastings Crazy Golf course was the 39th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour when we were in town for the World Crazy Golf Championships in October 2007. We've been back a number of times since.

Check out the Hastings Adventure Golf website for more info on the three courses on the site.

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Waddingtons Crazy Golf Machine board game

A look at the Waddingtons Crazy Golf Machine Board Game.

The Crazy Golf Machine board game by Waddingtons

Back on the 22nd September 2013 (the day after 'Miniature Golf Day'). I bought a copy of the Waddingtons Crazy Golf Machine board game for one pound at the Stonham Barns Car Boot Sale.

It's a superb board game and a lot of fun to play. The set was created in 1995 and comes with all you need to play a round, from 'clubs' to balls and a whole host of crazy obstacles to putt through.

I really need to have another play of it. The last time I had a round on it was in July 2016 when I faced-off against my friend and minigolf rival Steve Lovell.

Recreating the box art of the Crazy Golf Machine board game

We played using the version of the game donated to The Crazy Golf Museum by another friend and fellow Crazy Golfer Gareth Holmes as the version from the car boot sale was incomplete.

In the two round match, Steve won with a total score of 37 to 38 over 18-holes. Round one was 19 to 20 in my favour, while Steve picked up the win in game two 17 to 19.

Our friends Tom and Robin over at A Couple of Putts received a US-version of the game for Christmas. Lucky! Over there it's called the Goofy Golf Machine.

We've got a number of other minigolf games in our collection, including Putt 'n Score

Videos:
- Waddingtons Crazy Golf Machine Board Game in action 1 of 2
- Waddingtons Crazy Golf Machine Board Game in action 2 of 2

Ninja Golf! in Granger, Indiana

Finding out about Ninja Golf! in Granger, Indiana.

Ninja Golf! in October 2018

A BIG thank you goes out to John Miller from Ninja Golf! in Granger, Indiana who has sent us a huge pile of minigolf swag from his course.

A whole host of Ninja Golf! merch

Ninja Golf! opened in 2018 and the minigolf centre's three Japanese Garden-style courses have proved very popular.

Three Ninja Golf! stickers

The theming of the whole Ninja Golf! brand is amazing and the scorecards for the course are some of the finest we've seen.

Ninja Golf! scorecards

The scoring side of the Ninja Golf! scorecard 

A Ninja Golf! flying disc 

A Ninja Golf! visor

A Ninja Golf! t-shirt

The reverse of the Ninja Golf! t-shirt 

A lovely Ninja Golf! pin badge 

Three Little Ninja by Jon Anon-San 

The Rules of Ninja Golf!  

Ninja Golf! course leaflets

As well as the three 9-hole miniature golf courses Ninja Golf! is also home to a Lazer Maze challenge, Kabuki Theater and a Karaoke Lounge.

Ninja Golf! course leaflet

Check out the Ninja Golf! website and give them a like on Facebook and a follow on Instagram. It was brilliant following the progress of Ninja Golf! as the site developed from a patch of land to the venue it is today.

Ninja Golf! as it looked in June 2018

Ninja Golf! is definitely another course we'd love to visit on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Links:
- Ninja Golf! website
- Ninja Golf! on Facebook
- Ninja Golf! on Instagram

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- Merchandise