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BMGA English Open & BMGA British Club Championships
9 June 2008
Minigolf Tournaments Reports
BMGA English Open
On Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th June the Recreation Ground Minigolf course in Stratford-upon-Avon played host to players from the British Minigolf Association (BMGA) Tour as they competed in two Minigolf tournaments.
On Saturday 36 players competed in the BMGA English Open, a tournament for individual players played over three 18-hole rounds.
In a very close competition that saw a number of players chasing a top three finish going into the third round it was Tim ‘Ace Man’ Davies from Hastings who lifted the English Open title with a scores of 32, 32, 35 for a three round total of 99 strokes (-9). In second place was John Moore from Newcastle who beat Birmingham’s Chris Harding in a play-off for second place after both were tied on 100 strokes (-8). Both Harding and Moore achieved excellent third-round scores; with Moore equalling the course record at 31 strokes and then Harding shot a 30 to break his own course record.
BMGA English Open Champion Tim ‘Ace Man’ Davies said about his win “Stratford is one of my favourite courses in the UK and I bulldozed my way to victory, unfortunately there are plans by the council to do the same to this very fine course, which would be a terrible loss.”
There were also five Novice players battling for the Novice prize and valuable ranking points and in the end it was Alan Marsh from Penzance who took the prize with rounds of 37, 40, 40 for a total of 117.
Top female player was Ruth Bullin in 13th place with a three round total of 108 (37, 36, 35) and top Junior was Rocky Bullin in 7th place with scores of 33, 35, 37 (105).
The weekend also saw the latest match being played in the season-long knockout tournament, the BMGA British Matchplay Championships. With Sealand’s Anthony Pope defeating the Midland’s Jam Trubridge by one-hole.
BMGA British Club Championships
Following the BMGA English Open on Saturday was Sunday’s BMGA British Club Championships, which saw seven teams battling to become the champions.
Each four-player team competed in six 12-hole Matchplay matches to decide the winner, with the Midlands Minigolf Club’s ‘A’ team emerging victorious for an undisputed victory notching up 6 straight wins against the best Minigolf combinations in Great Britain.
The winning team consisted of Chris Harding (Captain), Jam Trubridge, Richard Gottfried and John Moore.
Club Captain Harding said of the win “The Midlands Minigolf Club were really pleased to be crowned British Champions on Sunday. We started the tournament as strong favourites and managed to come through by winning all of our games. As team captain it is only right that I should be congratulating my team: John, Jam and Richard for their massive contributions to an excellent team performance. I'm especially pleased for Richard who wins his first trophy after an excellent 4th place finish in The English Open on Saturday. With two other Midlands teams playing so well in the competition, both containing very promising juniors, the future looks bright for the Midlands Minigolf scene.”
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