Friday 18 June 2010

The Force Report Awards 2009 - (The Golden Balls)

A very belated / newly thought of / long mulled over, set of minigolf awards for the 2009 BMGA Tour Season presented by The Force Report. There will henceforth be an announcement of the winners at the end of every BMGA season on The Force Report.

The categories for this inaugural ceremony are listed below along with the winners.
There will also be a Force Report Hall of Fame inductee every season for recognition of an individual's contribution to British Minigolf.
Many congratulations if you have won a 'Golden Ball' for the 2009 season in what will hopefully become a highly coveted Award in British Minigolf.


Round of the Year: Chris Harding - 25 @ Star City Open

Individual Performance of the Year: Chris Harding - Average 29.7 @ Star City Open

Young Newcomer of the Year: Adam Kelly

Newcomer of the Year: Marc 'The Force' Chapman

Most Improved Player of the Year: Scott Lancley



Young International Player of the Year: Olivia Prokopova

International Player of the Year: Torgny Kjellström

Young British International of the Year: Rocky Bullin

British International of the Year: Keith Kellard



'Major' Performer of the Year: Tim 'Aceman' Davies

Young Player of the Year: Rocky Bullin

Player of the Year: Keith Kellard

2009 Hall of Fame Inductee: Marion Homer

Congratulations again to all of last year's winners - Golden Balls are Awarded to all of you as an actual physical award if requested! Roll on the 2010 Golden Balls! Hoorah!

Wednesday 16 June 2010

British Championship 2010

5th/6th June 2010

Wroxham Barns, Norfolk



The first Major of the year took place at last year's English Open venue, where I came 9th.

Saturday was the hottest day of minigolf I have yet to experience, and it affected my performance and concentration quite a bit. But somehow I was still up the top of the leaderboard overnight.

Sunday was a much better performance finishing with two 33's with no dropped shots on the last round. I finished in 6th place overall, my best finish in a Major tournament so far and I retained my British No.2 status in the Order of Merit. Not too bad for my worst feeling performance this season.

Rank Start no Name R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Average Diff Tot
1 123 Tim DAVIES 32 34 35 33 34 33 30 33.0 5 231
2 125 Nick CHITTY 35 38 30 35 35 30 29* 33.1 9 232
3 101 Michael SMITH 36 32 31 38 35 33 33 34.0 7 238
4 115 Sean HOMER 35 32 36 35 35 33 32 34.0 4 238
5 113 Chris HARDING 35 34 32 35 35 34 34 34.1 3 239
6 129 Marc 'The Force' CHAPMAN 33 36 35 38 36 33 33 34.9 5 244
7 108 Adam KELLY (junior) 34 35 37 37 32 35 35 35.0 5 245
8 120 Alan NORMAN 38 33 36 31 32 35 40 35.0 9 245

Scottish Open 2010

16th May 2010

Aberdeen



After a long train journey to Aberdeen and practice on the Saturday, four rounds took place with a high quality field of players including the British No.1 and the current World Crazy Golf Champion Keith Kellard!

I played well on the whole, with a a bit more luck on the 'lucky' holes I would have been very close to sealing the victory.

A 4th place finish and lots more ranking points with this being one of the highest rated events outside of the Majors. £100 added to my Career Earnings: £250.

Rank Start no Name R1 R2 R3 R4 Average Diff Tot
1 111 Chris HARDING 30 30 31 34 31.3 4 125
2 127 Jouni VALKJARVI 33 31 33 30 31.8 3 127
3 109 Michael SMITH 33 29 29 36 31.8 7 127
4 123 Marc 'The Force' CHAPMAN 33 30 33 33 32.3 3 129
5 108 Keith KELLARD 34 33 31 34 33.0 3 132
6 125 Sean HOMER 36 35 32 32 33.8 4 135
7 131 John MCIVER 39 34 32 31 34.0 8 136
8 128 Richard GOTTFRIED 38 33 35 32 34.5 6 138

British Doubles 2010

25th April 2010



The team 'May The Force be with Who' was created for this event in absence of Chris Harding's regular partner John Moore.

Having finished the previous day's Midlands Open as No.1 and 2 the favorites tag was immediately bestowed upon us! We didn't let them down with a few stunning victories culminating in the demise of the infamous 'Nutters with Putters' Team in the Final with an 18th hole victory!

A fine victory from the two top-ranked minigolfers in the country and £50 more onto my career earnings: £200.

1 - MAY THE FORCE BE WITH WHO (Chris Harding/Marc Chapman) (£100)
2 - NUTTERS WITH PUTTERS (Ted McIver/Tim Davies)(£75)
3 - SQUIRE TRELAWNEY (Richard Gottfried/Kevin Moseley) (£50)
4 - THE SCORPIONS (Emily Gottfried/Cindy Kukielka)(£25)

Midlands Open 2010

24th April 2010



A new course that I hadn't had much practice on - very enjoyable though!

An ok first two rounds put me in contention as my good form and confidence continued. A new course record of 28 (8 Aces, no dropped shots) left Chris Harding needing to Ace the final hole to avoid a play-off...which he did!

A fine event with a decent amount of ranking points gained, including 50 points for a new course record. This propelled me from 7th place in the Order of Merit to 3rd in Britain! £50 won taking my Career Earnings to £150!

Rank Start no Name R1 R2 R3 Average Diff Tot
1 110 Chris HARDING 32 32 30 31.3 2 94
2 121 Marc 'The Force' CHAPMAN 33 34 28 31.7 6 95
3 122 John MCIVER 34 33 32 33.0 2 99
4 128 Richard GOTTFRIED 33 34 34 33.7 1 101
5 129 Seve KUKIELKA 34 35 32 33.7 3 101
6 137 Tony KELLY 32 35 35 34.0 3 102
7 125 Tim DAVIES 33 37 32 34.0 5 102
8 140 Nick CHITTY 33 37 33 34.3 4 103