{"id":474602,"date":"2026-03-14T04:03:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/474602\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T04:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:03:13","slug":"british-minigolf-championships-heading-to-strokes-in-margate-the-isle-of-thanet-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/474602\/","title":{"rendered":"British Minigolf Championships heading to Strokes in Margate \u2013 The Isle of Thanet News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/minigolf.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"minigolf\" width=\"640\" height=\"464\"\/>The mini-golf championships at Strokes in Westbrook (Photo by Strokes)<\/p>\n<p>The British Minigolf Championships, organised by the British Minigolf Association (BMGA), will be held at Strokes Adventure Golf, Margate, on Saturday 21 \u2013 Sunday 22 March.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-hole course, on Westbrook Promenade, has been hosting official BMGA tournaments for the best part of 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>Features of the cleverly designed layout include water hazards, three-tier greens, ramps, tunnels and chutes, all strategically designed to test skill and nerve at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p>There is also the notorious Hole 11 \u201cHeartbreak Ridge\u201d \u2013 one of the most feared \u201crisk and reward\u201d holes on the British minigolf circuit \u2013 where a score of 7 is just as likely as an ace (hole-in-one).<\/p>\n<p>A field of more than 50 players is expected for the prestigious two-day event. They include:<\/p>\n<p>reigning British Minigolf Champion Seve Kukielkarecord 13-time British Women\u2019s Champion Ruth SturdyFive-time World Crazy Golf Champion Marc Chapmanlocal pro and putting powerhouse Scott Lancley<\/p>\n<p>The tournament will consist of seven rounds of stroke-play \u2013 four on Saturday and three on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Trophies, medals and cash prizes will be awarded to the top players in all divisions, which include the Women\u2019s, Junior and Novice categories.<\/p>\n<p>In total some \u00a3700 is expected to be won in prize money with the awards ceremony taking place \u00a0mid-afternoon on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The leaderboard will be updated in real time at: <a href=\"https:\/\/bmga.online\/results\/2026\/BC26\/result.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bmga.online\/results\/2026\/BC26\/result.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players will also be competing for valuable ranking points on the BMGA\u2019s Order Of Merit. The current rankings list can be found at: <a href=\"https:\/\/bmga.online\/order-of-merit\/bmga-rankings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bmga.online\/order-of-merit\/bmga-rankings\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Spectators are welcome from 9am on Saturday and Sunday, with refreshments available from the kiosk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The mini-golf championships at Strokes in Westbrook (Photo by Strokes) The British Minigolf Championships, organised by the British&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-474602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}